NBA Official 2026 NBA Playoffs Thread

[SpursFan86]

Thought this was Centel tbh

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048418129974292542

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048422462438650263

 

[BatManu20]

Silver better not spend anybody over this nothing-burger...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048453622141215072

 

[O_V]

True story: Brian Williams, who was called for the foul on Robinson in that clip and then T'd up for his reaction, later changed his name to Bison Dele and abruptly retired from the NBA in 2000, leaving $35 Million on the table to sail the world instead. He was murdered 2 years later along with his girlfriend by his older brother while at sea after setting sail from Tahiti. The bodies were never recovered. Pretty crazy story tbh.

I forgot that's what happened to Bison Dele.

 

[O_V]

Silver better not spend anybody over this nothing-burger...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048453622141215072

It's the only truly black and white rule left in the NBA.

 

[BatManu20]

I forgot that's what happened to Bison Dele.

Yea one of the more bizarre stories that most NBA fans don't know about. Tragic tbh. Investigation Discovery did an entire episode on it. AppleTV did one too called "A Brother's Betrayal."

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/video/dark-waters-murder-in-the-deep-investigation-discovery/screams-of-the-south-pacific

 

[BatManu20]

It's the only truly black and white rule left in the NBA.

Suspending Gobert would ensure this series goes at least 6. Then MIN would basically be in a must-win situation back home for that one because if they allow this thing to go back to DEN for a Game 7, Nuggets are advancing tbh.

 

[Mugen]

If any dumb suspensions are handed out, then Joker has to be one of them. He instigated the whole thing.

Let them play tbh

 

[SpursFan86]

If any dumb suspensions are handed out, then Joker has to be one of them. He instigated the whole thing.

Let them play tbh

Pretty much. Unless there are some other angles that I haven’t seen, suspending Gobert seems absolutely absurd. Jokic is pretty clearly the guy most at fault.

 

[spurraider21]

It's the only truly black and white rule left in the NBA.

Not really

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048456134277861450

 

[BatManu20]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048442880566362166

 

[spurraider21]

If the rule was so black and white Lamelo would have been suspended due to the pistons/hornets brawl

 

[scott]

DEN has a lot to lose if the "leave the bench" rule (which apparently isn't a rule anymore) were enforced.

also "unwritten rules of the game are stupid" and usually quite arbitrary. McDaniels waging psychological warfare, and winning.

 

[SpurPadre]

DEN has a lot to lose if the "leave the bench" rule (which apparently isn't a rule anymore) were enforced.

also "unwritten rules of the game are stupid" and usually quite arbitrary. McDaniels waging psychological warfare, and winning.

I still think McDaniels is a dick but Jokic shouldn’t have taken the bait.

 

[Mugen]

If McDaniels was trolling the Spurs as hard as he’s been trolling the nuggets, I’d be livid tbh

 

[BatManu20]

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If McDaniels was trolling the Spurs as hard as he’s been trolling the nuggets, I’d be livid tbh

Great meme template tbh

 

[scott]

I still think McDaniels is a dick but Jokic shouldn’t have taken the bait.

He's absolutely a dick, but that's his schtick, and Denver is proving not mentally tough enough to handle it.

 

[SpursFan86]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048456134277861450

 

[DAF86]

I love me some peak early 2000's ball.

 

[BatManu20]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048458922000805938