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The slam dunk contest is boring. We’ve seen the high flyers for 40+ years. Human physiology hasn’t changed enough that we can do something new, it’s just more of the same every year.

The 1 on 1 contest would bring a lot of excitement to the weekend. It would be extremely competitive due to fragile egos, and allow for homerism. Imagine Carmelo winning against LeBron and arguments of “Melo’s the better pure basketball player” vs “Bron makes his teammates better and impacts winning more.”

Get Anthony Edwards, Luka, SGA, KD etc in it and it’s guaranteed box office.

 

It would take about 34-35 million for Houston to go over the 2nd apron. But, even then, they could dump a Capela, an Adams, or a DFS to duck under. Yeah, Amen is going to be a RFA in 2027, so this could be a factor. His max is going to be around 43.6 million. They could let FVV and DFS walk. This could put them under the 2nd apron by 11 million, but they sacrifice some depth, but still have a solid 8-man rotation. They have a much higher likelihood of keeping their RFA than Denver does. So their cap situation it, 2026-2027 is tight for matching 35 million for Eason, but it's doable, and Eason getting 32.2 in 27-28 (descending contract) doesn't affect paying Thompson up to a max deal. They benefit from their top paid player making less than 50, and their second highest paid player making less than 40.

 

Yeah but if you bring the stars you bring the luster back.

 

Who did Dort try to injure? I know he had the little jersey pulling thing with LeBron, but Dort is Klutch too, so I don't put anything into that .
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Wemby would beat everybody 1 on 1 you can’t see over him. You can’t shoot over him. He can recover and block your shot.

He can shoot over you. He can dribble around you. And he step back shoot behind you.

I would bet some money on Curry 1 on 1. He’s crafty enough and can shoot anywhere on the court.

 

I don't know bro..We are supposedly interested in Watson from Denver too..now Arenas is also Klutch, so that's including Thiero, and Vando, 4 Rich Paul clients here...throw in Dort....that might start a mini riot on this board.

 

I saw him with my own eyes in real time and then with slo mo replays …. have plenty of time to stop. Seriously. But instead keep going with his momentum aimed right at one of Wemby’s planted legs in the key looking for a rebound or something. One of those semi spread stances with his nearest leg to Dort exposed at 90 degrees to his momentum. Smack right into that leg and it easily could have ended his season. He went down as it was and was grabbing his knee a bit. The next face of the league possibly quality of player and he did that to him. I think Spurs beat them that night.

 

Oh Wemby..I didn't see it..thought I saw him dapping it up with Wemby after their last game tho..not sure

If you are talking about this play...I don't know LT..that's kind of iffy..yeah. he bumped into him, I'm not sure that was a malicious as it's being portrayed tho.

probably why nothing came from the league about it, I'm sure that play got looked at.

 

Breaks hand, sidelined indefinitely
February 21, 2026
Brooks will be sidelined indefinitely after sustaining a broken left hand in Saturday's win over the Magic, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.

 

haha lol bro. And if Lebron resigns. Watch out now!!!!

 

Yes that one. What do your eyes say? He didn’t have to make contact like that. Skinny as Wemby is because he’s so long that “could” have really done damage.

 

The players are supposed to take special precautions, because Wemby is skinny as hell, with toothpick legs? I don't see the big deal tbh, again I noticed that the League, didn't think that was some kind of big deal either. Spurs fans, are even more whiny and annoying ,than Rockets fans IMO. Somebody is always out to get them, when they have a decent team.

 

Mark Walter making moves.... I wonder why they are mentioning Lebron?

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47999734/lakers-plan-major-price-hikes-tickets-2026-27-season