'25-26 NBA Thread

[WhiteTrash]

Best suspension ever?

https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/2019149628021576080?s=20

That was simultaneously awesome and a total dirt bag move.  For 1 game? I say worth it. 

[MuggsyB]

The Mavs getting rid of Davis is hilarious.  So they essentially traded Luka Doncic for slop and late 1st round picks.  Lol. 

[MuggsyB]

As far as the Cavs trade?  I'm not a fan of Harden, but Garland hasn't been close to the same player since his toe injury.  He's also a better pick and roll player so he should ostensibly help Mobley.  I think it's probably a net positive, but when it counts I expect Harden to not show up. 

[Pakuni]

That was simultaneously awesome and a total dirt bag move.  For 1 game? I say worth it. 

Reminiscent of Randall Simon vs Italian Sausage.

[WhiteTrash]

Reminiscent of Randall Simon vs Italian Sausage.

Violence against mascots is a reflection of our current values. More people need to go back to church.

#M.L.M.

[CreightonWarrior]

Must've gotten the mascot confused with a manatee.

[JWags85]

Pretty incredible turnaround in a short span for the Hornets.  Obviously they need to hit on some picks, but they went from Melo and bums, to Melo being the "vet" among a bunch of young promising talent

https://x.com/rtnba/status/2019257147650109818?s=46

You can say the same about the Wizards, however their team is centered around Trae Young and AD.  One is a chucker who has no track record of making a team elite outside of a single playoff series and the other is made of paper mache and approaching his mid 30s as an athletic big man, which has always had a shorter shelf life

[JWags85]

Bulls sign Mac McClung to a two-way, so they now have a dozen guards and 14 second round picks.  Full rebuild into a strong 7th seed team of the future.

[cheebs09]

Bulls sign Mac McClung to a two-way, so they now have a dozen guards and 14 second round picks.  Full rebuild into a strong 7th seed team of the future.

Does this get him into the Dunk Contest?

[WhiteTrash]

Bulls sign Mac McClung to a two-way, so they now have a dozen guards and 14 second round picks.  Full rebuild into a strong 7th seed team of the future.

WTF?

I hope this is all transitional noise to a real path to success, but I have more faith that my Power Ball ticket hits. 

[Billy Hoyle]

Compare that to trading Luka, a 26 year old with 5 straight 1st team All NBA picks, for a brittle AD who had played more than 50% of games once in 5 years, Max Christie and his 8PPG, and a late first.  Oh wait, Dallas ALSO had to send two other players.

SGA is one of those 20/20 hindsight buy low for huge returns trade, but that happens. Luka was one of the worst and most lopsided trades in sports history at the time, not even looking back after results from performance players moved

This post will live on in infamy

[JWags85]

Does this get him into the Dunk Contest?

I saw a tweet that said the Bulls are operating like a minor league baseball team signing random entertaining/niche athletes for theme nights to spike attendance

[WhiteTrash]

I saw a tweet that said the Bulls are operating like a minor league baseball team signing random entertaining/niche athletes for theme nights to spike attendance

Chicago Bananas? Sounds about right. 

[WhiteTrash]

Bulls sign Mac McClung to a two-way, so they now have a dozen guards and 14 second round picks.  Full rebuild into a strong 7th seed team of the future.

The currently have 17 players on the roster, NOT including McClung. 

[wadesworld]

Giannis hates Shams so much that maybe he'll stay in Milwaukee his entire career just to spite him. His Twitter post is hilarious.

(I do think the best thing for all is to trade him this offseason.)

[Billy Hoyle]

Giannis hates Shams so much that maybe he'll stay in Milwaukee his entire career just to spite him. His Twitter post is hilarious.

(I do think the best thing for all is to trade him this offseason.)

I wonder if he still holds a grudge against Make-it-up Malika Andrews too.

[cheebs09]

There's no way the trade rumors get to this point unless Giannis truly wanted out.

Maybe conspiracy, but I feel the offers were crap and now he's going the "I always wanted to stay."

[wadesworld]

https://x.com/MrBuckBuckNBA/status/2019476164058734963

Shams is such a fraud lol.

[Hards Alumni]

There's no way the trade rumors get to this point unless Giannis truly wanted out.

Maybe conspiracy, but I feel the offers were crap and now he's going the "I always wanted to stay."

It isn't that he wants out.  It is that the Bucks have no way to compete in the foreseeable future.  They mortgaged the next 5 years on the last 4 and have nothing to show for it.

[cheebs09]

It isn't that he wants out.  It is that the Bucks have no way to compete in the foreseeable future.  They mortgaged the next 5 years on the last 4 and have nothing to show for it.

I totally agree. I think it's in the best interest of both to move on. I just think he sees the same and wants to be traded, hence Shams reporting isn't too far off.

[wadesworld]

I totally agree. I think it's in the best interest of both to move on. I just think he sees the same and wants to be traded, hence Shams reporting isn't too far off.

My problem with it is that Shams has been "reporting" the same thing for years.  Now this year it's probably accurate, but you don't have to be some crazy insider to have heard Giannis talk about being in Milwaukee as long as he feels like he can contend for a title and see the product on the floor, see his body language, and say, "Giannis is discussing his future."  Cool, thanks Shams.

[The Sultan]

I think Bucks' fans are a little to hyper-sensitive on ESPN and Shams reporting on trade rumors. It's like they don't pay attention to what drives the needle.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Chicago Bananas? Sounds about right. 

Chicago Avocados?

[Hards Alumni]

I think Bucks' fans are a little to hyper-sensitive on ESPN and Shams reporting on trade rumors. It's like they don't pay attention to what drives the needle.

Orrrrrrrrrrr they've been treated like this for years and are sort of sick of it.

[JWags85]

https://x.com/MrBuckBuckNBA/status/2019476164058734963

Shams is such a fraud lol.

I think Bucks' fans are a little to hyper-sensitive on ESPN and Shams reporting on trade rumors. It's like they don't pay attention to what drives the needle.

I don't think he's a fraud.  And I don't think he's amazing either.  Cause either would mean he's got some informed read on the movement of players.

He's not a journalist and he's not reading the tea leaves and making predictions that he can rightly be mocked for. He's just an insider/mouthpiece for front offices/agents around the league.

Rumors/speculation gets clicks and also pushes the agenda of various players/teams around the league, so he puts those out there.  When it comes to trades and deals, stuff happens and changes a ton in real time.  If he was truly a journalist or in the business of getting hard scoops first, he'd wait until his info was great until he posted about stuff.  But he isn't and posting things that don't age well or contradict themselves over hours/days as situations develop are just part of the buzz and hype cycle he fuels.

It's annoying for fans of certain players and teams impact, most notably Giannis right now, but it's just the nature of the trade deadline drama rumor mill that is a key part of attention and ratings and I can't find it more aggravating than that