The Official NBA/Basketball Thread

[hockeyfan1]

Changes may be coming in two years (‘21-‘22 season):

Sources: NBA has sent teams the proposal for 2021-22 season changes:
- 78-game regular season
- In-season tournament ($1M per player, $1.5M coaches pool for champion)
- Play-in tourneys for 7-8 playoff seeds
- Final 4 reseed in playoffs based on regular season records

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 21, 2019

[hockeyfan1]

Most Valuable NBA franchises (Toronto Raptors are tenth on the list):

https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/raptors-crack-top-10-valuable-nba-franchises/

[hockeyfan1]

It’s the 2020 All-Star weekend in Chicago (Feb. 14-16) as the NBA All-Star game events begin starting tonight through to Sunday’s All-Star Game.

The Toronto Raptors are represented by Pascal Siakam (starter), Kyle Lowry, and coach Nick Nurse (East team - “Team LeBron”).

Here’s all the info of events:
https://ca.nba.com/news/2020-nba-all-star-weekend-schedule-of-events/y8b8l035adxj1ffxrmxl3u2sa

[hockeyfan1]

The 2020 NBA All-Star game was bongos, thanks to the usage of the “Elam Ending”.  The what? 

According to it’s definition:

The NBA will use a form of the “Elam Ending” during Sunday's All-Star Game at the United Center. Elam's original idea, which is used in the summertime The Basketball Tournament, turns off the game clock with four minutes remaining and adds 7 points to the leading team's score to determine the target final score.

Final score:  Team Giannis (West team) defeated Team LeBron (East team) 157-155.  All-Star MVP was Kawhi Leonard.

The Raptors Pascal Siakam had 15 points & 8 rebounds, while Kyle Lowry accumulated 13 pts., & 8 assists.

More:
https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2020/2/17/21140565/nba-all-star-game-format-2020-reaction-analysis-elam-ending