Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 2130. (Read 917854 times)

Ohhhh lakers versus clippers as return game! That game will have one of the highest ratings of a sports game in a long time, it will probably get like a finals level of rating. Not just because it is Lakers versus clippers which does have a big role in it, those are the teams that people expected to be champions at the start of the season and had the highest odds of becoming champions according to sportsbooks no matter which team you support.

However, it will also get a lot of viewers since people also have been waiting for NBA to come back for a long time and now that they are getting back and getting back with such an awesome game everyone around the world will watch it. Plus, if you live in Europe where timezone is harder, it will be summer and there will be a lot more people either on vacation or students that will watch the game as well.

Great games to restart season. I have deja vu because the beginning of this season was very similar: LAL-LAC and NOP-Raptors. I remember it well because I was waiting for it just as impatiently as I am now. I hope that the covid-19 will not prevent the restart of the season and the players will have time and conditions to rebuild their form.

5% is huge but if we translate it to numbers, it is not that huge.
What I did is I made some research now about the number of NBA players in the league, so here's the answer.

How many players are there in the NBA in total?



This means if they have a maximum of 450 players, there would be more test that will be made, and I'm optimistic that only few will be added to that as I'm hoping the NBA would successfully resume.

For me, I follow Adrian Wojnarowski.
He has always updated whatever the scoop is inside the NBA.
One of the veteran reporters of ESPN so there is no problem with this guy. His trust ratings are high.

I also found the tweet about Jokic on his profile.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1275533428868382724

I think someone recommended to me about Adrian here in this thread too.
Whoever that is, I am really grateful coz I can now get updates of what is happening inside NBA. 

Where do we find sources and updates about him and other NBA players that test positive?

Here you go, man:
5% is quite a big of a number. I just hope this wouldn't blew out more than to what it was already. 'Cause damn, it is just a few more weeks, man. Everybody must be present specially teams who were fighting for 8th spot  .

Here you can read the answer ; https://www.wsj.com/articles/5-of-nba-players-test-positive-for-the-virus-11593191061



That means 16 of 302 players tested are positive from covid-19.
So I guess all the test will be over soon and we will know the final result on how many players are infected by the virus.

I think the protocol in these cases is that the infected person remains isolated for 14 days and repeats the test in 5 days. Training at the Disney World Sports Complex will begin on July 11.
Hopefully these athletes can resume training if they are retested, negative for Coronavirus.
As a fan of Nikola Jokic I have followed the latest news about him and they affirm that he is in Serbia he is asymptomatic waiting a week to travel to Denver.

I can't find a full transparent list of players whose positive with Covid-19 virus.
They just said 16/302 players are already positive.

ESPN

I found one but I am not sure about the legitimacy of the website.
Slamonline

I have the same emotion right now.
When the date for the re-opening was released I was ecstatic. But now, there is more worry about what could happen next.
What if just one player, maintenance, or camera crew slipped out with the test and infected many of them?
They should be more strict with this test and assure no one will get in or out their perimeter afterward.

Thanks for the heads up, Sir.
Pelicans will need that win if they are to make the 8th rank.
In fact, every game will matter. I hope they will all be negative with the Covid test.

I don't mind about the ring for him but I think he's feeling positive that he's able to retire and enjoy the days during his prime. Many loved him and treated him as the best player for making those great plays during the old days. He contributed a lot to the league the same as the other legendary players. He now belongs to the club of living legends. 

Yes, no doubt that he deserves to be called as one of the best players in the whole NBA history.

NBA just released their schedule for the restart of the 19/20 season and we have some good opening games:

July 30:  Jazz vs Pelicans 6:30 pm ET
July 30:  Clippers vs Lakers 9:00 pm ET

Full schedule can be found here: https://stats.nba.com/schedule/

Yeah its heart breaking to see him retiring without getting any ring on his career, I really keep looking at him atleast placed on hall of fame since he have legendary career as well many people knows how good his career running up although rings are not added but still his rookie of the year and good highlight plays are one of the best to see back on the old days.

