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11/14/25 7:30PM 76'ers @ Pistons NBA Cup Group Stage Game 2


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OKC has had an even easier schedule than Detroit.  2nd easiest in the league so far.  

They do have the league's best record, and their 2nd best player hasn't stepped on the court yet.  Must be nice to be that good and about to get back a guy that made 3rd team all nba last year.

 

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49 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

OKC has had an even easier schedule than Detroit.  2nd easiest in the league so far.  

They do have the league's best record, and their 2nd best player hasn't stepped on the court yet.  Must be nice to be that good and about to get back a guy that made 3rd team all nba last year.

 

Don't forget all the picks they still have, including 2 that are lottery picks as of right now.

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50 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

 

As I said when we heard the news, "re-evaluated in 4 weeks" didn't mean "return in 4 weeks".

We won't see Ivey at full strength until January. If he's just now getting on the court for solo work, he won't be cleared for full 5-on-5 for another couple of weeks at least, then there's the "re-conditioning" period they like to do for a couple weeks, and then they'll start giving him very limited game minutes near the end of December.

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2 hours ago, Deleterious said:

OKC has had an even easier schedule than Detroit.  2nd easiest in the league so far.  

They do have the league's best record, and their 2nd best player hasn't stepped on the court yet.  Must be nice to be that good and about to get back a guy that made 3rd team all nba last year.

 

but look at what they did LAST year in almost winning 70 games.  and this year they could be just as good or better considering how young their roster is.

amd as betrayer pointed out, they are flush with lottery picks too.  we may be looking at a massive dynasty unless they **** up the picks like golden state did with weisman.

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50 minutes ago, buddha said:

but look at what they did LAST year in almost winning 70 games.  and this year they could be just as good or better considering how young their roster is.

amd as betrayer pointed out, they are flush with lottery picks too.  we may be looking at a massive dynasty unless they **** up the picks like golden state did with weisman.

My bad, I saw team and went right to individual years.

Yeah, they are in a position to be excellent for quite a while.  They are dirt cheap right now, but they will start to get expensive next summer when Chet and Williams extensions kick in.  SGA's extension starts the summer after that.  We'll see how they navigate that.  I don't think you can keep 3 max players with the new CBA.  At least not a small market team like OKC who can't afford luxury tax payments.  

 

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6 hours ago, Betrayer said:

As I said when we heard the news, "re-evaluated in 4 weeks" didn't mean "return in 4 weeks".

We won't see Ivey at full strength until January. If he's just now getting on the court for solo work, he won't be cleared for full 5-on-5 for another couple of weeks at least, then there's the "re-conditioning" period they like to do for a couple weeks, and then they'll start giving him very limited game minutes near the end of December.

I imagine it takes time to get into game shape, especially the way the Pistons offense runs. They're all out on almost every possession. 

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It's culture shock watching NBA players that are severely outmanned and fighting for their jobs play hard and hustle their butts off.  

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6 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

They are trolling us with these courts, right? 

I wonder if players hate it.  From a fans perspective watching on tv, it hurts the eyes to look at.  

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