2026 NBA Season

[Eternad]

I’m surprised by the NBA saying they weren’t going to suspend him for the next game. I think he deserved it to be honest.

The Milwaukee Bucks have stated they are looking for a trading partner to find Giannis a new home. I’m not sure who is in a position, but I know the Warriors are very interested.

They probably out a consideration that it’s just the result of frustration from a lot of physicality happened before that incident that doesn’t receive a call. Wemby is still young and knew so he still not accustomed to the harassment on NBA given that he is the priority for the enemy team to take down by brute force.

Suspending him will surely create a lot of backlash against their integrity because their bad calls is the reason why that incident happened since they allowed that physicality as defense while other team like OKC gets an all day long foul for that same defense treatment.

[stadus]

Suspending him will surely create a lot of backlash against their integrity because their bad calls is the reason why that incident happened since they allowed that physicality as defense while other team like OKC gets an all day long foul for that same defense treatment.

I think they also consider the history of a player.

If a player is already known to be dirty, like Draymond Green, then suspension is probably the easiest decision for the league to make. His past actions will always be part of how they judge the next incident. So even if two players commit almost the same mistake, the punishment may not always be the same. Reputation matters, and if you already have a bad record, the league will likely be stricter with you.

[OgNasty]

Suspending him will surely create a lot of backlash against their integrity because their bad calls is the reason why that incident happened since they allowed that physicality as defense while other team like OKC gets an all day long foul for that same defense treatment.

I think they also consider the history of a player.

If a player is already known to be dirty, like Draymond Green, then suspension is probably the easiest decision for the league to make. His past actions will always be part of how they judge the next incident. So even if two players commit almost the same mistake, the punishment may not always be the same. Reputation matters, and if you already have a bad record, the league will likely be stricter with you.

That is a good point. I don’t think Wemby has ever done anything like this before, so maybe this was his one freebie. I still think he deserved a suspension…

Almost time for NBA playoff basketball… Cleveland being the favorite while down in the series and the lower seed is a bit surprising. We’ll see how that goes…

[LogitechMouse]

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The first sweep of this round came from New York, who swept Philadelphia 4-0.

Next up is OKC, and they will most likely sweep the Los Angeles Lakers.

if Wemby’s going to pull moves like that he shouldn’t turn around and lecture anyone about ethics or morality afterward. i remember him giving an interview where he claimed we play ethical basketball.
that elbow he threw at Naz Reid was one of the dirtiest plays i've seen in years. it was straight out of the Draymond Green playbook. but at least Draymond knows exactly who he is...

First sweep came from NYK, and the second one will be coming from OKC because... because we know that the Thunder will win against them so sweeping them isn't surprising. The Sixers getting swept is what more surprising than the Lakers being swept.

As for Wemby, when I saw what he did, I remembered how Draymond is doing it in broad daylight and can be seen by many people. It's nowhere near on what Draymond did to Nurkic back then, but doing that dirty play on the playoffs? The NBA is already looking at possibly suspending him even on Game 5 just because of what he did, and if that happens, things could shift and the Timberwolves might have an upper hand in this series. We don't know if that happens, but let's see if Wemby plays on Game 5. Clearly he's the one that's dictating the outcome of this series. If he plays, Spurs wins and vice-versa.

It's Wemby's first playoff experience, so I guess it's understandable that he can't control his emotions. Let's not forget on the fact that this is his first playoffs. He'll learn from this that's for sure.

[Harkorede]

Suspending him will surely create a lot of backlash against their integrity because their bad calls is the reason why that incident happened since they allowed that physicality as defense while other team like OKC gets an all day long foul for that same defense treatment.

I think they also consider the history of a player.

If a player is already known to be dirty, like Draymond Green, then suspension is probably the easiest decision for the league to make. His past actions will always be part of how they judge the next incident. So even if two players commit almost the same mistake, the punishment may not always be the same. Reputation matters, and if you already have a bad record, the league will likely be stricter with you.

I agree that player history does have an impact on the league's decision, Wemby have always been a cool headed guy, if it were to be players Draymond, Beef Stew or even Rudy Gobert, it might have been a completely different outcome with at least a game suspension in my opinion.

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Cleveland Cavaliers have tied the series against Pistons, and up next is the OKC Thunder trying to go for their second sweep in this series, which I think they'll get, I just don't know what the margin of victory would be, but I doubt the Lakers would be able to keep up yet again.

[tech30338]

Suspending him will surely create a lot of backlash against their integrity because their bad calls is the reason why that incident happened since they allowed that physicality as defense while other team like OKC gets an all day long foul for that same defense treatment.

