2026 NBA Season

[Fredomago]

A true Center will get the Los Angeles Lakers a Finals team. I still believe that the y need howard D for the back up C.

They’re not getting Howard, because if they wanted him, they would have done it already. I think, they’re looking for young centers who can score on their own, not just a veteran presence.

The Lakers look good, but struggling to dominate an undermanned Dallas makes me doubt if they can really compete against fully healthy championship caliber teams. What’s really interesting right now is the Warriors. If we get the chance, maybe we should bet early on the NBA championship odds.

I think they are still going to be fine though, they have Hayes or they can still play small and be as effective as they have Luka and Lebron to do the scoring. And we have seen Warriors doing the small line up and it's very effective with Curry and now Butler.

Warriors might be good as they will have somewhat of a easy schedule down the stretch. They are in a winning streak right now, but they still need to win more to at least be in the 6th spot and not be in the play-in as it is going to be very hard for them and they will be very tired if they make it to the playoff.

Yeah, with the current setup with Butler they are playing small and we are seeing then playing the same system and it works for them, I like Jimmy's presence as he's really bringing spark not just with the starter but also with those role players who's giving time for the starter to get some rest, it's seems that they are enjoying what they are doing right now. We will see if how far they'll going to succeed playing small as the regular season is nearing and they need to push their position to safe place to avoid the playin and push for the playoffs.

[dwyane36]

Specially now that AD is Injured. Davis number 1 problem is health, he cantr stay for all season for several years.

The Mavs management should have realized that trading Luka for Davis was a huge risk because of Davis' injury-prone nature. If you look at Davis' career stats, you'll see that 75-76 games per regular season is his record, and that was only three times in his career. The Mavs management surely knew about it, but for some reason, they decided to make such a risky deal anyway.

[avp2306]

Specially now that AD is Injured. Davis number 1 problem is health, he cantr stay for all season for several years.

The Mavs management should have realized that trading Luka for Davis was a huge risk because of Davis' injury-prone nature. If you look at Davis' career stats, you'll see that 75-76 games per regular season is his record, and that was only three times in his career. The Mavs management surely knew about it, but for some reason, they decided to make such a risky deal anyway.

They know the risk, they just don't want to pay Luka for super max contract and its like Mavs is saving some money on this trade.

Here comes the result of their actions and it seems they would lose a chance to get a spot for play in since their losing streak extends. While Lakers they are now in top 5 and winning for 3 consecutives after post Luka era in Lakers. If they are declining more maybe Kyrie would also ask for trade knowing him he don't want to play on losing team, also he don't like what happen to that Luka and AD trade.

[Dave1]

Specially now that AD is Injured. Davis number 1 problem is health, he cantr stay for all season for several years.

The Mavs management should have realized that trading Luka for Davis was a huge risk because of Davis' injury-prone nature. If you look at Davis' career stats, you'll see that 75-76 games per regular season is his record, and that was only three times in his career. The Mavs management surely knew about it, but for some reason, they decided to make such a risky deal anyway.

It's more of their GM really hating Luka and definitely, if he see Luka not healthy or at least for him he is overweight and so he has to make that difficult decision to trade him for AD and take that risk because we all know that AD is injury prone himself.

And it will not be a Dallas team without Luka, I'm not sure if the city has embrace Kyrie Irving as their new franchise player. Because it seems that the old fans are on the Luka bandwagon when he join the team and he is like being compared to another great European player in Dirk Nowitzki that brought a ring for them against Lebron and the Heat.

[LogitechMouse]

Specially now that AD is Injured. Davis number 1 problem is health, he cantr stay for all season for several years.

The Mavs management should have realized that trading Luka for Davis was a huge risk because of Davis' injury-prone nature. If you look at Davis' career stats, you'll see that 75-76 games per regular season is his record, and that was only three times in his career. The Mavs management surely knew about it, but for some reason, they decided to make such a risky deal anyway.

Well, that was the risk about it. Just for context, he played more than 70 games last season, and almost all of the games this regular season prior to that injury. I mean if you're playing that much and add the fact that you're a great defender who's averaging 20 PPG and 10+ RPG, other GMs will get attracted to get you to the point that they can risk everything just to have you. That's what the Mavs management did.

