Sources: Expect the NBA back playing by mid/late June with 10 reg season games before POs

"Kyrie" and "theory" should never appear together in the same sentence.

 

Kyrie has nothing to lose. He is injured and has already made millions. His stance would have had more merit if he was healthy and not made so much cash.


To fight the social injustices would be easier with a national audience to adress during after game presses or even during halftime. Do it while you’re u have a audience

 

Well, I'm another black folk that hates Kyrie's stance. I won't call him dumb but his stance is pretty foolish.

Entertainment, NBA, is always a distraction from more serious issues.

He just knows his team has no shot at winning, he's hurt, he's making millions, so he has nothing at all to lose. This year for the Nets has always been void so in his mind the sooner it's over the better.

 

That sounds good and all but, to this point, the NBA brass has released absolutely no plans on how they would address this. This is a tough situation where neither side is completely right or wrong. There are two things that we can pretty much admit right up front: 1)The return of NBA games will most likely have a negative effect on momentum of the movement 2) It’s unrealistic and unfair to expect players to risk their livelihoods in these uncertain times.

Howard’s comments seem to be coming from a place of genuine concern for others. Rivers’s comments seem to be splitting to gap between concern for others and self. Comments from guys like Perkins, Beverley, etc seem to be mostly about self preservation. None of these perspectives are wrong, they are what they are. It’s easier to be altruistic when it costs you less.
As for Kyrie’s comments.....well that’s anyone’s guess.


My gut feeling is that the NBA returns under the current proposed guidelines and certain parts of the media will shift their attention to less important topics like seeding, championships, legacy etc. How much of an effect this will have on the push for social reform is debatable, but I can see a lot of people getting distracted and falling off. Hopefully I’m won’t, but we’ll see what happens.

 

You are correct, this is likely at play for Kyrie. However, this doesn’t apply to Howard. The Lakers are arguably the favorite and he has to know that a ring would change the perception of him, at least somewhat. Howard’s statement seems more genuine of the two.

 

Cyberx has been a great resource to the GARM for years, but I think we can finally put the nail in the coffin in the fact that what he hears is not set in stone Gospel truth. It's great to hear... but it is second or third hand rumor.

Still... nothing wrong with spilling the beans with what you hear. Just don't want folks to run to vegas with these sourced predictions.

 

Not sure if this is the right thread to go there. He’s been pretty spot on this time.

 

Yeah that's true for Howard and he's also going against his team leader, Lebron, who clearly wants to play.

Honestly, I've never really liked Kyrie, always seemed like a sneaky kind of dude.

 

Avery Bradley is apparently going against LBJ’s wishes as well.

 

Yeah, that post was bizarre. Cyber's intel was spot on, and it came at a time when the consensus view was that sports in 2020 were doomed. He even nailed the regular season component before the playoffs.

It's happening in late July rather than late June, but that's completely understandable given all the moving parts. The point is, just as he said, the league is resuming, and the restart will include a significant amount of regular-season games, too.

 

Howard was just on CNN with Don Lemon.

Lemon asked how many NBA players have he spoke with and he said, "Just a couple. Just mainly Kyrie and he convinced me we shouldn't play. Kyrie really convinced me we shouldn't play till this problem is solved. "

So Kyrie really convinced one guy!

Then Lemon asked him if the NFL should hire Kap and apologize to Kap and Dwight, "I don't know no nuthin about the NFL. I don't make decision for anyone else. I just know I'm tired of this and my family is hurt by this and I 'm not playing till this is solved."

There you have it. He has no opinion on the guy who was blacklisted from playing...the one guy who guy up his career and Dwight doesn't care

 

That's interesting though because...

If Dwight and Bradley won't play those are some pretty big misses for the Lakers. Not star players but missing a role player or two can be a huge difference against another elite team.

 

I put a "nail in the coffin" years ago regarding what he says tbh

 

Wasn't Howard begging a team to give him a chance to play before the season started? Now he wants to sit? Drama queen

 

His baby momma DIED from Covid. I don't blame him... (and I'm certainly not a Howard apologist after he openly quit on us)

 

She didn't die from COVID

 

No she didn’t

 

Bizarre? It's mid June now, and I'm not Woj but I'm pretty sure nothing is officially scheduled yet. I get the wishful thinking but man.... I think folks here often just hear what they want to hear. As I said, I'm glad to hear what he is hearing, but the reality check is just that.... the world isn't just going to snap back and life is back as normal with sports, buffalo wild wings, and tail gating. The NBA is being ambitious in trying like hell to make this happen, but 2020 just isn't the year that'll let anything normal happen the way it wants to happen.

wahh wahhh... I know. Sorry. I'll never turn down a Cyberx sourced piece of info, but we all know by now that reality is what it is, and not what we hope it to be most of the time.... still... I hope one day to be wrong in my pessimism for sure.

I hope like hell I'm wrong and the NBA starts back up this month. It would be an amazing surprise.

 

Sounds about like Dwight...

 

Other 'elite' teams are going to suffer injuries due to not playing pro ball for an extended time.

8 games before playoffs are like preseason....not much tbh.