2023-24 NBA Game Thread

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InstaFace said:
9. NOP - Only $3M over the tax, their big 3 (Zion, McCollum & Ingram) can easily take them to the playoffs, I don't expect them to be sellers, though they might be opportunistic in acquiring assets
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I'm pretty sure that NOP has never paid a penny of tax, and if they went over, not only would they have to pay the tax (pretty marginal) but they'd forego the payments to non-tax-paying teams, which was like $17.3M last year (much more important).

NOP could get rid of Kira Lewis and duck under the tax.

This article - https://www.nola.com/sports/pelicans/will-the-new-orleans-pelicans-pay-a-luxury-tax-next-season/article_4f804b2c-265c-11ee-abc1-67dedccc6190.html - suggests that ownership might go over the tax if they were actually contenders but that will definitely depend on how many games Zion is able to pay.
 
Ed Hillel

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Phoenix sucks.

Pop might win 3-5 more titles if he can hang on that long.
 
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Frank Vogel channeling Jason Kidd, "We're very comfortable playing in the 150s"
 
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chilidawg said:
I'm not writing them off quite yet. I don't know that the mix will have the defensive chops to win, but they should be able to put up points at very least.
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Ironically, they remind me of the D’Antoni Suns. I never consider these kinds of teams who score but can’t defend a lick serious title threats.
 
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Ed Hillel said:
Ironically, they remind me of the D’Antoni Suns. I never consider these kinds of teams who score but can’t defend a lick serious title threats.
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That Suns team did get robbed one year though, and I think a dirty play on Nash. Long time ago, it’s fuzzy
 
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Ed Hillel said:
Ironically, they remind me of the D’Antoni Suns. I never consider these kinds of teams who score but can’t defend a lick serious title threats.
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Phoenix has been one of the better defensive teams in the league the past couple of years. Are we talking about the same team?
 
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Wembayama with a nice dunk while completely hacked. The ref just stared at it and called nothing.

Some of the officials are soooo bad/blind, it's wild. Good thing they didn't go into radiology I guess.
 
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radsoxfan said:
Wembayama with a nice dunk while completely hacked. The ref just stared at it and called nothing.

Some of the officials are soooo bad/blind, it's wild. Good thing they didn't go into radiology I guess.
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That was a make-up for the prior foul call on KD v Wemby.
 
Euclis20

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radsoxfan said:
Wembayama with a nice dunk while completely hacked. The ref just stared at it and called nothing.

Some of the officials are soooo bad/blind, it's wild. Good thing they didn't go into radiology I guess.
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It was like they'd decided he'd gone to the line enough.

So then he says fuck it and just buries a bunch of jump shots.
 
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5 games into his career, he already seems like a 4th quarter killer. In just over 37 minutes he's got 39 points on 19 shots. That's insane.
 
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