It's a risky deal for them, and I don't know if it will be worth it for the Mavs to trade a player that's averaging almost a triple-double to a player that's a great defender and a good rebounder as well. As for injuries, both Luka and AD are injury-prone, but AD's more injury-prone.

I guess let's just see how this will play well for both teams and from there, we will conclude who win on this trade.

[Natalim]

Specially now that AD is Injured. Davis number 1 problem is health, he cantr stay for all season for several years.

The Mavs management should have realized that trading Luka for Davis was a huge risk because of Davis' injury-prone nature. If you look at Davis' career stats, you'll see that 75-76 games per regular season is his record, and that was only three times in his career. The Mavs management surely knew about it, but for some reason, they decided to make such a risky deal anyway.

They know the risk, they just don't want to pay Luka for super max contract and its like Mavs is saving some money on this trade.

Here comes the result of their actions and it seems they would lose a chance to get a spot for play in since their losing streak extends. While Lakers they are now in top 5 and winning for 3 consecutives after post Luka era in Lakers. If they are declining more maybe Kyrie would also ask for trade knowing him he don't want to play on losing team, also he don't like what happen to that Luka and AD trade.

Mavs are afraid to spend a lot of money for one big guy in the NBA that would possibly bring back rewards but are not afraid to lose credibility. Upon seeing their current performance, no way they could get a single chance for this season. What they did could also affect other players, as it degraded their performance as well.

Maybe Mavs don't look at it as important for them to win, as long as they save money. Anyway, Luka has the right to choose and take the opportunity of being paid high. Perhaps he deserves it.

[sana54210]

AD has been an injury prone player for years, he has always been one, it is not a new thing and Mavs were aware of it, if we are all aware of it then they were too. They still made this deal, have no clue why they didn't want Luka there, but it's clear that the intention wasn't to get AD, the intention wasn't even "get better", the intention was clearly to make sure to send Luka away, they just didn't like him and want him.

I can't possibly know the reason behind this, I am sure they had their reasons, good or bad reasons, but it's clear to me that AD wasn't their goal. Getting someone else, someone healthy, would have helped them a lot more, even if the player was worse than AD, at least they would be playing right now.

[jossiel]

Having a teammate like Luka is a dream come true to Lebron since he will not need to hesitate to pass as Luka is a killer when it comes to points conversion unlike AD that sometimes doesn’t ask for a ball whenever he is in not a mood to dominate the game.

Lakers utilize well Luka since they have high shooting capable players which enemy team needs to guard that avoids Luka having a casual double team or else someone will be free to create points.

Lakers lack of capable center is still compensated by the threat given by Luka.

Although they still need a legit center for them to make the most of this lineup that they have.

I think that Luka is on revenge and want to make this team go to the finals just like what he did for the Mavericks last season.

He want to show the former team, the Mavs on what he's got and he just keeps on improving every season.

That is a priority for Luka i think and for the Lakers, but if that happen, i think the Mavs will fire that GM.
Specially now that AD is Injured. Davis number 1 problem is health, he cantr stay for all season for several years.
A true Center will get the Los Angeles Lakers a Finals team. I still believe that the y need howard D for the back up C.

We will see how the Mavs will move towards their GM but I don't think that they'd do that.

The new majority share owners are into that guy and there is now another issue why they have traded Luka.

I think the rumors are saying that Luka is an undisciplined guy, I don't know with what's all of these issues coming out against him.

[xLays]

Not surprised. No one in this last thread page is talking about how good Detroit is right now, with their eight game winning streak and their win over the defending champions the Boston Celtics. lol I’m sure Pistons will make playoffs this season.

Jaden Ivey’s injury seems like a blessing in disguise because look how better the Detroit Pistons without him and since the acquisition of Dennis Schroder has also been great outcome Pistons although right now Shroder also injured.

[wheelz1200]

Finally, LaVine proved to the fans that they should trust him to help the team. He had his best game of the season last night against Charlotte, dropping 42 points while shooting an incredible 8-of-9 from three.

If he can maintain this level of confidence, the Kings will see a huge improvement.

That was a dominant win by the Kings, 130-88...an absolute blowout!

