2026 NBA Season

[Stavri]

I'm baffled by Ime Udoka.

Alperen Şengün played only 2 minutes in the last 7 minutes of the closely contested New York game.

Houston, leading 97-91, only managed to score 9 points in that period and lost the game by 2 points.

Why did he get so little playing time?

If I had the chance, I would have asked Ime Udoka the reason for this after the game.
Houston lost the game 108-106.

Crucial game time then your superstar did not play that long, I'm not sure since Sengun is one of their main man aside from KD he's the one who can contribute the most, that's why it's really questionable why coach Udoka bench him since they've got decent lead but unable to sustain and NYK managed to bounce back and rally their way to win and snatch the game away from the Rockets.

Alperen is committing way too many turnovers. On the other hand, it looks like KD scored a lot of points but his stats are actually terrible. He wants to take every shot himself yet he’s also turning the ball over constantly and missing a ton of shots. imo the most important thing in basketball is teamwork and KD is simply not a team player.

[jakdanyel]

What a start by Thunder! They got 28-5 ahead against Cavaliers in the first quarter. Doing this even without SGA deserves the respect I think. But I still don't think Cavaliers would give up easily.

They have a really amazing form recently. They have the motivation to go for a comeback which is also not easy. The odds were like 1.55 for Cavs and 2.50 for Thunder before the game started as far as I remember...

[OgNasty]

The Los Angeles Lakers are taking on the Boston Celtics later today on Peacock. That should be a good game as both teams are near the top of their league standings. Things should start heating up as we make our way towards the playoffs.

[boyptc]

Damn Dillon Brooks has been surprising me all season, went from super villain to superstar well you get what I mean he's been playing absolutely fire this season but health is always the biggest factor. Now I see he has broken his hand and will be out for some time crazy how things can go from alright to oh shit in a matter of seconds.

Yes, we get that energy from him.

But being one of the most hated and now to one of the good ones that's most beloved by the fans.

He's playing it right when he's like a villain and that's just a character inside the court.

[EFS]

Cade Cunningham has been very impressive this season. Even though the Pistons generally play good team basketball, there have been many games where he really stood out.

I think Jokic is ahead of SGA with the another insane triple-double numbers he's putting up, but he missed too many games. It looks like he won't be eligible for the MVP award. Doncic leads in ppg but he's in a similar situation. SGA will miss at least another week due to injury and if he ends up missing most of the remaining games, he won't be eligible either.

In that case, Cade Cunningham could become MVP. Right now it's a low possibility, but depending on injuries and players resting before the play-offs, it's not impossible.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Sometimes NBA just feels so rigged. How do the Nuggets lose against a scrub team like the Warriors, a team with basically only bench players and every star players out. They recently got destroyed back to back and against a top team like Denver they suddenly win and come back from going into the 4th down 6 points? I mean sure, whatever man. NBA at it's best again. 

Denver should learn to play some perimeter defense, letting a team take 50+ 3s is not what you want to see if you want to compete for a title.

Cam Johnson especially stood out, he took 2 3 pointers in the last seconds but until then he took 5 shots (made 1), had 3 rebounds and 2 assists in 38 minutes (most minutes of all Denver players). This guy must have been invisible with such a stat line in 38 min, crazy. 

[batang_bitcoin]

Cade Cunningham has been very impressive this season. Even though the Pistons generally play good team basketball, there have been many games where he really stood out.

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In that case, Cade Cunningham could become MVP. Right now it's a low possibility, but depending on injuries and players resting before the play-offs, it's not impossible.

I would cheer for him to become MVP for this conference. He deserves it and coming from a very terrible team and he's made a change of it for just few seasons. This guy is something else. And I've read about his reaction after seeing what he's got in the bank after signing with that $224M extension while being in a sonic drive thru. He's going to stay in this league for so long and will be one of the legends IMHO.

[ultrloa]

Cade Cunningham has been very impressive this season. Even though the Pistons generally play good team basketball, there have been many games where he really stood out.

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In that case, Cade Cunningham could become MVP. Right now it's a low possibility, but depending on injuries and players resting before the play-offs, it's not impossible.

I would cheer for him to become MVP for this conference. He deserves it and coming from a very terrible team and he's made a change of it for just few seasons. This guy is something else. And I've read about his reaction after seeing what he's got in the bank after signing with that $224M extension while being in a sonic drive thru. He's going to stay in this league for so long and will be one of the legends IMHO.

Maybe not for now since I think the current famous name will be notice more rather than him, but if he remain consistent on upcoming years then maybe he's time to earn such award will come.

He need to make Pistons a champion first before he earn full respect from media and to his fellow players.

That's why its quiet good to follow the young career of Cade, since as early as now he really show some great potential to became a big star on the league.

[Shinpako09]

Damn Dillon Brooks has been surprising me all season, went from super villain to superstar well you get what I mean he's been playing absolutely fire this season but health is always the biggest factor. Now I see he has broken his hand and will be out for some time crazy how things can go from alright to oh shit in a matter of seconds.

