Now Vanderbilt gets a technical for blocking a shot and mocking Caruso LMAO

Fix completely in for OKC

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Throwing Luka out here is absolute officiating malpractice. <br><br>He was barking at a fan after a made basket. <br><br>Just truly outrageous.</p>&mdash; nick wright (@getnickwright) <a href="https://twitter.com/getnickwright/status/1909790669431779497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Refs completely ruined what was looking like a great game. Lakers need to get LeBron and Reaves out for tomorrow now.

Is there a thinner skinned fat man in this league?! Imagine letting a fan get that into your head that you feel the need to trash talk him like he’s the one guarding you. :LOL:

This is your new king?

God help the NBA if it is.

Yes, Draymond. Who can do whatever he wants on court whenever he wants and has done for over a decade.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/Tk219Cek8e">pic.twitter.com/Tk219Cek8e</a></p>&mdash; LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) <a href="https://twitter.com/LakeShowYo/status/1909796666045354478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

OKC knows that wasn’t a legit win and that’s even more satisfying than actually winning again. Luka still owns them.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I asked if Price believed the official, J.T. Orr, thought what Doncic said was aimed at him: “That could possibly be. And that’s probably why he picked up that technical, to be quite honest.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/WpjDOgQKg6">https://t.co/WpjDOgQKg6</a></p>&mdash; Dave McMenamin (@mcten) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1909801525402366311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The OKC Thunder fan Jeremy Price, who called himself &quot;a.k.a. The Courtside Tattoo Dude,&quot; said he engaged in trash talk with Luka Doncic before: &quot;Absolutely. Last season, matter of fact, when he was a Maverick in the playoffs. But all within the game.&quot;</p>&mdash; Dave McMenamin (@mcten) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1909801875308003753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Jeremy Price.

MVP.

The secret weapon.

That call is so bad and then he was such an recalcitrant jackass about it -- I wouldn't mind a bit if that was effectively the end of his NBA officiating career.

That's just very obviously someone that thinks the game is about him.

The game meant dick (and the Lakers shouldn't have even tried to win it) so I don't really care about the 'what' of it. But the how is pretty ****ing egregious.

I agree. Let JT Orr ref some G-league games.

Grizzlies rookie takes horrible tumble.

https://x.com/_hornetsmuse_/status/1...ef-PU1frjdg-XQ

How is the ref supposed to know? Luka is one of the biggest bitches in the NBA and he yaps all the time. Ref is waltzing down the court and Luka is looking directly his way talking shit.

This is a LeBron/Lakers/OKC thread. Ain’t no one got time for that tumble.


Looked rough as dude went limp as his head hit the floor. Hope he recovers without a serious injury. I didn’t see him raise his hand as he was being carted off the court.

Those long TD passes from Luka will extend LeBron's career.

The point is that LeBron at age 40 is better than any 35 year-old NBA players.

I'm OK with Ja's hand gestures. I'm not OK with players who run up into the stands to punch fans, or put opponents into a choke-hold.

Dude has a chance to be on the All-Rookie team this year even as a 2nd rounder.

This ****ing bench, man...

4/17 from the floor. 1/10 from three.

They're just impossibly erratic. LA can't get through the 2nd round with this shit and may not survive the 1st.

Can you guys just try being decent for a few games in a row? Not great and not dogshit - just somewhat predictably mediocre.

Meanwhile the Mavs bench is 13/22.

That's the only reason this isn't a 20 point game. The Mavs bench is playing good basketball and the Lakers bench is...being the Lakers bench.

It's just brutal.

LeBron. Still incredibly athletic

Here's an amazing stat.

Do you know how many All-star, all-NBA and/or all-defensive team teammates Jokic has played with in his NBA career?

Zero.

Not a single one.

Jokic hasn't had a single teammate make an All-Star, all-nba or all-defense team playing alongside him in 10 years in the league.

Jesus, Denver - how? How can you have struggled that badly to find him help?

Luka has his revenge.

There’s a pretty good argument Christian Braun has been the 2nd best player on that Denver team this year. Says a bit.

45 for Luka.

13 for Anthony Davis.

This won’t go over well.

Feels like the next decade won’t go over well for one of these orgs


FIRE NICO

Apparently Mavericks are slated to lose easily in the 9 figures of worth over these next few seasons. May even cross a billion.

I love it. The Adelson family are the scum of the earth. Patrick Dumont’s only talent is marrying into that family. He’s basically the character from the movie Casino that Deniro ends up firing for being too stupid to do the job even though he’s juiced in.

The pre-game and post-game made ME feel awful for Dallas fans.

I just can't. I can't fathom that kind of gut punch.

Would it be like trading Mahomes had he lost the first 49ers Super Bowl? And he so clearly loved it there.

It's just an all-time miscalculation.

Walk it off Barnes, always a good day when the Warriors lose.

It would have to be. A generational talent of that caliber has never been traded in his prime like that in any sport.