Thats just it with him though just too inconsistent and is more of a scorer than a winner.  In tight games knowing what plays are winning plays is where he lacks.  He is a great scorer no doubt.  Then he thinks he is the alpha and ruins the next couple of games for his team.  He needs a proper point guard on his team or vet alpha like a lebron or a durant etc.

[OgNasty]

The Lakers are playing against the Timberwolves tonight. That would be a good one to watch, but I am unfortunately unable. The next Lakers game on TNT isn’t until they play the Knicks on March 6th. I think the Timberwolves should prove to be quite a test for the new look Lakers.

[Jating]

Finally, LaVine proved to the fans that they should trust him to help the team. He had his best game of the season last night against Charlotte, dropping 42 points while shooting an incredible 8-of-9 from three.

If he can maintain this level of confidence, the Kings will see a huge improvement.

That was a dominant win by the Kings, 130-88...an absolute blowout!

Thats just it with him though just too inconsistent and is more of a scorer than a winner.  In tight games knowing what plays are winning plays is where he lacks.  He is a great scorer no doubt.  Then he thinks he is the alpha and ruins the next couple of games for his team.  He needs a proper point guard on his team or vet alpha like a lebron or a durant etc.

Usually though if players has switch teams or have been traded, they have this kind of games and that's what Lavine had shown us here with Sacramento. It's just a question on whether he will be consistent as there are also stars in there like his old partner DeRozan.

Sacramento doesn't have alpha, it used to be Fox, but now he is gone. So this could really give them some problems along the line as they could have been struggles as well and again with DeRozan or even Sabonis who should be the next in line after they have traded Fox.

[wheelz1200]

Finally, LaVine proved to the fans that they should trust him to help the team. He had his best game of the season last night against Charlotte, dropping 42 points while shooting an incredible 8-of-9 from three.

If he can maintain this level of confidence, the Kings will see a huge improvement.

That was a dominant win by the Kings, 130-88...an absolute blowout!

Thats just it with him though just too inconsistent and is more of a scorer than a winner.  In tight games knowing what plays are winning plays is where he lacks.  He is a great scorer no doubt.  Then he thinks he is the alpha and ruins the next couple of games for his team.  He needs a proper point guard on his team or vet alpha like a lebron or a durant etc.

Usually though if players has switch teams or have been traded, they have this kind of games and that's what Lavine had shown us here with Sacramento. It's just a question on whether he will be consistent as there are also stars in there like his old partner DeRozan.

Sacramento doesn't have alpha, it used to be Fox, but now he is gone. So this could really give them some problems along the line as they could have been struggles as well and again with DeRozan or even Sabonis who should be the next in line after they have traded Fox.

Look im not trying to even be one of those people to say he sucks or anything.  Dude is good but hes a scorer.  Like gilbert arenas.  It doesnt translate to winning, thats a whole different talent to be a top scorer and winning player.  I dont know if sacramento is expecting anything different from an older derozen lavine combo but they will be good enough to make the playoffs but never good enough to "compete".  One of the worat spots to be in as an nba team.

[LogitechMouse]

Not surprised. No one in this last thread page is talking about how good Detroit is right now, with their eight game winning streak and their win over the defending champions the Boston Celtics. lol I’m sure Pistons will make playoffs this season.

Jaden Ivey’s injury seems like a blessing in disguise because look how better the Detroit Pistons without him and since the acquisition of Dennis Schroder has also been great outcome Pistons although right now Shroder also injured.

Watched the game, and it's really surprising how the Pistons are playing right now. If you just saw how they played just this season, you will not think that they have the worst record last season, and had the worst losing streak in NBA history.

In general, it's just amazing to see the Pistons back on track only a season after that disappointing 2023-2024 NBA season. Kind of surprising TBH, but knowing that they have young and talented prospects and a good coach as well, I knew that they can do it. They will reach the playoffs for sure especially with the pace they're playing right now, I will not be surprise if they will clinch the top 5 or even the top 4 spot. Jaden Ivey might be out, but they still have Isaiah Stewart that could defend the paint and an underrated player as well unfortunately. Still, having Ivey would be different for the whole team.

[GreatArkansas]

I'm going to New Orleans (+6.5) against the Phoenix Suns. The Suns desperately need a win to stabilize their season, but given their recent struggles, they might not deserve to be such heavy favorites. Their inconsistent performances make this game far against New Orleans.

