Are we witnessing the NBA Playoffs or NBA Rico Hines scrimmages?

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<<<summer runs>>>>>>>*

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I feel u bra but damn if that shyt really has that much of an impact on these professional players it’s kinda sad to me lol

It has an indeterminate amount of impact.

At the end of the day, these nikkas is only human, and each and everyone one of them reacts/responds differently to these stimuli, even if they're not always conscious of it at the time. We always hear players talk about their fans or the opposing team's fans, so it stands to reason it has an impact on how they perform. Nobody can just tune out what happens past the white lines.

D'Antoni said this:

“I think it’s a big deal..Some guys I think will perform even better without the pressure of fans."

Bron said this (initially):

"I ain't playing if I ain't got the fans in the crowd. That's who I play for. I play for my teammates, and I play for the fans. That's what it's all about. So if I show up to an arena and there ain't no fans in there, I ain't playing. They can do what they want to do."

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Tell me about it. Typical American privilege. It dont even matter the race of the person complaining.

People complain for the sake of complaining.

Just be glad we got some competitive sports right now

Since when is watching multi millionaires play sports a privilege

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Again, you’re being obtuse trying to argue semantics. You know exactly what issues I’m talking about because you listed many of them in the fukking OP.

Your whole stance is just as dumb as people who argued against instant replay.

And as I pointed out to you - you're wrong. Those are bball issues, or more specifically, they're NBA issues. The travel, the fans/crowd, homecourt, DOP etc, these are all factors that shape NBA basketball, whether you want to admit it or not.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

And as I pointed out to you - you're wrong. Those are bball issues, or more specifically, they're NBA issues. The travel, the fans/crowd, homecourt, DOP etc, these are all factors that shape NBA basketball, whether you want to admit it or not.

And as I pointed out, you’re hell bent on arguing semantics despite the fact that you knew EXACTLY what issues I was talking about. shyt is corny.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

And as I pointed out, you’re hell bent on arguing semantics despite the fact that you knew EXACTLY what issues I was talking about. shyt is corny.

This is the third time I've acknowledged the issues you're talking about. It seems like you're the one trying to juke around this cause you realize that they are NBA/bball issues, and not non-related like you initially thought they were.

 

[ScoopNScore]

Clearly this means this season gets an asterisk

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

You’re being so disingenuous...of course the best teams win the chips. They also earn the luxury of home court as a result of being the best teams, to widen that margin between them and the lesser teams
And teams with HCA, as of the past 10 years, win 74% of their respective series.
That’s not all strictly because of the home court, obviously. Talent always will be the leading factor. But to pretend that not having it isn’t a big deal is again being disingenuous at best.

In short teams like Milwaukee, LAL, LAC, TOR etc won’t get to enjoy the fruits of their labor.And the lesser teams will have a more even playing field..

And that’s not even getting into the psychological effects playing in packed out arenas have individual player performances.

74% of teams with HCA won their series because they have the better players .

If those teams that worked hard for HCA have to now play teams on an even playing field that should mean their title should be even more legitimatized right? That’s what your post seems to be indicating .


You can look back 30 years and you’re not going to find many teams that won the title based on their HCA. More times than not it’s the best player/team winning it all . It’ll happen again this year ,bubble or not .


Houston missed 100 threes with their HCA
GSW lost a 3-1 lead with their HCA
Philly got their soul snatched by Tor with their HCA


The fan/HCA shyt doesn’t mean anything if the other team has the better squad .

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

This is the third time I've acknowledged the issues you're talking about. It seems like you're the one trying to juke around this cause you realize that they are NBA/bball issues, and not non-related like you initially thought they were.

Nah, you just like to argue to argue.


Your stance is just as dumb as people arguing against using instant replay to correct bad calls...another “non bball” issue

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Nah, you just like to argue to argue.


Your stance is just as dumb as people arguing against using instant replay to correct bad calls...another “non bball” issue

Welcome to 2020: where everything that we've known to be NBA basketball isn't really basketball, after all. Crowds/fans? Nah, not NBA basketball. Homecourt advantage? Nah, not NBA basketball. Visual/background pollution regarding the net/rim? Nah, not NBA basketball. Players, current and past, talking about the differences of playing-factors in the bubble and in a regular setting? Nah, not NBA basketball.

 

[#1 pick]

This thread wouldn't exist if Steph or Kyrie was in the bubble.

Gil, we know there are some advantages and disadvantages. Just the reality of our world with COVID. This is a non-starter.

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

It's gonna be something similar to this for a while.

These nikkaz ain't staying in no bubble next year for 7 months and for some teams 8-9 months.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Adapt or die. The best will adapt to the new norm.

 

[ISO]

Who gives a fukk man everyone is playing under the same circumstances

U the anti box score guy fukk does it matter to you if Mitchell scored 57

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

This thread wouldn't exist if Steph or Kyrie was in the bubble.

Gil, we know there are some advantages and disadvantages. Just the reality of our world with COVID. This is a non-starter.

Sit your dumbass down.

This thread doesn't have a cotdamn thing to do with Steph or Kyrie. I simply made it to generate some discussion, to unwind people's perceptions of the conditions of these playoffs as it relates to a regular playoff setting. The main reason I did it is I wanted to gauge people's responses now, at the start, and see if it changed as the playoffs went on.