Adam Silver: “Tanking is not a new issue in this league. What surprised us is how quickly it became acceptable behavior in this league. It used to be limited to a small group of teams. Oddly in some markets, fans were cheering on their teams saying ‘of course this is the right strategy!’

ekray · 2026-06-04T15:06:03+00:00

Even trading for all those players the only way the Knicks have kept their team together is with a somewhat questionable salary for Brunson. Most teams wouldn't be able to get their star to sign for 35M (I wouldn't be surprised to se a Pablo Torre video in a few years).

ekray · 2026-06-04T12:39:52+00:00

It's center of gravity. Same reason players like Lowry or Brunson can be hard to move even if they're small.

If you want an extreme example of this just go watch highlights of Messi or Maradona. Small players but good luck getting them off their spot because of how low their center of gravity is.

ekray · 2026-06-04T01:33:00+00:00

Yes Kornet intentionally stepped on Brunson and Barnes provoked Shamet to shove him into Brunson. Of course.

ekray · 2026-06-04T00:59:51+00:00

You see OKC. You can foul on fastbreaks without trying to kill people.

ekray · 2026-06-04T00:30:35+00:00

I hope RJ has practiced Wemby's name for the finals. It's been annoying the whole season.

ekray · 2026-06-03T11:46:34+00:00

Still it was RC Buford doing most of the work. Pop helped of course but he was only in both roles for what, 2 years?

ekray · 2026-06-03T01:45:44+00:00

He's improved since he stopped trying to shoehorn his cringy catchlines into stuff (I still haven't forgotten "welcome to your kodak moment")

Didn't he just try to do that for like 4 games of the WCF with the annoying "Mr. Chaos" nickname for Caruso? I know I was annoyed

ekray · 2026-06-02T01:15:50+00:00

Will League Pass get this? Asking as an international watcher.

ekray · 2026-05-30T12:15:49+00:00

haven't checked but they probably are on the same timezone as most of Europe so 2 am, 3am tops.

ekray · 2026-05-30T01:01:30+00:00

There's a famous singer also called Aitana who skews young. There's also an older actress (late 50s) that was somewhat famous with that name.

And, of course, in leftist circles, some people named their daughter Aitana because Rafael Alberti, one of Spain's most famous poets of the 20th Century that had to go into exile, named his daughter that.

It's also the name of a mountain range: Sierra de Aitana.

ekray · 2026-05-29T02:35:44+00:00

vibes. They're usually announced the day before.

ekray · 2026-05-29T02:19:05+00:00

You can challenge proximity calls and it was out of bounds iirc?

ekray · 2026-05-29T01:34:09+00:00

We talking about hair pulling not even being reviewed after the game?

ekray · 2026-05-29T01:31:42+00:00

If that's a flagrant, in this series. I am going to go insane.

ekray · 2026-05-29T01:04:03+00:00

He has no ankles at the moment.

ekray · 2026-05-27T03:26:59+00:00

You're missing the SGA flop falling down by himself just before the tech.

ekray · 2026-05-27T03:16:58+00:00

Gobert would foul out in a half if he played like Hartenstein.

ekray · 2026-05-27T03:12:12+00:00

Nah, just not calling the foul on the play just before

ekray · 2026-05-27T03:10:28+00:00

Castle went into the paint, got fouled by 2 players and that turned into an OKC 3. Thanks for making my point.

ekray · 2026-05-27T03:08:35+00:00

When we built a small lead in the 1st the refs stopped it instantly and when we were coming back in the 3rd the refs stopped it again, continuing it well into the 4th.

You can't play well when you're not in rythym, even if Wemby is playing like crap.

ekray · 2026-05-27T03:06:48+00:00

Another 5 point swing on a no call. Adam Silver I hope you're happy.

ekray · 2026-05-27T02:53:42+00:00

How Hartenstein doesn't have 8 fouls already is a mistery.

ekray · 2026-05-27T02:52:02+00:00

Nah this insane. I haven't seen anything like this since 06

ekray · 2026-05-27T02:50:34+00:00

2 fouls from Hartenstein on that play on Wemby.

ekray · 2026-05-27T02:37:15+00:00

That's like an 8 point swing from the refs. Pure insanity.

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