[OgNasty]

New lightweight Zion Williamson recorded his first ever NBA triple double tonight. He put up 27 11 & 10 on the Suns to get the win.

Mark Williams had himself a night against the Mavericks, putting up 26 & 16. I think the Lakers are really going to regret failing him on that physical and reversing that trade.

[Webetcoins]

The Mavs management should have realized that trading Luka for Davis was a huge risk because of Davis' injury-prone nature. If you look at Davis' career stats, you'll see that 75-76 games per regular season is his record, and that was only three times in his career. The Mavs management surely knew about it, but for some reason, they decided to make such a risky deal anyway.

Well, that was the risk about it. Just for context, he played more than 70 games last season, and almost all of the games this regular season prior to that injury. I mean if you're playing that much and add the fact that you're a great defender who's averaging 20 PPG and 10+ RPG, other GMs will get attracted to get you to the point that they can risk everything just to have you. That's what the Mavs management did.

It's a risky deal for them, and I don't know if it will be worth it for the Mavs to trade a player that's averaging almost a triple-double to a player that's a great defender and a good rebounder as well. As for injuries, both Luka and AD are injury-prone, but AD's more injury-prone.

I guess let's just see how this will play well for both teams and from there, we will conclude who win on this trade.

Obviously Mavs made a mistake, even they should be aware right now that they made a mistake, even if AD wasn't injured right now, we could have said that it was a mistake, but now it's even more so. Nico must be hating his life right now, he made a move, hoping AD would take them next stage and instead AD got injured on the VERY FIRST game, that's really as unlucky as it gets, and it was a sad situation for all Dallas fans.

Lakers got away with a great result though, they have Luka and Lebron together, if they can build a great team around them, they could have bene great. Now we have to wait and see if this one works for them, at the moment it feels like it may not work, but they have a chance, but even if they fail this year, during the summer they have more attraction thanks to Luka to get players around them.

[dwyane36]

New lightweight Zion Williamson recorded his first ever NBA triple double tonight. He put up 27 11 & 10 on the Suns to get the win.

Mark Williams had himself a night against the Mavericks, putting up 26 & 16. I think the Lakers are really going to regret failing him on that physical and reversing that trade.

If Zion hadn't been so injury-prone, he would have had a dozen triple-doubles by now.
By the way, according to the media, Zion now weighs 264 pounds, although the NBA website still lists him at 284 pounds. In my opinion, 264 pounds is still a lot, but even such a small weight loss will be good for him because the load on his knees will be less.

[Dave1]

No one is talking about Steph putting in a great show against the Magic? He had 12 3 points, I thought that he will go after the record, hade a half court shot to end the first two quarters, down 17 at one point, rally in the 3rd quarter, and then scored 56 points to overcome that Magic lead to win.

And it was supposedly the Magic home court, but he made it his own home court when face chanting MVP with this great performance. Butler just scored 5 points but it doensn't matter though. And now at a 5 game winning streak, chasing number 6 Clippers in the Western conference.

[Yaunfitda]

New lightweight Zion Williamson recorded his first ever NBA triple double tonight. He put up 27 11 & 10 on the Suns to get the win.

Mark Williams had himself a night against the Mavericks, putting up 26 & 16. I think the Lakers are really going to regret failing him on that physical and reversing that trade.

I do not think that the Lakers are going to regret it, I mean that's what the results of their test. And obviously, the results are not going to lie when they physically examined them with their own team doctor.

If Zion hadn't been so injury-prone, he would have had a dozen triple-doubles by now.
By the way, according to the media, Zion now weighs 264 pounds, although the NBA website still lists him at 284 pounds. In my opinion, 264 pounds is still a lot, but even such a small weight loss will be good for him because the load on his knees will be less.

This I will agree though, he had a lot of chance during his playing time with the Pelicans. He was still very lucky that he wasn't trade this year and chooses to go let go of Brandon Ingram because he was also injured. So this could be his last chance to proved to them that he can carry this team. But the first thing he would do is to loss that extra baggage in him. 264 lbs in his frame is still to big for a NBA player. But at least he has shown signs that he can go and do reduce that weight and be competitive so that he can also stay away from getting injured.