2025 NBA Preseason Multi-Game Thread! (October 2-17)

[GiannisAnte34]

How long until LeGM trades Ayton

[og15]

So the Bronny hype thing is pretty much over, right?

Nothing starts or ends based on one game, this is the main thing we should always keep in my mind

[og15]

Bronny James has become a joke for life, instead of (him and his daddy) accepting that he should only play college basketball. All that money he was born into and his life has been ruined by something that could have been avoided if his daddy was a decent person

Cut him some slack. He literally almost died on the court. Can't be mad at him for taking a short cut to fulfill a dream off that alone.

Wouldn't it be better for Bronny to stay in college and enjoy his life, or play in a foreign league, instead of entering the NBA and being bashed online for the next 4 years?

And even after they leave the NBA it will forever be a cautionary tale that Bronny will be known for forever, a hundred times worse than Kwame Brown (because Kwame actually belonged in the NBA and had decent stats when he played for the Lakers especially) who people talk about still for his disastrous career.

Its incredible that a father would want his son to suffer such an unnecessary life of misery
Why put a rich kid through something that poor kids don't even have to suffer from...

I would never wish that on my own enemy's son, let alone my own future pregnated son.

Bronny was getting criticized in highschool, in college, everywhere, don't worry, that wasn't going anywhere.

I would bet that the guy is having a good time enjoying the ride while other people are the ones worried about stupid things.

[meekrab]

If this is a offensive foul, then Giannis would be averaging half the points he has and foul out by the 3rd quarter every game

True, Giannis is even worse about it.

[og15]

Choo choo!

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Have offensive fouls always been preseason highlights in San Antonio?

If this is a offensive foul, then Giannis would be averaging half the points he has and foul out by the 3rd quarter every game

That one is more likely to be called because he extends the forearm, you can get away with lowering the shoulder, and even the arm bar push off if the arm isn't extended, but this specific one, yea, if the refs vision isn't blocked would get called many times.

Either way, don't care too much, Wemby attacking the basket aggressively and being physical is a scary thought.

[G R E Y]

Have offensive fouls always been preseason highlights in San Antonio?

If this is a offensive foul, then Giannis would be averaging half the points he has and foul out by the 3rd quarter every game

That one is more likely to be called because he extends the forearm, you can get away with lowering the shoulder, and even the arm bar push off if the arm isn't extended, but this specific one, yea, if the refs vision isn't blocked would get called many times.

Either way, don't care too much, Wemby attacking the basket aggressively and being physical is a scary thought.

Yeah it's the Wemby now being able to move a 7'2", 250lbs guy that's really the overarching point.

[MrGoat]

How long until LeGM trades Ayton

I'm not sure he even has that power anymore, which is kind of why LeBron still being on the Lakers could get awkward this season. I don't think you can even start evaluating Ayton until we get a chance to see him play with Luka instead of during Bronny's "showcase".

[BruttoNostra]

It feels NBA have played random Israeli team every pre seadon since Silver took over, whats up with that?

This Jerusalem team is literally owned by the son of Miriam Edelson, who owns Mavs.
Similar in other cases - it's just oligarchs meeting together (that Maccabi Haifa guy, forgot his name, has business in US as well). Basically, no sane euro club with aspirations will travel to the States in the middle of their domestic league, suffering from 2 jetlegs with higher injury risk. But oligarchs and their ego <> sane euro club. That's why we don't see Euroleague teams travelling to US anymore (at least not as much as in the past).

[peZt]

Its utterly disgusting how athletes and teams from Russia have been excluded and blacklisted by all of sports world basically, even though they live in a dictatorship and have 0 say over what Putin does. Meanwhile the NBA is actively involving and courting teams from a country that is committing genocide right now and which is a democracy, so in contrast to the Russians, the Israelis CAN and SHOULD be held responsible for what their country does.
But what you gonna do when half of the franchises in the league are owned by majority jewish ownership groups and the commisionars of the past 40 years have been jewish as well

[SlimShady83]

Sorry Clav, since I know you're OKC fan, I'm rooting against you in today's game, use to do it to mates back in the day

Go Hornets

And for Later

Go Lakers!

[giberish]

How long until LeGM trades Ayton

I'm not sure he even has that power anymore, which is kind of why LeBron still being on the Lakers could get awkward this season. I don't think you can even start evaluating Ayton until we get a chance to see him play with Luka instead of during Bronny's "showcase".

I think that's what LeBron was unhappy about in the offseason - he no longer has GM pull - Luka does.

[SlimShady83]

How long until LeGM trades Ayton

I'm not sure he even has that power anymore, which is kind of why LeBron still being on the Lakers could get awkward this season. I don't think you can even start evaluating Ayton until we get a chance to see him play with Luka instead of during Bronny's "showcase".

I think that's what LeBron was unhappy about in the offseason - he no longer has GM pull - Luka does.

Nope no longer about Lebron, it's all about LaLuka

[Clav]

Sorry Clav, since I know you're OKC fan, I'm rooting against you in today's game, use to do it to mates back in the day

Go Hornets

And for Later

Go Lakers!

That's fair, I root against Lakers, it's a long-standing family tradition enjoy the game tonight!

[SlimShady83]

Sorry Clav, since I know you're OKC fan, I'm rooting against you in today's game, use to do it to mates back in the day

Go Hornets

And for Later

Go Lakers!

That's fair, I root against Lakers, it's a long-standing family tradition enjoy the game tonight!

8am in Aus Monday long wknd, went by so fast

[SlimShady83]

seems to be quite a fast paced game, both teams taking quick shots?

[vagelis]

Knueppel is a very very talented player.
He will make Hornets a good team

[SlimShady83]

What happend in the 2nd half? had to go out lols

Oh well ...

Time to cheer for the Lakers everyone, y'all know you secretly do

[SlimShady83]

over/under on Reaves going to the free throw line .... Edit> Reaves not playing
over/under on Vando hitting a 3
over/under on Knecht hitting at least 2 3's lols

[zeebneeb]

Man this Warriors squad is ancient.

[Tracymcgoaty]

HOW is Bronny an actual NBA player?

Dude is a bonafide scrub and watching him with Dalton hurts my soul.