Official NBA General Discussion 2025-26 V2.0

Post #1 » by **Morris_Shatford** » Fri Nov 7, 2025 9:49 pm

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Blazing_royale · Post #2 » by **Blazing_royale** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 2:28 am

When did Precious sign with Kings? Dudes starting at C tonight. We could use him for depth on this team.

WaltFrazier · Post #3 » by **WaltFrazier** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:35 am

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Knicks starting to find their form after a slow start to the season

MiamiSPX · Post #4 » by **MiamiSPX** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:15 pm

Regarding the Pacers season, where have I seen this movie before?

And yes, I am well aware he missed last night's game and is undoubtedly going to be an All-Star this season. He's having a monster season, but like I said, we have seen firsthand how that goes when he's your best player.

Post #5 » by **tsherkin** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:58 pm

MiamiSPX wrote:Regarding the Pacers season, where have I seen this movie before?

And yes, I am well aware he missed last night's game and is undoubtedly going to be an All-Star this season. He's having a monster season, but like I said, we have seen firsthand how that goes when he's your best player.

Going to be interesting to see which Pascal bears out over the year. He's had about as many stinkers as good games thus far.

Tripod · Post #6 » by **Tripod** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 6:57 pm

tsherkin wrote:
MiamiSPX wrote:Regarding the Pacers season, where have I seen this movie before?

And yes, I am well aware he missed last night's game and is undoubtedly going to be an All-Star this season. He's having a monster season, but like I said, we have seen firsthand how that goes when he's your best player.

Going to be interesting to see which Pascal bears out over the year. He's had about as many stinkers as good games thus far.

I notice his 3pt shooting has dropped to his Raps days. Regardless, he is a good player and a great 2nd piece to a great team.

WuTang_CMB · Post #7 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 7:29 pm

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Post #8 » by **tsherkin** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 7:49 pm

Tripod wrote:I notice his 3pt shooting has dropped to his Raps days. Regardless, he is a good player and a great 2nd piece to a great team.

My first thought is that he's barely taking any from the corners so far this season, only about 2% of his total 3PA. He's been at or over 29% the past two seasons, and those corner shots have generally been important for his overall 3P%.

Tripod · Post #9 » by **Tripod** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 8:27 pm

tsherkin wrote:
Tripod wrote:I notice his 3pt shooting has dropped to his Raps days. Regardless, he is a good player and a great 2nd piece to a great team.

My first thought is that he's barely taking any from the corners so far this season, only about 2% of his total 3PA. He's been at or over 29% the past two seasons, and those corner shots have generally been important for his overall 3P%.

And that likely makes sense as he is likely initiating more offense vs when Hali plays.

Post #10 » by **tsherkin** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 8:42 pm

Tripod wrote:And that likely makes sense as he is likely initiating more offense vs when Hali plays.

Yep. Went from 97.6% assisted on 3s to 60%. From 58.9% to 35.4% on 2s as well.

So that is a nice overview for why he's struggling, really.

Troubadour · Post #11 » by **Troubadour** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 9:09 pm

MiamiSPX wrote:Regarding the Pacers season, where have I seen this movie before?

And yes, I am well aware he missed last night's game and is undoubtedly going to be an All-Star this season. He's having a monster season, but like I said, we have seen firsthand how that goes when he's your best player.

They've been without Nembhard, Mathurin, McConnell, and most of their frontcourt rotation for most of the season. Their top five players in minutes played are Pascal Siakam, Jarace Walker, Aaron Nesmith, Ben Sheppard, and Isaiah Jackson. There's no PG, no C, and really no other scorer in that group.

The next five players are RayJ Dennis, Jay Huff, Tony Bradley, Quenton Jackson, and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. Purely by that 10-man rotation, they're easily one of the worst teams in the league. I wouldn't read anything into Siakam as a player from this season.

YogurtProducer · Post #12 » by **YogurtProducer** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:15 pm

Troubadour wrote:
MiamiSPX wrote:Regarding the Pacers season, where have I seen this movie before?

