Around the NBA: Week 2 (10/27 - 11/2)

[Mori Chu]

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

Mon 10/27
7:00 pm Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons Peacock
9:30 pm Denver Nuggets vs Minnesota Timberwolves Peacock

Tue 10/28
8:00 pm New York Knicks vs Milwaukee Bucks NBC, Peacock
11:00 pm Los Angeles Clippers vs Golden State Warriors NBC, Peacock

Wed 10/29
7:00 pm Cleveland Cavaliers vs Boston Celtics ESPN
9:30 pm Los Angeles Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves ESPN

Thu 10/30
8:00 pm Golden State Warriors vs Milwaukee Bucks NBA TV

Fri 10/31
7:00 pm NBA Cup Group Play: Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers Prime Video
9:30 pm NBA Cup Group Play: Los Angeles Lakers vs Memphis Grizzlies Prime Video

Sat 11/1
7:00 pm Golden State Warriors vs Indiana Pacers NBA TV
10:00 pm Dallas Mavericks vs Detroit Pistons Peacock

Sun 11/2
none (except NBA League Pass)


NBA News
Reaves scores 51 in Lakers win: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/467 ... lakers-win

Tyronn Lue on FBI NBA gambling probe: https://www.si.com/nba/tyronn-lue-addre ... ups-arrest

Jaylen Brown on gambling: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/celt ... vironment/

David Silver first comments on gambling scandal: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba- ... legations/

Minor injuries to Chet Holmgren, Luka Doncic:
https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-c ... b-vs-hawks
https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angele ... e-injuries


Power Rankings

A lot of the sites don't have them up by first thing Monday morning. Here's what I could find; will edit post if others come up during the week:

NBA.com (Suns #25): https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2025-26-week-1

Reddit r/nba (Suns #23): https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1 ... _26102025/

[ShelC]

Yea good luck with all that

[Mori Chu]

It's quite striking to see the difference between how the Donaghy scandal was handled vs how this one is unfolding. In the age of social media, David Stern can't just sweep a scandal and investigation under the rug.

[Superbone]

Bad hammys seem to be contagious around the league.

[Wally_West]

Damn

[TOO]

Damn

Can't have a guy like that playing over Superstar Ryan Dunn.

[ShelC]

So you guys are going to post Kuminga stats everytime he has a good game just like certain people do with DA? Have fun with that.

[Mori Chu]

Kuminga suddenly trying his ass off in a contract year feels kind of Aytony to me. If I could bet on his numbers next year after he signs for the big $$$, I would slam the "under."

[Split T]

Last year was the Kuminga contract year…though I guess this is kind of a contract year as well

[Split T]

So you guys are going to post Kuminga stats everytime he has a good game just like certain people do with DA? Have fun with that.

With DA it’s the bad games that get posted haha

[Mori Chu]

All Things Kuminga thread incoming

[ShelC]

[Superbone]

Huh. I thought he was a players' coach. I guess not. Maybe a good tactician but wears thin on his players? And I was upset when we lost him. Who knows. This is a player's league. I hope we have some longevity with Ott. At least I think I do although he's pretty stubborn with starting Oso. Gotta give him time though. We need to see some steady improvement. First hole to close is starting down 20 every game. Except for a tiny stretch yesterday, we were always playing from behind which has been the story of the season so far.

[ShelC]

Suns legend

[Superbone]

[SunsRIt]

Welcome to the NBA of 2025. Traveling and push-offs don’t matter, whatever they can do to give the offensive player the advantage.

[Split T]

I think it’s a travel, but it’s actually a lot closer to legal by the rule book than most people think. The gather rules are written to where most of those steps Giannis took don’t count

[wpmiller42]

I can see how this was missed in real time. Giannis' gather is awkward... I don't know if he is intentionally "faking" the gather or if he just lost the handle a bit, and then he takes two gigantic steps. And he's going super fast. It's clearly a travel though when slowed down.

[ShelC]

Nah that's 5 steps even with a "gather" and euro step. He shuffled his feet before the euro step, which is when he needed to dribble.

[Split T]

Nah that's 5 steps even with a "gather" and euro step. He shuffled his feet before the euro step, which is when he needed to dribble.

Well there’s no limit on how many steps you can take during the gather, so it’s not that you just count 1 gather step. You can take 10 steps between dribbles if you manage to keep the dribble active. Steps don’t count until he has completed gathering the ball. A gather is determined as:

1. 2 hands on the ball(he only takes 2 steps after this)
2. Ball comes to a rest and with hand under ball
3. Has enough control of ball to pass, shoot, hold, or change hands with the ball.

It’s these last two options that are subjective, but I do think he gains enough possession of the ball right before his left foot lifts which then his right foot comes down(0-Step) and then he goes left, right, left for 3 steps and a travel.

If you determine that left foot was off the floor before he gathered, then then that next left step is actually the 0-step and he only takes 2.