The Lakers will still be one of the hot favourites next season, we don't know how Durant is going to fare after massive lay off. There are still questions about GSW's defence after losing Iguodala for me also. I don't think the Lakers lose that much other than the clock ticking on another year for Lebron.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Probably the Bucks that have the most to lose - I highly doubt their window is that big - may not even get to next year with the Nets chance to click.
I'd just love to see an expanded play-offs for the NBA to finish the season off.
All teams are in the play-offs. Seed them on current standings.
All teams are in the play-offs. Seed them on current standings.
Kind of like a march madness type of thing like Dinwiddie suggested. I think it would be really cool and entertaining.
They might try doing that. First seeds would get a bye, the rest would play best of 5 to reduce the number of games, or even single game tournament in one location to reduce travel etc. It would be a bit ridiculous and not feel like a proper playoffs at all (especially without crowds) but it’s better than nothing.
Most of their players are under control for a bit longer. Next season is his final for Giannis but I think he will extend there.
Nets still have plenty of work to do to get there. Who knows how good Durant is going to be after long injury, Kyrie has had issues for a while. Bucks should still be considerably better than them.
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Dr. Birx thinks the death toll will be dramatically reduced by the end of May (5 weeks).
But I still don't see how restrictions are going to be lifted quickly enough for competitive sport to take place. Chris Whitty in the UK is talking about enacting social distancing measures for the rest of the year at least. They'll try to rush it because corporate greed demands it but its not really feasible till at least the fall.
But I still don't see how restrictions are going to be lifted quickly enough for competitive sport to take place. Chris Whitty in the UK is talking about enacting social distancing measures for the rest of the year at least. They'll try to rush it because corporate greed demands it but its not really feasible till at least the fall.
I am convinced they will force it because of $ BUT once one player gets infected again they will shut it down for good immediately.
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Looking more and more likely that the season will be resumed at some point next month or so.
Jerry Sloan has passed away 
78 years old. RIP.
78 years old. RIP.Man, not this guy...
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It seems like Disney World will be the way to go. I think they may well skip the remaining regular season games though it would cost teams a bit of money if they can’t get to 70 played games. The logistics of having all 30 teams there and having to play 259 remaining regular season games would be very difficult though, especially as with just playoffs you would be looking at a maximum of 105 games and very likely more in the range of 70-80 which is much more manageable. Just take the standings as they are. Nobody else will jump into top 8 in the East anyway, and similarly in the West you are likely looking at competition for 8th spot only as remaining 7 teams are locks. And even then Grizzlies are quite a bit ahead of Blazers and Pelicans anyway. As seedlings will no longer carry incentive of home court advantage it becomes almost irrelevant too.
I guess they can shorten series from the best of 7 to the best of 5 (3 or one off games is probably not going to happen) too.
I guess they can shorten series from the best of 7 to the best of 5 (3 or one off games is probably not going to happen) too.
I wonder if they'll further even out the draft odds or something like that in your scenario - I don't know anything about the Blazers and Pelicans strength of schedule but I'd imagine they'll maybe want a bit of compensation for losing out at a chance of a playoff berth? The Kings also weren't completely out of it.
Agreed that they should just start with the playoffs though. Can't wait until it all starts up again, and I've been impressed with Silver's communication and leadership in all of this. They've handled it way better than other professional leagues (e.g. the PL for starters) and I feel like they're gonna be as responsible as one could be about it.
I wouldn't like a best of 5 series though. At most, implement it for the first rounds like it used to be, but from the semis onwards it should be best-of-7. Games could follow each other a bit faster too given that they don't have to travel after games 2 and 4.
They’ve already flattened the odds last year but it didn’t really work much for 11-14 worst teams as they still have 1% or so chance of getting the top seed. It is a material difference for everyone in bottom 10 though. I think giving additional compensation to teams who are still with a chance of making playoffs would be good. Pelicans have an easy schedule going forward, I think most sides had their odds better than Grizzlies to make it despite their 28-36 record. Still doesn’t make sense to bring back bottom 7 from the East and bottom 4 from the West to see which of Grizzlies, Blazers, Pelicans and Kings make it. Play-in tournament also feels wrong as Grizzlies have a much superior record now, putting them back at square one would be weird.
If they put all of them in the same place you could also see players watch other games. That wouldn’t be the same as fans but would be pretty cool I think.
So as someone who has recently watched The Last Dance, it got me slightly interested in basketball to the point where I may watch a few games. Question is, is this easily viewable in the UK? What sort of times and schedules are we talking about?
Obviously I know things are all fecked up at the moment due to the virus.
Obviously I know things are all fecked up at the moment due to the virus.
Obviously it depends on the conference, the games in the West are usually on very late while even the games in the East during the week won't often, if ever, start before midnight. The regular season is 82 games for each team so there are games on pretty much every day. Orlando is only 5 hours behind so if all of the play off games are held there then it will probably be slightly easier to watch them than trying to watch games in LA (or in previous years the Bay area) where they're 8 hours behind.
Sky show a few of the NBA games each week, including games on the weekend which are on in the evening over here (there's usually a couple of games live on a Saturday and Sunday) and they put one or two of those weekend games a week on Youtube, so you can watch them even if you're not a Sky customer. If you want to watch all of the games then you can get League Pass, I've never bothered with that because it's quite expensive although I do think it's been mentioned in this thread before that there are ways of getting it for much cheaper.
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Nah there are a couple of weekend games that start early to watch. Usually around 7/8/9/10pm most weeks.
Alright, thanks for that mate. That's a lot of fecking games!
