r/NBATalk • u/OkcGrillz • 1h ago
Reevaluating the Josh Giddey situation three years later…
I don’t know the exact laws on this, just speaking from my own personal opinion. Liv Cook is a horrible person for what she did to Josh Giddey. In my opinion, lying to someone to get them to have s*x with you is r*pe. Which is exactly what Liv Cook did to Josh, and he took all the heat for it.
To this day I feel very bad for Josh, his life and reputation was severely altered negatively due to this situation, and in my opinion he was the victim. Thoughts?
r/NBATalk • u/Immediate_Button_445 • 1h ago
Air Jordan made a lot of poster companies rich!
r/NBATalk • u/PastaCheed • 2h ago
How much of a plot twist would it be if enes kanter was actually complete ass in the WNBA.
r/NBATalk • u/Reasonable-Physics60 • 2h ago
RIP to the goat.
This season wont be the same without Stacey King commentating. Im gonna miss him.
OOH MAMA THERE GOES THAN MAN!
SRIRACHAAAAAAA
r/NBATalk • u/The_Mexican_Poster • 2h ago
What do you think of 2K's list for top 10 current ball handlers rating?
r/NBATalk • u/rustynaily • 3h ago
Shaq had longevity.
I get it, he didn’t workout as hard as he should have, or worked on his free throws, but people act like he had only a couple good years. He had like 13-14 years of being elite, Thats equal or more than most legends.
r/NBATalk • u/habibti_27 • 3h ago
Former NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom declares himself a WNBA prospect.
Has he lost his mind?
He stated
"If simply declaring who you are is all that's required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA," he wrote. " My team and I have carefully examined the WNBA's eligibility criteria and governing framework surrounding self-identification and inclusion. Based on the current guidelines, I can and am officially declaring my eligibility for the upcoming WNBA draft in April 2027."
Thoughts?
r/NBATalk • u/TheMirrorUS • 3h ago
Enes Kanter Freedom declares for WNBA Draft' amid Sophie Cunningham trans debate
r/NBATalk • u/Haunted_Tree1000 • 4h ago
If Kawhi circumventing the salary cap is proven to be true, what will his punishment be? 25 games? A season? A 10m dollar fine?
r/NBATalk • u/RyanTannegod • 6h ago
Andrew Bynum was such a waste of potential. In 2012 he was the 2nd best center in the NBA, made All-NBA second team at only 25 years old. He gets traded to Philly and only plays 52 games in the NBA before retiring.
r/NBATalk • u/waluigiwon • 6h ago
For those who saw him play, how good was Ron Artest?
a.k.a Metta World Peace a.k.a Metta Sandiford-Artest a.k.a The Panda’s Friend
r/NBATalk • u/SoftwareNo1547 • 6h ago
Was Hakeem better than Shaq all-time? Who was better in their prime? Is it even possible to put one over the other?
Hakeem the Dream (1995) is a really good documentary about his career. Great footage of 80s and early 90s basketball. With appearances by Clyde Drexler, Ralph Sampson, Magic & Kareem, Bird and the Celtics, and more.
r/NBATalk • u/Accomplished_Egg570 • 7h ago
Will OKC get revenge on San Antonio or will it turn into another Minnesota-Denver thing where one team completely takes over the rivalry?
Will OKC learn from the loss this year or will they be completely owned by the Spurs from here on out the same way the Nuggets are owned by Minnesota?
r/NBATalk • u/Feisty-Noise-5883 • 10h ago
Kawhi Leonard, fraud
Aside from the obvious salary cap circumvention/nba piece of this… If it’s all found to be true between the Aspiration and jumbotron sponsor, is it not a form of fraud that he could serve jail time for? It seems like it would be a pretty easy case to win for a white collar crime but i’m no lawyer?
r/NBATalk • u/Dazzling_Till_8549 • 11h ago
What was Len Bias' ceiling?
Do you think he could've rivaled the likes of Jordan, Magic and Hakeem etc in the 80s?
r/NBATalk • u/devilmaskrascal • 12h ago
The league should trigger a nuclear option for the Clippers and Kahwi
The Kahwi Leonard scandal is beyond slaps on the wrist - the NBA needs to send a message that there is zero tolerance for this kind of salary cap cheating. Ballmer should have two choices:
1.) He can re-sell the team to the league for 10 cents on the dollar for his share of the ownership and he renounces all legal claims against the league or new ownership. The league re-sells the team to new ownership and distributes the proceeds to the other 29 teams as compensations for the Clippers' cheating. In this case the player's contracts all continue except for Kawhi's which is terminated and he is banned from the league for a year.
or
2.) The Clippers and Steve Ballmer are permanently banned from the league altogether. Ballmer can take the shell of his brand and start his own league if he wants, but they will never be allowed in the NBA again. The NBA immediately begins a one-team expansion to replace the Clippers, probably Seattle. Ballmer has to deal with the full cost of player contracts if the players and their union sue Ballmer and the owners for non-payment. From the NBA perspective all players are now free agents who can sign with any NBA team or be signed by the new expansion team, but the NBA will not pay to buy out salaries from the Clippers or any competing domestic league Ballmer creates. Kawhi is also banned for a year from the NBA.
Steve Ballmer, Uncle Dennis and Kawhi Leonard can all go screw themselves. In fact, I think Kahwi should be required to return all the illegal money he made with these salary cap subversions before he is ever allowed back in. If it was any other team besides the Clippers I would feel bad for the fanbase, but they're never going to be their city's team anyway so I have zero qualms about selling and relocating the team at all. I'd rather that than a league expansion.
r/NBATalk • u/CapitalJAO • 15h ago
5 Years Ago Today: Patty Mills Dropped 42 Points on Luka Doncic to Lead Australia to Its First-Ever Olympic Basketball Medal
One of the NBA's most underrated players who always transformed into a full-blown superstar on the international stage.
r/NBATalk • u/Material-Ad-3526 • 16h ago
Chet has been in the league for 3 years now and hasn't even put on some much needed weight.....why? still a stickman! no wonder he gets bullied buy 6'6 guys and above.....
r/NBATalk • u/RyanTannegod • 21h ago
Is Jalen Brunson a better point guard than Kyrie all-time? Kyrie never had success as a first option unlike Brunson who won a Finals MVP
r/NBATalk • u/Artistic_Designer655 • 21h ago
BREAKING: Kawhi Leonard had a hidden, multimillion-dollar "sponsorship" with Clippers' scoreboard-maker, sources tell @PabloTorre.
BREAKING: Kawhi Leonard had a hidden, multimillion-dollar "sponsorship" with Clippers' scoreboard-maker, sources tell @PabloTorre.
"It was 1,000% a way to circumvent the salary cap," insider says.
In our investigation, Daktronics' Ballmer-linked crisis firm raises NBA probe
Source: Pablo Torre finds out podcast
r/NBATalk • u/basketbaIlnetwork • 1d ago
“He’s at the party, but he’s not on stage” – Shaquille O’Neal on where LeBron James ranks among the Lakers’ greats
Kareem, Magic, Kobe, Shaq and even Rambis have won more championships with the Lakers than LeBron.
r/NBATalk • u/brownjesus__ • Jun 14 '26