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35 year old Wilt Chamberlain with 20pts 24reb 10blk vs 24 year old Kareem
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Post Game Thread The Los Angeles Lakers (45-29) defeat the Memphis Grizzlies (44-30), 134-127 behind 85 combined points from Lebron, Luka, and Reaves
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|(/LAL) 134 - 127 (/MEM)|
|Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo|
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|GAME SUMMARY|
|Location: FedExForum (18087), Clock: Final|
|Officials: JB DeRosa, Tyler Ford, and Mousa Dagher|
|Team|Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
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|Los Angeles Lakers|39|33|30|32|134|
|Memphis Grizzlies|28|33|38|28|127|
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|TEAM STATS|
|Team|PTS|FG|FG%|3P|3P%|FT|FT%|OREB|TREB|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|
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|Los Angeles Lakers|134|45-89|50.6%|19-43|44.2%|25-27|92.6%|8|48|30|21|7|13|3|
|Memphis Grizzlies|127|50-95|52.6%|14-32|43.8%|13-18|72.2%|9|48|33|27|7|12|4|
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|PLAYER STATS|
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(/LAL) Los Angeles Lakers|MIN|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|±|
|Rui Hachimura^SF|28:28|13|5-8|3-5|0-0|0|3|3|0|0|1|0|1|-3|
|LeBron James^PF|37:27|25|10-21|2-5|3-4|1|5|6|8|3|1|3|3|-1|
|Jaxson Hayes^C|17:06|2|1-1|0-0|0-0|0|5|5|0|0|0|1|4|3|
|Austin Reaves^SG|37:21|31|8-16|5-8|10-10|3|4|7|8|2|1|3|2|-5|
|Luka Dončić^PG|38:22|29|8-18|2-9|11-12|0|8|8|9|1|0|3|3|11|
|Dorian Finney-Smith|34:44|11|4-9|3-7|0-0|0|5|5|1|0|0|1|2|15|
|Gabe Vincent|23:05|15|5-7|4-6|1-1|1|1|2|1|1|0|1|3|9|
|Jordan Goodwin|08:10|0|0-2|0-1|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|4|
|Jarred Vanderbilt|09:52|6|3-5|0-1|0-0|1|3|4|1|0|0|1|2|-1|
|Dalton Knecht|05:23|2|1-2|0-1|0-0|1|0|1|2|0|0|0|1|3|
|Bronny James|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Christian Koloko|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Alex Len|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Shake Milton|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Markieff Morris|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Trey Jemison III|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Maxi Kleber|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
(/MEM) Memphis Grizzlies|MIN|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|±|
|Jaylen Wells^SF|23:37|11|3-8|1-3|4-4|1|2|3|3|1|0|0|3|4|
|Jaren Jackson Jr.^PF|28:31|24|8-13|3-4|5-6|0|4|4|1|1|1|1|4|6|
|Zach Edey^C|26:30|14|7-10|0-0|0-2|5|6|11|2|1|3|1|4|1|
|Desmond Bane^SG|32:58|29|12-18|5-8|0-0|1|3|4|6|2|0|0|2|3|
|Ja Morant^PG|31:23|22|9-23|1-5|3-5|1|7|8|10|1|0|4|3|0|
|Scotty Pippen Jr.|18:18|16|6-8|3-4|1-1|0|3|3|5|1|0|1|4|-6|
|Santi Aldama|26:21|8|4-10|0-4|0-0|1|4|5|2|0|0|4|3|-7|
|Lamar Stevens|08:11|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|1|-8|
|Luke Kennard|21:20|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|1|-9|
|Vince Williams Jr.|17:49|3|1-4|1-3|0-0|0|3|3|2|0|0|0|2|-11|
|Jay Huff|04:59|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-8|
|Marvin Bagley III|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|GG Jackson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|John Konchar|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Cam Spencer|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Brandon Clarke|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Yuki Kawamura|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Zyon Pullin|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
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The Philadelphia 76ers have been eliminated from championship contention
Source: https://www.espn.com.au/nba/table
With the 76ers loss to the Heat today, they have officially been eliminated from championship contention.
