2025 NBA Season Thread aka Draymond's Annual Wealth Destruction Tour

#876
#876
That 4th quarter version of Draymond last night was the best version of Draymond. He needs to be sitting on a tech so that he reins it in a little bit. He was a maniac in all the right ways.
 
#877
#877
Anyone else watched or watching the Celtics City documentary on HBO? It's Great and I'm not a Celtic fan.
 
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#878
vols 30 said:
Anyone else watched or watching the Celtics City documentary on HBO? It's Great and I'm not a Celtic fan.
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How much Bill Simmons do you listen to? ; )

I haven't watched it, probably because I get enough Celtics coverage from The Ringer.
 
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n_huffhines said:
How much Bill Simmons do you listen to? ; )

I haven't watched it, probably because I get enough Celtics coverage from The Ringer.
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I don't listen to him. He's in this documentary some with his dad.

Its a great NBA history lesson. I forgot how Boston got Parish and Mchale. One of the most lopsided trades ever.

I'm getting ready to watch the Len Bias episode 😔
 
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vols 30 said:
I don't listen to him. He's in this documentary some with his dad.

Its a great NBA history lesson. I forgot how Boston got Parish and Mchale. One of the most lopsided trades ever.

I'm getting ready to watch the Len Bias episode 😔
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He was the next Wilt Chamberlain.
 
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#881
SIAP

Warriors defensive rating with Draymond in the game: 94

Without him: 162
 
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#883
It's so funny how the NBA's TV ratings are covered. If you hear a lot about them, it's because they're down. In googling what the playoff ratings were, I found out opening weekend was the most viewed in 25 years. How come I had to seek that out when bad ratings are always presented to me by the algorithm or ESPN, etc.?

The other funny thing is a Yahoo article prominent on Google had a title saying NBA ratings "continue to slide in 2024-25" when it was only a 2% dip, which is smaller than the cable-cutting dip. And the last 4 months, ratings have been up significantly vs. last year. The NBA season tipped off opposite a Yankees/Dodgers WS and a presidential election, and the country acted like the ratings meant something.

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Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo call out Outkick over bunk NBA ratings narrative

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#884
I hate the Celtics with a passion but the Ken Bias story was heartbreaking. A guy that had such a great future in the game and passed away . Individuals tend to forget that Reggie Lewis passed away about 6 or 7 years later from a heart condition. Pretty tough 10 years for Celtics ...
 
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#885
BTW if anyone wants to watch a heart wrenching story about a basketball player. The Benji Wilson story is the one to watch, the high school kid that was the next big thing ...
 
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n_huffhines said:
It's so funny how the NBA's TV ratings are covered. If you hear a lot about them, it's because they're down. In googling what the playoff ratings were, I found out opening weekend was the most viewed in 25 years. How come I had to seek that out when bad ratings are always presented to me by the algorithm or ESPN, etc.?

The other funny thing is a Yahoo article prominent on Google had a title saying NBA ratings "continue to slide in 2024-25" when it was only a 2% dip, which is smaller than the cable-cutting dip. And the last 4 months, ratings have been up significantly vs. last year. The NBA season tipped off opposite a Yankees/Dodgers WS and a presidential election, and the country acted like the ratings meant something.

awfulannouncing.com

Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo call out Outkick over bunk NBA ratings narrative

Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo called out Clay Travis and Outkick about inaccurate conclusions drawn from NBA ratings.
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Didn't I see the NBA opening playoff weekend was the best ratings they've had in 15 years or something?
 
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#888
@n_huffhines I need Russillo to lay off the NFL draft. I know he gives Simmons the Sunday nights and does his intro with the previous night playoffs, but I need more NBA playoffs talk damn it!
 
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#890
It's inconceivable how thoroughly the Pacers have owned the Bucks for the past two seasons.
 
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DeAndre Jordan is the worst rotation player in the playoffs and IT IS NOT CLOSE
 
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zjcvols said:
DeAndre Jordan is the worst rotation player in the playoffs and IT IS NOT CLOSE
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Is he even a rotation guy? Not even 5 mpg

Mike Conley is a small 37 YO guard who plays like he's 37 and he's averaging 5 and 2 in 23 mpg shooting 38% from the field and 27% from 3p.
 
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#893
n_huffhines said:
Is he even a rotation guy? Not even 5 mpg

Mike Conley is a small 37 YO guard who plays like he's 37 and he's averaging 5 and 2 in 23 mpg shooting 38% from the field and 27% from 3p.
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I thought you and Brown were doing better, why you gotta do this
 
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#895
#895
Schroder probably gets the ball anyways but what is Brunson doing here down 3?

 
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zjcvols said:
Schroder probably gets the ball anyways but what is Brunson doing here down 3?

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I really feel like the best moment that went unnoticed was the Brunson steal on the inbounds that ended up in the air. KAT is bigger than Tobias Harris, and he was initially in a better position, and Toby just beat him to the ball. That was the game right there.
 
#897
#897
It’s amazing how good of a shooter Reggie Miller was considering how ****ing blind he seems to be being an analyst
 
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