NBA Season 2024-25

[Goldstar88]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
The Charlotte Hornets are trading 7-foot center Nick Richards and one second-round pick to the Phoenix Suns for Josh Okogie and three second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.

Good move for Phoenix. I didn?t realize Nurkic lost his starting role to Plumlee. I?d imagine the Suns will now look to trade Jusuf. Not sure about this move for Charlotte. They no longer have any depth at the 5. Mark Williams is the only center on the team now.

[Phantom255x]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
The Charlotte Hornets are trading 7-foot center Nick Richards and one second-round pick to the Phoenix Suns for Josh Okogie and three second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.

I thought the rumour was Nick Richards for Nurkic. A cap dump.

Why do they want Nick Richards when they already have Nurkic and Plumlee? Surely Okogie offers more to them on the wing than adding a 3rd center.

I believe they are gonna trade Nurkic

I will also add to what Goldstar88 said, apparently there has been internal drama as well where Nurkic unfollowed a bunch of the Suns players in recent weeks (including Durant and Booker) and I guess he has become unhappy there. A Suns fan friend of mine even said there was a rumor there was locker room beef between Nurkic and some of his teammates during a losing stretch they had. He probably also did not like losing the starting role in the process

So yeah. The thing is Richards fits that team very well and offers more than Nurkic who is limited and just slows the game pace down too much. I?m curious to see who trades for him but I doubt he will remain in the league much longer I feel

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

So Embiid was supposed to play tonight, but is still out. And now a lot of media including local PHI media are getting suspicious about things.

https://x.com/KyleNeubeck/status/1879598656321622047?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Joel Embiid sprained his foot falling over a security rope on Christmas, played in four more games and only missed a back-to-back on the rest of the road trip, and has now been out a week and a half with what has been deemed a "day to day" issue

https://x.com/CiavoNBA/status/1879600409867960406?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Embiid supposedly sprained his foot on Christmas Day ahead of the matchup against the Celtics, in which he played 31 minutes. He then played in 4 of the next 5 games, only missing half a back-to-back.

He has since missed 6 straight games with this injury.

A curious situation.

Also most of the team is hurt and PG13 + Maxey aren't being made available as often either. Didn't play last night, and are questionable tonight. What a mess.

Philly's saving them for their inevitable title run.

[jpotter33]

The whole Joel injury thing this year has been beyond strange. So much lack of transparency from all involved.

[Phantom255x]

The whole Joel injury thing this year has been beyond strange. So much lack of transparency from all involved.

I truthfully wouldn't be surprised either if Embiid just doesn't care about playing this season especially given their poor record now. Remember, this is a guy who legit came out before the season and said he's not playing any SEGABABAs the rest of his career. Yes he has chronic injury issues but they aren't gonna magically go away. Do you want to actually suit up and play?

[Goldstar88]

Ja Morant just put Wemby in a body bag. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8dqYeiK9Jyw&pp=ygUOamEgbW9yYW50IGR1bms%3D

[Phantom255x]

Lamelo has his flaws but he's fun to watch

[Phantom255x]

OH MY GOD

Clippers open the 3rd on a 34-3 run and are now up 52 on the Nets 

[Birdman]

Nets only scored 67 points

[Who]

Jamal Murray update:

Oct-Nov = 14 games. 18ppg 41.5% FG% 32.6% 3PT% 52.4% TS% 6.1 assists to 1.9 turnovers

Dec-Jan = 20 games. 21ppg 47.4% FG% 44.8% 3PT% 58.6% TS% 5.9 assists to 1.8 turnovers.

Big turnaround after his slow start to the season following injury. He is playing much better now.

[Vermont Green]

Jamal Murray update:

Oct-Nov = 14 games. 18ppg 41.5% FG% 32.6% 3PT% 52.4% TS% 6.1 assists to 1.9 turnovers

Dec-Jan = 20 games. 21ppg 47.4% FG% 44.8% 3PT% 58.6% TS% 5.9 assists to 1.8 turnovers.

Big turnaround after his slow start to the season following injury. He is playing much better now.

People tend to underappreciate Murray, in my opinion.  In their title playoff run in 2022-23, he was great.  40 min/gm, 26 pts, 40% from 3, 7 assists, +9.1 per game, primary ball handler.  He has had durability issues, it seems he needs a clean bill of health to play at his best, can't be banged up and fight through it.  That condition has been elusive for him throughout his career, but when he finds it, DEN is a completely different team.

They have only had Gordon for 19 games also.  He isn't the game changer that Murray can be, but he is a solid player that plays tough in ways that really helps them.

[Who]

The Bulls got blown out by Atlanta last night. 16 point loss. Even worse, Atlanta were without (1) Trae Young (2) Jalen Johnson (3) Zacharie Rissacher.

Missing 3 major players like that and still get blow out? Ouch!

[Phantom255x]

You have two legit teams, OKC and Cleveland.

Besides that though, this has been a pretty crazy NBA season. Feels like upsets are happening constantly, but also there's a lot more drama in terms of injuries, young teams rising in the standings, contending teams slumping, etc.

I don't really think you can rank 3-10 in the entire NBA without having to really think about things, which shows there's some parity (but also just bad, inconsistent basketball). In a way though it makes it exciting. Like, are Memphis and Houston for real? Are the Knicks truly contenders or pretenders? Same with the Wolves and Nuggets. Hard to tell. Kind of feels like "any given night" for most teams unless you're OKC-CLE just steamrolling everyone.

[tonydelk]

Ja Morant just put Wemby in a body bag. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8dqYeiK9Jyw&pp=ygUOamEgbW9yYW50IGR1bms%3D

One of the best dunks I've seen.  Unreal.

[Phantom255x]

Through 1 quarter, OKC up 18 on Cleveland