The 2024-2025 NBA Season

Better_Call_Raul

Hall of Fame
Nico Harrison went from being a Nike Marketing Rep to being the Mavs GM.

The GM never told the Coach. Clearly the Mavs do not respect their hapless coach. Coach Kidd just sits there like a potted plant while the GM tries to spin this awful trade.

Giving up the young beloved Luka for AD who is the most delicate injury prone superstar in history. AD is much older and is injured half the time.

The Mavs are being run by dunderheads.


 
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Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
I don’t care what the official Twitter reports say.

I believe LeBron ordered the code red.
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travlerajm

Talk Tennis Guru
This Luka/AD trade is the first time I’ve paid attention to the nba in ages. But I’m only curious to see how the Luka-LeBron experiment goes, and it won’t last long anyway. If they don’t move the 3-point line to at least 30 feet by the start of next season, I don’t see myself watching much. I can’t watch the upchuck contest. Even the playoff games are boring in present form for a guy like me who lost his team to the evil stern-Bennett alliance almost 20 years ago.
 

marc45

G.O.A.T.
brutal offensive first quarter for the Cavs, 15 points after 50 the other day...Boston all over them defensively...Mitchell only one scoring...Brown kept Boston alive during a slow start offensively for them, but they're up 13 on Cavs now...one more quarter of this and I'm hitting the record button and bed

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this game is over, Celts up 20...Cavs might be on their way to another OKC hyped game where they got blown out
 

FRV4

Hall of Fame
This Luka/AD trade is the first time I’ve paid attention to the nba in ages. But I’m only curious to see how the Luka-LeBron experiment goes, and it won’t last long anyway. If they don’t move the 3-point line to at least 30 feet by the start of next season, I don’t see myself watching much. I can’t watch the upchuck contest. Even the playoff games are boring in present form for a guy like me who lost his team to the evil stern-Bennett alliance almost 20 years ago.
Yeah at first I didn’t know what shaq was getting at but as I actually watch it’s a lot less fun to watch when the players aren’t looking to drive to the basket cuz when I played that was the coolest thing you can do. One of the favorite shots I ever made was a distant 2 pointer fading away to the side out of bounds as I made it. If I shot that in today’s game everyone would probably say that was a stupid decision to even shoot that when you look at the statistics. But what can you do, the stats are the stats. Well I guess you just said you can move the 3pt line and I agree. It should be like 33 ft
 

Kralingen

Bionic Poster
brutal offensive first quarter for the Cavs, 15 points after 50 the other day...Boston all over them defensively...Mitchell only one scoring...Brown kept Boston alive during a slow start offensively for them, but they're up 13 on Cavs now...one more quarter of this and I'm hitting the record button and bed

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this game is over, Celts up 20...Cavs might be on their way to another OKC hyped game where they got blown out
Cavs are looking bad without Dean Wade. Where have I seen this before? Seriously the most valuable role player in the entire NBA…

Btw, FedPo constantly underplays the Celtics. He knows deep down they’re the favourite for it all. This isn’t a shocking result to me imo
 

InsuranceMan

Hall of Fame
Cavs are looking bad without Dean Wade. Where have I seen this before? Seriously the most valuable role player in the entire NBA…

Btw, FedPo constantly underplays the Celtics. He knows deep down they’re the favourite for it all. This isn’t a shocking result to me imo
“Team is buns”
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Kralingen

Bionic Poster
“Team is buns”
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Bro they actually are playing like bums (shooting like bums at least) and blowing out a 40-10 team on their home floor, that’s the craziest part. Their floor and general strategic advantages allow them to just crush teams without even playing all that well

Cleveland’s strengths are at the 1 and 5 and their wings are very weak, that’s where Boston excels. It’s a bad matchup, but still. Boston is historically great
 

marc45

G.O.A.T.
Cavs are looking bad without Dean Wade. Where have I seen this before? Seriously the most valuable role player in the entire NBA…

Btw, FedPo constantly underplays the Celtics. He knows deep down they’re the favourite for it all. This isn’t a shocking result to me imo
severely miss Wade and Okoro defensively against the Celtics...Wade is made of glass, lucky he's healthy for two weeks at a time...Okoro is a horse and was not only playing his usual good defense but shooting well too before the Nets sent a brutal pick on him a while back and busted up his shoulder

rumors today about the Cavs trying to pull Hunter from the Hawks, and the Cam Johnson rumors never end

not that Lebron is a traditional three, but the Cavs have simply never been able to consistently fill that spot each time he left...not once
 

