2019-2020 NBA Season Thread Basketball • Page 803

i feel like Silver and the league is just gonna press on once everyone is there unless a few big names get it and have to miss time. feels like once teams are there the excuse will be, "well, we're already here! might as well keep on!"

 

And then someone dies and then what?

 

I think we all generally agree that this is a horrendous idea and should not be happening, but i legitimately dont think there is anything thats going to stop this train right now, even if it ends up meaning a team of replacement players wins the title.

 

No asterisk doe.

 

When the Suns win it they WIN it.

 

It’s a flawed plan in an impossible situation, but I have trouble saying that it should not be happening.

 

I am firmly team no asterisk

 

it shouldn't be an asterisk regardless of the circumstances, because that is the dumbest talking point in sports lol

 

Asterisk if a team I don't like wins it, no asterisk if a team I like wins it

 

a title is a title imo

 

Specifically

Asterisk:
Lakers
Celtics
Nets
Sixers
Wizards
Mavericks
Pelicans
Suns
Heat
Jazz

No Asterisk:
Kangz
Bucks
Clippers
Pacers
Raptors
Nugz
Blazers
Rockets
Grizz
Thunder
Spurs
Magic

You are all welcome

 

Can we get an asterisk/no asterisk list for the September bubble?

 

Asterisk:

Knicks & Warriors
Derrick Rose

No Asterisk:

The rest of them

 

Come home Boog

 

What if a team is one day named the Asterisks and they win the title. Then it is safe to call it an “asterisk title”


My great clever joke of the day. You’re welcome.

 

I think if a player dies they might stop doing this. If a player dies and they keep going, that's an asterisk for me.

 

If a player DIES and they keep going I'm burning my Giannis NYK Jersey and never watching the NBA again.

 

Make Post Play Great Again!

I just finished reading Sprawlball by Kirk Goldsberry (I know I'm late, it came out a year or so ago). It made me realize how much they have eliminated big guys from the game. This is coming from a Rockets fan and I know the Rockets have built their roster completely around the fact that shooting a bunch of threes is the most efficient way to score. But I also reminisce about the Hakeem days and the way that he dominated the post. It's inefficient to dump it into the big guy down low and the most productive centers now are either stretch 5s or guys that can execute the pick and roll game as lob finishers at the rim.

Why do we keep making rules to make big guys less efficient (allowing contact when guys post up, widening the key so they can't camp out down there, etc.) while making no changes to the fact that every valuable wing guy in the league can hit a catch and shoot three?

I think it's time to revisit the rules and encourage teams like Phoenix to dump it in to Ayton. I'm rambling, but some of the beauty of basketball is being thrown away for the purpose of three pointers being the most efficient way to score.

 

Carrying this conversation in here so I don’t Cloud up the NFL thread

but imagine being one of those mfs who say Iguodala should be in the hall of fame lmfao

 

he's one of those guys whose perceived impact is much higher than his numbers. it helps him that he won finals mvp that one year lol