Around the NBA: Week 20 (3/3 - 3/9)

[Mori Chu]

Nationally televised games this week
source: https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/tv-sch ... -schedule/
(all times EST)

Mon 3/3
8:00 pm Houston Rockets vs Oklahoma City Thunder NBA TV

Tue 3/4
7:30 pm Golden State Warriors vs New York Knicks TNT, Max
10:00 pm Los Angeles Clippers vs Phoenix Suns TNT, truTV, Max

Wed 3/5
7:00 pm Miami Heat vs Cleveland Cavaliers ESPN
9:30 pm Oklahoma City Thunder vs Memphis Grizzlies ESPN

Thu 3/6
7:30 pm Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics TNT, Max
10:00 pm New York Knicks vs Los Angeles Lakers TNT, Max

Fri 3/7
7:30 pm Memphis Grizzlies vs Dallas Mavericks ESPN
10:00 pm Phoenix Suns vs Denver Nuggets ESPN

Sat 3/8
8:30 pm Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics ABC, ESPN+

Sun 3/9
1:00 pm Denver Nuggets vs Oklahoma City Thunder ABC, ESPN+
8:00 pm Cleveland Cavaliers vs Milwaukee Bucks ESPN


NBA News
Yahoo: Kyrie Irving helped off the floor after apparent knee injury:
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/ky ... 35306.html

Shai scores 51 as OKC gets 50th win of season:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/441 ... oint-night

SI: Luka Doncic rubs his fat ass sweat all over the ball, gives to ref:
https://www.si.com/nba/luka-doncic-rubs ... n-ball-ref

SI: Steve Kerr pleads with refs to start calling rampant travelling:
https://www.si.com/nba/steve-kerr-wants ... -traveling



Power Rankings
NBA.com (Suns #22): https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2024-25-week-20
HoopsHype (Suns #18): https://hoopshype.com/lists/nba-power-r ... -of-teams/
ESPN.com (Suns #18): https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/n ... me-stretch

[ShelC]

Kyrie injury looked pretty rough. No word yet but on the reply it almost looked like he ruptured his quad.

[Split T]

Torn ACL

[ShelC]

Offseason plans...

Beal to Dallas for PJ, Gafford, Lively, Harris

KD to Houston for Eason, Jabari, Reed, and our 2027 pick

[Split T]

Unfortunately Dallas doesn’t have big contracts, so no way they’d trade for Beal…they’d have to gut their team to make salaries work.

[TOO]

That Dallas idea is so pie in the sky, Dallas wouldn't trade Lively for Beal straight up, much less the rest of it, especially after they paid Klay be a statue.

[Split T]

But Nico is dumb, maybe they give us Kyrie for Beal…Kyrie would be an expiring contract…or we can extend him if he comes back and can play.

[Superbone]

But Nico is dumb, maybe they give us Kyrie for Beal…Kyrie would be an expiring contract…or we can extend him if he comes back and can play.

He dumb?

[Split T]

The Kyrie injury does open the door wide for someone to sneak into the play-in…it’ll probably be Portland though.

[Mori Chu]

He dumb?

I just want you to know, I am seeing you here with these Severance Dylan references. That's at least 2-3 I've caught, haha.

[Superbone]

He dumb?

I just want you to know, I am seeing you here with these Severance Dylan references. That's at least 2-3 I've caught, haha.

That line just cracks me up so much.

[ShelC]

Beal to Orlando!

[Mori Chu]

Nico, AD, Luka have cursed this team.

[Mori Chu]

[Mori Chu]

[Split T]

My fantasy team dropping like flies in the first week of the playoffs…ugh

[Mori Chu]

The Warriors are 8-2 in their last 10 games since acquiring Jimmy Butler. They have moved up to 6th in the standings in the West. Are they becoming that team nobody wants to play in the 1st round?

https://www.espn.com/nba/standings

[Cap]

Are they becoming that team nobody wants to play in the 1st round?

We’ll do it if nobody else wants to. What the heck, four more games.

[ShelC]

He's given them a shot in the arm for sure but they're still small and relying on shooting that can be pretty shaky at times. Depends on their first round matchup but I don't think they'll make much noise.

[Mori Chu]

I think they'd match up fine against the Lakers, Grizzlies, or Rockets. I think they'd struggle mightily against OKC, the Nuggets, or the Wolves.