After pulling off the most successful restart of any major American sports league in the summer with the Bubble, the NBA 2020/21 season is going back to home arenas and regular travel. Let's see how well that turns out. They have only released the schedule for the first half of the season--the second half schedule will be released around the all-star break (is an all-star game really needed this year) to account for games that will be rescheduled from the first half of the season.
In terms of big player moves, the biggest story is the deal that didn't go through--Bogdan Bogdanovic going from the Kings to the Bucks in a sign-and-trade. Except that Bogdanovic never seemed to be on board with the deal and has said that he is going to enter free agency, and the NBA is now investigating the deal because the talks would have taken place before free-agent negotiations were allowed. Milwaukee has sent a boatload of first round picks going years into the future to New Orleans for Jrue Holiday. He's not worth it, but the deal presumably was done with Giannis' support, so if it means keeping the two-time MVP with your team, then it's a price worth paying. James Harden seems to want out of Houston, and the Rockets are trying to ship Russell Westbrook off. Chris Paul is now a Phoenix Sun, and the Lakers traded Danny Green and their late first round pick to OKC for Dennis Schroder. He'll be the Lakers' biggest scoring threat from the point guard position since Nick Van Exel in the mid-90s.
We'll finally get to see Kevin Durant in action with Kyrie in Brooklyn. With the storylines out of the bubble and the emergence of new stars, everyone almost forgot that one of the best players on the planet has been waiting to get back out onto the court.
Golden State was patiently waiting for the return of Klay Thompson to get back with Curry and Draymond Green to take a run against the Lakers in the West, but news confirmed from sources today that Klay injured his achilles and will miss another season. Just awful news for him and for all fans--Klay is pretty much universally admired, and while Curry is the superstar, Klay is just as amazing a shooter. We can only hope that he gets back out on the court again.
In terms of big player moves, the biggest story is the deal that didn't go through--Bogdan Bogdanovic going from the Kings to the Bucks in a sign-and-trade. Except that Bogdanovic never seemed to be on board with the deal and has said that he is going to enter free agency, and the NBA is now investigating the deal because the talks would have taken place before free-agent negotiations were allowed. Milwaukee has sent a boatload of first round picks going years into the future to New Orleans for Jrue Holiday. He's not worth it, but the deal presumably was done with Giannis' support, so if it means keeping the two-time MVP with your team, then it's a price worth paying. James Harden seems to want out of Houston, and the Rockets are trying to ship Russell Westbrook off. Chris Paul is now a Phoenix Sun, and the Lakers traded Danny Green and their late first round pick to OKC for Dennis Schroder. He'll be the Lakers' biggest scoring threat from the point guard position since Nick Van Exel in the mid-90s.
We'll finally get to see Kevin Durant in action with Kyrie in Brooklyn. With the storylines out of the bubble and the emergence of new stars, everyone almost forgot that one of the best players on the planet has been waiting to get back out onto the court.
Golden State was patiently waiting for the return of Klay Thompson to get back with Curry and Draymond Green to take a run against the Lakers in the West, but news confirmed from sources today that Klay injured his achilles and will miss another season. Just awful news for him and for all fans--Klay is pretty much universally admired, and while Curry is the superstar, Klay is just as amazing a shooter. We can only hope that he gets back out on the court again.
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