Durant & Kyrie are good players themselves, but definitely not team players where they play team ball. Too much focus on themselves, which messes up team chemistry building. I'm all in on Warriors repeating next year if they can stay healthy :fuckyea:

Raptors sign Otto Porter Jr. on a two year contract. Second year is a player option.

Toronto gets a good defender and a good three point shooter.

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The Toronto Raptors and forward Otto Porter Jr. have agreed to a two-year contract, with the second year being a player option, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. How much Porter will earn is not yet clear.


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Durant's not a team player? :ahwow:

His only fault was partnering up with me-first players like Westbrook, Harden and of course Kyrie which is a whole new level when it comes to being a cancer.

All these big contract extensions right when free agency began.

Pelicans must be on crack offering that massive contract extension to Zion when he's barely even played (0 games last season).

Beal is loyal (likely will never win a championship with Wizards), but that $, hard to say no to by staying.

KD's gone cray cray

LeBron signs a two year extension for 97.1 million US with the old geezer Lakers. -highest paid player in NBA history with this new extension.

LBJ's extension coincides with Anthony Davis's recent two year contract extension.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article...n-with-lakers/

The Cavaliers acquire Donovan Mitchell in a trade:


The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired star guard Donovan Mitchell from the Utah Jazz, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Jazz are reportedly receiving Lauri Markkanen, Ochair Agbaji, Collin Sexton, three first-round picks and two pick swaps in return.


ESPN's Bobby Marks adds the unprotected firsts going to Utah are in 2025, 2027 and 2029. Cleveland currently owes the Indiana Pacers a top-14 protected first-rounder in 2023.

^Knicks blew all their money on RJ Barrett extension, which was a waste of fucking money as he's not even worth half that money lol.

Cavs are stacked up now, would be interesting to see how well they will perform this coming season.

Shitz hitting the fan in Boston !! Looks like coach is suspended for a year for inappropriate relationship.

The Warriors’ championship rings are fire!

They make the Colorado Avalanche rings look ordinary.


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I dunno ... these championship rings are so over the top that many are so gaudy. One of those things that you wear once and put in a safety deposit box. Even having it around your house is asking for trouble.

Experiment in Brooklyn failed failed and failed. Nash is out as coach. BUT Nets owner has not learned ... their front runner to replace him ... :facepalm:

Why did the Nets fire Steve Nash? Poor start leads Brooklyn to part ways with head coach; Ime Udoka 'strong frontrunner' for replacement

The nets are a dumpster fire :lol

Has anyone actually watched that movie Kyrie had posted? I'm genuinely curious if the movie was full on antisemitic or if this is just a wave the media is riding as of late with Kanye's stupid outbursts.

^ Kyrie suspended by the Nets for failing to disavow antisemitism. https://www.tsn.ca/nba/kyrie-irving-...tism-1.1873077. Brooklyn, with a high population of Jews ... this is not sitting well, of course.

I did a bit of quick googling and apparently, Kyrie tweeted a book From Hebrews to Negroes - Wake Up Black America, which has some strange theories that the Jews were not the true descendants of Israel but rather, the Negroes/blacks are. That's the basic premise but there are other propositions about the Jews eg:

“The Jews have established five major falsehoods which work to conceal their nature and protect their status and power, to wit:
1) The Jews are ‘Israelites’, and thus God’s Chosen People;
2) Jesus Christ was a Jew;
3) That 6 million Jews were killed in a holocaust during WWII;
4) That all races are equal, or that all are brothers; and,
5) That Jews are just another religious group.”
(Source - https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/h...-you-need-know)

The Official NBA thread
 

What a game between the Suns and Nuggets now.

Overtime!

The last game on Christmas Day is the best one to watch.

Jamal Murray with some big 3 pointers and a huge dunk in the fourth quarter. Jokic is playing his game. Aaron Gordon also made big dunks.

It is too bad that Booker got injured early in the game.

CP3 is awful on the free throw line tonight.

5 for 10.

Gordon’s dunk in OT was sick!! I am glad that the refs got the call right after review on the Suns blocking foul on Gordon.


Seven dunks from Gordon tonight.

Nuggets have sole possession of first place in the West after tonight’s win.



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Not sure what to make of this trade between Nets and Mavericks.

Although the Mavs acquire Kyrie, Dallas has two super star players in Luka and Kyrie who both need the ball in order to play well. Ball dominant.


If things work out in terms of the offensive schemes for Luka and Kyrie, then the Mavs have the best back court in the NBA.


Spencer Dinwiddie, Finney-Smith, a 2029 first round pick and multiple second round picks go to Brooklyn. I think that the Nets do well in this trade.

Finney-Smith is an upgrade over Ben Simmons.


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LeBron becomes the all time scoring leader in the NBA. LBJ breaks Kareem’s 30 year old record.


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Wow, another blockbuster trade!

The Nets are doing a full rebuild.


Durant will be sent to the Phoenix Suns for a whopping four 1st-round picks as part of what would be one of the biggest blockbuster deals in NBA history, according to ESPN.

The deal includes the Nets receiving Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks and additional draft compensation. The Suns will acquire Durant and TJ Warren.


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Yah, lots of player movement. And the Brooklyn Nets experiment didn't work.

Russell Westbrook, most traded player in this gen, is out of LA.

Kyrie a few days ago to Dallas.

:lol look CupCake Drant
He can't carry a team again and ran as fast as he can.

Joining other SuperStars in the West.

FWIW ... Raps clinched play in spot in playoffs.

Stupid useless Raps !! :heckno:

Leading by 19 pts at one point !!! What a choke job.

LOL! I was watching the game at the gym in the first half thinking oh shit, they've got it in the bag > Check the scores after and see that they lost :lol

The playoffs begin! Lakers win game 1 vs. Memphis. Ja’s injury looks quite serious.

Morant landed hard on his right hand when he was attacking the basket. AD took the charge on that play.

Heat are leading the Bucks. Giannis is out with a lower back injury. Yikes.


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