NBA season 2019/20
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I watched the Kobe and Gianna Bryant memorial today, really made the dust whip up in the room... 😢. Some extraordinary moments from the speakers. The one that surprised me most was the fiercely private Michael Jordan openly weeping as he spoke about his "little brother". Apparently they were very close
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@raznomore said in NBA season 2019/20:
Steven Adams best centre in the nba since the All Star break...
he's had a good week
Also by this metric, Embiid is the best player in teh NBA
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@mariner4life yes but Embiid is a soft bitch
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@raznomore said in NBA season 2019/20:
@mariner4life yes but Embiid is a soft bitch
good point. Adams is far from that.
I saw his stat line the other day and instantly thought "Raz will be prepping his "told you so" post already"
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Tim Duncan is unbeaten as head coach
There is nothing the great man can't do
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@Bovidae said in NBA season 2019/20:
The Lakers beat the Bucks and Clips in the space of 3 days. Their first win over the Clippers this season.
LAL starting to get on a playoff footing. These are statement wins and probably more important for them than the opposition. Nice to know you can win games against your strongest competitors when the time comes to face them again
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Patrick Beverly is both ridiculous and necessary for the league. He is a cartoonish, annoying little prick. But he plays old school defense and is widely respected. Probably not liked but respected.
The Lakers look pretty unbeatable now. Lebron really is turning me into a fan. Just the fact that at his age he is still easily the best player in the league. I'll offset that though by saying Jordan was doing the same too.
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What I love it the thunder are ahead of the rockets. Suck on that russ. Also they could finish with higher regular season wins then last 2-3 years
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Suns beat the Blazers and Giannis-less Bucks over the past couple of days. Think we still have a couple games left in a solid home stand. Need to win a few more though to challenge for a play off spot. Booker seems to have his mojo back now after a quiet patch post-ASW, and Aron Baynes has had possibly the two best consecutive games of his career.
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No clear fav. I'd still rank the contenders Clips, Lakers then Bucks, with a decent gap to the next tier of Boston and Houston, then Utah, Toronto, Philly.
Giannis still has to prove himself in a 7 game series when coaches have entire have plans around clogging the paint to keep him out. Can he get out and run enough? Will he pick up his 3pt %? Can his teammates hit the 3 at a high enough clip to spread the floor for him?
WCF's will be fucking epic.
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@Magpie_in_aus said in NBA season 2019/20:
What I love it the thunder are ahead of the rockets. Suck on that russ. Also they could finish with higher regular season wins then last 2-3 years
Russ has been unbelievable the last 2 months.
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@Magpie_in_aus said in NBA season 2019/20:
What I love it the thunder are ahead of the rockets. Suck on that russ. Also they could finish with higher regular season wins then last 2-3 years
Why the hate for Russ? He’s been superb this season despite being coached by a crazy man 😎
At the end of the day the Thunder didn’t make any moves that would keep him loyal any longer, so he wanted to go and play with his good mate Harden.
I’m pleased for the Thunder but Paul is a better fit for the players that remained. It just sometimes works out like that.
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@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
No clear fav. I'd still rank the contenders Clips, Lakers then Bucks, with a decent gap to the next tier of Boston and Houston, then Utah, Toronto, Philly.
Giannis still has to prove himself in a 7 game series when coaches have entire have plans around clogging the paint to keep him out. Can he get out and run enough? Will he pick up his 3pt %? Can his teammates hit the 3 at a high enough clip to spread the floor for him?
WCF's will be fucking epic.
I’d actually rate Toronto above the Celts. There’s an edge to the Raptors that when they are all healthy still have a deep roster.
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@ACT-Crusader it would be a great series. But I still don't trust Siakim to be the #1 guy on a deep playoff run. Lowry is great, Gasol still solid, but guys like FvF/Ibaka could easily go missing in a big series. I think they're a regular season team right now, much like Miami - too easy to figure out come playoffs.