NBA Info - March 2026

[GalagaGuy]

43 free throw attempts  🤣

[Deleterious]

Not shocked someone scored 83.  Completely shocked it was Bam.

 

[Deleterious]

 

[buddha]

As i've said before when every above-average player is putting up historical numbers: this is just steroid baseball era all over again.  brady anderson and luis gonzalez belting 50 home runs.  the nba players dont care about defense and the league has made it too easy to score.

i understand the players are better, but theyre not THIS MUCH better.

[Deleterious]

Does he have a shot at MVP?

 

[Tigeraholic1]

Wemby has the MVP locked at this point. 

[Betrayer]

14 hours ago, Deleterious said:

 

A lot of garbage basketball in there, but hey, if it pushes Kobe further down in the record books I'm ok with it.

[Motown Bombers]

To illustrate how nutty this is getting, the 2004 Pistons allowed 84 PPG. That didn't even lead the league. 

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

 

[Betrayer]

22 hours ago, Deleterious said:

 

In case you were wondering if they're in tank mode or not, you have your answer.

[Deleterious]

 

[Betrayer]

26 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

 

I'm sure it'll all go through, because there's money involved, but I truly hope it does not. The last thing this league needs is more bad teams.

[Deleterious]

It's crazy to think 5 years ago Vegas had 0 professional sports teams. Now they are about to get their 4th. Well, three and the Athletics. 

[buddha]

seattle needs to have a team.

sacramento having a professional sports team is ridiculous.

[Betrayer]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

seattle needs to have a team.

sacramento having a professional sports team is ridiculous.

If you're proposing moving one of the bad teams (like SAC) to these new cities, I'm cool with that idea. Just not 2 more teams to water down the league even more.

[casimir]

6 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

If you're proposing moving one of the bad teams (like SAC) to these new cities, I'm cool with that idea. Just not 2 more teams to water down the league even more.

Is the talent pool watered down, or is the current system of load management and/tanking creating an inferior product?  Because with basketball becoming more of an international sport with more international players, shouldn’t we be seeing more talent?

[buddha]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

Is the talent pool watered down, or is the current system of load management and/tanking creating an inferior product?  

both

[Deleterious]

The talent level is probably sufficient for expansion. The more pressing issue is availability. You can have the best restaurant in town, but if a third of the menu is unavailable every time you walk in, it stops mattering how good the kitchen is. That's the NBA's real problem right now.

[buddha]

35 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

The talent level is probably sufficient for expansion. The more pressing issue is availability. You can have the best restaurant in town, but if a third of the menu is unavailable every time you walk in, it stops mattering how good the kitchen is. That's the NBA's real problem right now.

i dont know how you solve it.  make their contracts on a game by game basis?  if you arent available you dont get paid?

[Deleterious]

54 minutes ago, buddha said:

i dont know how you solve it.  make their contracts on a game by game basis?  if you arent available you dont get paid?

That would punish those with legitimate injuries.  Independent doctors to verify injuries?  I don't know.

 

[Deleterious]

Carry

 

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, buddha said:

i dont know how you solve it.  make their contracts on a game by game basis?  if you arent available you dont get paid?

I don't know if you get there via the players, maybe via the team. Something like team bonus money distributed based on winning percentage. You'd probably need to institute a league wide payroll tax to pay for a system with enough $ to make it work, so it probably couldn't happen, but it would be an approach that creates the right incentives - esp since now you'd have team mates pressing each other to play to win. The weakness remaining is that if you are facing a really determined tanking team, you can still win with guys sitting, so I guess you'd have to go after both issues.

Edited 22 minutes ago by gehringer_2