@OBtoojiveforyou Thunder fans act like their stuff doesn't smell. They're about the most insufferable and whining fanbase possible. Recent winners and they still have an inferiority complex. Quite the combination.
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Ben Horrocks
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This wasn't an issue when OKC shut Horford down? Wasn't it weird when SGA missed the 2nd half of 20-21 and 21-22?
Hardwood Paroxysm@HPbasketball
The idea of the draft is to give the worst teams talent to get better. 1. That's not what's happening. the Jazz aren't low on talent. The Wizards have more than they've shown. 2. SO MANY teams get good draft slots and suck anyway because their *organizational structure* is a disaster. You cannot fix a rotten multi-billion-dollar function with an 18-year-old. That's a bandaid on a bullet wound. 3. I am personally very done with forgiving organizational incompetence behind the idea that they got the 4th best 18-year-old instead of the 2nd
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The problem with the NBA isn’t that the Nets, Wizards, Kings, Pacers and Jazz are tanking. There are always going to be 2-5 bad teams who do so; this lottery is loaded.
The problem is that the Grizzlies, Mavericks, Bulls, Bucks are as well. Don’t make that more common!
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#Sources — Majority of NBA board of governors are not pleased with the proposals sent over by the NBA for new anti-tanking measures.
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Not sure I understand these clearly, BUT my reaction is that they are thoughtful, and any of those three are better than most of the dumb ideas I hear on twitter.
So maybe we can trust the NBA again...
Well I said MAYBE.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources. 1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks. 2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently. 3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
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@SIChrisMannix Only the third proposal has any merit. Silver wants to keep his gambling partners happy while IGNORING a devastating gambling scandal in their league while also ignoring a potentially SEISMIC example of cheating competitive balance by the Clippers.
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Addressing tanking by creating the most confusing lottery system in the history of sports is not the answer. The NBA has some work to do before any reforms come up for a vote in May.
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@SamQuinnCBS Silver doesn't care about second level effects. He wants to keep his gambling partners happy.
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I feel for teams that traded for future draft picks right now. Take Portland. The asset package they got back when they traded a franchise icon in Damian Lillard was built almost entirely around draft picks that will convey after a rule change they couldn’t have known about then.
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@BrettSiegelNBA There is a GIGANTIC BETTING SCANDAL on multiple levels of the NBA and Silver ignores it and instead takes care of his gambling partners. There is a potential SEISMIC competitive breach by the Clippers and Silver is like a magician trying to distract everyone from the real stuff.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:
Tanking is only in the spotlight this year because of the historic draft class we have.
The current draft lottery system could definitely be updated slightly, especially picking top-5 or something in back-to-back years, but it doesn’t need a complete overhaul.
Just change the odds of a team being allowed to receive a better draft pick year-after-year, and limit trades protections on picks to top 4 and lottery only.
We do not need to have an 18-22 team lottery. That makes no sense whatsoever, nor does it prevent teams from still throwing in the towel on the season.
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@SamQuinnCBS It's classic Silver trying to look too smart by half. Only the third proposal has any merit whatsoever and it's also the simplest.
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In addition to all of the unintended consequences these concepts would create, they're so needlessly complicated. I'm not sure how the average fan is supposed to follow this stuff.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources. 1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks. 2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently. 3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
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@BobbyMarks42 Only the third proposal has any merit. Whatsoever. The first two are simply ways to make sure that teams with built-in market advantages will continue to benefit from them, such as market size, no state income taxes, strong franchise history, etc.
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Consequences of lottery reform could be felt for teams that owe future firsts and swaps.
Starting in 2027, 21 teams have at least 1 first/swap owed in the next 7 years.
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@JPFinlayNBCS It is shocking to be reminded that the US has more than one time zone and this happens every sweet 16...
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@SleeperWizards @BleacherReport "Steal" is doing a lot of work here.
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If the NBA expansion draft happened today, @BleacherReport says the Las Vegas expansion team could look to steal Cam Whitmore from the Wizards 🤔
🔗: bleacherreport.com/articles/25411…
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@jhatem @jazzbeargryllz Actually Will Riley, Bilal, and Juju Reese.
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@jazzbeargryllz you also had Will Riley dominate Ace Bailey so that was something else to watch
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@CommanderDev3x @Dp3r6y Again, the kickoff rules have completely changed that. Strong, fast, one cut returns are now valued.
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@Benjamminhere @Dp3r6y nah we need speed and elusiveness
luke has neither
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Terry,Aiyuk,Deebo,Burks, Dyami,Lane
Terry,Rookie,Aiyuk,Burks,Dyami,Lane
LUKE TO THE PRACTICE SQUAD‼️🗣️
brandon@JayDanielsMVP
#Commanders “still think there’s a long way to go of development” for WR Luke McCaffrey, per @RealBramW on the latest Ampire Media podcast. The belief is that he is the slot WR at this point
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@CommanderDev3x @Dp3r6y That's actually perfect for the way the kickoffs are down now. Size and strength matters much more than before.
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@Dat2UReturns @FT_Merchant05 I'm hoping that tweet or whatever it's called now was supposed to be ironic or something.
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@FT_Merchant05 Positive: Pts, reb, assists, stls = 64
Negative: Missed shots, TOs, fouls = 17
64-17 = 47
Minutes played = 38
= 1.24 in positive production per minute.
Anything over 1.00 per minute is franchise level.
Jokic had a great night. Not perfect but still extremely dominant!
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To the casual eye, you will see this box score and think, “Wow, this man had an all time great game!” But no? That’s not what actually transpired.
First things first, he shot 42% from the field and 20% from 3, a horrendous scoring night.
Secondly, you have to ask yourself how did he get so many assists. I will tell you. Several simple DHO’s to Jamal Murray who had 53 POINTS, and he FORCED passes to his teammates to statpad. In the 4Q, a female Denver Nuggets commentator stated that Jokic didn’t want to shoot the wide open floater, instead, he wanted to pass and find a teammate. This is shameless stat padding from a person who values numbers over winning.
Thirdly, you see he had 21 rebounds. You must wow, that’s great! But how many were defensive? That’s right, 21! 21 defensive rebounds. Now you had to ask yourself how is this possible. I will tell you. Nikola Jokic does not play ANY defense at all. He does not contest shots (this is why they nearly lost to a tanking team) and stays under the rim PRAYING the opponents miss their shots so he can grab the rebound WHICH ARE ALMOST ALWAYS UNCONTESTED.
So in conclusion, he had a horrendous shooting night, forced passes and made his teammates shoot to get him assists, went back into his non shooting gimmick, and stat padded uncontested rebounds.
This is why we watch basketball with our eyes, and not box scores or mathematic equations.
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@jhatem @davidjsmith1232 Hey, but I bet those dunks were really stunning...
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That was an incredible in-game dunk by Ace Bailey. This kid has two or three highlight reel plays every game.
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