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Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: June 13, 2022, 11:38:11 PM

[facilitatorn]

I’m enjoying The Great.

Peter the Not Great is exactly the kind of person Kiid has attributed decisiveness and strong leadership skills to when they’ve appeared in American politics, GWB and the current abomination being prime examples. Kiid could learn something by watching, but regardless it’s great tv.

[bodiddley]

Parasite just not my type of film.

[bodiddley]

Cuban proposes something similar to what I did.  All 30 teams play 5-7 games (I assume the variety is to even out the games played).  And then playoffs.  Allows teams to try to get into the playoffs, re-establishes interest in the NBA ahead of the playoffs.  But all 30 teams is risky.

Going right to the playoffs with 16 teams eliminates nearly half the players/coaches/personnel.  And playoff series limits contact.  Safer, more manageable.

How about: a 6 team tourney to get the final two playoffs spots per conference.  Would allow 24 teams to play meaningful games.  12 teams already qualified and 12 teams battling for the last 4 spots.  Make it 8 teams per conference, playing best of 3 series, battling for 2 playoff spots, and you'd have all but 2 teams involved.

Essentially it would be like two playoffs.  A pre-playoff tourney of 16 teams, in short best-of-3 series, to get to the playoffs.  Then 2 teams from each conference advancing to the playoffs.  And you'd be able to design it as two 16 team playoffs.  So only half the league at a time involved.  More interesting and safer than completing some dull end of season slog.

[Kam]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29224715/mark-cuban-suggests-play-tournament-final-2-seeds-nba-playoffs

Going right to the playoffs with 16 teams eliminates nearly half the players/coaches/personnel.  And playoff series limits contact.  Safer, more manageable.

You can't get to 100% safe under either plan.  So safety is out the window as far as any plan that resumes play this season

The plan that offers the most level playing field should be adopted.  Give teams a chance to make the playoffs that not finishing the season would otherwise rob them of.

[bodiddley]

ESPN with new Mock Draft.  With useful write-ups on each player.

1. Anthony Edwards
2  LaMelo Ball
3  James Wiseman

4 Isaac Okoro
5 Deni Avdija
6 Onyeka Okongwu

7 Obi Toppin
8 Tyrese Haliburton
9 Killian Hayes

10 RJ Hampton
11 Precious Achiuwa
12 Aaron Nesmith

13 Cole Anthony
14 Tyrese Maxey

More like what I was thinking.
With Ty Halibut and Obi in our range and Cole Ant a fair amount lower.

[bodiddley]

You can't get to 100% safe under either plan.  So safety is out the window as far as any plan that resumes play this season

Sure, cause safety is an all or nothing concept ...

Instead of all 30 teams together, my pre-playoff tourney would have half the league playing to start.  Then after that another 16 teams.  Take a week off in between to test and quarantine those 4 teams from the early tourney that make the playoffs.

Half the teams, a week break, then half the teams for the playoffs has to be easier and safer than all 30 teams finishing the season.  And it's all be series so two teams for nearly a week together, before the next round.  Not lots of mixing of teams.

[Kam]

Safety breaks  down the moment you get one positive test.  Eliminating half the teams doesn’t reduce those chances enough in any significant way.

[Kam]

Simply put: if it’s safe enough to play 16 teams it’s safe enough for all to play.

[Kam]

By your logic they should just go directly to a one game finals.  Thus making it more safe.

[bodiddley]

No idea what logic you are imputing to me, but simply having roughly 400 people involved is safer and easier logistically than having close to 800.  And limiting play to two-team series is safer than all 30 teams playing together jumbled like in the regular season. 

Mitigation measures and controlled risks.  Common sense.  Etc.

[bodiddley]

The Knicks hired three executives Wednesday as they build the front office around new team president Leon Rose.

Brock Aller was hired as vice president of basketball and strategic planning, Walt Perrin is the assistant general manager for college scouting and Frank Zanin the assistant general manager for pro scouting.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29230894/knicks-hire-three-executives-work-leon-rose-front-office

[lesterluv]

lol...gotta agree with Kam here 100%...you don't put 400 people at risk if it's not safe for 800. And for an org like the NBA, there is absolutely no logistical difference between 400 and 800, this ain't the Yonkers boy scout troop.

[kiidcarter8]

ESPN with new Mock Draft.  With useful write-ups on each player.

1. Anthony Edwards
2  LaMelo Ball
3  James Wiseman

4 Isaac Okoro
5 Deni Avdija
6 Onyeka Okongwu

7 Obi Toppin
8 Tyrese Haliburton
9 Killian Hayes

10 RJ Hampton
11 Precious Achiuwa
12 Aaron Nesmith

13 Cole Anthony
14 Tyrese Maxey

More like what I was thinking.
With Ty Halibut and Obi in our range and Cole Ant a fair amount lower.

I  have money I will place on this being not at all accurate after the top 3.

[kiidcarter8]

lol...gotta agree with Kam here 100%...you don't put 400 people at risk if it's not safe for 800. And for an org like the NBA, there is absolutely no logistical difference between 400 and 800, this ain't the Yonkers boy scout troop.

Are uberathletic 20-30 somethings dropping in droves from this virus?  I must have missed it.

[carlos123]

...lashed out at Trump, calling him, among other things, “a complete blithering idiot,” “a shallow and broken man” and “the most disloyal actual retard that has ever set foot in the Oval Office.”
“There would be more decorum if you put Zippy the Chimp in the White House,” she said.

Do you know who twitted all of that and more?

A favorite of Chico's

PS. Apologies to Zippy the Chimp, whoever that may be.