2024-25 NBA Thread: Stephen A leading ESPN’s draft coverage by yelling about players he’s never heard of until now (135 Viewers)

[SWC]

For two years I’ve been saying I want one more great Bron moment but he’s on the bum *** Lakers and then today happened. I’m so happy!

The way him and Curry played and reacted at the end of the game made me wish Lebron would have accepted that trade the Warriors were trying to do before the deadline last year.

my god that would have been fun to watch take that to the bank brohan

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

The Olympics are showing the players care, there are just too many regular season games.

I’ve been advocating for basketball to simply split the regular seasons in half for about a decade or more.

Fall and spring champions, 41 game seasons, double the playoff games.

This makes regular seasons more exciting and doesn’t screw up the stats.

 

[Anarchy99]

The Olympics are showing the players care, there are just too many regular season games.

I’ve been advocating for basketball to simply split the regular seasons in half for about a decade or more.

Fall and spring champions, 41 game seasons, double the playoff games.

This makes regular seasons more exciting and doesn’t screw up the stats.

If the intent was to reduce the number of games in a season, this would only more games ("double the playoff games"). How would that even work? If you have playoffs after games 1-41 and after games 42-82, then who is the season champion? Or would there be another playoff round after that pitting Half-Season champ vs. Second Half-Season champ? Seems like WAY more games.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

The Olympics are showing the players care, there are just too many regular season games.

I’ve been advocating for basketball to simply split the regular seasons in half for about a decade or more.

Fall and spring champions, 41 game seasons, double the playoff games.

This makes regular seasons more exciting and doesn’t screw up the stats.

If the intent was to reduce the number of games in a season, this would only more games ("double the playoff games"). How would that even work? If you have playoffs after games 1-41 and after games 42-82, then who is the season champion? Or would there be another playoff round after that pitting Half-Season champ vs. Second Half-Season champ? Seems like WAY more games.

Huh? Two champions a year instead of one.

More games because of playoffs but the regular season games will mean so much more.

 

[Mister CIA]

The Olympics are showing the players care, there are just too many regular season games.

I’ve been advocating for basketball to simply split the regular seasons in half for about a decade or more.

Fall and spring champions, 41 game seasons, double the playoff games.

This makes regular seasons more exciting and doesn’t screw up the stats.

If the intent was to reduce the number of games in a season, this would only more games ("double the playoff games"). How would that even work? If you have playoffs after games 1-41 and after games 42-82, then who is the season champion? Or would there be another playoff round after that pitting Half-Season champ vs. Second Half-Season champ? Seems like WAY more games.

Huh? Two champions a year instead of one.

More games because of playoffs but the regular season games will mean so much more.

I like this less than the NFL expanding to 33 teams.

 

[Anarchy99]

Huh? Two champions a year instead of one.

More games because of playoffs but the regular season games will mean so much more.

So the NBA season could run from October potentially almost up to September (the playoffs last at least 2 months now times 2)? And if the same team won both seasons, they could have to play 125-130 total games (and then have to start the season again literally in a few weeks)? Yeah, I think the players association would have something to say about that.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Huh? Two champions a year instead of one.

More games because of playoffs but the regular season games will mean so much more.

So the NBA season could run from October potentially almost up to September (the playoffs last at least 2 months now times 2)? And if the same team won both seasons, they could have to play 125-130 total games (and then have to start the season again literally in a few weeks)? Yeah, I think the players association would have something to say about that.

Shorten the playoffs. Bring back best of 3

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

The Olympics are showing the players care, there are just too many regular season games.

I’ve been advocating for basketball to simply split the regular seasons in half for about a decade or more.

Fall and spring champions, 41 game seasons, double the playoff games.

This makes regular seasons more exciting and doesn’t screw up the stats.

If the intent was to reduce the number of games in a season, this would only more games ("double the playoff games"). How would that even work? If you have playoffs after games 1-41 and after games 42-82, then who is the season champion? Or would there be another playoff round after that pitting Half-Season champ vs. Second Half-Season champ? Seems like WAY more games.

Huh? Two champions a year instead of one.

More games because of playoffs but the regular season games will mean so much more.

I like this less than the NFL expanding to 33 teams.

To each their own. Currently, I no longer watch regular season games.

 

[msudaisy26]

The Olympics are showing the players care, there are just too many regular season games.

I’ve been advocating for basketball to simply split the regular seasons in half for about a decade or more.

Fall and spring champions, 41 game seasons, double the playoff games.

This makes regular seasons more exciting and doesn’t screw up the stats.

I like the idea, but that leads to more games with the playoffs. Cut each half to around 30 and that sounds like it might work.

Make the two champs of each half play each other at the end.

 

[Kev4029]

This is all @Kev4029 fault

It almost was. The only sport I typically actively root against the US in is basketball. Too much arrogance and talent to have any close games. Serbia has a nice team and Jokic is amazing, but we were just debating if this is the best US Olympic team ever.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

Somebody on Twitter said the game turned when they started ignoring Kerr and did whatever it was Carmelo was telling them on the other sideline lmao

Some good videos of Melo calling out several late plays from the crowd. Including the Durant iso pullup.

