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Wish for the rain? Then deal with the mud too.
August 27, 2020, 01:45:26 PM
NBA already proved they can take care of them. To continue the game will be a great gift to everyone.
We will be able to see them back in action again.
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NBA players have decided to resume the playoffs, a source tells ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Source: www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29752941/nba-players-decide-resume-playoffs%3fplatform=amp

Maybe by Friday as per source says. I'm glad they came into this decision as they still have loads of way to address the issue, and wearing those "Black Lives Matter" shirt is one thing of those many ways. But cancelling the whole game is kind of different, and wouldn't be a best course of action to do so.
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August 27, 2020, 12:40:01 PM
The Morris twins have a solid record of being dirty players, always looking to get into fights and provoke people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C1ZbubJmdE

I hope Mavs push the series to game 7!
Damn true!
Better, I hope they win the series.

Lots of talk about canceling the season now. LeBron storming out of a meeting while the Lakers & Clippers both agree to cancel the season is bad news. I understand not wanting to continue providing an unappreciative community with your craft, but as a fan I’m extremely disappointed. They feel ownership isn’t doing enough to address problems in the community though and perhaps think that withholding their contribution to society is their only recourse.
Agree. They should still do what they can to entertain people.
This issue of racism is already a bad event. The very least they could do is offer their skills to make people happy while there are bad things happening out there.
Pandemic and divided country.
Where else could they get a positive approach if they will stop this? Somehow NBA is still giving hope. Players in the NBA are black and white and they can show peace even with what color they have.

NBA already proved they can take care of them. To continue the game will be a great gift to everyone.
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August 27, 2020, 10:54:27 AM
All games in the NBA are postponed due to the players boycotting from all the distress caused in Wisconsin.
When I first heard about this I thought it was just the Bucks players doing this since Milwaukee is in this state of the US.
But it now seems all games today are being suspended until further notice.

Did a quick search about it and came up with this so it might affect the Raptors playoffs too since it is reported from the toronto star? Embarrassed
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/08/26/bucks-players-dont-take-the-court-for-nba-playoff-game.html
This is just bullshit, pure and simple. Why punish NBA, fans and all other people which livelihood depends on the season going on because of something that is out of their hands. So much effort was put  to continue the season, and everything went really well, and now this..

They really think that canceling a season will magically solve all of those issue? They might as well stop all professional sports for 10 years, if they wanna put focus on those issues.


As a side note I wonder how this will affect viewership of professional sports.  Aside from social issues people have been getting fed up with some of the prima dona stuff these athletes now exist with.  Miss the old days of nba when each team hated each other team.  The 80s and 90s nba between the bulls/knicks/celts/detroit/pacers..those teams hated each other.  Made the sport more fun the watch at least for me.
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August 27, 2020, 09:22:32 AM
Lots of talk about canceling the season now. LeBron storming out of a meeting while the Lakers & Clippers both agree to cancel the season is bad news. I understand not wanting to continue providing an unappreciative community with your craft, but as a fan I’m extremely disappointed. They feel ownership isn’t doing enough to address problems in the community though and perhaps think that withholding their contribution to society is their only recourse.
Before, I thought that it's just for this day's game but it's crazy to think that the petition wants it for the whole season, that's just nuts.

From the updates that I've read, there will be a voting system and so far the majority wants to play. It is unofficial but I'm looking closely to the news.
Yeah! Apparently, it was these two LA team (Lakers and Clippers) who was against the idea of finishing the playoffs. Read more here. Dunno what differences they would make from cancelling the whole game into this issue except from voicing out again  Undecided. And it seems it will last even longer because almost all of them are in favor of this boycott stuff.

Recent news:
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Damian Lillard update: Trail Blazers star to leave Disney bubble after injuring right knee
Source: www.cbssports.com/nba/news/damian-lillard-update-trail-blazers-star-to-leave-disney-bubble-after-injuring-right-knee/amp/

Bad news for Trail Blazers fans there, as this guy absence is a huge cut on their offense. So it looks like, if the game continues right away, we won't be able to see Portland star player on the court.
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August 27, 2020, 08:36:27 AM
All games in the NBA are postponed due to the players boycotting from all the distress caused in Wisconsin.
When I first heard about this I thought it was just the Bucks players doing this since Milwaukee is in this state of the US.
But it now seems all games today are being suspended until further notice.

