NBA Info - May 2026

[Deleterious]

This will take some value off of 1st round picks when traded.

This is going to be a cluster****.  

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The above proposed rules remain exactly as they were written when the NBA first made this 3-2-1 pitch in early May. But there is also a rule stating that no team can land first in two consecutive drafts, or in the top five in three consecutive drafts.

Front offices have been wondering: Does the streak attach to the team holding the pick on lottery night or to the original team whose record is attached to the pick?

The streak attaches to the original team, according to league sources. In other words, if Team A has Team B’s pick in the 2027 draft as a result of a trade and that Team B pick lands first, then Team B’s own pick in 2028 would not be eligible to land first, whether it’s retained by Team B or owned by a different team. But Team A, by virtue of selecting first using Team B’s pick in 2027, would still be eligible to pick first in 2028 with its own pick or any other team’s pick.

 

[Deleterious]

Yam Madar is a PG that played this season for Hapoel Tel Aviv.  He just agreed to an NIL deal with LSU.  Rumors are it's worth $5 million per.

He was drafted by the Celtics in 2020 but only played one summer league game.  Never played on a regular season team.

He played 13 games in Euroleague this year and averaged 3 points per game.

For his career of about 8 years over multiple teams, he averages 8 points per game.

$5 million per is almost certainly more than any NBA team would have paid him.  

 

[Deleterious]

Good luck with that.

 

[Deleterious]

And that is why you don't bring back the GM.

 

[Hongbit]

42 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

And that is why you don't bring back the GM.

 

 
Getting rid of Harden is what they should be aggressively pursuing. 

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[Deleterious]

Cavs do not control their own 1st round pick until 2030, so the first pick they can trade is 2031 and then 2033 is the 7th year, so you can't trade any past that.  Is Mobley and two picks a half decade away going to land Giannis?  I guess 2030/32 would both be swaps as well.  

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

Mike Abdenour was robbed.

 

[Deleterious]

I'm afraid to ask how much Synergy costs.  I would probably end up with some $13,000 a year subscription.

Hmm, the graphic isn't showing.  Click the link I guess. 

 

[Deleterious]

Pretty sure they are voting on the new tanking rules today.

 

[Betrayer]

On 5/26/2026 at 8:06 PM, Deleterious said:

 

Moving goalposts are always fun.

Congrats to Mazzulla on doing what JB did last year when we were told it wasn't enough to qualify. Of course this year being the 60 win, top team in the East wasn't the right answer even though that's what we were told was required last year 🙄

Don't get me wrong, I'm actually happy JB didn't win it because then it would be even harder to fire him after a couple more failed playoff runs, but it's just another example of how ridiculous these awards are and how important media bias/narrative is.

I'm sure JB feels like he got the award that mattered, the one from the other coaches - people who knows the job, not people like Kendrick Perkins who was going to vote for Mazzulla/Boston no matter what.

[Deleterious]

See you in 3 years when everyone hates this.

 

[Deleterious]

I think that Giannis-Dame combo just might work!

Haynes is related to Giannis by marriage.  His cousin is married to Giannis I believe.

 

[Deleterious]

Here is how the new draft rules would have impacted the Pistons if they had been in place when they were bad.

2020-21 They had the 2nd worst record in the league.  They ended up with the #1 pick but in the new system they would have had only two lottery balls instead of 3, lowering their chances of landing #1.  The furthest they could have fallen that year was #6 but under the new system, they could fall to #12.  Non-playin teams that did not have one of the three worst records would have had a better chance at the #1 pick than Detroit.

2021-22 The third-worst record and they picked #5. But as one of the 3 worst teams they would only have 2 lottery balls instead of 3.  They would have been ineligible for the #1 pick.  If they had drawn #1 it would have been moved down to #2. Again, they could have fallen to #12 under the new system.

2022-23 The worst record in the league, only 2 lottery balls instead of 3.  They would have been ineligible for a top 5 pick because they had been top 5 the previous two seasons.  So the best case would have been #6.  Again, only two lottery balls.  The #6 pick that year was Anthony Black.

2023-24 Worst record in the league.  They would be eligible for the #1 pick and a top 5 pick this year.  But again, only 2 lottery balls instead of 3.

2024-25 No lottery

2025-26 No lottery

So four years of being terrible and each season they could have dropped all the way to #12.  NBA.com says a top 3 worst team will pick on average at #8.  

[RatkoVarda]

they had to do something. the regular season is losing its legitimacy. over the last 2 seasons, the Jazz routinely sat healthy players in order to lose. the little fines they got did not stop that. no idea if this will work. but forcing people to NOT finish in the bottom 3 will at least make a marginal difference as teams will try to win at least a few more games to gain better odds. this is step 1 or version 1 of this plan.

[Betrayer]

The whole point of the draft is for bad teams to get better. Especially bad teams in smaller markets where they have no other way to get better because free agents aren't coming there. They could make trades, but without the assets to send out and with picks being less valuable now this is just going to create a league where small market teams are stuck on the bottom forever.

I suppose that's good for the league because it's all about raking in the money from the big market teams. Those teams will always be able to attract free agents and if they ever fall just out of the playoffs they can get them the #1 pick more easily to bounce back to the top.

All of this because a handful of games that nobody was watching anyway were made slightly more boring.

How about we fix the actual problems with the league?
-Postgame reviews and fines for flopping/embelishment, leading to suspensions for frequent offenders.
-Allow the defender the right to his space so offensive players can't initiate contact and get FTs.

[RatkoVarda]

41 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

All of this because a handful of games that nobody was watching anyway were made slightly more boring.

it wasn't just a handful. it was a lot of games.

[buddha]

1 hour ago, Betrayer said:

The whole point of the draft is for bad teams to get better. Especially bad teams in smaller markets where they have no other way to get better because free agents aren't coming there. They could make trades, but without the assets to send out and with picks being less valuable now this is just going to create a league where small market teams are stuck on the bottom forever.

I suppose that's good for the league because it's all about raking in the money from the big market teams. Those teams will always be able to attract free agents and if they ever fall just out of the playoffs they can get them the #1 pick more easily to bounce back to the top.

All of this because a handful of games that nobody was watching anyway were made slightly more boring.

How about we fix the actual problems with the league?
-Postgame reviews and fines for flopping/embelishment, leading to suspensions for frequent offenders.
-Allow the defender the right to his space so offensive players can't initiate contact and get FTs.

1/4 of the league was trying to lose.

[Deleterious]