NBA: 2025 - 2026 Season

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I wanted to go ahead get the thread started for the upcoming NBA season. I wanted to continue the tradition set by dearly departed friend (RIP John).
So in the next few days I will post the draft results and most of the major trades that have occurred this offseason
 
Here are the draft results from this year's draft

First Round​


1. Mavericks draft Cooper Flagg (Duke)


2. Spurs draft Dylan Harper (Rutgers)


3. 76ers draft VJ Edgecombe (Baylor)


4. Hornets draft Kon Knueppel (Duke)


5. Jazz draft Ace Bailey (Rutgers)


6. Wizards draft Tre Johnson (Texas)


7. Pelicans draft Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma)


8. Nets draft Egor Demin (BYU)


9. Raptors draft Collin Murray-Boyles (South Carolina)


10. Rockets draft Khaman Maluach (Duke) – Traded to Suns


11. Trail Blazers draft Cedric Coward (Washington State) – Traded to Grizzlies


12. Bulls draft Noa Essengue (Ratiopharm Ulm)


13. Hawks draft Derik Queen (Maryland) – Traded to Pelicans


14. Spurs draft Carter Bryant (Arizona)


15. Thunder draft Thomas Sorber (Georgetown)


16. Grizzlies draft Yang Hansen (Qingdao) – Traded to Trail Blazers


17. Timberwolves draft Joan Beringer (Cedevita Olimpija)


18. Wizards draft Walter Clayton Jr. (Florida) – Traded to Jazz


19. Nets draft Nolan Traoré (Saint-Quentin BB)


20. Heat draft Kasparas Jakučionis (Illinois)


21. Jazz draft Will Riley (Illinois) – Traded to Wizards


22. Hawks draft Drake Powell (North Carolina) – Traded to Nets


23. Pelicans draft Asa Newell (Georgia) – Traded to Hawks


24. Thunder draft Nique Clifford (Colorado State) – Traded to Kings


25. Magic draft Jase Richardson (Michigan State)


26. Nets draft Ben Saraf (Ratiopharm Ulm)


27. Nets draft Danny Wolf (Michigan)


28. Celtics draft Hugo González (Real Madrid)


29. Suns draft Liam McNeeley (Connecticut) – Traded to Hornets


30. Clippers draft Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Penn State)

Second Round​


31. Timberwolves draft Rasheer Fleming (St. Joseph’s) – Traded to Suns


32. Celtics draft Noah Penda (Le Mans Sarthe Basket) – Traded to Magic


33. Hornets draft Sion James (Duke)


34. Hornets draft Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)


35. 76ers draft Johni Broome (Auburn)


36. Nets draft Adou Thiero (Arkansas) – Traded to Lakers (via Suns & Wolves)


37. Pistons draft Chaz Lanier (Tennessee)


38. Spurs draft Kam Jones (Marquette) – Traded to Pacers


39. Raptors draft Alijah Martin (Florida)


40. Wizards draft Micah Peavy (Georgetown) – Traded to Pelicans


41. Warriors draft Koby Brea (Kentucky) – Traded to Suns


42. Kings draft Maxime Raynaud (Stanford)


43. Wizards draft Jamir Watkins (Florida State)


44. Thunder draft Brooks Barnhizer (Northwestern)


45. Bulls draft Rocco Zikarsky (Brisbane) – Traded to Wolves (via Lakers)


46. Magic draft Amari Williams (Kentucky) – Traded to Celtics


47. Bucks draft Bogoljub Marković (Mega Basket)


48. Grizzlies draft Javon Small (West Virginia)


49. Cavaliers draft Tyrese Proctor (Duke)


50. Knicks draft Kobe Sanders (Nevada) – Traded to Clippers


51. Clippers draft Mohamed Diawara (Cholet Basket) – Traded to Knicks


52. Suns draft Alex Toohey (Sydney Kings) – Traded to Warriors


53. Jazz draft John Tonje (Wisconsin)


54. Pacers draft Taelon Peter (Liberty)


55. Lakers draft Lachlan Olbrich (Illawarra Hawks) – Traded to Bulls


56. Grizzlies draft Will Richard (Florida) – Traded to Warriors


57. Magic draft Max Shulga (VCU) – Traded to Celtics


58. Cavaliers draft Saliou Niang (Trento)


59. Rockets draft Jahmai Mashack (Tennessee) – Traded to Grizzlies (via Warriors & Suns)
 
Here are the majority of trades during this current offseason

Nuggets trade Saric to Kings for Valanciunas (July 13)​


Nuggets get:


  • Jonas Valančiūnas

Kings get:


  • Dario Šarić




Spurs trade for Olynyk, Wizards get Branham (July 9)​


Spurs get:


