less shocking: when the new equipment manager has the name Dumars or Weaver

Lakers-Rockets was a fascinating game, and it mostly came down to Amen Thompson sucking. If he could score efficiently or be a minor threat to shoot from 3, the Rockets probably win.

and one airball middy and a missed layup in two minutes

yeeeeshacher

2nd half Ingram attempts #playoffBI

i'd say the problem is less about fit and more about them not having any stars

ah yes, a business built on monetization, as opposed to other businesses

Pelicans were trying to win and have:

3 Ws against DAL
3 against the UTA
2 against the WAS
2 against the SAC
2 against the MEM
1 against BRK

That's 13 of their 26 wins. I think it's pretty clear that if all teams were trying to win that the Pels were the worst team in the West this year.

no one who likes sports enough to have a career in sports media has ever paid for a ticket to a sporting event before

He is 7'5" and played in 54 of the last 58 games through knee and ankle injuries. Do you think it is wise for the NBA to milk him for all he's worth in the regular season, or do you think it would be better for the long term health of the league to have him healthy for the playoffs?

That's one way to put it. Another way is the NBA wanted their 7'5" meal ticket for the next decade to play on a hyperextended knee against the Pacers and Blazers or on a bad ankle against Denver or the Clippers. If he had just risked further injury then he wouldn't need to risk further injury now.

The Spurs should make a public statement tomorrow that they believe Wemby is healthy enough to play but they are holding him out for the sole purpose of denying him awards eligibility.

Derik Queen is 21 years old and we are in game 79.

For what reason is he passing up an open corner 3? Does he not understand he can't be a good NBA player if he doesn't shoot?

Banchero just put up the same amount of resistance to Saddiq Bey at the rim that Fears did to Paolo on the previous play

2 games more than what he needs to not play another game this season and still be eligible under the policy

Scoot with the burst and dunk off one foot

Since the all star break, the Suns are +20.3 on/off net in Fleming's minutes, and he was sixth on the team in minutes over that span

Dillon Brooks is blocking a better young player from getting minutes on his second team in a row, I see

it's not what you want

Jeremiah Fears is very close to "leading" the league in points subtracted vs league average on true shooting attempts.

Rookie guards to have this distinction in the last 10 years are Scoot, Killian, RJ Barrett, and Mudiay

the memes are funny but SGA is shocked for a reason. He'll still be a great player when the league decides to start calling this. He'll just come back to earth a little bit

DQ's -35 tonight ties Jordan Poole for the worst minus by a Pelican this season. Queen also posted a -33 against Houston in January.

The hand-wringing over 65 games i silly. By the end of the season, Cunningham will not have deserved to be on 3rd team anyway, much less garner MVP votes.

It sucks he got hurt, but other players got hurt too. Jokic had a 16 game injury, so why should any rule be changed for Cade's 13 game injury?

Continues to stupefy that Rasheer Fleming not only fell to #31, but that the Pels didn't want a 3pt shooting mobile 4 with a 89" wingspan on their team to guard Wemby/Sengun/Flagg 4x per year

How hard was it really to predict that Fleming would be better than Jase Richardson, Yang Hansen, etc.?

because the people who weren't watching were watching high point v. arkansas, which might be the best game of the year

no

that's not Timber, they're playing "playoffs"

One of the players I said would be off my draft board at #7 last year was Jeremiah Fears.

Here is a comparison between Acuff and Fears

but they'll never win as long as they're in New Orleans. I'd much rather root for a team that has a chance somewhere else

I've been hoping they sell and relocate for a while now