Around The NBA : 2025-26

[HomoSapien]

So what are we saying? That NBA players are now playing too fast that its impossible for them to play even 70 games?

Teams arent going slower. They will go even faster in the next few years. Its a copy cat league.

Silver is going to have to change something and soon because the league and teams wont govern themselves.

Two easy rule changes that will slow down the game:

1.) Shot clock reverts back to 24 seconds after an offensive rebound.

2.) Handcheck.

Every game being like 120+ and having 20 players average 25+ a game is cheapening the product, IMO.

[prolific passer]

So I guess Queen if continues to play well makes Zion expendable?

[Red Larrivee]

Looks like the pelicans might have known what they're doing . You like a guy u get him .

Going underwater to buy a new house isn't good process though. The trade may not be as harmful as it could've been, but they still could end up missing out on a better asset.

[HomoSapien]

Looks like the pelicans might have known what they're doing . You like a guy u get him .

Going underwater to buy a new house isn't good process though. The trade may not be as harmful as it could've been, but they still could end up missing out on a better asset.

Plus, they're still on track to give up a top pick in what is viewed as an incredibly deep draft. I'm glad Queen's playing well though, he's looking extremely promising.

[burlydee]

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But I was told, u know what, never mind lol

The Queen hate on this board was out of control. Ppl hate guys they’ve never seen play based purely on archetypes. I knew he would be good. I’m taking that victory lap.

[HomoSapien]

Didn't feel like starting a thread about this, but we have a really strange schedule:

We play Cleveland back to back (one on the road and one at home), then immediately play Atlanta back to back both on their home. Later in the season, we play the Nets back to back (one on the road and one at home) and then later Miami back to back (both on the road). Then towards the end of the season, we play Washington back-to-back, both on the road.

This is weird, right?

[Ice Man]

Yeah, that's a lot. We have 6 mini series on the schedule this year. The NBA has been scheduling more such mini series, but two teams I looked up at random, Houston and the Wizards, had 4 rather than 6.

At which point I asked ChatGPT 5 to compile a list for me, but it wrote back that it couldn't do so, because the task was too hard for it. Dumbass program, I could do this myself in 20 minutes or so, all you need to do is open up each team's schedule on ESPN and scan the list looking for doubles.

[Avery W]

Sabonis out 3-4+ weeks with a meniscus injury. Kings just can't catch a break.

[Ice Man]

Sabonis out 3-4+ weeks with a meniscus injury. Kings just can't catch a break.

Tatum
Garland
AD
Kyrie
Haliburton
Beal
Ja
Herro
Giannis
Banchero
Dame
Wemby
Sabonis

That makes by my count 16 recent All Stars who are currently injured. In November.

[HomoSapien]

Might eliminate us trading for him for those who are worried about that.

[madvillian]

Sabonis always reminded me of Boozer a bit. Sabonis a much better passer but they force teams to play a style that really isn't that conductive to winning based on their limitations otherwise. Now Sabonis is probably a better player in his prime than Boozer and they had some playoff success when Fox was there with him, so it's not like he's a losing player -- but a flawed star.

[Chi town]

Sabonis out 3-4+ weeks with a meniscus injury. Kings just can't catch a break.

That is their break.

Tank ON.

Sabonis will recover and be traded at the deadline.

[Chi town]

So I guess Queen if continues to play well makes Zion expendable?

I think they are a good match actually.

Queen and stretch the floor and his rim protection is way better than expected.

[madvillian]

Zach out there stat padding down 27 to an awful Memphis team.

[Indomitable]

Didn't feel like starting a thread about this, but we have a really strange schedule:

We play Cleveland back to back (one on the road and one at home), then immediately play Atlanta back to back both on their home. Later in the season, we play the Nets back to back (one on the road and one at home) and then later Miami back to back (both on the road). Then towards the end of the season, we play Washington back-to-back, both on the road.
It is that Emrite nonsense

This is weird, right?

It is that stupid Cup

[Indomitable]

Zach out there stat padding down 27 to an awful Memphis team.

Yeah it his fault they have no size. This is just silly.

[jordanwilliams6]

I genuinely feel bad for the Kings fans.

The roster they've assembled might be the worst I've seen in terms of unwatchable loser players at the end of their careers. LaVine, DeRozan, Westbrook, Schroder. Just yuck.

[Indomitable]

I genuinely feel bad for the Kings fans.

The roster they've assembled might be the worst I've seen in terms of unwatchable loser players at the end of their careers. LaVine, DeRozan, Westbrook, Schroder. Just yuck.

The Kings have been horrible since 2007. They have had one decent team.

Westbrook hall of famer
Derozan hall of famer

Dude they have the worst roster construction I have ever seen.

Their biggest problem is they have no bigs or 6'9
players worth a damn.