  • Kelly Olynyk

Wizards get:


  • Malaki Branham
  • Blake Wesley
  • 2026 second-round pick




Nets trade for Porter Jr., Nuggets get Johnson (July 8)​


Nets get:


  • Michael Porter Jr.
  • 2032 first-round pick

Nuggets get:


  • Cam Johnson



Schröder to Kings via sign-and-trade (July 7)​


Kings get:


  • Dennis Schröder
  • 2029 second-round pick

Pistons get:


  • 2026 second-round pick (protected)





Clippers land Collins, Heat get Powell in 3-team deal (July 7)​


Heat get:


  • Norman Powell (via Clippers)

Clippers get:


  • John Collins (via Jazz)

Jazz get:


  • Kevin Love (via Heat)
  • Kyle Anderson (via Heat)
  • 2027 second-round pick (via Clippers)





Pistons add Robinson in sign-and-trade (July 7)​


Pistons receive:


  • Duncan Robinson

Heat receive:


  • Simone Fontecchio




Blazers get Holiday, Celtics land Simons (July 7)​


Blazers receive:


  • Jrue Holiday

Celtics receive:


  • Anfernee Simons





Celtics trade Porziņģis to Hawks (July 7)​


Hawks receive:


  • Kristaps Porziņģis
  • 2026 second-round pick (via Celtics)

Celtics receive:


  • Georges Niang (via Hawks)
  • 2031 second-round pick
  • Cash considerations (via Nets)

Nets receive:


  • Terance Mann
  • Drake Powell (No. 22 overall)




Durant traded to Rockets in historic 7-team deal (July 6)​


Rockets receive:


  • Kevin Durant
  • Clint Capela

Suns receive:


  • Jalen Green (via Rockets)
  • Dillon Brooks (via Rockets)
  • Khaman Maluach (No. 10 overall)
  • Rasheer Fleming (No. 31 overall)
  • Koby Brea (No. 41 overall)
  • Daeqwon Plowden (via Hawks)
  • 2026 second-round pick
  • 2032 second-round pick

Nets receive:


  • 2026 second-round pick
  • 2030 second-round pick

Warriors receive:


  • Alex Toohey (No. 52 overall)
  • Jahmai Mashack (No. 59 overall)

Hawks receive:


  • David Roddy (via Rockets)
  • 2031 second-round pick
  • Cash

Lakers receive:


  • Adou Thiero (No. 36 overall)
  • Cash

Timberwolves receive:


  • Rocco Zikarsky (No. 45 overall)
  • 2026 second-round pick
  • 2032 second-round pick
  • Cash




McCollum traded to Wizards (July 6)​


Pelicans receive:


  • Jordan Poole
  • Saddiq Bey
  • Micah Peavy (No. 40 overall)

Wizards receive:


  • Cam Whitmore
  • CJ McCollum
  • Kelly Olynyk
  • 2027 second-round pick

Rockets receive:


  • Mojave King (No. 47 overall)
  • 2026 second-round pick
  • 2029 second-round pick




Bucks send Connaughton to Hornets (July 6)​


Hornets receive:


  • Pat Connaughton
  • 2031 second-round pick
  • 2032 second-round pick

Bucks receive:


  • Vasa Micić



Cavaliers trade for Lonzo Ball (July 6)​


Cavaliers receive:


  • Lonzo Ball

Bulls receive:


  • Isaac Okoro




Pacers acquire Huff (July 6)​


Pacers receive:


  • Jay Huff

Grizzlies receive:


  • 2029 second-round pick
  • 2031 second-round pick swap



Hornets trade Williams to Suns (June 30)​


Suns receive:


  • Mark Williams

Hornets receive:


  • Vasa Micić
  • Liam McNeeley (No. 29 overall)
  • 2029 first-round pick (least favorable of CLE, MIN and UTA)

Official release: Suns | Hornets



Jazz trade Sexton to Hornets (June 30)​


Hornets receive:


  • Collin Sexton
  • 2030 second-round pick

Jazz receive:


  • Jusuf Nurkić
 
Well the NBA season opened tonight with the defending champs the OKC Thunder facing our departed friend JMBM01's beloved Houston Rockets. The Thunder were able to pull out a 125-124 win in double OT as Jabari Smith missed a shot with time winding to secure the win. Great start to the season
 
So we have gone through the 1st week of the season and this started good but then gambling scandal hit and Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones were arrested by the Feds for illegal gambling and participating in high stakes poker games run by the mafia. After the opening game and the game Wemby had the NBA was looking pretty good. To have a black eye that happen is a very bad look. Especially since it leaked out that Damon Jones and Billups leaked info when players would not be playing. We'll have to see what the fallout from this is.
 
