NBA season 2019/20
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@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
Nuggets with a starting 5 today that averaged 6 foot 10
Jokic played PG
Be funny to see that lineup against the smallball Rockets with PJ Tucker at C
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@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
Nuggets with a starting 5 today that averaged 6 foot 10
Jokic played PG
Be funny to see that lineup against the smallball Rockets with PJ Tucker at C
3s v 2s
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@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
Nuggets with a starting 5 today that averaged 6 foot 10
Jokic played PG
Be funny to see that lineup against the smallball Rockets with PJ Tucker at C
3s v 2s
Math (maths?) wins every time
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@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
Nuggets with a starting 5 today that averaged 6 foot 10
Jokic played PG
And they were playing a zone defence.
Troy Daniels shot well when he came on
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@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
Nuggets with a starting 5 today that averaged 6 foot 10
Jokic played PG
Be funny to see that lineup against the smallball Rockets with PJ Tucker at C
3s v 2s
Yuck.
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Bol Bol a new NBA Hero. Judging by the media if Voting hadn't shut he would be in line for MVP.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
Nuggets with a starting 5 today that averaged 6 foot 10
Jokic played PG
And they were playing a zone defence.
Troy Daniels shot well when he came on
They'd have no choice to play zone, they wouldn't be able to guard anyone man-on-man!
These scrimmages don't seem to be being taken too seriously.
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@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
Nuggets with a starting 5 today that averaged 6 foot 10
Jokic played PG
And they were playing a zone defence.
Troy Daniels shot well when he came on
They'd have no choice to play zone, they wouldn't be able to guard anyone man-on-man!
These scrimmages don't seem to be being taken too seriously.
The highlights were quite funny with am the newer lighter more nimble Jokic guarding smalls out on the perimeter.
Grant was doing okay out there.
The Clippers game yesterday was probably 70% pace competitive.
The Mavs/Lakers game today was basically a shoot out.
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Looks like Tom Thibodeau will be offered a 5 year deal to coach the Knicks
Sources: Knicks, Thibodeau finalizing 5-year deal
The Knicks and Tom Thibodeau are finalizing a five-year deal to make him the team's new head coach, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
I hope he learned a little bit about dealing with millenials in his failed time in Minnesota
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@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
Looks like Tom Thibodeau will be offered a 5 year deal to coach the Knicks
Sources: Knicks, Thibodeau finalizing 5-year deal
The Knicks and Tom Thibodeau are finalizing a five-year deal to make him the team's new head coach, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
I hope he learned a little bit about dealing with millenials in his failed time in Minnesota
James Dolan is a millennial?
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@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
Looks like Tom Thibodeau will be offered a 5 year deal to coach the Knicks
Sources: Knicks, Thibodeau finalizing 5-year deal
The Knicks and Tom Thibodeau are finalizing a five-year deal to make him the team's new head coach, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
I hope he learned a little bit about dealing with millenials in his failed time in Minnesota
James Dolan is a millennial?
Nope. He's just a dick. But his players are. Or whatever term they call young 20 somethings these days
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@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
Looks like Tom Thibodeau will be offered a 5 year deal to coach the Knicks
Sources: Knicks, Thibodeau finalizing 5-year deal
The Knicks and Tom Thibodeau are finalizing a five-year deal to make him the team's new head coach, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
I hope he learned a little bit about dealing with millenials in his failed time in Minnesota
James Dolan is a millennial?
Nope. He's just a dick. But his players are. Or whatever term they call young 20 somethings these days
Shit, he's worse than a dick. What a job to take. Imagine taking a new job when the entire industry has branded your boss as a hopeless, narcissistic piston wristed gibbon!
I like Thibs though, hope it goes well for him
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An interesting read about how Covid-19 has impacted the NBA team owners.
Future losses causing deep concerns among NBA team owners
A deepening gulf between the have and have-not teams are concerning some around the NBA and could affect the league's short-term future.
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Has anyone posted on this thread re what a massive opportunity is being missed here as the NBA resumes in the Orlando bubble?
If the NBA had been drawn to NZ with games played at Spark, Horncastle and any other worthy arenas (could FBS be transformed for basketball??), would there be any local tip off times that would suit viewers in US time zones? Because for mine, that's the only reasonable obstacle to bringing the NBA to this country. Everything else can be worked around.
They're having issues with players leaving the Orlando bubble. Lou Williams is excused for a funeral and gets in trouble for grabbing a meal at an...ahem...strip club. And now there is talk of the 2020/21 season starting as soon as December and also having to begin in Orlando or possibly multiple bubbles, but there might be unrest depending on whether or not families can also be isolated with the players.
So bring the NBA to virtually Covid-free NZ. We can have crowds at games which boosts income. The costs to house players and their families would be less in USD due to the exchange rate. They would have freedom of movement. Have a window mid-season when players have the option to return to the US.
Also a massive opportunity to host rich US sports fans, after they comply with our rules of entry, should they so choose.
I don't believe for a moment that with our small population we'd sell out a lot of games across a full NBA schedule, but 1,000 per game has gotta be better than 0 per game, right?
I'm sure there are negatives I'm not thinking of but if the tip off time issue can be negotiated, there must be work-arounds which can be achieved.
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OK, we could have a midday tip off which would be 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. Presumably that means anywhere from Boston to Miami? 2pm NZT would be 10pm. They're probably the best compromises for the marquee games to maximise US ratings.
4pm NZT is 9pm Pacific Daylight Time (Seattle to San Diego I guess). 6pm = 11pm.
So it's possible to play some games at times that would rate well or ok and at good times to attend locally.
Maybe some games tip off early and that's just an adjustment the players need to make, in order to suit US prime time slots. Compared to their crazy travel schedules which ordinarily include compulsory daytime naps, and flights into the early hours of the morning, this probably isn't too much of a chore.
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@shark was just listening to thefull48 podcast and all three of them (Howard beck, Zach Lowe and Rachel Nichols) mentioned how some overseas players briefly discussed with the NBA about moving it to their country (didn't say it was Adams) they all said let's move it to NZ as they all wanted to go live there.
Nichols can stay at my mums place I will come back and visit (irrational crush on her...not super hot but I think sports knowledge pushes her up in my hotness).
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@Magpie_in_aus said in NBA season 2019/20:
@shark was just listening to thefull48 podcast and all three of them (Howard beck, Zach Lowe and Rachel Nichols) mentioned how some overseas players briefly discussed with the NBA about moving it to their country (didn't say it was Adams) they all said let's move it to NZ as they all wanted to go live there.
Nichols can stay at my mums place I will come back and visit (irrational crush on her...not super hot but I think sports knowledge pushes her up in my hotness).
There's something hawt about her. Maybe it's a woman who is knowledgable about sports thing
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@Magpie_in_aus said in NBA season 2019/20:
@shark was just listening to thefull48 podcast and all three of them (Howard beck, Zach Lowe and Rachel Nichols) mentioned how some overseas players briefly discussed with the NBA about moving it to their country (didn't say it was Adams) they all said let's move it to NZ as they all wanted to go live there.
Nichols can stay at my mums place I will come back and visit (irrational crush on her...not super hot but I think sports knowledge pushes her up in my hotness).
Imagine if that was NZ's thing for the next few years. The home of sport where we had all the major sports played here through the year broadcast to the world! It would earn us billions.
