Ayo Dosunmu would have been a really nice MLE target this offseason but safe to say he's flown past that range this series.
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Rockets needed a PG and Minn only paid a few 2nds for him. I'm shocked they didn't make that move. Would have added some playmaking and shooting they needed. Dumbass front office.
Not sure which front office move is worse, Rockets not trading for him or Bulls only getting 2 seconds for him…
If yall missed it, Wolves scored a basket with 1s left and a huge lead and Jokic started a fight, with both benches clearing.
Wolves up 3-1, but DDV blew out his achilles and Ant Edwards hyperextended his knee. And everyone on both teams should be suspended.
Wolves up 3-1, but DDV blew out his achilles and Ant Edwards hyperextended his knee. And everyone on both teams should be suspended.
I think Coby White would be a great addition to this team.
Also, I love the chippy animosity the playoffs bring in basketball and hockey. There's almost nothing like it. "I hate you, you hate me, and I'll see you again in two nights to do it again"
Also, I love the chippy animosity the playoffs bring in basketball and hockey. There's almost nothing like it. "I hate you, you hate me, and I'll see you again in two nights to do it again"
Cooper Flagg has been named the NBA Rookie of the Year. Edged out Kon Knueppel, his college teammate and roommate at Duke. There have been three Rookie of the Year award winners in Mavericks franchise history: Jason Kidd, Luka Dončić and now Flagg.
— Christian Clark (@christianpclark) April 27, 2026
🚨 Rookie of the year voting 🚨 pic.twitter.com/jGlQfgXzsV
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) April 27, 2026
Closer than it should have been but they got it right
Justice
Common sense prevails!
Just watched the full video. Pretty funny his mom and Kidd were in on it.
Those actors were pretty great.
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… https://t.co/sIPAfYE5cL
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 28, 2026
The league continues to show it is completely out of touch…
Anyone else think simply going to a true worst gets the first pick in the draft and so on would fix a lot of tanking?
Tksymm7 said:
Anyone else think simply going to a true worst gets the first pick in the draft and so on would fix a lot of tanking?
Nope. It would make tanking this year even uglier.
This year sure, but most others years I don't think teams would care much.
I'm with you. This thing is so ****ed now. Congrats to the first 47 win team in the west to get the #1 pick. This is going to create a permanent class system of haves and have nots.
Tksymm7 said:
This year sure, but most others years I don't think teams would care much.
We would have seen the same for Flagg/Harper.
Most teams would have ignored the Risacher draft.
Wemby draft would have been insane tanking.
Paolo/Chet/Jabari was considered fairly strong.
More often than not, teams would really tank hard because one player makes a bigger difference in the NBA than any other league. No lottery would make it worse.
The Mavs are a perfect example. They get Cooper Flagg last year, this year don't except to be great, but because there's no way they're a top 4 worst team they probably invest into cooper in different ways throughout the year than simply just F it and be awful the last 2 1/2 months.
That's how most tanking is done. Most teams play normally the first couple months and try to get some wins under the belt and something positive for the young players.
Then they have their starting center have surgery for a deviated septum that happened 5 years ago like Utah.
Then they have their starting center have surgery for a deviated septum that happened 5 years ago like Utah.
Anyone who wasn't appalled by the tanking this year isn't really a fan of the NBA.
Wizards paid Trae and AD 100 million (prorated) to sit so they could lose.
Jazz paid JJJ and Lauri 80 million to not play
Ja stopped playing
Bucks shut Giannis down against his will
Kings shut down Lavine and Sabonis super early
Tyrese Haliburton and Kyrie didn't consider coming back this year so their team could lose
The NBA is a star driven league and these lottery teams have stars but they still sat them to tank. Most of these teams should have been at worst 35-40 win teams if they tried to win. What the NBA really wants is for all of the above guys to PLAY. Any fan should also want to see that for the health of the game.
Wizards paid Trae and AD 100 million (prorated) to sit so they could lose.
Jazz paid JJJ and Lauri 80 million to not play
Ja stopped playing
Bucks shut Giannis down against his will
Kings shut down Lavine and Sabonis super early
Tyrese Haliburton and Kyrie didn't consider coming back this year so their team could lose
The NBA is a star driven league and these lottery teams have stars but they still sat them to tank. Most of these teams should have been at worst 35-40 win teams if they tried to win. What the NBA really wants is for all of the above guys to PLAY. Any fan should also want to see that for the health of the game.
