bleachkit Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 8 hours ago, marco102 said: Why do you believe your way of thinking is the way it should be? If players don't want to play it's their perogative. If they do, it's their perogative. Like just let people make thier own adult decisions and maybe you'll be less grumpy cat? According to CLP our guys want to come back, very much so want to come back. I'll take his word for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 2 hours ago, thecampster said: I thought about this too. Trae's attendance in Oklahoma was so refreshing. Started by saying he was only 21 and really didn't have the wisdom others in the crowd did. He was incredibly humble and didn't want much attention. I was so proud of our hometown youngin and yet, I was terrified for him. I was proud he was there and yelling at my computer at the same time, "okay you showed up, now go take a bath in rubbing alcohol and go back into hiding!" In all seriousness though. I was truly proud of how he conducted himself. Made it about the mission and not about himself. We have a true gem in Trae. I'm glad he was out there too. I'm glad people are out there period exercising their rights. Sucks he won't be back on the court until 2021, when most of the rest league will have played at least some games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said: Because they see acts of blatant racism virus as more deadly than CV-19....it's more about just themselves. I'm glad Trae and others are participating in protests. But CLP and the boys want to come back. They went public with that, so clearly it's important to them. Have their back, instead of a shoulder shrug resignation to the leagues unfair decision. Edited June 3, 2020 by bleachkit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecampster Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 I'm not sure how much I'll enjoy watching the games without fans. For years, I would always go to the preseason public scrimmages and it just didn't feel the same at all, seeing them play on a high school court or back in the old Omni in front of 800 or so people. I'm thinking on TV, there will be some awkward moments with no one sitting behind the bench during timeouts, no press announcer yelling "lets make some noise" or "that foul was offensive, James Harden". No t-shirt cannons, 9 year old dancers at half time, etc. I'm thinking people will in small part reject the product some. I'm also wondering how it will affect the officiating having no home town bias or yelling fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted June 3, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 11 minutes ago, thecampster said: I'm not sure how much I'll enjoy watching the games without fans. For years, I would always go to the preseason public scrimmages and it just didn't feel the same at all, seeing them play on a high school court or back in the old Omni in front of 800 or so people. I'm thinking on TV, there will be some awkward moments with no one sitting behind the bench during timeouts, no press announcer yelling "lets make some noise" or "that foul was offensive, James Harden". No t-shirt cannons, 9 year old dancers at half time, etc. I'm thinking people will in small part reject the product some. I'm also wondering how it will affect the officiating having no home town bias or yelling fans. I'm wondering if there is some way they could get crowd engagement with people watching online. Probably not with lag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 18 minutes ago, thecampster said: I'm not sure how much I'll enjoy watching the games without fans. For years, I would always go to the preseason public scrimmages and it just didn't feel the same at all, seeing them play on a high school court or back in the old Omni in front of 800 or so people. I'm thinking on TV, there will be some awkward moments with no one sitting behind the bench during timeouts, no press announcer yelling "lets make some noise" or "that foul was offensive, James Harden". No t-shirt cannons, 9 year old dancers at half time, etc. I'm thinking people will in small part reject the product some. I'm also wondering how it will affect the officiating having no home town bias or yelling fans. It will Interesting to see how teams play with no home court advantage and different environment. Games will feel kinda lifeless without fans though, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, AHF said: I'm wondering if there is some way they could get crowd engagement with people watching online. Probably not with lag. I thought a small high school sized crowd of super fans would be fun. That's not going to fly though for obvious reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud2nique Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 2 hours ago, macdaddy said: You've made this type of prediction before..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted June 3, 2020 Premium Member Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 2 hours ago, bleachkit said: According to CLP our guys want to come back, very much so want to come back. I'll take his word for it. According to Shams. some do, others don't Quote Hornets owner Michael Jordan was outspoken on Friday’s call, advocating for player safety and not having players have to return for meaningless games following a four-plus month hiatus, sources said. The Hawks and Bulls ownership groups said on the call that they wanted to return, sources said, but several players and staffers throughout both organizations prefer not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators macdaddy Posted June 3, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 42 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: According to Shams. some do, others don't That's easy though. Obviously Vince doesn't want to come back. Guys heading to free agency like Bembry and TEague probably don't want to come back. Can you blame them? I still say bring back 16 teams try to finish early August and see if we can start next season before 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted June 3, 2020 Premium Member Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 38 minutes ago, macdaddy said: I still say bring back 16 teams try to finish early August and see if we can start next season before 2021 The reasoning: Quote The 16-team format would not provide teams currently out of the playoffs the opportunity to make a postseason bid, nor accomplish the financial upside of the other formats. The 30-team model, meanwhile, brings several bottom-feeding teams that do not belong in the bubble environment given the NBA’s medical safety and health priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spud2nique Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 How do you ignore members on here? Not in chat but overall? Trying to put someone on blast. The sooner the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg01 Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 8 minutes ago, Spud2nique said: How do you ignore members on here? Not in chat but overall? Trying to put someone on blast. The sooner the better. If you hover over their avatar, it comes up as one of the options. Not that I've had to do it in the last day or so .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators macdaddy Posted June 3, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 Quote bottom-feeding teams that do not belong in the bubble environment Well that says it all doesn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrell Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 5 hours ago, bleachkit said: I'm glad Trae and others are participating in protests. But CLP and the boys want to come back. They went public with that, so clearly it's important to them. Have their back, instead of a shoulder shrug resignation to the leagues unfair decision. Hawks are done.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, terrell said: Hawks are done.... We were already done. That's not point. They want to have opportunity to come back. It's important to the team developmentally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrell Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 1 minute ago, bleachkit said: We were already done. That's not point. They want to have opportunity to come back. It's important to the team developmentally. Come back for what? Come back for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 8 minutes ago, terrell said: Come back for what? Come back for what? To play basketball, they would be my best guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted June 3, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, bleachkit said: To play basketball, they would be my best guess. In fairness, they will be doing that in some form. I'm not sure that practice sessions won't be better for the team than scrambling to play a half dozen games. If they had simply resumed the full season, our next handful of games we have included playing Cleveland, Washington and Golden State with really high potential for outright tanking. Just not sure the value from that compares with the season having naturally continued for two weeks or whatever where teams were all in form, fit and ready to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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