The 2024-2025 NBA Basketball Season

[eaglesnut]

I hope you aren’t claiming bad lotto luck for Cleveland.

Cleveland fans can’t ever complain about that. Not for at least 50 years.

Won the lotto in the year of LeBron, won 3 times in 4 years after he left.

That is more lotto luck than any other franchise in the league besides San Antonio

The NBA lottery is all about market building for the NBA.

As an example, when lebron leaves there is risk of losing the market so you have to build it back up with exciting early picks for the market.

Sophisticated onlookers understand the mechanisms of what casual minds call "luck."

 

[shopson67]

Heard a rumor last year the Nets turned down 2 1st’s for DFS. Terrible franchise

Not sure I buy that (or it's simply misleading, where the 1sts were unlikely to convey).

 

[logic]

Always more to the story than we know. I’ll never believe that though.

I’d bet you didn’t watch much Pistons last year. There is no other explanation than he was trying to get fired. You don’t go >10 straight Ls without changing a thing if you want to keep a job.

 

[thunderc]

I’d bet you didn’t watch much Pistons last year. There is no other explanation than he was trying to get fired. You don’t go >10 straight Ls without changing a thing if you want to keep a job.

Just don’t see it with him, we will both have to believe what we think I guess.

 

[logic]

Just don’t see it with him, we will both have to believe what we think I guess.

The only other explanation is that he is just a 100% incompetent coach.

 

[dtgold88]

The NBA lottery is all about market building for the NBA.

As an example, when lebron leaves there is risk of losing the market so you have to build it back up with exciting early picks for the market.

Sophisticated onlookers understand the mechanisms of what casual minds call "luck."

Yeah....couldn't have just been had the best chance to win.

Your comment is all about your agenda of thinking there is some conspiracy theory and making up a narrative to fit it based on the results of the lottery.

By sophisticated onlookers you mean tinfoil hat wearers?

 

[tlance]

The NBA lottery is all about market building for the NBA.

As an example, when lebron leaves there is risk of losing the market so you have to build it back up with exciting early picks for the market.

Sophisticated onlookers understand the mechanisms of what casual minds call "luck."

LOL.

If the lottery was rigged, they wouldn’t be putting the generational talents in Cleveland and San Antonio (3 times).

Those would all land in bigger markets.

 

[dtgold88]

LOL.

If the lottery was rigged, they wouldn’t be putting the generational talents in Cleveland and San Antonio (3 times).

Those would all land in bigger markets.

That's where he went to risk of losing the market, which is kooky talk....and as you bring up SA would love to know reasoning behind that one as no way were in risk of losing their market if no Wemby.

As mentioned, he bases the narrative after the results. Big market team wins and it's because they wanted him in a big market (which is probably true as to what was preferred). Even though they screwed it up, I wonder what the reasoning was for putting Detroit at 2 in Lebron draft, which was a plum pick at time.

 

[thunderc]

The only other explanation is that he is just a 100% incompetent coach.

Well we damn sure know that is not the case

 

[Shanemansj13]

Konchar is not though).

If the 2nd round pick going back was the Nets', that's potentially only a trade up of 10 slots.

I didn’t think he had a big salary. $6M for 2 more years. I get it, I guess

 

[Shanemansj13]

Not sure I buy that (or it's simply misleading, where the 1sts were unlikely to convey).

This was a rumor last year. I buy one 1st obviously

 

[bksballer89]

 

[logic]

Well we damn sure know that is not the case

How’s that? He had success only when CP3 was coaching for him.

I think he’s a mediocre coach that didn’t show up and was just cashing his payday in Detroit. Hopefully Gores learned from his folly.

 

[thunderc]

How’s that? He had success only when CP3 was coaching for him.

I think he’s a mediocre coach that didn’t show up and was just cashing his payday in Detroit. Hopefully Gores learned from his folly.

Something wasn’t right thats for sure. I’d be looking equally, at least, at the front office at that time.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Something wasn’t right thats for sure. I’d be looking equally, at least, at the front office at that time.

The front office had to get rid of Livers and Hayes just so Monty would stop playing them lol.

 

[dtgold88]

The front office had to get rid of Livers and Hayes just so Monty would stop playing them lol.

so like Billy Beane/Howe in Moneyball...though at least Howe was playing decent players?

 

[Stakesarehigh]

so like Billy Beane/Howe in Moneyball...though at least Howe was playing decent players?

Livers was the worst starter in the league

He was benching Ivey for Hayes

 

[dtgold88]

Livers was the worst starter in the league

He was benching Ivey for Hayes

Yikes....what are the thoughts from most about JB so far? Obviously much better than Monte, I'm guessing, but other than that?

 

[bksballer89]

You now have to pay for league pass brokie @wildturkey

 

[wildturkey]

The sun never sets on the high seas