InsuranceMan

Hall of Fame
Bro they actually are playing like bums (shooting like bums at least) and blowing out a 40-10 team on their home floor, that’s the craziest part. Their floor and general strategic advantages allow them to just crush teams without even playing all that well

Cleveland’s strengths are at the 1 and 5 and their wings are very weak, that’s where Boston excels. It’s a bad matchup, but still. Boston is historically great
Strus (Mr. 0/12 in the finals) and Georges Niang is not what you’re looking to see

But I think you’re right. Hadn’t thought it about it much before you pointed it out but C’s wing depth much better and stable enough at 1/5 to not let it be offset. Donovan gonna have to be putting up like 30 ppg in a series
 

travlerajm

Talk Tennis Guru
no...but he'd probably be in the top 10-15

Barkley, Ewing, Miller, Nash, Malone, Stockton...others, all in his ballpark or better...he's still much younger and playing of course
Fresh report from last month that Stockton refused to sign an 8yo aspiring point guard’s ball at an event.

Moving him down the list below Nash.
 

Kralingen

Bionic Poster
no...but he'd probably be in the top 10-15

Barkley, Ewing, Miller, Nash, Malone, Stockton...others, all in his ballpark or better...he's still much younger and playing of course
Hard to see him ever surpassing Harden even let alone some of those guys. Elgin Baylor is probably THE goat of this though
 

Kralingen

Bionic Poster
Strus (Mr. 0/12 in the finals) and Georges Niang is not what you’re looking to see

But I think you’re right. Hadn’t thought it about it much before you pointed it out but C’s wing depth much better and stable enough at 1/5 to not let it be offset. Donovan gonna have to be putting up like 30 ppg in a series
They need LeBron.
 

Federer and Del Potro

Bionic Poster
Cavs are looking bad without Dean Wade. Where have I seen this before? Seriously the most valuable role player in the entire NBA…

Btw, FedPo constantly underplays the Celtics. He knows deep down they’re the favourite for it all. This isn’t a shocking result to me imo
Kral constantly overplays the Celtics. Like I said you react too much to singular results. Don’t make me dig up the receipts from when Boston lost to Golden State while down multiple players.

The Cavaliers are a much better win than beating the garbage can Sixers is, but even they are down multiple players that will be important in a playoff series.


And this is all very predictable , as I often win nothingburger games before it’s time for the Eagles to win in some perverse fashion.

If you flip this score Kral would be saying Fedpo is right this team is playing awful etc. They are still 13-10 since December 19th.
 

Federer and Del Potro

Bionic Poster
If this team repeats it won’t be because they won some random game in February that Kral tried to hype up as game of the year to troll both the Fabster and myself.

It would still be a very hard fought series against Cleveland if it would come to pass and the margins would be slim. Especially since they will have home court advantage. NBA games are decided by narrow margins very often. I was rewatching the Pacers series from last year and that had no business not being a 6 or 7 game series.

Cleveland would need to win in those fine margin moments. All 3 games have been competitive, and all 3 games Donovan Mitchell has torched them.

They’re both good enough to beat each other. We will see how it goes should the rematch happen.

Edit: Also Mobley is rarely that awful.
 
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Kralingen

Bionic Poster
LeBron was nothing short of incredible tonight. Lakers blow out Kawhi+Harden Clippers by 30. Even Bronny hit a 3. Is something happening here? They still have no big man - but this doesn’t look like a team ready to punt on this year, if Luka is healthy
 
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onehandbh

G.O.A.T.
LeBron was nothing short of incredible tonight. Lakers blow out Kawhi+Harden Clippers by 30. Even Bronny hit a 3. Is something happening here? They still have no big man - but this doesn’t look like a team ready to punt on this year, if Luka is healthy
I wonder if Luka's limited D and footspeed will hurt the Lakers in the playoffs? Between Lebron and Luka, their halfcourt offense could potentially be potent with good ball movement.
 

onehandbh

G.O.A.T.
Could Lebron be going to the Warriors?

Curry, Lebron, Durant, Green for a run at the finals.

