Around the NBA (and other Sports), 2025-26 – (Old Thread)

[bisme37]

I don't really know why this tweet is cracking me up so much but lmao.

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[playa-hater]

I don't really know why this tweet is cracking me up so much but lmao.

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I am probably out of touch with today's youth and Culture, but can someone translate that?? I have no clue.

[bisme37]

I don't really know why this tweet is cracking me up so much but lmao.

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I am probably out of touch with today's youth and Culture, but can someone translate that?? I have no clue.

I'm with you, no idea haha.

I just saw a headline from New York Times of all places about "How failed basketball player Liangelo Ball made the year's first rap hit."

So that is now a thing, apparently.

[Tatumfor2]

What the freak is wrong with coach taylor jenkins of Memphis. Starting two rookies??? Doesn't he know they are going to make mistakes?? Memphis only scored 140 against SAS.. If only he would just start the veterans..

Oh and no Ja Morant or Marcus Smart..

I'm with you! I'm so with you, I think we should trade Walsh and Davidson for Morant and Smart so Jenkins can start two more unproven NBA players.

[Fierce1]

What the freak is wrong with coach taylor jenkins of Memphis. Starting two rookies??? Doesn't he know they are going to make mistakes?? Memphis only scored 140 against SAS.. If only he would just start the veterans..

Oh and no Ja Morant or Marcus Smart..

I'm with you! I'm so with you, I think we should trade Walsh and Davidson for Morant and Smart so Jenkins can start two more unproven NBA players.

[Fierce1]

Major upset.

Lions go down.

They were so arrogant during the regular season.

Like I kept saying, being great in the regular season doesn't mean you're automatic champion.

This happens in all of professional sports.

[Fencer reregistered]

Fun factoid for the Swifties in your life: Travis Kelce was credited with over half of the Chiefs' total net yards from scrimmage in their recent game. I am not making this up -- he got 117 of 177 receiving yards, and rushing yards were only listed as 50.

Also, Caitlin Clark and Swift are now besties, sitting next to each other at the game (seems to have come about because Clark is both a big Swiftie and a Chiefs fan). So you might want to explain who Clark is.

[threrf23]

Major upset.

Lions go down.

They were so arrogant during the regular season.

Like I kept saying, being great in the regular season doesn't mean you're automatic champion.

This happens in all of professional sports.

Defense wins championships.

Their defense let them down. Not a big surprise, their defense was never a big strength.

Their O coordinator seems to be catching hype as the next big HC hire. I'm not that familiar with him, but the Lions offense is stacked and I wonder if he is simply getting credit for that.

[Fierce1]

Major upset.

Lions go down.

They were so arrogant during the regular season.

Like I kept saying, being great in the regular season doesn't mean you're automatic champion.

This happens in all of professional sports.

Defense wins championships.

Their defense let them down. Not a big surprise, their defense was never a big strength.

Their O coordinator seems to be catching hype as the next big HC hire. I'm not that familiar with him, but the Lions offense is stacked and I wonder if he is simply getting credit for that.

The bigger issue is how could a team that only lost 2 games the entire regular season end up getting beat by a 6th seed?

A lot of people had the Lions going to the Super Bowl.

That's why it's premature to say it's the Cavs in the finals.

Regular season greatness does not guarantee a championship berth.

[playa-hater]

So K Ware of Miami scores his 2nd 25 point game..outplayed Wemby, All while leading the team in minutes.

Last 10 games averaging 19 points on 62 and 53 split.

What the **** is wrong with Spo.. doesn't he know Ware, only a rookie, will be making mistakes
He hasn't earned the right to make mistakes like ten year veterans have..

IN FACT, how BAD Is Spo, he cut orlando robinson and thomas Bryant. 2 bigs with experience just to play a mistake riddled rookie...what a dumb coach.

[Fierce1]

Ware was dominant in the summer league.

The question is why did it take Spo so long to play Ware when Ware was clearly a force in summer league play.

There's also a big difference between a 15th pick and a 39th pick.

There's a reason why Ware went 15th and not 39th pick.

Play Q, they asked Joe.
Joe played Q and made mistakes at the wrong time and Cs lost.

