Running 2017-18 NBA regular season thread

Ad positioning at its finest: Eargo Hearing Aids in the middle of Fergie's so-sorry story.

Fergie admits national anthem performance was kind of a mess

 

Pop says he'll be surprised if Leonard returns this season.

 

And Pop’s reputation for veracity is...?

 

My favorite part of the Fergie anthem was Draymond's reaction at the end.

 

We paused and rewound the DVR like 10 times just to re-watch it over and over again, doubling over with laughter. It was like a meme happening in real-time.

 

Kerr mostly says bright things, however, this is not one of them.

Zaza is in the league of Bruce Bowen when it comes to dirty players.

 

Just saw the play.

Yeah, the league needs to go medieval on Zaza's ass. That was terrible.

 

NBA agent Dan Fegan killed when his SUV was hit by bus on Highway 82 near Aspen

 

Are crossovers that lethal that defenders now fall down on the floor regularly?

Harden is the latest to embarrass some dude last night.

When is the preseason over, and the regular season (first round of playoffs) start?

 

It was more of a pushoff than a crossover.

Random note - I wondered why I started seeing stats given as per 36 minutes - great idea to use the average minutes of a starter as the baseline, rather than the whole 48.

 

Horseshit. The contact on that play was so minimal:

If that's an illegal push off, then what was routinely allowed in the 90s was manslaughter. And I don't wanna watch an NBA where such awesomeness ain't allowed.

Although I'm not sure the prevailing "crossover" description is accurate. It was more a step-back (which Harden does better than anyone ever) aided by a crossover dribble than a traditional crossover.

Whatever the label, it was a cool moment. I liked the Houston bench reaction. The one dude just got up and started walking as soon as he saw the step back, long before the shot even went up. He knew.