NBA 25/26
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Big questions for me:
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What does Dallas look like when Kyrie returns? On paper the deepest team in the league. J Kidd has been experimenting in the pre season by playing Flagg at the point. Not sustainable. They have length, size, youth and experience. AD’s health will be key.
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Can someone in the East please stand up, please stand up? Cavs are a yeah nah for me. I like the Magic and both of their stars are tough. One trade away though. Pacers made a great run and I love the grit in this side. Hali’s playmaking was underrated in getting them that far. 76ers who knows. Tyrese is a star and his shooting has improved out of sight, but around him is a circus show. Bulls are my sleeper.
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Can Murray have an All-NBA type season? I get the feeling he might with Brown back the defensive pressure being relieved a little plus the improved play of the supporting cast. Jokic will do his thing but without having to play big minutes now they have a genuine backup, so his efficiency late in the games without being gassed will help Murray too.
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If Lively and Gafford are fit then he won’t have to play 35 minutes a night. They could lower it to 28-30 minutes and preserve him a bit.
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What a start to the season!
OKC beating the Rockets in a double overtime thriller, and GSW beating a Lakers team without LeBron -
What a start to the season!
OKC beating the Rockets in a double overtime thriller, and GSW beating a Lakers team without LeBron@UpTheHarbs said in NBA 25/26:
What a start to the season!
OKC beating the Rockets in a double overtime thriller, and GSW beating a Lakers team without LeBronThe play of Thompson at the point with Shepherd as back up went pretty well.
SGA was Mr Clutch last night. Barely did a thing until the 4th and then took over in the OTs to still finish with 30+.
Adams looks really fit. Best he’s looked in some time. There were question marks last year about whether he and Sengun could be on the court together for extended minutes, but I thought it really worked.
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WeMVP has arrived.
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NBA is caught up in a gambling controversy again.
30+ arrested by the FBI, including Chauncey Billups. The list of defendants is NBA players and Italian and Asian organised crime.
Wild that a guy with a Finals MVP to his name is caught up in this, I could understand a benchwarmer but Billups involved in organized crime.. That is crazy.
https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/nba-fbi-sports-betting-probe-10-23-25
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FBI waiting for the season to kick off….
As they say, timing is everything in sports and politics, and now fighting crime!
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FBI waiting for the season to kick off….
As they say, timing is everything in sports and politics, and now fighting crime!
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA 25/26:
FBI waiting for the season to kick off….
As they say, timing is everything in sports and politics, and now fighting crime!
Yup. You know these types of things are very political and this will be seen as a major coup for the Trump admin so they had to make a splash.
What was actually crazy to me was to see the name of the son of one of John Gottis right hand men in the indictment. Angelo Ruggerio Jr... The FBI tapped his phone back in the 80s and got a lot of intel on Gotti.......here his son is 30+ years later still part of the Gambinos. The Mafia is clearly so resilient.
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We had some games tonight!
More offence than you could poke a stick at. SGA, Siakim, Mathurin, Gordon, Curry all going off.
Crazy stat of the night, Aaron Gordon the first player to hit 10 3s in a season opener since Terry Rozier. Yep Terry Rozier
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We had some games tonight!
More offence than you could poke a stick at. SGA, Siakim, Mathurin, Gordon, Curry all going off.
Crazy stat of the night, Aaron Gordon the first player to hit 10 3s in a season opener since Terry Rozier. Yep Terry Rozier
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OKC with two Double OT games to start the year. shit way to start a marathon
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OKC with two Double OT games to start the year. shit way to start a marathon
@mariner4life they’ve got two players that play out too.
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This is pretty wild given the players these guys became.
Edit - think the link still works despite looking broken
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yeah it is. he's a bit of a freak
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They’ve tried for a while to label certain guys as the unicorn, but they finally found a real one.
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A few injuries over the last couple of days - Ant Man, Luka, Trae Young, AD (yes it’s true)
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I wonder how well Wembys body will hold up over the years. He's so freakishly built I hope he's able to enjoy a long and healthy career.
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Toronto started today with a front court of RJ Barrett, Ingram and Barnes - max height 6’8
They got out rebounded (by the best rebounding team in the league) 53-23 for the game
Toronto started today with a front court of RJ Barrett, Ingram and Barnes - max height 6’8
They got out rebounded (by the best rebounding team in the league) 53-23 for the game
I think Barrett started in the backcourt, but they did have the huge rookie, Murray-Boyles at 6’7 starting in the front court…
In 19 minutes Stevie Adams got the same number of offensive rebounds alone (8) that the Raptors starting front court got in total.
