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Total Members Voted: 3

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

[lesterluv]

It's a good test run for the NBA bubble.

So they're pulling teams as players test positive. 4 pulled so far — all of the replacement teams are now used up.

The Basketball Tournament has removed a third team in three days -- and the fourth team overall -- from the winner-take-all $1 million tournament that starts Saturday, because of a positive coronavirus test.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/29405973/replacement-team-playing-jimmy-v-tbt-testing-positive-coronavirus

meanwhile down Florida:
https://news.yahoo.com/floridas-coronavirus-cases-break-record-201227677.html


https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-again-adds-more-than-10000-new-cases-in-single-day-pushing-total-past-200k/2257976/

***If NBA ends up getting scrubbed, still very much possible, two men, Donald & DeSantis, will have personally cost NBA players & owners hundreds of millions....more importantly, the dawg will be pissed.

[facilitatorn]

http://mobile.twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1279524669691793408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1279524669691793408%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2F

[lesterluv]

The Kings become the 7th of the 22 teams to shut down their practice facilities pre-Orlando on account of the RONA.

https://sports.yahoo.com/sacramento-kings-become-latest-team-065541621.html

[lesterluv]

And...a fifth team pulled from The Basketball Tournament. No more replacement teams left so their opponent gets a move-on pass...wonder if that's how they'll do it in Orlando.

The matchup was originally scheduled to be the second half of a doubleheader, but Eberlein Drive was removed from the tournament Sunday after a positive COVID-19 test. That pushed Brotherly Love into the quarterfinals.

https://www.espn.co.uk/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/29415812/tbt-team-eberlein-drive-tournament-positive-test

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2898974-the-basketball-tournament-2020-july-6-odds-tv-schedule-live-stream-rosters

[kiidcarter8]

Jimmer Fredette a free agent

Roster adjustments are underway at Panathinaikos OPAP. The new era recently officially launched will not include Jimmer Fredette, confirmed newly appointed team president Takis Triantopoulos on Friday’s press conference about the new season. “We don’t have anything new about him,” he mentioned referring to the status of the 31-year-old American guard, “He is informed that he is free to go, his agent also knows this and he is on the market for a new team. We are waiting for any new development.”

[facilitatorn]

Has he gotten any good at basketball?

If not, who cares?

[carlos123]

Has he gotten any good at basketball?

If not, who cares?

Chico cares.

One of the loves of his life.

[Kam]

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2020-nba-mock-draft-james-wiseman-goes-no-1-to-warriors-lamelo-ball-drops-to-knicks-at-no-6/live/

[kiidcarter8]

LOL

Hawks draft another center.  Right.

[lesterluv]

LMFAO
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-positive-coronavirus-intl/index.html

some 65,000+ deaths on his watch, real justice will only be served when he croaks.

*** remember when #filmyourhospital was a thing for kiid's crew?


https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/California-hospitals-transfer-COVID-patients-15389470.php

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-texas-hospitals-capacity-surge-cases/

https://tucson.com/news/local/covid-19-patients-in-tucson-being-transferred-to-phoenix-out-of-state/article_9eb4cfb1-a1cb-5466-82b3-e23829be35ff.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/07/07/more-than-40-hospital-icus-in-florida-have-hit-maximum-capacity-with-zero-beds-available/#113924113e70


Phoenix now in a "crisis situation"
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/06/887925764/phoenix-mayor-on-citys-efforts-to-manage-coronavirus-outbreak


LMFAO x 25
As the Donald Deathtour moves on to New Hampshire, the Gov sez that's great, have fun, but ... er...I think I have bowling that night:

Sununu also said that while he plans to greet the President at some point during his visit to the state, it was unlikely he'd attend Saturday's rally in person, citing health concerns.
"I'm going to go and greet the President as the governor," he said. "I will not be in the crowd of thousands of people, I'm not going to put myself in the middle of a crowd of thousands of people, if that's your question specifically.

