Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)

[Mori Chu]

National TV Schedule
https://www.nba.com/schedule?bc=NATL&region=1
All times PT

Mon 2/9
4:30 PM PT - Milwaukee Bucks vs Orlando Magic - Peacock
7:00 PM PT - Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers - Peacock

Tue 2/10
5:00 PM PT - LA Clippers vs Houston Rockets - NBA TV
7:30 PM PT - San Antonio Spurs vs Los Angeles Lakers - NBA TV

Wed 2/11
4:30 PM PT - New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers - ESPN
7:00 PM PT - San Antonio Spurs vs Golden State Warriors - ESPN

Thu 2/12
4:30 PM PT - Milwaukee Bucks vs Oklahoma City Thunder - Prime Video
7:00 PM PT - Dallas Mavericks vs Los Angeles Lakers - Prime Video

Fri 2/13 (All-Star Weekend begins)
6:00 PM PT - Rising Stars Semifinal Game 1: Team Melo vs Team Austin - Peacock
6:55 PM PT - Rising Stars Semifinal Game 2: Team Vince vs Team T-Mac - Peacock
7:35 PM PT - Rising Stars Final - Peacock

Sat 2/14

Sun 2/15
2:00 PM PT - All-Star "Stars" World Game 1
2:55 PM PT - All-Star "Stripes" Game 2
3:25 PM PT - All-Star "Stripes" Game 3
4:10 PM PT - All-Star Championship


NBA News

CBS Sports: NBA considering expansion to Seattle, Las Vegas (fuck yeah)
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba- ... las-vegas/

SI: Investor group including Mark Cuban seeking to buy back the Dallas Mavericks (!)
https://www.si.com/nba/mavericks/report ... mark-cuban

ESPN: Bucks sign Cam Thomas
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/478 ... cam-thomas

NYT: NBA investigating OKC Thunder for resting players vs Spurs.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/703031 ... ed_article

[ShelC]

Thanks for the threads Mori.

Let's kick them off the right way

[SunsRIt]

Diabete should be suspended a few games after that mess.

[JJ Slim]

It's probably a good thing for all involved that this happened in Charlotte and not Detroit

[Mori Chu]

You know who started that fight?



Diabeetus

[Kryptonic]

Stewart coming off the bench is triggering my 2007 spurs/suns series ptsd

[Mori Chu]

Stewart coming off the bench is triggering my 2007 spurs/suns series ptsd

It sounds like the league is going to come down hard on Stewart. He has a history of losing control and fighting. He had that one fight where he went straight at Lebron himself. The guy has some brass balls, I'll give him that.

[TOO]

He's a worthless bum, league would be better without him.

[specialsauce]

Hell yeah that was fun

[Kryptonic]

Hell yeah that was fun

[specialsauce]

Hell yeah that was fun

Lmao here for it

[O_Gardino]

Stewart coming off the bench is triggering my 2007 spurs/suns series ptsd

It sounds like the league is going to come down hard on Stewart. He has a history of losing control and fighting. He had that one fight where he went straight at Lebron himself. The guy has some brass balls, I'll give him that.

They call him Beef Stew for a reason.

[O_Gardino]

Diabete should be suspended a few games after that mess.

Regardless of what the league does, I think the team has to have it's own response. You can't throw coaches around like that. I don't think the team's response needs to be public though.

[O_Gardino]

I lost some respect for Duren. Don't put your hands on a man's face unless you're ready to fight. Duren clearly didn't want any of that smoke.

[Mori Chu]

To be sure, the league should come down hard on players that start, escalate, or otherwise participate in fights. But the league is pretty inconsistent with how it doles out punishment. There are multiple players in the league who have done awful, even criminal things, such as domestic violence, beating up their wives or girlfriends, horrible stuff, who can come right back out on the court and play. And you have some guys in big betting / rigging scandals whose status is still uncertain with no updates or announcements. I'm not really sure what sort of standards of conduct the league thinks it is upholding.

[specialsauce]

I lost some respect for Duren. Don't put your hands on a man's face unless you're ready to fight. Duren clearly didn't want any of that smoke.

100%

All that muscle no grit.

His muscle is like a spoiler on a car- all for show

[SunsRIt]

I lost some respect for Duren. Don't put your hands on a man's face unless you're ready to fight. Duren clearly didn't want any of that smoke.

I don’t see it that way. The dude was literally shoving his forehead into his. Duren was backing up and he kept doing it. What’s he supposed to do? Nothing?

[Kryptonic]

I lost some respect for Duren. Don't put your hands on a man's face unless you're ready to fight. Duren clearly didn't want any of that smoke.

I don’t see it that way. The dude was literally shoving his forehead into his. Duren was backing up and he kept doing it. What’s he supposed to do? Nothing?

To some it looks like he pushes his face and retreats like a sissy... Honestly kind of surprised it took this long for something like this to happen as physical as they've been this season.

[specialsauce]

I lost some respect for Duren. Don't put your hands on a man's face unless you're ready to fight. Duren clearly didn't want any of that smoke.

I don’t see it that way. The dude was literally shoving his forehead into his. Duren was backing up and he kept doing it. What’s he supposed to do? Nothing?

Put 5 knuckles right into their face
That's what

[Split T]

Got no problem with what Duren did…he was being smart and avoiding a suspension. Diabate was the aggressor and is gonna get multiple games…same with bridges and Stewart.