A terribke injury riddled season for the Sixers with Embiid and Maxey missing numerous games, with Maxey also missing a notable amount of time.
They started tanking a little while ago so this season can be salvaged if they keep their first round pick as it’s top 6 protected, but if it goes to OKC then this season is a complete disaster for them.
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[GG Jackson] “I was brushing my teeth when my friends called me and said Coach Jenkins got fired — I was like they probably saw NBA Centel or something…”
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Memphis Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman said the decision to fire coach Taylor Jenkins was made without talking with players.
"The players were not consulted on this decision," Kleiman told reporters on Saturday, a day after the Grizzlies fired Jenkins. "This decision is mine and mine only."
Kleiman spoke during Grizzlies' shootaround ahead of Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers, but he answered questions from reporters for less than three minutes and did not answer the final two questions, responding, "We're focused on this team and this basketball game tonight" to a question about what he's looking for in the next Grizzlies coach.
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2025/03/29/taylor-jenkins-fired-memphis-grizzlies-zach-kleiman-nba/82710959007/
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[Highlight] After last night’s halfcourt heave from Nikola Jokić, here are the top 5 longest shots of his career
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The Athletic What we’re hearing about the Grizzlies’ surprising firing of Taylor Jenkins
by Sam Amick, Fred Katz, and Joe Vardon
>But when it came to Taylor Jenkins and his future in “Grind City,” the writing was on the wall last summer. And it was written in tears.
>In early July, three months after a disastrous, injury-riddled 27-55 season had come to an end, the Grizzlies front office, led by executive vice president of basketball operations Zach Kleiman, made the unilateral choice to swap out five members of Jenkins’ coaching staff.
>While Jenkins consulted with the front-office on the hires for six replacements to his staff, those final interactions between Jenkins and the assistants he was forced to fire, league sources say, would set an uneasy tone for the season to come. As some close to the Grizzlies saw the situation, it was only a matter of time before Jenkins would be gone, too.
>Former assistant Tuomas Iisalo, whom the Grizzlies hired before this season, will take over as interim head coach, the team announced. He and fellow newcomer assistant Nate LaRoche were driving forces behind Memphis implementing a renovated, motion offense this season, which lifted the Grizzlies to sixth in points per possession, an adjustment the front office encouraged. On Friday, Memphis also fired LaRoche, as well as Patrick St. Andrews, another assistant hired before the season, a league source confirmed. In the end, it’s clear Jenkins’ diminished organizational support coupled with the Grizzlies’ decline over the past two months did him in.
>In large part because of its first-year assistants, Memphis has revamped an offense that formerly struggled in the halfcourt. Once reliant on pick-and-rolls, it now leans on clever cutting and off-ball movement. The Grizzlies set fewer screens than any other NBA team. This philosophical shift was a point of contention as this season progressed.
>League sources say Morant, in particular, was upset that last summer the team let go of one assistant with whom he was particularly close, Ahearn, who worked with the two-time All-Star more than anyone on staff. This season, Morant worked most commonly with LaRoche, a former trainer with individual players who was in his first season as an NBA assistant and, like Iisalo, played a pivotal part in implementing the new offensive system.
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>Morant played his entire career for Jenkins and remained supportive of the coach up to the end, a league source said. Morant did not, however, like the new offense. He has played in just 43 games this season, missing this most recent stretch because of a hamstring injury while also dealing with right shoulder soreness. But when he’s been on the court, according to a league source, Morant has complained about the new scheme, which takes the ball out of his hands and removes the screens he likes to use as a ball handler to make plays.
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>One league source who has seen Morant work out with the Grizzlies recently said, “Some days he looks like he’s ready to play, and some days he looks like he doesn’t want to be there … because he hates the offense.”
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>Jenkins had begun to reinstall some of the plays Morant likes, a league source said, reimplementing the pick-and-roll and other plays involving screens Morant could use to break free. If doing so angered Kleiman and played a role in Jenkins’ firing, one could understand, but LaRoche was the driving force behind the Grizzlies going away from ball screens to begin with — and he’s gone too.