Somebody said to just watch the playoff games if I'm just starting out as they tend to be more exciting just because there's more on them...maybe. I don't know - I'm new to all this. As long as I can watch a few on Sky and get a feeling for it.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/all-time-nba-draft.454880/
We plan to do a NBA All-time draft so if anyone wants to join in
We plan to do a NBA All-time draft so if anyone wants to join in
So we are going to see NBA return mid-July, most likely in Orlando. Big question is who will be invited - it seems it’s going to be either straight into playoffs or 20-24 teams invited to hold group stages and then knockout tournament.
It’d make perfect sense to invite 20 teams because you have exactly 4 teams now outside of playoffs but with a realistic shot of making it - Pelicans, Kings, Blazers and Spurs. All 8 East teams are basically locks, Wizards being 5.5 games behind Nets currently.
Conference divisions should be gone for this regardless, makes no sense to maintain it with no travel. So probably they’d go straight into 4 groups based on their record, with 2 teams progressing from each. Either that or have a play-in tournament for 13-20 seeds (best of 5?) and the a straight up knockout tournament with 16 teams. Arguably teams who participated in play-in tournament would have advantage of having a handful of competitive games under their belt...
It’d make perfect sense to invite 20 teams because you have exactly 4 teams now outside of playoffs but with a realistic shot of making it - Pelicans, Kings, Blazers and Spurs. All 8 East teams are basically locks, Wizards being 5.5 games behind Nets currently.
Conference divisions should be gone for this regardless, makes no sense to maintain it with no travel. So probably they’d go straight into 4 groups based on their record, with 2 teams progressing from each. Either that or have a play-in tournament for 13-20 seeds (best of 5?) and the a straight up knockout tournament with 16 teams. Arguably teams who participated in play-in tournament would have advantage of having a handful of competitive games under their belt...
I think part of the reason may also be that they do not get paid for games that are cancelled so finishing season with 66-68 games played would mean lower salary (I think after 70 games it counts as 100%).
I fully support the idea of not having non-playoffs teams return. Their final 20 games of season have usually had no purpose anyway and it’s unnecessary risk. Get 8 East teams and 12 West teams in there. Play-in tournament to get the final seed in the West. Grizzlies are well ahead so have the other 4 teams play semis and then final to meet Grizzlies in the decisive game.
Quite likely every season from now on will start on Christmas which is great I think. I’d definitely prefer games to go through Summer. Also, I hope they skip conferences for seedings and keep it that way. Conferences don’t make sense anyway.
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How do the NBA jerseys fit? Rather small or big Compared to football jerseys?
Big in my experience. Although for newer ones with sleeves it might be different.
That's the impression I got too. I don't like a big fit so I might size down. Thanks.
Depends on brand and model. If you are getting the new Nike jersey authentic or swingman they run pretty small so I would highly suggest to size up.
Champion jerseys are pretty correct with there sizing 48 is a large and 52 is an XL
Adidas jerseys typically run pretty big and I would suggest sizing down on them. The rev 30 model of Adidas ran tight on the chest but they were very long length wise. The Authentic were made to player specifications.
Reebok was made just like Adidas and they ran big as well.
Starter jerseys were made pretty weird as well with inconsistent sizing so better to ask for measurement.
Typically swingman is the cheaper alternative in comparison to authentic and they come with heat appliqué word marks and numbers where as the Authentic were single layer stitching. I would stay away from the cheap crappy replicas. This is for modern Nike jerseys.
The other brands had stitched swingman jerseys usually single layer stitching with the Authentic coming in double stitched twill.
Hope this helped. If you need any help just lmk I collect Jerseys as a hobby.
Brilliant man, thanks for the info. Was looking to buy a swingman Nike jersey in fact. Probably the Miami heat Vice black edition and maybe a Lakers one too. I have a Hornets one on the way that I bought on Nike with the 30% discount they were offering. I'm 1m84 and weigh roughly 81kg, so i'm assuming M, is probably the right fit? I like jerseys tight around the arms/chest area.
While it is not on at the moment for obvious reasons, I would quite like to get into following the NBA. Any words of advice for a newbie? What days are the games on, how are the divisions structured, who are the most exciting sides etc...
whatever you do, don't support the Lakers
You can't go wrong with the Knicks.
How come, does everyone not like them or something? As I say I'm clueless about basketball.
The only thing I know about them is Joey from Friends supports them
As a Wolves "fan", I will give you one advice stay away from the Wolves and the Knicks.The only thing I know about them is Joey from Friends supports them
Haha cheers mate, who would you recommend in that case?
I don't really know it's difficult to make that choice for someone else but with american sports, picking a player is easier and if you want to pick a team based on that, target young franchise players. Dallas seems to be a decent bandwagon, the Celtics are consistent, NOLA have a massive prospect, Memphis and Ja Morant or maybe the Clippers. I don't mention the Warriors, Lakers or Bucks because they are the team that casual followers definitely know in 2020.
What has Dolan done/not done?
There's been some furor over him today, again.
There's been some furor over him today, again.
Whatever you decide, make sure it's the Lakers.
The Knicks were asked why they didn't make a statement regarding recent events. They are one of two teams that didn't comment but Popovich had an interview.
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That is a decent start.The only thing I know about them is Joey from Friends supports them
Aye I hate having to ask but I know next to nothing about it so I'm like a fish out of water.
Cheers for the advice though, I'll have a look around some of those sides for sure. I've heard of the Clippers / Celtics so at least I know their names!
Now I am confused
Cheers, they also play in blue, orange and white don't they? I do like those colours