Nico clearly just didn’t like the guy and used that dislike to justify moving him. Still took an out-of-touch idiot owner who actually listened to him too though.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me tonight! <a href="https://t.co/bCFf5FEJm5">pic.twitter.com/bCFf5FEJm5</a></p>&mdash; Katisu🇵🇷 (@Katisu3) <a href="https://twitter.com/Katisu3/status/1910190421608706243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I wouldn't want to play the Warriors in the first round.

KC hate for the Warriors is like hate for Tom Brady and the Patriots.

There are play in games to get in the playoffs?

WTH?

Ain't it stupid? Why should the 9th and 10th team in a conference have a ahot at anything?

Even in the West where the teams that are getting into the play-in actually tried (which was the goal, IMO -- keep more teams from openly tanking) it's still crap.

And in the East where there are teams that DID try to tank looking at a play-in spot, it's just friggen embarrassing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lakers 5 man lineup of Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura, Dorian Finney-Smith, and LeBron James is a +22.6 per 100 possessions per Cleaning The Glass. Still a small sample if 210 possessions but WOW</p>&mdash; Trevor Lane (@Trevor_Lane) <a href="https://twitter.com/Trevor_Lane/status/1910436731955925194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The issue is that a lot of the time DFS is on the court, James or Luka are off.

They just don't use that 5 man lineup as frequently as they could. They often use the 'big 4' plus Hayes and then when James or Luka comes off, DFS comes on. Then if Rui comes off you'll see Luke come back out and maybe James comes off and Vincent comes on.

They just don't use that lineup as often as they should. And they usually have James off the floor when DFS is on, especially if DFS AND Vincent are on (then they rely on Luka to drive offense).

I kinda like them keeping it in reserve as their crunch time lineup (and that's usually what they use for most of the 4th).

It's definitely the best lineup they have but they don't lean into it as much as I expected they might. Maybe they'll use it more heavily in the post-season.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Rockets stars OUT vs Lakers<br><br>no Alperen Sengun<br>no Amen Thompson <br>no Fred VanVleet<br>no Dillon Brooks<br>no Jabari Smith Jr.<br>no Tari Eason <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/1H9ejmEiJo">https://t.co/1H9ejmEiJo</a></p>&mdash; LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) <a href="https://twitter.com/LakeShowYo/status/1910764422743904659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Over a week of rest for LeBron after tonight.

Yeah - Lakers need to get this done tonight. Shouldn't take much -- just go take care of business, lock up the 3 seed and let the chips fall as they may.

The matchup matters less at this point (and, frankly, is out of their control anyway because of what a mess the back of the Western bracket is) than HFA. So lock that in, get the rest advantage and move along.

Looks to me like the most likely #6 seeds are either the Warriors or TWolves and that almost entirely depends who wins that Clippers/Warriors game Sunday (which may be a defacto play-in game itself).

The west is such a bummer.

or maybe it's amazing.

I can't figure it out either way. Every damn series should be incredible. But every one of them is a series I'd rather see in the semis.

You really want to see Lebron vs. Steph in round 1? Lebron vs Ant? Ant vs. that young, physical Rockets team? Clippers vs. Lakers?

There are a dozen possible outcomes that would all be amazing a round or two rounds later. They'd be intriguing WCF matchups.

And they're going to be 1st round series.

Will be an exciting next two games for the Thunder. Not playing anybody today vs Utah but need to maintain the best margin of victory so they can cement being the best team of All-Time.

3rd seed is secure and Bronny is in. Now to see if it will be the Warriors or TWolves.

The West is an absolute gauntlet. Should be alot of fun to watch.

Boston and Cleveland have to be counting their blessings.

I would bet my life savings that either the Cavs or Celtics make the Finals.

On Feb. 28, Anthony Edwards missed a game against the Jazz because he was serving a one-game suspension for reaching the NBA’s technical foul limit of 16, and the Wolves lost that night by one point.

The Wolves had no trouble beating the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night, 117-91, but they likely will have to face the Jazz in a must-win game Sunday to guarantee themselves a playoff spot without Edwards.

Edwards is facing another suspension because he picked up a technical foul with 6 minutes, 29 seconds remaining in the second quarter after he committed a foul against Brooklyn’s Keon Johnson on the left wing. Edwards argued the call with official Ray Acosta and was called for a technical foul. Under league rules, players receive an additional one-game suspension for every second technical they accrue past 16. Edwards had already received another technical March 30 against Detroit. The league could rescind the technical upon review of the incident. Edwards and coach Chris Finch were making their best campaign pitches for the league to do that in their postgame comments Friday.

Edwards admitted to using profanity when asking Acosta about the foul.

“I’m praying they rescind it,” Edwards said. “I don’t feel like it should’ve been a tech, but me and Ray got a good relationship. We talked it out after the fact. But I don’t think I deserved a tech for just that little gesture.”

