Dyson Daniels getting Most Improved kind of feels like that time when everybody knew that Ben Gordon was going to get jobbed out of Rookie of the Year, so they gave him Sixth Man instead.
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megapoxy
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Will Hardy signed a new six-year contract extension with the Jazz, sources tell ESPN. Hardy has been tasked through the development years of the Jazz, and now locked in well beyond. https://t.co/753rbsHLot
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 5, 2025
kingsboi
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Vivek, take note, this is what continuity looks like. Stick with the bad and eventually turn it around once their rebuild is complete.
coolhandluke
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Continuity for the sake of continuity is not wise. Vivek gave a new contract to Mike Brown for continuity despite declining returns. It was Brown who didn't keep up his end of the deal. To put into perspective, a rookie interim coach outperformed him under worse circumstances.
Not a fan of long contracts (see Monty Williams). Six years is an eternity in the NBA. Hardy will likely be fired before the contract ends. It's easy to satisfy expectations when the team is in perpetual rebuild mode while waiting to hit on a franchise guy in the lottery. He's rewarded for being a successful tank commander but can he win if & when they get the right pieces? Playoffs expectations and performance are a different beast. Why hand out a lengthy contract for a guy before evaluating playoff performance?
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Kendrick Perkins apologizes for ranking James Harden over Dwyane Wade
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) May 5, 2025
“No one should ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, put James Harden before Dwyane Wade”
(🎥 @HeatCulture13 / h/t @ohnohedidnt24 )
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Tetsujin
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Bill Simmons proposes a trade sending Joel Embiid to the Lakers for two first-round picks and expiring contracts, without including Austin Reaves 👀
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) May 5, 2025
(h/t @LADEig )
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As a Laker hater, I agree with Bill. The Lakers should absolutely trade a bunch of stuff for the broken corpse of Joel Embiid
It's three minutes to midnight and Austin Reaves is due to turn back into a pumpkin at any moment, am I not right?
kingsboi
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players didn't like the constant practice schedule and Brown calling out one of his best players for not bringing it every game, among other things we may not know that happened behind the scenes. It was still a premature move to sign him an extension and then fire him, why go that route to begin with?
if the Jazz are willing to sign an extension to their coach as they are currently constructed, I don't see a reason why they would fire him if the Jazz do turn it around in these upcoming seasons
Tetsujin
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the pope is a villanova graduate ready to give his life to his job? make sure he stays as far away from thibs as possible
— Molly Morrison (@mollyhannahm) May 8, 2025
CVKingsfan
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"He hit 20 out of 20" - Peja Stokjakovic recalls 50-year-old Larry Bird showing the Indiana Pacers how to shoot 3-pointers:
https://www.basketballnetwork.net/o...ng-the-indiana-pacers-how-to-shoot-3-pointers
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It's kind of heartbreaking to listen to the Inside crew talking about their mothers on their last-ever Mother's Day episode. I'm old enough to remember when all of their mothers were still alive and would appear on the show, and now hearing them talk about them in the past tense... 
Tetsujin
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is reportedly ‘intrigued’ by the idea of playing in a state with no income tax, per @AmicoHoops pic.twitter.com/OlPZJmr20q
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) May 12, 2025
Pat Riley really about to finesse himself into a Giannis/Bam frontline for the next half-decade after whiffing on the whole Jimmy Butler situation, isn’t he?
SacTownKid
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The old state income tax bit strikes again? haha.
Tetsujin
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Daniel Gafford reportedly wants to be paid like a starting center, per @espn_macmahon pic.twitter.com/klyQ6eKmDl
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) May 12, 2025
Mavs gotta unload him to recoup some assets then because there is no way they can afford to pay him AND Lively at the same time haha
Tetsujin
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The Houston Rockets still have faith in Jalen Green and are no longer interested in Devin Booker, per @TheAthletic
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) May 12, 2025
“The Rockets have previously held serious interest in the Suns’ Devin Booker, but team sources said that is no longer the case. Not only do team officials still… pic.twitter.com/KfJZyRcnQy
Rockets really speed running the Beam Team Kings trajectory lol
Tetsujin
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Don’t leave Giannis coming from someone who been there
— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) May 12, 2025
“Duke players never make good pros anyway”
— JosABanks (@thejoshbanks) May 12, 2025
“Maybe he’ll buy a motorcycle”
OH NO!
