NBA Info - July 2025

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The league is trying a new rule in summer league.  End of quarter heaves will still count on team stats, but will not count for the player taking the last second desperation shot.  This is to protect a players shooting percentage.  I imagine they will see how this works and implement it next season if it goes well.  

Here is how heaves will be defined:

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For a shot to be classified as a heave, it must occur in the final three seconds of the first three quarters, be launched from at least 36 feet away, and the play has to start in the backcourt.

 

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Not sure if I even know 7 of the players involved.

 

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who is it on the pelicans who decided that the braintrust of joe dumars and troy weaver was the right choice?

what a cursed franchise.  finally get the shot at a franchise player and it ends up being king cheeseburger the porn star raper.

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Pretty sure that trade was demanded by ownership.  Believe it or not, the Pelicans were going to be in the luxury tax this year.  That trade got them out of it and saved ownership over $20 million in a tax bill next season.  To do that, they had to take on a few extra years of Poole compared to the CJ contract but at a lower AAV which keeps them out of the luxury tax.