The Official NBA Season Thread: Las Vegas Summer League | USA VS South Sudan at 3 ET on Fox

[James_O]

Bruh he barley even touched him



Blake was hangin

 

[Based Jesus]

Trade Julius

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

7th team All NBA

Austin rivers
Kenny Lofton Jr
Boban marinovich
Draymond Green
Paul George

 

[osh kosh bosh]

I don't get this, what problem is this solving?

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Like if your favorite player doesn't get a silver slugger award because the position is stacked that year.

Does that mean silver slugger should be positionless?

 

[kdawg]

I don't get this, what problem is this solving?

Probably benefits a guy who is very good but there are eg 3 great shooting guards ahead of him - but he’s better than the forwards who get voted all-NBA. If that’s a contract incentive that would be frustrating.

Can’t think of any other reason.

 

[storm2006]

I dislike this games played policy. It removes a lot of nuance. 65 games is fine but 64, nah.

There’s a requirement to be considered a stastistixal leader so I think it makes sense to have one for postseason awards. 65 (79%) is kinda high when it’s only 58 (71%) for statistical leaders, though.

Look forward to the shenanigans from this. Imagine players playing a couple of possessions then chilling the rest of the game. Or an unlikely winner because a leading candidate didn't play enough games.

Kevon Looney for DPOY and Mikal Bridges for MVP.

The former will likely happen and I am going to be entertained to see how the league happens similar to how they handled Giannis trying throwing up a fake shot to get rebound for his 10th and a triple double. Also, just because they meet the game requirement, the voters could recognize those as disingenuous starts and not vote for them as a result. It would only make a player qualified. It doesn’t mean they would be selected.

The latter will 100% happen at some point.

 

[storm2006]

Plus a decrease of prestige made affects people on the margin. I don’t think adding a forth and fifth team will affect the prestige of making the third team

Four might be okay next CBA after the Seattle and Vegas teams are incorporated but five is too many IMO. Especially with this new 65 game requirement, things might shake out the way they should with 3.

 

[smedroc]

I think it has been discussed before that there are more players in league that there was decades ago. So a lower percentage of the league makes it now.

And the league is looking to add more teams soon

All NBA are tied to contracts and hall of fame voters consider them. Seems like current and future players are getting short changed.

Plus a decrease of prestige made affects people on the margin. I don’t think adding a forth and fifth team will affect the prestige of making the third team

And since there are a lot of snubs these days, seems to me making it relies on more luck than before

Well If selections are positionless going forward then it would be way less nasty to add additional teams I guess.

Not like you will be having Jakob Poetzl 5th team center selections and ish like that.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Four might be okay next CBA after the Seattle and Vegas teams are incorporated but five is too many IMO. Especially with this new 65 game requirement, things might shake out the way they should with 3.

I think five is fine

I think the gap between the 20th and 25th player in a season would not be that big

 

[storm2006]

“Damn *****, like you couldn’t have said hello?”

 

[elpablo21]

RustyShackleford when Poole makes 7th All NBA

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Who would've been on 4th and 5th team last season? I'm on the fence but a list of names could lean me either way

 

[dacomeup]

Like if your favorite player doesn't get a silver slugger award because the position is stacked that year.

Does that mean silver slugger should be positionless?

It’ll just become a Top 15 players award, which I think there’s an appetite from fans to see. Baseball isn’t morphing into the positionless sport that basketball is either so it’s not really a great comp. Especially with All NBA teams being tied to major contractual implications, I think it just makes sense to do it like that

 

[smedroc]

I don't get this, what problem is this solving?

Basically means Joel and Jokic can both be 1st team.

Keep the blog boys and ancestors happy

 

[datznasty]

There’s a requirement to be considered a stastistixal leader so I think it makes sense to have one for postseason awards. 65 (79%) is kinda high when it’s only 58 (71%) for statistical leaders, though.



The former will likely happen and I am going to be entertained to see how the league happens similar to how they handled Giannis trying throwing up a fake shot to get rebound for his 10th and a triple double. Also, just because they meet the game requirement, the voters could recognize those as disingenuous starts and not vote for them as a result. It would only make a player qualified. It doesn’t mean they would be selected.

The latter will 100% happen at some point.

Remember when Nykesha Sales had a broken leg and the other team let her crippled self on crutches make a layup to be scoring leader or something? Doesnt get more bad faith than that

 

[RustyShackleford]

Well If selections are positionless going forward then it would be way less nasty to add additional teams I guess.

Not like you will be having Jakob Poetzl 5th team center selections and ish like that.

I always felt this way, but I think the move to the positionless criteria strengthens my view on it.

Like you said, the center thing could cause some weird snubs and selections

 

[Moheezy]

How many defensive centers are there even in today's nba? Let alone, a serviceable backup

Literally Noel lol wasn’t he bought out by the Pistons?

 

[pmatic]

NBA just trying to avoid a DeAndre Jordan being first team All NBA situation again.

 

[storm2006]

I think five is fine

I think the gap between the 20th and 25th player in a season would not be that big

But with that 65 game minimum though, it will be funky. For example of the top of my head, this year guys like Bron, Steph, KD, Book, Harden, Kyrie and Dame will not meet the 65 game threshold. Then again off the top you got guys like Embiid, Jaylen Brown, Shai and Luka who will barely clear it.

4-5 teams would have some weird selections. Once this years are announced and we see how many games they each played, we’ll be able to see how much of an impact the new rule could have and if it makes sense to add teams based on that. Obviously once it’s actually implemented we’ll have much better data, though.

 

[noblekane]

whats the point of an in season tournament?

make it make ******* sense

will the in season tournament winner face the finals winner for the larry o brien? for bragging rights?

what the ****?

 

[noblekane]

I dislike this games played policy. It removes a lot of nuance. 65 games is fine but 64, nah.

gonna have guys checking in for a minute then check out for the rest of the game

 

[finessence]

Adam Silver trying to pimp these dudes like Joe Jackson

 

[smedroc]

whats the point of an in season tournament?

make it make ****ing sense

will the in season tournament winner face the finals winner for the larry o brien? for bragging rights?

what the ****?

Sounds like the dumbest **** ever.

 

[finessence]

whats the point of an in season tournament?

make it make ****ing sense

will the in season tournament winner face the finals winner for the larry o brien? for bragging rights?

what the ****?

Imagine someone suffers an injury during the in season tournament…. People will be livid