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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Shams] San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich suffered a health issue before Saturday’s game and assistant Mitch Johnson is expected to be the interim head coach for indefinite period⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Get well, Pop

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Threads] 28 OCT 2024⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It didn’t feel by design to me. Raps felt overmatched without Scottie, who left due to injury

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bold Predictions and Hot Takes!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
  • Cavaliers finish top 4
  • Magic finish top 4
  • Grizzlies finish top 4
  • Clippers don’t make the playoffs
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBA Emirates Cup Court Designs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d like to take this moment to congratulate the Raptors on their uniquely purple court. Raptors fans are going to have to try to find wins this season wherever we can 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBA Emirates Cup Court Designs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That top left is TWolves. Not pretty

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Threads] 23 OCT 2024⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe the only highlight was that Chris Boucher had a very good game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sources: Embiid's participation to be investigated⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair enough. I don’t disagree with your point, and I didn’t know he broke an actual policy. I just think the status quo is dumb. But I also might not know enough about the League’s current policies, etc 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sources: Embiid's participation to be investigated⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not really an Embiid fan. But I think he’s in the camp with Kawhi of guys that have such a long track record of injury-proneness that I give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to load management type stuff. I don’t think him saying that he might not play a back-to-back again should be scandalous.

  I think the league ought to clarify what their redline issues are and what the consequences are. Otherwise, I think players have a right to health and teams have a right to being strategic (e.g, rest Embiid in the regular season for playoff availability)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Threads] 23 OCT 2024⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This Choclair half-time show is dope

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Threads] 23 OCT 2024⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All Cavs so far. 30 points in the paint in the 1st half

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GAME THREAD Tuesday 22-10-2024 Season Opening Night⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Knicks are their only threat for #1 spot. But yeah, Celts vs Thunder in the finals? I’m in. Re: Celts, It’s been a while since a team ran it back successfully the next year, even past the semis the 2nd year

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GAME THREAD Tuesday 22-10-2024 Season Opening Night⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t watch, but Celts feel like a lock for #1 in the East. Not a hot take, but it’s been a while since you could call it so early

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBA Season Tips Off Tonight!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Good on ya!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBA Schedule 2024-25: League Releases Official Regular-Season Slate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m curious to see what they do with the design of the floors for the in-season tournament. They have a corporate sponsor now, so that in itself probably means they’ll be less ‘busy’ this year.

  Speaking of floors, I really liked the LED court at the all-star weekend. It wasn’t used that much. I believe they used it to indicate which rack players in the 3-point contests selected as their extra-points rack. I think they had some stats or visuals presented on the floor another time; I think maybe some special effects type stuff around breaks in play, perhaps. My memory’s rusty lol. But they didn’t use it much. I’d kind of like to see ‘power up spots’ appear on the floor during the all-star game, at least until we get a competitive and enjoyable ASG

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paul George says playing for the Clippers instead of the Lakers felt like he was playing for the "B Team."⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Man that’s salty. PG’s got to be pretty happy with his new situation. He got 4 years, I think. He’s in the easier Eastern Conference, on probably the 2nd best team on paper. As a Raptors fan I often relitigate Kawhi defecting back home from a probable run it back championship

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cavs, Evan Mobley agree to 5-year extension⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. They should include % of some cap/threshold because that’s what matters from a roster construction perspective ($ left for other players) and it’s more helpful for comparisons across time. That “up to $269 million” probably includes $50 million on the premise he makes all-NBA this year. That’s the case with Scottie Barnes’ new deal (225 or 275 mil) and they were in the same draft class

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBA Cup 2024: Dates, Groups, Format, More for In-Season Tournament⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Great post, thanks! As a Raptors fan, I’m glad they didn’t do groups based on divisions again, given how deep our division is (Boston, Philly, NYC, Brooklyn).

  One-game-take-all championships in sports like basketball that are traditionally best-of-seven in North America are generally fun. I’ll probably watch the in-season tournament (IST) championship game. I’m curious to see if the basketball court designs are as visually busy as last year. I felt that was sort of the biggest IST headline last year. A year later, the IST seems as unimpactful to me as an NBA fan as I imagined it would be when it was announced. It’s just for TV deals and advertising dollars in my eyes. I’m curious if other NBA fans are more passionate about the IST than I am. Maybe if your team is better that makes it more exciting. They’re just another of the 82 regular season games to me, and winning the IST doesn’t come close to the impressiveness of winning a championship

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LeBron James to sign 2-year, $104 million max deal with Lakers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the Lakers are a play-in team next year that might make the playoffs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honky tonk⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Baby got back!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toxicity⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s had difficulty getting through ISL (which is great)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It Would Take 'Star Level Player' for LeBron to Take Pay Cut⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  LeGM

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Davion Mitchell and Sasha Vezenkov have been traded to the Raptors⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, this seems decent. It never seemed like Jalen had a spot on the Raptors anyway. Sacramento knows which McDaniels they traded for, right? (I’m just hatin’ lol)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plot twist: Bronny to the Lakers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Adam Silver’s got to love this. What an exciting coughmarketablecough story for next season

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shai, Lu … See you gents in Paris 😎😝. I thought FIBA last year was so much fun (special shoutout to the microphones that were lowered into team timeout huddles, so you could see and hear coaches draw out and communicate their next play on TV. I remember the coach of France swearing a lot, and the broadcasters apologizing after any coach swearing, which many did, for “colourful” language or something euphemistic like that). I’m looking forward to another dose of international basketball in the olympics!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 30 MAY 2024 - Mavericks @ Timberwolves Game 5⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see the Wolves at -4.5 on the point spread tonight. I wonder how many more games they can win. I think I like (affinity for) the Wolves more than the Mavs, but I like them both better than the Celts lol and for that matter wonder whether I should be cheering for the Mavs getting more time off before the NBA Finals

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 27-28 MAY 2024 - Conference Finals Game 4s⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love how deep the team and talent pool is!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Out shopping, found this:⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hardly a rave review :P

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The level of engagement on Reddit these days⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d say in about 2 years, the entire place is going to be bots with AI generated content that try to mimic “real users” using their new Dynamic Product Ads tool

  Yeah, it’s just partially like that now lol. A few weeks ago there was a side-by-side reddit screenshot post on Lemmy. The exact same reddit post, with the exact same tens of comments (all word for word, some in response to each other iirc), from different accounts less than a year apart. I’d never seen such extensive bot-masquerading as people behaviour; it was a realization moment for me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Out shopping, found this:⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If I came across these, I think I’d have to buy one, in solidarity with my favourite social media platform. The peach one sounds yum!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 27-28 MAY 2024 - Conference Finals Game 4s⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t been following the whole playoffs super closely, but it seems like Luka’s probably playoffs MVP so far, right?