Brian Fowler Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Drummond opting in, one of the easiest decisions ever. No way he was getting 28 million next year on the open market. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Quote The NBA announced the structure and format for the 2020-21 season Tuesday night, including how exactly the upcoming schedule will be released. The schedule will be released in two halves -- what the league is calling the First Half and the Second Half. The schedule for the First Half of the season, which will run from Dec. 22 to March 4, will be released around the start of training camp, set for Dec. 1. The league won't release the schedule for the Second Half until later in the First Half. That will include the rest of each team's 72 regular-season games that weren't previously scheduled, as well as any games that were postponed in the First Half of the season that "can reasonably be added" to the rest of the schedule. The All-Star break is set to take place March 5-10, between the two halves. The Second Half of the season will run from March 11 to May 16. The play-in tournament will be held from May 18 to 21 before the playoffs tip off May 22. Each NBA team will play the teams within its conference three times for a total of 42 games, while playing the teams from the opposing conference twice each (30 games). Within each team's division, the league has already assigned which opponents will be played twice at home, and which will be played twice on the road. Each division within a conference will then play all five teams from another intraconference division twice at home, and all five teams from the remaining division twice on the road. The league said its board of governors unanimously approved the play-in tournament proposal on a one-year basis in a vote Thursday. The teams with the seventh- and eighth-highest winning percentages will have two chances to make the playoffs, while the teams with the ninth- and 10th-highest winning percentages will have one chance. The "Seven-Eight Game" will be between the teams ranked seventh and eighth, while the "Nine-Ten Game" will feature the teams ranked ninth and 10th. The winner of the Seven-Eight Game will advance to the playoffs. The loser will host the winner of the Nine-Ten Game, as had been previously reported. The NBA Finals are set to run through July 22. The Summer Olympics begin July 23 -- and the qualifying tournaments for the remaining four spots in the men's field are scheduled to run from June 29 to July 4. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30338853/nba-regular-season-schedule-2020-21-released-2-stages-play-tournament-18-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Per Wojo Quote The New York Knicks are moving up in Wednesday's NBA draft, acquiring the Utah Jazz's pick at No. 23 in exchange for the No. 27 and No. 38 selections, sources told ESPN. The Knicks will now hold the No. 8 and No. 23 picks in Wednesday's draft, the first for the team under new president of basketball operations Leon Rose. The Jazz will also send the Knicks the draft rights to 2008 second-round pick Ante Tomic, 33, who isn't expected to join the NBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beech27 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Anthony Edwards, trying to demonstrate to Minnesota that he's already further along than their previous top pick, Andrew Wiggins, when it comes to basketball-related antipathy: Quote "To be honest," he says, "I can't watch basketball." He retells the story about the first time he dunked and how it signaled to him that he was talented and could accomplish something he might not have been able to in football, which was his first love. So that's the direction he went, simple as that, hanging up his cleats. "That's all I needed to see," he says. So when after that did he get into basketball? "I'm still not really into it," he says. "I love basketball, yeah. It's what I do." He's not entirely convincing. He says if he were drafted by the NFL tomorrow, he'd let basketball go. "Because you can do anything on the field," he explains. "You can spike the ball. You can dance. You can do all type of disrespectful stuff." In the NBA, he says, "you can't do any of that. You'll get fined." He goes on to say that he's an aspiring rapper. He's already recorded a few tracks with his older brother Bubba. So, like Damian Lillard? "But I really can rap," he says. "Dame, talking about -- I don't know what he's talking about. I'm rapping like Lil Baby." He says he won't release any songs until he's established in the NBA. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Seriously you'd have to drop a couple of spots just for being dumb enough to say before the draft. You hook the team first, THEN say that shit. All things being equal of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Wojo says the reason the Knicks made the above mentioned trade is because they are trying to pack their 2 #1s to move up (the most likely team to swap with is the Cavs at #5) New York is in love with Obi Toppin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Kuetsar said: Seriously you'd have to drop a couple of spots just for being dumb enough to say before the draft. You hook the team first, THEN say that shit. All things being equal of course. Or, he is a genius and trying to avoid the Timberwolves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jiji Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 You really gotta hate Horford's contract and production to do that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 And be banking on Green having a good season shooting the ball. I think they had to move Horford though. The fit was just hideous next to Embiid. So that's up to as many as 18 first round picks but 2026 for OKC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 And Trevor Ariza and #16 to Detroit for a future first. Sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Wow, that is terrible. Also the Bogdanovic trade fell through because apparently nobody asked Bogdan if he wanted to get traded to Milwaukee. Womp womp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I have no idea what the Rockets are doing help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Lawful Metal said: I have no idea what the Rockets are doing help They appear to be trying to recoup draft assets and cut payroll. Which feels like what you do when you've decided to trade your best player(s) and rebuild, but have mortgaged your future picks to get your current team. If they really are planning to try and run it back with Russ and Harden, them this is a really strange set of moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: They appear to be trying to recoup draft assets and cut payroll. Which feels like what you do when you've decided to trade your best player(s) and rebuild, but have mortgaged your future picks to get your current team. If they really are planning to try and run it back with Russ and Harden, them this is a really strange set of moves. But trading the number 16 pick for a severely protected pick you probably won't be able to use until 2025 seems really fucking stupid when you could just you know pick at #16. I know what we're doing. We're saving Tilman Fertitta money because he's a broke ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 8 hours ago, RIPPA said: Wojo says the reason the Knicks made the above mentioned trade is because they are trying to pack their 2 #1s to move up (the most likely team to swap with is the Cavs at #5) New York is in love with Obi Toppin Good Lord, they got him without the trade. Competence? In MY Manhattan NBA Franchise? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Detroit stripping every thing they can down to the floorboards. Looks like they really are finally committing to a true rebuild. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Amazing that Daryl Morey is the first GM to figure out that they should put a bunch of shooters around Embiid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 58 minutes ago, Zimbra said: Amazing that Daryl Morey is the first GM to figure out that they should put a bunch of shooters around Embiid. What a concept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I'm very happy with the Mavs effort last night. I like who we got with all 3 picks, and I think Green will be a pleasant surprise. I'm gutted at losing Seth Curry, but I *do* feel like Josh Richardson gives the team what they are looking for right now with a defensive minded guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Good Lord, they got him without the trade. Competence? In MY Manhattan NBA Franchise? I may have peed a little when I saw the Knicks sniped him. I cannot - CANNOT believe the Cavs of all teams passed on Obi. In-state phenomenon and you can't make a role for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Oh, and since I forgot to mention it last night (because I was too fucking busy at work) Hopefully he can learn to be a mean asshole at the feet of Iguodala. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 So with Klay out, are we going to find out what Steph can do by himself or is he gonna goldbrick another injury 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Happy 16th Anniversary to the most Detroit moment in NBA history: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 The New York purged today - dumping 6 veterans to create $40 million in cap space The "biggest" move was declining Bobby Portis' $15.75 million option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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