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Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 5:06 pm
by Mori Chu
National TV Schedule
https://www.nba.com/schedule?bc=NATL®ion=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
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 7:09 pm
by ShelC
Thanks for the threads Mori.
Let's kick them off the right way
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 7:39 pm
by SunsRIt
Diabete should be suspended a few games after that mess.
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 9:32 pm
by JJ Slim
It's probably a good thing for all involved that this happened in Charlotte and not Detroit
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 10:21 pm
by Mori Chu
You know who started that fight?
Diabeetus
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 2:59 am
by Kryptonic
Stewart coming off the bench is triggering my 2007 spurs/suns series ptsd
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 7:32 am
by Mori Chu
Kryptonic wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 2:59 am
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.
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 8:09 am
by TOO
He's a worthless bum, league would be better without him.
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 8:53 am
by specialsauce
Hell yeah that was fun
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 9:05 am
by Kryptonic
specialsauce wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 8:53 am
Hell yeah that was fun

Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 10:52 am
by specialsauce
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 11:19 am
by O_Gardino
Mori Chu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 7:32 am
Kryptonic wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 2:59 am
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.
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 11:21 am
by O_Gardino
SunsRIt wrote: ↑Mon Feb 09, 2026 7:39 pm
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.
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 11:24 am
by 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.
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 11:32 am
by 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.
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 4:14 pm
by specialsauce
O_Gardino wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 11:24 am
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
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 4:17 pm
by SunsRIt
O_Gardino wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 11:24 am
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?
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 4:23 pm
by Kryptonic
SunsRIt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 4:17 pm
O_Gardino wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 11:24 am
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.
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 9:36 pm
by specialsauce
SunsRIt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 4:17 pm
O_Gardino wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 11:24 am
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
Re: Around the NBA: Week 17 (2/9 - 2/15)
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2026 12:43 am
by 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.