2020-2021 Season News and Notes

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[bleachkit]

9 hours ago, lethalweapon3 said:

Prior season News and Note:

How it started:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2020/01/20/chandler-parsons-injury-car-accident-orig-jk.cnn

How it's going:

https://www.tmz.com/2020/11/23/chandler-parsons-engaged-to-haylee-harrison-massive-ring/

~lw3

 

His prenup better be thicker than a phone book.

[bleachkit]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30449833/nba-conduct-random-marijuana-tests-2020-21

Finally, NBA will stop testing for weed. If I ever become president I will make it my personal mission to completely end the war on drugs.

[kg01]

8 hours ago, bleachkit said:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30449833/nba-conduct-random-marijuana-tests-2020-21

Finally, NBA will stop testing for weed. If I ever become president I will make it my personal mission to completely end the war on drugs.

If you run, I'd vote for you .... in exchange for a pre-pardon if you win. 

[RedDawg#8]

9 hours ago, bleachkit said:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30449833/nba-conduct-random-marijuana-tests-2020-21

Finally, NBA will stop testing for weed. If I ever become president I will make it my personal mission to completely end the war on drugs.

They make it seem like its just a temporary thing because of corona. Not because they dont want to test for it anymore, but they just want less interactions between players and staff overall.

I agree, they should discontinue testing for it. But thats not what this is it seems.

[bleachkit]

50 minutes ago, RedDawg#8 said:

They make it seem like its just a temporary thing because of corona. Not because they dont want to test for it anymore, but they just want less interactions between players and staff overall.

I agree, they should discontinue testing for it. But thats not what this is it seems.

I highly doubt they ever go back to testing for it.

[AHF]

1 hour ago, bleachkit said:

I highly doubt they ever go back to testing for it.

They'll want a concession from the players in bargaining before giving up testing for it.  This for that.

[RedDawg#8]

1 hour ago, bleachkit said:

I highly doubt they ever go back to testing for it.

I mean its the NBA. When is the last time someone got suspended for weed? Dudes have admitted to openly playing high before.

I think the testing is more to appease board of trustees and corporate partners, but its more formality than anything. There are no real image issues so no need to make a big fuss about it. At least not publicly.

Waiting for the NFL to catch up

[bleachkit]

32 minutes ago, AHF said:

They'll want a concession from the players in bargaining before giving up testing for it.  This for that.

No, marijuana reform is considered a civil rights/black justice issue, the league is going to tread very lightly.

[bleachkit]

18 minutes ago, RedDawg#8 said:

I mean its the NBA. When is the last time someone got suspended for weed? Dudes have admitted to openly playing high before.

I think the testing is more to appease board of trustees and corporate partners, but its more formality than anything. There are no real image issues so no need to make a big fuss about it. At least not publicly.

Waiting for the NFL to catch up

The HOR just decriminalized it at the federal level, likely to get bogged down in the Senate, but nevertheless the political winds have long shifted. 

[AHF]

1 hour ago, bleachkit said:

No, marijuana reform is considered a civil rights/black justice issue, the league is going to tread very lightly.

We’ll see.  You might be right especially if the trend continues of states legalizing it and perhaps the federal government doing the same.

[NBASupes]

1 hour ago, bleachkit said:

No, marijuana reform is considered a civil rights/black justice issue, the league is going to tread very lightly.

Naw. Maybe from a criminal case stance but Blacks get tougher sentences while being prosecuted more while getting harsh treatment in every crime than whites regardless of the crime. I wouldn't say marijuana is a civil rights issue at all. Most Black people don't smoke no reefer

[AHF]

40 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Naw. Maybe from a criminal case stance but Blacks get tougher sentences while being prosecuted more while getting harsh treatment in every crime than whites regardless of the crime. I wouldn't say marijuana is a civil rights issue at all. Most Black people don't smoke no reefer

I’m not weighing in on how the issue is characterized but I do think it is possible bleach is correct that the NBA just decides not to put this back in place.   We’ll see where we are after this season and how things have evolved outside of the NBA with regards to legalization.

[bleachkit]

1 hour ago, NBASupes said:

Naw. Maybe from a criminal case stance but Blacks get tougher sentences while being prosecuted more while getting harsh treatment in every crime than whites regardless of the crime. I wouldn't say marijuana is a civil rights issue at all. Most Black people don't smoke no reefer

Yes it is Supes. That's not just my opinion. That's the opinion of many contemporary black thinkers and progressive intellectuals. Who actually smokes is not relevant, it's a criminal justice issue, and also a civil rights issue. 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/07/naacp.marijuana.support/index.html&ved=2ahUKEwiA65mt0bftAhUN2qwKHX8cDxkQFjAAegQIAxAC&usg=AOvVaw09TFRNKb160m5YdrjzJ0Eb

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://harrisbricken.com/cannalawblog/its-mlk-day-dont-forget-cannabis-is-a-civil-rights-issue/&ved=2ahUKEwib-sLNz7ftAhVQrFkKHYIeDj4QFjAJegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw0hNlP_nft6gTJdaVXGRuP6

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.businessinsider.com/racist-origins-marijuana-prohibition-legalization-2018-2%3Famp&ved=2ahUKEwiT5N61z7ftAhXFwVkKHUOUCn8QFjAJegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1w2QBt8TzPgG3anlNm2mpr&ampcf=1

Edited December 5, 2020 by bleachkit

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

 

 

[bleachkit]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

 

I wonder if the NBA will use their connections to get early vaccines like they did with tests.

[RandomFan]

1 hour ago, bleachkit said:

I wonder if the NBA will use their connections to get early vaccines like they did with tests.

You can count on it. Zero doubt.

[Jdawgflow]

1 hour ago, bleachkit said:

I wonder if the NBA will use their connections to get early vaccines like they did with tests.

Absolutely.  
 

Green is what matters to all the movers and shakers.  That leaves the rest of us...

[Sothron]

So the Westbrook trade makes the Wizards from a borderline meh playoff team to one that will probably make it. Westbrook/Beal in the backcourt with Bertans, Rui and their rotating bigs at center is nothing to sneeze at. It isn't a team that would seriously do anything in the playoffs but that backcourt alone is going to probably carry them enough.

[warcore]

3 hours ago, Jdawgflow said:

Absolutely.  
 

Green is what matters to all the movers and shakers.  That leaves the rest of us...

Are you saying we are the green leave that move off the tree in your profile pic when you shake it?