2026 NBA Season

[tech30338]

The narrative of the Los Angeles Lakers has changed so much already this season. They were saying without LeBron due to his injury that this team would be terrible. Now they’re saying the Lakers should trade LeBron because the Lakers are better without him. I think the league is being put on notice. The Lakers are coming for a ring this year.

if the lakers really want to win a ring this year, they need to decide as early as possible, since LeBron can leave if he want's to, the laker team is good for now but when playoffs comes can they sustain? the lakers last year have lots of problems, players who do good in the playoffs did not show up, and that's a big problem, if they really want to win they really need to be consistent, LeBron experience in the playoffs is needed also, not just they going to throw a 40 year old that is averaging 25 pts a night, but if they can afford a star player and make him sign that is good.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

The narrative of the Los Angeles Lakers has changed so much already this season. They were saying without LeBron due to his injury that this team would be terrible. Now they’re saying the Lakers should trade LeBron because the Lakers are better without him. I think the league is being put on notice. The Lakers are coming for a ring this year.

if the lakers really want to win a ring this year, they need to decide as early as possible, since LeBron can leave if he want's to, the laker team is good for now but when playoffs comes can they sustain? the lakers last year have lots of problems, players who do good in the playoffs did not show up, and that's a big problem, if they really want to win they really need to be consistent, LeBron experience in the playoffs is needed also, not just they going to throw a 40 year old that is averaging 25 pts a night, but if they can afford a star player and make him sign that is good.

I think the main problem is, who would want Lebron James and his massive $52.6 million salary? Sure, he COULD give u like something over 25 ppg, but can qlso get injured and sit out. Having 52$ million sitting on the bench, while being 40 years old and needing more time to recover, is a very risky move. Sure they can get some money back through tickets sales, but in the days of heavy penalties for going over the salary cap this is not a wise investment.

I also don't understand why people er so hyped about the lakers. Sure, they are standing 8:3 now, but who have they beaten? The Wolfes twice, ok, but they are not a top team. Then they barely beat the still very young Spurs at home. The rest was just average teams you have to beat. Let them play Denver, Houston, OKC or some strong teams from the east, then we can talk.

[xeqoRameshAxueamExaqana]

The narrative of the Los Angeles Lakers has changed so much already this season. They were saying without LeBron due to his injury that this team would be terrible. Now they’re saying the Lakers should trade LeBron because the Lakers are better without him. I think the league is being put on notice. The Lakers are coming for a ring this year.

if the lakers really want to win a ring this year, they need to decide as early as possible, since LeBron can leave if he want's to, the laker team is good for now but when playoffs comes can they sustain? the lakers last year have lots of problems, players who do good in the playoffs did not show up, and that's a big problem, if they really want to win they really need to be consistent, LeBron experience in the playoffs is needed also, not just they going to throw a 40 year old that is averaging 25 pts a night, but if they can afford a star player and make him sign that is good.

I think the main problem is, who would want Lebron James and his massive $52.6 million salary? Sure, he COULD give u like something over 25 ppg, but can qlso get injured and sit out. Having 52$ million sitting on the bench, while being 40 years old and needing more time to recover, is a very risky move. Sure they can get some money back through tickets sales, but in the days of heavy penalties for going over the salary cap this is not a wise investment.

I also don't understand why people er so hyped about the lakers. Sure, they are standing 8:3 now, but who have they beaten? The Wolfes twice, ok, but they are not a top team. Then they barely beat the still very young Spurs at home. The rest was just average teams you have to beat. Let them play Denver, Houston, OKC or some strong teams from the east, then we can talk.

The current leader of the LA Lakers is Luka Doncic. The LA Lakers need to move on from LeBron James as quickly as possible because LeBron James is getting older. If they want to compete for the championship, they need to rebuild with younger players for the long term. And LeBron James's high salary, if he leaves, will free up significant financial space for the Lakers' salary cap, which can be used to sign top star players.

And today the LA Lakers are only playing against the weak Charlotte Hornets team, who are currently ranked 12th in the Eastern Conference, so they will win easily.

[ajanwalker]

In tonight's highly anticipated matchup, the Spurs defeated Chicago 117-121 on the road.

Wemby once again led the Spurs in the 117-121 victory, scoring 38 points.

Chicago dominated the second and third quarters, but played poorly in the fourth quarter to lose the game.

