2024 NBA Season

[Yogee]

Two new rules have been approved recently and will be effective this upcoming season.

1. In-Game Flopping Penalty. It's almost similar to what was previously proposed and what we've already discussed. The main difference now is that the opposing team will only be awarded one FT attempt and no more ball possession.

2. Awarding of second challenge to the coach when the first one was successful.

https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1678918316667068416

A lot of veteran floppers will have to adjust to this now hehe. Good for the game.

[Hypnosis00]

Two new rules have been approved recently and will be effective this upcoming season.

1. In-Game Flopping Penalty. It's almost similar to what was previously proposed and what we've already discussed. The main difference now is that the opposing team will only be awarded one FT attempt and no more ball possession.

2. Awarding of second challenge to the coach when the first one was successful.

https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1678918316667068416

A lot of veteran floppers will have to adjust to this now hehe. Good for the game.

I believe the flopping rule has already been reported here, and we are all aware of it. However, the second rule, which awards a second challenge, seems to be something new. Personally, I like this rule because it rewards teams if there are any incorrect calls made against them. So far, these two added rules appear to be very helpful in improving the league.

[Yogee]

[....]
I believe the flopping rule has already been reported here, and we are all aware of it.

I already acknowledged that it's been discussed before. There's a difference on what was previously reported here and you'll notice that if you read my comment carefully.

However, the second rule, which awards a second challenge, seems to be something new. Personally, I like this rule because it rewards teams if there are any incorrect calls made against them. So far, these two added rules appear to be very helpful in improving the league.

Someone also raised this proposal before but I didn't read much about it so it's also not that new. I don't think it's as impactful as the flopping rule when we talk about the flow but it should be helpful in closely contested games.

[passwordnow]

Dwight Howard really wants to be back in the league next year. I’m honestly a bit shocked he wasn’t in the league last year. I still think he’s a top 10 center in the league. Same with DeMarcus Cousins. I hope they both, along with Isaiah Thomas (who has been working out for teams this offseason) get a chance to show they aren’t done yet.

I agree that Dwight still has got what it takes to be in the league. I think he decided on this one when his T1(Taiwan) team announced that he'll get a huge pay cut and that's why he's now voicing his interest in getting back to the NBA. I guess his Leopards team in Taiwan is pissed off on the way he reacts with his plays but that's his normal him.

A lot of veteran floppers will have to adjust to this now hehe. Good for the game.

This changes their style of getting a foul so, there's a big adjustment that they have to do especially the ones that do it every game.

[Viscore]

A lot of veteran floppers will have to adjust to this now hehe. Good for the game.

This changes their style of getting a foul so, there's a big adjustment that they have to do especially the ones that do it every game.

That will indeed make the games more exciting to watch, as the mastered "flopping" style employed by some players will be penalized in the upcoming new season. It is a necessary move that the NBA has made, considering the complaints and frustration expressed by fans, especially when prominent floppers like James Harden benefit from unfair techniques.

[Wapfika]

2. Awarding of second challenge to the coach when the first one was successful.

This should be implemented earlier since flop destroy a lot of important game. This issue is known by the refs during review that some of their call is just flop but coaches doesn’t want to waste their challenge on silly acting. Many star player benefits on this method on drawing foul since they have the charisma and star power to the refs for making them easy to believe. 

Flop cips is always shown in the highlights on NBA replays. I wonder why the committee allows this kind of dirty trick before it gets a heavy penalty.

[Distinctin]

2. Awarding of second challenge to the coach when the first one was successful.

This should be implemented earlier since flop destroy a lot of important game. This issue is known by the refs during review that some of their call is just flop but coaches doesn’t want to waste their challenge on silly acting. Many star player benefits on this method on drawing foul since they have the charisma and star power to the refs for making them easy to believe. 

Flop cips is always shown in the highlights on NBA replays. I wonder why the committee allows this kind of dirty trick before it gets a heavy penalty.

This rule is not directly related to flopping as it could be due to a wrong call by the referee. If we remember the basic rules, a coach could only challenge for a call made, not for a non-call. Therefore, it would really help the team to still have its coach's challenge as long as they make a successful challenge every time.

[livingfree]

Wemby is gonna take the break in the NBA summer league and will now focus on the upcoming season. This is as per the decision of his team, Spurs.

Spurs decide that Victor Wembanyama’s Summer League is over after two games

I guess this is all part of the grooming plan and he had shown enough for the summer league. The preparation for the upcoming season should be prioritized then.

