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Ron Swanson · Post #521 » by **Ron Swanson** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:08 pm

This whole thing is wild. Adam Silver's NBA personified. Tampering scandals, salary cap circumvention scandals, manufactured trade drama, betting scandals. God forbid fans can ever focus on and enjoy the actual product/games being played on the court, because this league is just a **** reality TV show at this point.

Post #522 » by **paulpressey25** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:10 pm

Jez2983 wrote:Alright PP, time to toss whatever rumours you'd heard about Jordan's gambling in his Bulls days onto the board.

Or at the very least, make one up!

You guys know em all.

The real story is how David Stern could get wind of problems and solve them behind the scenes before law enforcement stepped in.

Adam Silver - not so much.

Then again Stern never had a Pablo Torre to deal with.

emunney · Post #523 » by **emunney** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:12 pm

I don't know that I see anything in particular that screams 'special' with Edgecombe other than how he let the game come to him as a 20 y.o. playing his first NBA game. That was impressive. Not particularly impressive to see him cooking Tillman one on one.

It's going to be a very long season for the Celtics. Wonder how patient they'll be.

Post #524 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:14 pm

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BUCKnation · Post #525 » by **BUCKnation** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:15 pm

trwi7 wrote:Keep plastering Draft Kings, FanDuel and all that other **** everywhere.

Mobile sports betting has been a thing way longer in England and it's probably just as invasive now with ads in the states, but there have been a few European soccer players banned for gambling in recent years on premier league teams while over half the jersey sponsors are betting companies. It's just ironic to ban a guy for betting when the shirt you sell with his name on it says 'Hollywood Bet' or whatever.

Like the sportscenter segment on all this stuff is probably brought to you by Fan Duel.

StickeeFingaz · Post #526 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:19 pm

emunney wrote:I don't know that I see anything in particular that screams 'special' with Edgecombe other than how he let the game come to him as a 20 y.o. playing his first NBA game. That was impressive. Not particularly impressive to see him cooking Tillman one on one.

It's going to be a very long season for the Celtics. Wonder how patient they'll be.

Saw an algorithm or two predicting they would finish with more wins than the Bucks.

Siefer · Post #527 » by **Siefer** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:21 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:

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I want to hear Ken White flip out about the attorney running his mouth to a journalist like this.

StickeeFingaz · Post #528 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:23 pm

Just keep in mind that ol Kash Patel doesn’t always get things right.

KidA24 · Post #529 » by **KidA24** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:24 pm

Siefer wrote:The major American leagues have all happily taken the money to wrap themselves up in gambling from head to toe.

It's not like MLB completely swept their best player betting on games under the rug

KidA24 · Post #530 » by **KidA24** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:26 pm

paulpressey25 wrote:VJ looks special. But the Celtics defense also looks horrific.

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sidney lanier · Post #531 » by **sidney lanier** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:28 pm

BUCKnation wrote:
trwi7 wrote:Keep plastering Draft Kings, FanDuel and all that other **** everywhere.

Mobile sports betting has been a thing way longer in England and it's probably just as invasive now with ads in the states, but there have been a few European soccer players banned for gambling in recent years on premier league teams while over half the jersey sponsors are betting companies. It's just ironic to ban a guy for betting when the shirt you sell with his name on it says 'Hollywood Bet' or whatever.

Like the sportscenter segment on all this stuff is probably brought to you by Fan Duel.

How far we've come from the 1963 Paul Hornung/Alex Karras suspensions that let the Bears luck into the NFL title. Betting on your team to win, as they did (and as Pete Rose did, by the way and by most accounts) is a far cry from a backup center faking an injury to hit the under on rebounds.

FanDuel and Draft Kings getting victimized by small-timers does not make me shed a tear, even a crocodile tear. I'm guessing they can still make the rent. But here we are with the NBA and the other leagues having made a deal with the devil, and it's too late to say it's a little hot down here.

skbucks1985 · Post #532 » by **skbucks1985** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:33 pm

StickeeFingaz wrote:Just keep in mind that ol Kash Patel doesn’t always get things right.

Maybe I'm making too much of a leap but the fact that one of the bozos talking read Toronto Rangers off a prepared statement tells me that they may not have crossed all of the t's and dotted all of the i's

Matches Malone · Post #533 » by **Matches Malone** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:42 pm

So, it seems like Damon was double-dipping with his gambling. He did the poker scheme with Chauncey and illegal sports bets on the side. Have to imagine there's more that did the same and it's not just guys playing poker getting busted.

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Matches Malone · Post #534 » by **Matches Malone** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:44 pm

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Mags FTW · Post #535 » by **Mags FTW** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:48 pm

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Post #536 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 2:54 pm

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MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #537 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 3:04 pm

Not Damon Jones!!!

CharityStripe34 · Post #538 » by **CharityStripe34** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 3:09 pm

I saw the Spurs/Mavs highlights and is Wemby now the greatest player ever to touch a ball? I know he's not going to average 40/15 but his aggression combined with his defensive potential is astounding. He's like if Giannis, KD and Dirk all created him in a lab from their DNA.

DingleJerry · Post #539 » by **DingleJerry** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 3:19 pm

Spoiler:

I happen to look up if Celts own their own picks. From what it looks like to me, they own their own for the next 3 three years and five of the next six years. ITs crazy they were able to build that team and do all the trades and moves they did and still have all their own picks. Most good teams have picks tied up everywhere.

Also, my player comp or who VJ reminded me of watching those highlights was Tatum.

Thunder Muscle · Post #540 » by **Thunder Muscle** » Thu Oct 23, 2025 3:36 pm

Damon Jones takes me back to the ESPN board and early RealGM days. A very polarizing player in 03-04, lol. I have that team poster in my basement, haha!

And this could get real ugly for the NBA. Can they survive credibility if this tracks back to in-game results being affected especially with the Donaghy stuff not THAT long ago.

There may be a Lebron angle too with Damon Jones being his personal coach and Jones had info ahesd of time that Lebron wasnt going to play against us in 2023.

Wow.