San Antonio returns to action on the road. Their next matchup is against Golden State.

[GreatArkansas]

The narrative of the Los Angeles Lakers has changed so much already this season. They were saying without LeBron due to his injury that this team would be terrible. Now they’re saying the Lakers should trade LeBron because the Lakers are better without him. I think the league is being put on notice. The Lakers are coming for a ring this year.

if the lakers really want to win a ring this year, they need to decide as early as possible, since LeBron can leave if he want's to, the laker team is good for now but when playoffs comes can they sustain? the lakers last year have lots of problems, players who do good in the playoffs did not show up, and that's a big problem, if they really want to win they really need to be consistent, LeBron experience in the playoffs is needed also, not just they going to throw a 40 year old that is averaging 25 pts a night, but if they can afford a star player and make him sign that is good.

I think the main problem is, who would want Lebron James and his massive $52.6 million salary? Sure, he COULD give u like something over 25 ppg, but can qlso get injured and sit out. Having 52$ million sitting on the bench, while being 40 years old and needing more time to recover, is a very risky move. Sure they can get some money back through tickets sales, but in the days of heavy penalties for going over the salary cap this is not a wise investment.

I also don't understand why people er so hyped about the lakers. Sure, they are standing 8:3 now, but who have they beaten? The Wolfes twice, ok, but they are not a top team. Then they barely beat the still very young Spurs at home. The rest was just average teams you have to beat. Let them play Denver, Houston, OKC or some strong teams from the east, then we can talk.

The current leader of the LA Lakers is Luka Doncic. The LA Lakers need to move on from LeBron James as quickly as possible because LeBron James is getting older. If they want to compete for the championship, they need to rebuild with younger players for the long term. And LeBron James's high salary, if he leaves, will free up significant financial space for the Lakers' salary cap, which can be used to sign top star players.

And today the LA Lakers are only playing against the weak Charlotte Hornets team, who are currently ranked 12th in the Eastern Conference, so they will win easily.

This is what I can say, also, it seems the team is playing well right now, even without Lebron James, as long as Luka Doncic is there.
I remember a few games ago when Luka Doncic was playing - the Lakers were having difficulty on offense. So for me, with Luka and Austin Reeves, their offense is already enough.

[fullfitlarry]

In tonight's highly anticipated matchup, the Spurs defeated Chicago 117-121 on the road.

Wemby once again led the Spurs in the 117-121 victory, scoring 38 points.

Chicago dominated the second and third quarters, but played poorly in the fourth quarter to lose the game.

San Antonio returns to action on the road. Their next matchup is against Golden State.

I haven't seen the match but it looks like Josh Giddey is not on the Bulls line-up?  That could be huge though as he is their main scorer, so just imagine if he just played on Bulls, it might be a different story.

But looking at Wemby's offence today, it looks like he really wanted to make a statement as they started another winning streak. We've seen that if he scored less than his average, his team losses. So he is the one carrying them and so he needs to have this kind of offense so that they have a good chance to win.

[Japinat]

I haven't seen the match but it looks like Josh Giddey is not on the Bulls line-up? 

yeah he was out due to this reason "Giddey will sit out his first game of the season due to a right ankle sprain. ".
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/bulls-josh-giddey-wont-play-monday/

That could be huge though as he is their main scorer, so just imagine if he just played on Bulls, it might be a different story.

But looking at Wemby's offence today, it looks like he really wanted to make a statement as they started another winning streak. We've seen that if he scored less than his average, his team losses. So he is the one carrying them and so he needs to have this kind of offense so that they have a good chance to win.

I really thought the Bulls could pull it off, they were leading most of the game. I even took them live at -4.5, but it turned out they still lost.

A lot of games today went that way, teams up by double digits but ended up losing. Like Dallas falling to the Bucks, and the Wizards losing to Detroit (they could’ve finally ended their losing streak).

[TravelMug]

Great game between the Bucks and the Mavs. I thought this is one of the best game of Cooper flag in his young career as he lead the team with 26 points. But it's really hard to stop Giannis, the usual, bullying himself inside and scoring against the big men of Dallas.

Kyle Kuzma also being clutch specially in the 3rd wherein they fought back down and take the lead in that quarter.

Funny thing is, the crowd is still not over with Nico, as they chant "Fire Nico" in unison, Lol.