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[Highlight] Another angle of Jokic's heave
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Giannis on LeBron saying he'd score 250 points in a 1970s game:
"It's a wrong take… It would probably be more like 275.''
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Daily Discussion Thread + Game Thread Index
# Game Threads Index (March 28, 2025):
|Tip-off|GDT|Away|Score|Home|PGT|
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|07:00 pm ET|Link|Cleveland Cavaliers|FINAL >!122 to 133!<|Detroit Pistons|Link|
|07:30 pm ET|Link|Los Angeles Clippers|FINAL >!132 to 100!<|Brooklyn Nets|Link|
|07:30 pm ET|Link|Charlotte Hornets|FINAL >!97 to 108!<|Toronto Raptors|Link|
|08:00 pm ET|Link|New York Knicks|FINAL >!116 to 107!<|Milwaukee Bucks|Link|
|08:00 pm ET|Link|Phoenix Suns|FINAL >!109 to 124!<|Minnesota Timberwolves|Link|
|08:00 pm ET|Link|Golden State Warriors|FINAL >!111 to 95!<|New Orleans Pelicans|Link|
|09:00 pm ET|Link|Utah Jazz|FINAL >!93 to 129!<|Denver Nuggets|Link|
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Chiang The Miami Heat plan to honor Jimmy Butler with a tribute video when he returns to Miami this Tuesday, despite their messy breakup. Butler says it "makes no difference" to him whether they give him a tribute video or not.
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>Despite their ugly breakup, the Miami Heat plans to honor Jimmy Butler this week.
>The Heat plans to play a tribute video for Butler when he returns to Kaseya Center for the first time since being traded to the Golden State Warriors last month. The Heat hosts Butler and the Warriors on Tuesday at Kaseya Center.
>The Heat reserves tribute videos for players who won an NBA championship or made an All-Star Game while with the team. Butler qualifies because he was selected as an NBA All-Star two times during his time with the Heat.
>“Will I watch?” Butler said when asked about the potential of a Heat tribute video after the Warriors held practice at Barry University on Monday afternoon in Miami Shores. “Yeah, I’ll watch. If they have one, if they don’t. It makes no difference. It really doesn’t.”
>Whether Butler receives boos or cheers from the Kaseya Center crowd Tuesday night remains to be seen, but he has a message for Heat fans who have grown to dislike him in the wake of his contentious exit from Miami.
>“I wonder if they look at the Heat the same way,” Butler said. “It ain’t like I was the one who was doing everything. It’s got to be 50-50, maybe 51-49. 49 towards them, 51 towards me. But there’s no way that I was the cause of all of this.”
>The Heat traded the disgruntled Butler to the Warriors on Feb. 6. Miami acquired Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Anderson and a top-10 protected 2025 first-round pick from Golden State, and Davion Mitchell from the Toronto Raptors in the deal.
>The trade put an end to a damaging few weeks for the team-player relationship between the Heat and Butler. There was a trade request from Butler, three suspensions without pay issued by the Heat and an airing of grievances against each other along the way before the trade.
>Butler’s first suspension lasted seven games, his second suspension lasted two games and his third suspension lasted five games before he was dealt to the Warriors.
>“Not necessarily,” Butler said when asked if he was surprised that he was suspended by the Heat three times on his way out. “I mean, you can talk about it whenever we talk about it later on. But I think the suspensions are more because they just didn’t want me to be around the team. It wasn’t anything I actually did because I didn’t do anything too drastic to deserve X amount of games being suspended. But it is what it is. Yeah, I got some bills. So what, it’s all taken care of.”
>According to multiple sources, Butler’s relationship with the team took a turn last offseason when Heat president Pat Riley publicly challenged Butler to be available for more games and the Heat declined to give Butler a two-year, $113 million contract extension. When asked Monday whether he would still be on the Heat’s roster if the team would have offered him that extension last offseason, Butler gave a one-word answer: “No.”
>So, Butler already knew last offseason that his days with the Heat were numbered?
