NBA

Schedule:

8 p.m. ET | State Farm All-Star Saturday Night | TNT | Lucas Oil Stadium

Kia Skills Challenge

Starry 3-Point Contest

Stephen vs. Sabrina 3-Point Challenge

AT&T Slam Dunk

Bro this dude runs in the funniest way, and he just chucked up a half court shot backwards. He’s so funny man, I don’t know how you could hate on this man.

source for backward shot:

Most fans want the NBA to expand at some point in the near future to 32 teams, adding Vegas and returning to Seattle. Arguments in favor of stopping at 32 is that 32 breaks down neatly into 8 4-team divisions, and that the expansion between 1988 and 1995 weakened the product.

I'd argue that going to 36 allows us to maintain 6 divisions, with 6 teams each, which is a "neater" number, and that the drop in talent was likely more due to adding 4 teams in consecutive seasons, rather than adding 6 teams over 8 years.

What do you think of this? Any alternative proposals?

2026 - Las Vegas and Seattle: The 2 most popular options, at this point it's when, not if. Seattle joins the Northwest, and Vegas joins the Pacific. Minnesota is bumped to the East in the Central.

2030 - Vancouver and Montreal: Vancouver lost its team largely because an owner bought it claiming he had no intention of moving it, then immediately solicited offers to move it. Basketball has exploded in Canada since the mid-90s, Canada has a high immigration rate and a high immigrant population, especially in the big cities (immigrants are usually lower-income, so they can afford basketball and soccer but not hockey and football, their market size is quite large (Montreal is between Phoenix and Boston, Vancouver is between San Antonio and Portland), natural rivalries exist between East and West, and English and French Canada, and both are low crime, clean and growing. Montreal's core is bilingual and very cosmopolitan, and its French side might appeal to players from France or former French colonies in Africa, a growing source of players. Vancouver is also cosmopolitan, and has large Indian and Chinese populations, so it could be marketed to the 2 biggest (and growing) international markets in India and China.

Montreal joins the Atlantic, pushing Toronto to the Central, and Indiana is bumped to the Southeast; Vancouver joins the Northwest, pushing Oklahoma City to the Southwest.

Memphis at some point changes its name to the Pharaohs, so Vancouver can go back to the Grizzlies.

2034 (A) - San Diego: Like all modern NBA relocations, an owner - and a racist one at that - bought the San Diego Clippers with the expressed intent of moving them to Los Angeles. Warm climate, and its proximity to Mexico makes a great alternative to expanding to Mexico City and tapping into that market. This makes it beat out its larger, fellow California market Riverside/San Bernadino, and larger Tampa doesn't get a team because Florida already has 2 teams. The Padres are the only pro competition, with no in-season competition.

San Diego joins the Pacific, pushing Phoenix to the Northwest.

2034 (B) - Louisville: During the lead up to the ABA merger, the Kentucky Colonels were one of the top 2-3 ABA teams in terms of winning and attendance, and they had the greatest basketball rivalry against the Pacers.

But Chicago held the rights to Kentucky's star centre, Artis Gilmore. and they figured they'd have more to lose if they opposed Indiana's admission. So they opposed Kentucky's admission, allowing Indiana to get in.

Like other high-attendance markets - Sacramento, Portland, Utah, San Antonio - they'd be the only show in town. The city is already basketball-crazy. Kentucky joins the Southeast, bumping Washington to the Atlantic.

Divisional alignments:

Atlantic: Montreal Royals, Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Wizards

Central: Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves

Southeast: Indiana Pacers, Kentucky Colonels, Charlotte Hornets, Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat

Southwest: Memphis Pharaohs, New Orleans Pelicans, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder

Northwest: Vancouver Grizzlies, Seattle Supersonics, Portland Trailblazers, Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns

Pacific: Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakes, Los Angeles Clippers, San Diego Conquistadors, Las Vegas Outlaws

So can you make a case for the cities that got shafted? Kansas City? St. Louis? Pittsburgh? Baltimore? Cincinnati? Austin? Mexico City? Hampton Roads?

Beating a wnba player with a handicap no one even risking that because of generational slander and getting roasted for the rest of their life if they lost but steph still showed up. Meanwhile the most glazed player of this generation lebron is too chicken shit to even show up to a dunk contest. One of the many reasons why steph clears that spineless coward.

Sabrina scored 26 points. Which is the same as the actual contestants scored. So it seems like WNBA players can compete.

Just give them WNBA ball and keep everything else the same. What do you guys think?

Title.

If you want proof look at the NFL. You have a sport where there is direct evidence that playing the game can cause brain damage. The players know this, the owners know this, everyone knows this. So what did those players agree to? Another game! Why did they agree to this? More money!

And it isn't like everyone was asking for more games, if anything it was the opposite. One of the main strengths of the sport is the short regular season. We all loved the 16 game schedule. But they were willing to go against that strength for a bigger revenue pie.

And they probably will again. Once they expand the league and add more teams it seems inevitable that an 18th game will eventually be added.

So if the sport with the most to lose is willing to add games for money. If the players with the most to lose are willing to expose themselves to more damage for more money. Why do you think any of the other mostly safe sports would ever seriously consider reducing the length of their regular season and shrinking the revenue pie?

It will never, ever, happen.

Players either known for their voices or have with unique voices. Not counting accents. For me, I'd probably have

PG - Tyrese Haliburton SG - SF - Evan Turner PF - C - Karl Anthony Townes

Not sure who to fill in for the SG and PF spots tho.

Source:

During All Star media availability today, a reporter asked Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker about what rule he might add or change to the NBA given the opportunity. Booker did not hear the reporter's full question at first so he asked her to repeat her question. The reporter repeated her question and Booker after pondering responded with "no back-to-backs" as his potential rule addition. The reporter then asks how this rule might affect LeBron's legacy, referencing some online basketball discussion humor about LeBron. Devin Booker laughs at the flippant question and responds that it resembles a bot comment.

@Jacob Rude - Asked Bam Adebayo who the best defender was in the league. After clarifying he wasn’t picking anyone in the East, he chose Anthony Davis and explained why