Around the NBA: April, 2026! (2 Viewers)

[crandc]

Charlotte and Miami played hell of a game.
It was a good game. Both teams played hard.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Charlotte and Miami played hell of a game.
It was a good game. Both teams played hard.

I’m glad Charlotte won!

 

[THE HCP]

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Gotta love how the NBA leaves out the fact that there were a significant more amount of games on national TV this season compared to last season. It's not an apples to apples comparison when looking at past seasons. A fair comparison would be to look at the per game average and see if that has increased.

 

[THE HCP]

Gotta love how the NBA leaves out the fact that there were a significant more amount of games on national TV this season compared to last season. It's not an apples to apples comparison when looking at past seasons. A fair comparison would be to look at the per game average and see if that has increased.

Got like 4 times as many national games huh?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Got like 4 times as many national games huh?

2024-25 - 172 national TV games
2025-26 - 247 national TV games

 

[wizenheimer]

2024-25 - 172 national TV games
2025-26 - 247 national TV games

I'd also be a bit suspicious about Amazon Prime viewership numbers until I see how they are calculated

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[PCmor7]

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Now, if this can only start a death spiral that culminates with a horrible 2027-28 season.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

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Hey Orlando, would you like your 1st in 2028 back?

 

[PCmor7]

Crazy that Ruben Boumtje Boumtje's son is one of the top prospects for the 2028 draft, as is Trevor Ariza's kid.

 

[Cugel]

I didnt realize how blatant Lamelo's trip of Bam was. He could get suspended. Awful missed call and Bam was injured.

 

[blazerkor]

I didnt realize how blatant Lamelo's trip of Bam was. He could get suspended. Awful missed call and Bam was injured.

Yeah I watched that game until ours started. Bam was on one foot, LaMelo reached out and grabbed that foot and pulled it out from under Bam. If LaMelo isn't suspended for the Hornets second play-in game, that will be a travesty. The fact that the refs refused to review it in real time was a travesty.

It was some real Grayson Allenish bush league bullshit on LaMelo's part and if there aren't consequences for that kind of blatant violence that takes another team's superstar out of a winner take all game then I'm not sure what keeps players from doing worse in the future.

 

[PDXFonz]

Paolo has completely disappeared in this second half and the magic are only down 6. If he wakes up in the 4th the 76ers are in trouble.

Bad execution by the Magic. Their game plan was bad and they are playing down to the 76ers with no Embiid.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Dom McBlazer]

Like from last season, it feels like the Magic have to work their asses off to get a good shot.

 

[PDXFonz]

Par for the course for LaMelo, hardly the first time he’s done some shady stuff like this. Dudes as bad as Dillon Brooks or Draymond tbh.

 

[kjironman1]

Doesn’t seem like either the Clippers or Warriors want to win this.

 

[kjironman1]

Par for the course for LaMelo, hardly the first time he’s done some shady stuff like this. Dudes as bad as Dillon Brooks or Draymond tbh.

They are done now.

 

[PDXFonz]

The Warriors are just in a time of change, but realistically they are not set up great and haven’t hit their low.

If Steve Kerr retires after Golden State fully starts their new era, it’s because he wants to. I legitimately think that Steve Kerr is the best coach currently in the NBA today.

 

[THE HCP]

But i thought Steve Kerr was the best coach in the NBA? Ohhhhhhhh, talent plays a part of the teams success? #AnybodyButStotts right?

 

[PDXFonz]

But i thought Steve Kerr was the best coach in the NBA? Ohhhhhhhh, talent plays a part of the teams success? #AnybodyButStotts right?

I never criticized Coach Stotts. I think sometimes the coaching position can be over valued. Realistically it’s the entire coaching staff, and their understanding the game. I’m just saying that perhaps Steve Kerr understands the game better than any other head coach in the league.

If you are going to realistically rank the top coaches of the last 30 years, Steve Kerr is at least in the consideration - and there are only a few coaches in the league which you could say that about. Didn’t one of them go to Jesuit? Or was that just the talent that Spoelstra had?

 

[PDXFonz]

Clippers could beat Phoenix and make the playoffs, idk if they could give the Thunder more of a challenge than we could give the Spurs though.

 

[PDXFonz]

Warriors not going away in this… Steph 10 straight points

GPII gets it to a 2 point game.

 

[Cugel]

Lamelo was fined 35k for the trip on Bam and 25k for profanity in the post game interview.

 

[PDXFonz]

Lamelo was fined 35k for the trip on Bam and 25k for profanity in the post game interview.

Thats so soft, he should be suspended. That play was dirty, and in his post game he made all this up about how he had been hit on the head and didn’t know where he was. Dude never got hit on the head, intentionally reached out to trip Bam.

Get the whole Ball family out of the league, never respected them.

 

[Cugel]

Thats so soft, he should be suspended.

I am inclined to agree.

 

[PDXFonz]

Warriors down 89-83 into the fourth. Curry got going in the Third.

I have a feeling this one is going down to the wire.

 

[PDXFonz]

This game feels like an anomaly of two veteran teams fighting to make the playoffs, and the warriors are losing.

 

[kjironman1]

Get the whole Ball family out of the league,

I am inclined to agree.