Of course, who would forget him, he is one of the greatest players in the NBA although he does not win a championship but give value to the sport make it more entertaining to watch when he is in the court.


Not sure, I guess he was requested to join this year's dunk contest but he refuse..

Anyway, it says NBA has to honor him in this signature dunk.

 Well Vince wouldn't have played on this pandemic part of the season on 30th july so it would make sense to declare it today. Its really weird because he was older than his teammates father. Its not a joke, go look it up, Vince Carter is actually older than Trea Young's father. Vince Carter was born in 26th January 1977 and Trae's father Rayford Young was born in 5th of November 1977, so its almost a year long (9-10 month) difference as well.

 Its a marvel how long he was capable of playing but we have to be honest with each other, he came into the league in 90's and was an amazing player and a high flyer and made a big difference, when he moved to New Jersey to form that superb trio with him and Kidd and R.J he was doing even better, they were a real threat as well. When he moved on he became less and less and less important.

In 2018-2019 season he was just a few minute veteran presence and this year it was just a full on farewell tour. Would I still sign him for the veteran minimum to my team just because of his presence? I totally would but with that logic he could have continued to play 5 more seasons, anyone doubts he wouldn't be able to run up and down 5 more years?

 So at what point do you stop playing, when you can't run anymore or when you feel like its enough? I am pretty sure many players could have went 5 more seasons being faaaar away from their true peak and quite bad and old if they wanted to but they retired before that happens, not VC so I assume in the future he paved the way for a lot more people will continue to play until they no longer can't instead of won't.

This is heartbreaking for me. One is those 90s draft were completely retired and the major reason is that, this makes me old and I'm sure others too. I can still remember that during those days in our old neighborhood when most of the older kids used to call themselves "Carter" whenever we play basketball and as well as the other legends surnames too. Oh c'mon, the old days. IIRC, Vince was also able to join those slam dunk contests after his prime.

Hm, in that twit it was said that he will sit out resumed season, I think that means those 8 games and playoff as well. Otherwise I guess they would mention that he is missing only regular season and will be available for playoff. In normal circumstances I wouldn't say that is a huge loss for Mavricks, but with this disease going on, you really need all players that you have, as you never know how will be unable to play.


Yeah, that wouldn't make much sense, as player could be out for variety of reasons like injuries, being positive on covid-19 etc. After all, with all those cancellations and positive players, they need all they can get at the moment. As long as players are negative on virus of course.

Dunno, I thought I will be as happier as we are getting closer to July 30th, but I am getting more worried, as situation ain't looking good at the moment.

Broadcaster is still a fun thing to do and I am sure he would be fine with it.

There has been so many people who have said that they have no intention of coaching at all and still came back because they keep those close friendships with players and the staff and front office so when they get a call to come to a practice and chat with the kids to rise the morale a bit after a loss they actually do it, then another one and another one and what do you know they are now in the staff.

That is exactly what happened to Tim Duncan actually, dude wanted to just live a relax life and have fun and Pop probably kept asking him to come to practice anyway and eventually that lead to him being an assistant coach right now.

I am not saying it will be like that for Vince neither, I am just saying not wanting to be a coach right now doesn't mean he won't want it in the future as well.

I think he will just miss the 8 game round before the playoffs.
We don't have any news yet if the NBA will let those who didn't participate in that 8 games tournament play in playoffs.
I doubt they will not.

Different reasons we are seeing right now.
Some have grandparents to take care of, pregnant and some are participating in the Black Lives Matter movement.
Will the NBA really look the same with so much player absence?

Big loss for the Mavericks, Cauley-Stein was one of my favorite players in Sacramento kings before, though he does not have a solid contribution on his current team but he will be very useful in the playoffs knowing they are an underdog team.

No negative news for good teams yet like the LA teams and the Bucks, I guess their chances in winning has increased more.