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someday the nets will be good again
Yeah I'm just not sure this amount of money means anything in this situation. I also think this is creating a "how much tanking is an acceptable amount of tanking" question that is effectively unanswerable.
The NBA has fined the Utah Jazz $500,000 and the Indiana Pacers $100,000 related to the management of their rosters for recent games.
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Yeah I'm just not sure this amount of money means anything in this situation. I also think this is creating a "how much tanking is an acceptable amount of tanking" question that is effectively unanswerable.
Not doing something then is not an argument in favour of doing nothing now.
Where was this last year when the Jazz, Raptors and Wizards repeatedly did the exact same thing that the Jazz are being fined for now?
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver: “Overt behavior like this that prioritizes draft position over winning undermines the foundation of NBA competition and we will respond accordingly to any further actions that compromise the integrity of our games.”
February 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Not doing something then is not an argument in favour of doing nothing now.
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Doc Rivers on Cam Thomas: “I’ve had Jamal Crawford. I’ve had Lou Williams. Now, I have Cam Thomas.”
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Doc Rivers on Cam Thomas: “I’ve had Jamal Crawford. I’ve had Lou Williams. Now, I have Cam Thomas.”
Incredible. Look at the plus minus from starters to bench. That is how you lose a game to a team that is also trying to lose
February 12, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Incredible. Look at the plus minus from starters to bench. That is how you lose a game to a team that is also trying to lose
All this says to me is that if the league doesn't punish a team soon for this stuff, the Nets have to join the arms race and get even worse. WAS pulled the same move last week. I can get all huffy about good and bad tanking but if the league doesn't care, the smart thing to do is join in.
Out for the Pacers tonight against the Nets:
Furphy
Haliburton
McConnell
Nembhard
Nesmith
Siakam
Toppin
Zubac
Furphy
Haliburton
McConnell
Nembhard
Nesmith
Siakam
Toppin
Zubac
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
All this says to me is that if the league doesn't punish a team soon for this stuff, the Nets have to join the arms race and get even worse. WAS pulled the same move last week. I can get all huffy about good and bad tanking but if the league doesn't care, the smart thing to do is join in.
Great analysis as always. I've been trying to think of an analogue for the tanking in the NBA in 2025 and all I could think of was The Producers. But it's so plainly game fixing by another name.
Even the word “tanking” makes what's transpiring around the #NBA sound like a toddler purposely knocking over a tower of blocks. No harm, no foul. Let’s start by calling it what it is. These teams are fixing games. Link: #Nets
open.substack.com/pub/stevelic...
open.substack.com/pub/stevelic...
Silver Needs To Be Confronted On What Tanking Has Become: Game Fixing
For no good reason, I caught the end of Monday night’s Jazz/Heat contest.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Great analysis as always. I've been trying to think of an analogue for the tanking in the NBA in 2025 and all I could think of was The Producers. But it's so plainly game fixing by another name.
This is a pro-Beef account and always has been.
Isaiah Stewart after getting ejected: “You don’t expect me to sit on the bench. The f*ck I got drafted to DETROIT for.”
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This is a pro-Beef account and always has been.
Ryan and Capper blew the call on this IMO. They yapped right over a serious highlight.
Drake Powell with a Griffinesque poster dunk on Patrick Williams (with replays)
Nets and Bulls commentaries
#NetsWorld
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Nets and Bulls commentaries
#NetsWorld
Also on Youtube:
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February 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Ryan and Capper blew the call on this IMO. They yapped right over a serious highlight.
I genuinely believe this season is going to get very ugly for the NBA. A perfect storm of all these teams needing to lose right now, a CBA that punishes poor drafters, and recent examples (Edgecombe and Flagg) of a shameless tank working incredibly well.
February 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I genuinely believe this season is going to get very ugly for the NBA. A perfect storm of all these teams needing to lose right now, a CBA that punishes poor drafters, and recent examples (Edgecombe and Flagg) of a shameless tank working incredibly well.
This Bulls team really is wild. They are running lineups composed almost entirely of guys who they just traded for. Other than Buzelis it's just a complete grab bag of dudes who walked in the door yesterday
February 10, 2026 at 1:56 AM
This Bulls team really is wild. They are running lineups composed almost entirely of guys who they just traded for. Other than Buzelis it's just a complete grab bag of dudes who walked in the door yesterday
Cook that clown Beef
Bridges throws a punch at Duren and Beef Stew leaves the bench ti try to fuck Bridges up.
