NBA season 2019/20
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@shark said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@shark said in NBA season 2019/20:
Then they idiotically thought they were getting a franchise player for a franchise player. Dumb.
That's not how it went. Kawhi and the Spurs broke down totally. You can argue about what went on with the injury, but we will never really know. Did the Spurs not believe him or did Kawhi act like a petulant prick?
Who knows.
But the Spurs made the very best move they could. They wait a year and they get a zero return. They trade him when they did, they at least get something back. Of course Derozan isn't Kawhi, they knew that. But when Kawhi only has 1 year under contract, he's not that valuable as a trade piece.
Toronto took a punt and it came off with a title (so many things could have derailed this!), but of course they then lost him as expected after a year.
Nothing more the Spurs could have done in the trade market.
Yeah i don't know if it was that obvious at that time that Kawhi was so much better than Derozan. Kawhi elevated himself to one of the very best players (top 3 probably) in the league when with the Raptors, but wasn't in that ecehelon when with the Spurs. Meanwhile Derozan was the man for the Raptors and I think the Spurs hoped he'd have the same impact for them. He hasn't.
Are you willfully making shit takes?
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Ok ok, I'm biased as I don't like Kawhi Leonard. The Spurs have always been there or there-abouts as my second team. I'm disappointed with how they've gone since the trade. It guts me that when I bought a Spurs jersey recently I had to settle for one with Derozan on it. So for me, it was a shit trade.
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Lakers v Nuggets is a beauty. Close and very physical
Torrey Craig has spent the evening guarding LeBron. It, hasn't always gone well.
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@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
Lakers v Nuggets is a beauty. Close and very physical
Torrey Craig has spent the evening guarding LeBron. It, hasn't always gone well.
Just watching now, LBJ put a savage dunk on Craig early in the 3rd quarter
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@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:
Lakers v Nuggets is a beauty. Close and very physical
Torrey Craig has spent the evening guarding LeBron. It, hasn't always gone well.
Just watching now, LBJ put a savage dunk on Craig early in the 3rd quarter
There were a couple
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This dude on the Clippers is 6'8 but has a 7'4 wingspan! His hands come to his fucking knees!
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@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
Just looking at Dwights reference page. 14 and 14 per 36mins on 74% shooting with 2.4 blocks. Pretty wild.
Shame he shoots FT's at 46%...
Did the business on Joker too.
He’s having a really good year and come the playoffs will be vital in terms of his ability to play with Lebron and AD.
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@ACT-Crusader only if he can stay on the floor though. Hack-a-Dwight will definitely come out, a blight on the game IMO
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The Elam ending was amazing. It completely changed the game, and it was all for the better. For those who don't know, in this format the clock in the 4th quarter is replaced with a 'target score' which in this game was 24 more than the leading team score at the end of the 3rd. The game is played until the score is reached.
The game became more tactical, more tense, and led to a much more watchable contest. The last few minutes as both sides approached the target score were gripping.
If you play this format it ends timewasting, it largely ends intentional fouls, mindless timeouts, and changes how teams would play 'crunch time' (because they have no real idea as to how long 'crunch time' will be).
At very least I think we'll see it in the G-League and a future midseason tournament if that ends up happening.
