The 2025-2026 NBA Season
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Poisoned Slice
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I'm here for playoff Bronny. Fair to say he has already surpassed LeBron.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
I hope Anthony Edwards gets back.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Toronto and Cleveland are failing the art of shooting challenge here in the first quarter. So many airballs. Enjoyable match though.
Commentator ''Both teams shooting 30%.'' I didn't think it was that high. Toronto had missed 10 in a row, I think.
Commentator ''Both teams shooting 30%.'' I didn't think it was that high. Toronto had missed 10 in a row, I think.
Kralingen
Bionic Poster
38-36 I thought was a typo . Such a gross game idk what is happening when we can’t solve zones in 2026
marc45
G.O.A.T.
it doesn't help when the Cavs start three non-shooters, but the all-star backcourt was crap too
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
The double header is on Sky tonight. Glad to know Wemby is playing, I am a fanboy.
Just as I say that. Another shot missed.
Just as I say that. Another shot missed.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Current bench points 14-0 Portland.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Wembanyama has been blocking shots for fun and making a joke of the situation with those alley-oop finishes, while Fox just takes over the game. Very impressive second half. Wemby even produced an attacking rebound. I really appreciate those offensive rebounds because it feels like 95% of the rebounds I manage to get on 2k are defensive.
Putting free throws away for fun now as well. What a guy. Spurs are quite an easy watch right here, right now.
Putting free throws away for fun now as well. What a guy. Spurs are quite an easy watch right here, right now.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Meanwhile Pritchard
marc45
G.O.A.T.
New Yorker:
NBA Base
@TheNBABase
Steve Kerr says he would consider ELIMINATING the three-point line to make the game more creative
“I would never do a four-point play. In fact, I would even consider getting rid of the three-point line. I just think that the game, as it was designed, is really to create the best shots possible. That’s why in the early days, you just throw it inside to the big guy. A three-point line came from the A.B.A., in 1979, and I think it was really effective. It makes for an exciting play, but the analytics revolution has created a weird situation where we all know exactly where the highest efficiency shots are: layups and corner threes because the corner three is twenty-two feet and not 23.9, like the up above the break. You have this whole no man’s land between those areas. So if you shoot a twenty-two-footer now from the top of the key, that’s considered a really bad shot. I just wonder—and I don’t know if this would work or not—if we got rid of the three-point line, if it would diversify the way everybody would play and create a lot of different creative solutions to basketball.”
NBA Base
@TheNBABase
Steve Kerr says he would consider ELIMINATING the three-point line to make the game more creative
“I would never do a four-point play. In fact, I would even consider getting rid of the three-point line. I just think that the game, as it was designed, is really to create the best shots possible. That’s why in the early days, you just throw it inside to the big guy. A three-point line came from the A.B.A., in 1979, and I think it was really effective. It makes for an exciting play, but the analytics revolution has created a weird situation where we all know exactly where the highest efficiency shots are: layups and corner threes because the corner three is twenty-two feet and not 23.9, like the up above the break. You have this whole no man’s land between those areas. So if you shoot a twenty-two-footer now from the top of the key, that’s considered a really bad shot. I just wonder—and I don’t know if this would work or not—if we got rid of the three-point line, if it would diversify the way everybody would play and create a lot of different creative solutions to basketball.”
a10best
Legend
Captain non-chalant turnover prone Cade. He loves to throw it into a triple-team and tight windows.
marc45
G.O.A.T.
more lottery reform...
"Sources: NBA eyes new anti-tanking proposal for draft lottery"
The NBA has disclosed to its 30 general managers a new anti-tanking draft reform termed the "3-2-1 lottery" that includes expanding the lottery to 16 teams, flattened odds and a relegation zone where the bottom three teams will be penalized with fewer lottery balls for the No. 1 pick, starting with the 2027 draft, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
The league office has held multiple critical meetings with its board of governors, competition committee and 30 general managers over the past few weeks to narrow toward this new singular proposal ahead of the owners having a final vote on May 28, sources said. There could be minor modifications to the proposal, but the key points of the framework have a majority of the support from teams, according to those sources.
The "3-2-1 lottery" proposal, named to represent the number of lottery balls per team, would expand the lottery from 14 to 16 teams. Teams that do not qualify for the playoffs or play-in tournament but stay out of the relegation zone (spots four through 10) would receive three lottery balls each. Teams with a bottom-three record -- the relegation area -- would have just two lottery balls but have a floor of the 12th pick while the rest of the 13 lottery teams could fall as far as the 16th pick.