>“I mean, pretty much, yes,” Butler, 35, answered. “I knew what direction, how it was going. Nobody ever asked me, though.”
>As for his thoughts on the possibility of running into Riley on Tuesday at Kaseya Center, Butler said: “I ain’t got no thoughts. Listen, man, I don’t got nothing to say to nobody. I don’t have no hard feelings. I’m in a better place now for me.”
>“I’m always painted as the bad guy. Everywhere I’ve been, I’ve always been the problem,” said Butler, who also went through ugly breakups with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers before arriving to Miami. “So we’ll take it. I don’t got nothing to say. I’m not mad at being the bad guy. It’s all the way that everything is portrayed. Some people talk to the media, some people don’t. I’ve never been one
Who would get your MVP vote -- in a world where you are not allowed to win it twice?
The idea of "voter fatigue" has clouded some recent MVP races, so I wanted to run a silly experiment to see what would happen if voters were even more strict. That is: a player is only allowed to win MVP ONCE -- and after that -- becomes ineligible to win it again.
If that was true, who would win it this year? The quick answer would be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. But not so fast, my friends! We don't know if SGA would even be eligible himself if this rule retroactively came into place earlier on. In order to investigate further, we're going to have to take a few steps back.
If this dumb rule existed, then who would have won MVP in the past?
Here's a list of every "winner" since 2000, ending with a hotly contested debate about 2024-25.
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######THE ULTIMATE VOTER FATIGUE MVP WINNERS
1999-2000: Starting in 2000 feels appropriate because we can reward the actual MVP Shaquille O'Neal. Right in his prime at age 27, O'Neal won 120 of 121 first-place votes that year as the Lakers marched to another title.
2000-01: In real life, plucky scorer Allen Iverson beat out superstars Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan to win the actual trophy as well. He averaged 31.1 points per game, although the efficiency left something to be desired (shooting just 42.0% from the field).
2001-02: The Spurs dominant big man Tim Duncan won MVP in real life and wins it here as well. His victory over Jason Kidd was surprisingly close though (954 points to 897) considering that Duncan actually doubled Kidd in win shares (17.8 to 8.9).
2002-03: Real-life MVP Tim Duncan can't repeat like Groundhog Day here, so the MVP defaults to runner-up Kevin Garnett. KG was stellar all around, and a workhorse to boot: he averaged 40.0 minutes per game across 81 total games.
2003-04: In real life, Kevin Garnett got his first trophy for the T-Wolves breakout season. In our world, he is ineligible. So is runner-up Tim Duncan. As a result, we'll have to go all the way down to # 3 finisher, Jermaine O'Neal. O'Neal's stats don't jump off the page (20.1 points, 10.0 rebounds, 43.4% FG), but the Pacers finished with a 61-21 record. So far in this exercise, a third-place finisher would be the lowest to win this MVP.
2004-05: Real-life MVP Steve Nash gets the trophy, winning in a close vote over Shaquille O'Neal (who wouldn't be eligible in our world anyway).
2005-06: With real-life winner Steve Nash no longer eligible himself, the MVP defaults to runner-up LeBron James, who hoists his first MVP trophy at age 21. It would have been a hotly debated year. In real life, 5 different players got 10+ first-place votes (Nash, LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki, Kobe Bryant, and even Chauncey Billups.)
2006-07: Perpetual candidate Dirk Nowitzki broke through in real life with an MVP trophy.
2007-08: Like former teammate Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant only won a single MVP trophy; this would be his year in our world as well.
2008-09: Now in his prime, LeBron James was the clear winner in real life. Kobe Bryant finished # 2. But since both are ineligible, the award defaults to third-place Dwyane Wade. Still working as the top banana in Miami, Wade had a great season: averaging 30.2 points, 7.5 assists, and 2.2 steals.
2009-10: LeBron James won (again) in real life, but our voter fatigue rule moves the trophy over to runner-up Kevin Durant. Durant was 21 at the time, the same age where James won his first hypothetical trophy as well.
