Small Markets
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver: "If we were going into a Super Bowl and it was Packers vs. Steelers you guys would celebrate that. People wouldn't talk about Pittsburgh being a small market. It's been intentional to create a CBA that allows more teams to compete."
Will Victor Wembenyama survive the season?
Many are reporting Adam Silver will go after Wemby after Wemby correctly called out Karl Malone for being bad.
Is a Jokic regression coming?
He is currently +200 to win the MVP which makes him the favorite.
Mavericks
Adam Silver credits the Mavericks for not tanking: “They were trying to win. Then Kyrie got injured, and Anthony Davis got injured. So they found themselves in the lottery. Odds are odds and that’s how it turned out."
What team is going to bust to a degree that if we don't call it out now we can't take any victory laps when they do?
The Philadelphia 76ers
Player Development
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver believes Europe may be ahead of America in terms of player development: "I think there are things Europe is doing better than we are in terms of training. It’s not about work ethic... AAU kids play 6–8 games for 3 days."
Just use this space to soothsay any kind of doom we portend
Kino or Trash?
I don't have odds for this but I think the series is gonna suck tbh.
What NBA Media Personality is going to be sent to The Wall (ESPN's The Ringer) next?
And do we have to still respect the NBA on TNT guys?
New Magic Jerseys
I'll have to find the link but basically they're fine even if the logo is meh. It's alright. Who has good logos? It's hard to say.
KDrama
[Gambodoro] “I expect a KD deal will happen right before the draft” — says possible packages for Durant include Jalen Green/Smith/Whitmore or Vassell/Barnes/Picks