[Maslate]

Great game between the Bucks and the Mavs. I thought this is one of the best game of Cooper flag in his young career as he lead the team with 26 points. But it's really hard to stop Giannis, the usual, bullying himself inside and scoring against the big men of Dallas.

Kyle Kuzma also being clutch specially in the 3rd wherein they fought back down and take the lead in that quarter.

Yeah, best game so far from Flagg. I really thought they’d win that one, but the Bucks managed to recover and steal it in the final seconds. I was happy since I won my bet, but at the same time a bit disappointed with how it ended. Flagg finally played great, it would’ve been nice if he got the win as a reward for that performance.

Funny thing is, the crowd is still not over with Nico, as they chant "Fire Nico" in unison, Lol.

You can’t really blame them, just look at Dallas’ record right now... this might be their worst season so far.

[OgNasty]

Cade Cunningham tonight had the most missed field goals in NBA history tonight. He missed 31 shots from the field while managing to score 46 points on 14-45 shots. He also got 12 rebounds and 11 assists making it a nice triple double for him. Kobe only took one more shot during his 81 point game.

[xzone]

The Spurs have performed very well; Wemby is playing truly brilliantly and is unstoppable. The Spurs are 8-2 and in second place in the Western Conference, and their three-game winning streak isn't bad.

We're seeing a fierce competition in the Western Conference this year, with every team showing great potential and competing hard. In the East, the Pistons appear to be far superior to their rivals

[Fredomago]

Great game between the Bucks and the Mavs. I thought this is one of the best game of Cooper flag in his young career as he lead the team with 26 points. But it's really hard to stop Giannis, the usual, bullying himself inside and scoring against the big men of Dallas.

Kyle Kuzma also being clutch specially in the 3rd wherein they fought back down and take the lead in that quarter.

Yeah, best game so far from Flagg. I really thought they’d win that one, but the Bucks managed to recover and steal it in the final seconds. I was happy since I won my bet, but at the same time a bit disappointed with how it ended. Flagg finally played great, it would’ve been nice if he got the win as a reward for that performance.

Almost but that last sequence where he got that chance to make a move and take that last shot to snatch the win, a winning moment that he missed his opportunity, something that may increase more on his confidence, they are playing at home ref / officials can give him that favor and call a foul but officials let it go ending up for a quick and easy basket for the Bucks.

Funny thing is, the crowd is still not over with Nico, as they chant "Fire Nico" in unison, Lol.

You can’t really blame them, just look at Dallas’ record right now... this might be their worst season so far.

Agree to that, without AD and Kyrie the team really suffering a young Cooper can't lift their morale that's why fans is really showing that big dissapointment.

[dwyane36]

Cade Cunningham tonight had the most missed field goals in NBA history tonight. He missed 31 shots from the field while managing to score 46 points on 14-45 shots. He also got 12 rebounds and 11 assists making it a nice triple double for him. Kobe only took one more shot during his 81 point game.

It’s like the ball hates him) Actually, it's crazy that one player made 45 attempts while the rest of the team made a total of 69 attempts during the game.
Anyway, the Pistons won and extended their winning streak to seven games, although with stats like that, I'd say they got lucky.

[Sanitough]

Cade Cunningham tonight had the most missed field goals in NBA history tonight. He missed 31 shots from the field while managing to score 46 points on 14-45 shots. He also got 12 rebounds and 11 assists making it a nice triple double for him. Kobe only took one more shot during his 81 point game.

It’s like the ball hates him) Actually, it's crazy that one player made 45 attempts while the rest of the team made a total of 69 attempts during the game.
Anyway, the Pistons won and extended their winning streak to seven games, although with stats like that, I'd say they got lucky.

That kind of trust from the coach says a lot, but it’s fine since they still got the win. There are really times when a star player just can’t shoot well. If I remember right, he also had a few off nights in the playoffs against the Knicks, but bounced back the next game. Same thing here... I’m expecting him to deliver big time next outing.

[avp2306]

Cade Cunningham tonight had the most missed field goals in NBA history tonight. He missed 31 shots from the field while managing to score 46 points on 14-45 shots. He also got 12 rebounds and 11 assists making it a nice triple double for him. Kobe only took one more shot during his 81 point game.

