Everything 2018 Off Season

[JimiCliff]

I'm glad his return (and Kawhi's) is later in the season, when all this won't be so fresh.

Almost feels like the league threw the Raps a bone for no Christmas game.

[rocwell]

[golden]

Sixers getting every possible advantage this year. NBA wants them to succeed badly.

[DanH]

Pretty kind schedule there. Not nearly to the extent of the Clippers, but well above average in terms of easy schedules.

[rocwell]

15 national tv games

[Joey]

15 national tv games

Any idea how many we finished with last year? I know we got a few unscheduled NBATV showings at somepoint. Curious if there's a "Kawhi effect" or not.

[golden]

Both Raps-Spurs games got featured in the NBA schedule release. Hey.... we're almost part of the Kool Kids Klub.

http://www.nba.com/article/2018/08/0...ficial-release


DeMar a Spur. How weird is that?

[MixxAOR]

Any idea how many we finished with last year? I know we got a few unscheduled NBATV showings at somepoint. Curious if there's a "Kawhi effect" or not.

Correction: this should read "tied for the 2nd-most in franchise history" with 15 scheduled national TV games in the US. They got 15 in 2000-01 and 17 in 2001-02. Full list here: pic.twitter.com/W4kUvOISPC

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) August 10, 2018

we had 5 last year. Definitely Kawhi effect

[rocwell]

So now we only need to win some games and re-sign Kawhi to get a national tv game on ABC

[Hotshot]

Sixers getting every possible advantage this year. NBA wants them to succeed badly.

I think I will enjoy Raps beating the Sixers during the season more then the Celtics, just to wipe the smug out of all the talking heads face.

[Hotshot]

Both Raps-Spurs games got featured in the NBA schedule release. Hey.... we're almost part of the Kool Kids Klub.

http://www.nba.com/article/2018/08/0...ficial-release


DeMar a Spur. How weird is that?

No Kawhi in the photo?! I feel disrespected. Fuck you NBA!

[S.R.]

Correction: this should read "tied for the 2nd-most in franchise history" with 15 scheduled national TV games in the US. They got 15 in 2000-01 and 17 in 2001-02. Full list here: pic.twitter.com/W4kUvOISPC

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) August 10, 2018

we had 5 last year. Definitely Kawhi effect

Kawhi + 59 wins last year, I think.

15 national games is really, really good for the franchise and the players. Breaks down the "nobody cares about Toronto" narrative.

[Scraptor]

Kawhi + 59 wins last year, I think.

15 national games is really, really good for the franchise and the players. Breaks down the "nobody cares about Toronto" narrative.

America, you are going to get eaten by Canadian dinosaurs and you are going to like it

[planetmars]

So looks like the Cavs game is at home not on the road. I guess that twitter post I quoted had it wrong.

So the 3 games in 4 nights to start off the season isn't all that bad with 2 of the 3 games at home.

Overall looks like the schedule Gods were kind to us. From strength of schedule we are ranked 26th out of 30 teams. Philly is 30th of course.

[planetmars]

These are the Eastern teams we only play 3 times: Detroit, Indiana, Atlanta, Charlotte.

That kind of sucks.. especially Atlanta. Those could have been 4 gimmies.. now we only get 3. Sucks as well about Detroit. Would have loved seeing us beat Casey 4 times instead of only 3 times.