2010-11: The Chicago Bulls secured the top seed over the Miami "Heatles," leading to a surprise Derrick Rose MVP.
2011-12: We fall back on a more familiar pattern here, with LeBron James # 1, and Kevin Durant # 2 in real life. As a result, our fake MVP goes to the Clippers' Chris Paul. Paul has never won the trophy in real life; his best argument would have been 2007-08 when he played for the
The 2024-25 Detroit Pistons currently hold the 6th largest single-season improvement in win percentage (.385) in NBA history. The 5 teams above them all added a Hall of Famer to their lineup the previous offseason.
By win percentage:
2007-08 Celtics (.512 increase): added Kevin Garnett/Ray Allen
1997-98 Spurs (.439): added Tim Duncan
1989-90 Spurs (.427): David Robinson debuted
2004-05 Suns (.402): added Steve Nash
1979-80 Celtics (.390): added Larry Bird
2024-25 Pistons (.385): added Tobias Harris, Malik Beasley, Tim Hardaway Jr.
It’s incredible how much of a drain Monty Williams was on this team.
(u/Jenkinsd08 reminded me of this in r/detroitpistons)
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Simmons on Mark Cuban: "You did sell the team to these dudes, this is your fault ... I thought you loved the Mavericks, I thought you loved Luka."
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Since Nico traded him: Quentin Grimes is averaging 22 ppg shooting 50/39
With all of the Nico outrage over Luka, fans are missing that a young, healthy player with a ton of upside in Quentin Grimes was traded for "checks notes" Caleb Martin.
Martin is averaging 4.6 ppg and shooting a terrible 39/17 for the Mavs.
Martin is also 5 years older than Grimes.
Oh, and Dallas also gave Philly a 2nd round pick as well.
This is in the running for the 2nd worst trade of the year in my book.
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Reaves, Luka, and LeBron all *each* had at least 25 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 3-pointers made, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers in their win over the Grizzlies
Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401705644
Reaves: 31/7/8/2/1 w/ 3tov on 76 TS%
Luka: 29/8/9/1/0 w/ 3tov on 62 TS%
LeBron: 25/6/8/3/1 w/ 3 tov on 55 TS%
Combined for 85 points, 21 rebounds, 25 assists, with 9 3pm, 6 stls, 2 blks, 9tovs on 64 TS%
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[Highlight] Jaren Jackson Jr. receives a technical for a flop worthy of an Oscar, upon review. With replays. Full incident.
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[Highlight] Luka dishes it to LeBron on the fast break for the dunk
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Earlier this season, (JJ Redick's) analytics group found 86% of opposing team's players have been available, ranking 1st in the NBA.
Via Mike Trudell (LakersReporter) on X
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/VulsfFO.png
JJ Redick was asked about opposing players going against the Lakers, with the expectation that Morant returns tonight. Earlier this season Redick had his analytics group look into it, finding that 86% of opposing team’s players have been available, which was No. 1 in the NBA.
\~30 minutes later, Ja Morant was confirmed to be returning to face the Lakers tonight.
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Austin Rivers on front office job security that comes with tanking/rebuilding: "These guys like rebuilding as long as possible because it's a job security. Because when you got a good team there's a lot more pressure, you gotta figure out how to manage them and pay them,..."
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After a 4 steal performance last night, Nikola Jokic is officially top 3 in the league amongst PPG (3rd), RBG (3rd), APG (2nd), and SPG (2nd)
Steals per game:
1. Dyson Daniel (3.1) (!!)
2. Jokic (1.8)
3. SGA (1.8)
4. Maxey (1.8)
5. Cason Wallace (1.7)
Averaging 29.3/12.8/10.2 with 1.8 SPG and 7 games remaining in the Nuggets season, Jokic has a great chance to finish in the top 5 in every major category excluding BPG. There is also a real shot he finishes in the top 3 in each of these categories, a race worth keeping an eye on. It’s been a truly historic season for Jokic, regardless of any MVP talk. We may never see someone achieve numbers like this again.
