@HPbasketball Why should I care what a person who thinks Thompson should be dpoy thinks?
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Raiderdogs
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I don't disagree. It matters. It's just interpretable HOW MUCH it matters.
Oddly, many people from San Antonio don't feel it's important. Weird.
justin@ly_yng
@HPbasketball Shai and Jokic have both played 300 more minutes than Wemby. I know it's close, but actually being on the court is an important factor.
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@SamQuinnCBS Just get rid of restricted free agency. The teams that don’t care enough to extend the players should not get automatic rights to the player.
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I think the silent issue that goes hand in hand with tanking reform is that the last few CBAs have quietly killed free agency.
The rules make it way too easy to players to extend now. That kills the free agent talent pool and makes teams more reliant on tanking and the draft.
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@COWCATGames It’s not Sonys fault. Blame AI making ram and ssds absurdly expensive
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Sony just ensured the new kids generation will never touch a home console. They'll keep playing Roblox on their phones/tablets.
By focusing so much on POWER, they are literally killing their future.
PlayStation@PlayStation
Important price update for PS5 and PlayStation Portal: play.st/47LYrP9
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@BillSimmons The teams and players don’t want a shortened season. Too much money would be lost.
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0 for 3!
Also — notice how none of the ideas involve shortening the season which is partly how we fell into this tanking sinkhole in the first place. They come up with 3 “solutions” and none of the 3 are “what would 72 games look like?”
This league is so frustrating
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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@YahooSports Bucks have a 0% chance of getting the number one pick.
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Which team would you want to see end up with the No. 1 pick? 👀
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@MungoBeanfield @russ48239 @SamQuinnCBS You think the negotiations were not happening in February?
Everyone knew restrictions like this were coming at that point.
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@russ48239 @SamQuinnCBS Trade was in February 2023
CBA was agreed in April 2023
Took effect in July 2023
So how?
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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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@HuangChung18 @bluegreen818 @CrainNBA This dude is a moron and is saying the nba voters are racist against white people and that is why Luka won’t win.
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@bluegreen818 @CrainNBA A black man won last year. What are you on about.
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If there’s one player who has a real shot at making the MVP a real race with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, it’s Victor Wembanyama.
The defense + potential best record in the NBA.
Luka Doncic’s run has been awesome, but MVP isn’t happening this season.
Kalshi Hoops@KalshiHoops
Luka Doncic is the 1st Player in NBA History to record the following stats in an 8-game span: • 325+ PTS • 60+ REB • 60+ AST • 45%+ FG His MVP odds still sit at 7% on Kalshi.
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@Wtever2024 @BradeauxNBA Defense is 50% of the game. That is why Wemby is ahead of Jokic.
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@BradeauxNBA He is not very close to Jokic. He is not close to Jokic. He is pretty fricking far from Jokic.
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Giving out MVP’s for being vocal about winning MVP is crazy work.
Wemby is very close but he’s not over SGA/Jokic just yet.
NBACentral@TheDunkCentral
NBA.com’s updated MVP Ladder: 1. Victor Wembanyama 2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 3. Nikola Jokić 4. Luka Dončić 5. Jaylen Brown 6. Cade Cunningham 7. Jalen Johnson 8. Kawhi Leonard 9. Donovan Mitchell 10. Anthony Edwards
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@WallStreetApes Here's the deal: The black muslim president made a law that people without insurance got their insurance paid for by people who did have insurance (who now pay more)
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American has Cigna health insurance
Her daughter was sick, she takes her to the doctor thinking it would likely be at most a couple hundred bucks with insurance
All they did was a nose swab for the flu
She just got the bill
It’s $984
“What the f*ck is going on, what do you mean by a thousand dollars for a Q-tip up a nostril”
The American healthcare system is legalized robbery
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@speechboy71 The problem is Israelis deny Palestinians the right to exist and the right to self determination.
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No, because you're denying that Jews have a right to self-determination and nationhood.
You're trying to square the circle by saying Israel should continue to exist, albeit "unjustly," but if you don't understand how saying Jews shouldn't enjoy the same right to nationhood as any other group, including Palestinians, I'm not sure what to tell you. Perhaps you should talk to more Jews and Israelis.