So it seems like the betting stuff has died down for now so the games have been the focus. About nine games in there have been a few surprises like the Lakers & Blazers being good.
LAL are 7-2 7 the Blazer are 5-3.
Ja Morant doing Ja Morant has been not surprising.
New Orleans being win less with Zion playing is a surprise as well.
Houston is doing fairly well with the tree lineup. KD looks rejuvenated. Alperen Sengun looks All-NBA
Wemby is dangerous
OKC is looking dynastic and Jalen Williams is still out. Ajay Mitchell has come out of now where for them
To me this is shaping up to be a good year. My Knicks are starting to round into form.
TBH I won't really start paying attention to the NBA until December but so far so good.
 
Well it looks like the Mavericks are going to fire Nico Harrison
 
Well Atlanta traded Trae Young to the Wizards for CJ McCollum & Korey Kispert. No draft picks involved. This is a salary dump as Young has a 49 million dollar option for next year. They have a losing record with in the line up and they are going to build around Jalen Johnson. He wanted to go Washington because he will get to be the guy and they will have issue with picking up his option if he plays well for them. He will probably open up their offenses but they will have to find a way to hide a short non athletic disinterested defender
 
I having been keeping this thread up to date as the NFL was going on but as the NFL winds down it's time to get into the NBA. So we are close to the trade deadline and there have been a lot of trades. The one trade that most are looking for Giannis to someone has not happened yet but here's all of the trades that have happened in the last few days:
NY Knicks traded Guerschon Yabusele to Chicago Bulls Dalen Terry
GS Warriors traded Jonathan Kuminga & Buddy Hield to Atlanta for Kristaps Porzingis
GS Warriors traded Trayce Jackson-Davis to the Toronto Raptors for 2026 2nd rd pick
Orlando Magic traded Tryus Jones to the Charlotte Hornets for cash considerations and 2 2nd rd picks
Utah Jazz traded the rights to Balsa Koprivica to OKC for cash considerations
Utah Jazz traded Jock Landale to the Atlanta Hawks for cash considerations
Cleveland Cavaliers traded Alonzo Ball to the Utah Jazz for 2 2nd picks
In a 3 way trade the LA Clippers sent Chris Pal to the Toronto Raptors. The Brooklyn Nets receive Ochai Agbaji, a 2032 2nd rd pick and cash. The Clippers received the rights from Vanja Marinkovic
Charlotte Hornets traded Mason Plumlee to OKC for Ousmane Dieng
Chicago Bulls traded Coby White & Mike Conley Jr. to the Charlotte Hornets for Collim Sexton, Ousmane Dieng & 3 2nd rd picks
Dallas Mavericks traded Anthony Davis, Jaden Hardy, D'Angelo Russell & Dante Exum to the Washington Wizards for Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, 2 1st rd picks & 302nd rd picks
Philadelphia 76ers traded Jared McCain to OKC for the Houston Rockets 2026 1st rd pick & 3 2nd rd picks
LA Clippers traded James Harden to Cleveland Cavaliers for Darius Garland and a 2nd rd pick
Chicago Bulls traded Nikola Vucevic to the Boston Celtics for Anfernee Simons & a 2nd rd pick
Chicago Bulls were involved in a 3 team trade with Detroit & Minnesota
Chicago receives Jaden Ivey & Mike Conley Jr ( who was traded to the Hornets) Detroit received Dario Saric, Kevin Huerter and a 2026 1st rd protected pick swap with Minnseota. Minnesota recieved cap space
Memphis Grizzlies traded Jaren Jackson Jr.. John Konchar, Jock Landale ( who was traded to ATL) & Vince Williams Jr to Utah for Walter Clayton Jr., Kyle Anderson, Taylor Handricks, George Niang & 3 future 1st rd picks
Atlanta Hawks traded Vit Krejci to Portland for Duop Reath & 2 future 2nd rd picks
Cleveland Cavaliers, Sacramento Kings & Chicago Bulls had a 3 team trade:
Sacramento received De'Andre Hunter from Cleveland
Cleveland received Dennis Schroder & Keon Ellis from Sacramento
Chicago received Dario Saric (who was traded to Detriot) & 2 2nd rd picks from Sacramento
That's a lot of trades. I'm pretty sure there will be a few more today before the deadline. I will give my thoughts on some of these big trades tomorrow
 
HOLY ****
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I'll check how players who played for the University of Kentucky are doing a few times a season and I saw where Bam started shooting more 3s but I literally never even considered he could score 60. To have the second highest scoring game in NBA history when I almost exclusively remember him as a defensive focused player is ****ing insane!
Looking at the highlights Kobes 81 was definitely more impressive but this still might go down as the most unexpected game in NBA history.
 

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