Not a bad performance for his debut in the league and I think that Spurs will give him some workouts to do for improvement. He's agile, and has passing ability, overall I'd say he's definitely great but having a skinny body in his actual regular season debut will surely not dominate if he goes head-to-head with some plumber guys on the court. Can't wait for this phenomenal kid to make some storm.

That's to be expected.

They'll give him some programs and exercises that will buff his physical body and to have more build up for his muscles. They say that he's like really KD.

So, preserving him now by the team to make it sure that he'll be in good shape. I want to see how they'll face each other with Chet. LOL just a thought.

[FanEagle]

To be fair, when you have very old players, even though they were amazing at some point, there is no reason to play them over the young player. I am not saying young player is better, but if you are going to get like 10 minutes out of a player, then it doesn't matter how old or famous they are, you could get a 20-25 year old player who hasn't shown himself yet and can try to play with that.

I can see Christian Wood is looked at by Lakers for example, I am not saying that would be great, but he is a player that already showed his maximum capacity at Rockets, and ever since then he hasn't been that good, and would be a bench player. Or Dwight Howard, once you go to Taiwan, there is rarely a comeback from that, would be very hard.

[dwyane36]

I confess... for me it is gratifying to see Cousins, IT and Howard have the opportunity to return to play in the NBA.
Even though they are over 30 years old, I believe they still have potential to play in the NBA again.

Last offseason, we also discussed the future of these guys in the NBA, but no team wanted to offer them even a minimum contract at that time. As far as I know, now nothing has actually changed, and there are only rumors that they may return to the NBA. As I see it, IT has the best chance to return, as he recently had workouts in Vegas for multiple NBA teams, while Howard and Cousins are not likely to be seen in the NBA again.

[carlisle1]

2. Awarding of second challenge to the coach when the first one was successful.

This should be implemented earlier since flop destroy a lot of important game. This issue is known by the refs during review that some of their call is just flop but coaches doesn’t want to waste their challenge on silly acting. Many star player benefits on this method on drawing foul since they have the charisma and star power to the refs for making them easy to believe. 

Flop cips is always shown in the highlights on NBA replays. I wonder why the committee allows this kind of dirty trick before it gets a heavy penalty.

This rule is not directly related to flopping as it could be due to a wrong call by the referee. If we remember the basic rules, a coach could only challenge for a call made, not for a non-call. Therefore, it would really help the team to still have its coach's challenge as long as they make a successful challenge every time.

I agree, a big help for the coach as he can challenge calls as long as he made the first one successful, meaning to say that
the coach will not be that afraid to challenge if he feels that the ref missed the supposed call.

It gives a good chance for any team if ever that they feel the officiating officials are not doing their job.

Not only with the flops specifically, but more on the contacts that the referees might miss during the game.

[OgNasty]

2. Awarding of second challenge to the coach when the first one was successful.

This should be implemented earlier since flop destroy a lot of important game. This issue is known by the refs during review that some of their call is just flop but coaches doesn’t want to waste their challenge on silly acting. Many star player benefits on this method on drawing foul since they have the charisma and star power to the refs for making them easy to believe. 

Flop cips is always shown in the highlights on NBA replays. I wonder why the committee allows this kind of dirty trick before it gets a heavy penalty.

This rule is not directly related to flopping as it could be due to a wrong call by the referee. If we remember the basic rules, a coach could only challenge for a call made, not for a non-call. Therefore, it would really help the team to still have its coach's challenge as long as they make a successful challenge every time.

I agree, a big help for the coach as he can challenge calls as long as he made the first one successful, meaning to say that
the coach will not be that afraid to challenge if he feels that the ref missed the supposed call.

It gives a good chance for any team if ever that they feel the officiating officials are not doing their job.

Not only with the flops specifically, but more on the contacts that the referees might miss during the game.

That was a no brainer move for them to add. I’m actually surprised it wasn’t that way before. I’m pretty sure it is in the NFL so I guess I assumed the NBA was the same. This explains why you saw coaches not challenging obviously incorrect calls early on in games. That was something I was dumbfounded about so it’s nice to finally understand.

[Finestream]

Ja Morant's best friend Davonte Pack has been arrested.
An 18-year-old was assaulted at Ja Morant's house.
There has been no charge yet against Ja Morant.
Things haven't been going well for Ja Morant lately.

Even though it's not directly him, but rather his friends, it can still reflect poorly on him. He really needs to distance himself from that circle he's currently involved with because his future is at risk. At such a young age, he has the potential to earn much more than he currently does. He just needs to ensure that he sets a good example for others and makes positive choices for himself.

Exactly. He need to find other people to surround him because if that same circle will be with him in the next couple of years, he will not improve as a human being and his status of being an active NBA player will put to risks because his name will always be involved whenever he or his friends did commit something illegal. It will be very unfortunate if his future will be gone just because of his childish act, he need to pull himself together if he still wanted to play in the league for at least a decade.

