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- Rudy isolates to his house where he has a basketball court. Should have gotten in a lot of free throw reps.

- While we’ve got to watch COVID-19’s exponential growth, it’s also stifled Christian Wood’s exponential growth, thus making us think perhaps we’d have a better chance getting him than if the season closed naturally.

That’s all I’ve got for now and that last one is pretty sketch, tbh.
 
infection said:
- Rudy isolates to his house where he has a basketball court. Should have gotten in a lot of free throw reps.

- While we’ve got to watch COVID-19’s exponential growth, it’s also stifled Christian Wood’s exponential growth, thus making us think perhaps we’d have a better chance getting him than if the season closed naturally.

That’s all I’ve got for now and that last one is pretty sketch, tbh.
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There is NO silver lining to this ****
 
My hope is that the silver lining will be that this utter catastrophe of the season is cancelled and Mike Conley signs with a team in Azerbaijani Second division.
 
The silver lining for me is realizing im not sad the season is suspended. I hope it gets canceled and I hope I don't feel compelled to follow the team or care about what they do ever again.

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The silver lining to me is Rudy might have saved hundreds if not thousands of lives. Seriously. He ****ed up, yes. But had he not tested positive and that OKC game not gotten cancelled, and say he tested positive 2-3 days later, we lose 2-3 days of national awareness during which time virtually every major sport was canceled, and everyone in the country was like “Holy ****, this is getting very real.” He’s not a hero. He didn’t do anything positive per se. But his testing positive then rather than days later is really a blessing in disguise.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
The silver lining to me is Rudy might have saved hundreds if not thousands of lives. Seriously. He ****ed up, yes. But had he not tested positive and that OKC game not gotten cancelled, and say he tested positive 2-3 days later, we lose 2-3 days of national awareness during which time virtually every major sport was canceled, and everyone in the country was like “Holy ****, this is getting very real.” He’s not a hero. He didn’t do anything positive per se. But his testing positive then rather than days later is really a blessing in disguise.
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You are 100% correct in this assessment, however he will forever go down as "COVID Rudy" and be blamed, even if not explicitly, by every casual observer for causing the massive sports-pandemic in this country. Every single headline has been some variation of "Rudy Gobert first to test positive for COVID-19 - MLB CANCELLED!!!!" or some ****, so he is tied in a non-flattering way to all of this. So you are correct, and to anyone paying close attention this will become evident, but in the annals of COVID-19 and the end of sports for 2019-2020 seasons, he will forever be patient 0.
 
If we could land Wood I would have perma-wood for at least a full season. Let's go get Wood! I want wood! Wood wood Wood wood Wood wood!!

 
LogGrad98 said:
You are 100% correct in this assessment, however he will forever go down as "COVID Rudy" and be blamed, even if not explicitly, by every casual observer for causing the massive sports-pandemic in this country. Every single headline has been some variation of "Rudy Gobert first to test positive for COVID-19 - MLB CANCELLED!!!!" or some ****, so he is tied in a non-flattering way to all of this. So you are correct, and to anyone paying close attention this will become evident, but in the annals of COVID-19 and the end of sports for 2019-2020 seasons, he will forever be patient 0.
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After millions of people die from this, I think very few people will remember or at least care that Rudy was the first NBA player diagnosed.
 
NUMBERICA said:
After millions of people die from this, I think very few people will remember or at least care that Rudy was the first NBA player diagnosed.
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I think in the sports world it will die hard.
 
NUMBERICA said:
After millions of people die from this, I think very few people will remember or at least care that Rudy was the first NBA player diagnosed.
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He made John Oliver. So he can at least say he has something in common with Joe Exotic.
 
infection said:
- Rudy isolates to his house where he has a basketball court. Should have gotten in a lot of free throw reps.

- While we’ve got to watch COVID-19’s exponential growth, it’s also stifled Christian Wood’s exponential growth, thus making us think perhaps we’d have a better chance getting him than if the season closed naturally.

That’s all I’ve got for now and that last one is pretty sketch, tbh.
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If this season gets completely scrapped at least the Lakers will have one less banner to hang *shrug*
 
Zombie said:
If this season gets completely scrapped at least the Lakers will have one less banner to hang *shrug*
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Depends actually. There is an obscure by-law that says if the season is scrapped by a certain date, which potentially can be retroactive, the team with the best record since February wins by default. That would be the Lakers at something like 14-3 in that time frame.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Depends actually. There is an obscure by-law that says if the season is scrapped by a certain date, which potentially can be retroactive, the team with the best record since February wins by default. That would be the Lakers at something like 14-3 in that time frame.
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David Stern and the NBA gave a title to MJ in 1998 so it's only fair if they give one to LeBron too. People could say Kobe was also given one if you look at the Lakers/Kings series calls.

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NUMBERICA said:
After millions of people die from this, I think very few people will remember or at least care that Rudy was the first NBA player diagnosed.
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it’s already OBE...and is this site really that desperate for ad money?...
 
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