News from around the NBA 2025-2026

[Adrian]

Evan Sidery
@esidery
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2h
The Hornets have been arguably the best team in 2026:

120.8 Offensive Rating (1st)
109 Defensive Rating (4th)
+11.8 Net Rating (1st)
71.1% win percentage

Charlotte is profiling very similarly now to the Pacers’ magical run last year — a team nobody wants to see in the playoffs.

 

[Adrian]

Evan Sidery
@esidery
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1h
The Rockets are a top-10 offense with Kevin Durant, but one of the worst overall when he sits:

On: 116.9 Offensive Rating (9th)
Off: 109.9 Offensive Rating (27th)

There will be immense pressure on Durant in the playoffs to consistently produce elite-level scoring every game.

 

[Superbone]

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NSFW:

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[Covert Rain]

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There was also a play at the end where KD got his pocket picked and didn't even attempt to run the guy down on defense. The Rockets are not in the game without him but in the end he also costs them in multiple ways. That ISO at the end was brutal.

That game was the complete Durant experience Suns fans were familiar with last season.

 

[Mainstreet]

Luka suispended for one game after receiving 16th technical foul.

About time...

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[Yuma]

Fullcourtpass
@Fullcourtpass
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3h


ESPN ranked the 10 worst NBA transactions since last summer
1. Bucks waive and stretch Damian Lillard to sign Myles Turner
2. Pelicans trade their unprotected 2026 first-round pick to move up from 23 to 13
3. Clippers replace Norman Powell with Bradley Beal and Chris Paul
4. Pelicans sign Kevon Looney and trade for Jordan Poole
5. Raptors extend Jakob Poeltl
6. Kings trade for Dario Saric to add Dennis Schroder
7. Rockets sign Dorian Finney-Smith
8. Knicks sign Guerschon Yabusele
9. Magic sign Tyus Jones
10. Cavaliers trade for Lonzo Ball

WOW! We didn't make the list! We didn't make the list! Whoo-hooo!

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

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[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Tim Reynolds
@ByTimReynolds
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8h
There have now been 81 games this season decided by 30 or more points.

A new NBA single-season record, topping the mark of 80 last season.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

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[Adrian]

NBA Communications

@NBAPR
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 23 of the 2025-26 season (March 23-29).

 

[Adrian]

MFFL NATION
@NationMffl
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1h
Mark Cuban:

“I don't regret selling. I regret who I sold to… I made a lot of mistakes in the process, and I'll leave it at that.”

(via Intersections podcast, h/t
@MikeACurtis2
)

 

[Superbone]

MFFL NATION
@NationMffl
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1h
Mark Cuban:

“I don't regret selling. I regret who I sold to… I made a lot of mistakes in the process, and I'll leave it at that.”

(via Intersections podcast, h/t
@MikeACurtis2
)

This could just as easily be Jerry Colangelo talking.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

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[BooksOrangePlanet]

i'm going jokic

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[BooksOrangePlanet]

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[Phrazbit]

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[Russ Smith]

SGA is an amazing player but the league has to do something this is getting absurd. 47 tonight 21 of 25 on FT's and I lost count of how many blatant pushoffs he got away with . They actually called one, after Bickerstaff spent the entire 2nd half begging for one at the end of regulation SGA pushed off blatantly and hit the game winning shot and the refs called the pushoff and he looked shocked. But that was after repeatedly putting him on the line allowed them to catch up and then it continued in the OT.

They fouled out Ausar Thompson on a flop and then with OKC up 2 and Detroit chasing SGA dribbled with his right hand and reached back with his left hooked the arm of Ron Holland and pulled him in and then fell down and they called the foul 2 FT's ballgame. Detroit couldn't challenge because they'd used the challenge earlier on what was actually a good call, Huerter made contact with the shooting hand.

It's like James Harden all over but the difference is SGA is on the defending champs and favorites to win it again and he spends the entire game flopping.

He's a remarkable player his midrange shot is so accurate it's scary, great handles plays defense, he's amazing, but he's so hard to watch now.

Even on the foul on Huerter that they challenged and it was correctly upheld, he flopped and fell down.

 

[Phrazbit]

SGA is an amazing player but the league has to do something this is getting absurd. 47 tonight 21 of 25 on FT's and I lost count of how many blatant pushoffs he got away with . They actually called one, after Bickerstaff spent the entire 2nd half begging for one at the end of regulation SGA pushed off blatantly and hit the game winning shot and the refs called the pushoff and he looked shocked. But that was after repeatedly putting him on the line allowed them to catch up and then it continued in the OT.

They fouled out Ausar Thompson on a flop and then with OKC up 2 and Detroit chasing SGA dribbled with his right hand and reached back with his left hooked the arm of Ron Holland and pulled him in and then fell down and they called the foul 2 FT's ballgame. Detroit couldn't challenge because they'd used the challenge earlier on what was actually a good call, Huerter made contact with the shooting hand.

It's like James Harden all over but the difference is SGA is on the defending champs and favorites to win it again and he spends the entire game flopping.

He's a remarkable player his midrange shot is so accurate it's scary, great handles plays defense, he's amazing, but he's so hard to watch now.

Even on the foul on Huerter that they challenged and it was correctly upheld, he flopped and fell down.

He's an evolution.

Started with guys like Ainge and Divac with dramatic antics and exploded from there. Dirk made falling over after every shot a mainstream thing, Kobe made straight up fouling your defender with an elbow or a forearm shiver the norm.

The league cracked down on defensive bully ball in the late 90s and the evolution is destroying the game. They need to do something... institute "flopping" challenges... I dunno, like 6 years ago the league claimed they would issue retroactive techs for egregious flopping and I think they gave out like 2.

They gotta fix it. I know the rules basically flip in the playoffs and suddenly you're allowed to defend (which is also inexcusable, the rules should be the rules), but it's a joke right now and everyone knows it.

 

[Russ Smith]

He's an evolution.

Started with guys like Ainge and Divac with dramatic antics and exploded from there. Dirk made falling over after every shot a mainstream thing, Kobe made straight up fouling your defender with an elbow or a forearm shiver the norm.

The league cracked down on defensive bully ball in the late 90s and the evolution is destroying the game. They need to do something... institute "flopping" challenges... I dunno, like 6 years ago the league claimed they would issue retroactive techs for egregious flopping and I think they gave out like 2.

They gotta fix it. I know the rules basically flip in the playoffs and suddenly you're allowed to defend (which is also inexcusable, the rules should be the rules), but it's a joke right now and everyone knows it.

It's unwatchable. Detroit was without their 2 best players Cade and Duren and yet were still going to win the game until the refs just started putting SGA on the line. And it's not just FT's it's all the open shots he gets because the defender is afraid to be anywhere near him because he'll flop .

And again he is so good he doesn't need to do it but the refs reward it so of course he will do it

They have to to do something, as you said a flop challenge or something they have to make a change it's making the game unwatchable

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

MFFL
@Mavs_FFL
·
49m
BREAKING: The Mavs have fired Jason Kidd. He has coached the Mavs for the last four seasons.

#MFFL

 

[Chaplin]

MFFL
@Mavs_FFL
·
49m
BREAKING: The Mavs have fired Jason Kidd. He has coached the Mavs for the last four seasons.

#MFFL

LOL

I have no love for Kidd, but the Mavs are the absolute biggest NBA cliche on the planet right now.

 

[Adrian]

I forgot what day today’s is. I might sit today out.

 

[Chaplin]

Oh man, I hate April Fool's Day.