Around the NBA 2025-26 - Vol 2... Hard Knock Season

[WaltFrazier]

Ingram hit a buzzer beater over Siakam to win the game

[Montmorencie]

Wolves are the dumbest most talented team in the league by far. So much talent, 0 playstyle, 0 coaching, 0 leadership, 0 clutch. Its just Ant either being a hero out there and good defense all the time. But not gonna get it done in this Western Conference.

[Guano]

Let's go Wolves!! Need to humble that arrogant Thunder team.

Being let down rooting for Jules one more time

[Flaming Mo]

randle regression has been intense

Well, he was carrying that team early on and now their entire team is struggling. After initial problems he has been a huge positive for them, was great in last year's playoffs and is doing all of that on a more than generous contract.

[Flaming Mo]

Wolves are the dumbest most talented team in the league by far. So much talent, 0 playstyle, 0 coaching, 0 leadership, 0 clutch. Its just Ant either being a hero out there and good defense all the time. But not gonna get it done in this Western Conference.

I don't know if they are THAT talented tbh. Gobert is a stiff who gets played off the floor against great teams, they have no PG outside of 60 year old Mike Conley and not ready Dillingham and outside of Ant and Randle nobody really can create his own shot. I get what you are saying, some of their pieces are awesome (Donte as sniper, McDaniels as a long wing being one of the best defenders in the NBA, even Reid as a 6th man though I'd say he is a bit overrated) and somehow a better coach might get a bit more out of them. But to me their roster isn't really fitting on all ends and some of the timelines just don't mesh well (some guys are too young to contribute, others are too old)...

[spree2kawhi]

Wolves are the dumbest most talented team in the league by far. So much talent, 0 playstyle, 0 coaching, 0 leadership, 0 clutch. Its just Ant either being a hero out there and good defense all the time. But not gonna get it done in this Western Conference.

I don't know if they are THAT talented tbh. Gobert is a stiff who gets played off the floor against great teams, they have no PG outside of 60 year old Mike Conley and not ready Dillingham and outside of Ant and Randle nobody really can create his own shot. I get what you are saying, some of their pieces are awesome (Donte as sniper, McDaniels as a long wing being one of the best defenders in the NBA, even Reid as a 6th man though I'd say he is a bit overrated) and somehow a better coach might get a bit more out of them. But to me their roster isn't really fitting on all ends and some of the timelines just don't mesh well (some guys are too young to contribute, others are too old)...

They merely have three long-term pieces in Gobert, Ant and McDaniels. You’re underrating Gobert, he’s very, very good. Keep DiVincenzo, but bring him off the bench. They had better do the unexpected and move on from Dilingham, Randle and Reid as long as they can get some value in return. Their contracts are all good, but their game just won’t cut it. They should look to take advantage of guys in peculiar situations, like Fontecchio, PJ Washington, RJ Barrett, Fox, Siakam or Markkanen, Keon Ellis, Trae Young (would be a fit for them more than anyone else, and if they added Dilingham to a package around Randle and a pick, Atlanta might as well bite). Colin Sexton is another guy to look at, he’s only 26, and they might really get him for a package Reid and minor draft compensation (the Hornets could use Reid, too).

Imagine:

Trae Young
Edwards
McDaniels
Reid (or Washington)
Gobert


Sexton
Edwards
McDaniels
Markkanen
Gobert


That’s certainly the way to go. Trade Randle, Dilingham and picks plus any fillers in order to raise the ceiling. I don’t know if they have the picks to get a Markkanen though, but Dilingham will always be a nice piece to offer to younger teams…

[thebuzzardman]

Wolves are the dumbest most talented team in the league by far. So much talent, 0 playstyle, 0 coaching, 0 leadership, 0 clutch. Its just Ant either being a hero out there and good defense all the time. But not gonna get it done in this Western Conference.

I don't know if they are THAT talented tbh. Gobert is a stiff who gets played off the floor against great teams, they have no PG outside of 60 year old Mike Conley and not ready Dillingham and outside of Ant and Randle nobody really can create his own shot. I get what you are saying, some of their pieces are awesome (Donte as sniper, McDaniels as a long wing being one of the best defenders in the NBA, even Reid as a 6th man though I'd say he is a bit overrated) and somehow a better coach might get a bit more out of them. But to me their roster isn't really fitting on all ends and some of the timelines just don't mesh well (some guys are too young to contribute, others are too old)...

