Random NBA Observations 2019 - 2020

[ALonelyDad]

Crazy that’s just Dame first triple double thought it was crazy kawhi only had one

In 2014, Lance led the league with 5 triple doubles in the season.

Russ really opened the gates for that

 

[KillerB88]

we are talking about Dame vs Russ, not outside of it.

I can talk about Russ record in playoffs without KD too but I am keeping it strictly between his battles vs Dame and Dame has been winning that.

 

[KillerB88]

great

he still got embarrased by dame and hasnt won a playoff series in years

westbrook gotta embarrass dame like he was embarrassed last postseason. until then, the ball stays in his court

Russ will just have to smother the embarrassment with his MVP trophy. Or 8 All-NBA teams. Or 8 All-Star Selections. 4 WCFs appearances. Finals appearance. 2 Scoring Titles. 2 Assists Titles. 2 All-Star MVPs.

I repeat. Lillard led teams have been swept in the playoffs for FOUR YEARS straight.

 

[Don Homer]

Russ will just have to smother the embarrassment with his MVP trophy. Or 8 All-NBA teams. Or 8 All-Star Selections. 4 WCFs appearances. Finals appearance. 2 Scoring Titles. 2 Assists Titles. 2 All-Star MVPs.

I repeat. Lillard led teams have been swept in the playoffs for FOUR YEARS straight.

mvp that got bytched out by damian lillard

all those accolades and cant seem to get over the hump that is the 1st round of the playoffs

 

[KillerB88]

mvp that got bytched out by damian lillard

all those accolades and cant seem to get over the hump that is the 1st round of the playoffs

And there it is. Another non rebuttal, rebuttal. Have a good night breh.

 

[Don Homer]

And there it is. Another non rebuttal, rebuttal. Have a good night breh.

 

[DoubleJ13]

The NBA has alerted teams to the impending release of adjusted 2020-21 salary and luxury tax projections, signaling the likelihood that a decline in revenue will cause a drop in the figures, league sources told ESPN.

The league office is expected to deliver revised projections as soon as Thursday, an accommodation that allows teams to make more informed financial and roster decisions ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline.

The advance notice and pre-trade deadline timing of these looming projections, communicated in a recent league memo, is a departure from past protocol.

The loss of the league's China-driven revenue has caused many front-office executives to tell ESPN that they've been preparing for the possibility that the original 2020-21 cap projection of $116 million could drop as far as $113 million.

Teams inquiring with the league office about getting some sense of the projections to come were told that they would have to wait until the NBA shared those figures in a formal release.

These projections have impact on such items as free-agency cap space, luxury tax payouts and player contracts based on percentages of the salary cap -- including maximum deals and midlevel exceptions.

China's decision to pull sponsorships and television coverage because Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong in October is believed to have cost the NBA anywhere between $150 million and $200 million, league sources said.

Based on ESPN's conversations with team executives, the potential drop in revenue isn't expected to significantly impact the deadline behavior of teams. Salary-cap space is less important this summer than in past years, because only seven teams are currently poised to have salary-cap space above the projected $9.8 million midlevel exception. Also, the talent pool of players available in free agency isn't considered strong.

The projected luxury tax figure had been $141 million, which largely impacts teams such as Boston, Brooklyn, Golden State, Houston and Philadelphia that are expected to be luxury tax teams in 2020-21. Three more teams -- Denver, Milwaukee and the LA Clippers -- could be in the tax pending the retention of their own free agents.

For example, the Warriors -- considered a repeater tax team -- would lose more than $14 million if the tax projection dropped $3 million. With an extension for Draymond Green starting next season, the salary slot for a potential top-five draft pick in the 2020 draft and full use of the $5.9 million exception on a free agent this summer, the Warriors could face a nearly $80 million penalty if the tax drops to $138 million. Golden State was projected to pay $65 million in tax with a $141 million salary cap.

Other contending teams -- including the Utah Jazz, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers -- could be impacted by a decrease in projected luxury tax. For instance, the Lakers would become hard capped if they use the full $9.8 million exception this summer, which would limit their flexibility to make a trade next season.

A salary-cap decrease of $3 million also would impact the players who signed rookie scale contract extensions over the past year, including Philadelphia's Ben Simmons and Denver's Jamal Murray ($4.3 million) as well as Toronto's Pascal Siakam ($3.3 million). Maximum contracts are based on percentages of the salary cap.

Morey sent a $200 million tweet

 

[Flight]

fukk that.....

@Flight @LezJepzin @AvadaKadaBreh @alexander. when the hell did Ben learn to shoot 3's consistently

I am watching, he dropped 4, three's in the first quarter.

Clint Parks aka Kuz trainer got him in the lab the last summer.

 

[CSquare43]

Morey sent a -$200 million tweet

Fixed.

 

[blac_da_rappa]

Feeling good about Okc Thunder chances ..traded Russ and PG and I think they end up in the 6 spot. They have the 9th easiest schedule for rest of the season.



1

Lakers
36 10 - 7-3

2

Clippers
33 14 3.5 8-2

3

Nuggets
32 15 4.5 6-4

4

Jazz
32 15 4.5 7-3

5

Mavericks
29 18 7.5 6-4

6

Rockets
29 18 7.5 4-6

7

Thunder
29 20 8.5 7-3

8

Grizzlies
24 24 13.0 8-2

9

Spurs
21 26 15.5 5-5

10

Trail Blazers
21 27 16.0 5-5

11

Suns
20 27 16.5 6-4

12

Pelicans
19 29 18.0 6-4

13

Kings
17 30 19.5 3-7

14

Timberwolves
15 32 21.5 0-10

15

Warriors
10 38 27.0 1-9

 

[blac_da_rappa]

Terrance Ferguson bout to get his spot snatched.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Harden: 5-18 FG, 2-8 3P, 18 points


Last 8 games: 25 ppg, 34% FG, 22% 3P


And he's second in the league in PER. Stat needs to be renamed

? In the past few weeks his PER has dropped from 30+ to 28. A two point drop in average through a relatively small stretch of games is pretty damn steep.

 

[BigE214]

The Russ and Dame debate is funny to me cause they're the 2 pg's I like the most

 

[threattonature]

It's wild there are 35 games left to play and essentially only 3 playoff spots up for grabs unless somebody takes a drastic fall.

 

[tremonthustler1]

It's wild there are 35 games left to play and essentially only 3 playoff spots up for grabs unless somebody takes a drastic fall.

The absence of pennant races devalues the regular season so much.