THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[pmatic]

He Didn’t Know Kobe Bryant. But He Did.

There was nobody Shane Battier respected more than the one player he could never crack. “So much of my career was tied to me being his foil and him being my foil,” he says.

www.wsj.com

 

[lamekilla]

That Laker / Clipper rescheduled game is going to be so damn huge for the 1 seed.

The game you'll see Lebron throw AD under the bus for when they lose. Its coming just wait on it.

 

[lawdog1]

I still believe in playoff Lebron
Hopeful that the Lakers can pull Collison and get Marvin Williams on the buyout market but I still believe in their chances to win the ring. Don’t care how badly they play against elite competition in the regular season.

I’m sure playoff LeBron will be great, but he’s 35 and will have to go through more very good teams in this year’s payoffs than typically was the case when he was in the East. So they’re going to need a lot of guys to step up; Lebby can’t do it by himself.

 

[lovehateself]

I’m sure playoff LeBron will be great, but he’s 35 and will have to go through more very good teams in this year’s payoffs than typically was the case when he was in the East. So they’re going to need a lot of guys to step up; Lebby can’t do it by himself.

thats why we have asset caruso pleigh boi

 

[pmatic]

Of Evan Turner, a South Boston kid, and the meaning of outreach

As Francis “Frankie” Ford Jr. taught former Celtics player Evan Turner, it often doesn’t take more than the turn of a head and some outreach to lift someone else’s spirit.

www.bostonherald.com

 

[ballinsam23]

Rockets won me some money last night.

Cant wait till they play the Knicks. We got some real bullies! Randle, Portis, and Mitch got that game circled on the calendar.

 

[atransta]

absolutely not. our guard rotation is set with harden, russ, rivers, gordon. the forwards with covington, house, mclemore, tucker, thabo is what needs an upgrade. To that end, any stretch big that becomes available would be a target. I'd also be interested in Moe Harkless if the knicks cut him loose. Putting aside his clipper tenure, i think we provide better floor spacing and have actual creators to get him open looks. He's a big deflection guy too so I'd have fun watching some combo of harkless roco thabo just disrupting ****

Yes to Harkless if he gets bought out.

 

[sohi 23]

I’m sure playoff LeBron will be great, but he’s 35 and will have to go through more very good teams in this year’s payoffs than typically was the case when he was in the East. So they’re going to need a lot of guys to step up; Lebby can’t do it by himself.

all facts but I’m still riding with playoff Lebron at 100% until he proves me wrong.

 

[trynafeelmink]

The Celtics are currently on pace to win 57 games and FiveThirtyEight has them projected to win 55. They were expected to win 48 games. Dudes in here thought the Magic and Nets were going to be better.

How exactly are they underperforming?

I would truly love to hear your brilliant analysis.

all of maybe 1-2 people claimed that the Nets or Magic were better max

YOU said the Lakers would struggle to get into the playoffs

Team has been beating up on bad teams all year & they are the only “good” team to be in the negatives based off EWL..

Things about to get critical for y’all but keep worrying about the Clippers

 

[MajinZuub]

 

[tay1]

who said the magic would be better than Boston?

 

[D StaXX]

Shaq is right.
Embiid is mad soft and a mental ******. I hate his body language.
Great internet troll, terrible leader. It's a shame cause he has so much potential.

 

[P C H]

I think it’s obvious how badly Embiid is tired of playing with Ben.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Buckets was right about everything. The soft T'wolves, jumping off the 6ers ship before it hit that iceberg.

 

[had pants]

 

[friscostylez]

lol old man Iggy

 

[getback]

all of maybe 1-2 people claimed that the Nets or Magic were better max

YOU said the Lakers would struggle to get into the playoffs

Team has been beating up on bad teams all year & they are the only “good” team to be in the negatives based off EWL..

Things about to get critical for y’all but keep worrying about the Clippers

Not bad for the least experienced team in the entire league

Good thing we're not in win now, desperation mode or else things would actually become "critical." It's a growth year. The Celtics know exactly what they are. They don't have a championship ceiling right now. They're too young and inexperienced.

It's a good situation, despite what one would thing by scrolling NT.

 

[lawdog1]

i see nothing wrong with what Lebron says.

Telling you, the Kobe tragedy will change his perspective even more and I don't think we see him for more than a couple of years. Just my opinion.

Perfectly fine for him to have the live, love, laugh philosophy; but whether he needs to broadcast it on IG ,while also showcasing a picture of himself doing something individually impressive, right after a team loss, is another question.

 

[trynafeelmink]

Not bad for the least experienced team in the entire league

Good thing we're not in win now, desperation mode or else things would actually become "critical." It's a growth year. The Celtics know exactly what they are. They don't have a championship ceiling right now. They're too young and inexperienced.

It's a good situation, despite what one would thing by scrolling NT.

I would agree if I wasn’t on this board the past few years everyday hearing about how the Celtics are in the best position in the league... only for them to fumble it & be a borderline home court team

they don’t have much cap space coming w/o moving someone & their biggest “Asset” in terms of picks belong to an up & coming Grizz team

 

[amitt5504]

Shaq is right.
Embiid is mad soft and a mental ******. I hate his body language.
Great internet troll, terrible leader. It's a shame cause he has so much potential.

I think it’s obvious how badly Embiid is tired of playing with Ben.

Ben and Brett are holding him back. Brett want been in the post. Fine, Jo doesn’t have a problem playing outside. When Jo goes to the post, Ben is also trying to post up

see the difference

 

[D StaXX]

Ben and Brett are holding him back. Brett want been in the post. Fine, Jo doesn’t have a problem playing outside. When Jo goes to the post, Ben is also trying to post up

see the difference

Yeah I was all for them figuring it out but one of them has to go. Especially if Brett isn’t let go.

 

[getback]

I would agree if I wasn’t on this board the past few years everyday hearing about how the Celtics are in the best position in the league... only for them to fumble it & be a borderline home court team

So you think they're in a bad situation as a 3 or 4 seed while being most inexperienced team in the league, but still somehow being top 5 as far as title odds? Since when is overachieving bad?

 

[amitt5504]

Yeah I was all for them figuring it out but one of them has to go. Especially if Brett isn’t let go.

It’s dumb because it’s not a hard fix. Ben just has to take corner 3s. That and benching Al

Brett is too stubborn to change because his job is on the line

 

[Cashflow]

I N O R G A N I C

 

[lawdog1]

Is there a deadline for when buy outs have to happen?