2024-25 NBA Thread: Big weekend for Halliburtons (100 Viewers)

[Major]

Also Bron’s kid hit an NBA 3-pointer the same day yellow eye’s kid got busted for coke. Not the same.

Crazy the news just broke and the body cam footage is already out. They're quick with it nowadays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLP8O3qn8fc

"DAM Marcus!! Homie starting 2025 off on the wrong track"

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Middleton going to Washington is a sad ending for him, imo

I knew he had been with Milwaukee for a long while, but I didn't realize that he is in the all-time top five of most statistical categories in Bucks history.

I hope he okayed the trade, or maybe he was told that Washington will move him somewhere. If Milwaukee management just dropped this on Middleton, then that is a very bad look for them.

 

[thecatch]

Sacramento getting Valanciunas will be a big upgrade on Len in their rotation and might keep Sabonis from getting too run into the ground. They need one more rotation player to make a playoff run I think.

 

[Harry Frogfish]

Might be fun to do a little Dallas re-cap of late.

McCarthy
Schotty
Dak
Ezekiel
Doncic
Drapes demand for a stadium that cost a fortune only to make sure sun shining into player's eyes was a great idea.

Yeah, hell with it, let's do more football. After all, it is America's team ya'll.
Scoreboard that footballs could bounce off of. Brilliant.
Parts of the ceiling literally coming apart and falling onto the field right before a game?
Although to be fair, a catastrophe was narrowly avoided (which could be argued as their biggest win in 3 decades).
Speaking of wins, finally getting some meaningless ones to only lower their draft position.
Jerruh is doing his best to make Daniel Snyder look good.
Becoming The Real Housewives of Dallas. Stay tuned.

There's some talk about changing that super intimidating saying about not messing with Texas. Shirts go on sale mañana.

 

[General Malaise]

Might be fun to do a little Dallas re-cap of late.

McCarthy
Schotty
Dak
Ezekiel
Doncic
Drapes demand for a stadium that cost a fortune only to make sure sun shining into player's eyes was a great idea.

Yeah, hell with it, let's do more football. After all, it is America's team ya'll.
Scoreboard that footballs could bounce off of. Brilliant.
Parts of the ceiling literally coming apart and falling onto the field right before a game?
Although to be fair, a catastrophe was narrowly avoided (which could be argued as their biggest win in 3 decades).
Speaking of wins, finally getting some meaningless ones to only lower their draft position.
Jerruh is doing his best to make Daniel Snyder look good.
Becoming The Real Housewives of Dallas. Stay tuned.

There's some talk about changing that super intimidating saying about not messing with Texas. Shirts go on sale mañana.

Four of the most popular players to ever play basketball in the reddest of red states were all born in a foreign country.

Isn't it ironic? Don't you think?

ITS LIKE RAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNN ON YER WEDDING DAY.....

 

[General Malaise]

Might be fun to do a little Dallas re-cap of late.

McCarthy
Schotty
Dak
Ezekiel
Doncic
Drapes demand for a stadium that cost a fortune only to make sure sun shining into player's eyes was a great idea.

Yeah, hell with it, let's do more football. After all, it is America's team ya'll.
Scoreboard that footballs could bounce off of. Brilliant.
Parts of the ceiling literally coming apart and falling onto the field right before a game?
Although to be fair, a catastrophe was narrowly avoided (which could be argued as their biggest win in 3 decades).
Speaking of wins, finally getting some meaningless ones to only lower their draft position.
Jerruh is doing his best to make Daniel Snyder look good.
Becoming The Real Housewives of Dallas. Stay tuned.

There's some talk about changing that super intimidating saying about not messing with Texas. Shirts go on sale mañana.

Four of the most popular players to ever play basketball in the reddest of red states were all born in a foreign country.

Isn't it ironic? Don't you think?

ITS LIKE RAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNN ON YER WEDDING DAY.....

Hell, maybe even more than that!

Dream
Duncan
Dirk
Doncic
Ginobli
Parker

 

[Long Ball Larry]

KJ Martin and 2 seconds to the Pistons, in exchange for nothing.

In exchange for ducking the tax! Hang those savings in the rafters!

 

[Frostillicus]

Sacramento getting Valanciunas will be a big upgrade on Len in their rotation and might keep Sabonis from getting too run into the ground. They need one more rotation player to make a playoff run I think.