I’m not a fan of Dillon Brooks, but I like this kind of guy in the league. He creates drama, his passion, taunting stars, and all that, it makes the game more entertaining. He’s doing great with the Phoenix Suns as well. He’s now averaging 20.9 points, his highest since being drafted. The Suns are kinda unlucky though because they have other injured players too, including Devin Booker. But they still have a chance to make the playoffs instead of just the play-in, as long as they’re healthy. They’re far from reaching the 1st and 2nd spots, but not that far from the 3rd to 6th spots.

[Jinetics1111]

Damn Dillon Brooks has been surprising me all season, went from super villain to superstar well you get what I mean he's been playing absolutely fire this season but health is always the biggest factor. Now I see he has broken his hand and will be out for some time crazy how things can go from alright to oh shit in a matter of seconds.

I’m not a fan of Dillon Brooks, but I like this kind of guy in the league. He creates drama, his passion, taunting stars, and all that, it makes the game more entertaining. He’s doing great with the Phoenix Suns as well. He’s now averaging 20.9 points, his highest since being drafted. The Suns are kinda unlucky though because they have other injured players too, including Devin Booker. But they still have a chance to make the playoffs instead of just the play-in, as long as they’re healthy. They’re far from reaching the 1st and 2nd spots, but not that far from the 3rd to 6th spots.

Yup Dillon Brooks has really stepped up from that villain role and was letting his true skills show, I mean we always knew he had them or else he wouldn't be drafted to the NBA but to make a name for himself it was cleaver. I too like these kind of players myself there was always one of them on most teams back then which made games very exciting like you said, those were the days.

[fullfitlarry]

Damn Dillon Brooks has been surprising me all season, went from super villain to superstar well you get what I mean he's been playing absolutely fire this season but health is always the biggest factor. Now I see he has broken his hand and will be out for some time crazy how things can go from alright to oh shit in a matter of seconds.

I’m not a fan of Dillon Brooks, but I like this kind of guy in the league. He creates drama, his passion, taunting stars, and all that, it makes the game more entertaining. He’s doing great with the Phoenix Suns as well. He’s now averaging 20.9 points, his highest since being drafted. The Suns are kinda unlucky though because they have other injured players too, including Devin Booker. But they still have a chance to make the playoffs instead of just the play-in, as long as they’re healthy. They’re far from reaching the 1st and 2nd spots, but not that far from the 3rd to 6th spots.

Right, he seems to unlock his full potential with the Suns. Yeah, with Houston he is a scoring as well but there are lot of options out there when he was with the team. But in Suns, he is now the second scorer after Devin Booker.

And if there are games that Booker is injured, then obviously Dillon is going to be the main man. Dangerous specially when shooting for the outside as he has great percentage at the 3's. So he really improved a lot as a scorer now. But still the same Brooks that provoked the other teams with this defense.

[el kaka22]

157 points is unserious man, no team should get 157 points, what kind of defense did Portland played that made this even possible. I get that tanking is a thing and this could happen but it really makes no sense to me that a team would get scored on like that, not only because defense would stop it eventually at some point, but also even offense wouldn't even care that much and usually you get garbage time players, who won't keep on scoring.

Jokic didn't even play 30 minutes on this game because of the points difference, after the game was technically over, Murray and Jokic all sat down, only the garbage time players played and even they managed to score so easily, that part is the real confusing part that made 157 points possible.

[Dave1]

Warriors pull a upset against the Nuggets, surprisingly after the Nuggets have the highest had 157 lbs, although Jokic had another triple double in this game, it was not enough to defeat the Warriors.

Al Horford bringing his A-game him with his 3 point shooting, and then Podz who has been quiet in the first 3 quarters with bad shooting, suddenly takes over the game in the 4th for the Warriors. Nuggets leads 10 going into the 3rd, but they were not able to sustained it.

[LogitechMouse]

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I’m not a fan of Dillon Brooks, but I like this kind of guy in the league. He creates drama, his passion, taunting stars, and all that, it makes the game more entertaining. He’s doing great with the Phoenix Suns as well. He’s now averaging 20.9 points, his highest since being drafted. The Suns are kinda unlucky though because they have other injured players too, including Devin Booker. But they still have a chance to make the playoffs instead of just the play-in, as long as they’re healthy. They’re far from reaching the 1st and 2nd spots, but not that far from the 3rd to 6th spots.

Well, with Booker and Green being injured for most of the time, they don't have any other options on offense aside from him. The good thing is that he stepped up in terms on offense, and at the same time he's still great at defense as always. Many are trolling him to be an all-star just because of the leap on his stats, but we know that he's still not up there. One more leap and he might be next regular season.

Looking at the standings, they're currently 7th with around 2 games above the 8th seeded Warriors and way above the 10th seeded Clippers. They're also 2 games below the 6th seeded Wolves so there's a chance that they might clinch to the playoffs or just be a high-seeded play-in team. I see them reaching 6th as their ceiling because they're main player, Booker is still out because of an injury.