I think they also consider the history of a player.

If a player is already known to be dirty, like Draymond Green, then suspension is probably the easiest decision for the league to make. His past actions will always be part of how they judge the next incident. So even if two players commit almost the same mistake, the punishment may not always be the same. Reputation matters, and if you already have a bad record, the league will likely be stricter with you.

If they will review the video on how it happen, we can clearly see that NR put himself in that situation, also this has to do with the officiating they were calling soft fouls and then hard fouls are sometimes disregard, the suspension will put the league into a scandal, and fans might think that the league are purposely suspending a player to make the series exciting, if Wemby will play in this series Wolves has no chance, their only chance is to bury the Spurs into a 20-25 point lead, if the lead is 5 pts or lower or striking distance ill bet on spurs to win.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Suspending him will surely create a lot of backlash against their integrity because their bad calls is the reason why that incident happened since they allowed that physicality as defense while other team like OKC gets an all day long foul for that same defense treatment.

I think they also consider the history of a player.

If a player is already known to be dirty, like Draymond Green, then suspension is probably the easiest decision for the league to make. His past actions will always be part of how they judge the next incident. So even if two players commit almost the same mistake, the punishment may not always be the same. Reputation matters, and if you already have a bad record, the league will likely be stricter with you.

I agree that player history does have an impact on the league's decision, Wemby have always been a cool headed guy, if it were to be players Draymond, Beef Stew or even Rudy Gobert, it might have been a completely different outcome with at least a game suspension in my opinion.

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Cleveland Cavaliers have tied the series against Pistons, and up next is the OKC Thunder trying to go for their second sweep in this series, which I think they'll get, I just don't know what the margin of victory would be, but I doubt the Lakers would be able to keep up yet again.

I am still hoping and do believe that the Lakers will get 1 win on this series, getting to the finals is impossible now to the Lakers but atleast a win is good.
CAvs made it and tiesd the series . I am really into Cleveland in that series.  I want to see the OKC vs SAS in the conference finals, but Wolves making it hard for the San Antonio.

[Fredomago]

Suspending him will surely create a lot of backlash against their integrity because their bad calls is the reason why that incident happened since they allowed that physicality as defense while other team like OKC gets an all day long foul for that same defense treatment.

I think they also consider the history of a player.

If a player is already known to be dirty, like Draymond Green, then suspension is probably the easiest decision for the league to make. His past actions will always be part of how they judge the next incident. So even if two players commit almost the same mistake, the punishment may not always be the same. Reputation matters, and if you already have a bad record, the league will likely be stricter with you.

If they will review the video on how it happen, we can clearly see that NR put himself in that situation, also this has to do with the officiating they were calling soft fouls and then hard fouls are sometimes disregard, the suspension will put the league into a scandal, and fans might think that the league are purposely suspending a player to make the series exciting, if Wemby will play in this series Wolves has no chance, their only chance is to bury the Spurs into a 20-25 point lead, if the lead is 5 pts or lower or striking distance ill bet on spurs to win.

That's something that they need to decide with honest convictions, like what you said if they implement a rules that may place the league into a difficult situation fans may feel something that will put them away to support the league, it's a hard call for the league officials though I like that assessment which will have a weight if the players is known to be a dirty type player then it's not that hard to implement suspensions but if not then they need to consider not to suspend and let the series to proceed with complete selection.

[meser#]

Los Angeles Lakers were swept by OKC.
In the game that just ended, LeBron, Reaves, and Hachimura put up a great fight, but OKC's SGA surpassed their season average of 30 points to secure a 110-115 victory.

The Lakers deeply felt the absence of Doncic in this series.
If he had been there, OKC would have advanced to the next round, but I don't think they would have suffered such a 4-0 defeat.

SGA scored 35 points, but 12 of those came from free throws. SGA usually has a very high free throw percentage when they score a lot of points.

With this form, OKC remains a strong contender for the championship.

[Dave1]

Los Angeles Lakers were swept by OKC.
In the game that just ended, LeBron, Reaves, and Hachimura put up a great fight, but OKC's SGA surpassed their season average of 30 points to secure a 110-115 victory.

With this form, OKC remains a strong contender for the championship.

Very unfortunate for the Lakers fans to see LA being swept by the Thunder. I thought that they are going to win this one as they have a slim lead in the last few seconds of the game. But it is what it is, Lebron was obviously frustrated in this series.

It might be a different result of only Luka was not injured.

In the other games in the East, the Cavs is back in the series with another win in their homecourt to make it 2-2. Harden started the game good with the Cavs and then Mitchell finishing strong to go back to the homecourt of Detroit for a pivotal game 5.