Dang I was hoping the Wolves would get him. I have no idea for whom.

Also I don't like West teams getting better. Stop it.

 

[Eephus]

Jimmy Butler to GSW

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Jimmy Butler to GSW

For Wiggins and Schroeder and slo mo and a protected first

 

[Yo Mama]

Jimmy Butler to GSW

For Wiggins and Schroeder and slo mo and a protected first

Kyle Anderson

 

[Jayrod]

Might be fun to do a little Dallas re-cap of late.

McCarthy
Schotty
Dak
Ezekiel
Doncic
Drapes demand for a stadium that cost a fortune only to make sure sun shining into player's eyes was a great idea.

Yeah, hell with it, let's do more football. After all, it is America's team ya'll.
Scoreboard that footballs could bounce off of. Brilliant.
Parts of the ceiling literally coming apart and falling onto the field right before a game?
Although to be fair, a catastrophe was narrowly avoided (which could be argued as their biggest win in 3 decades).
Speaking of wins, finally getting some meaningless ones to only lower their draft position.
Jerruh is doing his best to make Daniel Snyder look good.
Becoming The Real Housewives of Dallas. Stay tuned.

There's some talk about changing that super intimidating saying about not messing with Texas. Shirts go on sale mañana.

Four of the most popular players to ever play basketball in the reddest of red states were all born in a foreign country.

Isn't it ironic? Don't you think?

ITS LIKE RAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNN ON YER WEDDING DAY.....

LOL at all of this, the intentional and the unintentional.

 

[Eephus]

That's a lot of minutes to fill.

 

[SayWhat?]

Hate that Butler gets bailed out of the predicament he had put himself in with his franchise and teammates by being his typical whiny B self.

And the West gets more loaded, which doesn’t seem possible.

 

[Yo Mama]

It was funny seeing lots of media people trying to talk themselves into the Suns trading Durant for Butler. Never made sense.

Now they Suns are seemingly stuck with Beal, Nurkic, and Durant who just heard he was on the block - all as the most expensive .500 team ever.

 

[Eephus]

Hate that Butler gets bailed out of the predicament he had put himself in with his franchise and teammates by being his typical whiny B self.

And the West gets more loaded, which doesn’t seem possible.

Time will tell if the Warriors got better. My big question is whether they got under the second apron because they'll need to add some bodies.

 

[SayWhat?]

Hate that Butler gets bailed out of the predicament he had put himself in with his franchise and teammates by being his typical whiny B self.

And the West gets more loaded, which doesn’t seem possible.

Time will tell if the Warriors got better. My big question is whether they got under the second apron because they'll need to add some bodies.

Well the Warriors weren’t a threat with what they had. Adding Butler gives them at least a punchers chance.

 

[Yo Mama]

Schroeder supposedly getting rerouted to Utah.

Warriors giving Butler a 2year $121M extension through 26-27. Yeesh!

 

[Yo Mama]

Schroeder supposedly getting rerouted to Utah.

Warriors giving Butler a 2year $121M extension through 26-27. Yeesh!

Lindy Waters and Josh Richardson also going to Detroit as part of the deal.

 

[thecatch]

Hate that Butler gets bailed out of the predicament he had put himself in with his franchise and teammates by being his typical whiny B self.

And the West gets more loaded, which doesn’t seem possible.

I’m not sure GS is any better now given how Wiggins has been playing this year. And the LOL extension they had to give Butler.

 

[Yo Mama]

Schroeder supposedly getting rerouted to Utah.

Warriors giving Butler a 2year $121M extension through 26-27. Yeesh!

Lindy Waters and Josh Richardson also going to Detroit as part of the deal.

Kyle Anderson going to Toronto. PJ Tucker going to Miami (no idea who he was with before).

 

[Frostillicus]

That extension. My god.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Schroeder supposedly getting rerouted to Utah.

Warriors giving Butler a 2year $121M extension through 26-27. Yeesh!

Lindy Waters and Josh Richardson also going to Detroit as part of the deal.

Kyle Anderson going to Toronto. PJ Tucker going to Miami (no idea who he was with before).

He was with Utah. Like everyone else these days…

 

[Zow]

That extension. My god.

Okay, yeah, that sounded wild to me given Butler's age and temperament. I suppose this is GSW trying to give Curry whatever shot they can.

