2026 NBA Season

[Dave1]

Crazy how the Lakers almost managed to lose despite leaving by as many as 20 points with 7 minutes to go. LBJ saved them with some free throws. But the refs in the last second have been ridiculous. When Brooks makes the 3 to give Phoenix the 1 point lead with 12sec to go he clearly was fouled by LBJ, no call.
In the last attack from the Lakers James takes a 3 and gets "fouled", which in my eyes he didn't because this was WAY less contact than the play before, he gets 3 free throws.

NBA at it's worst.

Referee helping the Lakers to win this game, Lol. I guess they wanted the Lakers to win this one and make Brooks the villain again and again. That clutch three of Brooks really make Lebron mad because they know that they've blow what a supposedly win for them.

But again, it was clearly a bad call or at least the refs should have let that go with no foul call. Several to what they didn't call a foul on Caruso when he was going for that put back against the Spurs.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Crazy how the Lakers almost managed to lose despite leaving by as many as 20 points with 7 minutes to go. LBJ saved them with some free throws. But the refs in the last second have been ridiculous. When Brooks makes the 3 to give Phoenix the 1 point lead with 12sec to go he clearly was fouled by LBJ, no call.
In the last attack from the Lakers James takes a 3 and gets "fouled", which in my eyes he didn't because this was WAY less contact than the play before, he gets 3 free throws.

NBA at it's worst.

Referee helping the Lakers to win this game, Lol. I guess they wanted the Lakers to win this one and make Brooks the villain again and again. That clutch three of Brooks really make Lebron mad because they know that they've blow what a supposedly win for them.

But again, it was clearly a bad call or at least the refs should have let that go with no foul call. Several to what they didn't call a foul on Caruso when he was going for that put back against the Spurs.

I think Luka "himself" sums it up pretty well.  . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tTAwG3To7M

[Jostern]

Could we really see Giannis in a Heat uniform partying in the Miami night life?  My personal pick would be the Warriors or Lakers.  The Spurs having no state income tax is a big draw too...  We'll probably find out soon.

That's what I also heard in the last couple of days, that Giannis might want to join the Heat?

And we all know that Heat's President is well respected and if he can talk to Giannis, he might convinced him to join the Miami Heat team. But it will take Hero and Kuminga I assumed and future draft picks if they wanted to have Giannis.

If this rumors are true, the Miami heat could be in for a big surprise deal, But we never really might know if Gianis would like to join Miami Heat.

But if that really happens that would be a statement for the Miami team, just like you have said there president would have a lot of convincing to do because of the unbroken love affairs that Gianis have for the Milwaukee bucks

Well nobody can completely know the future when it comes to predicting the future of basket ball players, and sometimes this players also want to makes some changes in their life and try something different.

There is truth in every rumor and they say there is no smoke without fire, so let’s see if this one would really happen.

[vivekdhyani1]

Houston Rockets are on pace to become the best rebounding team in NBA history… by a lot

6 teams from the last decade are in the top 25 all time…

5 of them are Steven Adams teams with 3 different franchises (HOU ‘25-26 & ‘24-25, MEM ‘21-22, OKC  ‘15-16 & ‘16-17)

[Velvet78]

That was absolutely a foul to Brooks! The referees must be just kidding us... How don't you call a clear foul there? If the same thing happened to LeBron then I'm pretty sure he would be given the foul. Shame on the referees.

Doncic played simply horrible. It doesn't matter you score 29 points when you have a very bad FG percentage. 2/14 on three-pointers... He really dragged the team down in this game but thanks to referees, Lakers won anyway.

[yslyv]

That was absolutely a foul to Brooks! The referees must be just kidding us... How don't you call a clear foul there? If the same thing happened to LeBron then I'm pretty sure he would be given the foul. Shame on the referees.

Doncic played simply horrible. It doesn't matter you score 29 points when you have a very bad FG percentage. 2/14 on three-pointers... He really dragged the team down in this game but thanks to referees, Lakers won anyway.

Yeah Doncic played awful. 7/25 in FG and 2/14 in 3 points and  6 turnovers. Everybody can play bad sometimes. but not that much bad. Suns really put up an incredible fight at the end of the game. I think they deserved the win. They were down 111–97, then went ahead 114–113, they were really about to win...

[Fredomago]

Warriors vs Blazers, what a game!!

Both teams are raining threes and what's amazing is that Chef Curry cook threes with 12 3-points made, but even with that they lost to Blazers. Blazers is 3-0 to GSW this year, that's mind blowing to be honest.

Blazers managed to win against GSW even how great Curry's performance they still snatch that win, team efforts and that focus to keep inline with how you set the system, and how you'll execute every plays that needed to accomplish, I like how they keep that game close and then overrun and dominated the final quarter to secure the win,  decent performances from Grant, Sharpe and Avdja towering their offense while Curry's 48points ain't enough to carry his team to win.

[Yaunfitda]

That was absolutely a foul to Brooks! The referees must be just kidding us... How don't you call a clear foul there? If the same thing happened to LeBron then I'm pretty sure he would be given the foul. Shame on the referees.

