Pierre Sali

[BBall Index @The_BBall_Index]

The top 5 in Two Way Usage

1. Stephon Castle 3.3
2. Andrew Nembhard 2.6
3. Dyson Daniels 2.1
4. Keyonte George 2.0
5. Giannis Antetokounmpo 1.9

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[Stat Defender @statdefender]

Most FGM Per Game In The 2025-26 NBA Playoffs :

1. Jalen Brunson — 10.1 (46.5 FG%)
2. Dillon Brooks — 9.8 (45.9 FG%)
3. Donovan Mitchell — 9.5 (45.1 FG%)
4. Jaylen Brown — 9.3 (45.5 FG%)
5. Cade Cunningham — 9.1 (43.2 FG%)
6. Nikola Jokic — 9.0 (44.6 FG%)
6. RJ Barrett — 9.0 (47.7 FG%)
8. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — 8.8 (46.3 FG%)
9. Tyrese Maxey — 8.7 (45.5 FG%)
10. Paolo Banchero — 8.6 (42.0 FG%)

[Chris Steed @csteed]

If Brad Stevens and Sam Presti are just nerds ruining the game, then lets be consistent.

Belcihick and Andy Reid ruined football.

Tiger and Bryson ruined golf.

Andrew Friedman and the Dodgers ruined baseball.

Liverpool ruined soccer.

Analytics = data interpretation optimizing systems.

Aim the passion at Adam Silver for rules that heavily favor the offense. Universal adoption of FIBA fixes scoring inflation and injury problems.

Virtue signalling about how your favorote team should be shooting volume 16 foot fadeaways because it was ‘beautiful when Kobe did it’ and ‘that’s real hoops’ ain’t it. Billions of dollars at stake, your favorite team wants to maximize offense, under the constraint of the rules.

‘Analytics’ hasnt lost a Finals since 2014, and even Pop was using data for load management back then.

[Jeremias Engelmann @JerryEngelmann]

No player in the NBA lowers the points that his teammates score, while on the court with him, more than Jaylen Brown

He lops off 4 points, per 100, from each of the 4 teammates that share the court with him

[Andy Bailey @AndrewDBailey]

Wins over replacement player over the last six seasons:

1. Nikola Jokić (153.9)
2. Luka Dončić (97.2)
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo (95.0)
4. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (91.3)
5. Stephen Curry (71.6)
6. LeBron James (69.4)
7. Joel Embiid (65.1)
8. Jayson Tatum (64.0)
9. James Harden (62.9)
10. Kevin Durant (62.6)

[Alex Burns @AlexBurnsHoops]

The New Look Bucks:

PG: Ryan Rollins, Kasparas Jakucionis
SG: Tyler Herro, AJ Green, Gary Harris
SF: Jaime Jaquez, (Ousmane Dieng)
PF: Kyle Kuzma, Pete Nance
C: Myles Turner, Kel’el Ware

Picks 10 and 13

Player Options for KPJ, Trent Jr., Prince, Sims

NOP/ATL will own the rights to the Bucks 2027 1st round pick

[Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnor]

Sources say Bucks owner Jimmy Haslam was a driving force in taking the Heat deal for Giannis over Boston’s offer. Haslam didn’t want to risk Jaylen Brown wanting out of Milwaukee in a year after dealing with Giannis and Myles Garrett trade demands. Haslam wanted certainty, and the Miami deal provided more of that with more total assets in return to Milwaukee.

[Jake Fischer @JakeLFischer]

Kasparas Jakucionis was Miami's version of Boston's Hugo Gonzalez hang-up. Had been hearing all day the Heat did not want to part with the Illinois product on top of their Herro-Ware-Jacquez-No. 13 structure. That's an All-Star guard, three recent first-round picks still on rookie deals, a second lottery pick in tomorrow's loaded draft class, plus two more future firsts and a swap... It's really a sizable haul for Giannis Antetokounmpo. Compared to Jaylen Brown and two first-round picks.

[NBARetweet @RTNBA]

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s career with the Milwaukee Bucks:

🦌 10x All-Star
🦌 9x All-NBA
🦌 5x All-Defensive
🦌 1x NBA Champion
🦌 1x FMVP
🦌 2x MVP
🦌 1x DPOY
🦌 1x MIP

Next up, Miami 👀

[Brett Siegel @BrettSiegelNBA]

Full Giannis trade:

Heat get: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bobby Portis

Bucks get: Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, No. 13 pick, 2031 unprotected 1st, 2033 unprotected 1st, 2030 pick swap, 2033 2nd round pick

No third team involved.

[NBA on Real @NBAonReal]

Giannis Antetokounmpo Bucks legacy:

— 2x MVP
— 1x FMVP
— 1x DPOY
— 9x All-NBA team
— 5x All-Def team
— 1x MIP

End of an era.

[Evan Sidery @esidery]

Exactly one year ago today, Tyrese Haliburton’s Achilles tear in Game 7 remains one of the biggest what-if moments in Finals history.

With Haliburton starting off red hot, the Pacers were this close to their first NBA championship in franchise history.

[Rachel Nichols @Rachel__Nichols]

This feels like we’re gonna hear more very, very soon…

[Basketball University @UofBasketball]

Most points in NBA Finals close out game history…

Legendary performance from Brunson

[br_betting @br_betting]

JALEN BRUNSON IS THE FINALS MVP

•POY and won 2 titles at Nova
•Gave up $113M in contract to help Knicks build team
•MVP after breaking 53-year drought

UNREAL 🥹

[Onyx @OnyxOdds]

The 2026 Knicks put together one of the greatest postseasons in sports HISTORY:

- 13 straight wins
- 4 closeout wins on the road
- Most 10+ point wins in a single playoffs
- Most 30+ point wins in a single playoffs
- Highest ORTG of any champion ever

DOMINANT

[Basketball University @UofBasketball]

Playoff Net Rating among the last 40 NBA Champions…

2026 New York Knicks number 1. All time run.

[NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA]

A HISTORIC DOUBLE 🏆🏆

The Knicks become the first team in NBA history to win both the Emirates NBA Cup and the Larry O’Brien Trophy in the same season!

[FanDuel @FanDuel]

Dominated in college.
Dominated in the NBA.

Jalen Brunson is already an ALL TIME GREAT 😤

[Carson Breber @Carsobi]

The Spurs led every single game of that series by double digits after the first quarter. They led three games going into the 4th quarter and were tied in one other. They led every game at some point in the final four minutes.

No precedent for a team losing 4-1 in that fashion.