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[jawnswoop]

 

[christop]

 

[RUDY RAYYY MO]

 

[jawnswoop]

 

[shaddyvillethug]

If you assume sleeping 8 hours a day and reserving 4 hours a day for eating, exercise, human contact, etc, it would take 43.25 years.

@M.H.C. @shaddyvillethug — If we save enough in the next five years to eat and shelter for the rest of our lives, we can possibly become absolute experts on the NBA through today before we die.

And then the kids will tell us how the players from 40 years ago were all basically plumbers.

I only watch Warriors basketball.

 

[shaddyvillethug]

Back in my cell I go

 

[Costanza]

“I'm not saying I'm Kobe. I don't have to be Kobe to play with Shaq and win a championship. D-Wade proved that, didn't he? D-Wade proved that. We're talking about a very small time in my career when I was considered top five player in the NBA. That's all we talking about. And looking at what based off of what Shaq and who he was at that moment in time. Throw me in there.”






Kobe scored all but 1 of his 38 points after halftime, including the last 10 points (of his franchise record tying 24 4th quarter points) in regulation to force overtime. He did so while holding McGrady to 5 points on 25% shooting in the 4th quarter and overtime.



Yao was not close to Shaq but if you couldn’t get out of the first round with Yao, you can’t act like you’re a guaranteed champion with Shaq. Dude never made it out of the first round as the #1 guy— he should just shut up about hypotheticals involving himself and championships.

 

[Costanza]

Okay, I think this is the best commentary on the T-Mac quote:

 

[Costanza]

Is it possible Jimmy Fallon is totally oblivious to the implication behind the names? On the surface it could be a KAT/cat reference but somebody on his team had to know why it is objectionable.

 

[Costanza]

Interesting talk beginning at 8:43 about the Clippers situation being low stake for the NBA and the "what if" of if the Clippers had won a title-- if the NBA would have stripped them of it or if it would deserve an asterisk.

 

[Costanza]

To the Warriors credit, they did travel a league high 53,575 miles. In comparison, their finals opponent last year, the Cavaliers, only traveled 35,055 miles. But, the Spurs traveled the fourth highest at 50,015 miles and tied the single-season home wins record while resting players throughout the year (and also were on pace for 70+ wins themselves).

I copied the quote over to ChatGPT and asked it "#1- Are you able to find the source? #2- How does travel for NBA champions since that 2015 Warriors team compare? #3- Which NBA champion travelled the most miles ever?"

The answers:

Short answers​

1. 
   
2. Source of your forum quote: that paragraph is reproducing numbers published from NBAsavant’s “Travel Schedule Map” (Daren Willman) and echoed by outlets such as Quartz and Forbes at the time. The NBAsavant page is the canonical source for those per-team season totals. NBASavant+2Quartz+2
3. 
   
4. How champions’ travel compares since the 2015 Warriors season: there is no single trend (champions do not all cluster at one end). Travel totals are dominated by geography and schedule quirks (West Coast clubs normally log the most miles). Some champions (Warriors seasons) were in the ~50–54k-mile range; others (Raptors, some East teams) were in the high-30k to low-40k range. In short: champions’ regular-season travel totals vary a lot — geography + specific schedule design (homestands, long road trips, international legs) explain most of the variation. (Sources and example season numbers below.) NBASavant+1
5. 
   
6. Which NBA champion travelled the most (regular season) in the public record?
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   • The 2016–17 Golden State Warriors are the best-documented leader among champion seasons: 54,436 miles (published on the Warriors’ schedule breakdown page). That is the largest single-season regular-season total I could verify in public team/NBAsavant reporting for a champion. NBA
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   • The Warriors’ 2015–16 season is also commonly quoted (NBAsavant) at 53,575 miles, and was widely reported at the time — so the 2015–17 Warriors seasons are the two top champion-era high-travel examples. NBASavant+1

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Evidence table (regular-season miles — best publicly-published figures I could verify)​

Notes on the table: these are regular-season schedule totals (airport-to-airport style totals as reported by NBAsavant / team schedule pages / beat reporting). “Source” links are the pages that publish or quote the number; where I couldn’t find a clean single-number from both NBAsavant and ChartingHoops in the quick pull, I put the best available published figure and noted that the alternate source needs a direct pull. If you want, I will fetch every season from both NBAsavant and ChartingHoops and return a strict side-by-side (I can do that next).

