NBA Info - February 2025

[RandyMarsh]

It'll come out around the 26 or 27 draft that the team that is picking number 1 had an unprotected 1st lined up for Beasley but the trade didn't go through cause Malik told Trajan he loves Detroit. 

[Betrayer]

A dude who's been the heart of this team and is in the conversation for 6th man of the year says he actually wants to be here and we just immediately go to, "it was a mistake" or "we're gonna pay for that later"? The fanbase trauma is hilarious, even when the team is exceeding all expectations.

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

He's only judging the first round.

 

[Deleterious]

 

[Betrayer]

They named Cade to the 3pt contest and not Beasley. What the actual f---?

[Deleterious]

Sounds like Dallas is a circus. Death threats for Nico Harrison. Security is beefed up.

[RandyMarsh]

8 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Sounds like Dallas is a circus. Death threats for Nico Harrison. Security is beefed up.

Trying to come up with an analogous situation to put myself in their shoes and I can't think of one for Detroit sports in my lifetime. We traded away some beloved players but they were almost always during a downtime with the franchise or were older. I guess the closest comp I can think of is Billups for Iverson but obviously Billups wasn't as good as Luka and was quite a bit older. 

[Deleterious]

44 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

Trying to come up with an analogous situation to put myself in their shoes and I can't think of one for Detroit sports in my lifetime. We traded away some beloved players but they were almost always during a downtime with the franchise or were older. I guess the closest comp I can think of is Billups for Iverson but obviously Billups wasn't as good as Luka and was quite a bit older. 

Rick Mahorn for me.  Obviously not even close to Luka but I was just a kid.  I was only 10 when the Tigers won, so this was my first serious title and Mahorn was one of my favorites.  Plus the dumb expansion draft was the day of the parade or day after.  I was pretty upset.  

[Deleterious]

 

[buddha]

9 hours ago, Betrayer said:

A dude who's been the heart of this team and is in the conversation for 6th man of the year says he actually wants to be here and we just immediately go to, "it was a mistake" or "we're gonna pay for that later"? The fanbase trauma is hilarious, even when the team is exceeding all expectations.

he'll want to be wherever they pay him the most money next year.  never let emotion get in the way of logical planning for the future.  that's how you end up with role players paid $20 million per year for 5 years.

[Deleterious]

Pretty difficult pass to throw.

 

[Deleterious]

 

[RandyMarsh]

Anthony Davis with 24pts, 13 boards, 5 assists and 3 blocks in the first half thus far against Houston in his Dallas debut.

[Deleterious]

AD playing great and missing the rest of the game due to injury is the most AD thing ever.

[Deleterious]

 

[Hongbit]

Wow. this is huge.  LA doesn’t get that much needed big man.   

[Deleterious]

Awkward. 

 

[Deleterious]

Does mean LA will be center shopping this summer if Detroit is inclined to move on from one of theirs.  

[Deleterious]

Big day for Pat Riley.  Pretty sure he holds some Three-Peat trademarks.  

[Hongbit]

 

[Deleterious]

Just turned it on.  Hubie still sounds like a young man.  

[Deleterious]

Luka about to drop 84 on these fools next game.

The fact he thinks this statement somehow helps him is mind blowing.  Taking a giant dump on your organizations second favorite player is never a good idea.

I assume he doesn't mean 370 pound Shaq?

 

[buddha]

4 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Luka about to drop 84 on these fools next game.

The fact he thinks this statement somehow helps him is mind blowing.  Taking a giant dump on your organizations second favorite player is never a good idea.

I assume he doesn't mean 370 pound Shaq?

 

lol at the idea that shaq worked "very hard" every day.

[buddha]

embiid saying he'll need another knee surgery and will likely be out for a long time.

i"m shocked.