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On 2/1/2025 at 12:08 AM, Fastbreak said:

Curry is looking more and more washed.

Sad. But Father Time is rarely good to smallish guards.

 

8 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

Steph drops 56 on the magic.

Suspicious Willem Dafoe GIF by Film Independent Spirit Awards

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This was going to be a good game down the stretch, too. Clown-ass officiating crew - what's new. 
Think it's time for a new commish.

Thanks for staying up for this one. I checked out at halftime when LeBron was hitting 4 3s in a half. Gave it the first 5 min in the third and went to bed when we weren’t making a move.

46 FTs is crazy. I hope we don’t draw the lakers if we make the playoffs. That’s gonna be some unbearable shit

He has to miss a game now

Good thing we have Utah tonight lol
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9 hours ago, ztejas said:

This was going to be a good game down the stretch, too. Clown-ass officiating crew - what's new. 

Think it's time for a new commish.

What, you think fans didn't pay hundreds of dollars to sit in traffic to get to the game and sit in the nosebleeds to watch the ref show? 

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22 minutes ago, MrX said:

58 games total the last two years. Remaining contract is 59.5 mill, 64 mill, 69 mill (player option). Fucking yikes. 

He’s been in the league 11 years and has played an average of 41 games/yr

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3 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

He’s been in the league 11 years and has played an average of 41 games/yr

Nico's loading up the trade machine. Ky and lively for embiid.

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14 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

I would guess that most, if not all, of Embiid's contract is guaranteed?

NBA money is virtually always guaranteed. The only $ that wouldn't be would be a team option on the tail end of a contract. 

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12 minutes ago, ztejas said:

NBA money is virtually always guaranteed. The only $ that wouldn't be would be a team option on the tail end of a contract. 

It’s amazing the amount of money that goes through professional sports now. I remember as a little kid listening to people bitch about Terry Bradshaw and Jack Lambert when they were asking for more money. Amazing amounts of money now.

I’ve never talked contracts with any of my friends, acquaintances, who played professionally, either NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB. I’m mid-50s now and the $$$ was way less than today. We did celebrate with some of T.J. McConnell’s relatives this past football season when he got a new contract. That was fun. I have not talked with Cam Johnson’s dad for a spell. I reckon he’s more often in NJ these days. I’m happy for any of these guys who can score contracts like they have. 

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Detroit no match for Denver. Denver was in serious mode. They looked like they had done some serious homework for a WC team coming into a building they only go to once a year to play a young team. And it worked. Joker was looking for whistles early against Duren and Stewart and they both were in serious foul trouble before halftime. They got physical with Cade and he didn't really know how to fight through it because they don't really have enough offensive firepower to compete at the highest level. They have Cade and a shooter and Tobias Harris. Denver wouldn't let Beasley breathe and there wasn't much left but a bunch of missed shots for Detroit. Denver was executing at a championship level on offense. Murray was not having it. 

I've got Denver as my #1A contender in the West, and I think they would be a tough test for Boston. 

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20 hours ago, Message Board User said:

Any argument for Payton Pritchard to be 6 man of the year should have ended tonight with his 6 point, -36 in 25 minute performance tonight.

Give the award to Deandre Hunter or Ty Jerome.

Malik Beasley would prolly get my vote.  He's having a pretty crazy year.   16 ppg off the bench leading the league in 3s made this season shooting 42%.   Stones are having a good enough season for him to be in the convo.

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Simmons on his last pod was actually saying that he doesn't think PP has it locked up and that Jerome has been maybe the best player in the league off the bench. 

The Suns ceiling for who they can beat right now appears to be an injury riddled AND shorthanded Pelicans team.

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3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

The Suns ceiling for who they can beat right now appears to be an injury riddled AND shorthanded Pelicans team.

Just a few years ago that team made the finals with a young core of Booker, Bridges, Cam Johnson, and Ayton.  And now look at them.

A lesson in patience...

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2 minutes ago, Message Board User said:

Just a few years ago that team made the finals with a young core of Booker, Bridges, Cam Johnson, and Ayton.  And now look at them.

A lesson in patience...

That team probably never wins a title. They had a very fortunate '21 run, blew 4 straight to Milwaukee, then horrendously choked away the Mavs series in '22. Book and KD took the Nuggets to 6 games in '23 which no one else was able to do. 

Really, it's everything since the KD trade that's been their downfall. They needed to be on point after that and there's been a lot of front office dumbassery since then. 

Durant being a coach killer hasn't helped but the NBA is mainly about rosters and they just can't get it right. 

Cest la vie. 

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I think Booker and KD averaged like 75 points combined in the first four games of that Denver series in 2023. This year’s Suns team may have the worst defense of any team actually trying to win. Woof. 

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16 hours ago, ztejas said:

That team probably never wins a title.

While never winning a title is bad, their current situation is hopeless.  Had they just stayed the course, they could have at least been relevant and maybe get lucky one postseason run.

Now?  Old, bad, and expensive and this is what their future first round picks look like for the next 6-7 years:

Where are the Phoenix Suns slated to pick in future drafts?

Where are the Suns slated to pick in future drafts?

  • 2025: Least favorable first-round pick between Cleveland Cavaliers and Minnesota Timberwolves (projected to be No. 29); least favorable second-round pick between Denver Nuggets and Philadelphia 76ers (projected to land at No. 54)
  • 2026: Least favorable first-round pick between Phoenix, Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies and Washington Wizards; least favorable second-round pick between Golden State and Denver (via Charlotte)
  • 2027: Least favorable first-round pick between Cleveland, Minnesota and Utah Jazz; no second-round pick
  • 2028: Least favorable first-round pick between Phoenix, Washington, Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers; second-round pick via Boston Celtics (if it lands between Nos. 46-60)
  • 2029: Least favorable first-round pick between Cleveland, Minnesota and Utah; no second-round pick
  • 2030: Least favorable first-round pick between Phoenix, Washington and Memphis; no second-round pick
  • 2031: No first-round pick (traded to Utah Jazz for 2025, 2027, 2029 first-round picks); no second-round pick.
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The best defender in the NBA, who plays on the team, is out indefinitely. Also, Chris Paul, Harrison Barnes, and Keldon Johnson play a lot (they’re not good on defense). So yeah, they’re not good. 