The 9th and 10th play-in seeds in each conference receive two lottery balls each while the losers of the 7-8 play-in games receive one lottery ball each. Previously, the league drew odds for just teams with the bottom four records in the league, while the other 10 lottery teams were ordered by inverse record. Under this proposal, all 16 teams would be in the drawing.
In addition, no team would be able to win the top pick in consecutive years or be able to win three consecutive top-five picks. Teams also would not be able to protect picks in the 12 to 15 slots going forward.
The proposal includes a sunset provision so that the new system would expire following the 2029 draft and allow the board of governors to continue the system or transition to a new one. The NBA's current collective bargaining agreement runs through the 2029-2030 season.
The league would also have expanded disciplinary authority to regulate tanking and have the option to reduce teams' lottery odds and/or modify teams' draft positions under the proposal.
All the involved parties have brainstormed and developed several concepts over the past few months before finding this new, 16-team reform that high-ranking officials across the NBA believe will de-incentivize losing while drawing lottery balls for all 16 qualifying teams. It also incentivizes winning, particularly during the second half of the season, as the teams ranked near the bottom three would want to get out of the relegation zone while teams above them work for victories to stay out of the relegation zone.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver made it clear in March that fixing tanking is his top priority and that there will be fundamental changes to the league's draft system to try to prevent it from happening moving forward. The tanking issue escalated this season because of the loaded 2026 draft class and because, as Silver pointed out, the incentives in place push teams to do whatever they can to maximize their chances of getting lucky in the NBA's draft lottery each spring.
"I do think ultimately this is a decision that needs to be made at the ownership level," Silver said following a two-day NBA board of governors meeting in March. "It has business implications, has basketball implications, has integrity implications for the league.
"So, it's one that we take very seriously, and we are going to fix it. Full stop."
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/486 ... rer=scribe
"Sources: NBA eyes new anti-tanking proposal for draft lottery"
The NBA has disclosed to its 30 general managers a new anti-tanking draft reform termed the "3-2-1 lottery" that includes expanding the lottery to 16 teams, flattened odds and a relegation zone where the bottom three teams will be penalized with fewer lottery balls for the No. 1 pick, starting with the 2027 draft, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
The league office has held multiple critical meetings with its board of governors, competition committee and 30 general managers over the past few weeks to narrow toward this new singular proposal ahead of the owners having a final vote on May 28, sources said. There could be minor modifications to the proposal, but the key points of the framework have a majority of the support from teams, according to those sources.
The "3-2-1 lottery" proposal, named to represent the number of lottery balls per team, would expand the lottery from 14 to 16 teams. Teams that do not qualify for the playoffs or play-in tournament but stay out of the relegation zone (spots four through 10) would receive three lottery balls each. Teams with a bottom-three record -- the relegation area -- would have just two lottery balls but have a floor of the 12th pick while the rest of the 13 lottery teams could fall as far as the 16th pick.
The 9th and 10th play-in seeds in each conference receive two lottery balls each while the losers of the 7-8 play-in games receive one lottery ball each. Previously, the league drew odds for just teams with the bottom four records in the league, while the other 10 lottery teams were ordered by inverse record. Under this proposal, all 16 teams would be in the drawing.
In addition, no team would be able to win the top pick in consecutive years or be able to win three consecutive top-five picks. Teams also would not be able to protect picks in the 12 to 15 slots going forward.
The proposal includes a sunset provision so that the new system would expire following the 2029 draft and allow the board of governors to continue the system or transition to a new one. The NBA's current collective bargaining agreement runs through the 2029-2030 season.
The league would also have expanded disciplinary authority to regulate tanking and have the option to reduce teams' lottery odds and/or modify teams' draft positions under the proposal.
All the involved parties have brainstormed and developed several concepts over the past few months before finding this new, 16-team reform that high-ranking officials across the NBA believe will de-incentivize losing while drawing lottery balls for all 16 qualifying teams. It also incentivizes winning, particularly during the second half of the season, as the teams ranked near the bottom three would want to get out of the relegation zone while teams above them work for victories to stay out of the relegation zone.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver made it clear in March that fixing tanking is his top priority and that there will be fundamental changes to the league's draft system to try to prevent it from happening moving forward. The tanking issue escalated this season because of the loaded 2026 draft class and because, as Silver pointed out, the incentives in place push teams to do whatever they can to maximize their chances of getting lucky in the NBA's draft lottery each spring.
