The Official NBA 2025 Off-Season/Free Agency Thread:

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The irony in Silver's comments is that some posters on this site essentially help prove his point by always pointing to other methods of people watching the games when pushing back against ratings talk.

Highlights are one of them.

When have highlights ever been used against ratings talk?

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

When have highlights ever been used against ratings talk?

It’s another option that people including the younger generation use to watch the games

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[In The Zone '98]

Yao coming over was a big deal

Its funny how life evolves. If Shaq made those mocking jokes now. He would've been suspended 50 games, lol

 

[Guile]

Just looked over Lamelo Ball stats over the last 3 seasons...college players have been playing more ball than him over the last three years. He won't be ready if Charlotte ever gets to the playoffs.

 

[The God Poster]

What’s up with this D.Fish hate

 

[Big Mountain Hélà]

 

[Mandizi]

Yao was nice. Those nagging foot injuries shortened what should've been a longer career. Still made the Hall.

 

[VegetasHairline]

What’s up with this D.Fish hate

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Just looked over Lamelo Ball stats over the last 3 seasons...college players have been playing more ball than him over the last three years. He won't be ready if Charlotte ever gets to the playoffs.

I say this in a respectful manner - from LaVar to Tina to Lonzo to LaMelo, they’ve all suffered in some capacity with their health, so for as talented as LaMelo is, I don’t ever have faith him in staying healthy enough to meet whatever expectations there are for him.

There’s something broken in their family’s genes.

 

[Jaylen Tatum]

That wasn't delay of game

 

[Guile]

I say this in a respectful manner - from LaVar to Tina to Lonzo to LaMelo, they’ve all suffered in some capacity with their health, so for as talented as LaMelo is, I don’t ever have faith him in staying healthy enough to meet whatever expectations there are for him.

There’s something broken in their family’s genes.

Lamleo is just classically brittle/plus doesn't care all that much as he can make 200 million easily off of talent alone. Lonzo was brittle like this too but did care but had some bad luck with his knee injuries. Meniscus surgeries leading to bone on bone that quickly is unheard of. His luck seems to have reversed with the miracle surgery, though.

 

[KnickstapeCity]

KG and Hakeem, its nice to have a younger player who is so different than a lot of the new guys

Probably one of the rare few (if any) French fakkits that isn’t a complete fukking fakkit

 

[BK The Great]

Giannis is a beast, the eurobasket has been pretty good.

 

[BK The Great]

These games are pretty high level energy