NBA Season 2025-26

[DefenseWinsChamps]

Everyone's favorite ex-Celtic sitting this one out.

Shams Charania
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Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving will miss the season to allow himself additional time to fully heal from the torn ACL he suffered last March. Irving will make his return for the 2026?27 season.

the bigger question is "does anyone care if Kyrie plays again?"

Not a fan of his, but Kyrie is one of the mort popular players in the NBA, so I?m going to say yes.

supposing he's popular in the NBA, that's not the same as non-NBA players (such as the general public) who probably don't care if Kyrie plays or not.

Kyrie is one of the most popular players for fans. His jersey sales have typically been in the top 10-15 for all players in the league. His shoes are popular as well.

Quite possibly the most overrated player of all time.

I'm not even sure if there is anyone close.

[Donoghus]

Fun time to be a Sacramento Kings fan.

Shams Charania
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Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis underwent season-ending surgery on Wednesday morning to repair the torn meniscus in his left knee, sources tell ESPN. Sabonis rehabbed the meniscus tear during the season and tried to play through the injury before having surgery now.

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Meanwhile, Kings guard Zach LaVine is currently undergoing season-ending surgery to repair a tendon injury in his hand, sources tell ESPN.

[Moranis]

Fun time to be a Sacramento Kings fan.

Shams Charania
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Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis underwent season-ending surgery on Wednesday morning to repair the torn meniscus in his left knee, sources tell ESPN. Sabonis rehabbed the meniscus tear during the season and tried to play through the injury before having surgery now.

Shams Charania
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Meanwhile, Kings guard Zach LaVine is currently undergoing season-ending surgery to repair a tendon injury in his hand, sources tell ESPN.

Maybe they will actually get the 1st pick.  They've been stuck in mid-lottery to barely making the playoffs for years.  Haven't hit in the lottery really either.  They could use a legit top end talent.

[Who]

John Gambadoro: Haywood Highsmith is still a few weeks away from being able to play in an NBA game. His signing was more about next year then this year which is why the two-year contract. Still possible he could help this year but not anytime soon.

He signed with the Phoenix Suns. Possible return for playoffs.

[Silas]

John Gambadoro: Haywood Highsmith is still a few weeks away from being able to play in an NBA game. His signing was more about next year then this year which is why the two-year contract. Still possible he could help this year but not anytime soon.

He signed with the Phoenix Suns. Possible return for playoffs.

Who the hell is Highsmith?  What have I missed and why should I care about this guy.

[Celtics2021]

John Gambadoro: Haywood Highsmith is still a few weeks away from being able to play in an NBA game. His signing was more about next year then this year which is why the two-year contract. Still possible he could help this year but not anytime soon.

He signed with the Phoenix Suns. Possible return for playoffs.

Who the hell is Highsmith?  What have I missed and why should I care about this guy.

He was a Heat reserve who got hurt and then dumped to the Nets in the preseason.  He is now released and still hurt, and you should continue to not care.

[Goldstar88]

Nice job, Danny! 

Shams Charania: Commissioner Adam Silver informed the league's 30 general managers on Thursday that the NBA plans to make anti-tanking rule changes for next season, sources tell ESPN. Stakeholders have intensified dialogue about combatting tanking.

Multiple sources with knowledge of Thursday's GM meeting as well as a late January Competition Committee meeting told ESPN that the following concepts have been discussed to curb tanking: First-round picks can be protected only top-4 or top-14+. Lottery odds freeze at the trade deadline or a later date. No longer allowing a team to pick top 4 in consecutive years and/or after consecutive bottom-3 finishes. Teams can?t pick top-4 the year after making conference finals. Lottery odds allocated based on two-year records. Lottery extended to include all play-in teams. Flatten odds for all lottery teams.

[Silas]

John Gambadoro: Haywood Highsmith is still a few weeks away from being able to play in an NBA game. His signing was more about next year then this year which is why the two-year contract. Still possible he could help this year but not anytime soon.

