NBA 2024-25 Thread

[lazarus]

I honestly didn’t expect them to be in second place, at least not this quickly. I’m guessing the only way they make it to the WCF is if they hold onto that seed.

 

[lazarus]

Meanwhile, in Dallas:

Kyrie Irving suffers left knee sprain as Mavericks continue 'running out of bodies'

Kyrie Irving needed to be helped off the court after suffering a knee injury against Sacramento. Dallas' Jaden Hardy also exited with an ankle sprain.

www.nba.com

Can we do a wellness check on Imperor?

 

[Hewson]

Also in Dallas:

Mavs raise ticket costs, cite 'investments' in team

Citing "ongoing investments in the team and fan engagement," the Dallas Mavericks are upping season-ticket prices by at least 8.5% for next season.

www.espn.com

Running the franchise like a well-oiled machine since Cuban sold his stake

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i don't believe in silly curses... but the Mavericks run since the trade is making me a believer.

 

[Hewson]

Kyrie done for season
Torn ACL.

 

[lazarus]

Vaxxed?

 

[mikal]

So far that trade the Bucks pulled off has worked. Not that I care since they already won the NBA Championship this year.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

clearly why Derrick White got more time than Tatum and was chosen over Brown for the olympic team.

 

[phanan]

First Celtics duo to score at least 40 points each in the same game as well.

White and Pritchard certainly weren't on my bingo card.

 

[mikal]

Why are we talking about the Celtics when the NBA Championship has already been decided a few months ago?

 

[Hewson]

Why are we talking about the Celtics when the NBA Championship has already been decided a few months ago?

Cause we talk too much Lakers on here so we decided to give the 2025 NBA champ Lakers a rest.

 

[Hewson]

clearly why Derrick White got more time than Tatum and was chosen over Brown for the olympic team.

Whoever made that graphic is a fountain of misinformation:

Pistons vs Celtics, March 3, 1985 | Basketball-Reference.com

DET (129) vs BOS (138). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Pistons vs Celtics, March 3, 1985.

www.basketball-reference.com

86 combined for Bird & McHale

 

[phanan]

Ah yes, McHale's 56 point game.

Only to be outdone by Bird's 60 about a week later.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

it was the first time two celtics have scored 40 points in the same game.

alas - bird and mchale were playing against plumbers and firemen so it doesn't count. at least that's what i've been told by the HC of the LAL

 

[Hewson]

it was the first time two celtics have scored 40 points in the same game.

Not what the graphic says.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Not what the graphic says.

I know the graphic is wrong

 

[lazarus]

 

[lazarus]

Keerthika Uthayakumar (@keerthikau.bsky.social)

Knicks are a combined 0-9 against the Thunder, Celtics, Cavs & Lakers. As in, 0-9 against the 4 other teams with a top-5 record in the league.

bsky.app

 

[mikal]

Since the season is over, I wonder if Nam will post his questions for every NBA team for the 2025-26 season.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I keep waiting for reality to kick in with the Lakers, specifically around their defense being markedly better without a single rim protector and adding a guy who is a sieve.

But it's not happening. We may be talking Lakers for a while.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

One of these things is not like the other one

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I keep waiting for reality to kick in with the Lakers, specifically around their defense being markedly better without a single rim protector and adding a guy who is a sieve.

But it's not happening. We may be talking Lakers for a while.

 

[lazarus]

If a winning streak has to end, Boston seems like a poetic place for it to happen.

 

[mikal]

 

[Hewson]

Manu Ginobli creamed his jeans watching that last night.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

It's honestly pathetic. He's hardly the only one. It's an epidemic and it's reached the lower levels as well. But the NBA needs to do something about it. There's supposed to be a fine for obvious flops. This is Lebron's second obvious flop in a couple of days. He did the same thing to draw a bullshit over the back call on KAT in overtime.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

LeBron almost makes Musk's infamous rally jump look normal compared to that flop with Tatum. I hate flopping so much.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Celtics just missed another three.

 

[phanan]

I'm all for Porzingis staying out until the playoffs

 

[Hewson]

I'm all for Porzingis staying out until the playoffs

What illness does this guy have?