National Basketball Association - 2024/2025 Season

“I think it was a given conclusion that the data showed that you had to rest players a certain amount and that justified guys sitting out,” Dumars said Wednesday during a conference call with national media. "We’ve gotten more data, and it just doesn’t show that resting, sitting guys out, correlates with lack of injuries or fatigue or anything like that.

This feels like the tobacco industry presenting data that smoking is not dangerous.

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https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1712127360214945822?t=fXu1QaSgQWp9f93Sq9_Efw&s=19

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I think the actual playing of games is overrated here.

Diet, sleep etc are more important.

There are guys going out clubbing until 3 am, not going home alone then missing the game the next day for rest. Give me a break there.

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Wemby looks outrageous

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he is, that height should not be doing those things he can do, he could in a pinch play point guard for god sakes

Was thinking I need to get League Pass this year for Dame in MIL, but with Wembanyama year 1 it’s an easy go

So glad Wemby went to the Spurs. No better place for him to develop into the force of nature he will become.

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Yeah was best place for him to end up.

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1714319366265712796?t=HL-5S3ZeSFrWVwN0t_U-qw&s=19

I’ve seen someone claim that trading him instead of waiving him themselves is bad optics, even if the Thunder are going to waive him anyways. Seems dumb, but I’ll throw it out there to see if someone agrees or has heard someone agree.

they got rid of porter’s contract, OKC is eating it so who cares about optics

they don’t save money this year from oladipo but do in the future

Terry Stotts stepping down as Bucks assistant.

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1716584391063814289?t=HV2HY1T9rfOvkptnVGeHFA&s=19

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Fourteen (14) teams passed on this man.

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The Bucks should thank the ghost of Darko Milicic for scaring teams about Euros playing in a weak league.

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well he grew a few inches after he got drafted but it was the #YOLO draft too

they were 10 years apart. just two years prior you in 2011 draft had Kanter (3rd), Valanciunas (5th), Jan Vesely (6th) and Byombo (7th). A solid 3 out of 4 busts and one okayish player.

Let’s not forget Ainge liked Giannis, but traded up to draft Olynyk.

ainge said he thought he’d take too long to develop

on draft night he wasn’t as tall as he is now and was skinny with no outside game

Trading up to get Olynyk put the Celtics in a better position than not trading up. I consider that move a solid single which would have been considered a home run if Giannis didn’t exist. The theory of wanting floor-spreading and passing (Olynyk was a former PG with a growth spurt) up and down your lineup makes a lot of sense. Giannis didn’t seem like he’d have enough shooting to be part of that as a 6’9" wing in the NBA. He did have just enough as a 6’11" PF, especially when paired with a center who was a perimeter thread in Brook Lopez.