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yeah having the g league as a testing ground for this stuff is nice

only a matter of time now until we see the absurdity of some half injured star playing 20 minutes in a scheduled loss, cherry picking the whole time

continue to feel like there are no victims here and the players have only their union to blame

for example, hali is going to be generationally rich and the pacers are going to save some money to spend on other players. whos the loser here?

they should give me the extra money just an idea

hali could still easily make the cut fwiw, he can miss four more games

it would be good for indy if he didnt make it tho

right I mean who’s rooting for him? his wife? he’ll get the recognition eventually, who cares. jamal murray is probably going to end up being ineligible for all-NBA too, which is best for everyone involved except his agent

certain guys might have to take out a payment plan on their seventh house or whatever I guess

couple good games marred by absence tonight jokic out vs okc and luka and kyrie out vs wolves

i do think all-nba is pretty cool as a historical record, the original sin was tying something so fallible and subject to randomness to compensation in the first place

the cba is byzantine but thats what makes it good, they should add another rule to try to correct this that fucks things up in some other way

it would be good for indy if he didnt make it tho

― lag∞n, Thursday, 1 February 2024

i thought that the difference was kind of irrelevant for cap purposes no?

the money counts towards the cap tho theyll prob be over either way but gotta try to avoid the dreaded luxury tax aprons

i hate the apron so

the first apron im like ok this might not be ideal but its not that bad then out of nowhere heres the second apron and it is just the worst

dont get me started on that second apron ooooh

right I mean who’s rooting for him? his wife? he’ll get the recognition eventually, who cares. jamal murray is probably going to end up being ineligible for all-NBA too, which is best for everyone involved except his agent

i owned an oculus and the novelty wore off in about 1 week and i never put it on my head again. i just dont see this sticking for mass audience but maybe im wrong idk. i just dont want something on my face/head for long stretches of time.

NBA League Pass on the Apple Vision Pro looks incredible. pic.twitter.com/8XFs9CQ9qk

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) February 1, 2024

jordan I am not going to feel bad about someone getting 50 instead of 60 million dollars I’m sorry! and it’s better for the teams anyway. they should just scrap the connection between awards and compensation, let the teams and players negotiate what they’re worth. the supermax thing has already had negative consequences even before the game threshold

xp i haven't used vr/ar enough to develop a strong opinion about it, but that video looks like a deeply unappealing experience!

they should just scrap the connection between awards and compensation

Does the CBA limit or regulate contractual terms for compensation based on league-sponsored awards like MVP, All-Star status, All-NBA, etc? I can't think of any good reasons why it would, but the lawyers on both sides of the CBA negotiations get down into incredibly arcane details about everything connected to money, so I guess it could. It feels like both the teams and players' agents like these kinds of add-ins.

lol kevin oconnor loving a vr commercial too perfect

a true shill

goon cave

vr headsets look fun if you're planning to die alone

if you die in vr you die in real life

one of the reasons it hasnt caught on more

that's how i died

can't believe they bury that in the fine print, seems wrong

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFRPPgLbwAAEbV2?format=jpg&name=large

lmao

since this is all anyone is talking about this week lol

the other thing about the 65 game rule and why it’s fine, is that the NBA isn’t like the NFL where most of the money isn’t guaranteed and you can just be cut any time — once you sign the contract the money is going in the bank barring exceptional circumstances. a guy like hali who has missed both chunks of multiple seasons now is a pretty clear injury risk and it seems pretty reasonable that the *next* contract he signs should be reflective of that in some way.

one thing I don’t remember about the CBA and how this all works — do the all-NBA bonuses only apply prospectively, like hali missing out on awards this year means his entire next contract can’t be for the supermax? or can making all-NBA next year or the year after also trigger it?

the former, you have to have made all nba within the previous three seasons to signing a supermax iirc

right I guess that’s basically what happened with steph

i think steph was before the that rule, he signed a contract for less than the was allowed to iirc

ie not a max deal, wild stuff

it’s two of the three previous seasons right? or am i making that up.

i think its just one, like jaylen got the supermax and he only made one

ahhhh both are kind of true:

(A) Player was named to All-NBA First, Second or Third team in most reason season or both of the two seasons prior to the most recent season.

Based on 2021 offseason, player was named to any All-NBA team in 2020-21 OR was named to any All-NBA team in 2018-19 AND 2019-20.

(B) Player was named the Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) in most reason reason or both of the two season prior to the most recent season.

Based on 2021 offseason, player was named to DPOY in 2020-21 OR was named as DPOY in 2018-19 AND 2019-20.

(C) Player was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in any of the three most recent seasons.

Based on 2021 offseason, player was named as MVP in 2018-19, 2019-20 or 2020-21.

ah there u go

25+ years of pace and efficiency history for the NBA.

The logo tracks the league average.

Faster pace is to the left, better offense is up.

Interesting to watch the league follow the Warriors’ lead up and to the left over the past 5 years. pic.twitter.com/S0qQANk7cp

— Mike Beuoy (@inpredict) February 3, 2024

Don Nelson the OG

adam silver saw offense dip one year and was like "never again"

. https://t.co/7FDfACBOx9 pic.twitter.com/Snb9Y35LL9

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 13, 2024

celtics nets playing back to back in brooklyn and boston, the league will do this but not same teams back to back in one location, odd

even tho they do play consecutive games with the same teams in the same location now

Incredible fact: The West has had more All-NBA players in every single one of the past 25 seasons pic.twitter.com/dliCd4HP32

— Lev Akabas (@LevAkabas) February 28, 2024

they should make the east have 4 rounds before the finals or something

why is it like this

west is the best, east is the least, just geography can’t avoid it

12 to 3 in 2015 my lord