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10 minutes ago, Kermit said:

The best defender in the NBA, who plays on the team, is out indefinitely. Also, Chris Paul, Harrison Barnes, and Keldon Johnson play a lot (they’re not good on defense). So yeah, they’re not good. 

Yea this game seemed to be cantankerous with both sides trying to score at end 

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First time I've really watched SA this season.  I really like their roster going forward.  Wemby, Fox, and Castle are a very good core and then you add in all the draft picks.  Sochan is good as well.  (Maybe he's the core, maybe he's not.)

Their long term upside if higher than Houston, quite frankly.  Wemby and Fox would both be the best players on Houston's roster.

Over the next five years or so, the West looks like it'll be OKC, SA, LAL, and maybe Houston.  Denver will putter out in a few years and Dallas has maybe 2 years at best.  

Anyway, really like SA's future.

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On 2/28/2025 at 7:55 PM, PittsburghTiger said:

It’s amazing the amount of money that goes through professional sports now. I remember as a little kid listening to people bitch about Terry Bradshaw and Jack Lambert when they were asking for more money. Amazing amounts of money now.

I’ve never talked contracts with any of my friends, acquaintances, who played professionally, either NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB. I’m mid-50s now and the $$$ was way less than today. We did celebrate with some of T.J. McConnell’s relatives this past football season when he got a new contract. That was fun. I have not talked with Cam Johnson’s dad for a spell. I reckon he’s more often in NJ these days. I’m happy for any of these guys who can score contracts like they have. 

1986. Pittsburg. We are staying at Pena's house. Mom sees his paystub and reminds him he makes more in a week than she made in a year.

Mom ran the sports program for the USG in the DR.

Then to be an ass he showed her his mizuno weekly. She told him if he ever said a word about his contract she would get him back. She also told him he better sign every little kids autograph he was asked for.

No corvettes were involved.

Pena invested wisely. He really did.

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2 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

 

First time I've really watched SA this season.  I really like their roster going forward.  Wemby, Fox, and Castle are a very good core and then you add in all the draft picks.  Sochan is good as well.  (Maybe he's the core, maybe he's not.)

Their long term upside if higher than Houston, quite frankly.  Wemby and Fox would both be the best players on Houston's roster.

Over the next five years or so, the West looks like it'll be OKC, SA, LAL, and maybe Houston.  Denver will putter out in a few years and Dallas has maybe 2 years at best.  

Anyway, really like SA's future.

Wemby not withstanding, Amen and Green, Alpi all have higher ceilings than Fox. Multiple Rockets have higher ceilings than Castle. 
 

No one close to Wemby though. 

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They’re cooked. They should’ve traded KD at the deadline. He’ll decide what contender he wants to goto and PHX has no leverage.

Should get rid of book too and salvage somewhat of a future since kd is going to net 1/10th of bridges and cam Johnson
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Cleveland/Portland was awesome yesterday. Ty Jerome was huge - again. Portland has a nice little squad going forward. It's a little guard heavy but they have a chance to be competitive in a year or two. Actually - all 3 national games were great. OKC/SA was fun until OKC pulled away late - same with MIN/PHX. Also - for whatever reason - SA/OKC was really chippy - like the teams had bad blood going into the game for some reason. Spurs aren't even making the playoffs this season. 

Phoenix is fucking horrendous right now. Like - they are one of the worst 6 or 7 teams in the league. Beal and Booker look like they don't give a shit and Durant is visibly frustrated every game and is too old to drag them to wins.

The West playoff spots are fairly settled at this point. OKC has the 1 seed clinched. 2-5 is now pretty much set in stone - just the order needs to be determined:

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I like either LA or DEN for the 2 and Memphis for the 4. It's possible the Rockets slip from the 5 but they'd have to have a really bad close to the season.

And the 10 play-in teams are almost assuredly set with, again, the order TBA:

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I think GS and Minny will finish 6 and 7 in either order. 8-10 I could see any permutation happening. 

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We have DDV and Randle back, now just need gobert and should be set. If the wolves can move old man Conley down to emergency pg, we become immensely better. Plus our recent injury bug unlocked some rookie youth with Shannon jr & Jaylen Clark.

Donte D/NAW
Ant/Clark
Mcdaniels/Shannon Jr
Naz Reid/Randle/Mcdaniels
Rudy/Randle/Reid

Naz fits in better with starters but I’m sure finch will go back to what didn’t work really well and make Randle start. The play in teams have 7-8 games vs WC playoff teams while the wolves gave 3.

If we don’t play down to our comp, we should finish the season in the 6…as everyone else beats up each other

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17 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Wemby not withstanding, Amen and Green, Alpi all have higher ceilings than Fox. Multiple Rockets have higher ceilings than Castle. 
 

No one close to Wemby though. 

I, for one, am absolutely shocked by @Aqua Buddha being a bit low on Houston's long term success. Almost (but not quite) as shocking as his bombshell that "I still think OKC is the favorite for the finals, depending on injuries" posted way back in (checks notes) February of 2025.

 

That said, I'd take Amen 100% over Fox and I suspect Spurs fans would also. Sengun is a conversation and I'd take Fox over Green.

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