They merely have three long-term pieces in Gobert, Ant and McDaniels. You’re underrating Gobert, he’s very, very good. Keep DiVincenzo, but bring him off the bench. They had better do the unexpected and move on from Dilingham, Randle and Reid as long as they can get some value in return. Their contracts are all good, but their game just won’t cut it. They should look to take advantage of guys in peculiar situations, like Fontecchio, PJ Washington, RJ Barrett, Fox, Siakam or Markkanen, Keon Ellis, Trae Young (would be a fit for them more than anyone else, and if they added Dilingham to a package around Randle and a pick, Atlanta might as well bite). Colin Sexton is another guy to look at, he’s only 26, and they might really get him for a package Reid and minor draft compensation (the Hornets could use Reid, too).

Imagine:

Trae Young
Edwards
McDaniels
Reid (or Washington)
Gobert


Sexton
Edwards
McDaniels
Markkanen
Gobert


That’s certainly the way to go. Trade Randle, Dilingham and picks plus any fillers in order to raise the ceiling. I don’t know if they have the picks to get a Markkanen though, but Dilingham will always be a nice piece to offer to younger teams…

Trading Randle to the Hawks is the way to go, so the Hawks can have TWO, count em, TWO, polarizing ex-Knicks on the team.

[spree2kawhi]

I don't know if they are THAT talented tbh. Gobert is a stiff who gets played off the floor against great teams, they have no PG outside of 60 year old Mike Conley and not ready Dillingham and outside of Ant and Randle nobody really can create his own shot. I get what you are saying, some of their pieces are awesome (Donte as sniper, McDaniels as a long wing being one of the best defenders in the NBA, even Reid as a 6th man though I'd say he is a bit overrated) and somehow a better coach might get a bit more out of them. But to me their roster isn't really fitting on all ends and some of the timelines just don't mesh well (some guys are too young to contribute, others are too old)...

They merely have three long-term pieces in Gobert, Ant and McDaniels. You’re underrating Gobert, he’s very, very good. Keep DiVincenzo, but bring him off the bench. They had better do the unexpected and move on from Dilingham, Randle and Reid as long as they can get some value in return. Their contracts are all good, but their game just won’t cut it. They should look to take advantage of guys in peculiar situations, like Fontecchio, PJ Washington, RJ Barrett, Fox, Siakam or Markkanen, Keon Ellis, Trae Young (would be a fit for them more than anyone else, and if they added Dilingham to a package around Randle and a pick, Atlanta might as well bite). Colin Sexton is another guy to look at, he’s only 26, and they might really get him for a package Reid and minor draft compensation (the Hornets could use Reid, too).

Imagine:

Trae Young
Edwards
McDaniels
Reid (or Washington)
Gobert


Sexton
Edwards
McDaniels
Markkanen
Gobert


That’s certainly the way to go. Trade Randle, Dilingham and picks plus any fillers in order to raise the ceiling. I don’t know if they have the picks to get a Markkanen though, but Dilingham will always be a nice piece to offer to younger teams…

Trading Randle to the Hawks is the way to go, so the Hawks can have TWO, count em, TWO, polarizing ex-Knicks on the team.

Atlanta may simply re-route him for more youth. Lakers, Clippers, Nuggets, Suns, Rockets (for Sheppard and fillers for example) could all use Randle. All of this is just meaningless noise anyway since Edwards will bolt as soon as he gets a chance.

[robillionaire]

Always believed

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[Fat Kat]

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[robillionaire]

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Melo is never beating the allegations sadly

[FrozenEnvelope]

These current Kings team REEKS of those Marbury, Steve Francis, Zach Randolph and Eddy Curry teams.

They should clean house, start over and hire Thibs.

[Guano]

Always believed

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Clearly kd has been holding him back the whole time.

[MrDollarBills]

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I dunno, I definitely think he crashed out but he has a point.

People pay good money to watch these games and a lot of these dudes like LaVine don't give a f*ck. Fans should be upset. Add load management on top of it and it's just disrespectful. Imagine being a Cleveland fan and you spend probably over $500 for a game night with your kid and Donovan Mitchell is not only a healthy scratch, but he's off somewhere partying or whatever.

I give the fan respect at least for apologizing to his wife, the Kings arena staff and the other fans in the area.