Oops. Forgot about Bronny. He'd probably get thrown in as well. Give him a chance to get a ring with dad.
 

travlerajm

Talk Tennis Guru
Kevin Garnett and I can’t be the only two people on earth who think that LeBron and Luka are lying?

pretty sure lbj stabbed his bud AD in back by the way he’s over-emoting and pretending like he’s so worrying about him.

He told Rob, go get Luka (but wait and act like you don’t want him when the Mavs call). Then he told his peeps to tell Luka’s peeps to tell Luka to act like a spoilt baby until the Mav’s get pissed enough to deal him.

If you go back and review all-star weekend restaurant footage, I’ll bet there is evidence of a secret meeting between LeBron and Luka where they plotted this whole thing out.

Notice how they stayed apart from each other on social media afterward to avoid suspicions?

And notice how Luka was whining immediately after about how he didn’t deserve this? Even got dad involved in the acting scheme. Crock of BS.

LeBron just played the whole nba universe, replete with planted Warriors rumors. GM of the year candidate.
 
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InsuranceMan

Hall of Fame
Kevin Garnett and I can’t be the only two people on earth who think that LeBron and Luka are lying?

pretty sure lbj stabbed his bud AD in back by the way he’s over-emoting and pretending like he’s so worrying about him.

He told Rob, go get Luka (but wait and act like you don’t want him when the Mavs call). Then he told his peeps to tell Luka’s peeps to tell Luka to act like a spoilt baby until the Mav’s get pissed enough to deal him.

If you go back and review all-star weekend restaurant footage, I’ll bet there is evidence of a secret meeting between LeBron and Luka where they plotted this whole thing out.

Notice how they stayed apart from each other on social media afterward to avoid suspicions?

And notice how Luka was whining immediately after about how he didn’t deserve this? Even got dad involved in the acting scheme. Crock of BS.

LeBron just played the whole nba universe, replete with planted Warriors rumors. GM of the year candidate.
@Rosstour type post
 

Federer and Del Potro

Bionic Poster
Sixers would be a super troll play-in team to play either Cleveland or Boston first round. Going to troll as an 8 seed like @InsuranceMan 's Heat? Because if they get healthy, they are definitely not a real play-in team. I am keeping my eye on them hoping they miss it completely. Not even going to lie
 

Kralingen

Bionic Poster
If this team repeats it won’t be because they won some random game in February that Kral tried to hype up as game of the year to troll both the Fabster and myself.

It would still be a very hard fought series against Cleveland if it would come to pass and the margins would be slim. Especially since they will have home court advantage. NBA games are decided by narrow margins very often. I was rewatching the Pacers series from last year and that had no business not being a 6 or 7 game series.

Cleveland would need to win in those fine margin moments. All 3 games have been competitive, and all 3 games Donovan Mitchell has torched them.

They’re both good enough to beat each other. We will see how it goes should the rematch happen.

Edit: Also Mobley is rarely that awful.
I think last night made it clear that the Cavs do need a trade. LeBron looks like it isn’t happening but there should be a few available wings. Cam Johnson would make them a minor demon team
 

Federer and Del Potro

Bionic Poster
I think last night made it clear that the Cavs do need a trade. LeBron looks like it isn’t happening but there should be a few available wings. Cam Johnson would make them a minor demon team

They should get Hunter like I mentioned earlier. Solves the wing defender deficiency nicely.
 

travlerajm

Talk Tennis Guru
Just smelling the smoke. Let’s sprinkle some factoids over this campfire. Because again, this trade is the most fun thing about this nba season so far.

There have been 4 NBA All-Star games where Captain LeBron got to draft his all star roster for Team LeBron during the years that Luka was voted into the all-star draft pool. 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 (2024 they went back to east va West format).

Over that 4-year span, there have been only 4 guys that LeBron drafted at least 3 years, and only 2 that he drafted all 4 years.

The guys LeBron drafted 3 times?

CP3 and Steph. And we already know that the lakers tried to trade for CP3 and got vetoed by Adam Silver. And of course there have been plenty of rumors floating about LeBron-Steph teaming up. But that ship sailed, and he didn’t draft either guy in 2023 as they were both almost LeBron’s age and already on the way down.

The only 2 guys Captain LeBron drafted all 4 years?

Luka and Jokic. That’s it.

No feasible path to team up with Jokic. And LeBron knows he’d get killed by his critics for joining up with his conqueror of the last 2 playoffs anyway.

That leaves Luka. LeChosen One.
 
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