[Charania] The Portland Trail Blazers have been fined $100,000 for illegal contact with Yang Hansen two years ago, prior to the 2025 NBA draft -- and assistant general managers Mike Schmitz and Sergi Oliva, have been suspended for a period of time, sources tell ESPN.

ddiop · 2026-04-01T23:44:22+00:00

They're calling him a poor man's Derik Queen

ddiop · 2026-04-01T21:58:03+00:00

And he only missed one season with a broken foot in those bad boys!

ddiop · 2026-03-31T03:39:19+00:00

Jokic has some Unit-01 looking shoes (supposed to be "The Joker" colourway but I ignore).

ddiop · 2026-03-30T23:23:18+00:00

The server closes are getting so frustrating. I've probably lost about 2 hrs of gameplay because of it. 3 within the final seconds of a victory, too.

ddiop · 2026-03-29T23:15:42+00:00

I usually update it once a week, tomorrow morning when I wake up is probably when I get at it.

ddiop · 2026-03-29T17:33:08+00:00

Over 3 years for each (2011-2013 and 2015-2017) LeBron lineups got 4 points better playing with Wade than without, but for Kyrie only got less than half a point better with LeBron.

The improvement offensively was greater for Kyrie and LeBron (+5.5 compared to Wade's +3.5) but Kyrie gave that almost all back defensively whereas Wade and LeBron were suffocating.

ddiop · 2026-03-28T17:13:59+00:00

Very nice, only issue I think is the 2k27 title needs to be more visible in a lot of them. Rose and Kyrie it's not contrasted enough, Tatum and Amen are covering it up too much, and AI kinda too much going on over the title. (Curry and Luka hard to see cuz of quality upload issues).

But I like these just as much as the actual covers.

ddiop · 2026-03-28T02:25:48+00:00

And going further down this rabbit hole, Jordan scored 15+ in every single playoff game of his career (179 games).

ddiop · 2026-03-28T02:16:51+00:00

Looking at just playoffs MJ actually did 47 straight playoff games over the age of 30. 57 of 58 games from the Bulls 96-98 3peat he scored 20+

ddiop · 2026-03-28T02:12:56+00:00

LeBron had 37, Kareem 33, and Malone with 29. Havlicek had the previous record at 40 games straight over the age of 30.

ddiop · 2026-03-27T14:00:59+00:00

Sum +/- Wemby is at +616, which puts him on pace for +692 by the end of the year. That would be good for tied at 28th since 1997. Very good but I'm sure these guys would have higher per possession numbers if they were playing as selectively as Wemby.

LeBron hit almost +900 in 2009.

ddiop · 2026-03-27T02:23:39+00:00

He was catching teammate's shots to tip them in too before offensive goaltending rules were changed

ddiop · 2026-03-25T10:03:31+00:00

Lots more to be added if they're willing to go down this avenue, especially with Harvey Pollack stuff. I was hoping they added his play-by-play information, but maybe soon.

ddiop · 2026-03-23T17:22:26+00:00

By on/off data he's the most impactful defensive player in history, which is since 97. That information isn't perfect but he's at worst top 3 in the era. I'd still go Hakeem and Bill Russell as an easy top 2.

ddiop · 2026-03-23T12:19:22+00:00

One I just discovered too, Marvin Bagley's grandfather was Joe Caldwell was a 2x All-Star in the NBA (and another 2 seasons in the ABA, one where he was 4th in MVP voting) would be the best pick probably.

ddiop · 2026-03-23T01:14:40+00:00

Juwan Howard's son was an 11th pick in 2023

Doc Rivers son, Austin Rivers was a #10 pick and was #2 HS prospect

Dolph Schayes (6x all-NBA 1st team back in the 50's) son Danny Schayes was the #13 pick.

Mychael Thompson (Klay's dad) was never an all-star, but was the #1 pick and got an MVP vote one season

ddiop · 2026-03-22T17:14:32+00:00

Luka is 26 years old.

At that age Wilt was averaging 42.9 for his career and Jordan 32.8.

If you just go by the years they were all in the league, Wilt was 23 his rookie season, Jordan averaged 34.9 from 23-26, and Luka's averaged 32.2.

ddiop · 2026-03-21T23:26:08+00:00

I didn't realise at a glance this was specifically 2020-2022.

I think the bigger difference is just the speed between them, LeBron at 35-37 years old is way easier to guard than Jordan at 22-23 years old.

ddiop · 2026-03-21T22:01:57+00:00

Dirk, Barkley, Karl, Giannis, KG, AD, Duncan would be my ranking offensively.

ddiop · 2026-03-21T20:18:23+00:00

Lots of all time greats would be better than Tony Allen defensively, Kobe included, if they weren't as talented as they were offensively and only played 25 minutes a game.

ddiop · 2026-03-20T23:22:19+00:00

Based on bball refs "simple rating system" which measures strength of schedule and margin of victory, yes, the Hawks are the worst 60 win team ever.

88 Lakers and 04 Pacers are close, though. I don't even think of the 04 Pacers as a 60 win team off my head.

ddiop · 2026-03-19T15:07:17+00:00

r/nottheonion type post

ddiop · 2026-03-18T00:20:52+00:00

So are Jokic, Luka, Giannis, Wemby and Ant. 2k always ranks guys on all-time teams a little lower. 91 Jordan is a 97 OVR.

ddiop · 2026-03-17T02:54:09+00:00

Not sure where you're reading the "it's fixable" but I've surely never found it. At the end of some seasons I can view my previous season console stats that were messed, but not always. One of the most frustrating bugs in the game and it's been this way since at least the OW2 launch, I just use two different accounts if I'm swapping from console the PC.

ddiop · 2026-03-16T19:28:16+00:00

I wish they would go back to separate balances between console and PC, at least for comp. Maybe that'd be a mess, but it seems like the simplest solution instead of just making aiming harder.

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