NBA Season 2024-25

[Phantom255x]

Well this is interesting

Mobley now questionable for Game 2

[Phantom255x]

Well this is interesting

Mobley now questionable for Game 2

Hunter dislocated his finger. He is questionable also

[MattyIce]

This guy must have some dirt on the owner. 

The Utah Jazz and coach Will Hardy have agreed to a multiyear extension through 2031, owner Ryan Smith announced Monday.

"Will is a great leader, communicator, and ambassador for our org, and is a tremendous partner to [CEO Danny Ainge], [GM Justin Zanik], and me," Smith said in a social media post. "Our goal is to hang a banner, and Will is a huge part of this journey."

Hardy, 37, was hired to coach the Jazz prior to the 2022-23 season and has compiled an 85-161 record in his three seasons, with no playoff appearances. Utah won 37 games in his first season, 31 in his second and just 17 this season -- by far the worst record in franchise history and the worst record in the NBA this season.

this was done now because san antonio was lining up to grab him after they gave their interim coach Mitch Johnson a chance with a shorter contract.  Hardy is a wanted man actually. 

[Who]

Lakers fans wondering if they can pry Naz Reid away from Minnesota by offering him the starting center job.

It could be a good move for Naz. A one year spell in LAL. Bigger contract the following summer. He could be a 15-17ppg 8-10rpg player as a starting center.

[Phantom255x]

Lakers fans wondering if they can pry Naz Reid away from Minnesota by offering him the starting center job.

It could be a good move for Naz. A one year spell in LAL. Bigger contract the following summer. He could be a 15-17ppg 8-10rpg player as a starting center.

Do they have the cap space for it? Lebron isn't taking a paycut so I thought they were limited

[Who]

Lakers fans wondering if they can pry Naz Reid away from Minnesota by offering him the starting center job.

It could be a good move for Naz. A one year spell in LAL. Bigger contract the following summer. He could be a 15-17ppg 8-10rpg player as a starting center.

Do they have the cap space for it? Lebron isn't taking a paycut so I thought they were limited

No. It would be a small contract. Betting on a bigger contract in 12 months time after being given a larger role and more minutes to show what he can do.

[Who]

Looks like LAL will be above the tax but below the 2nd threshold and therefore have the taxpayer MLE available to them.

Or LeBron could take a paycut from $50mil to $35mil and they could get below the cap and get the full MLE. But then be hard capped if they use the full MLE.

Note: LeBron offered to take a $10mil paycut last summer to land a player with the MLE. Lakers failed to do that. He still took a paycut in order to keep them below the 2nd Apron.

[Who]

One Lakers scenario that looks plausible is

(1) Use that 2031 1st round draft pick in a trade to get Nic Claxton. That looks doable to me. Why would a rebuilding team prefer Claxton over a potentially highly valuable down the road?

(2) Acquire Clint Capela in free agency. It looks like Atlanta want to move on to Okongwu as their starting center. So Capela could be readily available this summer.

That would give LAL a two-man center rotation of Nic Claxton & Clint Capela.

[celticinorlando]

Cavs now in some injury hell:

Garland would be out 2-3 more weeks with the toe injury if this were the regular season

Mobley sprained his ankle again yesterday

Hunter has a dislocated thumb.

[Phantom255x]

Cavs now in some injury hell:

Garland would be out 2-3 more weeks with the toe injury if this were the regular season

Mobley sprained his ankle again yesterday

Hunter has a dislocated thumb.

Where are you hearing the Mobley ankle sprain? I just saw it as a "tweaked knee", questionable Game 2

[Who]

Mobley rolled his ankle on another play that Aktinson deemed excessive. After spinning into the lane, Mobley rose for a post-hook while Myles Turner took away his landing space. The result was a turned ankle that has Mobley listed as questionable for Game 2.

"Turner contests his two-point shot, comes under, clearly under him. And shooters need space to land, and is pushed off balance in kind of our opinion and tweaks his ankle pretty bad," said Atkinson. "I think you guys saw him [Mobley] limping the rest of the game."

That dislocated thumb for D Hunter is on his shooting hand.

Hunter reportedly dislocated the thumb on his shooting hand after a hard fall while attacking the basket.

Indiana's Bennadict Mathurian delivered a shove to Hunter's chest while he was airborne - but no foul was called. Atkinson called this play an example of "crossing the line" when discussing Hunter's status.

[Phantom255x]

Mobley rolled his ankle on another play that Aktinson deemed excessive. After spinning into the lane, Mobley rose for a post-hook while Myles Turner took away his landing space. The result was a turned ankle that has Mobley listed as questionable for Game 2.

"Turner contests his two-point shot, comes under, clearly under him. And shooters need space to land, and is pushed off balance in kind of our opinion and tweaks his ankle pretty bad," said Atkinson. "I think you guys saw him [Mobley] limping the rest of the game."

That dislocated thumb for D Hunter is on his shooting hand.

Hunter reportedly dislocated the thumb on his shooting hand after a hard fall while attacking the basket.

Indiana's Bennadict Mathurian delivered a shove to Hunter's chest while he was airborne - but no foul was called. Atkinson called this play an example of "crossing the line" when discussing Hunter's status.

