Tetsujin
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[NBA] Comments that don't warrant a thread (JAN)
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Just know that the Bay Area fans will never be able to live down the one week too is enough for my enjoyment. #SplashBuddy
Tetsujin
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By missing tonight's game, Morant – who has now missed 18 this season – is no longer eligible to earn All-NBA honors this season. https://t.co/74w8Zxh0By
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) January 18, 2025
Kawamura sighting!
Joshyjosh31
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Lakers challenged a call their broadcast team going to break saying they’ll clearly lose the challenge. Refs say they won and the broadcast team is in awe and still saying they should’ve lost should’ve lost. Comical this league only the lakers get that call
Inevitability of Fox getting that super max eligibility by default.
serbiangoat
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I have never seen a guy with zero fast twitch muscles get so many nasty dunks like Santi Aldama the guy makes highlight reel moves most games. Grizzlies/Rockets really spicing up the L most exciting provocative teams in the NBA shame the Twolves got rid of KAT that would have been another team in the West you love to hate but admire their play.
coolhandluke
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Did you guys see Okongwu blowing up recently? Some of our forum members predicted this and wanted to get him. Maybe Monte should listen to us. Ok, maybe not all of us. 
kingsboi
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Did you guys see Okongwu blowing up recently? Some of our forum members predicted this and wanted to get him. Maybe Monte should listen to us. Ok, maybe not all of us.
between Okongwu, Hunter and Bogdanovic, I don't see how they keep all three. I'd imagine Okongwu or Hunter might be attainable for the right price
Tetsujin
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My favorite time of year is LeBron talking about the roster construction time https://t.co/SCo0i3b90Q
— James L. Edwards III (@JLEdwardsIII) January 20, 2025
ridingagain
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Are the Suns better than their record would indicate? I assumed so, but I’m watching the Suns Cavs game and PHX does not look good.
Tetsujin
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I’d argue they’re adequately indicated by their record. They’ve got two great players but their two big acquisitions last year (Nurk and Beal) are literally unplayable to the point Nurk is at the end of their bench now and replaced by a backup center they just traded for and they’re benching Beal in an attempt to make him mad enough to waive his no trade clause. Also Coach Bud is well on his way to getting fired mid-season in solidarity with his friend Mike Brown.
Jazz last played on the 17th and next game is Wednesday.
Probably time to start stripping Ainge of draft picks.
ShastaKingsFan
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Would really be something to fire 3 solid head coaches in a row
serbiangoat
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With the way things have gone this season for Huerter and Bogi both teams badly lost the trade
This may be a case where there's a joke I"m not getting - it happens fairly often. But you know that Bogi wasn't traded for Huerter, right?
The Hawks signed Bogdanovic as a free agent in 2020 and the Kings traded for Huerter in 2022.
It's a low stakes gamble by the Jazz that the Suns will be awful in 2031. For every pick, the Suns get the least favorable pick between 2 or 3 teams, while the Suns pick is unprotected.
2025 - least favorable between the Cavaliers and Timberwolves. Today the Cavs pick would be #30 in this year's draft
2027 - least favorable between the Cavs, Wolves, and Jazz. The Cavs will likely still be very good then
2029 - least favorable between the Cavs, Wolves, and Jazz. You have to imagine at least one of those teams will have a pick in the mid to late 20s
Meanwhile, the Suns pick could be a high lottery pick. So definitely Ainge rolling the dice a bit while hedging his bets.
Not to mention, what would the Jazz even do with all 8 of those picks in the next three years? This way they'll keep the higher ones but not have to try and find roster spots for an additional three first rounders in the meantime.
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