Not sure if this narrows it down at all but:
It’s the NBA. Teams will lay down expecting an easy W. The Lakers have played a couple games without them already.....they blew out OKC last year and lost to Sacramento this year on the final possession.
If LeBron and Embiid miss enough time to disqualify them it could get really interesting. I think Harden is disqualified for his Houston exit. KD has also missed too much time. I think Jokic is the favorite right now, but depending on how the West standings shake out I could see Dame also getting in the conversation. Denver and Portland are both 25-16; if one of them catches up to the 1-2 seed in the West they will be the MVP. Dame has a great narrative going in that he really carried a limited Portland team to 25-16, and with CJ back they pose a real threat to go up in the standings.
Current odds for context:
Chris Paul has 0 chance. Literally none at all. Phoenix could go undefeated the rest of the way and Paul still wouldn't merit consideration, statistically he's just not good enough. 16 points and 8+ assists isn't in the realm of possibility. He was a deserving all star and maybe he gets 3rd team all-nba, but that's gonna be it.
I mean, obviously, I know how MVP works. I was saying (not very clearly) that his impact has been immense.
Fabulous regular season going on for the 76ers, must be nice.
Haven’t heard anything about Brown except that he quit as coach of the Australian National Team. He must still be living in the Philly area with his family, waiting for a college job to open up. He played at Boston U under Pitino so maybe Rick can help him out.
Any news on Hunter? He was supposed to be re-evaluated on the 19th. I think he's going to be better than Collins but I'm a fan boy.
Hunter is listed as "Questionable" for tonight against the Clippers - first time he's not just been "Out" since the injury. He's definitely supposed to be back in action at some point during the current road trip, and probably sooner rather than later, which is obviously great news for the Hawks.
The Knicks made up for it with Quickley anyway. That is one ugly stat line though lol.
Yeah, Quickley was a nice save, but can you imagine a young backcourt combo of Haliburton and Quickley, the steady, uber-efficient floor general and the microwave scorer? One of the great things about Haliburton is that he’s such an easy fit with basically any personnel. They would have been set for years to come; and it’s not like people at the time weren’t imploring them to pick him.
That’s plain greedy though. Hey, hitting big on a mid to late 1st round pick is something I’ve been waiting for Ainge to do for two decades now. It’s pretty astonishing that when he finally selects one who can actually play in the league they are off to their next destination soon after their rookie deal has ended.
What an odd game this turned out to be. Philly started the game 35-11 and closed it 22-6; in between they were outscored 81-51.
Haven’t NBA officials used the shot clock to call an 8-second violation for over a decade? They haven’t used the arm signals in forever.
The visible counts are a clue to the coaches and the players as well. Also, unless there was a separate official timing stuff you don't want the refs taking their eyes off the floor.
I think they confirm it with the shot clock when it's on (or game clock) but from memory, I think they still do the visible counts as a matter of habit. They have to do it for other things like inbounds so without checking, I think they are doing it for the backcourt count too.
Maybe they do it or maybe some do it. It’s one of those things I’d wager my life on that it hasn’t occurred in a decade since I don’t recall seeing it and I probably end up dead.
They wouldnt need to take their eyes off the floor to press a button. I don't know, seems archaic to have them count to 5 with their arm considering the technology availavble to them
The official is facing the shot clock and surely has the peripheral vision to see the clock go from 16 to 15 especially when trained.
I was also referring to Jefferson, West, Allen, Avery Bradley, Sully and Olynyk as well. Rondo is the only one really.....in 20 years!!
What's being argued here? Jefferson was traded for KG and West was part of the package for Ray Allen. They resigned Bradley after his rookie deal and traded him in his final year for a better player in Marcus Morris who was signed for an additional year at $5,000,000. As pointed out Olynyk was a lottery pick, and they were already paying Al Horford the max, and they replaced him with Theis on the minimum.
Yeah but they would have to take their eyes off the court to look at the stopwatch/timer.
Since 2011
