Discussion thread for the 80th Season of the NBA.
Congrats to last season's winner, for the first time since 1973, the New York Knicks!

Free Agency starts Tuesday June 30th at 6p/e

Notable Free Agency bags acquired

Extensions
Atlanta - CJ McCollum 1/$21M (7.5% trade bonus)
Boston - Ron Harper Jr 3/$9M (undrafted)
Brooklyn - Day'Ron Sharpe 2/$20M, Josh Minott 2/$9M
Charlotte - Coby White 3/$74M
Golden State - Al Horford 2/$14M (entering his 20th season)
Los Angeles - Austin Reeves 4/$185M (player option)
Miami - Andrew Wiggins 3/$64M (player option)
Minnesota - Ayo Dosunmu 5/$112M (player option)
New York - Jose Alverado 3/$14M
Oklahoma City - Isaiah Hartenstein 3/$75M
Phoenix - Collin Gillespie 4/$48M, Mark Williams 3/$38M, Jordan Goodwin 3/$19M
Washington - Trae Young 4/$213M (player option)

Notable Trades
Miami gets Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis, Milwaukee gets Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel'el Ware, Kasparas Jakucionis, Nate Ament, 2030 1st Swap, 2031 & 2033 1sts (unprotected), and 2033 2nd

Minnesota gets LaMelo Ball and Josh Green, Charlotte gets Naz Reid, 2033 1st (unprotected), 3 1st Swaps (2028, 29, 30), and 3 2nds (29, 32, 33)

Phoenix gets Miles Bridges, a 2029 1st (least favorable CLE/MIN/UTA, top-5 protected), and a 2027 2nd Charlotte gets Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale, and a 2033 1st (unprotected)

Brooklyn gets Julius Randle and Pick #28 (Joshua Jefferson), Minnesota gets Mouhamadou Gueye and Pick #33 (Isaiah Evans), Chicago gets Nic Claxton

Memphis gets Isaiah Stewart, Detroit gets 3 future 2nds

New Head Coaching Hires
Chicago - Tiago Splitter
Dallas - Dusty May
Portland - Micah Nori

Other
Jalen Brunson wins his first Finals MVP with 32.6/4.2/4.6/2stl, including a 45 point closeout game.
AJ Dybantsa was selected 1st overall by the Washington Wizards.
Malik Beasley (and 11 year vet Ed Davis) indicted on federal charges for gambling related to sports betting

Congrats to the Knicks, just an insane run throughout. Huge drought to end

Wanted to have a 2007 Finals rerun but I guess we gotta settle for 1999 instead

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After playing this gamemode on and off for the better part of 12 years, I'm old and tired. I still love it; I've been chilling with fellow oldheads until the league gives me enough of a reason to not pay them. After watching the league's decision making since inception and especially recently, no confidence is instilled that said time will be long in the future. The aimless bureaucracy everybody is dealing with only to play a 19 year old game just doesn't seem worth it anymore.

Not a bad All-Star Weekend if you ask me. There's never going to be a perfect product if the players aren't into it, but it looked like most of them were engaged. First three quarters were fantastic. NBC should get a bigger share of games if their production blows ESPN out of the water this much

Starting this season, I will be making a midseason post, as to not completely overflow the OP while covering the Trade Deadline, All-Star selections, and other misc news.

Notable Deadline Trades
Cavs get Dennis Schroder & Keon Ellis, Kings get De'Andre Hunter (Bulls get Dario Saric and 2 second round picks)

Cavs get James Harden, Clippers get Darius Garland and 2026 CLE 2nd rounder

Bulls get Jaden Ivey and Mike Conley Jr., Pistons get Kevin Huerter, Dario Šarić, 2026 CHI 1st round protected swap

Grizzlies get Walter Clayton Jr., Kyle Anderson, Taylor Hendricks, Georges Niang, 2027 1st round pick (most favorable of CLE/MIN/UTA pick), 2027 1st round pick (LAL pick), 2031 1st round pick (PHX pick), Jazz get Jaren Jackson Jr., John Konchar, Jock Landale & Vince Williams Jr.

Celtics get Nikola Vučević & 2026 DEN 2nd rounder, Bulls get Anfernee Simons, 2nd round pick (most favorable of MIN/NOP/NYK/POR pick)

Wizards get Anthony Davis, Jaden Hardy, D'Angelo Russell & Dante Exum, Mavs get Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, 2 1st round picks, 3 2nd round picks

Thunder get Jared McCain, Sixers get 2026 HOU 1st rounder, 3 2nd rounders

Hawks get Jonathan Kuminga & Buddy Hield, Warriors get Kristaps Porzingis

Pacers get Ivica Zubac & Kobe Brown, Clippers get Isaiah Jackson, Bennedict Mathurin, 2 1st Rounders, 1 2nd

All-Star Selections
East Starters: Giannis, Jalen Brunson, Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, & Cade Cunningham
Reserves: Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Johnson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Pascal Siakam, Norman Powell & Scottie Barnes

West Starters: Steph Curry, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, & Victor Wembanyama
Reserves: Anthony Edwards, Jamal Murray, Chet Holmgren, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Deni Avdija & LeBron James

Other News
On January 31st, the league suspended Philadelphia's Paul George for 25 games for violating the anti-drug policy (Saves the Sixers luxury tax $ and keeps PG healthy right before playoffs)
Team Stars wins All-Star Weekend over Team Stripes and Team World.
Damian Lillard wins the 3-point Contest, Miami's Keshad Johnson wins the Dunk Contest.
KD Twitter burner lol

Was enjoying a mug of hot chocolate and immediately got mogged by shami bumping the thread

I'm fine with a Detroit/OKC Finals. Sign me up

He's one of the best teammates I've ever had. I trust him with my life.

And somehow it becomes 3/5/10 minutes when it gets testy....

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Hello today is the day. Enjoy your free small slurpee

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The nice lady gave me the large one for free too :)

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Friday.

Sir, this is teamfortress.tv. Normalcy isn't a predominant factor.

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