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You can read about it here. My feeling is that it can't be any worse than it's been in the pasts.

In his rookie year, Wembanyama lead the league in blocks at 3.6 per game. His blocks per game average was good for 27th all time. Going into his year 21 season, it's fair to expect he will improve on that.

Hakeem only had 5 seasons better than 3.6 in his entire career (also 4 years at 3.4 and the rest under 3). The first above 3.6 was not until his sixth season when he was 27. So, imo, it's not a matter of if but rather when will Vic break the record (barring catastrophic injury).

If Vic (254 total blocks) averages 1 block per game better than his rookie year, it would only take 10 years (avg 78 games per season) to pass Hakeem (3830). So even with some injury years, it seems inevitable. W

Last year, Edwards, Haliburton, and Ball signed rookie max extensions, which are normally 25% of the cap but with mvp, dpoy, or all nba can be bumped up to 30%, which means Edwards and Hali will earn a cool 42.3M next year. Seems like a bargain for those guys. Bane got a near max extension, and I'd say the jury is still out on how good his and Ball's contracts will turn out to be due to injury concerns.

There were 10 other extensions from the 2020 draft class (a record 14, up from 11 the last couple years prior), many of which are looking team friendly (e.g. Avdija 14M average). Typically teams do not offer rookie extensions unless it's a pretty sure bet since players become restricted fre

If it's Lakers v Warriors in the conference championship, I will not watch, I will not watch, I will not watch...

Garland and Mobley are both back off the injury list for the Cavs who went crazy while they were out. So far so good since the return including a squeaker over Detroit, but what if the they fall back into mediocrity (or perhaps I should say better then average but not contender status) starting Mobely and Garland? Since they are somewhat redundant in the Cavs lineup, would the team be better served if they came off the bench? (I've seen this topic discussed in several threads but not in a post of it's own--sorry if I missed it). I'll try to recapitulate the argument:

Garland has a similar skillset to Mitchell, and Mobley has a similar skillset to Allen. This redundancy means Cleveland's rot

Go here and click on the "3P%" column to see the list. Some notables with high attempts/game and their percentages:

Steph 12.4 47.5

Luka 10.7 41.3

Laurie 9.8 43.6

D. Mitch 9.5 40.4

Tyler 8.7 41.0

Tatum 8.4 42.0

PG 7.8 46.8

Haliburton 7.5 45.0

Buddy 7.4 46.2

DFS 7.4 44.2

Also notable to many will be Kelly Oubre Jr who is 69th in attempts/game (5.2) at 41.9%. Very nice.

Steph is other worldly.

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I've heard a lot of complaining recently by announcers about late whistles--JVG and Reggie come to mind in particular. But are they bad for the game?

It's not like it's a new phenomenon; refs have always called the game like this, especially on drives. It actually seems fair to me, especially when it happens on a shot attempt with marginal contact. If the player hits, play on. If not, blow the whistle. (The latter may be called a "mistle" or miss + whistle, a portmanteau that not unlike "stocks" gives a new meaning to an existing word albeit not as common a word.)

The logic against mistles is that a foul is a foul is a foul. Just blow the whistle. And while that sounds right, it really i

Not too long ago I commented that the tax hit the W's take must hurt their owners at least a little bit. Like the next day Lacob came out and said as much. Then the Jordan Poole post yesterday got me thinking about it again, and that lead me to dive into the revenue sharing rules in the NBA.

As you probably know about 50% of basketball related income (BRI) goes to the players. A good breakdown of what is and is not BRI can be found here. BRI for the league as a whole was [8.9B last year.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/the-nbas-annual-revenue-topped-10-billion-for-the-first-time-ever-with-

In no way am I completely on board with this article. However, in light of the lol developments, I'd love to hear what peeps think about this? Personally, I wouldn't mind rolling the dice with Mitchell but am open to other opinions.

*Deleted, with apologies to Nuggets aficionados, and reposted with thanks to u/armandocalvinisius. one or too many ipa's.