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As a Grizzlies fan looking forward to the upcoming 2024-25 season, I have seen a couple comments right here in r/NBA that pose the question "What other team would do any better with 7 of their rotation out" and luckily for you, I am here to answer it (or at least make you think about it).

First, the context. For those of you who have been lucky enough to not catch a Grizzlies game, you may not be aware that currently, the team is playing with 6 key pieces of their rotation and Jake LaRavia out. To keep this as fair as possible, I have used the extremely reliable and smart minds at 2K games to assign each players ranking based on their overall. Now arguably, you could deem some players more "important" to the team than their in game overall may consider, but I'll be honest this took long enough as it is so I will purposely ignore those opinions.

Grizzlies Injury Report

Brandon Clarke - PF/C, no timeline for return (Achilles), 77 OVR (6th best player)
Steven Adams - C, no timeline for return (Knee), 80 OVR (5th best player)
Marcus Smart - PG/SG, 3-5 weeks (Ankle), 82 OVR (4th best player)
Luke Kennard - SG/SF, re-evaluated in 2 weeks (Knee), 75 OVR (9th best player, not counting Jaylen Nowell - who is higher for some reason - as he's on a 10 day and it doesn't fit my agenda)
Xavier Tillman - C/PF, week to week (knee), 76 OVR (7th best player)
Jake LaRavia - SF/PF, re-evaluated in 2-3 weeks (Eye), 72 OVR (15th best player)
Ja Morant - PG, fucked around and found out, 9 more games (Suspension), 92 OVR (best player)

This gives us the 10 man rotation of:

PG - Jacob Gilyard
SG - Desmond Bane
SF - Santi Aldama
PF - Jaren Jackson Jr
C - Bismack Biyombo
Bench - Derrick Rose, Ziaire Williams, David Roddy, John Konchar, Kenny Lofton Jr.

Now, if we were to apply this logic/ranking removal to every other team in the league, who would be your winner for the inaugural injury cup?

Hawks
PG - Dejounte Murray
SG - Patty Mills (TIL Patty is on the hawks)
SF - Wesley Matthews
PF - Sadiq Bey
C - Clint Capela
Bench - Bruno Fernando, Kobe Bufkin, Garrison Matthews, Mouhmad Gueye, Seth Lundy

Celtics
PG - Dalano Banton
SG - Jaylen Brown
SF - Lamar Stevens
PF - Sam Hauser
C - Kristaps Porzingis
Bench - Luke Kornet, Oshae Brissett, Nathan Knight, Neemias Queta, JD Davison

Nets
PG - Dennis Smith Jr
SG - Cam Thomas
SF - Dariq Whitehead
PF - Nic Claxton
C - Ben Simmons
Bench - Trendon Watford, Day'Ron Sharpe, Noah Clowney, Harry Giles III, Armoni Brooks

Hornets
PG - Ish Smith
SG - Terry Rozier III
SF - Gordan Hayward
PF - J.T. Thor
C - Nick Richards
Bench - Frank Ntilikina, Theo Maledon, Nick Smith Jr, James Bouknight, Amari Bailey

Bulls
PG - Jevon Carter
SG - Zach Lavine (2K really have DeRozan higher)
SF - Torrey Craig
PF - Terry Taylor
C - Nikola Vucevic
Bench - Ayo Donsunmu, Dalen Terry, Julian Phillips, Onuralp Bitim, Justin Lewis

Cavaliers
PG - Darius Garland
SG - Ricky Rubio
SF - Georges Niang
PF - Evan Mobley
C - Tristan Thompson
Bench - Damian Jones, Dean Wade, Isaiah Mobley, Emoni Bates, Craig Porter Jr.

Mavericks
PG - Kyrie Irving
SG - Tim Hardaway Jr.
SF - Josh Green
PF - Maxi Kleber
C - Richaun Holmes
Bench - Derrick Jones Jr., Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Markieff Morris, Dante Exum, Dexter Dennis

Nuggets
PG - Jamal Murray
SG - Reggie Jackson
SF - Julian Strawther
PF - Aaron Gordan
C - DeAndre Jordan
Bench - Justin Holiday, Vlatko Cancar, Hunter Tyson, Collin Gillespie, Jay Huff

Pistons
PG - Marcus Sasser
SG - Ausar Thompson
SF - Joe Harris
PF - isaiah Stewart C - Jalen Duren
Bench - James Wiseman, Killian Hayes, Isaiah Livers, Jaren Rhoden, Malcolm Cazalon

Warriors
PG - Cory Joseph
SG - Klay Thompson
SF - Moses Moody. PF - Jonathan Kuminga
C - Draymond Green
Bench - Usman Garuba, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Brandin Podziemski, Gui Santos, Lester Quiñones

Rockets
PG - FVV
SG - Jalen Green
SF - Jae'Sean Tate
PF - Cam Whitmore
C - Jock Landale
Bench - Victor Oladipo, Reggie Bullock, Aaron Holiday, Nate Williams, Jermaine Samuels Jr.

