NBA 2025-26 Season Thread: THE NY KNICKS ARE CHAMPIONS! BING BONG!
Lettuce NBA!
and lettuce lol @ James Harden
Probably because most people are afraid of the deer
From halftime on, the Lakers made zero substitutions. Yes, sure, it is normal for NBA head coaches to pare down their rotations for the playoffs; yes, fine, the paring tends to become more severe the more dire the circumstances. Still, it is worth noting that the Lakers became the first team since at least 1998 to use only five players for an entire half of a playoff game, per the Elias Sports Bureau.
[...] LeBron James failed to score a point in the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the Western Conference first-round series between his Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wolves erased a 12-point third-quarter deficit and won the game by a single bucket; with the victory they pulled into a 3–1 series lead over the higher-seeded Lakers
jj, what would you say you do here?
my man could very easily be replaced by ai, or jack nicolson, or a donkey, or an empty chair if he's not gonna do anything. was he busy recording a pod or something?
and in other news, the hardest working, best conditioned, most professional, unselfish, toughest, meanest, nastiest team in the nba lookin good
jj, what would you say you do here?
my man could very easily be replaced by ai, or jack nicolson, or a donkey, or an empty chair if he's not gonna do anything. was he busy recording a pod or something?
I don't understand these kinds of criticisms. Maybe it's just dude's who like to soap opera on sports, but he made a reasonable decision. It didn't work out. Maybe they actually call the Luka tripping foul, Luka makes the FT's and they still have a TO and win.
I would have liked him giving LBJ and Luka a quick blow somewhere in the 4th, but he rolled the dice.
It's not like it was an unreasonable decision.
Butler was my first thought but I dq’d him because he got there twice.Reggie is an interesting thought. Westphal was First Team All-NBA 3x and I don’t know of any HOF chatter for Booker so he’s the clubhouse leader unless you think Old Man CP3 was their best player.The whole point is Luka could choke to death on his fifth potica tonight and still be a first ba
I didn't say that either. I said he was a very good player, being put in a position of a great player. There's a HUGE, massive, gigantic gap between him, and guys that play both sides of the ball.
I mean, Luka has had some decent teams... his +/- career wise for a supposed great player, is not great. It's more in the realm of good. And I'm not saying that's the only stat that indicates issues, but in large sample sizes, it's the easiest to spot. I mean Luka's best +/- was this year at +344. A lof of the great players have had many +600 +/- seasons.
But like I said... people put more value in the ball going in the hoop, than preventing it from going in. I don't.
The Bucks won't control their own first-round draft selection until 2031
ha ha ha, oh wow. they are so toast
i don't even know what you do beyond begging giannis to stay, because being terrible while not having your picks is just hell. if he says no, who's got the most picks/prospects to offer?
Yeah, it was a sign and trade with Boston. Boston wasn’t going to extend him and wanted out. They also sent us two 2nds to take him.
I hated the signing, but Gordon was pretty decent when he was on the floor. He just couldn’t stay on the floor. At least we got some value from OKC by trading him away. OKC got nothing from him, then he retired.
Charlotte paid Hayward more than anyone else would've i'm sure, he got like 30 per when he was washed
ha ha ha, oh wow. they are so toast
i don't even know what you do beyond begging giannis to stay, because being terrible while not having your picks is just hell. if he says no, who's got the most picks/prospects to offer?
OKC and that treasure trove of picks they have, JDub, and someone else (probably not CHET). No one is beating OKC's offer, but HOU can come close
Bucks GM and Owner are praying OKC doesn’t ship it.
Because I don’t think Presti breaks up that team for Giannis then… just a hunch.
My guess is HOU.
But I really think it’ll be a 3 way deal with either Blazers or Pelicans and Bucks get some of their picks back.
jj, what would you say you do here?
my man could very easily be replaced by ai, or jack nicolson, or a donkey, or an empty chair if he's not gonna do anything. was he busy recording a pod or something?
Well the Nuggets did basically the exact same thing and blew a 25 point lead but still won so no complaints about that?
I think a 16 seed in the women's college basketball tournament would have been more competitive than the heat.
ridiculously one sided
Absolute horrow show of a start for the Rockets. They are panicking for no reason. They aren't going to get shot off the floor by Draymond and Podz. And it's clear Butler is only at 60-70%. Rockets just need to settle down.
Butler really looked stiff and left the game after only a few minutes. If he sat the rest of the game, I guess that I would be somewhat surprised, but I wouldn't be shocked.