[Kasabus]

Wemby is gonna take the break in the NBA summer league and will now focus on the upcoming season. This is as per the decision of his team, Spurs.

Spurs decide that Victor Wembanyama’s Summer League is over after two games

I guess this is all part of the grooming plan and he had shown enough for the summer league. The preparation for the upcoming season should be prioritized then.

Not a bad performance for his debut in the league and I think that Spurs will give him some workouts to do for improvement. He's agile, and has passing ability, overall I'd say he's definitely great but having a skinny body in his actual regular season debut will surely not dominate if he goes head-to-head with some plumber guys on the court. Can't wait for this phenomenal kid to make some storm.

That's to be expected.

They'll give him some programs and exercises that will buff his physical body and to have more build up for his muscles. They say that he's like really KD.

So, preserving him now by the team to make it sure that he'll be in good shape. I want to see how they'll face each other with Chet. LOL just a thought.

And some are saying and actually hoping that he might be like Giannis, who is so thin we he got drafted but after a few years, he was getting some improvement and not just by his skills but his body frame did get some buff which makes him more unstoppable in the court as he can always transition from being a forward to a center if it's badly needed.

Hopefully, that will be Wemby's body frame too because judging from his talent and IQ level inside the court, he will hard to stop if he will have a much bigger frame especially with that kid of height. Being KD is good too but we all know what is the difference though.

[wheelz1200]

Ja Morant's best friend Davonte Pack has been arrested.
An 18-year-old was assaulted at Ja Morant's house.
There has been no charge yet against Ja Morant.
Things haven't been going well for Ja Morant lately.

Even though it's not directly him, but rather his friends, it can still reflect poorly on him. He really needs to distance himself from that circle he's currently involved with because his future is at risk. At such a young age, he has the potential to earn much more than he currently does. He just needs to ensure that he sets a good example for others and makes positive choices for himself.

Exactly. He need to find other people to surround him because if that same circle will be with him in the next couple of years, he will not improve as a human being and his status of being an active NBA player will put to risks because his name will always be involved whenever he or his friends did commit something illegal. It will be very unfortunate if his future will be gone just because of his childish act, he need to pull himself together if he still wanted to play in the league for at least a decade.

I mean at a certain point I'm wondering where his parents are at, at this point.  Dude obviously has a lot of growing up to do and needs a positive role model to be around 24/7.  Not gonna lie its gonna be tough for him since that is all he seems to know.  He is risking it all but he wouldn't be the first nor last person to do that.  Sad.

[ultrloa]

Dwight Howard really wants to be back in the league next year. I’m honestly a bit shocked he wasn’t in the league last year. I still think he’s a top 10 center in the league. Same with DeMarcus Cousins. I hope they both, along with Isaiah Thomas (who has been working out for teams this offseason) get a chance to show they aren’t done yet.

I agree, I read somewhere that they are eyeing Saric before, until the Warriors get him in a one year deal, and perhaps it could have been influence by Chris Paul himself as they used to be team mates in Phoenix and there are videos of him and Paul connecting thru pick and roll and Saric hitting that outside shot.

Dwight Howard, Cousins, or even Christian Wood could also be a good fit for them.

But let's see who will be their target, Howard and Cousins has the experienced. But Christian Wood is young.

I would pick Christian Wood among those vets since he's young and they can still develop that guy. He can shoot and defense but wondering why teams are not interested with him maybe there's something wrong with their scouting and I believe he will be a perfect fit on Warriors knowing Paul is there which can facilitate them properly. Warriors should think about it since they really need additional big man to their team.

I like your idea. CP3 loves playing with an athletic big guy who can easily catch his lob passes. That's exactly what the Warriors needed last season, as they lacked a significant threat inside. With CP3's exceptional passing ability and a hard-working big guy, I believe that would greatly enhance their strengths.

Yes that would provably happen if they add Wood on their roster but it seems that they are not interested with him since still want to continue to run their small ball line up. I don't think it will still work knowing that many teams already know its weakness so if they could just add some big man like Wood in the line up maybe they may have another option especially when they need to change their phase if they are totally dominated in rebounding category and for sure that guy would really be a big help to them.

[MK-74]

Ja Morant's best friend Davonte Pack has been arrested.
An 18-year-old was assaulted at Ja Morant's house.
There has been no charge yet against Ja Morant.
Things haven't been going well for Ja Morant lately.

