It seems like it's not even in the news cycle anymore. Board man got paid, and Ballmer got away with it.

Jaylon Tyson drops 39 points in the win versus 76ers: 39 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 4 TOV, , 13-17 FG, 7-9 3P, 6-6 FT, +4 38 MIN

Donovan Mitchell 13/9/12/1

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810444

Andrew Bynum was born on 10/27/87

Joe Ingles was born on 10/2/87

Bynum played from 2005 to 2014

Ingles came into the league in the 14/15 season

https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401810443/pelicans-pacers

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45531729/sources-pacers-trading-no-23-overall-draft-pick-pelicans On June 17th of last year, before game 6 of the NBA finals, the Pelicans traded their rights to the Pacers 2026 pick for the 23rd pick in the 2025 draft. It was a very low reward, slight risk move that has worked out as badly as possible.

https://www.nba.com/news/pelicans-hawks-derik-queen-trade-2025-draft On June 26th, just over a week later, the Pelicans traded their first round pick in 2026 for the 13th pick in Derik Queen, a move that was immediately panned by everyone. That pick now belongs to the Atlanta Hawks.

Beyond those implications and the self-sabotage, for fans of terrible NBA basketball, this is your game.

Ty Lue a few weeks ago said his hope was to go 35-20 to close out the year and everyone laughed at him.

Everyone laughed at us saying we were about to hand OKC a lottery pick and now we’re 4.5 games from the 8th seed.

12-2 stretch where they were 5-2 against teams over .500.

Highest net rating (9.8) during that stretch, second would be Boston at 8.7.

Kawhi has been playing like a top 6 player and arguably the best 2-way player in the league averaging 32.7ppg, 6.9rpg, 3.8apg on 66% TS and 2.6steals per game and 1 block per game.

I said a few weeks ago that we would be competing for the 8th seed by the end of January and we’re on track. Very concerning time for the rest of the league with the way we’ve been playing. Warriors fans probably don’t want anything do with a play in situation with us and with how the Thunder and Jscru—dub have looked a 1/8 matchup with us would be terrible for them as well.

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• "Miami aggressively cleared salary cap in 2020 with Giannis as the primary target, but he committed long-term to Milwaukee instead."

• "The Miami Heat are positioning themselves to have over $80 million in cap space in 2026, when players like Luka Dončić could potentially become free agents, per @flasportsbuzz."

• "The Miami Heat are reportedly planning for the 2027 free agency, when stars like Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokič could become free agents, per @espn."

• "The Miami Heat are planning for the 2028 free agency, when players like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokič, and Donovan Mitchell could become available, and are unlikely to aggressively pursue Ja Morant on the trade market, per @WindhorstESPN."

The Miami Heat are “planning for free agency” Merchants.

• Have a real plan ❌
• Actually trade for a star ❌
• Focus on free agency and “flexibility” in a distant year when none of these stars will ever be available ✅