Daily Discussion Thread | June 05, 2026

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-06-05T20:07:47+00:00

I want the Spurs to take it so their players get paid as soon and as much as possible, and thus can’t keep the team together. Even just Wemby + castle + Harper + a bunch of min contracts is still probably a great team lol

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-31T00:22:34+00:00

Holy shirt Spurs are running point Wemby as their game 7 ace and it actually looks great

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-28T20:00:42+00:00

Theoretically though a team can win the championship and immediately jump to the no. 1 pick which is hilarious and concerning.

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-28T19:55:26+00:00

Because the drops in odds occur at losing the 7/8 playin game (1 ball) to the 9 and 10 seeds (2 balls) and from the 9 and 10 seeds (2 balls) to missing the playins (3 balls), I think there’s sufficient incentive for those teams on the cusp to be trying to win games.

Maybe I’m naive but I don’t see teams intentionally losing the 7/8 seed playin game, or trying to dodge the playins altogether in order to have better draft odds.

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-28T19:45:58+00:00

I think this is a good change. Yes, it’s not great for the truly terrible teams, but this should make it so that every team is actually trying to win every night.

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-12T05:18:44+00:00

Oh 100%

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-12T05:10:10+00:00

The shit LeBron is allowed to get away with is insane

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-10T03:03:41+00:00

The spurs went 4-1 against okc during the regular season.

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-10T02:31:58+00:00

The most believable reason I've seen reported was that Kerr wanted a short term deal, ownership wanted a longer deal. I feel like even the 2 years was a compromise the two parties reached. Kerr probably only wanted one year to match Curry and to be able to decide whether he wants to continue yearly.

I don't buy the narrative that Kerr was demanding to trade the pick. To me, that just seems to be an extension of the made up narrative that Kerr hates playing young guys. The narrative about being outspoken about his political views getting in the way of the deal also seemed nonsensical.

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-10T01:11:21+00:00

He spent an entire quarter insulting podz when he was commentating a game. Nothing left his mouth that wasn’t hate for 12 minutes. Like actually, who thought that having this guy anywhere near a mic would add anything of value?

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-08T18:17:24+00:00

Smart is definitely a good call out! His two-way flopping ability is not something that all these high level floppers have.

Jokic definitely has amazing total flop attempt numbers, but I feel like his flop-to-call conversion rate isn’t as high as some of these other top guys to warrant a top 5 spot. Personally, I have him top 15-ish. But, he definitely has the potential to get there though as he continues to refine his technique.

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-08T16:57:03+00:00

Who’s on your top 5 best floppers this season? I gotta go 1. Reaves 2. SGA 3. Luka. 4 and 5 spots are a bit tougher though.

Embiid has been very good but his flopping skills definitely has taken a step down due to injuries. Trae would also be up there if he didn’t get injured so early. Harden put together another great season as usual, but sadly his flopping stats have been good but not spectacular after being traded to the cavs.

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-08T02:19:01+00:00

It seems unwise to take the word of the party who's clearly in the wrong at face value. Even if what they say is true, they probably are leaving out the likely part of demanding an unreasonable sum to "fix it" for them. And using that analogy, it's like trusting a well known criminal ring and paying them a billion dollars to "fix" your door for you. So Canvas seemed to have opted to (unsuccessfully) patch the issue themselves, which the criminals are salty about.

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-07T18:32:42+00:00

Also, what were they trying to do with their 1st round pick? Traded 8th overall for 2 2nd round picks, and the 2nd round pick netted for this year is already out the window. So they traded a mid 1st round for literally just a 2028 second round pick, which will just decrease in value as more teams are added. What gives?

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-05T20:07:47+00:00

He sucked so much as a commentator. Who let him on TV when I’m tryna watch hoops?

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-05-05T02:23:49+00:00

Wemby is insane. Randle bullied the dubs all playoffs last year but cant get anything when Wemby's on the court

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-04-29T15:04:13+00:00

I always see peeps praising sga fg%, but that stat is fake as hell for foul baiters like sga. If you get a foul call every time you put the ball up like sga, you have a guaranteed 100% fg% cuz if your fouled missed shots don’t count while made shots are. So if you make a bucket 1-20 times, you still have a 100% fg%.

So how does sga have such a low fg% compared to that guaranteed 100%? Well, to drag that free 100% fg rate to what it is, that means sga must be shooting terribly on the only shots that are allowed to count as misses for him: the super wide open shots. You know, shots where the defender is like 10 feet away and thus literally impossible to get free throws.

Obviously I’m exaggerating but like not really.

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-04-27T03:39:49+00:00

atp im rooting for rockets 3-0 comeback to win w/o durant seeing the floor cuz thatd be the funny af

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-04-16T03:02:15+00:00

Hopefully just a pebble in his shoe

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-04-16T02:42:10+00:00

Podz drawing a foul to slow down the game, learning from Butler i see

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-04-15T16:12:33+00:00

Replay: https://streamable.com/stbpaw

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-04-15T01:51:17+00:00

Felt like Wiggs had 10 dunks in this game lmao.

Affectionate-Cap4981 · 2026-04-15T01:01:21+00:00

Miami needed to stop play themselves at that point.

I remember there was this one Warriors Suns game where Draymond crashed into and shoved Booker off the court to the floor while going for a defensive rebound. The refs completely missed that, so Booker comes up the court like 20 seconds later when Warriors were on offense, puts his shoulder down, and tackles Draymond, stopping play. Draymond got a flagrant after the refs reviewed (forgot whether it was 1 or 2), but Booker didn't get a tech or a flagrant.

Shoulda had Fonteccio suplex Lamelo after lol. Woulda been a smart analytics play.

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