Even though it's not directly him, but rather his friends, it can still reflect poorly on him. He really needs to distance himself from that circle he's currently involved with because his future is at risk. At such a young age, he has the potential to earn much more than he currently does. He just needs to ensure that he sets a good example for others and makes positive choices for himself.

I agree with you on this. He definitely needs to change his friends and environment because it is affecting him so badly.
He is a player whose future I think is good, but if he continues like this he can end his career. I think he should get support for this.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Ja Morant's best friend Davonte Pack has been arrested.
An 18-year-old was assaulted at Ja Morant's house.
There has been no charge yet against Ja Morant.
Things haven't been going well for Ja Morant lately.

Even though it's not directly him, but rather his friends, it can still reflect poorly on him. He really needs to distance himself from that circle he's currently involved with because his future is at risk. At such a young age, he has the potential to earn much more than he currently does. He just needs to ensure that he sets a good example for others and makes positive choices for himself.

Exactly. He need to find other people to surround him because if that same circle will be with him in the next couple of years, he will not improve as a human being and his status of being an active NBA player will put to risks because his name will always be involved whenever he or his friends did commit something illegal. It will be very unfortunate if his future will be gone just because of his childish act, he need to pull himself together if he still wanted to play in the league for at least a decade.

I mean at a certain point I'm wondering where his parents are at, at this point.  Dude obviously has a lot of growing up to do and needs a positive role model to be around 24/7.  Not gonna lie its gonna be tough for him since that is all he seems to know.  He is risking it all but he wouldn't be the first nor last person to do that.  Sad.

Ja Morant his definitely out of control, we've been asking the same question, his influence should be his parents.

How many times we remember Jordan winning another ring and crying with his Bred 11 lying on the floor with emotions because his dad recently die and he is no longer with him celebrating another NBA championship?

That's the difference with today's successful players like Ja Morant, you can't hear where their parents are to guide them.

[livingfree]

That's to be expected.

They'll give him some programs and exercises that will buff his physical body and to have more build up for his muscles. They say that he's like really KD.

So, preserving him now by the team to make it sure that he'll be in good shape. I want to see how they'll face each other with Chet. LOL just a thought.

And some are saying and actually hoping that he might be like Giannis, who is so thin we he got drafted but after a few years, he was getting some improvement and not just by his skills but his body frame did get some buff which makes him more unstoppable in the court as he can always transition from being a forward to a center if it's badly needed.

A lot of expectation is being placed on him and that's why I can't also blame him if he's going to get exhausted with that. But looking at the situation and whatever is happening to him, he's enjoying it.

Hopefully, that will be Wemby's body frame too because judging from his talent and IQ level inside the court, he will hard to stop if he will have a much bigger frame especially with that kid of height. Being KD is good too but we all know what is the difference though.

We can see that with Jokic, he's unstoppable. And if Wemby will get that type of body mass then for sure that he's going to be the same. A huge, tall player with talent, can go with threes, have a rebounding and with good shooting percentage.

It's all going into how he's going to be developed so, there's an interesting future on him and as well as with other draftees.

[ChiBitCTy]

Ja Morant's best friend Davonte Pack has been arrested.
An 18-year-old was assaulted at Ja Morant's house.
There has been no charge yet against Ja Morant.
Things haven't been going well for Ja Morant lately.

Even though it's not directly him, but rather his friends, it can still reflect poorly on him. He really needs to distance himself from that circle he's currently involved with because his future is at risk. At such a young age, he has the potential to earn much more than he currently does. He just needs to ensure that he sets a good example for others and makes positive choices for himself.

Exactly. He need to find other people to surround him because if that same circle will be with him in the next couple of years, he will not improve as a human being and his status of being an active NBA player will put to risks because his name will always be involved whenever he or his friends did commit something illegal. It will be very unfortunate if his future will be gone just because of his childish act, he need to pull himself together if he still wanted to play in the league for at least a decade.

I mean at a certain point I'm wondering where his parents are at, at this point.  Dude obviously has a lot of growing up to do and needs a positive role model to be around 24/7.  Not gonna lie its gonna be tough for him since that is all he seems to know.  He is risking it all but he wouldn't be the first nor last person to do that.  Sad.

The crazy thing is that the kid didn't grow up in the ghetto with ghetto parents or no parents at all that didn't give him a proper education and guidance.  From everything I've ever seen written about him, it seemed like he came from a very good family and grew up not poor and in the hood. 

He kind of reminds me of the Eminem 8 Mile movie where he rips that one rapper he's battling, calling him out saying "his parent had a real good marriage" and then blasts him on where he went to school, which was a very nice private school, and that his actual name was Clarence lol.. so aka a fake gangster... aka Ja Morant.