[lesterluv]

The MLS. Began, or tried to begin today. Bumpy start to say the least:


LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — MLS’s efforts to restart its season amid a pandemic experienced another setback when Nashville SC’s first match was postponed because of a team outbreak, and the league said it would “continue to evaluate” the expansion squad’s participation in the troubled summer tournament.
Nashville’s problems came a day after FC Dallas was forced out of the MLS is Back Tournament because 10 players and one staff member had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The month-long competition is scheduled to start Wednesday night at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with Orlando City playing Inter Miami, the league’s other expansion club. Nashville was supposed to play the late-night match against the Chicago Fire. No new date was announced.

[Kam]

https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/stephen-jackson-defends-desean-jackson-fake-hitler-quote.html

[kiidcarter8]

LaMelo Ball is an 18-year-old guard from Chino Hills, California, who averaged 17 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 6.8 assists for Illawarra in the National Basketball League in Australia. He is expected to be selected among the top-five picks in the upcoming NBA Draft. NBADraft.net currently has him projected at No. 3.

NBA-Specific Skills

If there is one thing the Ball brothers have in common, it’s that they really know how to pass.

For all of the out-of-their-control narcissism and boasting that happens as a result of their father’s P.T. Barnum-inspired public relations efforts, Lonzo and LaMelo both play a fabulous, free-flowing style where dynamic hit-aheads and extra passes are keys to their basketball aesthetic.

Ball’s game is ideally suited for today’s pace-and-space era. At 6-7 (and still growing), he is big enough to snatch rebounds in traffic and whirl ahead as his own one-man fast break or sling frozen-rope outlet passes to opportunistic teammates. The comparisons with his brother are inevitable, but perhaps an even more accurate comparison would be with a pre-injury Shaun Livingston, whose rangy physical dimensions and pass-first approach led to him being selected No. 4 overall in 2004.

Ball has also shown an advanced ability to create his own offense. He is equally adept with either hand and he keeps defenders off balance with an array of herky-jerky shoulder fakes and in-and-out dribbles. For a player who had to carry the load on nearly every offensive possession for a lousy team, Ball posted a tremendous assist-to-turnover ratio (6.8/2.5).

His anticipatory instincts on offense also translate to the other side of the ball, where he uses his length and intellect to disrupt passing lanes and switch across multiple positions.

Ball is the rare kind of player who can impact games in a variety of ways, even when his shot isn’t falling. He doesn’t need to lead his team in scoring in order to have a positive impact.

On a scale from 1-10, Ball’s passing and versatility rate at a 9



https://www.nbadraft.net/situational-analysis-lamelo-ball/

[lesterluv]

Got defensive concerns, but surely wouldn't mind if he dropped into our lap.

Meanwhile: The Tulsa DeathTour Aftermath Report

The city of Tulsa is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, a little over 2 weeks after President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in an indoor arena there.

Dr. Bruce Dart, Executive Director of the Tulsa Health Department, said in a press conference on Wednesday there are high numbers being reported this week, with nearly 500 new cases in two days and trends are showing that those numbers will increase.
There had been a 20% decline in new Covid-19 cases the week of June 28 through July 4.
The Tulsa Health Department reported 266 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number in the county to 4,571. There are 17,894 cases in Oklahoma and 452 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases in the United States.
When asked if the cases in Tulsa are going up due to the rally on June 20, Dart said that there were several large events a little over two weeks ago.
"I guess we just connect the dots," Dart said.

[chipstern]

Got defensive concerns, but surely wouldn't mind if he dropped into our lap.

Meanwhile: The Tulsa DeathTour Aftermath Report

The city of Tulsa is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, a little over 2 weeks after President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in an indoor arena there.

Dr. Bruce Dart, Executive Director of the Tulsa Health Department, said in a press conference on Wednesday there are high numbers being reported this week, with nearly 500 new cases in two days and trends are showing that those numbers will increase.
There had been a 20% decline in new Covid-19 cases the week of June 28 through July 4.
The Tulsa Health Department reported 266 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number in the county to 4,571. There are 17,894 cases in Oklahoma and 452 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases in the United States.
When asked if the cases in Tulsa are going up due to the rally on June 20, Dart said that there were several large events a little over two weeks ago.
"I guess we just connect the dots," Dart said.

Connect the dots?

INFECT THE Dolts