I'm also not a fan of him, but I would say that I'm more impress now with how he's playing in Phoenix than ever. I hate him because of how he taunts and how he defend with physicality that could cause injuries to the opposing player, but now, the way he defends is still there, but he adds an offense to his arsenal, and that's good development if you will ask me.

[ajanwalker]

Nikola Jokic may not have secured the win against Golden State, but he still delivered another incredible triple-double.

35 Points
20 Rebounds
12 Assists

Golden State won the game 128-117. Stephen Curry is still out due to injury for Golden State. Despite his absence, Golden State managed to win this tough game.

[Jostern]

Damn Dillon Brooks has been surprising me all season, went from super villain to superstar well you get what I mean he's been playing absolutely fire this season but health is always the biggest factor. Now I see he has broken his hand and will be out for some time crazy how things can go from alright to oh shit in a matter of seconds.

I have also been surprised by his performance in this NBA season, but honestly speaking he has been a talented player and the talent was there all along the on difference was that he didn’t have the opportunities to show himself early, his been on fire this season and he has looked like a man who is ready to take the NBA by storm, but I just think this player one of the most important factor would be for him to stay fit and strong and staying healthy should always be a priority for every player, I hope he is back on the court soon and let’s hope isn’t a serious injury, definitely he will come back stronger.

[Eternad]

Damn Dillon Brooks has been surprising me all season, went from super villain to superstar well you get what I mean he's been playing absolutely fire this season but health is always the biggest factor. Now I see he has broken his hand and will be out for some time crazy how things can go from alright to oh shit in a matter of seconds.

I have also been surprised by his performance in this NBA season, but honestly speaking he has been a talented player and the talent was there all along the on difference was that he didn’t have the opportunities to show himself early, his been on fire this season and he has looked like a man who is ready to take the NBA by storm, but I just think this player one of the most important factor would be for him to stay fit and strong and staying healthy should always be a priority for every player, I hope he is back on the court soon and let’s hope isn’t a serious injury, definitely he will come back stronger.

Attitude is his only problem. He has the talent but with toxic attitude those talent is useless since his game influenced with pride and the urge to show off against players that he has beef.

He will be more productive if he play without any drama or beef against other player which he is doing right now. He is surprisingly behave compared to his previous year performance.

[Fredomago]

I'm baffled by Ime Udoka.

Alperen Şengün played only 2 minutes in the last 7 minutes of the closely contested New York game.

Houston, leading 97-91, only managed to score 9 points in that period and lost the game by 2 points.

Why did he get so little playing time?

If I had the chance, I would have asked Ime Udoka the reason for this after the game.
Houston lost the game 108-106.

Crucial game time then your superstar did not play that long, I'm not sure since Sengun is one of their main man aside from KD he's the one who can contribute the most, that's why it's really questionable why coach Udoka bench him since they've got decent lead but unable to sustain and NYK managed to bounce back and rally their way to win and snatch the game away from the Rockets.

Alperen is committing way too many turnovers. On the other hand, it looks like KD scored a lot of points but his stats are actually terrible. He wants to take every shot himself yet he’s also turning the ball over constantly and missing a ton of shots. imo the most important thing in basketball is teamwork and KD is simply not a team player.

Indeed, he can score there's no doubt but if you just wanted to take every time you have the ball, the system which supposed to be design for the team will be affected, it's something that each players needs to adjust even how great you are it's much better to patch your teammates and get them involve just how we seen with Spurs and OKC they are rotating the ball though stars still have the numbers of touch but they involve everyone inside and manage to deliver great outcome.

[emrecemsan]

Nikola Jokic may not have secured the win against Golden State, but he still delivered another incredible triple-double.

35 Points
20 Rebounds
12 Assists

Golden State won the game 128-117. Stephen Curry is still out due to injury for Golden State. Despite his absence, Golden State managed to win this tough game.

Jokic has started to play like the usual recently after his latest injury. That's good news to hear for me!    However his great effort really wasn't enough for the win against Warriors...

It's really hard to believe that they lost anyway while Warriors didn't have Steph Curry. Nuggets needed to defend better than this. 128 points is just too much considering your opponent doesn't have their best shooter.

[batang_bitcoin]

I would cheer for him to become MVP for this conference. He deserves it and coming from a very terrible team and he's made a change of it for just few seasons. This guy is something else. And I've read about his reaction after seeing what he's got in the bank after signing with that $224M extension while being in a sonic drive thru. He's going to stay in this league for so long and will be one of the legends IMHO.

Maybe not for now since I think the current famous name will be notice more rather than him, but if he remain consistent on upcoming years then maybe he's time to earn such award will come.

He need to make Pistons a champion first before he earn full respect from media and to his fellow players.

That's why its quiet good to follow the young career of Cade, since as early as now he really show some great potential to became a big star on the league.

More better endings per season for the Detroit Pistons and he'll be more noticed. I think last season was the real game changer for the team and his career. They did well and he became noticeable on that run. I agree, it's good to follow his career. He's still young and he's more promising than of those that are being followed by the media and high picked by the other teams. There's so much talent in him and we're not fan boying on him because he's really that good as an individual player.