NBA 25/26
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I had a bet today on the Houston/Suns double. First Houston make me sweat through OT, and then the Suns get outscored 47-27 in the 4th to lose by 2. At home.
Look at the win % chart. Got to be rigged....
Hawks have a nice winning run going here, on the road without Young too.
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A number of close games today including 3 that went to OT.
Coby White back for the Bulls under minute restrictions and was good to see him and Giddey back in tandem agains the Jazz. Markkanen had himself a night and George hit a huge 3 to win the game.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA 25/26:
Liked how the Mavs gutted out the win today. Let’s be honest a lineup of Flagg, Williams, PJ, Christie and Gafford to close out a game against most teams is not going to do it. But they played some decent ball against a decent Blazers team that can really score.
I like Flagg’s emotion today and his team mates were getting him the ball to make plays. There’s no doubt frustration inside the camp but I don’t think there is anything too sinister there. I did notice Klay pointing out a few things to Flagg today. But Klay isn’t a big talker at the best of times.
Yeah, I think Flagg only took 3 shots in the first half but was more involved as the game wore on.
I always feel for the rookies that end up in tricky assignments on their first year on the job, be that with toxic personalities in the locker room or on teams that lose every season. I know they are getting paid but so much of their NBA career is dependent on the luck of where they get drafted to and in those environments who is willing to take them under their wing. You know guys like Derrick White and Dejounte Murray won the lottery when they were drafted by the Spurs. Other kids get thrown to the wolves.
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Jokic shot not falling so far tonight.
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Nuggets lose, looked like a tired team tbh. Lots of their shots were hitting front of rim.
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@nonpartizan said in NBA 25/26:
Nuggets lose, looked like a tired team tbh. Lots of their shots were hitting front of rim.
This was the sort of game that Braun thrives in. He’s an energy guy that gets up and down. Can get you some easy buckets. Joker fell in love with the 3 a bit too much tonight. Other than that he was still pretty dominant with 36/18/13 shooting 60% from inside the arc and only committing 2 TOs.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA 25/26:
@nonpartizan said in NBA 25/26:
Nuggets lose, looked like a tired team tbh. Lots of their shots were hitting front of rim.
This was the sort of game that Braun thrives in. He’s an energy guy that gets up and down. Can get you some easy buckets. Joker fell in love with the 3 a bit too much tonight. Other than that he was still pretty dominant with 36/18/13 shooting 60% from inside the arc and only committing 2 TOs.
He's out for a month I think I read the other day.
Bulls had tons of energy, would never have thought it was a back to back for them.
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Love this stuff.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/175dLrbGgx/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Peja Stoijakovic son is having a solid start to the season at Illinois. So hard to keep up with player movements in this era of college basketball - I assumed he had found a home at Cal but was apparently recruited as they see him as a missing piece.
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@nonpartizan That's cool. I was a season ticket-holder during the Bill Self years at Illinois so still try to check out their scores.
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@nonpartizan That's cool. I was a season ticket-holder during the Bill Self years at Illinois so still try to check out their scores.
That's awesome, would've been around the time of Deron Williams?
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@nonpartizan said in NBA 25/26:
That's awesome, would've been around the time of Deron Williams?
Yes. Brian Cook and Frank Williams were the main guys.
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@nonpartizan said in NBA 25/26:
Peja Stoijakovic son is having a solid start to the season at Illinois. So hard to keep up with player movements in this era of college basketball - I assumed he had found a home at Cal but was apparently recruited as they see him as a missing piece.
Got a better all round game than his pops, One the first to bring that deep range too. Him and Hedo were awesome together.
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If you haven’t watched him, Carlos Boozer’s boy will be some player one day. What I like is that unlike say someone like Zion who was an out there sort of guy with all the flair and big dunks from his junior year in High School “all about that mix tape”. Boozer has both the athletic game but also a meat and potato’s game. Has good IQ too.
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Speaking of hoopers, check out Derrick Queen. That is all around polished player. If he's consistent should be a candidate for ROY.
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@nonpartizan said in NBA 25/26:
Speaking of hoopers, check out Derrick Queen. That is all around polished player. If he's consistent should be a candidate for ROY.
I was pretty surprised that he dropped to 13 in the draft given his size and some of the skills he had shown at Montverde and then in college last year.
12 and 6 is okay, but given how bad the Pelicans are, he probably has to be averaging 20 to win ROY being on that team!
Joker had some good stuff to say about him post their last game against the Pels.
