NBA Season/Playoffs 2025-26

[Who]

Sixers fans must be sick seeing J McCain doing this in the WCF. 18pts of his 20pts in the 2nd half.

[Goldstar88]

Has it gotten to the point yet where we talk about Alex Caruso as being one of the best defensive PGs in league history? What he is doing year after year is incredible.

I don?t really see him as a PG, but I do think Caruso is one of the most underrated players in the NBA. Seems like he is always making plays on both ends.

[Kernewek]

Tom Dundon (new Portland owner) defends his decision to lay off 70 Trail Blazers employees,

People are happier when they are busy and productive. And more people just creates more problems, usually. I think Portland just had too many people... The business I am going to run like you run every other business.

Yeah this deserves its own thread because this is insane for all sorts of normal boring reasons, but we should chat about it separate to the playoffs?

[Moranis]

Tom Dundon (new Portland owner) defends his decision to lay off 70 Trail Blazers employees,

People are happier when they are busy and productive. And more people just creates more problems, usually. I think Portland just had too many people... The business I am going to run like you run every other business.

Yeah this deserves its own thread because this is insane for all sorts of normal boring reasons, but we should chat about it separate to the playoffs?

the way he phrased the first part is a bit odd, but I don't think he is necessarily wrong.  A lot of businesses have too many employees or at least employees doing the wrong things.  Lots of waste in sports.  And Dundon has shown immense success in Carolina doing many of the same things (cutting staff in sone areas, while adding in others), while also investing close to a billion dollars locally.  The Hurricanes have about 200 staff which is lean, but it is working.  The team hadn't been to the playoffs for 9 straight years when he bought the team in 2018 and they haven't missed the playoffs under him. They are up 2-1 in the ecf and are the favorites to win the cup (even though Vegas is already in the finals). Sometimes people from the outside of sports that run sports teams like businesses do actually know what they are doing.  Time will tell in Portland, but he is at least a present active owner that does want to win.  He also doesn't appear to meddle a whole lot in the game play area.