It’s like the ball hates him) Actually, it's crazy that one player made 45 attempts while the rest of the team made a total of 69 attempts during the game.
Anyway, the Pistons won and extended their winning streak to seven games, although with stats like that, I'd say they got lucky.

That kind of trust from the coach says a lot, but it’s fine since they still got the win. There are really times when a star player just can’t shoot well. If I remember right, he also had a few off nights in the playoffs against the Knicks, but bounced back the next game. Same thing here... I’m expecting him to deliver big time next outing.

He's the star on their team so Coach need to do their job to heat up cade in that game. Luckily they escape and manage to win against Wizard today, but Cade need to fix his struggles and not all the time they can always pull that win. Wizard is not a strong team and they almost win against their team.

Those struggles on shooting might put their team on huge risk to lose if Cade and their players will not do more better performance on their next game. Good to see that their coach really trust him even if he is having a bad night, but still everything is fine since they manage to win on their game today.

[Ziskinberg]

Agree to that, without AD and Kyrie the team really suffering a young Cooper can't lift their morale that's why fans is really showing that big dissapointment.

According to the report, Davis has no timetable for return, so he might be out for the rest of the season. Irving, on the other hand, is expected to come back later this season. But the question is -- with Dallas’ ranking dropping, would it still be worth it for Irving to return if the team’s gonna miss the playoffs anyway?

[OgNasty]

Here’s a crazy video of ex-NBA player Sebastian Telfair showing off where he lives. He made $20,000,000 playing basketball in his career but spent all of it. Now he is living back in the projects. Hard to believe the NBA doesn’t have a better retirement system for these players. They should be forced to put 10% of their salary into a fund…

https://x.com/dom_lucre/status/1987986387375702237

[danherbias07]

Funny thing is, the crowd is still not over with Nico, as they chant "Fire Nico" in unison, Lol.

If Nico Harrison is really on the hot seat, that may be the best news Mavericks fans have gotten all season
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/if-nico-harrison-is-really-on-the-hot-seat-that-may-be-the-best-news-mavericks-fans-have-gotten-all-season/

They should have fired Harrison the moment he suggested trading Luka Dončić. They should have fired him when he traded Quentin Grimes for Caleb Martin. They should've fired him after his disastrous and bizarre meeting with the press last April. They should have fired him the moment they won the Cooper Flagg lottery and were granted a "get out of jail free" card from the basketball gods. They should have fired him in the preseason, when the hilariously unbalanced roster he constructed forced Flagg -- a 6-foot-9 18-year-old who plays forward -- to move to point guard.

He made a lot of mistakes. The Mavs fans know it. It ain't just a feeling or a rumor, it's a fact.  

The sad part about this is that he made the Mavs roster really bad. They had a face of their franchise with Luka Doncic, and he did not even show any signs that he wanted to go to other teams. He loves to bet there, he loves the fans, and he enjoys being a Mav.
I have known the Mavs who can keep the face of their franchise after they kept Dirk Nowitzki for his whole career. I became a Mavs fan during those years, and when he won the championship, it was so sweet that I cried. When Luka came, it became lively again, and this Nico freaking took that away. Of course, they will be angry and probably would never move on until he is gone.  

[yslyv]

I just saw a real of Sengun cooking Giannis, and 2 minutes later I see it mentioned here, haha. About the "cocky attitude towards Alperen", there is a lot of history between those 2, because if the heritage. Greece and Turkey have fairly bad relations and meeting each other in the semis at the EuroBasket some months ago only made it worse when Giannis made some foul comments towards the Turkey. So yeah, it's personal, very personal between those two.

Watching the matchup between Giannis and Sengun in the game was really fun. After Giannis scored over Sengun and stuck his tongue out was funny  But at the end Sengün drove past Giannis and scored... sealed the game.

[yslyv]

If Houston can maintain the lineup and KD still healthy they can win a chip, Durant jumpshoot is automatic, amen really showing that he deserve the spot and shengun really is doing well with the stars in the league, Houston need to make this team better, they might be the one facing OKC in the West finals if this continue like this, they definitely have the chance and this is going to be a long time, hoping they make it the finals, and lets see who will carry the team.

With KD Houston has really evolved into a high quality team, in my opinion. They are really a strong team now

KD is an excellent shooter. since opponent teams have to game plan for his shooting, the other players on the team can get to the rim and score much more easily.

I think watching trio of Amen, KD, and Sengun will be great this year...