2024-2025 Around the NBA Thread

[BirdGangThing]

last night was the first time I can ever remember rooting for the lakers. I'm torn now.

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[Lorenzo]

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ok well maybe I'll only cheer for doncic to do well and then cheer for them to lose when someone else has the ball.

 

[Yuma]

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Should be in the Lakers thread, right?

 

[BirdGangThing]

ok well maybe I'll only cheer for doncic to do well and then cheer for them to lose when someone else has the ball.

j/k

 

[Lorenzo]

Should be in the Lakers thread, right?

well the lakers are in the NBA and this is an NBA thread right? I mean the doncic trade has only been the biggest sports story in dallas probably since the mavs won a title. I've never seen the mavs highjack the dallas press like they have over the last few weeks. Jerry Jones is probably enjoying a break and having his horrible HC hire basically get ignored.

 

[Yuma]

well the lakers are in the NBA and this is an NBA thread right? I mean the doncic trade has only been the biggest sports story in dallas probably since the mavs won a title. I've never seen the mavs highjack the dallas press like they have over the last few weeks. Jerry Jones is probably enjoying a break and having his horrible HC hire basically get ignored.

I was trolling @Brian in Mesa I was going to respond, oh yeah, there is no Lakers thread here!

 

[Lorenzo]

I was trolling @Brian in Mesa I was going to respond, oh yeah, there is no Lakers thread here!

oh ok. my bad. this is going to be weird for me seeing him in that uniform. I remember when Steve Nash left it was easier to root against him because he chose to leave, not that I blame him for that. I also regret rooting against him because he is one of my favorite players of all time. I do think the NBA is different for me at least where you can root for a player to do well and it can trickle into rooting for a team.

 

[Yuma]

oh ok. my bad. this is going to be weird for me seeing him in that uniform. I remember when Steve Nash left it was easier to root against him because he chose to leave, not that I blame him for that. I also regret rooting against him because he is one of my favorite players of all time. I do think the NBA is different for me at least where you can root for a player to do well and it can trickle into rooting for a team.

I thought it was classy of Nash to get the Lakers to essentially trade for him and give the Suns some draft capitol for him. He didn't have to do that. He's still one of my favorite players.

 

[Mainstreet]

oh ok. my bad. this is going to be weird for me seeing him in that uniform. I remember when Steve Nash left it was easier to root against him because he chose to leave, not that I blame him for that. I also regret rooting against him because he is one of my favorite players of all time. I do think the NBA is different for me at least where you can root for a player to do well and it can trickle into rooting for a team.

The thing about the Suns signing Nash, he offered the Mavericks a chance to match the offer before he left. However, Mark Cuban refused.

Steve Nash wanted to stay in Dallas. The same with Doncic.

It's hard to root against players who didn't want to leave.

 

[Lorenzo]

The thing about the Suns signing Nash, he offered the Mavericks a chance to match the offer before he left. However, Mark Cuban refused.

Steve Nash wanted to stay in Dallas. The same with Doncic.

It's hard to root against players who didn't want to leave.

I'm fully aware and I blame Mark Cuban for being dumb. I think it helped me move on from Nash when Phoenix eliminated dallas in that first year. Dirk just said on Friday that he and Nash probably would not have progressed in their careers if they were not separated. but he also made the point that the NBA was wide open then and feels that he could have won a title with Nash.

 

[Mainstreet]

I'm fully aware and I blame Mark Cuban for being dumb. I think it helped me move on from Nash when Phoenix eliminated dallas in that first year. Dirk just said on Friday that he and Nash probably would not have progressed in their careers if they were not separated. but he also made the point that the NBA was wide open then and feels that he could have won a title with Nash.

Fans tend to blame stars for not being loyal, but now we are getting a first-hand look at owners not being loyal to their star players.

Maybe the players and owners learn to treat it like a business, but they need to realize fans may not be so understanding.

I was really upset when the Suns let Nash walk and then did a sign-and-trade with the Lakers after being told he would be brought back.

Fans form emotional attachments to certain players. They are part of the equation too.

 

[Hoop Head]

ok well maybe I'll only cheer for doncic to do well and then cheer for them to lose when someone else has the ball.

No more assists for Luka.

 

[Ronin]

Shams Charania

@ShamsCharania
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The 76ers and Joel Embiid are consulting doctors and considering alternative options on his injured knee, sources tell ESPN. Sides have hoped for progress in Embiid’s body, but his efforts to play and current treatments, including injections, have not provided any improvement.

 

[Ronin]

Evan Sidery

@esidery
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After this season, the Sixers will be paying Joel Embiid and Paul George a combined $355.3 million through 2027-28.With Embiid’s ever-increasing injury concerns and George appearing to rapidly regress, these contracts could become costly very soon for Philadelphia

 

[95pro]

Evan Sidery
@esidery
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After this season, the Sixers will be paying Joel Embiid and Paul George a combined $355.3 million through 2027-28.With Embiid’s ever-increasing injury concerns and George appearing to rapidly regress, these contracts could become costly very soon for Philadelphia

could be? more like, already are.

I think we are the stage in the nba where we need to stop guaranteed money.

 

[GatorAZ]

Plz God don’t let Ishbia get it in his mind that Embiid could save us.

 

[Ronin]

Evan Sidery

@esidery
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The Pacers are 22-8 over their past 30 games.Only the Thunder and Cavaliers have a higher winning percentage over that span.

 

[BirdGangThing]

Evan Sidery
@esidery
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The Pacers are 22-8 over their past 30 games.Only the Thunder and Cavaliers have a higher winning percentage over that span.

yeah but do they have 3 players on their roster making $50 million a year???

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[Hoop Head]

yeah but do they have 3 players on their roster making $50 million a year???

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They have 3 guys averaging $46 million a year. Embiid, PG13, and Maxey. It's splitting hairs to say they're better off financially.

 

[Ronin]

Evan Sidery

@esidery
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The Spurs currently have a 3% chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick.Now without Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio faces the 7th-toughest schedule remaining in the NBA.There’s now a realistic outcome where San Antonio forms a Big 3 of Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox and Cooper Flagg.

 

[elindholm]

Evan Sidery
@esidery
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The Spurs currently have a 3% chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick.Now without Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio faces the 7th-toughest schedule remaining in the NBA.There’s now a realistic outcome where San Antonio forms a Big 3 of Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox and Cooper Flagg.

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[GatorAZ]

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[Mainstreet]

Plz God don’t let Ishbia get it in his mind that Embiid could save us.

The good news, if the Suns are in the second tax apron, they can't trade for him because they can't aggregate salaries.

Embiid makes more than any one Suns player.

 

[Ronin]

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