The Official 2026/2027 NBA Season Thread
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I mean they are fishing but I seen worse. I dont think warriors are gonna max AD out so he would have to accept that; which doesn't sound like he will. Also they gotta trade Jimmy which they acting like they don't want to; which makes no sense to me...
Maybe to some people but Rich sounded ridiculous claiming Kobe wasn’t a global superstar— if you look at the reception he got in China for the Olympics, he was clearly the biggest star in the sport BY FAR.
I don’t think they should max him out either but if that’s what it takes to get him and LeBron, then I think they need to do it.
The priority needs to be maximizing the opportunity to win with Curry on the team. Holding onto picks to be good post-Curry would make them the dumbest team in sports. And you can always move a bad contract— Paul George was supposedly the worst contract in the league and the 76ers turned him into Jaylen Brown.
Victor Wembanyama and Kyrie Irving liked Zohran Mamdani’s post calling on the federal government to execute the arrest warrant for war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu.
I wish more NBA players have the courage to break their silence and speak out against the gen0c!de happening in Palestine, and stop supporting the apartheid state.
There are other ways to make money without the expense of the blood of innocent Palestinian lives.
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Saluting JR Smith for this.
J.R. Smith says he regrets wasting $60,000 in strip clubs when he could've helped his community
“I got Paul George sitting right here. I got DeMar DeRozan right here. I got Russell Westbrook sitting right here. I'm literally sitting next to all of these dudes who are LA guys”
“I'm like, ‘Bro, I'm not counting your chips, but everybody else is. You make $200 million, you make $200 million, you make $175 million, you make $150 million, you make $180 million. Why don't y'all have your own gym? Why we got to go to UCLA to work out in LA every time?”
“Y'all come from the exact same community. You want to inspire kids that look like you. All it takes is five of us. What bank gonna turn us down. We 'bout to build this whole thing out for our community. We're gonna build gyms, rec centers, start leagues and all that. Who's gonna stop us. We got the money. We don't have the mindset”
“Our mindset, we'd rather go throw $60,000 in the club, in the strip club, than go feed 2,500 people in the hood. Think about it. I've done it. I can't sit here and be like, ‘Oh man, I'm a hypocrite.’ I've done this myself. I've thrown money in the club, literally blindly, aimlessly, drunk. And now I sit back, ‘I'm a stupid ass.’ I could have fed my whole community 10 times over with the money I was just late on the bus”
“Because I'm so wrapped into me. I got that Eurocentric mindset. I need this designer jacket. I need these jeans. I need this book bag. I need to be looking like this because the vets got this thing, I'm pushing this car, I'm doing... Why? Who am I impressing. I'm not even fulfilled with me”
J.R. Smith says he regrets wasting $60,000 in strip clubs when he could've helped his community
“I got Paul George sitting right here. I got DeMar DeRozan right here. I got Russell Westbrook sitting right here. I'm literally sitting next to all of these dudes who are LA guys”
“I'm like, ‘Bro, I'm not counting your chips, but everybody else is. You make $200 million, you make $200 million, you make $175 million, you make $150 million, you make $180 million. Why don't y'all have your own gym? Why we got to go to UCLA to work out in LA every time?”
“Y'all come from the exact same community. You want to inspire kids that look like you. All it takes is five of us. What bank gonna turn us down. We 'bout to build this whole thing out for our community. We're gonna build gyms, rec centers, start leagues and all that. Who's gonna stop us. We got the money. We don't have the mindset”
“Our mindset, we'd rather go throw $60,000 in the club, in the strip club, than go feed 2,500 people in the hood. Think about it. I've done it. I can't sit here and be like, ‘Oh man, I'm a hypocrite.’ I've done this myself. I've thrown money in the club, literally blindly, aimlessly, drunk. And now I sit back, ‘I'm a stupid ass.’ I could have fed my whole community 10 times over with the money I was just late on the bus”
“Because I'm so wrapped into me. I got that Eurocentric mindset. I need this designer jacket. I need these jeans. I need this book bag. I need to be looking like this because the vets got this thing, I'm pushing this car, I'm doing... Why? Who am I impressing. I'm not even fulfilled with me”
JR Smith reveals George Karl kept a book titled "N**GAS" on display in his Nuggets office
JR: "This man had a book in his office called Ni*ga"
Melo: "I know the book. That's a big time book."
Melo: "It was just there. Regardless like you're a coach. You're a basketball coach. Predominately your team is black. Like all your teams and successful teams was at the head of those teams was black men."
Melo: "You walk into the office of a particular person, a white man, right? Young, 20, 21, 22 I knew my history a little bit. I never was in my neighborhood it wasn't that. It was black and white but I ain't no fool. That book don't sit right in this room right here."
“Klutch is trying to get AD to Cleveland or Golden State,” a source told Dallas Hoops Journal. “Neither team wants to do it. Miami is the frontrunner now. Giannis and Bam have been in LeBron’s ear nonstop.”
Davis, who played with James on the Los Angeles Lakers, becomes extension-eligible on August 6. Neither the Warriors nor the Cavaliers want to pay Davis max money, sources said, making a trade unlikely.
Klutch Sports Group, led by Rich Paul, thought it would be “super easy” to get the Cavaliers or Warriors to trade for Davis, sources said. Since that’s not the case, the Heat have emerged as the leader to sign James since Miami doesn’t have to trade for Davis. The team already has Antetokounmpo and Adebayo and strong role players in Andrew Wiggins, Davion Mitchell, Bobby Portis and Tim Hardaway Jr.
Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is very close with James and president Pat Riley and James are on good terms again. Riley was upset that James left Miami for Cleveland in the summer of 2014, but that’s water under the bridge now.
“Clearly, Riles thinks it’s possible (LeBron goes to Miami) for him to be on podcasts discussing it,” a source told Dallas Hoops Journal. “Haven’t seen Riles talk publicly in a long time. Usually it’s like once after the season.”
Send your kids to North Carolina AT, Howard, Morehouse, Morgan or Hampton. It makes a difference. JR thinks and moves different now
Melo obviously didn't really understand Dick Gregory. Karl was obviously sending a message in opposition to what Gregory stood for.
Send your kids to North Carolina AT, Howard, Morehouse, Morgan or Hampton. It makes a difference. JR thinks and moves different now
Did you go to one of those or send your kids? Just curious.
I was encouraged to go to an HBCU but didn't so it is all theoretical to me.
May 8, 2026
When two-time NBA champion J.R. Smith puts on his cap and gown Saturday to walk the graduation stage at North Carolina A&T, his steps will mark the end of a goal he has pursued for years -- to conquer a fear of education and earn his college degree. The moment also will spark the question nearly every college graduate hears: What's next?
For Smith, graduation signals another beginning. He told ESPN he is working on "stacking" degrees, with his sights set on earning a master's next.
"I want to continuously get better at understanding and being a person of higher intellect," Smith said.
He said his goal is to become athletic director at North Carolina A&T. The job has been held by Earl Hilton III for 15 years. The university announced in April that Hilton will step down this summer at the end of his contract. A national firm is conducting a search for his replacement.
"I feel like I got a lot of knowledge in the games or in the sports and how to build really good teams," Smith said. "I want to see the youth graduate. I want to see these young kids prosper and be amazing people. I think there's so many intelligent minds there."
Smith, now 40, built a name swishing deep 3-pointers and slamming dunks with an uber-confident playing style. It earned him two championship rings across a 16-year playing career with six different NBA teams. In 2021, he hit the books, enrolling at NC A&T and majoring in liberal studies: applied cultural thought.
He spent hours with tutors three times a week to complete his assignments. His efficiency improved enough to eventually turn them in early. There were sleepless nights to submit assignments and papers, down to finals week.
He also walked on to the men's golf team, which made headlines at the time, though golf was "secondary" for Smith, said Richard Watkins, the school's recently retired golf coach.
"He came to school to graduate," Watkins told ESPN.
And Smith prevailed. Five years after enrolling, he overcame his fear of education -- rooted in being diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia as a child -- to earn his degree and prove to himself and the world that he's capable of more than just basketball. Former teammates such as LeBron James, Dwight Howard and Richard Jefferson are among the many players who have have sent congratulations.
Smith wants his journey to show others they can do the same.
"I hope it inspires them to be more well-rounded as a person and not just as an athlete. I think being an athlete is just [an] attribute that you have," Smith said. "You're still a person at the end of the day and you can get better in all areas and facets."
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I was confused because they use the plural every time they mention it. I thought they might be talking about the Randall Kennedy book, which came out a little over 20 years ago. But Dick Gregory makes more sense. (I've read Kennedy's book but not Gregory's.)
I hate this front office. Even though I disagree with @exiledfansonlyplease’s lack of appreciation for Draymond and Klay, I’m totally with him on management.
“It does. But it also adds to the understanding of basketball mortality and the fact that I won’t be able to play forever. You don’t dwell on it, but it changes the intentionality. It gives me a sense of urgency about trying to get the most out of what’s left. I have to train differently. My body is different at 38 than it was even five years ago. I try to work smarter when it comes to everything that I do. I still want to be the hardest-working guy in the room and try to live on that. Whatever happens, it all takes care of itself on the court. When I get back into the season, that’s the fun part.”
“I just know you have one more chip in you. I tell him this every other week. One more.”
Oh my bad. I am not familiar with Randall Kennedy. Let me check him out. I do wish players would move off calling each others ni@@@s in 2026
Not myself, but almost all my people in the current generation are graduates, or are currently attending HBCUs. When PWI's opened up my parents thought it was the better route for me and my siblings. We all made good off that decision, but this new generation of kids, cousins, nephews and nieces have decided to build the South and have mostly preferred southern or northern HBCU's. Oddly, no FAMU grads though. It's been a sound decision in my opinion. No college or university is perfect of course.
It’s a good book. Small, very quick read. First chapter is really disturbing and stands out most in my memory.Oh my bad. I am not familiar with Randall Kennedy. Let me check him out. I do wish players would move off calling each others ni@@@s in 2026
One of the best role models in the league:
“I’ve heard so many things. ‘Why is Giannis with this wife? He could be with a model. Not one model but ten!’ But I am with my wife because she tells me the truth. She loves me, she will tell me whenever I do anything wrong. She will tell my kids the truth. I know that she will kill for my kids and she would even kill me for them. I know that she won’t let my kids get a big head, and that’s the most important thing for me. I am in love. I am in love with her. As a woman and as a mother.”
“I’ve heard so many things. ‘Why is Giannis with this wife? He could be with a model. Not one model but ten!’ But I am with my wife because she tells me the truth. She loves me, she will tell me whenever I do anything wrong. She will tell my kids the truth. I know that she will kill for my kids and she would even kill me for them. I know that she won’t let my kids get a big head, and that’s the most important thing for me. I am in love. I am in love with her. As a woman and as a mother.”
Gil's Arena REBIRTH!
Amazed he’s being roasted for this. Dude was honestly responding to shit I’ve seen said for years.
The politics of Gil's Arena broken down....