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Daily Discussion Thread + Game Thread Index
# Game Threads Index (March 29, 2025):
|Tip-off|GDT|Away|Score|Home|PGT|
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|05:00 pm ET||Sacramento Kings|PRE-GAME|Orlando Magic||
|07:00 pm ET||Brooklyn Nets|PRE-GAME|Washington Wizards||
|07:30 pm ET||Miami Heat|PRE-GAME|Philadelphia 76ers||
|08:00 pm ET||Dallas Mavericks|PRE-GAME|Chicago Bulls||
|08:00 pm ET||Los Angeles Lakers|PRE-GAME|Memphis Grizzlies||
|08:00 pm ET||Indiana Pacers|PRE-GAME|Oklahoma City Thunder||
|08:00 pm ET||Boston Celtics|PRE-GAME|San Antonio Spurs||
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[Highlight] Nikola Jokic drains another amazing buzzer beater from the opponent's 3 point line
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SERIOUS NEXT DAY THREAD Post-Game Discussion (March 28, 2025)
Here is a place to have in depth, x's and o's, discussions on yesterday's games. Post-game discussions are linked in the table, keep your memes and reactions there.
Please keep your discussion of a particular game in the respective comment thread. All direct replies to this post will be removed.
|Away|Home|Score|GT|PGT|
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|(/CLE) Cleveland Cavaliers |(/DET) Detroit Pistons | 122 - 133 | Link | Link |
|(/LAC) Los Angeles Clippers |(/BKN) Brooklyn Nets | 132 - 100 | Link | Link |
|(/CHA) Charlotte Hornets |(/TOR) Toronto Raptors | 97 - 108 | Link | Link |
|(/NYK) New York Knicks |(/MIL) Milwaukee Bucks | 116 - 107 | Link | Link |
|(/PHX) Phoenix Suns |(/MIN) Minnesota Timberwolves | 109 - 124 | Link | Link |
|(/GSW) Golden State Warriors |(/NOP) New Orleans Pelicans | 111 - 95 | Link | Link |
|(/UTA) Utah Jazz |(/DEN) Denver Nuggets | 93 - 129 | Link | Link |
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to tell my side of the story to almost anybody. Let everybody think that this is what happened and we’ll ride with it.”
>The unfortunate ending to their relationship doesn’t change the fact that Butler established himself as one of the greatest players in Heat history despite never winning an NBA championship during his time in Miami.
>“This is basketball. This is very simple,” Butler said of facing his former team. “I don’t have all the emotions that everybody thinks I’m going to have. Like, it is what it is. I realize that I had some great years here and I’ve built some incredible bonds with some individuals in the organization, in the city, in the state of Florida.
>“But I’m going there to hoop, I’m going there to play basketball. Ain’t nothing nobody says, nothing nobody does that’s going to get me out of character. Nobody got me out of character when I was going through what I was going through this entire season with the suspensions. It’s just another day for me.”
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New Orleans Hornets.
2012-13: Once again, real-life results went LeBron James # 1, Kevin Durant # 2, so we can spread the wealth and give the trophy to the third place finisher Carmelo Anthony, who had arguably his best season when he averaged 28.7 points and led the Knicks to a solid 54-win season.
2013-14: We flipped the order in real life with Kevin Durant # 1, LeBron James # 2, so once again we move to the third place finisher. In this case, it's another Clipper in Blake Griffin, who averaged 24.1 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 3.9 assists.
2014-15: A new superstar emerged, as Stephen Curry won the MVP, shooting 44.3% from deep.
2015-16: Real-life winner Stephen Curry is no long eligible, so runner-up Kawhi Leonard will get a well-deserved MVP. At age 24, Leonard was hyper efficient for the Spurs: shooting 50.6% from the field, 44.3% from three, and 87.4% from the line. Leonard has never won MVP in real life, although he's won 2 Finals MVPs.
2016-17: Triple double machine Russell Westbrook won the MVP trophy over James Harden.
2017-18: But it'd be James Harden's turn the following year, as he averaged 30.4 points and 8.8 assists for Houston.
2018-19: For the third year in a row, the real-life MVP matches our winner here. Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo will win the trophy.
