Year Round Basketball Thread + NBA Fantasy League

[SirSamuel016]

Seems this post is pinned so here are the 2025/26 award predictions that I've received so far! If you haven't sent already then feel free to shoot me your list!

 

[TheMoa]

Re: The NBA Thread

I know that the teams is disfunctional as a whole and it undermines Wall's work... not having a good coach doesn't help either
but that's kind of my point
A point guard should be a floor general, if everything is going south it's his job to slow down, put guys on the right places and call good plays
And don't see he doing that, I see he trying hard adn blowing by defenders, but I don't thnk that he figured out the pro game yet

anyway, I kind of have a beef with calipari huys hahaha

 

[Hakuteiken]

Re: The NBA Thread

He's just overrated. Coming out of college, I saw comparisons being drawn to Michael Jordan, so, we have every right to label him as a disappointment so far.

 

[Kaiten]

Re: The NBA Thread

He's still only 22, and only played two full seasons, one lock-out shortened. It's to early to label him a disappointment. He still does not have much of a cast around him, though this team is actually an improvement over last year's team.

 

[Hakuteiken]

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As good as he may become one day, he isn't going to have that level of impact over the game from the looks of it, I can say. Though, I admit those kind of expectations were burdening him in an unfair way, too.
Anyway, Wall-Beal combination seems to be working well. They are still raw to make noise as a duo, but if they stay together, they may be an excellent one-two punch. Apparently, Beal has already benefited from Wall's return. Wall, on the other hand, needs to cut into his turnover numbers as a pass-first PG. If he's not going to develop into a scoring PG, that assist to turnover ratio should go up. I would prefer him to be more Rondo-esque, rather than play Russ Westbrook's game.

 

[Faust]

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The NBA All-Star Game Roster are announced!
Congrats James Harden!

 

[Hakuteiken]

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Steph Curry missing? Is this a joke
So, he's finally leading a winning team, averages 20.9 and 6.6 on 45% 3PFG and he isn't getting a selection?

That's the reason I haven't watched the all-star game in the last decade.

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Meanwhile, Rondo registered his 4th triple-double in the last 10 games (3rd in the last seven, back-to-back in the last two).
He might have already entered an elite-club by registering back-to-back triple-doubles in back-to-back losses.
16.8, 10.5, 7.8 in the six-game losing streak is perhaps as good as a player can get in such a messy situation.

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Rondo out indefinitely with a torn ACL. Jinxed by me.
I wish him a quick recovery.

 

[Faust]

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Double Over Time

Heat vs Celtics

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98-100

 

[Hakuteiken]

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Cs won and that's the consolation prize for losing the final chance to compete this season.

 

[TheMoa]

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wow... That's really bad new tor the Cs. And he won't be at full strength until the later half of the next season.


Anyway, what's wrong with the lakers? they just beat the Thunder, kobe with 2 straight games of 14ast. That's not like the lakers this season at all!

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hahahahaha

 

[BASED Shinigami]

Re: The NBA Thread

There goes our season smh great just fucking great

 

[Faust]

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Rondo out of the Season because of torned ACL

 

[Hakuteiken]

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It's crazy that he had a torn ACL. Generally, it's the type of injury where you are carried off the court on a stretcher, but he ended the previous game, walked around for a day or two, got to the warm-up for the next game and felt some pain.
It may not be as serious as the one happened to Rose in that sense. Good news for the long term?

 

[TheMoa]

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I remember a time when the football player Henrik Larsson played for the Barcelona. He injured his knee on a game, come back and kept playing for 30+ minutes until they sub him out
on the other say it was revelated that he had a torn ACL

 

[xi0]

Re: The NBA Thread

It's crazy that he had a torn ACL. Generally, it's the type of injury where you are carried off the court on a stretcher, but he ended the previous game, walked around for a day or two, got to the warm-up for the next game and felt some pain.
It may not be as serious as the one happened to Rose in that sense. Good news for the long term?

This can be the case with many ACL injuries. When you see some horrific contortion of the knee and you KNOW it's a pretty bad knee injury, it's usually with one of the outside ligaments damaged as well. The danger with ACL injuries is that you can injure it further without even knowing there was something wrong in the first place.

 

[Hakuteiken]

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This can be the case with many ACL injuries. When you see some horrific contortion of the knee and you KNOW it's a pretty bad knee injury, it's usually with one of the outside ligaments damaged as well. The danger with ACL injuries is that you can injure it further without even knowing there was something wrong in the first place.

Ah, I see. This isn't the first time I see the severity of the injury that wasn't comprehended initially. It'll probably end up giving the player deteriorated moving capabilities, as well. It was already said about Rose.
Now it could be the same for Rondo. Is it possible to think the guards are more prone to it, since their movements involve a lot of quick change of directions? Or is this just a pattern of coincidence here?

 

[xi0]

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Ah, I see. This isn't the first time I see the severity of the injury that wasn't comprehended initially. It'll probably end up giving the player deteriorated moving capabilities, as well. It was already said about Rose.
Now it could be the same for Rondo. Is it possible to think the guards are more prone to it, since their movements involve a lot of quick change of directions? Or is this just a pattern of coincidence here?

I don't think it's a coincidence. In other sports, you usually see the quicker, faster players having this type of injury. The perfect example is American Football, where those who carry the ball are usually sustaining this type of injury. Linemen not as much, unless someone is rolling up behind you. It's not the same, but the amount of attention a guard might get from other players is sort of similar to a skill position player in American Football - people are coming after you.

 

[TheMoa]

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The thing about the ACL is that it gives the support for the knee. Without it the knee gets loose and you can't generate the proper power for jumps and twists, not to mention that the MCL gets unprotected, especially on twists. That's why Djaun Blair is such a freak on the nature(he don't have his ACLs)
On the majority of the times, the injury is really painful and the guy can't any weight on it.

Abouyt the guards... I'm not sure. I think thata "highflyers" are more prone to the injury simple because they put more tension on it when they're falling down, so the chance of stepping on someone else foot or landing awkwardly is bigger(like Tony Allen injury). But the injury can be about of nowhere, like Nenad Krstic's one. He was just twistting on the low post, but his foot kind of "glued" on the floor and his knee was gone. Rubio's one was pretty strange too, he was just trying to trap kobe, got in a small collision and missed the rest of the season.

That's the typical 2 year injury.. the guys usually are back on the court "just" 7~8 months after the injury, but it takes almost one more year for the knee and the mind to be on full strength. Guys tend to be afraid to do some moves or try to overcompensate with the other knee.

 

[scav]

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There goes our season smh great just fucking great

im so sorry for your loss thought its not like u would've won something this season

 

[BASED Shinigami]

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im so sorry for your loss thought its not like u would've won something this season

so you're just gonna rub it in huh I don't care what you say...........we was close to turning things around

 

[Faust]

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Brook Lopez replaced Rajon Rondo's All-star slot.

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Either Jrue Holiday or Kyrie Irving will become a guard starter