The 2024-2025 NBA Basketball Season

[DJ Fieri]

Again...because the Thunder were expected to be a top team. How many Coach of the Year awards did Phil Jackson win? Pat Riley? JJ Redick is a rookie HC who got his team to the 3rd seed in the West...but the Lakers were expected to be good before the Luka trade and even better after it...so he doesn't get to be on the list either.

Yep.

It's between Udoka and Bickerstaff to be honest. Atkinson has done a good job but he's also JJ's shoes.....they were expected to be good....

 

[wildturkey]

Booo

Reaves should be up for Most Improved

 

[shopson67]

Cleveland got 3 #1 picks in 4 years and still sucked until LeBron chose to do a second stint there. The #1 is not a guarantee of anything.

Hell, Jordan went #3.

Poor judgement doesn't excuse bad policy.

 

[shopson67]

Booo

Reaves should be up for Most Improved

Is Zubac really improved over last year? His counting stats went up because his minutes went up. His scoring is up on a slightly lower shooting percentage.

 

[Pastafazul]

Watchin more ball than I have in years..

and I have been very impressed with the D that’s being laid down by all teams..

Very nice to see

Just gotta say the Knicks are my team, But the Celts are THE team.

 

[trojanfan12]

MSN

Jeff Van Gundy refuses to give ball to Nikola Jokic during tussle in wild playoff scene​

Gotta love JVG. lol

Love Christian Braun's comment on it:

“He looked pretty good,” Nuggets guard Christian Braun told reporters of Van Gundy, according to the Denver Post. “I mean, he held his ground. Held onto the ball pretty well. It’s pretty embarrassing for [Jokic]. But he was in the weight room afterward, so that’s good.”

 

[shopson67]

Surprising nobody, Cooper Flagg has officially declared for the draft.

 

[bksballer89]

Surprising nobody, Cooper Flagg has officially declared for the draft.

@thunderc is shocked

 

[thunderc]

@thunderc is shocked

Na I’m not, just was seeing a lot talk about how he really was torn. Guessing he got the bat signal from San Antonio that it all was settled.

 

[logic]

Poor judgement doesn't excuse bad policy.

But that is the point. Most of the teams at the very bottom are there due to poor judgement. Just giving them the #1 pick won't make the bad judgement go away. Sure you have to do something to try to help them, but I appreciate the occasional random nearly decent team getting the #1. And I root for a team that has been 'screwed by the lottery'.

 

[shopson67]

But that is the point. Most of the teams at the very bottom are there due to poor judgement. Just giving them the #1 pick won't make the bad judgement go away. Sure you have to do something to try to help them, but I appreciate the occasional random nearly decent team getting the #1. And I root for a team that has been 'screwed by the lottery'.

That doesn't mean taking away that pick fixes things. If the league wants to maintain competitive balance, the bad teams need to be building towards contention as quickly as possible.

Decent teams should only get #1 picks via trade.

 

[shopson67]

...unless it's the Thunder, they are barred lol.

 

[logic]

That doesn't mean taking away that pick fixes things. If the league wants to maintain competitive balance, the bad teams need to be building towards contention as quickly as possible.

Decent teams should only get #1 picks via trade.

There is never going to be competitive balance. There are going to be good teams and bad teams. Boosting a mediocre team to good or contention can be just as valuable, or more so, to the competitive balance than raising a bad team to mediocrity. Hiring poor GMs is really the issue and that is either a GM or an owner issue. A real solution would be to have a stronger minor league that is included in the draft and a relegation system.

 

[bksballer89]

Lmfao @Shanemansj13

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Shanemansj13]

Lmfao @Shanemansj13

He was really trying to sell himself to a reporter lmao

 

[Shanemansj13]

Nico

 

[Sportsguy9695]

Big game for the Knicks tonight. It would be huge to go up 2-0

 

[bksballer89]

Big game for the Knicks tonight. It would be huge to go up 2-0

Wouldn’t mean much. Winning 2 home games means you did your job

 

[bksballer89]

Facts