Shadi Hamid@shadihamid
Wouldn't you be sympathetic to the argument though? I'm literally saying that we can't and shouldn't compel Israeli Jews to dissolve their own state. That would be unjust, even if the Israeli state was founded on a prior injustice. In other words, Israel would continue existing as a Jewish-majority state if that's in accordance with the will of Israeli voters, which it almost certainly will be for the foreseeable future.
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NBA Hall of Famer George Gervin is attempting to stop Bears QB Caleb Williams from trademarking “Iceman”, per @jjones9
“I’ve got nothing but respect for [Williams]. He’s already proved greatness and his potential upside is great. Like an ‘Iceman.’ But that name is taken….All I’m saying is: young fella, we’ve already got one ‘Iceman.’” - via @Suntimes
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@jpthomas03 @EthicalHoopz Refs have a massive influence over the game and the league refuses to ever take action against them.
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@EthicalHoopz Blaming refs on an average pt differential of 38 is crazy coping
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Your periodic reminder that in the 2025 Playoff series between the Denver Nuggets and OKC Thunder, the Nuggets won the 5 games reffed by other refs by 11 points and lost the 2 games reffed by Scott Foster by 75 points
NBA on ESPN@ESPNNBA
Naz Reid receives a technical foul and gets ejected in overtime vs. Houston.
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@AaronPresleyDi1 @SirRobertBuford Did him dirty? The Spurs gave him plenty of chances and he could not improve. They weren’t going to throw games this year to force him in the line up.
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@SirRobertBuford I mean the spurs did him dirty, can you blame him for feeling salty. This is NOT a KL situation who only says nice things about SA when put into a corner
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If any other former Spur said something remotely close to their new colors are “better” than the Silver and Black y’all allegedly bleed, y’all would be talking SO much shit
But for whatever reason, Sochan Stans make an exception for dude who was good for 3 pts / 2 rebs on any given night
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@kugla007 @NBA__Courtside Try watching games. His blocks went down because guys are refusing to shoot if he’s there.
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Skip Bayless on Victor Wembanyama saying he should be MVP:
“This young man to me because he has been campaigning several times for several weeks. Is getting dangerously full of himself a little prematurely. That he’s starting to believe he is the Alien, that he does already own this league. I remind everybody he’s still haven’t played one single playoff game in his life, not one. I would remind everybody that if you look at his regular season won, loss record in three years of pro basketball it’s 84-90.”
(Via @GilsArenaShow)
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@NBA__Courtside What does winning a playoff game have to do with a regular season award?
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Hear me out.
What if we made NASA Administrator an elected position, by the people, similar to that of a Governor / Congressman?
Separate the appointment from the executive branch. The entire country votes for this person every 6 years.
We need a continued focus to build bases on the Moon and Mars. The potential for leadership to change every 4 years is disruptive.
Additionally, as citizens begin living in orbit and other heavenly bodies they will need a person on Earth to represent their interests.
I don't want Jared in the White House, I want him where he is now, executing at the highest levels and at the speed necessary to dominate this new space race. 🇺🇸
Anthony Gomez@AnthonyFGomez
I'm gonna say it now: @rookisaacman for president. That is all.
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@BBB8421 @DevonBirdsong If you used your eyes you would see that the first picture he is wearing a navy jersey.
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@DevonBirdsong Dude he went to the military and entered the league much older than Wemby. Its not the same. He also was like 4 inches shorter
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For the record, this is how David Robinson looked around Wemby's age, and how he looked as a rookie.
Peak ability to build muscle doesn't hit for men until 25-30 years old.
loīc@clampino
@DevonBirdsong 90's were peak steroid era tho
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@OppPackGiannis You should because you are forcing a player who wants to play to sit.
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Are the Bucks gonna get penalized for “tanking” because we don’t want our franchise player to suffer any further setbacks during an already injury riddled season?
But the leagues okay with the Wizards trading for Trae Young and Anthony Davis just to essentially shut both down?
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
Statement from the National Basketball Players Association on the Milwaukee Bucks' desires to shut down Giannis Antetokounmpo, who wants to play:
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@SamQuinnCBS The bucks are acting like a team that are trying to force a trade demand.
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This isn’t about tanking this is about keeping him healthy. I remain utterly perplexed by Giannis’ PR strategy, which now includes antagonizing the team he desperately wants us to know he’s not asking to be traded from.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
Statement from the National Basketball Players Association on the Milwaukee Bucks' desires to shut down Giannis Antetokounmpo, who wants to play:
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