2024-25 NBA Thread

[wadesworld]

Yeah, like Dame for Herro, Jovic, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. would really help a team.

I still can't believe portland turned down that trade.

😂😂😂😂

[BM1090]

😂😂😂😂

I'm not surprised Portland turned it down. But that trade would be a theft for the Bucks right now.

[TallTitan34]

https://x.com/muoverload/status/1859611901216293352?s=46&t=jxqs74xjrj0YOEifH9UtCw

[MU82]

Great profile of Earl Monroe (one of my faves growing up) in the Washington Post ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/11/21/earl-monroe-nba-knicks-bullets/?

NEW YORK — He moved through the crowd slowly, pushing his walker across the Bronx asphalt until he reached a folding chair, where he sat and rested the legs that once delivered him to basketball brilliance.

"Hanging in there," he said to someone who greeted him. "Another day."

More than a generation ago, Earl "The Pearl" Monroe was to professional basketball what James Brown was to performance, a man of a million unplanned moves who thrilled his audiences and left them clamoring for more.

As a Baltimore Bullet and a New York Knick, Monroe was a freewheeling revelation in an era of predictable pick and rolls and sensible bounce passes. His spindly legs and quick feet were his wings, propelling him up and under and around defenders, a blur of spins and reverse spins, floating double pumps and deadly jump shots.

Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant turned the game into global entertainment; LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry shattered stratospheric salary records. Before all of that, before "SportsCenter" and "Inside the NBA" and social media, there was "The Pearl," a one-man highlight reel, the father of improvisational basketball who inspired magazine covers and written reveries from the likes of Woody Allen and Spike Lee.

"God couldn't go one-on-one with Earl Monroe," a teammate declared during his prime in the late 1960s and '70s.

A half-century later, as he turns 80 years old Thursday, Monroe struggles to stand without a cane or a walker — that is, if he can stand at all after dozens of surgeries, many resulting from the wear and tear of 13 years in the NBA. ...

[wadesworld]

The Sixers should absolutely trade Embiid as soon as he has a string of healthy games. McCain/Maxey will be an awesome backcourt for a long time. Embiid weighs them down.

Paul George can be great next to those 2 if he's ever healthy. Get athletic bigs that can actually get up and down a court and don't jab step at the nail and flail around entire shot clocks.

I'd give up Embiid and a first to try to get Chet if I were them, even with all of Chet's injury problems. It's not like Embiid is the model of good health.

[MuggsyB]

If you look at the 2022 NBA Draft it's actually been much better than prognosticated.  The guy picked 10th sucks, but most of these guys are doing well early in their careers. 

[wadesworld]

I can't remember the last time Spo unnatural carnal knowledgeed up that bad. Sucks feeling like a Bucks fan for a moment there

Think the Bucks are fine not giving up Dame for a package centered around Tyler Herro.

Dairy Bird makes that shot Herro missed to win the game. And he doesn't take 4 steps to get the muscle needed to get it to the rim, either.

[Verypolitical Warrior]

The Bucks sure seem to have found something. They're not matching up against the best yet but they're beating the teams in front of them.

Will be interested to see rotations when Khris is back. Andre, GTJ and AJ have proven they deserve a role...only so many minutes at the 2 or 3 available. Injuries have a way of answering your questions for you, though.

[cheebs09]

Clearly the NBA Cup is a big motivating factor for the Bucks.

[WhiteTrash]

Clearly the NBA Cup is a big motivating factor for the Bucks.

Trying to copy the glory that was the historic 23-24 LA Lakers. We will all be talking about that Laker team for decades.

[Jockey]

The Cup is a big deal to the players whether we laugh about it or not

[Jockey]

Started watching Starting 5 on Netflix. Very well done.


BTW, Mike, The Pearl was the man. He's the guy we all tried to copy on the playgrounds.

[WhiteTrash]

The Cup is a big deal to the players whether we laugh about it or not

We do.

[PGsHeroes32]

Ball has been great so far this year

But 5/24 and 6 Tos in only 3 qrts, is uhhhh bad. Very bad.

[JWags85]

Started watching Starting 5 on Netflix. Very well done. 

Its great but the selections could be a bit better. 