 

[Capella]

This is all @Kev4029 fault

It almost was. The only sport I typically actively root against the US in is basketball. Too much arrogance and talent to have any close games. Serbia has a nice team and Jokic is amazing, but we were just debating if this is the best US Olympic team ever.

This helped the argument, didn’t hurt it. Serbia played and executed at a very high level. This is not the 90s competition anymore.

 

[Instinctive]

I forgot Bam from my 2028 list. Sorry Bam.

 

[Mister CIA]

It's probably not a coincidence that the day after the Spurs signed Malachi Flynn that the NBA awarded them with a Christmas game.

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[Long Ball Larry]

I forgot Bam from my 2028 list. Sorry Bam.

I was actually going to mention that but never got around to it

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Durant apparently starting tomorrow in place of Jrue

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Also announced that Tatum will be kicked in the nuts every three minutes by the 68 kg taekwondo gold medalist

 

[Major]

Durant apparently starting tomorrow in place of Jrue

It was awesome seeing him in prime form v. Serbia. Miss that guy. Makes me a little less hesitant to see Houston trade Green and all those picks for him.

 

[Capella]

Also announced that Tatum will be kicked in the nuts every three minutes by the 68 kg taekwondo gold medalist

Interesting thing about tomorrow is if the US is crushing France in the 4th, does Tatum get the little kid minutes? Would seem to be even more insulting.

 

[Frostillicus]

I forgot Bam from my 2028 list. Sorry Bam.

Bamonte.

 

[Frostillicus]

In Springfield MA with my boy and my dad for the boy's 14th birthday trip. So we will probably be watching the Gold medal game from the hall. Pretty cool.

 

[Capella]

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How I’m feeling today

 

[trader jake]

Somebody on Twitter said the game turned when they started ignoring Kerr and did whatever it was Carmelo was telling them on the other sideline lmao

Some good videos of Melo calling out several late plays from the crowd. Including the Durant iso pullup.

Melo showed up for the bronze medal game with about 5 min left in the first half (tip was 11am there). Apparently retired Olympic Melo still gets after it like Houston James Harden.

 

[trader jake]

Great game by Serbia to win the bronze medal. That squad was so good, clearly the second best team in the Olympics. Jokic's 6 1st quarter dimes were awesome and set the tone early. 5th triple double in Men's Olympic basketball history.

Most painful players to watch:
Serbia, Vasilije Micic - flops per minute leader. Hopefully the Charlotte Hornets can keep LaMelo Ball healthy because Micic is a lot. Is he going to play real minutes for them?
Germany, Moritz Wagner - his on-court anger goes to 11. Wagner's green light from 3 was alarming, and he was constantly yelling. Does Orlando's big rotation include him as much moving forward?

 

[GOB]

Great game by Serbia to win the bronze medal. That squad was so good, clearly the second best team in the Olympics. Jokic's 6 1st quarter dimes were awesome and set the tone early. 5th triple double in Men's Olympic basketball history.

Most painful players to watch:
Serbia, Vasilije Micic - flops per minute leader. Hopefully the Charlotte Hornets can keep LaMelo Ball healthy because Micic is a lot. Is he going to play real minutes for them?
Germany, Moritz Wagner - his on-court anger goes to 11. Wagner's green light from 3 was alarming, and he was constantly yelling. Does Orlando's big rotation include him as much moving forward?

Mo Wagner absolutely is going to play. He's pure energy off the bench which in an 82 game season is valuable. In a 1 game winner take all scenario? He probably needs to be more efficient.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Go France!

Before you call me a Lebron hater….

Yup. I hate him. Guilty. Just can’t get behind somebody who pretends to read books, pretends to be hurt, and is just a completely fake person across the board.

 

[Instinctive]

Go France!

Before you call me a Lebron hater….

Yup. I hate him. Guilty. Just can’t get behind somebody who pretends to read books, pretends to be hurt, and is just a completely fake person across the board.

Definitely not a skip bayless fan here...

 

[Capella]

pretends to read books, pretends to be hurt, and is just a completely fake person across the board.

Pretends to read books??? That’s gotta be the weirdest thing I’ve ever read for disliking somebody. How do you know he doesn’t read books.

Pretends to be hurt? He’s almost 40 and the lowest amounts of games he’s played in non-Covid year was 55. That’s only happened twice. He averages 71 games a year and then another 17 playoff games a year.

 

[trader jake]

Great game by Serbia to win the bronze medal. That squad was so good, clearly the second best team in the Olympics. Jokic's 6 1st quarter dimes were awesome and set the tone early. 5th triple double in Men's Olympic basketball history.

Most painful players to watch:
Serbia, Vasilije Micic - flops per minute leader. Hopefully the Charlotte Hornets can keep LaMelo Ball healthy because Micic is a lot. Is he going to play real minutes for them?
Germany, Moritz Wagner - his on-court anger goes to 11. Wagner's green light from 3 was alarming, and he was constantly yelling. Does Orlando's big rotation include him as much moving forward?

Mo Wagner absolutely is going to play. He's pure energy off the bench which in an 82 game season is valuable. In a 1 game winner take all scenario? He probably needs to be more efficient.