2019-20: We break the streak here, because real-life winner Giannis Antetokounmpo is ineligible. So is # 2 LeBron James and # 3 James Harden. For the first time, we dip down to the fourth place finisher. In this case, it'd be a worthy winner in Luka Doncic who averaged 28.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 8.8 assists. He'd also be our youngest winner, securing the trophy in his age-20 season.
2020-21: Denver star Nikola Jokic won the real-life MVP and wins here. But according to our rules, it'll be his only trophy.
2021-22: Nikola Jokic won here, but he's ineligible, so it defaults to runner-up Joel Embiid.
2022-23: Real-life winner Joel Embiid is ineligible, as are the second and third place finishers Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo. So, unlike real life, we'd get an American MVP back, as fourth place finisher Jayson Tatum gets elevated to MVP. He'd tie Luka Doncic for the lowest real-life vote getter to win our MVP.
2023-24: Real-life winner Nikola Jokic cannot get the trophy, so runner-up Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins the MVP here. Notably: this represents a trend. If Gilgeous-Alexander wins the real life MVP this year, he'd be the 5th (!) player to win our "hypothetical MVP" before his actual MVP season.
2024-25: Funny enough, this season may result in the lowest real-life vote getting to win this fake MVP. The probable top four finishers will all be ineligible (SGA, Jokic, Giannis, and Jayson Tatum). So who would win in this strange world? It's a legitimate debate and maybe even a toss-up. Basketball-reference's MVP tracker lists Karl-Anthony Towns in fifth place behind our obvious candidates, but he tends to be seen as a second banana to teammate Jalen Brunson (26.3 PPG). As the top scorer on a top seed, Donovan Mitchell (23.8 PPG) may be a candidate. Anthony Edwards and his 27.5 PPG would be as well. I'd even say that Detroit's Cade Cunningham would emerge as a darkhorse contender, as he's currently averaging 25.7 points and 9.2 assists.
But what do you think? Who would win MVP in a world where you are not allowed to win it twice?
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Daily Discussion Thread + Game Thread Index
# Game Threads Index (March 24, 2025):
|Tip-off|GDT|Away|Score|Home|PGT|
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|07:00 pm ET||Minnesota Timberwolves|PRE-GAME|Indiana Pacers||
|07:00 pm ET||Los Angeles Lakers|PRE-GAME|Orlando Magic||
|07:00 pm ET||Toronto Raptors|PRE-GAME|Washington Wizards||
|07:30 pm ET||Dallas Mavericks|PRE-GAME|Brooklyn Nets||
|08:00 pm ET||Philadelphia 76ers|PRE-GAME|New Orleans Pelicans||
|09:00 pm ET||Chicago Bulls|PRE-GAME|Denver Nuggets||
|10:00 pm ET||Milwaukee Bucks|PRE-GAME|Phoenix Suns||
|10:00 pm ET||Boston Celtics|PRE-GAME|Sacramento Kings||
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[Sasa Doncic] Luka Doncic’s dad: “Luka was born to be in Los Angeles. This city is made for him and it fits well with his character. I believe he’ll succeed here”
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Hi! I’m Michael Ozanian, CNBC’s Senior Sports Reporter, covering all things at the intersection of sports and business. Ask me anything!
I recently calculated the enterprise valuations of the all the NBA teams for 2025 using this method. See the full list here.
As me anything about:
1. Why did you decide to calculate the value of the NBA franchise teams? Tell us more about that process.
2. How do a team’s arena, including non-NBA revenue, such as concerts, impact valuations?
3. Did you discover anything surprising when you were researching the list?
4. Private equity seems to be creating stronger ties in the major leagues. Can you tell us more?
5. Should we expect that private equity will also make its way into college sports?
6. Were you surprised by the sale value of the Boston Celtics?
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Andrew Wiggins in the streak-breaking win against the Hornets: 42PTS on 16/21 FG, 6/8 3PT, 4/7FT
Wiggins was so badly needed tonight against the Hornets (crazy) and this is his second-highest score ever in an NBA game.
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