February 10, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Cook that clown Beef
Will add my voice to the list of people recommending this thread
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Will add my voice to the list of people recommending this thread
Me waiting for him to get to Canada
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Me waiting for him to get to Canada
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
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Michael Dickson is why you draft punters
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Michael Dickson is why you draft punters
Not yet sure if that was a fun superbowl but it was a satisfying one. As a certified Pats hater this all felt too flukey to me. And the Seahawks defense is an all timer. All is right with the world for this brief moment.
February 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Not yet sure if that was a fun superbowl but it was a satisfying one. As a certified Pats hater this all felt too flukey to me. And the Seahawks defense is an all timer. All is right with the world for this brief moment.
They put Ricky Martin in the Stafford contraption
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
They put Ricky Martin in the Stafford contraption
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Former professional sumo Wrestler, the Mongolian Kakuryū Rikisaburō, nails the 3-pointer o.O
February 7, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Former professional sumo Wrestler, the Mongolian Kakuryū Rikisaburō, nails the 3-pointer o.O
Plenty of other things to spend your time getting mad at but the sell high comment was so tasteless. Hope McCain makes him regret it.
Justin Martinez of The Oklahoman posted Jared McCain's first media availability as a member of the OKC Thunder on his Twitter page. Transcribed McCain's three answers which pertained to the Sixers:
February 6, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Plenty of other things to spend your time getting mad at but the sell high comment was so tasteless. Hope McCain makes him regret it.
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for better or worse, people will forget about that video by the end of the year, if not end of the month. but when trump finally kicks the bucket, there were be orgasmic celebrations across the US & around the world. he will be remembered as the most despised US president since WWII for generations
February 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
for better or worse, people will forget about that video by the end of the year, if not end of the month. but when trump finally kicks the bucket, there were be orgasmic celebrations across the US & around the world. he will be remembered as the most despised US president since WWII for generations
Every year, fans get unduly excited about the possibility of a waiver pickup to round out their rosters. I have done it myself. Always essential to remember that cuts happen for a reason, and it's not because teams love to do favours for each other and just abandon decent players.
NBA waivers as part of trade deadline moves:
L. Ball UTA
C. Boucher UTA
J. Carter CHI
M. Conley CHA
P. Connaughton CHA
N. Dante ATL
N. Hayes-Davis MIL
H. Highsmith BKN
I. Jones DET
T. Martin BKN
G. Niang MEM
M. Plumlee OKC
D. Reath ATL
C. Thomas BKN
L. Travers CLE (two-way)
H. Tyson BKN
L. Ball UTA
C. Boucher UTA
J. Carter CHI
M. Conley CHA
P. Connaughton CHA
N. Dante ATL
N. Hayes-Davis MIL
H. Highsmith BKN
I. Jones DET
T. Martin BKN
G. Niang MEM
M. Plumlee OKC
D. Reath ATL
C. Thomas BKN
L. Travers CLE (two-way)
H. Tyson BKN
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Every year, fans get unduly excited about the possibility of a waiver pickup to round out their rosters. I have done it myself. Always essential to remember that cuts happen for a reason, and it's not because teams love to do favours for each other and just abandon decent players.
ARP (Always read Pina): "the [CBA] has encouraged a warped incentive structure. More and more attempts to build the best team possible have either been postponed or short-circuited by transactions that only look shrewd because of the stringent parameters under which they are made."
February 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
ARP (Always read Pina): "the [CBA] has encouraged a warped incentive structure. More and more attempts to build the best team possible have either been postponed or short-circuited by transactions that only look shrewd because of the stringent parameters under which they are made."
I had a moment at the beginning of this season where I was coming around on Giannis after years of hating the goofball shtick (and of course the 2021 series). But this I'm loyal but trade me back and forth nonsense... Just blech. Trying to have your cake and eat it too here.
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I had a moment at the beginning of this season where I was coming around on Giannis after years of hating the goofball shtick (and of course the 2021 series). But this I'm loyal but trade me back and forth nonsense... Just blech. Trying to have your cake and eat it too here.