**OFFICIAL 2019 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD**

[a-friend]

Might be one of those Years where nearly half of the East playoff Teams are under .500.

30 team League with 16 playoff spots is just average AF

MLB Setup got it right letting 10teams in while 2/10 teams only see 1 game.

I’d like to see the NBA for the same, except the 1game Wildcard spot would be replaced with a short 3 or 5 game series.

It’d shorten up the Season and lengthen Careers, and the Action would be A-1.

Make it a chore to get in and every one of the 82 Regular Season games would mean something.

Load management would be a thing of the past because the Orginazation couldn’t afford to throw away games.

Rambling but, that would be dope imo

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

First half

Get these **** out of here

Second half

Get this *** outta here

Does harden have the best floater in the game now?

Why do yall do this man

Rockets still living & dying by the 3 smh

MdA Is A gEnIuS tHo

Wanna bet?

Ros struggling on the mic tonight.

She struggles more often than not tbh

There's a reason a lot of establishment NBA refs suddenly retired in the following years. Fun fact: they were given advisory roles for the NBA officiating department. All they did was take them off the court. Bennett Salvatore, Eddie F. Rush, Joey Crawford, etc. They never left. They just became invisible.

Also, true story: I worked with a guy (referee) back in the day who was overly qualified as a referee. He was perfect for the NBA. I asked him once about it, and he said they'd offered him multiple times over the years, but he always refused. His one word response: politics. He gave me the lowdown. He had friends officiating in the league who he said had no business being there, but they were willing to make the right calls. He wasn't just blowing smoke, he was a top level D-1 ref who did rec league on the side for fun.

HIM

Also, how can Rockets complain when Harden game based off deceiving the refs

I don't know how they do it with a straight face but it's hilarious

Celtics lose
Kings lose
Rockets lose
Lakers beat the 2nd best team in the league

ALA gon head and take the night off. YALL on hiatus!!

 

[buc em]

Dirtiest player in the league

I hate this dude.

 

[don ramon]

he really has. my gf's father is a good friend of his. he's livin the life out in hawaii. hangs with willie nelson a lot

 

[goldmember]

This dude cp3.. No wonder this dude is so injury prone.. Karma always hits him

 

[alchemist iq]

Lakers needs to find away to get harden fouled out.

*cough*
Said this last night right after harden had 3 fouls in the 1st quarter.


Thanks scott Foster.

 

[leavemeglazzies]

This is the pose they chose for the Michael Jordan statue outside of the United Center:

This is for the Magic Johnson statue outside the Staples Center:

And here is the pose of the Kareem statue:

If they ever build a statue of James Harden outside of the Houston arena and pick any pose but this, it would be false advertising:

Spoiler

Did this guy really have the audacity to complain about the refs? The doctor who delivered him to this world was probably called for a foul the second he dragged him out of his mother's womb.

 

[alchemist iq]

This is the pose they chose for the Michael Jordan statue outside of the United Center:

This is for the Magic Johnson statue outside the Staples Center:

And here is the pose of the Kareem statue:

If they ever build a statue of James Harden outside of the Houston arena and pick any pose but this, it would be false advertising:

Spoiler

Did this guy really have the audacity to complain about the refs? The doctor who delivered him to this world was probably called for a foul the second he dragged him out of his mother's womb.

Currently Outside the toyota center in houston.

Aint not room for harden he has yet to bring home anything yet but a nice stat sheet.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Joeger
Harden
P.J. Tucker
Gerald Green

 

[Hahahaha]

Harden got his 30, that's all he cares about.

Some of those fouls they were crying about were obvious fouls, a few they could complain about but that's every game.

 

[millzszn93]

 

[niceshoes247]

How Lebron do?

 

[titang545]

How Lebron do?

He played with energy in the first half, but was getting frustrated. Appears he got over his frustration and pulled out the win, couldn't hold Harden under 30 though as a team. Disappointing.

 

[niceshoes247]

Lakers back?
F the warriors
F country folk too

 

[Coupé It]

Attitude reflect leadership

Yea, and that’s why they won

 

[Air Pope]

I think KD was amused at Joerger.

W/ 18 seconds left, what is a shooter supposed to do? I hate when bozo coaches go by these old beliefs in a new game. Pull from 30 if it can win us the game. That’s some loser ****

 

[trynafeelmink]

Lakers HAVE TO win four games of these next 5, Pels, Griz, Pels, Bucks, Suns.

Gotta think Lonzo is back by then when we really need him. Also Lakers losing Zu is still a major loss, if for no other reason we are relying on Tyson Chandler to play 15-20 minutes a night and he's been in the league damn near 20 years. Tyson my dude but his game is predicated off hustle & energy, it's hard to ask someone with that much mileage to do that every night.

 

[lawdog1]

I don’t mean to sound like a hater or biased, but the Lakers suck...

This post aged rather poorly. Thanks a lot,Rockets

 

[HOU$TON]

.

 

[alchemist iq]

Lakers HAVE TO win four games of these next 5, Pels, Griz, Pels, Bucks, Suns.

 

[trynafeelmink]

Also the Rockets are a mere 14-12 When Harden doesn't shoot over 10 FTA in a game....... & this is with whom you wanna place your faith? AND he's biting the hand that feeds him. Windows about to be sealed

The ROCKETS are complaining about Freethrows..... what a time to be alive

 

[shotsrangout]

Winter break

All these breaks and you think you deserve more money? ****. ******* teachers am I right?

Spoiler

not srs. Rip to my 5th grade teacher who actually believed in me for once

 

[P C H]

Lakers HAVE TO win four games of these next 5, Pels, Griz, Pels, Bucks, Suns.

Gotta think Lonzo is back by then when we really need him. Also Lakers losing Zu is still a major loss, if for no other reason we are relying on Tyson Chandler to play 15-20 minutes a night and he's been in the league damn near 20 years. Tyson my dude but his game is predicated off hustle & energy, it's hard to ask someone with that much mileage to do that every night.

would be pretty fast if he's back by then. It's been almost 5 weeks since he got hurt and he hasn't even started on court work yet.

 

[buc em]

I’m gonna be hoping for a lot of Heat losses the rest of the year just dropped some money on Sixers at Heat tickets which will be D-Wade’s last home game ever if they don’t make the playoffs.

 

[trynafeelmink]

would be pretty fast if he's back by then. It's been almost 5 weeks since he got hurt and he hasn't even started on court work yet.

Keeping all hope alive . I just want to see this team at close to full strength heading down the stretch