Tag: NBA Scrimmages

The NBA is turning its bubble basketball games into one big Zoom meeting for fans

This could get weird.

Zoom meetings can be the absolute worst sometimes. We’ve all been through pretty terrible ones at one point or another.

Now, take all of that, and stage them inside a makeshift NBA arena. That’s exactly what the league is actually doing… sort of.

With fans unable to attend the games of their favorite teams in the NBA’s Disney World bubble, the league is allowing 300 fans to “attend” on their virtual board at the arena and watch their favorite teams from their computer screens.

It’s not quite live and in person, but it’s the next best thing I guess? The mock ups of what it’d look like are pretty wild.

This all has the potential to be so awkward. Of course, they have to mute the people so that there aren’t random dogs barking and babies crying in the background while LeBron James is shooting free throws.

But you know how Zoom calls get sometimes. There’s always something awkward that happens on camera. Now, imagine that in front of a national audience during an NBA basketball game.

Think of the possibilities! We’re about to get so many memes from this. It’s going to be incredible.

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The Nuggets started a scrimmage with this insanely tall lineup and it worked

Yo, this is unfair.

Alright, so this isn’t an official NBA game or anything. And it probably won’t be counted toward anything. It probably won’t be a particularly memorable moment in NBA history.

But, uh, I’m pretty sure the Denver Nuggets just played one of the tallest lineups in NBA history, if not the tallest.

In their bubble opening scrimmage against the Wizards, the Nuggets were totally depleted at guard. Jamal Murray, Will Barton, Gary Harris and Torrey Craig all sat out the game for various reasons.

So what was the solution? Throw out ALL the big men. Every single one of them.

This has got to be one of the tallest lineups we’ve ever seen in NBA history. Honestly, it just doesn’t get taller.

 

Nikola Jokic at point guard? Bol Bol on the wing!?!? Yikes, man.

  • Nikola Jokic is 7-0 on the dot
  • Bol Bol is 7-2

Come on, yo. That’s ridiculous.

Twitter had a bunch of jokes for the Nuggets. They were pretty good, too.

Here’s the thing, though: It also worked! They were absolutely cooking the Wizards. Jokic was out here throwing no-look dimes, per usual. This time to Bol.

Oh, and speaking of Bol Bol, here he is just blocking a shot at the rim, waving off the NBA’s best center/point guard and DRAINING a pull up three. At 7-2. Y’all.

The audacity of this man. Wow.

No idea if this works forever. We’ve never seen this before — we don’t even know if it’s really in the Nuggets plans. Also, the Wizards absolutely stink. Running this against a good team might have a different result.

Either way, though, this is extremely fun to watch. Please, Mike Malone. More Bol Bol minutes.

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NBA Scrimmages: 5 things to look forward to watching in the NBA’s return

Basketball is officially BYKE.

We’re just hours away from NBA basketball officially making its return.

On Wednesday at 3 p.m., teams will finally tip off making it the first bit of NBA basketball played since March when everything shut down.

This is basically another preseason for these players, but there is still plenty to look forward to in watching the games. In the video above, Michael Sykes names five things we should look forward to watching on Wednesday, including the return of the NBA’s biggest stars, the hilarious lack of defense that will be played and so much more.

Dive right back into the action and catch up on the rest of FTW’s NBA coverage here.