[mandown]

After the fourth games of the second round, two swept teams occurred, while the other two are tied 2-2. The Minnesota Spurs vs. Detroit Cleveland game could go to a seventh. They are evenly matched teams. So far, Oklahoma has played the best basketball and is my championship pick.

[Velvet78]

Very unfortunate for the Lakers fans to see LA being swept by the Thunder. I thought that they are going to win this one as they have a slim lead in the last few seconds of the game. But it is what it is, Lebron was obviously frustrated in this series.

It might be a different result of only Luka was not injured.

In the other games in the East, the Cavs is back in the series with another win in their homecourt to make it 2-2. Harden started the game good with the Cavs and then Mitchell finishing strong to go back to the homecourt of Detroit for a pivotal game 5.

It was obvious without Doncic unfortunately... Even if he was able to return I still think Lakers would be able to win only once. But at least they could have been more competitive in scores.  

And yeah Cavaliers are back in business! Mitchell had 43 points indeed. Not only him but also Harden - Mobley duo were a solid help for the win. In Detroit I hope they finally manage to get a win. That would probably lead them to finish it 4-2 then.

[SquallLeonhart]

No matter how much "agitated" you get, no matter how much you were bothered, the referees are there for that reason, if you are being fouled, you are being fouled, and you should not do that and just wait for the call. But also I have watched basketball since early 90's, and I can tell you that this would be a normal thing back in the day, like players were doing these type of things, I remember one fight per week on average.

We do not condone that anymore, but you gotta remember that these kids are growing up on a new generation, older ones were not like that, it gets softer thankfully, so we see less fights, but it is also not unnatural, we just need to be understanding and soft while telling them why it's wrong, believe it or not, these are literally just kids, 20 year olds, they need to be mentored, not punished without explanation.

[Jostern]

Suspending him will surely create a lot of backlash against their integrity because their bad calls is the reason why that incident happened since they allowed that physicality as defense while other team like OKC gets an all day long foul for that same defense treatment.

I think they also consider the history of a player.

If a player is already known to be dirty, like Draymond Green, then suspension is probably the easiest decision for the league to make. His past actions will always be part of how they judge the next incident. So even if two players commit almost the same mistake, the punishment may not always be the same. Reputation matters, and if you already have a bad record, the league will likely be stricter with you.

If they will review the video on how it happen, we can clearly see that NR put himself in that situation, also this has to do with the officiating they were calling soft fouls and then hard fouls are sometimes disregard, the suspension will put the league into a scandal, and fans might think that the league are purposely suspending a player to make the series exciting, if Wemby will play in this series Wolves has no chance, their only chance is to bury the Spurs into a 20-25 point lead, if the lead is 5 pts or lower or striking distance ill bet on spurs to win.

It would be a very bad call for them to go for a suspension, I think there are rules that should guide situations like this when a player commits a foul and it wasn’t endangering the opponent in anyway it was just a foul and anyone can commit a foul in a game what you do is penalize that player, I really do not see any serious foul play that will warrant a suspension.

However if he gets suspended I will see it as an obvious target on the player is it’s going to be seen as a serious issue with the League management board negligence, I sure Wemby is going to play in that game because he should be playing to help his Spurs team advance to the next stage of the Playoffs.

[avp2306]

Very unfortunate for the Lakers fans to see LA being swept by the Thunder. I thought that they are going to win this one as they have a slim lead in the last few seconds of the game. But it is what it is, Lebron was obviously frustrated in this series.

It might be a different result of only Luka was not injured.

In the other games in the East, the Cavs is back in the series with another win in their homecourt to make it 2-2. Harden started the game good with the Cavs and then Mitchell finishing strong to go back to the homecourt of Detroit for a pivotal game 5.

It was obvious without Doncic unfortunately... Even if he was able to return I still think Lakers would be able to win only once. But at least they could have been more competitive in scores.  

And yeah Cavaliers are back in business! Mitchell had 43 points indeed. Not only him but also Harden - Mobley duo were a solid help for the win. In Detroit I hope they finally manage to get a win. That would probably lead them to finish it 4-2 then.

Even if Doncic will return I believe Lakers is already out of gas and will eventually got defeated by OKC. But its good that we see them fighting and have a chance to win in game 4.

Also there's speculation that this might be the last game of LBJ, but hopefully not. Since LBJ still doing fine and actually can still contribute big numbers for his team.

Not surprising to see those win made by Cavs, since they are capable to do that. What amazing for today's game is the 43 pt game of Mitchel because this one help them a lot to win and tied with Piston in semis.

