NBA Season 2024-25

[SparzWizard]

Sixers destroying the Rockets right now 

Despite starting Oshae Brissett at center, the Sixers had a 131-126 lead with 25 seconds to go and now that game is going to overtime.

Sixers are an embarrassment to the league.

Rockets comeback and beat the 76ers, win streak extended to 7. Wow, what a thriller

[SparzWizard]

Unreal, the Nuggets are 11-0 against the Warriors in their last 11 matches. The Dubs got punished at Chase Center by Aaron Gordon tonight.

[Who]

Wow, that is one heck of an achievement by SGA.

[Celtics2021]

Wow, that is one heck of an achievement by SGA.

Notably, this is as a member of the Thunder-Sonics franchise.  SGA?s rookie year with the Clippers is not counted, while Durant?s, when he averaged 5 points fewer per game than any other season in his career, is.

[celticsclay]

Sixers destroying the Rockets right now 

Despite starting Oshae Brissett at center, the Sixers had a 131-126 lead with 25 seconds to go and now that game is going to overtime.

Sixers are an embarrassment to the league.

Is it really all the Sixers fault that they were decimated injuries? There are 9 teams tanking right now either willfully or against their will (Dallas and Philly against what they were trying to do for 55 games).

[Phantom255x]

Sixers destroying the Rockets right now 

Despite starting Oshae Brissett at center, the Sixers had a 131-126 lead with 25 seconds to go and now that game is going to overtime.

Sixers are an embarrassment to the league.

Is it really all the Sixers fault that they were decimated injuries? There are 9 teams tanking right now either willfully or against their will (Dallas and Philly against what they were trying to do for 55 games).

Yeah I mean Embiid and George are often hurt and/or stopped caring after getting paid. But it's not really the Sixers' fault their entire team has been decimated by injuries, including McCain who looks very promising and was probably gonna run away with ROTY. They definitely have something with Grimes, it's been cool to see him be red hot in the past two weeks.

Maxey-McCain-Grimes-Oubre-Yabusele-Edwards + a Top-6 pick in this draft really isn't a bad young core to build with. Now of course, their bigger issue is finding a way to dump 1 or both of George/Embiid and trying to add another star to pair with Maxey. That's where they are screwed.

This might sound crazy but I wonder if PHI is in the 3-6 range and aren't that high on anyone, could they package that pick + 1 of Embiid/George to get out of that contract lol? Something like that. They'll have to get creative in some way or just pray George/Embiid can return next year and stay healthy (lol) 

[trickybilly]

Sixers destroying the Rockets right now 

Despite starting Oshae Brissett at center, the Sixers had a 131-126 lead with 25 seconds to go and now that game is going to overtime.

Sixers are an embarrassment to the league.

Is it really all the Sixers fault that they were decimated injuries? There are 9 teams tanking right now either willfully or against their will (Dallas and Philly against what they were trying to do for 55 games).

Yeah I mean Embiid and George are often hurt and/or stopped caring after getting paid. But it's not really the Sixers' fault their entire team has been decimated by injuries, including McCain who looks very promising and was probably gonna run away with ROTY. They definitely have something with Grimes, it's been cool to see him be red hot in the past two weeks.

Maxey-McCain-Grimes-Oubre-Yabusele-Edwards + a Top-6 pick in this draft really isn't a bad young core to build with. Now of course, their bigger issue is finding a way to dump 1 or both of George/Embiid and trying to add another star to pair with Maxey. That's where they are screwed.

This might sound crazy but I wonder if PHI is in the 3-6 range and aren't that high on anyone, could they package that pick + 1 of Embiid/George to get out of that contract lol? Something like that. They'll have to get creative in some way or just pray George/Embiid can return next year and stay healthy (lol)

Are you saying Embiid deal has negative value right now???

[Phantom255x]

Sixers destroying the Rockets right now 

Despite starting Oshae Brissett at center, the Sixers had a 131-126 lead with 25 seconds to go and now that game is going to overtime.

Sixers are an embarrassment to the league.

Is it really all the Sixers fault that they were decimated injuries? There are 9 teams tanking right now either willfully or against their will (Dallas and Philly against what they were trying to do for 55 games).

Yeah I mean Embiid and George are often hurt and/or stopped caring after getting paid. But it's not really the Sixers' fault their entire team has been decimated by injuries, including McCain who looks very promising and was probably gonna run away with ROTY. They definitely have something with Grimes, it's been cool to see him be red hot in the past two weeks.

Maxey-McCain-Grimes-Oubre-Yabusele-Edwards + a Top-6 pick in this draft really isn't a bad young core to build with. Now of course, their bigger issue is finding a way to dump 1 or both of George/Embiid and trying to add another star to pair with Maxey. That's where they are screwed.

This might sound crazy but I wonder if PHI is in the 3-6 range and aren't that high on anyone, could they package that pick + 1 of Embiid/George to get out of that contract lol? Something like that. They'll have to get creative in some way or just pray George/Embiid can return next year and stay healthy (lol)

Are you saying Embiid deal has negative value right now???

I think so. Maybe I'm wrong but even online it seems like most reporters or analysts are saying PHI is stuck with Embiid's contract and that even some teams who might have had interest in him would be swayed away by his injury history and durability.