That’s in the league’s hands now. Crew chief Bill Kennedy, in the pool report, said Edwards (nine points, five assists) was issued the technical for directing profanity at a game official. Edwards had been upset at some calls earlier in the night, and in the first quarter he appeared close to drawing a technical. Finch said he spoke to Edwards then.

“I thought he was clearly fouled on an and-one that they missed in the first minutes of the game,” Finch said. “I thought he had a right to be a little bit upset with that. I talked to him at that point in time, just leave it go, leave it go.”

But he didn’t. In the second quarter, the officials had called some fouls on the Wolves on the perimeter — Nickeil Alexander-Walker picked up three in the second quarter alone — and Edwards got caught in those whistles on the play with Johnson.

Edwards is just as frightening as Luka, if not moreso because hes a good defender.

Edwards is the most talented player in the NBA right now. If those two just focused a little bit on caring about shot selection...

Maybe that will come with age.

Christian Braun led all NBA point guards, shooting guards, and small forwards in field goal percentage this year. 58%.

Next closes was Derrick Jones Jr at 52.7%.

65% on 2FG. Thats bonkers. But he doesn't do alot of what he can't do. He is great in transition ans gets alot of straight line dunks with people worried about Jokic. But cmon shoot more Christian. What a year he's had. Even Ochai did well this year.

It’s crazy how he changed his game from his freshman/sophomore years at KU.

There was a stat out there about his huge discrepancy in field goal percentage depending upon if he made or missed his first shot.

Sounds like he’s gotten over that.

Picked up Braun the first week of the season as I was watching a lot of Nuggets games and saw how effective he was and that FG% of his helped me to the title.

Your negative reinforcement worked

Well it is finally official.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are the best single season team in NBA History.

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Warriors go down to Kawhi once again, a beautiful thing

Lakers-TWolves it is

****ing warriors That loss the other night was a killer.

OKC or Houston are gonna end that team

The Warriors are done. That trade was a complete waste.

We love to see it

Yeah, Warriors had to play better and they didn't. Hate to see it as well. They were playing really well down the stretch and a few losses sunk them. They could come back but they need to play better.

The Wolves can win that series. 40/60 really.

No one should be surprised with the Warriors. They just don't have the shooting like the did when they were winning their championships.

I'd say nearer 30/70 but yeah - it's possible.

The Wolves issues is a simple matchup problem - they like to go with 2 C lineups and that lineup can't do a damn thing against the Lakers on offense. You can't play big against LA.

Gobert/Reid isn't a viable duo against them. Frankly, Gobert OR Reid is a problem for them. The Lakers put those guys in a blender pretty easily, IMO.

Now the Randle trade becomes a bit interesting now -- can they get away with Randle as a small ball 5?

So you go with Edwards, McDaniels, DiVincenzo, Alexander-Walker and Randle as your starting 5?

Yeah - you probably could. Then go big with the Lakers have James and/or Luka off the floor to absorb some minutes.

But man, that lineup doesn't TOUCH what LA has. You're giving up a ton with the starters.

Minnesota has some real matchup issues to navigate and I don't think they have the personnel to do it. It was GSW that made me most nervous there because they could do a good smaller lineup with Draymond at the 5.

Minnesota can't do that. I think they'll have to try because the Lakers can/will absolutley maul Gobert. But unless Edwards goes for 40+/gm, I just don't see this going more than 6 and really I'd say it's very possible that it only goes 5.

Not worried about the TWolves, Randle will blow it for them. He's soft and not conducive to winning basketball at the highest level.

Congrats to the G League champion Stockton Kings.

Guess Ill root for the Warriors to win their game Tuesday. Just because they are the worst matchup for OKC among the Grizz, Mavs, Kings and GSW. But really the Thunder will absolutely curbstomp the Warriors.

Not worried in the slightest until Round 2 where any matchup will be tough. Denver would be the team I want to play the most there.

Friend bet me and took Minny vs lakers.

Not sure why he did that

Not sure why Memphis is sticking with Edey here, he’s effectively unplayable given his movement and the Warriors are targeting him defensively every possession

They really don’t have much else with BC and Jaylen Wells out for the season.

Doesn’t matter, they won’t be able to keep the game competitive with him out there. The Warriors are running him through screens every possession.

Yeah - this game is about as competitive as I expected it to be.

Someone just put a bullet into Memphis already. These guys have looked miserable all season.

Remember 2 years ago when they were actually fun?

Quinten Post > LeBronzo James the Clown

Memphis back into the game as soon as their coach is forced to bench Edey due to foul trouble

Perhaps he will figure it out

You really hate your own people don't you?

I hate watching the Warriors win games needlessly, that supersedes everything

Dirty play from the Warriors again to undercut another star in the postseason, just like Kawhi in 2017

****ing Morant… love his game but he’s made of glass.

Refs getting involved to save the Warriors with complete phantom fouls, seen this before

Draymond Green has never actually committed a foul in his career.

Fastest five seconds call I’ve ever seen, wtf…

Refs tried to keep the Grizz in it with 3 blatantly bad foul calls.