Rockets will have a huge advantage in coming play-offs

Without our red colored fans, should we sign Ryno as free agent?

 

huh? Lol all star games are super packed

 

Not only that, but you put 200 famous people in one location. People are going to get in. What's going to happen is some black kid is going to sneak in and when he approaches King Lebron for an autograph a white cop is going to beat him down. It could be a perfect storm if the kid gets Corona.

 

This is actually an interesting question: which teams benefit and suffer most from the COVID break? Obviously the home court teams don't get a real advantage, but what about other factors?

I think the Rockets do benefit by getting Gordon healthy and allowing one of the most overworked players in the league (Harden) to get a break.

The Nets could benefit MASSIVELY or not at all depending on whether KD and/or Kyrie come back. To a lesser extent, same with the Blazers if they get back Nurkic and Collins. Maybe the same for the Pacers and getting Oladipo closer to 100%.

I think it probably hurt the Thunder, who were on a roll before the shutdown. Hopefully the Rockets can pass them and move up a spot before the playoffs start.

 

Your anti-Austin Rivers agenda is almost as disturbing as your Danuel House fetish.

 

I’m unhappy that our guys are going to play in Florida, instead of Houston. It’s still NBA basketball. Go Houston Rockets!

 

I don't know what's so disastrous about not having crowds... Yeah, fan excitement can add some atmosphere and intensity to games, but the main product and it's appeal would still be in tact without anyone in the stands. You still get to watch top tier athletes battle it out in high stakes games. I'm not sure what the issue is.

If anything, it could be a really interesting [if short lived] experiment to see how the elimination of such a thing as "home court advantage" and travel impacts each team.

 

what I'm hoping is they allow the world the hear what actually is being said by these guys during games. I'm not sure they will though since it's so much constant trash talk and explicit words. That and hearing all the systematic communications between these guys is really fun to hear. maybe a delayed feed that sensor explicit's out but that is actually going to be a lot of muting to do. Desean Jackson mentioned earlier this week if the nfl won't have fans for their season, he hopes the fans get to hear what all that's said between those white lines on gamedays.

 

You actually expect a team who lost to the Hornets, Suns, Pistons, Kings, a Warriors team full of scrubs, Magic and the Knicks to win the NBA championship? I want whatever you're smoking.

 

Hadn't thought of that. It's not unlike how Denver and Utah have an advantage over visiting opponents because they're used to playing in high altitudes all season.

 

It actually is working pretty damn well in the rugby league over here at the moment.

At first they had no filler, and you could hear all the brutal contact and all the chatter going on through the game and it was fantastic.

This round they've added synthetic cheering throughout the game which is getting mixed feedback but seems it's going to continue that way.

All in all, no fans isn't as bad as first thought.

 

Are there a lot of trash talking being heard in those games?

Love to hear from Players rep, Chris Paul ,and his trash talk to Dwight. Too bad KD won't be playing, I bet lots of players would trash talk him and he would have some lame comeback and have his feelings hurt

 

I’m excited about a rested Harden. I think his own worst enemy was his drive to always play while having to carry such a load on offense... while other players took time off.

he will be rested and will have the legs to carry us to Ws.

 

if the rockers win it all in florida, can they also walk over and take the trophies from le$' cold dead hands?

 

Or his ant Harden outlandish rants.

 

im trying to describe the type of people in the stands. Those crowds are generally neutral. I know they can’t pack an arena but the arena not the goal; the TV screen is. They only have to fill part of the lower bowl

 

First thanks for your input, but squeaky shoes and random cursing don’t do much for me; sound difference between rugby and basketball; to hear someone collide into another person would be kind of cool hear.