NBA Season 2025-26

[slamtheking]

Deni Avdija's growth last 4 years

* 26.6mpg 9.2ppg 6.4rpg 2.8apg 53.5% TS
* 30mpg 14.7ppg 7.2rpg 3.8apg 59.7% TS
* 30mpg 16.9ppg 7.3rpg 3.9apg 60.5% TS
* 34mpg 26.0ppg 6.5rpg 4.8apg 63.5% TS

Phenomenal growth in years 3-6.

Avdija is having a sensational season for Portland. Not getting the limelight he deserves. On track for an All-Star campaign. POR have a good chance at a playoff spot this year too.

bet Wash wish they held on to him at this point

[Donoghus]

That's a big blow to the Spurs.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has a left calf strain and is expected to be sidelined for a few weeks, sources tell ESPN.

[Donoghus]

More injury news.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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Los Angeles Clippers forward Derrick Jones Jr. sustained a sprained MCL in his right knee and will be re-evaluated in six weeks, sources tell ESPN. Jones was averaging a career high 10.9 points per game prior to the injury Sunday in Boston.

[Celtics2021]

More injury news.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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Los Angeles Clippers forward Derrick Jones Jr. sustained a sprained MCL in his right knee and will be re-evaluated in six weeks, sources tell ESPN. Jones was averaging a career high 10.9 points per game prior to the injury Sunday in Boston.

Honestly it looked so much worse, so 6 weeks for a sprain is relatively good news for him.

[Goldstar88]

If Donovan Mitchell was 6?6 he?d be a top 5 player in the NBA.

[keevsnick]

NBA Injuries starting to pile up a bit. Banchero and Brunson currently out. Wembanyama out for a few weeks with a calf strain. Giannis leaves game with a groin strain. Anunoby expected to miss at least 2 weeks. Denver's Braun out at least 6 weeks.

[Who]

Mathurin back for Indiana.

That eases the pain of losing Nesmith. Indy started Mathurin and Nembhard in the backcourt. A big forward rotation of Jarace Walker and Siakam. I'd like to see them go a bit smaller now that Mathurin has returned.

G: McConnell, Monte Morris
G: Nembhard
F: Ben Sheppard, Mathurin
F: Siakam, J Walker
C: I Jackson, Jay Huff, Tony Bradley

I'd like to get another ball-mover into that starting group. McConnell and Nembhard will generate more team offense. Let Mathurin come in off the bench and be more of scorer. Use Monte Morris more as a backup guard in order to ease the strain on the backup SG / SF / PF positions due to inuries.

I like Jarace Walker as a bench PF. I wouldn't start him at forward alongside Siakam. Indy needs more pace & space in their offense. That means playing smaller. If they start Sheppard instead of J Walker, that means they have no rotation capable wing off their bench. Putting an extra PG in there (McConnell) and using Nembhard as an off-guard helps better balance the lineup.

[Birdman]

That's a big blow to the Spurs.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has a left calf strain and is expected to be sidelined for a few weeks, sources tell ESPN.

Think this may be the norm for him with his height

[Who]

Julius Randle's numbers this season are exceptional

24.5ppg 7.3rpg 6.1apg 1.3spg
52% FG 37.7% 3PT 85.3% FT 63.8% TS
5 threes per game. 7 FTs per game.

Only 2.5 turnovers per game. Those turnovers are tiny compared to the scoring & assist output.

[Donoghus]

This is hilarious

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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The NBA has issued a warning to Golden State's Draymond Green for his interaction with a vocal fan in New Orleans on Sunday night, source tells ESPN. No fine. The fan was chanting "Angel Reese" toward Green, who responded face-to-face as taunts continued.

[Phantom255x]

This is hilarious

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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The NBA has issued a warning to Golden State's Draymond Green for his interaction with a vocal fan in New Orleans on Sunday night, source tells ESPN. No fine. The fan was chanting "Angel Reese" toward Green, who responded face-to-face as taunts continued.

I want to see more fans do this going forward 

[Donoghus]

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/despite-lebron-james-imminent-return-the-nbas-star-crisis-worsens-154132005.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFaSL95dQg81XPNQ1iyfx--044u9r-cKzq6Fpui1GZSZGhIxeah-Nql0yE32Fr7iP5QVn89cKTTA4gjk6U4ftQbk9fMnGdK2hVWTCIyU7e6s4h3mjPifxSOHtcwixM1Js9f-bi9m0UQXR0VAMti8f11KlwQtoITfKk26-hlqgjp_

All told, NBA stars have already missed over 200 games this season due to injury or illness, doubling the total we saw at this point two years ago. The NBA?s official star designation in the league?s player participation policy stipulates that a star player is one who has made an All-Star or All-NBA team in any of the previous three seasons. This season, 45 players meet that criteria, which means that, on average, NBA stars have already been sidelined by about five games each.

For a league fighting the image that star players aren?t playing enough, this season?s power outage is especially alarming. In 2023-24, with the first year of the mid-season tournament seeming to motivate its biggest names to suit up, star players played 87.2% of its games by this juncture of the season (12 games in). Last season, it dipped to 82.6%. This season, the bottom has fallen out, with star participation falling to 67.6%

[slamtheking]

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/despite-lebron-james-imminent-return-the-nbas-star-crisis-worsens-154132005.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFaSL95dQg81XPNQ1iyfx--044u9r-cKzq6Fpui1GZSZGhIxeah-Nql0yE32Fr7iP5QVn89cKTTA4gjk6U4ftQbk9fMnGdK2hVWTCIyU7e6s4h3mjPifxSOHtcwixM1Js9f-bi9m0UQXR0VAMti8f11KlwQtoITfKk26-hlqgjp_

All told, NBA stars have already missed over 200 games this season due to injury or illness, doubling the total we saw at this point two years ago. The NBA?s official star designation in the league?s player participation policy stipulates that a star player is one who has made an All-Star or All-NBA team in any of the previous three seasons. This season, 45 players meet that criteria, which means that, on average, NBA stars have already been sidelined by about five games each.

For a league fighting the image that star players aren?t playing enough, this season?s power outage is especially alarming. In 2023-24, with the first year of the mid-season tournament seeming to motivate its biggest names to suit up, star players played 87.2% of its games by this juncture of the season (12 games in). Last season, it dipped to 82.6%. This season, the bottom has fallen out, with star participation falling to 67.6%

wonder how much of that drop is due to star players out for the season with injuries like Tatum and Haliburton.

[Moranis]

I mean Tatum, Lillard, Haliburton, Kyrie have missed every game this year and will continue to do so.  LeBron has also missed every game though he will be back soon same with Jalen Williams and Tyler Herro. Paul George just played his 1st game as well.  That is 8 of the 45 players (which is ~18%).

[Who]

The assists leader board makes for strange reading

1 - N Jokic
2 - Cade Cunningham
3 - J Giddey
4 - L Doncic
5 - J Harden

Not a single true PG. A center is #1. The next 3 guys are all SF sized players. James Harden a chunky SG. All big wings.

6 - Jrue Holiday
7 - A Reaves
8 - T Maxey
9 - Ja Morant
10 - Stephon Castle

11 - Davion Mitchell
12 - A Sengun
13 - D Booker
14 - Keyonte George
15 - Giannis