Now Cs fans are angry because the Cs lost.

So Joe is wrong when he does not play Q and Joe is to blame for the loss because he played Q.

Damn if you do, damn if you don't?

[Fierce1]

The big picture will show Spo fishing somewhere in May while Joe is still busy coaching the Celtics in the playoffs.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

So K Ware of Miami scores his 2nd 25 point game..outplayed Wemby, All while leading the team in minutes.

Last 10 games averaging 19 points on 62 and 53 split.

What the **** is wrong with Spo.. doesn't he know Ware, only a rookie, will be making mistakes
He hasn't earned the right to make mistakes like ten year veterans have..

IN FACT, how BAD Is Spo, he cut orlando robinson and thomas Bryant. 2 bigs with experience just to play a mistake riddled rookie...what a dumb coach.

Damn you Joe Mazzulla for not playing a guy that's not on the Celtics roster.

[Tatumfor2]

So K Ware of Miami scores his 2nd 25 point game..outplayed Wemby, All while leading the team in minutes.

Last 10 games averaging 19 points on 62 and 53 split.

What the **** is wrong with Spo.. doesn't he know Ware, only a rookie, will be making mistakes
He hasn't earned the right to make mistakes like ten year veterans have..

IN FACT, how BAD Is Spo, he cut orlando robinson and thomas Bryant. 2 bigs with experience just to play a mistake riddled rookie...what a dumb coach.

Who cares what a tanking team like Miami is doing?

[Fencer reregistered]

Fun factoid for the Swifties in your life: Travis Kelce was credited with over half of the Chiefs' total net yards from scrimmage in their recent game. I am not making this up -- he got 117 of 177 receiving yards, and rushing yards were only listed as 50.

Also, Caitlin Clark and Swift are now besties, sitting next to each other at the game (seems to have come about because Clark is both a big Swiftie and a Chiefs fan). So you might want to explain who Clark is.

In fairness, rushing yards were only that low because of a big -18 on the intentional safety. But Kelce getting 65% of the receiving yards seems like a clean stat.

[Fierce1]

Can't believe Kyrie and Gafford each had 30 or more and Dallas still lost to Charlotte.

[Fierce1]

Miami now also using a double big lineup.

[Darthlukey]

Danny doing Danny things: 3 bad 1sts in years where the Jazz have multiple firsts for an unprotected suns first in 2031. Shrewd by both teams- short sighted by the Jazz but it does give them flexibility. And Danny now has a pick for when the suns eventually explode and rebuild

[jmr07019]

Danny doing Danny things: 3 bad 1sts in years where the Jazz have multiple firsts for an unprotected suns first in 2031. Shrewd by both teams- short sighted by the Jazz but it does give them flexibility. And Danny now has a pick for when the suns eventually explode and rebuild

Suns are supposedly going to make a play for Butler. I don’t really like it for them. They’re 24th in D rating, 11th in O rating and 10th in the west. Upgrading Beal to 35 year old Butler should help the D but isn’t going to make them a top team. Durant is 36. They’re too old to make a real post season run. Doubling down on a sinking ship and they don’t own their pick in 25, 27, 29 and 31.

[Fierce1]

Danny doing Danny things: 3 bad 1sts in years where the Jazz have multiple firsts for an unprotected suns first in 2031. Shrewd by both teams- short sighted by the Jazz but it does give them flexibility. And Danny now has a pick for when the suns eventually explode and rebuild

Suns are supposedly going to make a play for Butler. I don’t really like it for them. They’re 24th in D rating, 11th in O rating and 10th in the west. Upgrading Beal to 35 year old Butler should help the D but isn’t going to make them a top team. Durant is 36. They’re too old to make a real post season run. Doubling down on a sinking ship and they don’t own their pick in 25, 27, 29 and 31.

Agree, it's a sinking ship.

It's a Suns owner in denial.

Guess the upside is their home games will be sold out.

So it's good on the business end.

But it really reminds me of the the Nets that thought it had something special when they traded for Pierce and KG.

Brook Lopez, KG, Pierce, Joe Johnson, and Deron Williams, super team?