Did a quick search about it and came up with this so it might affect the Raptors playoffs too since it is reported from the toronto star? Embarrassed
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/08/26/bucks-players-dont-take-the-court-for-nba-playoff-game.html
This is just bullshit, pure and simple. Why punish NBA, fans and all other people which livelihood depends on the season going on because of something that is out of their hands. So much effort was put  to continue the season, and everything went really well, and now this..

They really think that canceling a season will magically solve all of those issue? They might as well stop all professional sports for 10 years, if they wanna put focus on those issues.

I don't know if this was just an agenda by the NBA itself or it is from the players alone but I think they don't have to be that affected at all when they don't know what would happen if that man get some weapon from that car. If they can play for Kobe and not leave the game why not play for Jacob Blake as well?

Every live matters but for God's sake they can't stop it if they'll just boycotting a game. They dedicate sometimes before from George Floyd wearing T-shirts but does it have an impact? No, the incident still happens again.

Agree with you, if they will make this every time there's an incident like this involving the black, I guess it's a threat to the NBA organization.

I know most of the NBA players are black the owners are just supporting, but this kind of protest IMO is not effective, this hasn't affect the fans in certain  countries but all over the world, we love NBA and yet suddenly it will be stop.

Hopefully these guys will calm down and realize that the world is not fair, any race can be discriminated but we can do it the right way, not stopping a league that everyone wants to be happy, I doubt they'll get support from doing that.
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August 27, 2020, 06:54:20 AM
All games in the NBA are postponed due to the players boycotting from all the distress caused in Wisconsin.
When I first heard about this I thought it was just the Bucks players doing this since Milwaukee is in this state of the US.
But it now seems all games today are being suspended until further notice.

Did a quick search about it and came up with this so it might affect the Raptors playoffs too since it is reported from the toronto star? Embarrassed
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/08/26/bucks-players-dont-take-the-court-for-nba-playoff-game.html
This is just bullshit, pure and simple. Why punish NBA, fans and all other people which livelihood depends on the season going on because of something that is out of their hands. So much effort was put  to continue the season, and everything went really well, and now this..

They really think that canceling a season will magically solve all of those issue? They might as well stop all professional sports for 10 years, if they wanna put focus on those issues.

I don't know if this was just an agenda by the NBA itself or it is from the players alone but I think they don't have to be that affected at all when they don't know what would happen if that man get some weapon from that car. If they can play for Kobe and not leave the game why not play for Jacob Blake as well?

Every live matters but for God's sake they can't stop it if they'll just boycotting a game. They dedicate sometimes before from George Floyd wearing T-shirts but does it have an impact? No, the incident still happens again.
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August 27, 2020, 06:16:40 AM
All games in the NBA are postponed due to the players boycotting from all the distress caused in Wisconsin.
When I first heard about this I thought it was just the Bucks players doing this since Milwaukee is in this state of the US.
But it now seems all games today are being suspended until further notice.

Did a quick search about it and came up with this so it might affect the Raptors playoffs too since it is reported from the toronto star? Embarrassed
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/08/26/bucks-players-dont-take-the-court-for-nba-playoff-game.html
This is just bullshit, pure and simple. Why punish NBA, fans and all other people which livelihood depends on the season going on because of something that is out of their hands. So much effort was put  to continue the season, and everything went really well, and now this..

They really think that canceling a season will magically solve all of those issue? They might as well stop all professional sports for 10 years, if they wanna put focus on those issues.


Not really good for us fans, NBA has fans worldwide, not in the US only, so they also have to consider what we feel when they will dictate to cancel the season. Man, what would happen to my future bet that might likely to win, it will be cancelled, right?

Seriously, they should find another way to protest, not by stopping the season that organization have successfully resume.

James as the King of the NBA, he should show some good example, be pro NBA as NBA is what make you a star.
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August 27, 2020, 05:54:35 AM
All games in the NBA are postponed due to the players boycotting from all the distress caused in Wisconsin.
When I first heard about this I thought it was just the Bucks players doing this since Milwaukee is in this state of the US.
But it now seems all games today are being suspended until further notice.

Did a quick search about it and came up with this so it might affect the Raptors playoffs too since it is reported from the toronto star? Embarrassed
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/08/26/bucks-players-dont-take-the-court-for-nba-playoff-game.html
This is just bullshit, pure and simple. Why punish NBA, fans and all other people which livelihood depends on the season going on because of something that is out of their hands. So much effort was put  to continue the season, and everything went really well, and now this..

