***Official 2024-2025 NBA Thread***

[KC_Connection]

Season starts tonight with Knicks and Celtics followed by Lakers and TWolves.

Will history be made early in the 2nd game?

[Mescalito345]

Originally Posted by BWillie

He never could. The greatest bball players ever weren't shooters.

Maybe you haven't been paying attention. Last season, his 3pt% was 41. In his most recent game (12/06/2024), against the Hawks: a 39-point triple-double.

[staylor26]

WTF is going on?

👀 pic.twitter.com/Lgh6nQYo67

— theScore (@theScore) December 13, 2024

[Archie Bunker]

Could be the company he keeps

[Sassy Squatch]

[TheGreatCassholio]

LePedo down bad

[KC_Connection]

Bronny James dropped an @nbagleague career-high 30 PTS tonight! pic.twitter.com/UAcBT6Hhvi

— NBA (@NBA) December 13, 2024

Like father like son.

[POND_OF_RED]

The Grizzlies are starting to look really good. Will be interesting to see if they try to trade some of their depth for a key rotation C or if they’ll rely on Jackson and Edey when they return. Glad to see them healthy and back towards the top of the league again, though! Jaren and Santi have been playing out of their minds so far this season and Ja will always be Ja!

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

I don't know why it is a gotcha moment for anyone that ever went to a Diddy party.

[KC_Connection]

“Dunks are worth 3 now”@colincowherd & @getnickwright discuss how the NBA can improve pic.twitter.com/ekADggsWws

— The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) December 13, 2024

As I've been saying for a few years now, they'll need to either make threes harder (either by taking away corner threes or extending the 3PT line) or start devaluing them some other way. Analytics have taken over the NBA now and every team plays exactly the same way with Boston effectively perfecting the strategy.

I still don't know whether the NBA has the willingness to actually make the same kind of game changes that MLB has (Silver is a gutless commissioner and always has been) but they need to do it.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

“Dunks are worth 3 now”@colincowherd & @getnickwright discuss how the NBA can improve pic.twitter.com/ekADggsWws

— The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) December 13, 2024

As I've been saying for a few years now, they'll need to either make threes harder (either by taking away corner threes or extending the 3PT line) or start devaluing them some other way. Analytics have taken over the NBA now and every team plays exactly the same way with Boston effectively perfecting the strategy.

I still don't know whether the NBA has the willingness to actually make the same kind of game changes that MLB has (Silver is a gutless commissioner and always has been) but they need to do it.

The Utah Jazz made 22 threes at a 57% clip and lost by 8. This would blow Bill Selfs mind.

[smithandrew051]

I don’t remember who but several years ago one of the analysts had an idea to “save the NBA” by eliminating the corner 3. Basically the 3 point arc wouldn’t bend and head to the baseline. It would just extend on its path to the sideline.

The 3 becomes much easier to defend and bigs would dominate more as it would be harder to pull them away from the basket.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by BWillie

The Utah Jazz made 22 threes at a 57% clip and lost by 8. This would blow Bill Selfs mind.

There you go. There's the counter example. The NBA doesn't need to "fix" anything if lighting it up from 3 results in a comfortable loss.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

I don’t remember who but several years ago one of the analysts had an idea to “save the NBA” by eliminating the corner 3. Basically the 3 point arc wouldn’t bend and head to the baseline. It would just extend on its path to the sideline.

The 3 becomes much easier to defend and bigs would dominate more as it would be harder to pull them away from the basket.

Is THAT what people want? I thought part of the allure of Curry-esque shooters was the "every man" element.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Is THAT what people want? I thought part of the allure of Curry-esque shooters was the "every man" element.

I think I would. I enjoyed watching Shaq put people through the hoop, Akeem's assortment of post moves and Jordan on the block was pure poetry. It beats a 7'4 guy chucking up 3s.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by BWillie

The Utah Jazz made 22 threes at a 57% clip and lost by 8. This would blow Bill Selfs mind.

Probably because the opposing team shot threes at a massive volume and Utah plays no defense, yes. Every game is literally the same these days.