It would be so easy to make contracts and the cap pre-tax and then let teams pay the player taxes. It wouldn't require an act of congress, just the owners saying "hey, all my free agents are going to Texas or Miami". Seriously, why don't they fix this? There's like 6 teams that benefit from this currently? 3 in Texas, 2 in Florida, 1 in TN? Make it a pre-condition for admitting Seattle and Las Vegas - also zero income tax states.
Or are the other 26 owners that friggin cheap?
Is he onto anything here?
Tizzy Flip
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I don’t know, I think this is a slippery slope. Where do you stop? Teams also subsizidize players in states with high sales tax? Cities with above average real estate tax? The issue is these players make life decisions on things like no state income tax without recognizing they’ll pay more on other things. Seattle has no state income tax, but huge sales tax, real estate tax, transportation tax, etc
No none of that other stuff, just equalize the wage. Those other fees are peanuts compared to a universal tax on all income. There's a reason many rich folks leave Portland for Vancouver (WA), sure the sales tax and other fees soak the middle class, but there's a limit for most people even if its 3 houses and 10 cars.
Many players don't even live in their city full time and set up homes in Florida or elsewhere so all their non-game income is exempt.
kingsboi
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speaking of basketball shoes, I think Stewart started wearing those barefoot shoes this season. It may be something to consider for some players depending on whether they have flat feet or not
It appears he does. Thank god they aren't the ones with cutouts for the 5 toes!
Shoe technology has evolved so much I get that what rocked when Jordan 1s and AF1 and Revolutions and Reebok Pumps were the hypest things you could get - that these shoes all suck today. But I really do wonder what impacts some of the changes have, buffing up one part of the foot to minimize impact or lateral damage doesn't mean the rest of our body system won't still feel those.
I think in the end, players want to play less games and preserve their body. Nobody really wants to go to a Tuesday night NBA game and spend $500+. But owners want the arena revenue and TV partners want content on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Naturally the best time for most folks to attend in person is usually the worst time for tv. How can they make players and fans happy while being addicted to cash (players in that case too, will they take a 25% paycut to play 25% less games?)
kingsboi
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As someone who wears barefoot shoes for basketball, its the best decision I've made. Jordans and Nikes have the aesthetic appeal to them but they are so uncomfortable and only make my feet hurt and give me lots of blisters. I always said to myself that these barefoot companies need to fuse and come up with a shoe concept with the big brands to provide both comfort and appeal, that market would explode, guaranteed.
Playing less games doesn't mean more body preservation. I think it can potentially lead to more non-contact injuries like we've seen despite sports medicine evolution compared to the 80s, 90s and 2000s. In the end, there are far too many variables at play here, you can't point to one reason why the injuries happen in the way they do. It's the nature of the sport, all the cutting, angles, etc. For example, look at a player like Mikal Bridges, they mentioned in yesterday's broadcast how he hasn't missed games since high school. He has that slim ectomorph frame and one would think he would be more prone to injury but we don't know how these players take care of their bodies behind the scenes. Doesn't Bron spend up to $1 million in recovery or something along those lines? there is a reason he's played as long as he has at the production. Russ seems like another player who hasn't really regressed athletically despite year 17.
Stuff like achilles and other non contact injuries, aren't they repetitive stress injuries like everyday normal people getting carpal tunnel? There's also a genetic and training component to protecting against them, but the body may only have x amount of that movement before it breaks down, in that case less games would prolong their careers?
Also, this is the kind of stuff my mom and partner talk about, but constant air travel may also be bad for the body especially when it is weakened or healing? So if less games also allowed for easier travel schedules with shorter flights - and teams playing in LA or NY on the road did both teams over 2-3 days, same with other close trips. Players may fly even less. Some might opt to drive from SF to Sac or similar.
I am not a physical therapist/sports scientist so I don't have the answers. But I think it would have benefits to everyone if they can make it work within the confines of arena and tv scheduling.
Also, this is the kind of stuff my mom and partner talk about, but constant air travel may also be bad for the body especially when it is weakened or healing? So if less games also allowed for easier travel schedules with shorter flights - and teams playing in LA or NY on the road did both teams over 2-3 days, same with other close trips. Players may fly even less. Some might opt to drive from SF to Sac or similar.
I am not a physical therapist/sports scientist so I don't have the answers. But I think it would have benefits to everyone if they can make it work within the confines of arena and tv scheduling.
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