Now ask me if Dallas proposed that Luka deal to Charlotte, would Adam Silver have vetoed that nonsense? Probably so. LA? Hell no. But the lottery outcomes are just the goofy-ass system they've created, and it's only rigged to the extent that these ****ty franchises still have low odds. That's the "rigging" - it's in front of your face by how it's set up, not behind closed doors.

He wouldn't have vetoed a single trade proposed by one team to another team agreed to by both. Doesn't matter what teams they were or what the deal was. The NBA has only ever vetoed a single trade as a consequence of the balance of players being traded and that's because the NBA was the de facto owner of the team trading a star player. That trade prevented that star player going to the Los Angeles Lakers at a time it would have made the Lakers the clear championship favorite.

They have zero interest in whether a trade is balanced or fair from a talent perspective, just whether or not it means salary requirements, pick trading limitations, and timing (i.e. if they discover it was negotiated during a closed trading window, or if it was submitted after a trading window closed).


The lottery is not rigged. EY has a reputational risk. The lottery ball manufacturer has even greater reputational risk. If it is demonstrated that their machines are rigged for the NBA their entire business is done and they do WAY more revenue by having a basic monopoly on lottery draws across the country.

Suggs is a good shout.

It's hard because we don't really know what Kyrie's value is. Would the return be another semi-distressed asset, which I thinks includes Suggs because of his injury history. I looked at teams that aren't quite complete teams that could really use a primary ball handler for their clutch minutes. I'm also not even looking at salaries, that's too much work lol.

Houston could use him, but they wouldn't give up Durant, and do Durant and Kyrie want to play together again? Reed Sheppard is the prototypical Mav of the past 30 years if you know what I'm sayin lol.

Phoenix needs someone like him, but would the return only be Jalen Green? I'm completely out on Green, I just think he's a losing player. Dillon Brooks? Guy decided he's Demar Derozan with 3 point shooting this season lol.

The Pelicans could use him if they want help now and think Fears could use the mentorship. Would the return be Trey Murphy (probably too valuable) or would it be Zion if they wanted to move on?

Would Dallas do a Ja swap with Memphis?

Atlanta would probably love to have a guy like Kyrie, but they don't really have anybody worth a straight swap unless they throw in a pick. Someone like Dyson Daniels who is awful offensively lol. They will probably be drafting a guard this year in the draft, so Kyrie can help with their new guy.

If anyone hasn't cast their vote yet, I think flagg will get their vote after tonight

Rough night for the Kon truthers lol.

That was abysmal from Kon tonight. While I like Kon a lot and think he's great, my personal opinion is that the turnaround in Charlotte is probably 50% LaMelo being healthy and deciding to grow up a bit on the court, 30% Brandon Miller taking a massive jump to becoming a legit dude more nights than not, and 20% Kon being a complete sniper shooter. Mikes Bridges and Diabate also fit incredibly well together and are defensive stalwarts.

It's a big difference knocking down regular season 3s against crap teams and hitting them against good teams and knocking them down when teams game plan to stop you. For Kon this is his percentage from deep against the top teams in the league.


Det - 37.9
Bos - 36.4
NY - 30.3

OKC - 58.3
SA - 28.6
Den - 28.6

The OKC numbers are skewed by low volume and the weird January 5th game where the Hornets blew out the Thunder.

I think he's a fine player, but his ceiling is limited until he shows he has the ability to create off the dribble. If he can figure that out, he has peak Klay Thompson potential.

Looks like the mavericks got rid of a bigggg problem! Good for them! The truth will always come to light.

— Kyle Van Noy (@KVN_03) April 16, 2026

Had no idea the Mavs fired the Director of health and performance this week until I saw this from KVN being retweeted. Apparently the same guy was in New England when KVN was there and they had a ton of health issues.

Hopefully we can get back on track in this area.

Is there a combination of groveling and/or money whipping that could convince Casey Smith to come back? I think it's obvious by now who must have been the problem in his conflict with Nico.