Pacers
PG - Bruce Brown
SG - Andrew Nembhard
SF - Jordan Nwora
PF - Jalen Smith
C - Myles Turner
Bench - Isaiah Jackson, Jarace Walker, Ben Sheppard, Kendall Brown, Isaiah Wong

Clippers
PG - James Harden
SG - Terrance Mann
SF - Paul George
PF - PJ Tucker
C - Daniel Theis
Bench - Josh Primo, Brandon Boston Jr., Amir Coffey, Moussa Diabate, Jordan Miller

Lakers
PG - Austin Reaves
SG - Gabe Vincent
SF - Cam Reddish
PF - Anthony Davis
C - Jaxson Hayes
Bench - Jalen Hood-Schifino, Max Christie, Maxwell Lewis, Colin Castleton, D'Moi Hodge

Heat
PG - Tyler Herro
SG - RJ Hampton
SF - Jaime Jaquez Jr.
PF - Bam Adebayo
C - Thomas Bryant
Bench - Haywood Highsmith, Nikola Jovic, Orlando Robinson, Cole Swider, Dru Smith

Bucks
PG - Damian Lillard
SG - Pat Connaugton
SF - Khris Middleton
PF - Thanasis Antetokounmpo
C - Robin** Lopez
Bench - Cam Payne, TyTy Washington, A.J. Green, Lindell Wigginton, Chris Livingston

Timberwolves
PG - Shake Milton
SG - Nickeil Alexander-Walker
SF - Troy Brown Jr.
PF - KAT
C - Rudy Gobert
Bench - Luka Garza, Wendell Moore Jr., Leonard Miller, Daishen Nix, Jaylen Clark

Pelicans
PG - CJ McCollum
SG - Jose Alvarado
SF - Brandon Ingram
PF - Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
C - Cody Zeller
Bench - Jordan Hawkins, Naji Marshall, Kira Lewis Jr., E.J Lidell, Dereon Seabron

Knicks
PG - Miles McBride
SG - Quentin Grimes
SF - R.J. Barrett
PF - Julius Randle
C - Jericho Sims
Bench - Evan Fournier, Dylan Windler, Duane Washington Jr., Ryan Arcidiacono, Charles Brown Jr.

Thunder
PG - Tre Mann
SG - Cason Wallace
SF - Jalen Williams
PF - Kenrich Williams
C - Chet Holmgren
Bench - Jaylin Williams, Aaron Wiggins, Ousmane Dieng, Davis Bertans, Keyontae Johnson

Magic
PG - Cole Anthony
SG - Gary Harris
SF - Franz Wagner
PF - Jonathan Isaac
C - Goga Bitadze
Bench - Anthony Black, Chuma Okeke, Jett Howard, Admiral Schofield, Kevon Harris

76ers
PG - Tyrese Maxey
SG - De'Anthony Melton
SF - Tobias Harris
PF - Robert Covington
C - Paul Reed
Bench - Nic Batum, Danuel House Jr., Jaden Springer, Javonte Smart, Terquavion Smith

Suns
PG - Devin Booker
SG - Bradley Beal
SF - Grayson Allen
PF - Keita Bates-Diop
C - Drew Eubanks
Bench - Chimezie Metu, Damion Lee, Yuta Watanabe, Jordan Goodwin, Saben Lee

Trail Blazers
PG - Malcolm Brogdon
SG - Scoot Henderson
SF - Shaedon Sharpe
PF - Ish Wainright
C - Moses Brown
Bench - Kris Murray, Toumani Camara, Skylar Mays, Justin Minaya, Duop Reath

Kings
PG - Davion Mitchell
SG - Malik Monk
SF - Chris Duarte
PF - Kessler Edwards
C - Domantas Sabonis
Bench - JaVale McGee, Colby Jones, Alex Len, Keon Ellis, Jordan Ford

Spurs
PG - Devonte Graham
SG - Devin Vassell
SF - Keldon Johnson
PF - Cedi Osman
C - Sandro Mamukelashvili
Bench - Doug McDermott, Blake Wesley, Sidy Cissoko, Sir'Jabari Rice, Dominick Barlow

Raptors
PG - Malachi Flynn
SG - OG Anunoby
SF - Jalen McDaniels
PF - Pascal Siakam
C - Precious Achiuwa
Bench - Christian Koloko, Otto Porter Jr., Gradey Dick, Javon Freeman-Liberty, Ron Harper Jr.