Doncic played simply horrible. It doesn't matter you score 29 points when you have a very bad FG percentage. 2/14 on three-pointers... He really dragged the team down in this game but thanks to referees, Lakers won anyway.

Yeah Doncic played awful. 7/25 in FG and 2/14 in 3 points and  6 turnovers. Everybody can play bad sometimes. but not that much bad. Suns really put up an incredible fight at the end of the game. I think they deserved the win. They were down 111–97, then went ahead 114–113, they were really about to win...

And if not for the referee, the Suns should have won that game. I think this could be one of the worst game that referee didn't call a fair game. And another classic example of referee deciding the outcome and not the players themselves. There have been games lately though that is crucial and no calls was made and just let the player fight for the lose ball until the time expires. But not in this one, they've seen the Brooks is getting into the nerves in the game and referee should have given them warnings specially on Brooks. But it is what it is, the Lakers escape with that lucky win.

[ultrloa]

That was absolutely a foul to Brooks! The referees must be just kidding us... How don't you call a clear foul there? If the same thing happened to LeBron then I'm pretty sure he would be given the foul. Shame on the referees.

Doncic played simply horrible. It doesn't matter you score 29 points when you have a very bad FG percentage. 2/14 on three-pointers... He really dragged the team down in this game but thanks to referees, Lakers won anyway.

Yeah Doncic played awful. 7/25 in FG and 2/14 in 3 points and  6 turnovers. Everybody can play bad sometimes. but not that much bad. Suns really put up an incredible fight at the end of the game. I think they deserved the win. They were down 111–97, then went ahead 114–113, they were really about to win...

And if not for the referee, the Suns should have won that game. I think this could be one of the worst game that referee didn't call a fair game. And another classic example of referee deciding the outcome and not the players themselves. There have been games lately though that is crucial and no calls was made and just let the player fight for the lose ball until the time expires. But not in this one, they've seen the Brooks is getting into the nerves in the game and referee should have given them warnings specially on Brooks. But it is what it is, the Lakers escape with that lucky win.

The call is to much for Brooks and its that situation is just part of the game.

If Brooks didn't get ejected maybe the result will be different and Suns might win this game.

Lots of people says that ref throw this game and they are in favor with Lakers, still its good game to watch although there's just an issue happened but I still got entertained watching their match up. Lakers just became lucky to escape and win against Suns.

[Beparanf]

Warriors vs Blazers, what a game!!

Both teams are raining threes and what's amazing is that Chef Curry cook threes with 12 3-points made, but even with that they lost to Blazers. Blazers is 3-0 to GSW this year, that's mind blowing to be honest.

Blazers managed to win against GSW even how great Curry's performance they still snatch that win, team efforts and that focus to keep inline with how you set the system, and how you'll execute every plays that needed to accomplish, I like how they keep that game close and then overrun and dominated the final quarter to secure the win,  decent performances from Grant, Sharpe and Avdja towering their offense while Curry's 48points ain't enough to carry his team to win.

Team that focus on balance team play is proven the current meta on NBA compared before that a team can single handedly carried by a single player like what Curry did.

Blazers has a lot of players that scores a above 20+ compared to GSW that only have 10+ is the average points except for Curry.

Even Lakers still can’t dominate the league even if they have Luka, Austin and Lebron while they have weak bench.

[danherbias07]

I think Luka "himself" sums it up pretty well.  . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tTAwG3To7M

That's AI. C'mon.  

Although I do agree that it was not a foul. Booker was just standing there. It was Lebron who made contact. He won't even be under Lebron when he lands.

Anyway, that could've been a win for the Suns if only Dillon Brooks had stopped being an idiot. Him being thrown out messed their defense, and he could've been there proving to Lebron that they can win against them if only he hadn't taunted him. He is +12 on that game. What a waste.

[yslyv]

That was absolutely a foul to Brooks! The referees must be just kidding us... How don't you call a clear foul there? If the same thing happened to LeBron then I'm pretty sure he would be given the foul. Shame on the referees.

Doncic played simply horrible. It doesn't matter you score 29 points when you have a very bad FG percentage. 2/14 on three-pointers... He really dragged the team down in this game but thanks to referees, Lakers won anyway.

Yeah Doncic played awful. 7/25 in FG and 2/14 in 3 points and  6 turnovers. Everybody can play bad sometimes. but not that much bad. Suns really put up an incredible fight at the end of the game. I think they deserved the win. They were down 111–97, then went ahead 114–113, they were really about to win...

And if not for the referee, the Suns should have won that game. I think this could be one of the worst game that referee didn't call a fair game. And another classic example of referee deciding the outcome and not the players themselves. There have been games lately though that is crucial and no calls was made and just let the player fight for the lose ball until the time expires. But not in this one, they've seen the Brooks is getting into the nerves in the game and referee should have given them warnings specially on Brooks. But it is what it is, the Lakers escape with that lucky win.