"I do think ultimately this is a decision that needs to be made at the ownership level," Silver said following a two-day NBA board of governors meeting in March. "It has business implications, has basketball implications, has integrity implications for the league.
"So, it's one that we take very seriously, and we are going to fix it. Full stop."
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/486 ... rer=scribe
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
Every team is a complete meme this year. Product is pretty unwatchable in my honest opinion.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Orlando even gave Detroit a 50-point head start. Already back to 6 at half time.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
KD can only watch on in awe as LeBron looks ready to make the most of this series-winning opportunity. 
Those 3 seconds in the paint calls are quite possibly the most SUS in all of sport.
Those 3 seconds in the paint calls are quite possibly the most SUS in all of sport.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Stone Cold Steve Austin Reaves cooking with those assists. He will drag this team to victory.
Kralingen
Bionic Poster
Reaves is playing well individually but the flow of the team is way off. Smart and Ayton are disengaged now and the team is defensively broken. They go into rotation every possession. Houston meanwhile has woken up to the fact that there’s always a better shot on the end of a pass, and they’re making 3s.
LeBron’s legacy will be in tatters when he blows this 3-0 lead. I don’t think I can bare it.
LeBron’s legacy will be in tatters when he blows this 3-0 lead. I don’t think I can bare it.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
But I bow down to another good call. lol Houston rocking
Kralingen
Bionic Poster
This upcoming Game 7 (we all know they're not winning in Houston) will be the making or breaking of LeBron James's legacy as a basketball player. If and when he becomes the first player ever to blow a 3-0 lead, I will admit Jordan is better. Lakers are a gimmick team who have been figured out.
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
Is the NBA scripted?
Better_Call_Raul
Legend
Is this for real?!
marc45
G.O.A.T.
guy's worth over 4 bil...
Evan Sidery
@esidery
The Trail Blazers are widely expected to move on from interim coach Tiago Splitter.
New owner Tom Dundon is not willing to increase Splitter’s current salary.
Portland is trying to find a new head coach who will accept being the lowest paid in the NBA as a cost-cutting measure.
Evan Sidery
@esidery
The Trail Blazers are widely expected to move on from interim coach Tiago Splitter.
New owner Tom Dundon is not willing to increase Splitter’s current salary.
Portland is trying to find a new head coach who will accept being the lowest paid in the NBA as a cost-cutting measure.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
I'm quite hyped for the matches tonight.
You impress me because, if there is one thing life has taught us, it is that anybody and anything can be gotten to.
InsuranceMan
Hall of Fame
Definition of poverty franchise
Kralingen
Bionic Poster
PredictionsI'm quite hyped for the matches tonight.
You impress me because, if there is one thing life has taught us, it is that anybody and anything can be gotten to.
Boston lose to an inspired Philly
Denver sends it to Game 7
Knicks nearly choke but close out Atlanta
It sucks to have all these simultaneous games though.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Can already hear the Hoopflix guy in my head talking about LeBron being ultimately HUMILIATED. Obviously, I do not want this to happen. Come on, Lakers.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
New York is leading Atlanta 83-36 at halftime. Quite possibly the most random rec score I've ever seen at halftime.
Oval_Solid
Hall of Fame
Over 50 point difference now
Starters still playing
Starters still playing
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
The NBA is an embarrassing product.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Good ol offensive foul.
Murray channelling Murray with 6 misses in a row. MONNNNN.
Murray channelling Murray with 6 misses in a row. MONNNNN.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
That Jokic assist. Sweet.
He's been cooking in the third quarter.
He's been cooking in the third quarter.
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Kralingen
Bionic Poster
This crowd is the best I've heard in ages.
We go down the wire here now. Crazy game
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
@Kralingen and @InsuranceMan finally believe me about Joe Mozzarella. Embarrassing coach.
Kralingen
Bionic Poster
Missed this I’m dead
Tonight’s predictions.
Detroit staves off elimination by the skin of their teeth, 101-98
Toronto keeps the series alive 106-101
Houston humiliates the Lakers and seals the series 113-88
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
How did Detoilet win so many games? Awful team
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
This looks like 2003 NBA and I mean that as insultingly as possible. Two garbage can teams.
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
Nobody can convince me Rozier is/was the only one actively sabotaging games and gambling. Investigate this game.
