Well, happy late Thanksgiving, I guess

 

Usually, we drive to my cousins’ house to celebrate, but this year, we obviously couldn’t because of the pandemic, but we still could video call family members to wish them a happy Thanksgiving.

 

Thanksgiving 2015

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I haven’t done one of these in a while, mostly because there was nothing to update about, but here’s an update of what’s happed over the past 3 or 4 days in the NBA.

 

Trades:

Suns get PG Chris Paul and SF Abdel Nader, Thunder get SF Kelly Oubre Jr., PG Ricky Rubio, PG Ty Jerome, PG Jalen Lecque and a first-round pick for 2022

Lakers get PG Dennis Schröder, Thunder get SG Danny Green and 28th pick in 2020 draft (which is today at 7:00 if you didn’t know that)

Bucks get SG Jrue Holiday, Pelicans get PG Eric Bledsoe, PG George Hill and three future first-round picks

Bucks get SG Bogdan Bogdanovic and SF Justin James, Kings get SG Donte DiVincenzo, PF Ersan Ilyasova and PF DJ Wilson

Rockets get SF Trevor Ariza, 16th pick in 2020 draft, and a 2021 first-round pick, Trail Blazers get SF Robert Covington

Nets get SG Bruce Brown Jr., Pistons get SF Dzanan Musa and 2021 second-round pick

 

Ok, so this is me the day after I wrote the beginning part, so let’s just update you guys again.

Trades: (there were a lot, hence it being draft night, but here are the biggest ones)

Sixers get SG Seth Curry, Mavs gets SG Josh Richardson and 2020 second-round pick that ended up being SG Tyler Bey

Sixers get SG Danny Green and SF Terrance Ferguson, Thunder get C Al Horford and two future picks

Pistons get SF Trevor Ariza and a first-rounder (No. 16, PF Isaiah Stewart), Rockets get two future picks

Draft:

1. T-Wolves get SG Anthony Edwards

2. Warriors get C James Wiseman

3. Hornets get PG LaMelo Ball

4. Bulls get SF Patrick Williams

5. Cavs get SF Isaac Okoro

6. Hawks get PF Onyeka Okongwu

7. Pistons get PG Killian Hayes

8. Knicks get PF Obi Toppin

9. Wizards get SF Deni Avdija

10. Suns get PF Jalen Smith

11. Spurs get SF Devin Vassell

12. Kings get PG Tyrese Halliburton

13. Pelicans get PG Kira Lewis Jr.

14. Celtics get SF Aaron Nesmith

15. Magic get PG Cole Anthony

16. Blazers get C Isaiah Stewart

17. Timberwolves get PF Aleksej Polusevski

18. Mavs get SG Josh Green

19. Nets get SF Saddiq Bey

20. Heat get PF Precious Achiuwa

21. Sixers get PG Tyrese Maxey

22. Nuggets get C Zeke Nnaji

23. Knicks get SF Leandro Bolmaro

24. Bucks get PG RJ Hampton

25. Thunder get SG Immanuel Quickley

26. Celtics get PG Payton Pritchard

27. Jazz get C Udoka Azubuike

28. Lakers get SF Jaden McDaniels

29. Raptors get PG Malachi Flynn

30. Celtics get SG Desmond Bane

Full draft board is on nba.com

Also, Klay Thompson injured his right leg last night at a workout.

The Warriors being my favorite team, I’m not happy about this, since Klay will most likely be out for another year, and he’s leaving his prime fast, but at least we have a rising star in Wiseman, who can fill in those starting-center needs that we have had for a long time. Also, with Marquese Chriss, Kevon Looney, and Eric Paschall off the bench, Golden State has some big-man depth. Eric Paschall had a promising first season on a bad, 15-50 Warriors team, so hopefully they can get back on track after losing in the Finals, Klay getting injured, KD leaving, Steph getting injured, D-Lo leaving, Alec Burks (their leading scorer last year) leaving, the season getting suspended, and Klay getting hurt again.

 

So I’m not going trick-or-treating this year because of COVID, but we’re having a group of friends (social-distanced) over in our backyard for a party. We got a bunch of games, a pinata, and a ton of candy. We’re going to have my cousins over, too, and I hope it’s going to be fun.

(unrelated, but this is mainly a basketball blog so get used to seeing these in my posts: Rockets hire Stephen Silas)

photo from photosforclass.com

My cousins on my mom’s side came over from Tampa for 2 weeks and they’re super nice, especially my cousin Victoria and she’s the best. She loves to play with me and is so nice. Her older sister, Alexandria, just reads and plays with my sister Quinn and she does whatever Quinn says.

(By Victoria)

Photo by me

 

(Unrelated, but NBA coach firings and hirings: Pelicans hire Stan Van Gundy, Pacers hire Nate Bjorkgren)

The 2020 NBA Champions are the Los Angeles Lakers, and there’s no more NBA until January 2021. Normally, the season would have started right about now, but with the 4-month hiatus, the entire season has been thrown off track. The next big event, the 2020 Draft, was scheduled to be tomorrow but is now on November 18th. I will be posting a lot less about the NBA, because the season’s over, but I will post about other things.

 

Coach hirings and firings: Clippers hire Tyronn Lue

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Wow.

The Lakers really just went up 3-1.

Game 5 is at 9:00 on Friday, and if the 5-seeded Heat want to keep their title hopes alive, they need Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, and (hopefully) Goran Dragic to have huge games, because the 1-seeded Lakers have a talent-packed team. The Heat have three All-Stars in Butler, Adebayo and Dragic, phenom rookies in Herro and ROTY runner-up Kendrick Nunn, lights-out shooters in Herro, Duncan Robinson, Jae Crowder, Meyers Leonard and Kelly Olynyk, and just an all-around great team. The Lakers also have veteran leadership (the King himself, Rajon Rondo, JR Smith, Dion Waiters, Jared Dudley and Dwight Howard), young players (Kuzma and Caruso), All-Star talent (Bron, AD, Howard and Rondo) and floor spacers (the Brow, Howard, JaVale McGee, and Markieff Morris). Let’s see how the rest of the Finals play out.

Game 5 predictions? Comment below.

Coach hirings and firings: Bulls hire Billy Donovan, 76ers hire Doc Rivers, Nets hire Steve Nash, Knicks hire Tom Thibodeau, Rockets fire Mike D’Antoni, Pacers fire Nate McMillan, Pelicans fire Alvin Gentry

(Just something to think about: Dion Waiters will get a ring no matter what, because he played on the Heat at the beginning of the season and is now on the Lakers.)

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