They really think that canceling a season will magically solve all of those issue? They might as well stop all professional sports for 10 years, if they wanna put focus on those issues.
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August 27, 2020, 04:54:40 AM
Just seen this... after the release of #NBAPlayoffs 3FG Made lists look how Lebron James  and Klay Thompson exchanged humurous thoughts on Instagram.
Though I am also looking forward for Klay to pass Lebron in the 2021 playoffs. This will be fun to watch friendly rivalry.  Cool


This photo isn't mine, here's the source
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August 27, 2020, 03:09:56 AM
Lots of talk about canceling the season now. LeBron storming out of a meeting while the Lakers & Clippers both agree to cancel the season is bad news. I understand not wanting to continue providing an unappreciative community with your craft, but as a fan I’m extremely disappointed. They feel ownership isn’t doing enough to address problems in the community though and perhaps think that withholding their contribution to society is their only recourse.

I've got mixed emotions regarding LeBron's decisions and actions but I'm pretty sure those were not the right ones to do. They can do something better than that. This may send some message to other people but this will also provide some negative signals to the other folks around the globe. Honestly, if they'll cancel the remaining season because of this, all of the efforts by the players, management, organizers and everyone who's involved will just go to waste.
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August 27, 2020, 03:01:19 AM
Lots of talk about canceling the season now. LeBron storming out of a meeting while the Lakers & Clippers both agree to cancel the season is bad news. I understand not wanting to continue providing an unappreciative community with your craft, but as a fan I’m extremely disappointed. They feel ownership isn’t doing enough to address problems in the community though and perhaps think that withholding their contribution to society is their only recourse.

They can't do that, they have to act professional, why would they make such decision without considering the effort of the organizers just to make it possible to resume the NBA season? now, they are making it hard for the NBA management? It looks like they are making their own judgement now, they forget that they are paid to play, I understand how they feel, but they have to trust the law of the land to take care of it, be professional and do the job, that's what I'll tell to them.

NBA is for everyone, fans deserve to be treated fairly too, otherwise we would also do the same protest not watching the NBA.

They can't just do things base on their limited knowledge and using their fame for the wrong reasons. I mean, everything is doing fine right now. They are winning their games well, although the fans are not around the games are intense no different than watching the normal playoff games. so what on the Earth is the reason for stoping this season? we are few games away from the finals. If they don't want to play, then be it. the NBA can step forward with them or without them.

I think the same reason they made a protest prior to the resumption of the season, it was George Floyd, that's why we are seeing the logo black lives matter, and now it happen again, so they got really affected and they can't do the protest outside as they are in the bubble, so probably their way of protesting is stop the season. Don't know, let's just follow this controversy carefully.
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August 27, 2020, 02:45:49 AM
Lots of talk about canceling the season now. LeBron storming out of a meeting while the Lakers & Clippers both agree to cancel the season is bad news. I understand not wanting to continue providing an unappreciative community with your craft, but as a fan I’m extremely disappointed. They feel ownership isn’t doing enough to address problems in the community though and perhaps think that withholding their contribution to society is their only recourse.

They can't do that, they have to act professional, why would they make such decision without considering the effort of the organizers just to make it possible to resume the NBA season? now, they are making it hard for the NBA management? It looks like they are making their own judgement now, they forget that they are paid to play, I understand how they feel, but they have to trust the law of the land to take care of it, be professional and do the job, that's what I'll tell to them.

NBA is for everyone, fans deserve to be treated fairly too, otherwise we would also do the same protest not watching the NBA.

They can't just do things base on their limited knowledge and using their fame for the wrong reasons. I mean, everything is doing fine right now. They are winning their games well, although the fans are not around the games are intense no different than watching the normal playoff games. so what on the Earth is the reason for stoping this season? we are few games away from the finals. If they don't want to play, then be it. the NBA can step forward with them or without them.
legendary
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August 27, 2020, 01:50:00 AM
Lots of talk about canceling the season now. LeBron storming out of a meeting while the Lakers & Clippers both agree to cancel the season is bad news. I understand not wanting to continue providing an unappreciative community with your craft, but as a fan I’m extremely disappointed. They feel ownership isn’t doing enough to address problems in the community though and perhaps think that withholding their contribution to society is their only recourse.

They can't do that, they have to act professional, why would they make such decision without considering the effort of the organizers just to make it possible to resume the NBA season? now, they are making it hard for the NBA management? It looks like they are making their own judgement now, they forget that they are paid to play, I understand how they feel, but they have to trust the law of the land to take care of it, be professional and do the job, that's what I'll tell to them.

