2019-20 NBA Season Thread

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Patrick Ewing is dead?

He was diagnosed with COVID-19 he hasn't died afaik.

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Patrick Ewing is dead?

He was diagnosed with COVID-19 he hasn't died afaik.

Ewing is still alive and hopefully will continue to be, the phrasing of A2020s post did force me to google .

Good news Ewing is out of the Hospital

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Since my pistons have been eliminated, I am supporting the Mavericks because I have a soft spot for Euros Even with Darko . In the east, then Miami in the East cause my boy Duncan Robinson

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Free Woj bro

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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29536798/sources-tom-thibodeau-finalizing-5-year-deal-coach-new-york-knicks

The Knicks are finalizing a five year deal with former Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves Head Coach Tom Thibodeau.

As a Knicks fan, I don't love this hire. I don't hate it, but I do feel they could have done better than a retread who has been fired by two other teams.

If I were the owner/GM of the Knicks, I would have hired Becky Hammon (she's currently an Assistant Coach for the San Antonio Spurs, and has New York ties, having played for the New York Liberty of the WNBA), Patrick Ewing (former Knicks legend, now coaching at Georgetown), or Shaka Smart (currently the Head Coach at Texas). Of those three, I'd have gone with Ewing, a New York legend, who seems to enjoy coaching (at least if his time at Georgetown is any indication.

Why hire Ewing?  He hasn't exactly set the world on fire as coach at Georgetown. 

Honestly, it's Ewing's strengths as a recruiter that are keeping Georgetown afloat at the moment.

Ewing hasn't been a massive recruiter at Georgetown, his classes have ranked #31 #55 and #41. If we compare this to the former head coach John Thompson III, who had Georgetown ranked at #44 in 2017, #113 in 2016, #28 in 2015. It's not really a big step up in their recruiting ranking between the two, and if we compare that to Michigan head coach and former NBA player Juwan Howard, whose first-class ranked #15, while his predecessor John Beilein had classes ranked at #64 in 2019, #11 in 2018, and #43 in 2017. For the 2021 class we have Michigan at #6 and Georgetown at #49

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It's a Lakers league right now, just like it was a Warriors league, its gonna be hard for any team to beat Kuzma, LBJ and Davis

What is your opinion of Dame Dolla

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Tyler Herro followed one of my friends