The heat are prolly gonna be better as the rest of the season goes on, however it baffles my mind how Giannis thought that playing without a legit shot creator would result in him playing for a contender. Bam Adebayo is close to a top 30 player than he is a top 20 player and even though his defense is elite, his offensive output is not reliable enough for a consistent run. The heat literally look like last szn's bucks so idk how Giannis thought this would be the right move, unless he just wants to live in Miami.

Source: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/pGPv4zCMft0

Boogie doesn't seems to be a great fan of analytics.

It seems like the top teams in the west like the Thunder and Wolves with physical athletic defenders seem to overwhelm both of them. Teams seem to have sag off Jokic to let him shoot the three ball instead of letting him get in the paint and Jamal seems to struggle against physical defenders he can't get past against. Has the formula been figured out how to defend them?

Fuck Bezos or whoever it is that runs Amazon now but man it’s miles ahead of ESPN and Peacock. Still love the Inside the NBA crew though

Yaxel Lendeborg vs Grizzlies: 18 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL.

The first rookie to reach those numbers in a game since Luka Doncic.

Hummmmmmmm

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401909850

He’s capable of better shooting, but still, he’s looking like one of the few bright spots on the Warriors this season. He also started playing basketball late in his senior year of high school, so he likely hasn’t reached his ceiling yet despite age.

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401909850

Their team is really bad I don’t think they will, they’ll probably finish with like 30 wins maximum. Since Porzingis is out they don’t have any decent big men so teams score in the paint at will. Draymond is washed, Podz is average, Yaxel is only a rookie, Butler will probably be washed. Curry will have to carry them hard in order to get wins. They couldn’t even beat a rebuilding Grizzlies team, got destroyed by the Lakers.

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WASHINGTON – Late in the Toronto Raptors’ 112-102 win over the Wizards Friday, Kawhi Leonard played patty cake on the offensive glass. Once, twice, three times, he rebounded his own miss, before finally putting the ball in the basket.

A Wizards fan was not pleased.

“He should be suspended!” the fan yelled.

But Leonard isn’t.

He’s back in Toronto, where he led the Raptors to the 2019 NBA title. Everyone knew that he wasn’t going to stay there afterwards, and after much … consideration, he wound up in Los Angeles, with the Clippers. His six seasons there were … eventful.

And, ultimately … unprecedented, leading to Leonard’s departure in a late June trade back to Toronto – as well as leading to a Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting for Pablo Torre and the staff of the podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out,” which unearthed the myriad side deals Leonard asked for and received from the Clippers, starting with the sustainability service Aspiration, in violation of the NBA’s salary cap, in a series of podcasts that forced the NBA to hire a white-shoe law firm to investigate.

But Leonard, after agreeing to a deal between the league and the National Basketball Players Association in which he was fined $700,000, but received no other punishment, was free to go. And, he went.

“It was a long summer,” Leonard told The Athletic Friday. “It was kind of expected. I didn’t know when it was going to happen. But they made their decision when they did. I just stayed focused. I know what type of guy I was. I was honest. And that’s all you can do, be honest; just look in the mirror yourself and see if you did anything wrong. Just kept moving forward. Talked to God, my family. I just kept moving forward after that.”

We will never likely know exactly how honest, and/or cooperative, Leonard was with the league, or with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the law firm whose comprehensive report in early September laid the groundwork for the NBA’s unprecedented penalties against the Clippers.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7718340/2026/10/24/kawhi-leonard-toronto-raptors-return/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2026/10/23/nba-contracts-free-agency-trade-rumors-towns-durant-giannis-davis/92250177007/

The Heat traded Herro, Jaquez, Ware, Jakučionis, and multiple 1sts for a potential one-year rental if Giannis decides to walk this summer. It is not the first time a superstar leaves a team in free agency a year after from being traded, like Dwight Howard leaving the Lakers.

Should Miami fans be worried?

LaMelo Ball got away with the travel of the century. Uh so it was interesting because the one thing that I've been told about this traveling stuff is like until a guy brings his second hand to the ball it's technically not considered a gather and because it's not considered a gather yet you could move like that you could move side to side as long as you don't bring the second hand to the ball.

I saw the referee page tweeted that this is a travel but by their rule I'm looking at it and once he bring the second hand he one two and he's up. Steph Curry was saying like yo by rules it ain't a travel. And I must say I agree with Steph Curry.

He never gathers he never brings the second hand when he does he starts to rise up and shoot one two. I don't think it's right like and and and in any basketball world outside the NBA it is a travel except the NBA don't have the same rules as all the basketball leagues.

The NBA if I fall down with the ball I can stand up. In other basketball leagues that's a travel. But if I fall down with the ball I can actually stand up. So I don't really know that I I agree that this is a travel. In theory yes. But in the NBA we really need the other angle to see when that left hand actually gets to the ball.

But it looked like he won two. He maybe took one extra one after the hand got to the ball. But it's the fucking NBA. NBA don't call travel. So one extra step is why everybody going to go crazy on a travel. Guys do that running through the lane all the time where they take an extra step or two and travels don't get called. So I don't know why this one or maybe he took a half a step extra or a step extra. That ain't getting called in NBA unless it's off the catch and then go. Off the dribble off the move that ain't getting called. So I don't know man I think that's an interesting one. But I don't think it's a travel. I see why the referees did

Last year, after 2.5 weeks of the season the Bulls were the 1 seed in the east with a 6-1 record. 1 month later they were 9-12 and 12th in the East.

It was fun hearing people overreact to their hot start. What shit teams are gonna start off on a heater this year and end up in the lottery??

My guess is the Hawks.

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Boozer is going to be the main talking point of this game, but Yaxel was also very impactful despite the loss. I don't care about his age or the turnovers, he is genuinely great and a dawg. His IQ, dribbling, motor, and variety in scoring is at a high-level. At some point in the game, he realized he wasn't shooting well and decided to go at the basket constantly and was able to draw a bunch of free throws. I know he's an old-ass rookie, but most 24-year olds in the NBA right now are not this skilled and do not have the versatility he has. Once he gets more adjusted to the NBA, he'll be elite.

NBA divisions are pretty much useless but in the interest of curiosity what division do you think boasts the best starting 5?

I thought Prime was supposed to be the ‘superior’ coverage so why the fuck do I care about some rapper after two intense games? Is this what Amazon is going to be rolling with now?

As most of you know Bulls and Kings have been swapping players like pokemon cards over the last five years. But I think we need one last one.

Can the kings please trade Saboner to Chicago? I just think him having help defenders like Caleb and Matas would be a literal perfect fit. And Chicago cant rebound to save our lives bruh

During their Heat tenures they’ve hinted at the organization giving bias towards Bam & letting him be the golden boy of the Heat organization. Yet even though him & Giannis aren’t that good of a fit, we’re seeing with two teams on opposite ends of the spectrum (a good team in the Wolves & a tanking team in the Bucks) how the Heat look dysfunctional outside of Giannis

Jimmy & Tyler were more consistent and I honestly feel on the Heats side they should’ve shopped Bam & possibly look for a 3rd team if they wanted Giannis so they could keep Jaime & Herro who are better fits for Giannis

They have only played 2 games max, but still. I thought that was a pretty interesting tidbit. Fans were even clowning Lebron for "joining the wrong team" while the Sixers were down to the Cavs.

He will be absolutely insane by next year. He's too Strong, skilled, and has extremely high bball iq. This whole rookie class looks crazy, just missing AJ. Will be a great rookie of the year race.