The Official 2026/2027 NBA Season Thread
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Lord Brunson didn’t play with a top 75 player in Basketball history nor did he play with a MVP
That Knicks team broke records and he created records.
Andre IGGY winning MVP would be like if Josh Hart won Finals mvp
Ain’t happening.
Southpaw btw
Rick Brunson > Wardell Curry Sr
Imagine if Lord Brunson was Wardell height
Imagine if Lord Brunson was Wardell height
He deserved Finals MVP but it was KAT through the first two games and OG heading into the last one.
You’re so old now that you’re calling players by their father’s names.
(It happened to me a few times during the finals
— I remember when his dad was a Knick.)I was really impressed with how he gave Ewing his props as Knicks GOAT— Ewing never had a team like this and it’s disrespectful to elevate a dude who has only been on the team 4 years over him. It was the right thing to do but not many have that level of character or loyalty.
Lol mikal Bridges been an Allstar before?
Hart?
OG?
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
DPOY?
He made the softest pussy cat a champion
Hart?
OG?
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
DPOY?
He made the softest pussy cat a champion
Kuz is right.
After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....
The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.
Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.
This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the @TheNBPA has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.
The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.
Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.
The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.
This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table.
After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....
The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.
Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.
This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the @TheNBPA has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.
The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.
Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.
The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.
This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table.
What's wrong with having Rudy Gay's career? JB did all that, plays much better defense and won a chip. I don't get these fake comparison meant to downplay Black excellence. Shit as average as Tobias Harris is, that mother fucker has earned over $300 million and played in the league over a decade.
I think it’s fair to say Jaylen Brown would be disappointed if he retires and is regarded as a Rudy Gay caliber player.
He was a Finals MVP and led the Celtics to one of the best records in the league in a year where they were rebuilding and not expected to be a leader. He finished 5th for MVP this year! He’s supposed to be way above Rudy Gay’s level! I think it’s downplaying his excellence to say otherwise.
This guy makes a great argument and then lands at a totally off conclusion:
Kuz, I appreciate your thoughts, but this last CBA negotiation was not a case of the players getting smacked. Players got smacked in 2011 when the player slice of the pie went from 57% of BRI to 51% (a 10.53% cut in salaries)!
The number 1 goal of the PA in CBA negotiations is to make sure players share of revenue does not get cut. If your choice was moving teams more often or having 10.53% of your salary cut for the life of a CBA, which one would you choose?
And if you’re saying fight back on this, that would require a strike. In order for players to strike and win, the collective would need to withstand up to 6 months of not receiving game checks. That’s not realistic. The ownership groups want parity and this is the only way to get it. I respect PA leadership for understanding that their number 1 duty is making sure players BRI split was not attacked and conceding on this quasi hard cap instead of harming players by trying to strike.
The lesson is that the NBPA needs to get strike ready! Six months is such a small amount of time and they could achieve gains that will benefit players for decades.
Players have lost out on nearly $2 billion dollars since 2011 based on the BRI change. They leave that on the table because they can’t strike for six months.
Kuz, I appreciate your thoughts, but this last CBA negotiation was not a case of the players getting smacked. Players got smacked in 2011 when the player slice of the pie went from 57% of BRI to 51% (a 10.53% cut in salaries)!
The number 1 goal of the PA in CBA negotiations is to make sure players share of revenue does not get cut. If your choice was moving teams more often or having 10.53% of your salary cut for the life of a CBA, which one would you choose?
And if you’re saying fight back on this, that would require a strike. In order for players to strike and win, the collective would need to withstand up to 6 months of not receiving game checks. That’s not realistic. The ownership groups want parity and this is the only way to get it. I respect PA leadership for understanding that their number 1 duty is making sure players BRI split was not attacked and conceding on this quasi hard cap instead of harming players by trying to strike.
The lesson is that the NBPA needs to get strike ready! Six months is such a small amount of time and they could achieve gains that will benefit players for decades.
Players have lost out on nearly $2 billion dollars since 2011 based on the BRI change. They leave that on the table because they can’t strike for six months.
Still kinda unbelievable that Big Pat never got a head coaching job in the league. JJ Reddick retired for a weekend, started a podcast with Bron, and was coaching the Lakers a year later. Fucking Luke Waton has had multiple head coaching jobs.
How has NO ONE given Pat the keys?!?!
About 70% of players are black.
I think 7 black head coaches, 23%. 2/7 were in the finals last year.
With the effort he has put in, Adam Silver needs to make a call and just make it happen.
He deserved Finals MVP but it was KAT through the first two games and OG heading into the last one.
You’re so old now that you’re calling players by their father’s names.
(It happened to me a few times during the finals
I was really impressed with how he gave Ewing his props as Knicks GOAT— Ewing never had a team like this and it’s disrespectful to elevate a dude who has only been on the team 4 years over him. It was the right thing to do but not many have that level of character or loyalty.
No I was saying who’s father is better as far as a nba mind
And I remember him also on the BULLS.
DeRozen is the only player in NBA history to exceed $300 million in career earnings and lose his minutes
The full list of >$300m earners and their career total +/-…
LeBron James +7,508
Stephen Curry +6,266
Chris Paul +6,029
Kevin Durant +5,072
Kawhi Leonard +4,937
Kevin Garnett +4,913
James Harden +4,709
Nikola Jokić +4,626
Kobe Bryant +4,153
Paul George +3,473
Jrue Holiday +3,118
Giannis Antetokounmpo +3,110
Jimmy Butler +2,678
Joel Embiid +2,645
Russell Westbrook +2,583
Damian Lillard +2,415
Kyrie Irving +1,962
Khris Middleton +1,721
Tobias Harris +964
Anthony Davis +879
Bradley Beal +137
DeMar DeRozan -384