Jazz
PG - Kris Dunn
SG - Ochai Agbaji
SF - Taylor Hendricks
PF - John Collins
C - Walker Kessler
Bench - Omer Yurtseven, Keyonte George, Simone Fontecchio, Luka Samanic, Johnny Juzang

Wizards
PG - Jordan Poole
SG - Delon Wright
SF - Deni Avdija
PF - Bilal Coulibaly
C - Mike Muscala
Bench - Johnny Davis, Anthony Gill, Patrick Baldwin Jr., Eugene Omoruyi, Jared Butler

^{God I hope the formatting worked on this}

Edit: fixed formatting and accidentally had Brook Lopez instead of Robin for the Bucks, also fixed Niang clone on Cavs

Edit2: I have just woken up and this seems to have got a lot more traction than I expected. To further explain how these teams came to be, since there is some confusion, each team is starting at 100% health and losing the 1st, 4th-7th, 9th and 15th "best" players according to their 2k rating. The lineups aren't super thought out as I purely went down the list and got the highest overall that can play each position and the top 5 remaining went to the bench.

I think it was Derric rose’s injury, but there might be something i‘m missing.

With our incredible run to start the season, the Magic are finally getting some well deserved attention in r/nba. It’s important that we as a fanbase decide how to represent ourselves. In my experience, our subreddit is cordial, upbeat, and excited about the future. I think we should extend that tone to r/nba.

I saw a comment in r/nba calling someone a name for calling the team the “Magics”. Imo that’s completely unnecessary. We can’t control everything or everyone, but my suggestion is we try to preserve our reputation as a positive fanbase as the team gains more attention.

What's everyone's thoughts on NBA YoungBoy joining the church? He's crazy popular, and he's bout bring at least a couple mil to Zion lol :P

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/11/27/sports/josh-giddey-could-lose-40-million-over-alleged-underage-relationship/

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey is reportedly at risk of losing his $40 million sponsorship deal with Weet-Bix, an Australian cereal brand by the Sanitarium Health Food Company, amid the NBA investigation into allegations of Giddey having an inappropriate relationship with an underage girl.

The 21-year-old Aussie has been removed from the company’s social media accounts, according to Code Sports.

A spokesperson for Sanitarium said the company is aware of the situation, but said it had yet to cut ties with Giddey.

“We are obviously aware of news surrounding Josh Giddey and are waiting for facts to be confirmed,” the spokesperson told Code Sports.

“We are in contact with Josh’s management team and waiting on further detail at this point.” 

Giddey previously appeared on Weet-Bix cereal boxes and other promotional materials marketing the brand.

The rockets have had so many days off these past 2 weeks and yet games in back to back nights still exist where the level of play is always lesser when one of the teams is worn out. I know this is a dead horse but it’s utterly frustrating and inexcusable.

Thanks everyone for taking over while i was gone. bush you to appreciate it <3. why i love this community so much. I am back for now, still feeling a bit under the weather but up and about. Been a solid few days for me al though i did skip that first day and didn't play the first day i was sick. Hope you all had a good sunday. got a juicy one tomorrow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzGjPL_fz4M&feature=youtu.be

If discord is something you are interested in, Will have a link below where i have in-depth content going over each slate, player pools, cores etc..

https://www.patreon.com/shookdfs

Edit: gordon, jokic OUT - assuming dusty deandre starts really like him. really like reggie, like mpj a lot. strawther solid value. justin holiday really good value and its disgusting. zeke naji pricy but playable. KCP doesn't really change for me. peyton watson is in play. braun is a solid value

Joel Embiid is #1 in the NBA in Free Throws Made at 155 (10.3 per game).

The next highest is Lillard at 129 (8.6 per game).

Over 32% of Embiids total points have come from Free Throws (155/482).

Source

The closest I have come to is a novel called “black ball”, which seems more concerned with the racial impact of 1970s basketball. I’m looking for something that will outline the history of the decade, like the important teams, players, games, etc

I usually watch the highlights of every game daily and when I'm browsing NBA Youtube Videos page to look for game highlights to watch, I am always spoiled by these Fantastic Finishes videos as they post the ending score on the thumbnail. Is there any way to avoid this?

He’s also 16th in FG%, 24th in 3P%, 13th in 2P%, 22nd in FT%, 15th in PER, and 15th in VORP.

As a rookie.

I though he was gonna be good but I didn’t think he was going to play like one of the best players in the league his rookie season. He’s been absolutely ridiculous on both ends, he doesn’t force anything and he plays with the IQ and maturity of a player that’s been in the league for 5+ years. What’s crazy is he keeps on getting better every game, the last 5 games for example he’s averaging 23/9 with 2.6 blocks on 73.5%(!!!) TS. Just insane stuff.

Sources: https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2024.html

https://dunksandthrees.com/epm