2024/25 NBA in-season thread

[CaliforniaRaisin]

On 5/2/2025 at 9:49 AM, Bobson Dugnutt said:

Bulls now have the third longest tenured GM/HC pairing after Riley/Spoelstra and Thibs/Rose.

Definitely well deserved.

[soccer10k]

On 4/20/2025 at 6:20 PM, soccer10k said:

There’s always the chance for a couple 3 point variance games but yeah, I’d be shocked if they’re challenged at all in the West. And for that matter I’d be shocked if Cleveland and Boston don’t meet in the East finals as well.

Nailed it.

On 5/7/2025 at 7:30 PM, soccer10k said:

Would be hilarious with these three dominant teams we’ve had all year if none of them made the conf finals. I’m sure at least one of them will get through since four of the five losses were by 3 points or fewer. But this is still shocking. Home teams 0-6 in the second round so far.

Welp we're one game away from this actually happening.

Only once in NBA history has the NBA Finals not featured a 1 or a 2 seed, which was 1978. That year Portland was the defending champ and started 50-10. Then Walton, who ended up winning the MVP, got hurt and they got bounced early. But that year a 1 and a 2 seed made the conference finals. So if OKC loses on Sunday, it will be the first time ever that no 1 or 2 seed even made the conference finals.

Edited May 17, 2025 by soccer10k

[Derwood]

You couldn't have predicted that Tatum's Achilles would snap

[soccer10k]

4 hours ago, Derwood said:

You couldn't have predicted that Tatum's Achilles would snap

No but they were already down 2-1 in the series and it was about to be 3-1 when Tatum got hurt. Decent chance they lose that series even if he didn’t get hurt.

[gflore34]

Thought the Celtics had their circle the wagons game in Boston and were going to drop the series last night.  By 38 points?  Didn't see that coming.  Pacers/Knicks should be fun.

[NorthsideAvenger]

42 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Thought the Celtics had their circle the wagons game in Boston and were going to drop the series last night.  By 38 points?  Didn't see that coming.  Pacers/Knicks should be fun.

Yay,, nonstop Reggie Miller/Spike Lee nonsense. Oh boy.

[imb]

woke up to find my 6 year old had somehow logged into his xbox by himself and spent $200 on xbox dollars. Didn't even phase me! can't touch me the day after a blowout WCF win. Enjoy the fortnite skins bud!

[17 Seconds]

SGA is going to win the MVP right when everyone is dragging him

[imb]

2 minutes ago, 17 Seconds said:

SGA is going to win the MVP right when everyone is dragging him

i know its just dumb twitter kids getting their heads twisted around in the endless search for online engagement, but i genuinely dont understand it. 

He definitely is trying to draw fouls, but it just seems so much less grifty than say a Luka or a Jokic who are constantly flopping on non-contact plays in order to get to the line. SGA's thing is putting the defender in a bad position, then waiting until there's contact and embellishing it.

We just played Denver in a series where Jokic would basically get tired of being defended, so he would run up the court until he found a stationary defender, then just do this insanely cringey looking swim-move hop into them to try and hook their arms and draw an off-ball foul. We'd go down the court, SGA would blow by his defender, put them in jail and pull up for a jumper, drawing contact and going to the line. And it was SGA's play that everyone was mad about. We got beat by Luka last year while he was doing rip throughs 36 feet away to try and go to the line. 

A lot of the contact on SGA is marginal but at least they're fouls by the letter of the law. he draws fouls the same way Kobe did, by having too many counters to guard legally. I would like the NBA to maybe direct officials to let a lot of the marginal contact go, especially if the contact is created by the offensive player (even if the defender is out of position) but that's a pretty narrow line to draw so it's probably harder than I'm making it out to be. I think that would stop a lot of the foul-hunting that SGA does and the flopping that these jokic/luka/embiid types employ. 

[champaignchris]

Pacers-Knicks is going to be a 7-game classic. 

Then the winner will lose to the Thunder in 5. 

[cl smooth]

 

[Irrelevant Dude]

22 hours ago, 17 Seconds said:

SGA is going to win the MVP right when everyone is dragging him

I don't even know who that is... shows how much I follow the NBA these days.

[Sammy Sofa]

11 hours ago, champaignchris said:

Pacers-Knicks is going to be a 7-game classic. 

Then the winner will lose to the Thunder in 5. 

Yeah, they picked up right where they left off back in the day.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Haha get horsefeathersed, Knicks

[soccer10k]

Pretty awesome that a thrilling Min-OKC game ends with a combined 10 FTs and 6 fouls in the final 20 seconds. Just thrilling stuff.

[soccer10k]

Kendrick Perkins is really dumb, but this is impressively dumb even for him. Yes, noted family men Magic Johnson (slept around for years), Kobe Bryant (raped a woman) and Shaq (self admitted serial cheater). I'm sure there are others but as far as I know, Durant isn't married and doesn't have kids.

 

[jumbo]

8 hours ago, soccer10k said:

Kendrick Perkins is really dumb, but this is impressively dumb even for him. Yes, noted family men Magic Johnson (slept around for years), Kobe Bryant (raped a woman) and Shaq (self admitted serial cheater). I'm sure there are others but as far as I know, Durant isn't married and doesn't have kids.

 

I thought Anthony Edwards was Michael Jordan's son?

[SpongeWorthy]

thibs got canned 

[Soul]

54 minutes ago, SpongeWorthy said:

thibs got canned 

Wouldn't it just be so Knicks if they sunk back down into suckage after firing Thibs.

[SpongeWorthy]

They can and they will

[CubinNY]

17 hours ago, SpongeWorthy said:

They can and they will

Exactly. Dolan is awful.

[JHBulls]

On 5/3/2025 at 2:49 AM, Bobson Dugnutt said:

Bulls now have the third longest tenured GM/HC pairing after Riley/Spoelstra and Thibs/Rose.

Not anymore. 

[Derwood]

Someone check on IMB!

[Sammy Sofa]

What a goddamn game.

[bukie]

Pacers now 5-3 in this postseason when trailing by 15 at some point during the game.