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!

 

[Hakuteiken]

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Reported rumors has it that KG will be traded for Bledsoe+Butler. Good deal for both sides or so it seems on paper. Though, just a rumor, after all.
By the way, Bledsoe could easily be the best blocking PG as of now. He has had at least a block in his last nine games, including three last night.

 

[TheMoa]

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nah... it won't happen
It would be good for Boston though.... if they really want to blow it up and rebuild, that's it

 

[BASED Shinigami]

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They're playing really well right now. If Danny blows up the team right now they'll lose any chance they had at competing for a title this year. However, rebuilding the team is a very important concern as well.

 

[Hakuteiken]

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They currently have no chance as it stands. The holes are too big to fill. A razor-thin frontcourt and too much of a load over two veteran star's shoulders. Can't see a bright future in the play-offs.

 

[Faust]

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WEST won

 

[Hakuteiken]

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They have the better teams, thus, the better players, so, no big deal.
Slam Dunk Contest was fun, although my man Bledsoe should have made a better first round first dunk. Faried was robbed in his very first dunk, anyway, which was a J-Rich replica.
3-Point Contest was even worse, since I was cheering for Steph Curry, who got 2 points out of a possible 12 in the first two stations (15 out of 18 in the next three) and crashed out.

 

[TheMoa]

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asg is boring.. I didn' even tried to watch it
I did watch the 3 point shot out and the slam dunk contest though
James white was pretty bad... he's probably the best dunker alive and he couldn't get a single good slam
that terrible handling of him doesn't help

 

[Hakuteiken]

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White and Green getting dumped in the first round really made the contest a mess.
I didn't particularly like this East vs West for Saturday Night events. Fund raising for charities is a nice act, but I don't really get what's the point behind donating more to the side represented by the winners.

 

[TheMoa]

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RIP Jerry Buss
Godamn.. now Jim Buss will really be 100% in charge of things
and he only takes stupid decisions =/

 

[Hakuteiken]

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Poor Ronnie Brewer. Apparently the Knicks thought he was too young, so, they traded him away and filled the roster spot with Kenyon Martin, who is 35.
Welcome to the New York Vets, Kenyon.

 

[scav]

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who can stop the Heat

 

[Kaiten]

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who can stop the Heat

Only injuries.

Poor Ronnie Brewer. Apparently the Knicks thought he was too young, so, they traded him away and filled the roster spot with Kenyon Martin, who is 35.
Welcome to the New York Vets, Kenyon.

Does K-Mart still have knees?

 

[TheMoa]

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K-Mart wasn't that good last year... this year he'll just make figuration on the team

 

[Hakuteiken]

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Does K-Mart still have knees?

Judging by his last Clippers stint, no.
Still crazy to even see K-Mart, Sheed, Camby, Kurt Thomas getting united in the same team. Knicks are just having a go at him, since they probably think they have got nothing to lose. A team with solid starting frontcourt would stay away from him.

By the way, just calculated their average age as a roster for fun and currently it's at 29.5, which is ridiculous. I wonder when was the last time when a team had six players aged 35 or older.

 

[TheMoa]

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What actually amazes me is... Sheed was playing great before his injury
The guy couldn't even run on the training camp
bu he was schooling people right and left on the post and on defense

 

[Hakuteiken]

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Sheed has been playing at around the level he played for the Cs a couple of seasons ago before he retired. Perhaps even higher. His rebounding rates were great at some point. Didn't track him afterwards and he got injured.

So, this game against the Suns was a good practice to rest KG, start Jeff Green, warm up Crawford and Terrence Williams to the team. I'm excited to see Williams as a Celtic. Not so high about Crawford, but regardless, he came cheap for Collins and injured Barbosa.

 

[Tenacious Weezy]

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With K-mart the Knicks now have 3 of the 5 players who were on the nuggets team that lost to the lakers in the western conf finals from 2010 (lakers won title) so the Knicks have a lot of experience and leadership. Still heat is the team to beat.

Any thoughts on the spurs and their chances? Seems like every year their tops but this year they look almost as good as anytime they've won.

 

[Hakuteiken]

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With K-mart the Knicks now have 3 of the 5 players who were on the nuggets team that lost to the lakers in the western conf finals from 2010 (lakers won title) so the Knicks have a lot of experience and leadership. Still heat is the team to beat.

Any thoughts on the spurs and their chances? Seems like every year their tops but this year they look almost as good as anytime they've won.

For a team filled with veteran stars, the Spurs are doing a marvelous job in the regular season each year. It will come down to whether they have enough fire power to outlast the Clippers and the Thunder or so it seems right now.
I think, provided they make it to the Finals, they have a more than decent chance to knock out the Heat.

 

[Tenacious Weezy]

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Yeah I agree the spurs are heads and shoulders above practically everyone else when everyone is healthy. It's funny you mention OKC. Harden would have made the thunder unbeatable but they didn't want to lose him for nothing. Currently he is top ten in PER and he's easily the top SG under 30 although I think Paul George is closer than his stats appear. Imagine him with westbrook and durant still. They screwed themselves out of a ship this year but with jones and lamb they have a better long term projection. Miami really can't win more than 3 in a row before it all falls apart.

 

[Hakuteiken]

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Harden was there the last season, too, and they were defeated. The problem is you can't expect Harden to be a 25 ppg scorer in a sixth man role, where Westbrook & Durant are the primary ball handlers. For me, I'd let go of Westbrook instead of giving him an overrated max contract and resign Harden and Ibaka.
George is more versatile, but he isn't as good as a pure scorer. He has his own strengths, though. Still, lacking consistency when it comes to scoring. Partially because Indiana's offensive system this season went pretty much into a mess when Granger got injured. Hard to deny that the team has been doing a great job without him, anyway.