Interesting. I expect Garland and Hunter to play tomorrow. Mobley might be an issue though if it's an ankle sprain and/or he's limping. Mobley would be a huge loss for them, he's been awesome this year and made significant strides. If he misses games, there's more pressure on Jarrett Allen in heavy minutes and idk if he's capable. Mitchell/Garland would really have to carry the load even more. Mobley had 20/10 in Game 1

[Neurotic Guy]

Mobley rolled his ankle on another play that Aktinson deemed excessive. After spinning into the lane, Mobley rose for a post-hook while Myles Turner took away his landing space. The result was a turned ankle that has Mobley listed as questionable for Game 2.

"Turner contests his two-point shot, comes under, clearly under him. And shooters need space to land, and is pushed off balance in kind of our opinion and tweaks his ankle pretty bad," said Atkinson. "I think you guys saw him [Mobley] limping the rest of the game."

That dislocated thumb for D Hunter is on his shooting hand.

Hunter reportedly dislocated the thumb on his shooting hand after a hard fall while attacking the basket.

Indiana's Bennadict Mathurian delivered a shove to Hunter's chest while he was airborne - but no foul was called. Atkinson called this play an example of "crossing the line" when discussing Hunter's status.

Interesting. I expect Garland and Hunter to play tomorrow. Mobley might be an issue though if it's an ankle sprain and/or he's limping. Mobley would be a huge loss for them, he's been awesome this year and made significant strides. If he misses games, there's more pressure on Jarrett Allen in heavy minutes and idk if he's capable. Mitchell/Garland would really have to carry the load even more. Mobley had 20/10 in Game 1

Losing Mobley for Game 2 would be huge as it puts Indy in position to grab a 2-0 lead with 3 games to play at home.  If Mobley is out one game and then back to full strength, I still think Cleveland wins the series, but going 0-2 at home to start the series puts Cleveland in a tough hole and gives Indiana a decent shot.  Frankly, I'm not looking forward to playing either Indy or Cleveland if the C's make it to the ECF.  Either will be tough.

[Who]

vs the clippers, here are the stats:

Jokic 24 / 11.6 / 10.1 on .582 TS%
Murray 22.9 / 5.3 / 5.9 on .582 TS%

Do we under-rate Jamal Murray?

Did he just outplay James Harden in Round 1? Harden was coming off an All-Star season. Would DEN be better with Harden or with J Murray?

[Kernewek]

They're not gonna hold up. Antman is a generational talent. Plus GSW don't have any bigs to counter Gobert, Reid, and Randle, and esp Gobert if he turns into Wilt Chamberlain again.

I would've preferred the Warriors to advance if the Lakers made it next round, but the Wolves did the job for us. Wolves in 5 here and I sure hope they just go all the way to the Finals bcuz there's no way in hell the Nuggets will survive OKC and SGA's free-throw parade (unless OKC shows their second-round choke again)

I don?t frequent the boards as much these days so asking honestly. Did you own up or apologize for how much you glazed up and hyped up the lakers the last three years. You culiminated saying they had a double bye to the conference finals a few weeks ago. Genuinely curious how you responded after making that bold proclamation? It?s been painful constantly reading it the last few years but would gain a lot of respect from me if you at least owned it.

Wolves win and secured 6th seed.

Looks like a first-round bye for LAL, one-man Antman can't beat their Big 3.

Basically first two rounds are bye series for the Lakers lol. They'll curbstomp the Rockets next round as well

lol

Sorry to interject, but you are being a bully.

SparzWizard can have a differing opinion, that is the purpose of a forum.

I'm sorry but I very strongly disagree. I don't think I am being a bully at all (I am a bit curious what you think that word even means in this context here cause bullying is "the use of force, coercion, or threats to abuse or dominate others, often based on perceived differences or imbalances of power." This seems like an incredible stretch for anything I said here which was generally cordial and about accountability for repeated proclamations for multiple years with a simple "my bad"). There are all sorts of people that made projections about the playoffs or any other number of topics) that have been wrong including myself, and that's totally fine. Heck someone could laugh at me for all the times I used to say fire joe and I'd laugh right along with them.

If you consistently pick one topic for 5 years and jam it down everyone's throats (not even mentioning it is our biggest historical rival) and time and time again are not even close to accurate it becomes obnoxious after a certain point. I didn't call him any names or insult him, just asked for a little accountability for saying the same things 50 times for 5 years and said it would earn some respect for me if he did so.

 The forum is a much better place if we can all show a little humility at times it contributes to much better discourse and in some cases even friendships (of which I have made a few over the last 15+ years on this forum). But if this is considered bullying? it's a pretty sad commentary on the level of discussion on here at the moment.

(Clay I'm pretty sure some of his posts are meant to be "hyperbolic" aka jinxes) 

Also Sparz very clearly stands by every take - to be honest I'm not sure I can think of many posters who are as consistent on the forum, rightly or wrongly.

Are we still blaming head coaches for their team's losses? Does Houston need to replace Udoka after going down to a play-in team?