I guess if a team became desperate and wanted to try something new, they'd give up a future 1st and 1-2 role players to get it done but I still doubt it. Embiid's deal literally hasn't even started yet and will be 3/193M and pays about 70M in the final year. That's insane for a guy has nearly a 1:1 ratio of games missed to games played, and the total number of games is 850+ 

[trickybilly]

Lakers playing Bucks, and poor Markieff looks ridiculous out there

[celticsclay]

Sixers destroying the Rockets right now 

Despite starting Oshae Brissett at center, the Sixers had a 131-126 lead with 25 seconds to go and now that game is going to overtime.

Sixers are an embarrassment to the league.

Is it really all the Sixers fault that they were decimated injuries? There are 9 teams tanking right now either willfully or against their will (Dallas and Philly against what they were trying to do for 55 games).

Yeah I mean Embiid and George are often hurt and/or stopped caring after getting paid. But it's not really the Sixers' fault their entire team has been decimated by injuries, including McCain who looks very promising and was probably gonna run away with ROTY. They definitely have something with Grimes, it's been cool to see him be red hot in the past two weeks.

Maxey-McCain-Grimes-Oubre-Yabusele-Edwards + a Top-6 pick in this draft really isn't a bad young core to build with. Now of course, their bigger issue is finding a way to dump 1 or both of George/Embiid and trying to add another star to pair with Maxey. That's where they are screwed.

This might sound crazy but I wonder if PHI is in the 3-6 range and aren't that high on anyone, could they package that pick + 1 of Embiid/George to get out of that contract lol? Something like that. They'll have to get creative in some way or just pray George/Embiid can return next year and stay healthy (lol)

I think giving the 4th year to George given his age and injury history is fair to criticize, but I think most teams int he league would have done something close to three years for him (and Clippers were offering something close for the 3 years). However, while it was acknowledged as risky at the time, I don't think anyone thought it would be the disaster is now. He had a major dropoff even when he played this year. It is also very reasonable to criticize the extension for Embid with no injury protection because it didn't seem like there was a real reason to do it.

The rest of their moves they have a lot of solid ones. Bringing over Yabu was a real nice move. Drummond was a great signing as a backup center on the min. Getting Grimes for Martin was highway robbery. Mccain was a great pick. Previously drafting Maxey was outstanding.

I think the amount of money they were willing to spend is going to screw them, but they were trying to win so calling them an embarrassment seems overly harsh and they have had some bad injury luck to everyone.

[Roy H.]

It's no surprise, but Robert Williams is out for the rest of the season.

I love the guy, but he should be thanking his agent for negotiating him the extension he received.  If he had "bet on himself", who knows where he'd be.

[Big333223]

Sixers destroying the Rockets right now 

Despite starting Oshae Brissett at center, the Sixers had a 131-126 lead with 25 seconds to go and now that game is going to overtime.

Sixers are an embarrassment to the league.

Is it really all the Sixers fault that they were decimated injuries? There are 9 teams tanking right now either willfully or against their will (Dallas and Philly against what they were trying to do for 55 games).

Injuries aren't their fault but bringing in an injury-prone 34-year old when they already have an injury-prone star (who they knew was going to miss the beginning of the season, at least, with injury) wasn't a great idea.

And while there were a lot of injuries, that team came out of the gate looking pathetic. Even with the injuries, they had plenty of talent on the floor to be .500. 

[Who]

Interesting stat on records of the current top 6 playoff teams in each conference against each other

#1 Cavs 21-6
#2 OKC 19-6
#3 BOS 17-11
#4 HOU 14-12
#5 GSW 14-13
#6 Indy 12-13

#7 Lakers 10-11
#8 Nuggets 10-12
#9 Knicks 10-15
#10 Grizz 9-16
#11 Bucks 8-17
#12 Pistons 7-19

This was in a TV segment talking about the Bucks playoff chances and their danging record against other playoff quality teams.

I find the bottom of this group the most interesting information to look at.

Memphis and New York are both very disappointing to me. I do believe NYK has the talent to be a title contender but they haven't figured things out and are underachieving. I also think Memphis should be playing for a title in the West given the emergence of solid options at center (Z Edey), SF (Wells) and backup forward (Aldama). They play some very good basketball at times but their record against other quality teams is abysmal. I also think the main culprit for their underperformance is not their role players or their supporting star players (JJJ, Bane) but instead their franchise guy (Morant) who isn't doin enough.

The Detroit record is bang on the money. They are a regular season. They got 1 star player in Cade Cunningham and then solid depth around him. Cade does not have enough high end help around to threaten anyone in the post-season.

Milwaukee is the other bottom feeder among this group of playoff teams. I am less concerned about their record. The reason for that is their midseason change. They were not built in a good way prior to the Kuzma trade. Their defense, old age and lack of overall quickness left them exposed against any quality opponents. So I am not surprised by their bad record. It was deserved. However, Kuzma has helped improve their defense & team quickness. They do look better today (and post trade deadline) than they did in the first half of the season. I also think the Bobby Portis suspension will continue to suppress their true quality. Portis and Kuzma gave their front-line that defensive versatility & team quickness necessary to allow them to be competitive against other strong teams. Right now they only have half of that due to the suspension. They will be stronger come playof time than this W-L record indicates.

[SparzWizard]

Cavs trailing by 11 against the Suns in the 3rd. Wow

[Who]

A cool bit of trivia / stat I saw the other day was: Only 2 players in NBA history have averaged 25ppg 9apg and 6rpg at the age of 23 or younger.

(1) Oscar Robertson did it twice
(2) Cade Cunningham is doing it right now