Comments on: 2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Nuggets

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:43:20 +0000

I’ve been thinking about the injury bug and the comments on it here. My impression of the Knicks medical staff, and this is just an impression, is that players stay out longer than you might expect for a given injury. But this is probably correct medical practice if your priority is the health of the player. I think many teams rush players back and the players suffer long term for it. To give a couple of prominent examples, consider Kawhi on the Spurs being pushed to return by the team or Isiah Thomas on the Celtics.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:54:41 +0000

***But they must have some freedoms for women that are adding risk.***

I blame statistical anal.

By: Deeefense

Deeefense — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:40:40 +0000

Things are looking pretty grim again, but between the high volume of positives going on right now, the fact that close to 70 million people in the US may have already been infected at some point (latest estimate I saw), and vaccinations about to kick into high gear in a few weeks, it’s not going to take so long for this thing to slow down simply because so many people are immune. Then the warmer weather starts kicking in. Maybe that will also help again. I’m not saying they should kick the can down the road. I don’t know nearly enough. But if they did, when they came back it might be a better environment than it is now.

By: geo

geo — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:38:28 +0000

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By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:38:15 +0000

Austin Rivers starting for the injured Bullock tonight. Taj should be available, which will hopefully lighten the minutes load on Randle. Though the offense goes in the toilet whenever Randle sits.

By: nicos

nicos — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:35:53 +0000

E, two-way G-Leaguer:
Elfrid Payton is shooting .500 from 0-3 feet.2019-20 Dennis Smith, Jr., one of the worst guards ever to run point in the association, shot .543.

For his career he’s .585 at the rim- he was .575 last year but like RJ this year, he was so bad from three (and the line) that it tanked his TS, if you consider going from .500 to .470 tanking- it was certainly bad either way. If he was finishing at last year’s rate of .575 his TS% would somewhere around .525-530. which would be adequate, nothing more. But adequate is by far the best we got.

By: Knew Your Nicks

Knew Your Nicks — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:35:32 +0000

Rumours have Knicks starters praying for a 14days pause!

By: thenamestsam

thenamestsam — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:33:01 +0000

Seems like the fate of this season all comes down to how quickly the NBA can get all these guys vaccinated which is largely outside of their control since vaccines will have to be at least moderately widely available before they can justify giving it to the players.

Doing another bubble could maybe work for just the playoffs but I think it was a massive cost sink for the league on top of all the stories about the mental drain it took on everyone involved. Not sure there would be an appetite for even that and no way is it a solution for the regular season.

A pause just kicks the can down the road; I think a bunch of guys are ruled out right now because of contact tracing rather than positive tests so letting people separate for a while helps but unless you’re going to pause again every few weeks you’re going to be right back in this situation again shortly.

By: Deeefense

Deeefense — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:14:43 +0000

The Honorable Cock Jowles: 250,000 new cases a day over the past week. 100,000 new cases a day for over two months. Sexual contact is not the only risk factor to this virus.

Yes, I understand. But they are operating with some pretty strict protocols for practice, games, traveling, staying in hotels, where they can eat, even carrying luggage etc… They are more or less as locked down as you can expect. But they must have some freedoms for women that are adding risk. If I didn’t have a live in girlfriend who’s locked down with me, I’d be screwed, or actually, I’d never be screwed. 🙂

By: E, two-way G-Leaguer

E, two-way G-Leaguer — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:08:43 +0000

There’s not going to be another bubble. There’s no way the players are going back to a bubble. Opinion, yes, but hard to see them ever doing it again to any significant degree. Maybe for the playoffs like baseball did, but by summer the thing will probably have downturned again.