He signed with the Phoenix Suns. Possible return for playoffs.

Who the hell is Highsmith?  What have I missed and why should I care about this guy.

He was a Heat reserve who got hurt and then dumped to the Nets in the preseason.  He is now released and still hurt, and you should continue to not care.

Thanks for a great response!

[Goldstar88]

KD is still playing at an incredibly high level.

[Phantom255x]

KAT is a big reason why I think the Knicks may not make the Finals this year. Sure, he can put up numbers, but he's also just a soft player defensively and can be bullied easily. Detroit has done that to him this season, and even today without Duren + Stewart are doing the same.

Just a shame the C's didn't exploit that better in the playoffs last year. The stats may have looked good on the box score, but it wasn't like KAT dominated us, I just thought the C's let him off the hook on the defensive end and didn't attack him even in a few games he got in foul trouble early.

[Silas]

Pistons giving the Knicks a woopin....

[Moranis]

KAT is a big reason why I think the Knicks may not make the Finals this year. Sure, he can put up numbers, but he's also just a soft player defensively and can be bullied easily. Detroit has done that to him this season, and even today without Duren + Stewart are doing the same.

Just a shame the C's didn't exploit that better in the playoffs last year. The stats may have looked good on the box score, but it wasn't like KAT dominated us, I just thought the C's let him off the hook on the defensive end and didn't attack him even in a few games he got in foul trouble early.

KAT was 21/11/4, shooting 50% from the field, and was a 0 in the +-, and he didn't guard Cunningham who had an "awful" 42 point, 13 assist, 8 rebound game.  Brunson may have scored 33, but he was -9 because he couldn't do anything against Cade who just abused him all game long.  Paul Reed had a nice game, but he was also +14, which means he did a lot of damage against Robinson (you know the Knicks center that was -15 for the game).

[keevsnick]

Fun time to be a Sacramento Kings fan.

Shams Charania
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Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis underwent season-ending surgery on Wednesday morning to repair the torn meniscus in his left knee, sources tell ESPN. Sabonis rehabbed the meniscus tear during the season and tried to play through the injury before having surgery now.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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Meanwhile, Kings guard Zach LaVine is currently undergoing season-ending surgery to repair a tendon injury in his hand, sources tell ESPN.

Maybe they will actually get the 1st pick.  They've been stuck in mid-lottery to barely making the playoffs for years.  Haven't hit in the lottery really either.  They could use a legit top end talent.

The truly sad thing is even with the worst record in the league they have only a 40% chance at a top 3 pick.

This team is a perfect example of why the flattened lottery odds suck. The Kings aren't trying to tank, they are just awful. And yet they the most likely outcome for them after a season of pain will be lottery pain.

We shoul go back to the older lottery odds where bad teams actually were more likely to get the top pick.

[keevsnick]

Knicks are now 0-3 against the Pistons, but at least this game was relatively closer! They lost the last two by nearly 70 combined points.

It seems like Detroit just has their number. 

[Celtics2021]

Fun time to be a Sacramento Kings fan.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis underwent season-ending surgery on Wednesday morning to repair the torn meniscus in his left knee, sources tell ESPN. Sabonis rehabbed the meniscus tear during the season and tried to play through the injury before having surgery now.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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4m
Meanwhile, Kings guard Zach LaVine is currently undergoing season-ending surgery to repair a tendon injury in his hand, sources tell ESPN.

Maybe they will actually get the 1st pick.  They've been stuck in mid-lottery to barely making the playoffs for years.  Haven't hit in the lottery really either.  They could use a legit top end talent.

The truly sad thing is even with the worst record in the league they have only a 40% chance at a top 3 pick.

This team is a perfect example of why the flattened lottery odds suck. The Kings aren't trying to tank, they are just awful. And yet they the most likely outcome for them after a season of pain will be lottery pain.

We shoul go back to the older lottery odds where bad teams actually were more likely to get the top pick.

The Kings could get the #1 pick three years in a row and still screw it up.  It is a terribly run organization.