And yes, I am well aware he missed last night's game and is undoubtedly going to be an All-Star this season. He's having a monster season, but like I said, we have seen firsthand how that goes when he's your best player.

They've been without Nembhard, Mathurin, McConnell, and most of their frontcourt rotation for most of the season. Their top five players in minutes played are Pascal Siakam, Jarace Walker, Aaron Nesmith, Ben Sheppard, and Isaiah Jackson. There's no PG, no C, and really no other scorer in that group.

The next five players are RayJ Dennis, Jay Huff, Tony Bradley, Quenton Jackson, and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. Purely by that 10-man rotation, they're easily one of the worst teams in the league. I wouldn't read anything into Siakam as a player from this season.

I hope they trade him. Would suck to watch him waste his prime on that.

Troubadour · Post #13 » by **Troubadour** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:19 pm

YogurtProducer wrote:
Troubadour wrote:
MiamiSPX wrote:Regarding the Pacers season, where have I seen this movie before?

And yes, I am well aware he missed last night's game and is undoubtedly going to be an All-Star this season. He's having a monster season, but like I said, we have seen firsthand how that goes when he's your best player.

They've been without Nembhard, Mathurin, McConnell, and most of their frontcourt rotation for most of the season. Their top five players in minutes played are Pascal Siakam, Jarace Walker, Aaron Nesmith, Ben Sheppard, and Isaiah Jackson. There's no PG, no C, and really no other scorer in that group.

The next five players are RayJ Dennis, Jay Huff, Tony Bradley, Quenton Jackson, and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. Purely by that 10-man rotation, they're easily one of the worst teams in the league. I wouldn't read anything into Siakam as a player from this season.

I hope they trade him. Would suck to watch him waste his prime on that.

Best case scenario: the Pacers come back in 26/27 with Haliburton, Darryn Peterson, Nesmith, Siakam, and CENTRE HERE. Works for everyone.

ItsDanger · Post #14 » by **ItsDanger** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 11:16 pm

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Brinbe · Post #15 » by **Brinbe** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 11:19 pm

just waiting for that long talked about lauri to detroit trade to really cement them

Post #16 » by **tsherkin** » Tue Nov 11, 2025 1:31 am

Brinbe wrote:just waiting for that long talked about lauri to detroit trade to really cement them

Putting Markkanen next to Cade would be pretty rude, for sure.

James_Raptors · Post #17 » by **James_Raptors** » Tue Nov 11, 2025 1:49 am

.427 FG (career low)
.326 3P(below his career avg, which is already putrid)
.587 FT (career low, 17% below career avg)
2.8 TO
3.2PF

...is not a monster season.

Quit getting caught up in counting stats.
Someone has to get those when that many teammates are injured.

Syd-TK3 · Post #18 » by **Syd-TK3** » Tue Nov 11, 2025 2:24 am

James_Raptors wrote:.427 FG (career low)
.326 3P(below his career avg, which is already putrid)
.587 FT (career low, 17% below career avg)
2.8 TO
3.2PF

...is not a monster season.

Quit getting caught up in counting stats.
Someone has to get those when that many teammates are injured.

??
Who is this about

YogurtProducer · Post #19 » by **YogurtProducer** » Tue Nov 11, 2025 2:49 am

Syd-TK3 wrote:
James_Raptors wrote:.427 FG (career low)
.326 3P(below his career avg, which is already putrid)
.587 FT (career low, 17% below career avg)
2.8 TO
3.2PF

...is not a monster season.

Quit getting caught up in counting stats.
Someone has to get those when that many teammates are injured.

??
Who is this about

Siakam. He is putting up 24/8/6 on poor efficiency cause his team is **** lol

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #20 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Tue Nov 11, 2025 2:53 am

Lots of games on tonight, I'm in London, Ontario Canada on Bell Fiber Internet/TV the Better package.

I am a happy hoops watcher!