Not trying to be a hater but the last thing we need is more Lebron content, especially this kind of heavily curated content.

Tatum is just a tremendously boring dude, Ive always thought so.

Sabonis has an interesting story, so that makes him a bit compelling I guess.

But Ant is a perfect selection.  Beyond our biases, Jimmy is just a quirky engaging dude who is perfect for stuff like this.  So those two save it for me.

[PGsHeroes32]

Its great but the selections could be a bit better. 

Not trying to be a hater but the last thing we need is more Lebron content, especially this kind of heavily curated content.

Tatum is just a tremendously boring dude, Ive always thought so.

Sabonis has an interesting story, so that makes him a bit compelling I guess.

But Ant is a perfect selection.  Beyond our biases, Jimmy is just a quirky engaging dude who is perfect for stuff like this.  So those two save it for me.

Sabonis was the clear weak link imo. Not really his fault.

But when you combine the fact he's basically broken english, plays on the Kings. Wasn't an all star. Barely was in the playoffs. There was basically no momentum to watching any of his segments.

The other 4 weren't perfect as a whole but udnerstandable

As much as Lebron coverage is tiresome and Bronny is nonsense. He's still a good narrator and at the end of his career was a no brainer.

Jimmy as you said is engaging enough and had some good nuance with the dad storyline.

Tatum is definitely boring as hell but was salvaged by the fact the Celtics won the title so it worked out.

Ant was obviously the one that was guaranteed to be a hit simply due to his personality and then they lucked out with the wolves emerging unexpectedly.

Overall I thought it was pretty damn good. Only the sabonis stuff truly stalled. And then ep 10 was a bit of a drag since it became only tatum and his zero charisma.

[Jockey]

I thought the contrasts were what made the show.

Two openly cocky, brash guys along with two guys who quietly know they're the best. Other than Sabonis, all guys who have or can lead a team to a title.

Jimmy is a real lead dog. Trade Durant to Miami and they can win a title that Durant will never get as a lead dog even though he is a way better player. Jimmy is a different type of player, but comparable to Draymond in his prime where he is in total charge on the floor.

Ant is also a dog who can lead a team. And Lebron and Tatum have already done it.

[MU82]

Anthony Edwards rips his T-Wolves a new one:

https://apnews.com/article/anthony-edwards-timberwolves-b512ef59335fc53151de38748e16a2b0

Rips himself, his teammates and the home fans for booing a team that deserves to be booed.

[Skatastrophy]

Ant and Jimmy, both agreeing that the Twolves are soft as baby poo.

[BM1090]

I thought the contrasts were what made the show.

Two openly cocky, brash guys along with two guys who quietly know they're the best. Other than Sabonis, all guys who have or can lead a team to a title.

Jimmy is a real lead dog. Trade Durant to Miami and they can win a title that Durant will never get as a lead dog even though he is a way better player. Jimmy is a different type of player, but comparable to Draymond in his prime where he is in total charge on the floor.

Ant is also a dog who can lead a team. And Lebron and Tatum have already done it.

I still think Tatum is overrated as hell, but he looks way better this year in terms of little things and connecting play.

[MU82]

The Hornets lead the NBA with 14 times a player has accidentally stepped out of bounds either after catching a pass or starting to drive.

[MU82]

From Yahoo Sports:

Remember LaVar Ball? Lonzo Ball thinks his dad's Big Baller Brand shoes, which he wore during his rookie season, are possibly to blame for his injury woes. "They were like kickball shoes," he said. "I wasn't really getting hurt like that until I started wearing them."

[wadesworld]

Middleton finally returns and Sam steps under him on his second jumper after surgeries on both ankles.

Also, Sam...give it up man. Time to get the clippers out.

[BM1090]

Middleton finally returns and Sam steps under him on his second jumper after surgeries on both ankles.

Also, Sam...give it up man. Time to get the clippers out.

Hope he stays healthy because he really does add a different dimension and fits Doc's offense real well.

[wadesworld]

Jefferson and (particularly) Burke openly rooting for the C's is so annoying. We get it. You love the Jays. You love Mazzula. You think Giannis pushes off. When you have to say, "Now I'm not cheering..." you should probably back off if you're calling a nationally televised game.