General NBA Thread

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11 minutes ago, soccer10k said:

I’m glad the Knicks won so I don’t have to get irrationally angry at the league for not retroactively assessing Wemby a flagrant for the landing spot foul on Brunson. Because there’s no way they suspend him for Game 6 even if he 100% should have been.

different game, but this play was crazy, imagine if he connected

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

IDK what it was like prior to this playoff but I feel like his rep among players took a major hit. They'll chalk it up to inexperience but if he keeps it up moving forward nobody will cut him slack. 

 

He better go hard AF in the weight room this offseason, for several reasons.

[NorthsideAvenger]

2 hours ago, Soul said:

As someone who identifies with the “long suffering fan” moniker, I’m happy for Knicks fans.

After those finals, Knicks fans can go pound sand. 

[Old Style]

I found myself liking the Knicks team, especially Brunson, but goddamn the Knicks fans made me sorry they won. Holy horsefeathers, they’re animals. 

[Derwood]

The streak of cities catching horsefeathers on fire to celebrate will never be broken

[cl smooth]

beating that spurs fan into a coma the other day wasn't the best look...

[NorthsideAvenger]

1 hour ago, cl smooth said:

beating that spurs fan into a coma the other day wasn't the best look...

Again....eff the Knicks fans. 

[soccer10k]

8 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

IDK what it was like prior to this playoff but I feel like his rep among players took a major hit. They'll chalk it up to inexperience but if he keeps it up moving forward nobody will cut him slack. 

 

He better go hard AF in the weight room this offseason, for several reasons.

Also teams are only going to go after him more if they think they can get him to react and get tossed.

[imb]

20 hours ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

Again....eff the Knicks fans. 

they were playing a team from texas, man

[champaignchris]

On 6/14/2026 at 8:04 AM, Old Style said:

I learned this morning that Jalen Brunson went to HS in the Chicago Suburbs. 

Illini fans of a certain vintage are certainly aware given John Groce’s utter inability to land an impact point guard.  (Brunson’s then gf, now wife went to Illinois and the recruiting came down to Illinois and Nova.)

[The_Achiever]

On 6/14/2026 at 12:20 AM, SpongeWorthy said:

the bears winning the super bowl is the next "last" american sports story

(sorry to the bills, lions, browns, and vikings but you just don't matter that much)

They've changed their name so it loses a little luster, but the Cleveland MLB franchise would be very significant.  

[champaignchris]

2 hours ago, champaignchris said:

Illini fans of a certain vintage are certainly aware given John Groce’s utter inability to land an impact point guard.  (Brunson’s then gf, now wife went to Illinois and the recruiting came down to Illinois and Nova.)

As a side note, a nice secondary effect of NIL in the NCAA is that following recruiting has gotten a lot less creepy. I’d rather hear about schools ponying up 85 bazillion dollars for kids’ services than who their girlfriends are or what their mom does for a living. 

[Old Style]

The Heat gave up their last 3 first round picks plus 3 future first round picks and Tyler Herro for Giannis and Bobby Portis. That seems excessive to me for someone on the wrong side of 30.

[The_Achiever]

7 hours ago, Old Style said:

The Heat gave up their last 3 first round picks plus 3 future first round picks and Tyler Herro for Giannis and Bobby Portis. That seems excessive to me for someone on the wrong side of 30.

I've seen reaction all over the place on this deal.  I think Milwaukee made out pretty well; the Giannis thing has run its course.  They won a championship, which is awesome for them, but haven't done anything since then and Giannis keeps getting hurt.  This trade is basically a fresh start.  Being a Bulls fan, I was hoping it would go terribly and continue to be drawn out, but they moved on pretty cleanly I think.

Ryen Russillo especially trashed the deal from MKE's perspective.  I think Giannis is going to like living in Miami but I don't see them as a contender unless they are able to add some serious talent, particularly some shooting.    

