Ejay
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We don't need the rule for MVP; it's been 46 yrs since a player played fewer than 65 games in a full season & won it. But there are 15 spots for All-NBA. The idea that somebody who played 63 games couldn't possibly have a top-15 caliber season is ludicrous. What are we doing here
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The 65-game rule remains problematic. With contract incentives tied to All-NBA and other awards, there's a lot of money at stake for many players. The spirit of the rule is to prevent healthy players from resting. Instead, it incentivizes injured players to put themselves at risk
Lev Akabas@LevAkabas
Nikola Jokic can only miss 1 more game and still be eligible for NBA awards Wemby can only miss 3 more Cade and Ant will likely be ineligible due to current injuries Get rid of the 65-game rule
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@HPbasketball @NekiasNBA Nobody is stopping them from making money how they choose, but it is perfectly reasonable to be critical of what companies people choose to associate themselves with
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I'm not libertarian in any sense and actively against that mindset in most things for public good, but there is a point where I'm just like "what business is it of ours how they make some extra money" and if the answer is "these things are harmful to the collective" which there is a very sound and rational case for, our focus should be on regulation and shifting public sentiment instead of identifying famous people who we like engaging with it for profit, is where I land, at least.
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I grew up in the bible belt so I'm always going to react pretty negatively to moral tsk tsking. But also, this site is like 80% of that these days.
Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan@NekiasNBA
Giannis & Book (from what i've seen, could be more) w Kalshi; KP w the AI twin. There's no way they *need* to attach their names to this kind of stuff.
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@TheDunkCentral Pulling himself after 81 would have been disrespectful to "mamba mentality"
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The Athletic’s Sam Amick says Bam Adebayo should have been pulled from the game out of respect for Kobe instead of scoring 83
“Judging by the reaction of some of the people from Bryant’s past, whom I was in touch with after Adebayo’s outing, this sentiment wasn’t unique.”
(Via nytimes.com/athletic/71071…)
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@jaycaspiankang The sga hater in you has to be in shambles after the last one
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didn't expect this many pro-authoritarian voices in tech
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@ShipTheJustice @pablofindsout Who does shipper have ranked lower kirk goldsberry or tom hab?
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@pablofindsout hope it is on tom habertsroh making an intentionally misleading graphic, costing the great hard working american people multiples of the american median salary by causing them to bet on cade cunningham mvp, sending that money to scoundrel winning bettors and bookmakers
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New investigation. Tonight. 5pm ET. YouTube. 🏀💸🍔
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@Anthonysmdoyle @LAClippersFilm I think this is an misunderstanding of how gambling works. Gambling sponsors money id mostly made up of the vig charged on bets, not picking the winner. Additionally most gamblers bet overs so it would actually help sportsbooks when players only play half or three quarters
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@LAClippersFilm The gambling partners care about tanking, because it makes the results of games harder to predict. This is about the gambling sponsors.
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@JonesOnTheNBA But a small market team would never get a wemby/flagg level player in this instance. There would always be some bigger market team that makes cap room.
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To the rebuttal that if there’s a can’t miss talent, the large market is going to clear out cap space. Well, if the large market is already good, they’re unlikely to just be able to maneuver to make space. And if they are, that means vet talent gets spread to another market.
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@BarstoolNate @SamQuinnCBS The smaller market teams would only ever get second tier stars at best. There is no way that a wemby or flagg level player would end up in utah/memphis etc
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@SamQuinnCBS I keep seeing this. Sure it *could* happen. But there's still only 15 roster slots, 5 starters, 1 ball. Not everyone can sign with the Knicks or Lakers. Players will want to forge their own paths. And you can play in Milwaukee and be as popular as someone on the Knicks.
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I’m going to keep asking this until someone gives me a satisfying answer.
When the next Victor Wembanyama or Cooper Flagg comes along, what is to stop Nike from paying that guy a bunch of extra money to sign with the Lakers or Knicks if there’s no draft?
Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
To end tanking, more media members should push for ending the NBA Draft dlvr.it/TQzrVH
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@SamQuinnCBS Nothing. People are so mad at the tanking that they are not thinking of the unintended consequences that would come with this. The Jazz and the knicks would not be in the same sitaution simply because "everyone has the same cap".
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@HPbasketball @_Zeets He hasnt tried in any of the previous years either.
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@_Zeets And I'm not even defending him. He should try more. He IS coming off a knee injury that has resulted in him playing like ass the last two weeks, which needs to be acknowledged.
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He gets defended so much for it. And it’s all “he doesn’t have to care about exhibition games” but no one else gets that. The conversation every All-Star weekend is that players should care more again and the structure gets changed constantly to ignite that. But he’s excepted.
Daman Rangoola@damanr
Jokic’s apathy as personality trait stuck out like a sore thumb in contrast to rest of All Star game and its lame as hell that as the best player in the world he feels no duty to be engaged in a league showcase. Massive double standard for how he gets talked about in this regard
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Pardon my ignorance if this actually does exist but I’d like to see ski and snowboard races where they’re going against each other on the mountain at the same time as opposed to competing with the clock
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@JeffreyBenson12 The irony of this is that all the people that are disagreeing with this comment are the type of people that SHOULD be cashing out in this situation
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For where GRP is in his life and who he is as a gambler this wasn’t as bad of a choice as everyone is making it seem
George “Riley” Panagakis@grpwins
I took all cash outs offered. Earlier today I put 10K in my account and just now I put 27K in my account! I’m down to four open Charlotte positions!
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@CodyEden @Tjonesonthenba I am not saying that Jazz are the cause of the problem, rather that there is a growing perception that teams arent trying which is contributing to the wider perception of the league. This isnt some conspiriacy, there are many national podcasts and shows that have discussed this
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@ejay1111 @Tjonesonthenba I promise you that Utah's decision to play their key guys partial games instead of just sitting them has improved their ratings. At least from local viewers. Ain't no one nationally watching Utah this year either way
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@ejay1111 @Tjonesonthenba People being loud on twitter is not an objective measure of customer satisfaction
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@Tjonesonthenba This isnt jazz specific but the idea that at least 20% of the league is actively trying to lose games is something that is not good for long term health of the product. If you tell your fans that the games dont matter long enough, ecentually they will believe you
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@Tjonesonthenba At what point does that fact that overwhelming majority of customers hate it become a consideration?
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I wasn’t nearly as excited for the birth of my sons as I am for this podcast.
GIF
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