[yenerbatmaz]

Game 4 was very close. It was the Los Angeles Lakers' best game in the series. With 40 seconds left, the Lakers took a 109-110 lead, but Oklahoma didn't give up. Reaves' hasty attempt at a three-pointer when the score was 113-110 was, in my opinion, a big mistake. If someone in a better position had waited until the end and tried a three-pointer, the Lakers might have forced overtime, but it didn't happen.

With this loss, the Lakers were swept in this round.

[broccolo9]

OKC looks set to sweep the Los Angeles Lakers.
I expected the Lakers to win Game 3, but they lost by a large margin again.
Doncic's absence was a major factor, but even if he had been there, OKC would have still advanced to the next round.

Indeed! There was some expectation for Doncic to recover and play for a limited number of minutes in Game 3. But it turns out he didn't play in this game as well!

Reaves didn't play well at the same time but it seems like they would lose anyway even if he scored 10-15 points more. Lakers defense just can't handle one of the best offenses naturally...

Doncic not being able to recover in time and comeback for this series made this series a no contest at all.

Let's be honest, even with him, they had a low chance, just because Doncic is a great player, the difference wouldn't be closed that easy and I would say OKC would still win, it is not like with Doncic they would have suddenly be a favourites, Lakers would have bene still underdogs. But without him?

It became a no contest and OKC had a field day for all three games, not even close games, they dominated them all.

Unfortunately, Doncic's recovery is taking a long time, and his absence is felt not only in terms of the team's scoring but also in the defensive factor that slows down the opposition's offense. And for now, the Lakers are left exposed because they can't cover the entire floor and defend at the same time against OKC. They also turned the ball over very easily, several times, and LeBron alone can't keep up, especially because the Lakers make individual plays, which has led them to make numerous mistakes.

[Wapfika]

Unfortunately, Doncic's recovery is taking a long time, and his absence is felt not only in terms of the team's scoring but also in the defensive factor that slows down the opposition's offense. And for now, the Lakers are left exposed because they can't cover the entire floor and defend at the same time against OKC. They also turned the ball over very easily, several times, and LeBron alone can't keep up, especially because the Lakers make individual plays, which has led them to make numerous mistakes.

To be honest, I think the majority here doesn’t expect Lakers to a title contender until they manage an upset victory against the Rockets without Luka so everyone is too optimistic that Lakers can be a champ now with Luka.

Luka injury shouldn’t be taking in consideration for the long run effect. There’s no guarantee that they can beat OKC and other team on the finals even with Luka while forcing Luka to play doesn’t have any assurance that his injury will not reoccur.

Injury sucks but that’s how the basketball work. Simply Lakers just have a bad luck this year.

[dwyane36]

Game 4 was very close. It was the Los Angeles Lakers' best game in the series. With 40 seconds left, the Lakers took a 109-110 lead, but Oklahoma didn't give up. Reaves' hasty attempt at a three-pointer when the score was 113-110 was, in my opinion, a big mistake. If someone in a better position had waited until the end and tried a three-pointer, the Lakers might have forced overtime, but it didn't happen.

With this loss, the Lakers were swept in this round.

It was expected that the Lakers would lose to the Thunder in this series. However, of all the games so far, the last one was really close, and the Lakers had a chance to steal the win in this game.
p.s.
Now I'm wondering what the Lakers plan to do in the offseason. I mean, will they offer Reaves and LeBron new contracts, or do they plan to start rebuilding the team around Luka?

[Stavri]

I believe Wemby would not do that if he wasn’t triggered. There are probably things happening that we didn’t see on camera, pretty sure about that.

But still, Wemby should learn from it. He has to be smarter and avoid doing stupid things because he is too important to the team. If they lose this series, that moment will never be forgotten. I think if he was not ejected in that game, there is a huge possibility that the Spurs would already be ahead now.

that was an amateur move landing a hard elbow to the opponent's neck could have had dangerous consequences... moreover no matter the circumstances, it was a massive mistake by Wemby and it might even cost them the series.

Maybe what you mean immature move right? But anyways indeed its not good action done by Wemby. Playoffs is so physical and he need high patience to deal with other player. Now he lost his temper and we have seen that it result on something not good which cost a lot from his team and they lost against Wolves today.

Wemby need to man up and accept that physicality is part of basketball. For sure Spurs can't afford him to be thrown out again. That's why he need to be more careful since their conference finals run will be at risk if he made a mistake again.

Wemby's inability to keep his cool is a huge sign of amateurism. i guess his patience finally ran out at that point. anyway as it's been announced that he won't be facing any further disciplinary action so he’ll be back on the court Tuesday night. Spurs is seriously lucky.