Stupid ****ing West just keeps getting better.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

It’s really only a one year extension because the first year is his player option for next year, now at a little higher rate. It’s really not that bad, until of course Jimmy blows up their franchise in a year when they won’t give him more

 

[Zow]

It’s really only a one year extension because the first year is his player option for next year, now at a little higher rate. It’s really not that bad, until of course Jimmy blows up their franchise in a year when they won’t give him more

Good point.

 

[General Malaise]

It was funny seeing lots of media people trying to talk themselves into the Suns trading Durant for Butler. Never made sense.

Now they Suns are seemingly stuck with Beal, Nurkic, and Durant who just heard he was on the block - all as the most expensive .500 team ever.

Should have kept all the receipts from the Nurkic/Ayton deal or whatever it was. How you like him now, Desert?

 

[Long Ball Larry]

It was funny seeing lots of media people trying to talk themselves into the Suns trading Durant for Butler. Never made sense.

Now they Suns are seemingly stuck with Beal, Nurkic, and Durant who just heard he was on the block - all as the most expensive .500 team ever.

Should have kept all the receipts from the Nurkic/Ayton deal or whatever it was. How you like him now, Desert?

I don’t think anyone thought that Nurkic would be particularly good for the suns

 

[General Malaise]

It was funny seeing lots of media people trying to talk themselves into the Suns trading Durant for Butler. Never made sense.

Now they Suns are seemingly stuck with Beal, Nurkic, and Durant who just heard he was on the block - all as the most expensive .500 team ever.

Should have kept all the receipts from the Nurkic/Ayton deal or whatever it was. How you like him now, Desert?

I don’t think anyone thought that Nurkic would be particularly good for the suns

Oh, he flashes. He flashed for them. But he's not the toughest guy mentally or physically.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

KJ Martin and 2 seconds to the Pistons, in exchange for nothing.

In exchange for ducking the tax! Hang those savings in the rafters!

x.com

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[Gr00vus]

What teams hasn't Schroeder played for at this point?

 

[Capella]

61M for Jimmy Butler is freaking insane

 

[General Malaise]

What teams hasn't Schroeder played for at this point?

Portland.


Who is going to finish ahead of both Golden State and Phoenix in the west this year.

 

[thecatch]

Warriors giving up a decent first too. So hilarious that everyone was making a big deal about how Curry wasn’t demanding changes, and they go out and make a massive overpay panic trade anyway.

 

[Juxtatarot]

The Chicago Bulls and Lonzo Ball have agreed to a two-year, $20 million contract extension, sources tell ESPN.

2nd year team option.

Fantastic deal. **** long term rebuilds, I guess.

 

[Capella]

Warriors giving up a decent first too. So hilarious that everyone was making a big deal about how Curry wasn’t demanding changes, and they go out and make a massive overpay panic trade anyway.

Yea but I guess what else are they supposed to do? They have like 2 years of peak-ish Curry left, may as well make a run at something.

 

[msudaisy26]

IMO the Warriors went from losing in the play-in to losing in the first round. Was that really worth that extension and Butler demanding a trade this time next year?

 

[thecatch]

Warriors giving up a decent first too. So hilarious that everyone was making a big deal about how Curry wasn’t demanding changes, and they go out and make a massive overpay panic trade anyway.

Yea but I guess what else are they supposed to do? They have like 2 years of peak-ish Curry left, may as well make a run at something.

They just burned most of their remaining assets to…probably not make a run at anything.

 

[the moops]

Warriors giving up a decent first too. So hilarious that everyone was making a big deal about how Curry wasn’t demanding changes, and they go out and make a massive overpay panic trade anyway.

Yea but I guess what else are they supposed to do? They have like 2 years of peak-ish Curry left, may as well make a run at something.

Trade Kuminga and Podz and picks for a real upgrade?

 

[Frostillicus]

Warriors giving up a decent first too. So hilarious that everyone was making a big deal about how Curry wasn’t demanding changes, and they go out and make a massive overpay panic trade anyway.

Yea but I guess what else are they supposed to do? They have like 2 years of peak-ish Curry left, may as well make a run at something.

Trade Kuminga and Podz and picks for a real upgrade?

Randle?

 

[Capella]

Warriors giving up a decent first too. So hilarious that everyone was making a big deal about how Curry wasn’t demanding changes, and they go out and make a massive overpay panic trade anyway.

Yea but I guess what else are they supposed to do? They have like 2 years of peak-ish Curry left, may as well make a run at something.