NBA is for everyone, fans deserve to be treated fairly too, otherwise we would also do the same protest not watching the NBA.
legendary
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August 27, 2020, 01:45:36 AM
Lots of talk about canceling the season now. LeBron storming out of a meeting while the Lakers & Clippers both agree to cancel the season is bad news. I understand not wanting to continue providing an unappreciative community with your craft, but as a fan I’m extremely disappointed. They feel ownership isn’t doing enough to address problems in the community though and perhaps think that withholding their contribution to society is their only recourse.

I am also very disappointed. I want to watch my playoffs. Also, if they really wanted to prove that they are about change, they should give up their million dollar jobs playing a game and take a job that would help keep peace and order.

Lebron will be going home to his mansion and lie down on his soft Egyptian cotton mattress. The people continue to suffer.
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August 27, 2020, 12:33:08 AM
Lots of talk about canceling the season now. LeBron storming out of a meeting while the Lakers & Clippers both agree to cancel the season is bad news. I understand not wanting to continue providing an unappreciative community with your craft, but as a fan I’m extremely disappointed. They feel ownership isn’t doing enough to address problems in the community though and perhaps think that withholding their contribution to society is their only recourse.
Before, I thought that it's just for this day's game but it's crazy to think that the petition wants it for the whole season, that's just nuts.

From the updates that I've read, there will be a voting system and so far the majority wants to play. It is unofficial but I'm looking closely to the news.


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August 26, 2020, 11:31:39 PM
Lots of talk about canceling the season now. LeBron storming out of a meeting while the Lakers & Clippers both agree to cancel the season is bad news. I understand not wanting to continue providing an unappreciative community with your craft, but as a fan I’m extremely disappointed. They feel ownership isn’t doing enough to address problems in the community though and perhaps think that withholding their contribution to society is their only recourse.
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August 26, 2020, 10:37:01 PM
All games in the NBA are postponed due to the players boycotting from all the distress caused in Wisconsin.
When I first heard about this I thought it was just the Bucks players doing this since Milwaukee is in this state of the US.
But it now seems all games today are being suspended until further notice.
I'm surprised by this news as well and ignorant of the cause. But after searching, it's to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

What we're seeing here is the consideration and unity of other teams and the management itself. They are recognizing the protest.

Charles Barkley has a say --> https://www.thedailybeast.com/charles-barkley-reacts-to-nba-suspending-playoffs-to-protest-jacob-blake-shooting
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August 26, 2020, 05:25:51 PM
All games in the NBA are postponed due to the players boycotting from all the distress caused in Wisconsin.
When I first heard about this I thought it was just the Bucks players doing this since Milwaukee is in this state of the US.
But it now seems all games today are being suspended until further notice.

Did a quick search about it and came up with this so it might affect the Raptors playoffs too since it is reported from the toronto star? Embarrassed
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/08/26/bucks-players-dont-take-the-court-for-nba-playoff-game.html


What an unfortunate news, I read the article you shared and find out this again part of their crusade about "Black Lives Matter".
Respect to the players and the NBA for protesting social injustice, now, I think we have to patiently wait until the NBA resume, hope it won't last for days.
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August 26, 2020, 05:20:50 PM
All games in the NBA are postponed due to the players boycotting from all the distress caused in Wisconsin.
When I first heard about this I thought it was just the Bucks players doing this since Milwaukee is in this state of the US.
But it now seems all games today are being suspended until further notice.

Did a quick search about it and came up with this so it might affect the Raptors playoffs too since it is reported from the toronto star? Embarrassed
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/08/26/bucks-players-dont-take-the-court-for-nba-playoff-game.html
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August 26, 2020, 05:06:58 PM
As expected, Clippers will take Game 5 so I decided to skip my bet for Mavericks. As I mentioned before, I will instead put it on Game 6. Probably, the last time I will bet for Mavericks Moneyline unless they will upset the Clippers in Series.

Just now, Milwaukee Bucks is boycotting their Game 5 match against the Orlando Magic to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man shot in the back by police officers in Kenosha last Sunday. NBA teams are heavily protesting racial injustice since the death of George Floyd. And with the new case, some NBA racial advocates are now outrage.

NBA officials inform the Bucks of the possible consequences if they won't play a game. Houston and Thunders are also reported to do the same on which as I'm typing this, only around an hour before their tip-off.
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