LeBron is probably the only player in the league that can touch the refs and not be kicked out. he definetely should have been ejected. no matter how angry you are, you cant do that... Any other player pushing refs like that ejected.. even i remember many players ejected because they just clapped.

[LogitechMouse]

Houston Rockets are on pace to become the best rebounding team in NBA history… by a lot

6 teams from the last decade are in the top 25 all time…

5 of them are Steven Adams teams with 3 different franchises (HOU ‘25-26 & ‘24-25, MEM ‘21-22, OKC  ‘15-16 & ‘16-17)
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Looking at their current roster, it's not surprising that the Rockets are the best rebounding team right now. Their current average as a team is around 48.6 RPG, around 2 RPG above the 2nd which is the Pistons.

What's good about the roster of the Rockets is that, their team is filled with tall players and they also have a great rebounder in Sengun, and Adams as their 2nd best rebounder and a great paint defender as well. Both Sengun and Adams have an average of around 18 RPG combined which for me is very high knowing that both of them have an average of around 9 RPG. Maybe we can also add Smith Jr.'s 6.4 RPG, Eason's 5.2 RPG and Capela's 4.6 RPG as well.

I hope that this translates into better playoff performance as they got bounced out in the first round last season.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

I think Luka "himself" sums it up pretty well.  . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tTAwG3To7M

it fits the name! ahahha dangerousAI.

Even Lakers still can’t dominate the league even if they have Luka, Austin and Lebron while they have weak bench.

Basketball has evolve alot, Big 3 is not that very effective now in NBA, Curry lift the level of 3points also, big man became shooters and not just dominating the paint.
Team is getting more balance on players. We can see again the 5 man team and they are building their franchise again in complete package with deeper bench. I really like OKC team now on how great the players they have even bench. NYK is getting there and some more. Lakers are way far from that,. Bron can still play good but he is old now.

[OgNasty]

That Lakers game had an amazing ending. LeBron is taking heat for not letting Luka shoot that technical free throw near the end of the game. That almost cost them. I’m guessing Luka shoots all the technicals going forward.

[CLS63]

In general of the game I think Doncic could have caused Lakers to lose actually. There is a big difference between scoring around 30 points with high FG% and a low one. His 2 pointers were okay but 3 ones were so bad.



By the way there was a controversial incident in the last moments about whether LeBron really fouled Brooks or not. No matter what Brooks shouldn't have lost his temper easily in a game he was doing pretty good.

[Oasisman]

That Lakers game had an amazing ending. LeBron is taking heat for not letting Luka shoot that technical free throw near the end of the game. That almost cost them. I’m guessing Luka shoots all the technicals going forward.

Luka was shooting a very low percentage in that game, but he's a better free throw shooter than LeBron. I'm not sure why LeBron took it. He also took their last shot, I think they let him shoot the free throw to keep that momentum. Luka was shooting 3pt bricks.
Lakers are really terrible at keeping their huge lead in the 4th quarter. If LeBron wasn't called that critical foul, they could've had their 1st worst lost this season, lol.

[OgNasty]

That Lakers game had an amazing ending. LeBron is taking heat for not letting Luka shoot that technical free throw near the end of the game. That almost cost them. I’m guessing Luka shoots all the technicals going forward.

Luka was shooting a very low percentage in that game, but he's a better free throw shooter than LeBron. I'm not sure why LeBron took it. He also took their last shot, I think they let him shoot the free throw to keep that momentum. Luka was shooting 3pt bricks.
Lakers are really terrible at keeping their huge lead in the 4th quarter. If LeBron wasn't called that critical foul, they could've had their 1st worst lost this season, lol.

LeBron should never be the guy shooting free throws in my opinion.

Another blow to the Lakers today. They sent Dalton Knecht down to South Bay. Pretty much means they couldn’t find anyone to take him in a trade. Probably means no Andrew Wiggins trade for the Lakers.

[rbynxx]

That Lakers game had an amazing ending. LeBron is taking heat for not letting Luka shoot that technical free throw near the end of the game. That almost cost them. I’m guessing Luka shoots all the technicals going forward.

Luka or probably Reaves if he's playing. The thing is it shouldn't be coming to that game outcome if they only let their defense get intact and if they let Vanderbilt played considering he's been doing good in that 4th quarter but instead they sent him to bench last 5 minutes and they never gets him back.

[tech30338]

That Lakers game had an amazing ending. LeBron is taking heat for not letting Luka shoot that technical free throw near the end of the game. That almost cost them. I’m guessing Luka shoots all the technicals going forward.

Luka or probably Reaves if he's playing. The thing is it shouldn't be coming to that game outcome if they only let their defense get intact and if they let Vanderbilt played considering he's been doing good in that 4th quarter but instead they sent him to bench last 5 minutes and they never gets him back.

Totally agree luka should be the one to take the technical, because sometimes LeBron really miss crucial free throws, as for the game, they really letting other teams catch them during end game which is concerning no matter how big their leads are, they should learn to keep those leads and learn to protect it during the last quarter they are always collapsing and this will cost them a lot during the playoffs, because other teams will try to catchup with them.