The 2024-2025 NBA Basketball Season

[shopson67]

Rozier missed the rest of the season which was 8 more games after he left that game. I don't understand the connection. If true it makes it seem like he hurt himself intentionally. You can't fake an injury and miss that much time, can you, even if they're meaningless end of season games?

Or I guess, maybe he was playing through a nagging injury and figured he could get himself shut down.

The injury alone isn't cause for concern. It's the coinciding large wave of bets on the under for his stats.

 

[shopson67]

The fan love for Bronny is ridiculous. Playing in DC tonight, there were enough Lakers fans for an overwhelming Bronny chant in the second half, even after his very poor performance in the last game. He did OK in garbage time tonight (basically the entire 4th lol). Some nice passes, made his FTs, a nice and 1 drive to the hoop, etc. Of course, late in the fourth at the FT line he's getting MVP chants. Great to see the fan support for a kid who has really struggled at the pro level thus far, but it's so far over the top lol.

 

[YourFriendGannon]

The injury alone isn't cause for concern. It's the coinciding large wave of bets on the under for his stats.

I am aware of that. I'm saying if you know a player is in on it you would expect him to only be out short term, you wouldn't expect him to miss the remainder of the season.

 

[msgkings322]

The fan love for Bronny is ridiculous. Playing in DC tonight, there were enough Lakers fans for an overwhelming Bronny chant in the second half, even after his very poor performance in the last game. He did OK in garbage time tonight (basically the entire 4th lol). Some nice passes, made his FTs, a nice and 1 drive to the hoop, etc. Of course, late in the fourth at the FT line he's getting MVP chants. Great to see the fan support for a kid who has really struggled at the pro level thus far, but it's so far over the top lol.

Remember when people were arguing it was a bad idea for the Lakers to draft him? That was fun.

 

[shopson67]

I am aware of that. I'm saying if you know a player is in on it you would expect him to only be out short term, you wouldn't expect him to miss the remainder of the season.

Hornets were in tanking mode (only won 27 games last year), not unexpected IMO.

 

[shopson67]

Remember when people were arguing it was a bad idea for the Lakers to draft him? That was fun.

A good victor cigar player for the fans right now, not much else (unless playing in South Bay).

His usage vs the Sixers in the first half last game was shocking, almost throwing shade at Shake Milton as a result. Shake showed out tonight maybe as a response? Tough to take away much from tonight's "scrimmage", other than I would take either of the Wizards' backup bigs over Valanciunas. I really hope he's off their radar after seeing him up close twice recently. He's got size, but no lift, mobility, or defense.

 

[thunderc]

Well yeah, duh

 

[bksballer89]

Houston/Memphis will be a very fun series if they meet

 

[bksballer89]

3 of the 4 games decided by 4 points or less

 

[Pastafazul]

Sure, he was dogging it lol. That's seriously your read? Do you pay attention to teams other than the Knicks? He's been on a HUGE roll.

Team has been giving up avg 130 pts 4 game road trip, maybe Malone sick of it and sent team message …

Y’all been sayin he should be trusted with not committing more fouls , Malone knows him better than anyone, so why did he Keep him on bench for 17 minutes?

 

[wildturkey]

NBA has far too few all stars. Each league has 15 teams and only 12 spots. In MLB it’s 15 teams and 26 spots. In the NFL it’s 16 teams and dozens of spots.

The game itself literally means nothing, no one actually plays. Need to have 15 NbA all stars. You’d still have snubs with the 16th guy but now you’re getting towards lesser players.

If each team had 3 more I’d add Trae, Maxey, and Lamelo in the East, Sabonis, Kyrie, and Green (or maybe Powell) in the west. Now there’s hardly any legit “snubs”

15 feels like too much because there's been years where its not actually stacked so you'd be pushing it. But I feel like increasing it at least to 13 would help a lot. As bk already pointed out, NBA are required to have 13 active roster spots anyway

 

[tlance]

Team has been giving up avg 130 pts 4 game road trip, maybe Malone sick of it and sent team message …

Y’all been sayin he should be trusted with not committing more fouls , Malone knows him better than anyone, so why did he Keep him on bench for 17 minutes?

Because he made a terrible mistake that cost his team a chance to win the game.

There is no legitimate reason. Jokic is the best player in the league. He averages just over 2 fouls per game. There is absolutely no logical reason to think he couldn’t have played through those early fouls.

 

[shopson67]

15 feels like too much because there's been years where its not actually stacked so you'd be pushing it. But I feel like increasing it at least to 13 would help a lot. As bk already pointed out, NBA are required to have 13 active roster spots anyway

The all star rosters mirror the daily pro roster size. 12 is plenty. The game is an afterthought, players just want that recognition (and salary bonuses that potentially exist) along with the several days off.

 

[The Q]

This is a good example of why the lakers should go all in

They’re closer than their record



Also….sorry @tlance

That upper right hand corner is hilarious

 

[trojanfan12]

Riley when he finally trades Jimmy...

 

[Pastafazul]

Because he made a terrible mistake that cost his team a chance to win the game.

There is no legitimate reason. Jokic is the best player in the league. He averages just over 2 fouls per game. There is absolutely no logical reason to think he couldn’t have played through those early fouls.

The nuggets got it down to 4 points with 5 minutes left in game with jokic on court

Knicks went on to score 10 unanswered

Won by double digits

Defense cost the nuggets

 

[shopson67]

The nuggets got it down to 4 points with 5 minutes left in game with jokic on court

Knicks went on to score 10 unanswered

Won by double digits

Defense cost the nuggets

If they hadn't self-tanked in the first half, the game situation at 5 minutes may have been drastically different.

 

[Pastafazul]

If they hadn't self-tanked in the first half, the game situation at 5 minutes may have been drastically different.

Each player who was on the court who failed at some point in the game were a bigger part of the loss than a bad decision made by the coach

Coaches can make mistakes

CLEARLY!!!! Malone had his reasons , has he ever done this before?


Coach must give his team the best chance to win, players must execute

BOTH FAILED

 

[trojanfan12]

Each player who was on the court who failed at some point in the game were a bigger part of the loss than a bad decision made by the coach

Coaches can make mistakes

CLEARLY!!!! Malone had his reasons , has he ever done this before?


Coach must give his team the best chance to win, players must execute

BOTH FAILED

 

[Pastafazul]

If they hadn't self-tanked in the first half, the game situation at 5 minutes may have been drastically different.

Self tanked? Lol

60-54 at half


Let’s keep the lunacy going and completely dismiss common sense