THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Lakers basically bottom third?!?

Gonna enjoy the comedown.

Lol that's part of my point. If you have the best record in the league, every team is going to lower your SOS. Even with that they had like the 4th toughest schedule until they played the warriors and it dropped way down. Or they beat the spurs when they were like 4-1 and now the spurs are trash so that's not considered a strong win anymore. A team like Houston stacked up wins against weak teams but if you beat a team like that it's considered a strong win. Houston hasn't beaten any team at full strength and I don't even think SOS factors that in. Etc etc

 

[youngwolf]

What's the point of this

The play-in proposal is this: two four-team tournaments featuring the seventh, eighth, ninth, and 10th seeds in each conference. The seventh seed would host the eighth seed, with the winner of that single game earning the seventh spot, league sources said.

The ninth seed would host the 10th seed, with the winner of that game facing the loser of the 7-versus-8 matchup for the final playoff spot.

Bud got **** for implementing the WC too. Now it's one of the best sporting events of the year.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Russ and Bev funny as ****

 

[B Sox]

Adam Silver stealing all of Bill Simmons’ ideas is absolutely hilarious

#influence

 

[pmatic]

In-season tournament sounds like a bad idea, but the play-in sounds intriguing.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Bud got **** for implementing the WC too. Now it's one of the best sporting events of the year.

Basketball =/= Baseball. Unless we're going to care about 8 fringe playoff teams battling it out to get washed in the first round

 

[do work son]

Fun game to watch last night. Hanging with a healthy clips team without our starting 3 and 6th man isn’t bad for a November game.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

I'm not talking in retrospect. Even at the time of the trade, they got absolutely hosed. It'll only continue to look worse as time goes on, especially with what NOP is building.

The dudes that kept saying "The Lakers young players are trash, nobody wants them" lookin dumber and dumber as time goes on.

 

[JD617]

its gonna be rough watching russ when the knee surgeries start catching up to him

It's already rough watching him now.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Take last season:

You have 7th seed SAS and and 8th seed LAC both win 48 games but because of a Play-In, they could lose their spots to a Kings team who won 39 and a Lakers team who won 37?

No thanks

 

[frshstunna]

Its looking like Aldridge done hit his fall off season ...he’s straight terrible now

 

[Sharpshoeter13]

GG Nuggets fans! Tough game to watch especially when Kemba went down. Struggled listening through the radio cuz I had work during the game.

Rob Williams should do a better job of challenging those final shots. That Millsap 3 killed them

Anyway, a 2-3 west coast trip? I’ll take it. Should have been 3-2 if Marcus just banked the layup against the Kings. Other than that, the team was competitive and that’s a great sign. The team just needs to be more consistent in closing out games.

Finally gonna be able to sleep on time

 

[youngwolf]

Basketball =/= Baseball. Unless we're going to care about 8 fringe playoff teams battling it out to get washed in the first round

Is there really that much of a difference between the 8th seed and the 10th seed? They're both going to get washed, but at least this adds some intrigue to the end of the season.

What's going to be funny is when 9th and 10th purposely lose those games so they can stay in the draft lottery.

Honestly, though, you're right. This isn't going to work in the NBA without some playoff contraction. Being the 9th seed and missing the playoffs > being the 8th seed and making it.

 

[B Sox]

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Is there really that much of a difference between the 8th seed and the 10th seed? They're both going to get washed, but at least this adds some intrigue to the end of the season.

What's going to be funny is when 9th and 10th purposely lose those games so they can stay in the draft lottery.

Honestly, though, you're right. This isn't going to work in the NBA without some playoff contraction. Being the 9th seed and missing the playoffs > being the 8th seed and making it.

Good points, didn't even think of that one. Teams won't even want to make it and load manage the Play In game

 

[spacedoodoo]

Just a kid from Raleigh

 

[lawdog1]

I try not to use the word “hate” often, but I really do hate the idea of an in-season tournament. Just awkward and completely unnecessary.

 

[af1 1982]

 

[pums]

if You’re gonna change something. Add an expansion team. I wanna see how Harden and other players would do playing a against a team in Vegas.

 

[youngwolf]

Good points, didn't even think of that one. Teams won't even want to make it and load manage the Play In game

Imagine the 7th seed is 20 games ahead of the 9th seed, and then their star player goes down just before the playoffs start. They could tank 2 games and drop to 9th and have a shot at a high draft pick.

They're going to have to add some lottery protections to make this worthwhile for the 9th and 10th seeds.

 

[youngwolf]

if You’re gonna change something. Add an expansion team. I wanna see how Harden and other players would do playing a against a team in Vegas.

**** no. There's already way too many players in the league.

 

[pums]

Nah I think the league will be ready for an expansion team or 2 in around 5 years. They should be able to plan for that now.

 

[pmatic]

Can we just move the Pelicans (sorry New Orleans) to Seattle?

 

[Sharpshoeter13]

aepps20

the Waltham’s PRODIGAL SON RETURNS... sort of.

 

[don ramon]

seattle needs their team back

also, how can ANYONE hate on pat bev? unless you're on the opposite team, i mean