2020-21 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

Once I heard the AB news, honestly at this point I almost hope the season gets cancelled. Selfishly, we’d be missing our best perimeter defender. We may very well end up missing our two centers too, with Javale’s asthma history and Dwight’s social stance. We’d possibly be playing with huge changes to our core rotation, as would much of the rest of the league. More than 4 months after the last games. Would be 2 months after the season normally ends. During a pandemic that seems to be on the rise again. In a bubble without any fans. Amidst social unrest and protests. Even if we ended up winning, it would feel so weird.

If the virus really is making a bit of a resurgence, it would also be another big moment for the NBA to again take the lead and decide it’s not safe to play. Although, I have a feeling this time around the NBA will Push through and scrape together whatever type of ending to the season they can in order to salvage the financial impact.

 

Keep in mind other teams will likely have players who are opting out. We can’t be the only team out of 22 that has a player or players choosing to stay home. That’d be baffling, especially since we have as good a chance as anyone.

 

I’m not ready to delegitimize the season. So far nobody hugely important is sitting out. Kawhi, PG, Harden, Giannis, etc. will all be there and I sure as hell don’t want to gift one or more of them a ring and then have to be the ones arguing it’s not legitimate.

 

I’m here for #17, and don’t care if they put an *asterisk beside it. Need for Rob to sign us an adequate enough replacement for AB and let’s roll.

 

I have a feeling they're going to pump fake crowd noises into the stands or into the broadcast. Basketball without the crowd noise would be very alien.

 

THIS.

AND THIS.

Please, I need the season to happen. We need our shot at the title, don’t care if it’s in this manner, and quite frankly, I don’t believe the eventual champion would either.

Not trying to wait another full 1 year to get another shot at this, anything can happen in 1 offseason.

I am 120% all in on the season resuming next month and vying for this title.

 

this is where I’m at too. At least right now. I’m hoping watching the games will get me going but I’m not as excited about this as I probably should be.

 

It’s not just that I think the lack of fans is going to feel weird or that I’m trying to delegitimize the return in case we lose. I am also legitimately concerned about how viable the return will be considering the growing Covid hotspot in Florida. I don’t trust that the “bubble” is going to work out in practice. Even if the NBA players actually comply and strictly isolate and follow social distancing/masks, you have so many other employees that will have to be going in and out. And I’m very skeptical that all the NBA players actually comply. They’ll find ways to sneak out and have fun. One of them will bring back the virus, and from there it seems to spread rapidly within locker rooms based on what we’re seeing from football/baseball teams. I could see a scenario where they have to abandon ship mid-return, or are forced to continue with a bunch of replacement players after a few cases pop up.

 

“ . . . and we beat a full strength Clippers and Bucks team in the end.” Bucks or C Bags you mean.

Come on, Weezy

 

not sure what to think about this 2K approach to filling out rosters to finish the season.

 

Any replacement will be a horrible fit but we have The King to adjust this new horses...

 

KCP will get the start now I’m thinking. Let’s hope the lay-off hasn’t reverted him to KC Poop.

 

Ready and willing to correctively shame him as necessary.