They just burned most of their remaining assets to…probably not make a run at anything.

I have no doubt they are going nowhere but I understand why they did it.

 

[Yo Mama]

61M for Jimmy Butler is freaking insane

My number was wrong. It’s 2for $112M, not $121M. Much better.

 

[Sammy3469]

Might be fun to do a little Dallas re-cap of late.

McCarthy
Schotty
Dak
Ezekiel
Doncic
Drapes demand for a stadium that cost a fortune only to make sure sun shining into player's eyes was a great idea.

Yeah, hell with it, let's do more football. After all, it is America's team ya'll.
Scoreboard that footballs could bounce off of. Brilliant.
Parts of the ceiling literally coming apart and falling onto the field right before a game?
Although to be fair, a catastrophe was narrowly avoided (which could be argued as their biggest win in 3 decades).
Speaking of wins, finally getting some meaningless ones to only lower their draft position.
Jerruh is doing his best to make Daniel Snyder look good.
Becoming The Real Housewives of Dallas. Stay tuned.

There's some talk about changing that super intimidating saying about not messing with Texas. Shirts go on sale mañana.

Four of the most popular players to ever play basketball in the reddest of red states were all born in a foreign country.

Isn't it ironic? Don't you think?

ITS LIKE RAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNN ON YER WEDDING DAY.....

Hell, maybe even more than that!

Dream
Duncan
Dirk
Doncic
Ginobli
Parker

Yao

 

[Eephus]

61M for Jimmy Butler is freaking insane

My number was wrong. It’s 2for $112M, not $121M. Much better.

His previous player option was for $52M so it's basically adding one year at $60M.

 

[Eephus]

Warriors giving up a decent first too. So hilarious that everyone was making a big deal about how Curry wasn’t demanding changes, and they go out and make a massive overpay panic trade anyway.

Yea but I guess what else are they supposed to do? They have like 2 years of peak-ish Curry left, may as well make a run at something.

They just burned most of their remaining assets to…probably not make a run at anything.

I have no doubt they are going nowhere but I understand why they did it.

I don't hate if only for the potential entertainment value. GSW barely gets under the first apron so I assume they'll be active in the buyout market.

They've potentially raised their ceiling if everybody is healthy come playoff time (provided they make it that far).

 

[Harry Frogfish]

Might be fun to do a little Dallas re-cap of late.

McCarthy
Schotty
Dak
Ezekiel
Doncic
Drapes demand for a stadium that cost a fortune only to make sure sun shining into player's eyes was a great idea.

Yeah, hell with it, let's do more football. After all, it is America's team ya'll.
Scoreboard that footballs could bounce off of. Brilliant.
Parts of the ceiling literally coming apart and falling onto the field right before a game?
Although to be fair, a catastrophe was narrowly avoided (which could be argued as their biggest win in 3 decades).
Speaking of wins, finally getting some meaningless ones to only lower their draft position.
Jerruh is doing his best to make Daniel Snyder look good.
Becoming The Real Housewives of Dallas. Stay tuned.

There's some talk about changing that super intimidating saying about not messing with Texas. Shirts go on sale mañana.

Four of the most popular players to ever play basketball in the reddest of red states were all born in a foreign country.

Isn't it ironic? Don't you think?

ITS LIKE RAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNN ON YER WEDDING DAY.....

Hell, maybe even more than that!

Dream
Duncan
Dirk
Doncic
Ginobli
Parker

Well I'll be damned. Except for leaving out Kurt Rambis, Vlade Divac and Jack Sickma you down wit it, bruh.

It's a little known fact that Jack Sickwititma lobbied hard for drapes. As did Michael Irvin and Gary Payton.

 

[Frostillicus]

God the Wolves are terrible.

 

[Zow]

What teams hasn't Schroeder played for at this point?

Portland.


Who is going to finish ahead of both Golden State and Phoenix in the west this year.

Sounds like a bet.

 

[Zow]

God the Wolves are terrible.

Edwards missing those wide open looks aren’t fantastic.

 

[Mister CIA]

Spurs win tonight in a close game at Atlanta, should not have been close, but still some things to learn. BUT, it's obvious what a huge upgrade Fox is. Fun to watch!

I hope they make the play-in and find themselves matched against OKC in the first series, not that I think they'll win, but because it will accelerate Wemby's development. Good times.