Edited June 23 by The_Achiever
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[imb]

bucks did as good as they could. its hard to move a max guy, let alone a top 5 max guy, because you might realistically only have 2-3 teams who make any sense as a trade partner anyway, and that's not even considering how hard it is to trade a salary like that.

miami still looks like a 7-10 seed to me, and that's ignoring Giannis' calf that keeps barking. From the heat's perspective, you can either be middling with giannis or be middling without him, so you might as well sell a bunch of jerseys. Him and Bam are kinda roughly on the same career timeline, so if giannis blows an achilles or whatever, I guess you just move bam for a pick or 2 and then go full-tank (as full-tank as you can in the new cba)

anyway i guess my take is that the bucks did probably as good as they could, and miami was fake anyway. the most interesting thing from the trade is learning in real-time that star salaries have gotten so bonkers that its much more valuable to trade a mid-level star like desmond bane or mikal bridges than giannis, because you have to eat 50 cents on the dollar to move a future $60m guy

[Derwood]

Warriors talking about signing LeBron and trading for AD? Dafuq?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Golden State is at -500 to land LeBron, so I guess it's happening.  Who knows if it will work out.  LeBron is a freak of nature, but sooner than later he is going to break down physically.  The only question is when.

[imb]

15 hours ago, Derwood said:

Warriors talking about signing LeBron and trading for AD? Dafuq?

you're confused why a team would be trying to add good players in free agency?

[The_Achiever]

Curry, Lebron, Draymond, Yaxel, 'Zinger, AD.......

Got some serious injury risks but this is probably their best chance to make one more run at it with Steph.  This should be plenty entertaining, already can't wait for the season.  

[Derwood]

16 minutes ago, imb said:

you're confused why a team would be trying to add good players in free agency?

I'm disheartened by the fact that teams can do this while the Bulls seem to be playing by different rules (or, more likely, don't understand the rules to begin with)

[imb]

5 minutes ago, Derwood said:

I'm disheartened by the fact that teams can do this while the Bulls seem to be playing by different rules (or, more likely, don't understand the rules to begin with)

the bulls are on an entirely different timeline than GSW. The warriors roster means they can only improve the team by taking risks on older, injury prone stars who don't mind sharing the spotlight with Steph. And even then they're still a 7-seed, so it's really just a retirement tour for steph and lebron.

the bulls real problem is FA only go to the coasts anyway and the bulls have sucked for 30 years straight and they draft like dogshit. but other than that mrs lincoln how did you like the play 

[The_Achiever]

22 minutes ago, Derwood said:

I'm disheartened by the fact that teams can do this while the Bulls seem to be playing by different rules (or, more likely, don't understand the rules to begin with)

I think the Bulls might have landed themselves a couple of real studs in the draft.  Give the new guy some space and let him cook.  

[NorthsideAvenger]

1 hour ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Golden State is at -500 to land LeBron, so I guess it's happening.  Who knows if it will work out.  LeBron is a freak of nature, but sooner than later he is going to break down physically.  The only question is when.

I think going back to Cleve and playing with Spida and Evan Mobley makes more sense, at least to me, than GSW. 

I do believe Cleveland is trying to make moves to make it happen. 

Edited Tuesday at 06:54 PM by NorthsideAvenger

[bukie]

37 minutes ago, imb said:

the bulls are on an entirely different timeline than GSW. The warriors roster means they can only improve the team by taking risks on older, injury prone stars who don't mind sharing the spotlight with Steph. And even then they're still a 7-seed, so it's really just a retirement tour for steph and lebron.

the bulls real problem is FA only go to the coasts anyway and the bulls have sucked for 30 years straight and they draft like dogshit. but other than that mrs lincoln how did you like the play 

Don't forget that the ownership treats it like a small market team, refusing to play the luxury tax games that almost every other team plays successfully, instead content to hope for 9th or 10th in the league so they get a playoff game or two.

[imb]

exactly. what agent in their right mind is telling their guys to go to chicago? hey they stink, they can't draft, they dont have a coach and the front office treats their jobs with the depth of an nba2k career sim.