NBA 2020-2021, Let the Season Begin

**The Reverend Floater** · 07-23-2021, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Last 10 years…

LeBron, Curry, KD.

Then…

Kawhi, Harden.

Then Duncan (first half)… Giannis (second half).

I’m probably forgetting someone? Wade (first half)?

There's this one guy...I think his name was Kobe or something?

**TahoeJ** · 07-23-2021, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater

There's this one guy...I think his name was Kobe or something?

Last 10 years. Kobe got hurt in 2013, missed over one and a half seasons, and wasn't even close to the same player when he came back. He retired in 2016. So... yeah, I didn't overlook him at all. 2000 - 2010 ... obviously he's there, but that's not what we're talking about.

I should probably add Chris Paul on there, however.

**Woodsy** · 07-24-2021, 05:36 AM

Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater

Problem with that is that he's a minority AND an immigrant.

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With your background in marketing I hoped you were joking, but Chi fil A has done nothing. Not even replied on social media.

Sucks you were right

**Woodsy** · 07-25-2021, 08:08 AM

Know Intl basketball is different but did not expect FOURNIER to outscore Dame AND Durant.
Damn

**The Suit** · 07-25-2021, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by Woodsy

Know Intl basketball is different but did not expect FOURNIER to outscore Dame AND Durant.
Damn

Not even Javale McGee could save them

**TahoeJ** · 07-25-2021, 11:01 AM

Watching international basketball makes me really appreciate the defensive three second rule in the NBA. Parking a big man like Gobert under the rim and having him sit there is just kinda lame. No excuses for team USA, just saying. Pop should have been calling for PnR's every time to force Gobert out of the paint. Trae Young's floater game would be very useful right now.

**TahoeJ** · 07-26-2021, 09:17 AM

Ben Simmons update. lol... https://streamable.com/rai653

**54-46** · 07-26-2021, 09:21 AM

Jazz reportedly open to trading Ingles & Bogs. For who/what?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nba.nbc...ogdanovic/amp/

**brutah** · 07-26-2021, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Ben Simmons update. lol... https://streamable.com/rai653

Ben Simmons has no heart, he won't develop a jump shot or be a reliable free throw shooter because he doesn't care. If he did care, he'd be at the Olympics. Australia would have their greatest shot at an olympic medal if ben suited up, but he's busy playing call of duty and smashing hotties. To each their own, but when he said he was going to use the off season to work on his game, I now realize he didn't mean his basketball game.

**altasnob** · 07-26-2021, 10:44 AM

At the end of the season, I thought there was zero chance Blazers would trade Lillard this summer. But with the drama Lillard has created this summer, and his shitty play in the Olympics, I think Blazer fans are now split 50/50 on whether to trade him or not. Get peak value and build for the future. Pop should start Holiday over Lillard. Lillard can't play off ball and is a defensive liability.

**k2skier112** · 07-26-2021, 10:52 AM

the blazers will never win a championship around Damian, never

**altacoup** · 07-26-2021, 12:27 PM

As a life long blazers fan I totally agree. Dame is a very good player. But if your whole game is jacking up deep threes it isn’t very sustainable. Everyone gets cold streaks. But a team that puts zero effort into rebounding when all they do is shoot from deep us totally nonsensical.

**altasnob** · 07-26-2021, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by 54-46

Jazz reportedly open to trading Ingles & Bogs. For who/what?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nba.nbc...ogdanovic/amp/

If they trade Ingles and Bogs, who is going to fill that "looks like a Mormon" role on the Jazz, who they always seem to have.

**MultiVerse** · 07-26-2021, 02:05 PM

While Utah's iconic NBA team is often associated with local Mormon culture, the team is named for the legendary contributions of Salt Lake City to American music popularized by its African-American communities, right?

**Woodsy** · 07-26-2021, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by MultiVerse

While Utah's iconic NBA team is often associated with local Mormon culture, the team is named for the legendary contributions of Salt Lake City to American music popularized by its African-American communities, right?

OMG I have never heard any one make this comment before!

Now do the Lakers one

**MultiVerse** · 07-26-2021, 02:15 PM

OK, so what would _you_ call a Utah team?

**El Chupacabra** · 07-26-2021, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Woodsy

OMG I have never heard any one make this comment before!

Now do the Lakers one

Don't forget about all those grizzlies in Tennessee.

**brutah** · 07-26-2021, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by MultiVerse

OK, so what would _you_ call a Utah team?

we need a :facepalm: emjoi

Originally Posted by 54-46

Jazz reportedly open to trading Ingles & Bogs. For who/what?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nba.nbc...ogdanovic/amp/

I don't know if this means anything. I think putting it out there that certain players are available is a good strategic move for any team. I also think sportswriters that cover the NBA bite on anything in the off season.

**Woodsy** · 07-26-2021, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by MultiVerse

OK, so what would _you_ call a Utah team?

"Wideass Streets with great mountains that were ruined in the 21st century by too many people moving here" didnt fit on the jersey

signed,
Jazz fan since AD & the Golden Griff, aka Dr Dunkenstein

**altasnob** · 07-26-2021, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by El Chupacabra

Don't forget about all those grizzlies in Tennessee.

Memphis is near the eastern edge of where grizzlies once roamed. No more ridiculous to call a team in Memphis the Grizzlies as it is to call Cal-Berkley the Golden Bears or UCLA Bruins, since grizzlies have been extinct from California since 1850. Fuck, California has an extinct animal on their state flag.

**abraham** · 07-26-2021, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by altasnob

Memphis is near the eastern edge of where grizzlies once roamed. No more ridiculous to call a team in Memphis the Grizzlies as it is to call Cal-Berkley the Golden Bears or UCLA Bruins, since grizzlies have been extinct from California since 1850. Fuck, California has an extinct animal on their state flag.

Well shit if you want to be picky, Georgia has an extinct failed country in theirs.

**TahoeJ** · 07-26-2021, 04:47 PM

Can we go cross league and propose a team name trade?

NFL to NBA. New Orleans Jazz and the Utah Saints.

On the team name note, I still think the Washington Bullets was a cool name. I get why they changed it, but still.

**El Chupacabra** · 07-26-2021, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Can we go cross league and propose a team name trade?

NFL to NBA. New Orleans Jazz and the Utah Saints.

And the Jazz/Saints will have their walk-on-court music all ready for them:

**cinnepa** · 07-27-2021, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by brutah

Ben Simmons has no heart, he won't develop a jump shot or be a reliable free throw shooter because he doesn't care. If he did care, he'd be at the Olympics. Australia would have their greatest shot at an olympic medal if ben suited up, but he's busy playing call of duty and smashing hotties. To each their own, but when he said he was going to use the off season to work on his game, I now realize he didn't mean his basketball game.

Bingo. He can't leave philly fast enough for me.