General NBA thread

[Life in Paradise]

I was disappointed Tyrese Haliburton got hurt early in the game. It puts a damned asterisk on the Thunder's win and title victory.

It most certainly does not.

Agreed.  From this Pacer fan, the Thunder still won the title, but one can only speculate what the game would have ended up with the Pacers point guard in the entire game.  Injuries occur (previous thoughts on Kevin Durant are appropriate here, as well as Klay Thompson).

[Henry]

The sale of the two Minnesota teams (Timberwolves and Lynx) has been finalized, with Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez taking over from Glen Taylor:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45577217/nba-owners-approve-15-billion-sale-wolves-wnba-lynx

[bing101]

https://apnews.com/live/nba-draft-2025-picks-updates?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-25-Live+updates

Here is the NBA draft for the 2025-2026 season.

[WillWeaverRVA]

VCU had two former players selected in the same draft for the first time since 1985, and for the first time ever in the draft's current format - Jamir Watkins went #43 to the Wizards while Max Shulga went #57 to the Celtics. (Watkins most recently played at Florida State but began his career at VCU.)

[Henry]

With Paige Bueckers already starting out with the Wings (and she's doing great so far), the attention will soon focus on Cooper Flagg, the Mavericks' Number 1 overall pick. It's already shaping up to be a fun new era in Dallas, after the momentary hiccup that was the Luka Doncic trade to the Lakers in February.

[Max Rockatansky]

With Paige Bueckers already starting out with the Wings (and she's doing great so far), the attention will soon focus on Cooper Flagg, the Mavericks' Number 1 overall pick. It's already shaping up to be a fun new era in Dallas, after the momentary hiccup that was the Luka Doncic trade to the Lakers in February.

Hiccup?  More like illogical fuck up of a trade.

[SEWIGuy]

Honestly, the Luka thing turned out very well for the Mavs. They don't have to shell out for his extension and get to reset with one of the bigger stars to come up in quite a while. Knowing what they know now, they DEFINITELY would have done the exact same thing.

[Max Rockatansky]

Honestly, the Luka thing turned out very well for the Mavs. They don't have to shell out for his extension and get to reset with one of the bigger stars to come up in quite a while. Knowing what they know now, they DEFINITELY would have done the exact same thing.

Or they could have just moved Copper Flagg to small forward.  It wasn't like they weren't far removed from a finals run with Luka.  I don't tend to think the world of Anthony Davis and he's definitely showing signs of decline due to his age.

[SEWIGuy]

Honestly, the Luka thing turned out very well for the Mavs. They don't have to shell out for his extension and get to reset with one of the bigger stars to come up in quite a while. Knowing what they know now, they DEFINITELY would have done the exact same thing.

Or they could have just moved Copper Flagg to small forward.  It wasn't like they weren't far removed from a finals run with Luka.  I don't tend to think the world of Anthony Davis and he's definitely showing signs of decline due to his age.

They're making the playoffs and out of the draft lottery with Luka.

[Max Rockatansky]

Honestly, the Luka thing turned out very well for the Mavs. They don't have to shell out for his extension and get to reset with one of the bigger stars to come up in quite a while. Knowing what they know now, they DEFINITELY would have done the exact same thing.

Or they could have just moved Copper Flagg to small forward.  It wasn't like they weren't far removed from a finals run with Luka.  I don't tend to think the world of Anthony Davis and he's definitely showing signs of decline due to his age.

They're making the playoffs and out of the draft lottery with Luka.

And one year removed from a finals run with him.  But that's fine, they handed the Lakers their next franchise guy for basically nothing and got luck in the draft lottery.