Hali is the only one who might've had a legit reason for sitting. Apparently he's had a pretty severe case of shingles
thegoodolag15 said:
Hali is the only one who might've had a legit reason for sitting. Apparently he's had a pretty severe case of shingles
True, but even before the shingles the Pacers were set on him sitting and them tanking. His achilles tear was later than Tatum's in the playoffs, so not sure he could have legitimately returned, but it wasn't even a consideration which is more of what concerns me. What kind of dumb system incentivizes teams to sit guys they pay 50 million dollars to.
The Wizards should be punished by the league. They clearly lied for nearly a month about injuries to two star players just to tank.
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Infection_Ag11 said:
The Wizards should be punished by the league. They clearly lied for nearly a month about injuries to two star players just to tank.
The Jazz did that with 4 players helping them win games.
Can the league not just police tanking through independent investigation?
For instance, if Utah is winning a game in the 3rd quarter and then sits its players to lose in the 4th we all know what that means. No one is stupid. So investigate it, then instead of fining them $$$, dock them a 10% deduction in lottery odds.
Same for if it is found that healthy players are sitting for extended periods. Dock them X% of lottery odds. I don't think anyone is being that clever here.
For instance, if Utah is winning a game in the 3rd quarter and then sits its players to lose in the 4th we all know what that means. No one is stupid. So investigate it, then instead of fining them $$$, dock them a 10% deduction in lottery odds.
Same for if it is found that healthy players are sitting for extended periods. Dock them X% of lottery odds. I don't think anyone is being that clever here.
I feel like there's a great way to de-couple your record from your draft position while also giving the worst teams the best chance at top talent.
Have the team that wins the lottery choose whose draft pick to own in the following years draft. It's a lottery to place bets on who you think will suck the most rather than a lottery to directly win draft position. Make it so that you can't select the team who chose you to prevent mutual covert tanking. And then the actual draft positioning goes by straight record.
The worst teams still have the best chance at getting the best pick bc they'll be picking the worst rosters, and everyone loses all incentive to lose their own games.
Have the team that wins the lottery choose whose draft pick to own in the following years draft. It's a lottery to place bets on who you think will suck the most rather than a lottery to directly win draft position. Make it so that you can't select the team who chose you to prevent mutual covert tanking. And then the actual draft positioning goes by straight record.
The worst teams still have the best chance at getting the best pick bc they'll be picking the worst rosters, and everyone loses all incentive to lose their own games.
Draymond reacts to Shaq & De'Aaron Fox's comments on Wemby
— The Draymond Green Show (@DraymondShow) May 2, 2026
“Man Wemby's unreal, it's unbelievable...It takes a guy that's 7-foot-5, that can move the way that Wemby move that's a lob threat over anyone at the rim to have the type of gravity that Steph has.” pic.twitter.com/krR0q3fzYt
Good choice, unless you are getting their Bucks picks
Just saw this::
Cooper Flagg is the first player in the history of basketball to win National HS Player of the Year*, NCAA Player of the Year*, and NBA Rookie of the Year.
And what makes it most impressive of all is that he was a year advanced for all three, after reclassifying and skipping his junior year.
When he won HS player of the year, he should've been a junior. When he won NCAA Player of the Year he should've been a HS senior. When he won NBA Rookie of the Year, he should've been a college freshman.
Just insane.
Shoutout to Mavs play-by-play man Mark Followill who found this nugget.
Cooper Flagg is the first player in the history of basketball to win National HS Player of the Year*, NCAA Player of the Year*, and NBA Rookie of the Year.
And what makes it most impressive of all is that he was a year advanced for all three, after reclassifying and skipping his junior year.
When he won HS player of the year, he should've been a junior. When he won NCAA Player of the Year he should've been a HS senior. When he won NBA Rookie of the Year, he should've been a college freshman.
Just insane.
Shoutout to Mavs play-by-play man Mark Followill who found this nugget.
I wanna see our defense pissed off, not confused, maybe a little murder in their hearts
Reload12, 11/4/11
Quote:
Cooper Flagg is the first player in the history of basketball to win National HS Player of the Year*, NCAA Player of the Year*, and NBA Rookie of the Year.
Kareem, Ewing, Larry Johnson and maybe others won all three.
Maybe they meant all three in consecutive years? Eliminates a lot of players because there used to be skipping college (LeBron won two) or it was unheard of (illegal?) for freshman to declare.
How Embiid didn't snap his knee in half there I don't know
Only one more week until we know our draft slot.
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