NBA Hoops '25-26

[qtlaw]

Hope it's okay to start this now.

Great reminder of how fortunate those of us in the Bay Area (and the world) are to root for the Warriors the past 12 years (really 17):

'There's no Steph without Steve': Steph Curry and Steve Kerr reflect on 11 seasons together

Without Steph, there are no championships, no parades.

 

[Starman]

With the brief interludes of the miracle 75 title and the run of the TMZ Boys in the early Nineties, the Warriors had pretty much personified mediocrity since their arrival from Philly in 1963.

But they've definitely had themselves a decade.

 

[Della9250]

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

After watching the MJ spot at halftime and looking into his eyes, I have questions about how high his blood pressure is.

I thought my BP was exorbitant, but … damn. Just damn.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Damn, I like Chet Holmgren. Always have. Incredible skill set for his size.

Meanwhile, Drew Timme can't keep a job in the league. Waived by the Nets.

 

[HanSenSE]

Of course NBC didn't figure on the first game going to overtime and figured everyone who wanted to see Warriors-Lakers would flock to Peacock.

 

[MileHigh]

Now double overtime after Durant tried calling a timeout the Rockets didn't have -- but the officials didn't grant it.

 

[HanSenSE]

Meanwhile in streamland...

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Reed Sheppard should have a conversation with Jimmer Fredette at his earliest convenience

 

[sgreenwell]

Reed Sheppard should have a conversation with Jimmer Fredette at his earliest convenience

Might as well throw him out there for the first 30 games and see if he sinks or swims. They don't really have a ton of tradeable stuff left to get anything but a stopgap PG anyway.

 

[HanSenSE]

Curry in mid-season form. But having Butler for a full season is going to be huge for the Warriors.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Might as well throw him out there for the first 30 games and see if he sinks or swims. They don't really have a ton of tradeable stuff left to get anything but a stopgap PG anyway.

From everything I’ve heard the Rockets are still really high on him. Sheppard was completely off the table in negotiations for the Durant trade.

 

[sgreenwell]

From everything I’ve heard the Rockets are still really high on him. Sheppard was completely off the table in negotiations for the Durant trade.

Yeah, at this point, I just think he needs minutes. You need to be OK with the mistakes and hope he works it out by the deadline. Or, proves he sucks, and then you're fine getting someone else in to play over him.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Yeah, at this point, I just think he needs minutes. You need to be OK with the mistakes and hope he works it out by the deadline. Or, proves he sucks, and then you're fine getting someone else in to play over him.

He might not suck, but he may be one of those guys who can show out against the bottom half of the league, gets eaten alive by the upper echelon, and doesn't see much of the court once April hits.

 

[HanSenSE]

EJ. Kenny. Shaq. Charles. The music. The laughter. The wisecracks. Welcome back "Inside The NBA."

 

[jr/shotglass]

V.J. Edgecombe lighting it up early for the Sixers in Boston. Fourteen points in his first 11 minutes.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Cavs think it's still the playoffs.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Embiid. Woof.

 

[sgreenwell]

Wemby sure is fun though!

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Wemby sure is fun though!

Not if you're in a Dallas uniform. My God...these are professional basketball players and it's like they're getting some karmic comeuppance for all of the lessers they clowned in high school ball.