Good point bout Mo Wagner's energy, especially in the regular season. He definitely plays hard, which can get him into trouble at times. Had a few nice pivots down low to open up scoring opportunities and was clearly confident in his outside shot.

 

[Deamon]

pretends to read books, pretends to be hurt, and is just a completely fake person across the board.

Pretends to read books??? That’s gotta be the weirdest thing I’ve ever read for disliking somebody. How do you know he doesn’t read books.

Pretends to be hurt? He’s almost 40 and the lowest amounts of games he’s played in non-Covid year was 55. That’s only happened twice. He averages 71 games a year and then another 17 playoff games a year.

He's been known to hold a book in front of his face on team flights, and simply day dream.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

pretends to read books, pretends to be hurt, and is just a completely fake person across the board.

Pretends to read books??? That’s gotta be the weirdest thing I’ve ever read for disliking somebody. How do you know he doesn’t read books.

Pretends to be hurt? He’s almost 40 and the lowest amounts of games he’s played in non-Covid year was 55. That’s only happened twice. He averages 71 games a year and then another 17 playoff games a year.

He's been known to hold a book in front of his face on team flights, and simply day dream.

Like 99% of the FBG

 

[General Malaise]

Wait, hold up.....we are rooting for France to beat the USA because the USA has a guy on the roster we think is pretending to read books? Huh.

Well, I'm not the most patriotic fella in the world but I'm rooting for America. Let's go!

 

[Mister CIA]

It's okay to cheer for America and not like LeBron. I'm a Spurs fan, even have a good bit of French blood, and I'm all in on USA. Now, I hope Wemby goes off for 50 and generally reminds the league that he's the new sheriff in town, but ...

USA, USA, USA!

 

[Capella]

pretends to read books, pretends to be hurt, and is just a completely fake person across the board.

Pretends to read books??? That’s gotta be the weirdest thing I’ve ever read for disliking somebody. How do you know he doesn’t read books.

Pretends to be hurt? He’s almost 40 and the lowest amounts of games he’s played in non-Covid year was 55. That’s only happened twice. He averages 71 games a year and then another 17 playoff games a year.

He's been known to hold a book in front of his face on team flights, and simply day dream.

what??

 

[Deamon]

pretends to read books, pretends to be hurt, and is just a completely fake person across the board.

Pretends to read books??? That’s gotta be the weirdest thing I’ve ever read for disliking somebody. How do you know he doesn’t read books.

Pretends to be hurt? He’s almost 40 and the lowest amounts of games he’s played in non-Covid year was 55. That’s only happened twice. He averages 71 games a year and then another 17 playoff games a year.

He's been known to hold a book in front of his face on team flights, and simply day dream.

what??

lol was just kidding

 

[Instinctive]

Wemby looked like he TOWERED over Gobert during the anthem. Like way taller holy crap.

 

[Major]

It's okay to cheer for America and not like LeBron. I'm a Spurs fan, even have a good bit of French blood, and I'm all in on USA. Now, I hope Wemby goes off for 50 and generally reminds the league that he's the new sheriff in town, but ...

USA, USA, USA!

Yep. If you're rooting on France, you're either Canadian or a Communist.

 

[Instinctive]

Also who approved the starting lineup designations? The US has three guards a shooting guard and a center and France has 3 power forwards a point guard and a guard?

Idiotic.

 

[Instinctive]

Also who approved the starting lineup designations? The US has three guards a shooting guard and a center and France has 3 power forwards a point guard and a guard?

Idiotic.

Obviously the US has 2 guards 2 forwards and a Center. To call Durant and LeBron guards is dumb.

 

[Desert_Power]

Rooting for a team with Batum on it against America would be about as bad as it gets.

 

[dickey moe]

Lol Lebron wants this.

 

[Desert_Power]

Great game by Serbia to win the bronze medal. That squad was so good, clearly the second best team in the Olympics. Jokic's 6 1st quarter dimes were awesome and set the tone early. 5th triple double in Men's Olympic basketball history.

Most painful players to watch:
Serbia, Vasilije Micic - flops per minute leader. Hopefully the Charlotte Hornets can keep LaMelo Ball healthy because Micic is a lot. Is he going to play real minutes for them?

Tre Mann started all 28 games he played since the trade. Assume he still runs ahead of Micic.

 

[dickey moe]

Damn Wemby is going to be unstoppable when he fills out.

 

[Desert_Power]

Lol Lebron

 

[Instinctive]

I agree that they need to eliminate the grab a guy any time he gets a step on you take fouls. So boring.

If Embiid can't rebound over guys like Batum idk what he's out there for.

LeBron with some sick passing and defense already he's so freaking good still it's unbelievable

 

[Desert_Power]

Tatum!

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Oh no we have to take our starting centers out to give them a rest, whatever will we do. Oh, I guess we can just put in our all-nba centers on the bench

 

[Capella]

Lol Lebron wants this.

Gold shoes

 

[Major]

Lol Lebron wants this.

Gold shoes

Doesn't read books!!!!!!!

 

[Capella]

Aight man that’s enough of Ant. We’ll see ya in October.