General NBA thread

[Ted$8roadFan]

1 million people are expected in Downtown Boston today to celebrate the Celtics' 18th championship. The weather should be reasonable.

[Ted$8roadFan]

Bronny James is now an LA Laker, taken at #55.

[Max Rockatansky]

Nepotism wins the day for a middle of the road Lakers team.

[epzik8]

Lakers

[Ted$8roadFan]

Yep, the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA.

[kinupanda]

Bronny James is now an LA Laker, taken at #55.

In-Season Tournament repeat incoming 

[SEWIGuy]

Nepotism in the NBA? Shocking.

[Stephane Dumas]

Yep, the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA.

If the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA, which team is now the Buffalo Bills of the NBA?

[Hunty2022]

Yep, the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA.

If the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA, which team is now the Buffalo Bills of the NBA?

The New York Knicks. 2-6 in the finals series according to Statmuse.

[NWI_Irish96]

Yep, the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA.

If the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA, which team is now the Buffalo Bills of the NBA?

I'd say either the Jazz or the Nets, who both lost 2 in a row and have never won one. Knicks once lost 3 in a row, but that was in the very early days of the league and they have actually won a couple times.

[SEWIGuy]

The Suns are 0-3 in the Finals.

Maybe they are more like the Vikings, since they have lost them over the course of a number of years.

[Stephane Dumas]

Yep, the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA.

If the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA, which team is now the Buffalo Bills of the NBA?

I'd say either the Jazz or the Nets, who both lost 2 in a row and have never won one. Knicks once lost 3 in a row, but that was in the very early days of the league and they have actually won a couple times.

Well the Nets did won 2 championships in 1974 and 1976 back when there was in the ABA before joining the NBA and moving to New Jersey(and moved later again to Brooklyn), ironically their last ABA championship was against the Denver Nuggets, another ABA team who joined the NBA and won their first NBA championship in 2023.

Edit: The Buffalo Bills won 2 championships back when they was in the AFL before the AFL-NFL merger of 1970. I guess the Nets have much more common points with the Bills than we expected.

[mgk920]

Yep, the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA.

If the Lakers are now the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA, which team is now the Buffalo Bills of the NBA?

I'd say either the Jazz or the Nets, who both lost 2 in a row and have never won one. Knicks once lost 3 in a row, but that was in the very early days of the league and they have actually won a couple times.

Well the Nets did won 2 championships in 1974 and 1976 back when there was in the ABA before joining the NBA and moving to New Jersey(and moved later again to Brooklyn), ironically their last ABA championship was against the Denver Nuggets, another ABA team who joined the NBA and won their first NBA championship in 2023.

Edit: The Buffalo Bills won 2 championships back when they was in the AFL before the AFL-NFL merger of 1970. I guess the Nets have much more common points with the Bills than we expected.

I agree with the Nets being the 'Buffalo Bills' of the NBA, besides for playing their home games in New York.

Mike

[Max Rockatansky]

The Suns are 0-3 in the Finals.

Maybe they are more like the Vikings, since they have lost them over the course of a number of years.

Purple team syndrome.

[Henry]

The Suns are 0-3 in the Finals.

Maybe they are more like the Vikings, since they have lost them over the course of a number of years.

Purple team syndrome.

A certain team named after a bird would beg to differ. They won two Super Bowls in a span of 12 years.

[Max Rockatansky]

The Suns are 0-3 in the Finals.

Maybe they are more like the Vikings, since they have lost them over the course of a number of years.

Purple team syndrome.

A certain team named after a bird would beg to differ. They won two Super Bowls in a span of 12 years.

Yeah, but they aren't really a "purple team."  They are the OG version of the Browns.

[bing101]

https://deadline.com/2024/06/lebron-james-will-opt-out-lakers-contract-report-1235997796/

Here is an update on Lebron James time with the LA Lakers. 

[bing101]

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/klay-thompson-to-join-mavericks-on-three-year-50-million-deal-after-warriors-complete-trade-per-report/

NBA Star Klay Thompson moves from the Golden State Warriors to Dallas Mavericks.

[Henry]

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/klay-thompson-to-join-mavericks-on-three-year-50-million-deal-after-warriors-complete-trade-per-report/

NBA Star Klay Thompson moves from the Golden State Warriors to Dallas Mavericks.

I was hoping he'd go to the Lakers, which is what his dad wanted, but either way, the Splash Brothers have broken up, and (with four championships and six Finals overall) it was great while it lasted.

[SEWIGuy]

The Lakers have no flexibility to offer Klay much unless GSW wants to do a sign and trade. And the Lakers roster is a bunch of junk. And they aren't going anywhere except on Lebron's retirement tour over the next couple of seasons.

[Henry]

Buddy Hield is coming to Golden State to replace Klay Thompson as a secondary shooter behind Steph Curry. If he can't be a third Splash Brother, maybe he could be a Splash Cousin?

The Lakers have no flexibility to offer Klay much unless GSW wants to do a sign and trade. And the Lakers roster is a bunch of junk. And they aren't going anywhere except on Lebron's retirement tour over the next couple of seasons.

The Lakers already have Bronny, and Bryce may join them too before the old man retires. At least the Warriors are better equipped to give Curry an exciting Last Dance-ish ending.

[Henry]

Now it's official!

ESPN/ABC, unfortunately, will continue to be the big guns in town, but NBC returns as the Number 2 partner, and Amazon will claim their own piece of the pie. Cue in the TPIR theme...

[jgb191]

Another huge loss for the NBA:  Pat Williams, the architect of (what might have been) the Orlando Magic empire with Penny and Shaq, expired yesterday at the age of 84 years.  His presence during the Draft Lottery was stunning to put it mildly, being seated four times when his team's ping-pong ball bounced his way (once with the Sixers plus the memorable three with the Magic).  He then proceeded to build another very good Magic team that made the 2009 NBA Finals.  Though his teams fell short of the titles, Pat had accomplished in his career what most GMs today could only dream of.

Fun Fact, it was the recently passed Jerry West, arguably the greatest executive in NBA history, that stole away Shaquille O'Neal to the Lakers from Pat Williams to add to his collection of championship empires that he built.  Unfortunately, Pat's fatal flaw in his career was that he couldn't offer Shaq more than Jerry did, and it was the demise of the promising Magic team that might have contended for many years had Shaq stayed in Orlando.

[Max Rockatansky]

Empire?  The Magic got blown out in one Finals with Shaq and Penny Hardaway.

[Henry]

Empire?  The Magic got blown out in one Finals with Shaq and Penny Hardaway.

Not to mention that the Miami Heat downstate are far more successful nowadays, with three championships on their resume, all courtesy of Dwyane Wade (winning one with Shaq and two with LeBron James and Chris Bosh). IOW, the Heat are everything the Magic could've been, plus the South Beach atmosphere is far more exciting than the one at Disney World.