Champion season	Champion	Best verified regular-season miles (published)	Source
2014–15	Golden State Warriors	(no clean single-number located in quick pass) — NBAsavant has season maps; ESPN reporting cites other high totals that year (eg. Portland very high).	NBAsavant / ESPN (see NBAsavant map). NBASavant+1
2015–16	Cleveland Cavaliers (champions)	35,055 miles (NBAsavant — widely quoted).	NBAsavant travel map (published totals). NBASavant
2016–17	Golden State Warriors	54,436 miles (team schedule breakdown / Warriors site). — largest verified champion-season total I found.	Warriors schedule breakdown (team site). NBA
2017–18	Golden State Warriors	50,310 miles (team schedule breakdown / Warriors site).	Warriors schedule breakdown (team site). NBA
2018–19	Toronto Raptors	~39,000–40,000 miles — local beat reporting and Raptors schedule writeups report “just under 40,000 miles.” (team/beat reporting phrasing.)	Raptors schedule coverage / beat (Ed Kupfer / RaptorsHQ summary). Raptors HQ
2019–20	Los Angeles Lakers	(no single, clean published total located in quick pass) — many schedule writeups exist; NBAsavant / ChartingHoops have season maps and will have the number.	(NBAsavant / team schedule pages). NBASavant
2020–21	Milwaukee Bucks	(no single, clean published total located in quick pass) — pandemic schedule changes make direct comparisons tricky; the Bucks’ schedule pages and NBAsavant/ChartingHoops have season totals.	(team / NBAsavant / ChartingHoops). Wikipedia+1
2021–22	Golden State Warriors	~50,000 miles (team estimate reported in schedule coverage) — team reporting put this near ~50k.	Warriors schedule coverage / team reporting. NBA
2022–23	Denver Nuggets	~50,000 miles (team/beat reporting said roughly 50k) — team schedule writeups cited ~50k.	Nuggets schedule reporting / beat coverage. ESPN.com
2023–24	Boston Celtics	~42,000 miles (team estimate reported in coverage) — beat/team coverage reported a ~42k figure.	Celtics schedule writeups / beat reporting. Wikipedia
2024–25	Oklahoma City Thunder	(no single, clean published total located in quick pass) — schedule released; NBAsavant/ChartingHoops will have exact totals.	(schedule pages / NBAsavant / ChartingHoops).

What I find interesting here is that most observers have regarded the west as the more talented and more difficult conference since 2000. But not only is the competition more difficult in the west but the path is indisputably more difficult in a literal geographic sense. Western conference teams can have to travel tens of thousands of miles more in the regular season.

 

[Costanza]

This is the wildest "pause" I've seen in a long time. I just don't believe that a man with 100% heterosexual thoughts is capable of interpreting that statement multiple ways and clarifying midsentence.

 

[DC_Dude]

Damn

 

[Day_Carver]

Damn

And so it begins! and KD probably is next...

 

[DC_Dude]

 

[tanks1]

Damn

Dudes getting hurt in pre practice

 

[Llano]

Damn

This changes the trajectory of the season big time smdh. They were already thin at the pg/ball handling position & that's why I wanted them to get a vet pg during free agency instead of loading up on wings. They're asking a lot from Reed Sheppard who's still unproven & Arron Holiday is a 2 guard in a point guard's body.

 

[Complex]

Damn

Fucked up Houston's season and they don't have any money

 

[DC_Dude]

This changes the trajectory of the season big time smdh. They were already thin at the pg/ball handling position & that's why I wanted them to get a vet pg during free agency instead of loading up on wings. They're asking a lot from Reed Sheppard who's still unproven & Arron Holiday is a 2 guard in a point guard's body.

I don’t know what pg are available as free agents, but I’ve seen a few people on Twitter mention Houston should bring in victor oladipo.

He’s older but might be an option

 

[tanks1]

Sixers here.....we got that Lowry or Gordon for sale

 

[DC_Dude]

 

[DC_Dude]

 

[Llano]

I don’t know what pg are available as free agents, but I’ve seen a few people on Twitter mention Houston should bring in victor oladipo.

He’s older but might be an option

Man Oladipo is washed, he needs to announce his retirement.

Rockets will likely just start the season off with this current roster & see if Reed takes a leap. If its clear that they really need help, they'll probably trade for someone close to the deadline.

 

[Complex]

Alabama is red.

It wasn't out of nowhere. That rumor was out there all summer. It's been out there the republican party wants him to run for senate. That's why reporters have been asking about it.

They wouldn't have let him have his son coach and not declare him the interim.

 

[chemist]

This changes the trajectory of the season big time smdh. They were already thin at the pg/ball handling position & that's why I wanted them to get a vet pg during free agency instead of loading up on wings. They're asking a lot from Reed Sheppard who's still unproven & Arron Holiday is a 2 guard in a point guard's body.

 

[Llano]

Nah man lol.

 

[Day_Carver]

This changes the trajectory of the season big time smdh. They were already thin at the pg/ball handling position & that's why I wanted them to get a vet pg during free agency instead of loading up on wings. They're asking a lot from Reed Sheppard who's still unproven & Arron Holiday is a 2 guard in a point guard's body.

You think this is bad, wait until KD gets hurt…

 

[Llano]

You think this is bad, wait until KD gets hurt…

This like your 10th time mentioning KD will get hurt since he signed with the Rockets, we get it fam lol.

I hope you have the same concern for Jimmy, Steph & Draymond because all 3 of them are over 35 have their history of injuries as well.

 

[Day_Carver]

This like your 10th time mentioning KD will get hurt since he signed with the Rockets, we get it fam lol.

I hope you have the same concern for Jimmy, Steph & Draymond because all 3 of them are over 35 have their history of injuries as well.

 

[Day_Carver]

This like your 10th time mentioning KD will get hurt since he signed with the Rockets, we get it fam lol.

I hope you have the same concern for Jimmy, Steph & Draymond because all 3 of them are over 35 have their history of injuries as well.

3rd time but whose counting ; but yea Dray will get banged up and probably Jimmy also..

 

[Llano]

3rd time but whose counting ; but yea Dray will get banged up and probably Jimmy also..

Jimmy definitely gonna miss some time lol

 

[Day_Carver]

Jimmy definitely gonna miss some time lol

yep

 

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