![[Charania] San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama has won the 2025-26 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. He is the youngest player in league history to win the award.](https://external-preview.redd.it/AMOAlm6mfuHwikFxi6Vhe3HI7SRnNfmAEjSCwNgT32g.png?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c1c91e7e83728c9cffcea439f0321be6a77266c7)
Shams Charania:
San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama has won the 2025-26 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. He is the youngest player in league history to win the award.
Bam finished tied for 11th in DPOY voting and based on voters who have publicly stated their votes he is projected between 13th-16th in defensive team voting.
Projected first Team: Wemby, Chet, Ausar, Gobert, Barnes
Projected second team: White, Wallace, Daniels, Amen, Duren
Tobin the JOVIC-DUDE hype machine ended up being a failure like every other hype machine created by Tobin. Now we are stuck with a Jovic-Dude that doesn’t even play.
Shabazz Napier
Justise Winslow
Omer Yurtseven
Deon Waiters
Etc.
i miss kevin love. he wouldve been the locker room vet this team needs. all of our good teams have had vets on them. shane battier. haslem. zo and payton. amare stoudimaire. james johnson. andre iguodala.
the moment he got traded away, i felt this was gonna have some ramifications and i wasnt wrong. this man was true heat culture
I know there will more than likely be some player movement FROM this past years squad, and that can be addressed in a number of ways. Not really what I want to get into here
My optimal target would be depth at the big man spot. This was obviously felt over the course of last year. I want ware to have a chance to be the guy at the 5 this upcoming year, so I think it would make sense to sign someone as a backup here
Source: https://www.rosegardenreport.com/trail-blazers-two-way-players-watching-playoff-run-from-home/
The Trail Blazers had many season-saving wins in an up-and-down year on the way to the first-round matchup against the San Antonio Spurs that begins Sunday night.
Near the top of that list is a Nov. 21 road victory over the Golden State Warriors that snapped a four-game losing skid as injuries started to catch up with the Blazers all at once.
In that game, with the opening-night starting backcourt of Jrue Holiday and Shaedon Sharpe both dealing with calf injuries, it was rookie two-way guard Caleb Love that stepped up. Love played 37 minutes that night, scoring a career-high 26 points and hitting six three-pointers to help the Blazers outlast the Warriors and pick up a much-needed win to right the ship.
It was the first in a string of big performances for Love, who took full advantage of Portland's bleak injury situation to establish himself as an NBA-caliber player and help keep the team afloat.
The Blazers would not be in the playoffs without Love. Now that they've made it, he can't play because two-ways aren't eligible for the postseason.
And in a move that could only be attributed to more cost-cutting measures from new owner Tom Dundon, Love and the Blazers' other two-ways, Chris Youngblood and Jayson Kent, did not travel to San Antonio with the team for Games 1 and 2 and will be watching from home in Portland.
This is well outside of standard practice in the NBA. All seven other road teams on the first weekend this year's playoffs brought their two-way players to the games even though they can't play, sources close to those teams confirmed. They may be stuck in street clothes, but they're still being treated like they're part of their teams.
In what world does it make sense for Bill to change his vote from JJJr to Keldon Johnson because we lost in the play-in?
This is the same dude that put Kon over Flagg for RoY because Kon made the play-in tournament.
So losing while playing great puts you down, but barely winning and then losing while shitting the bed both games gives you an advantage?
Not to mention its a regular season award and the tournament should have no effect.
Heat :Get two 1st round picks and Ja morant
Memphis:1st round pick 2 second round picks Miles bridges and grant Williams
Hornets:Get Bam Adebayo
Charlotte gets:
Bam Adebayo
Miami gets:
Miles Bridges ($23m expiring), Grant Williams ($14m expiring), Josh Green ($14m expiring), 2026 Charlotte FRP (14th best odds), 2027 Miami FRP, 2027 Dallas FRP, 2029 Charlotte FRP
I would like to see the new lottery rules before pulling the trigger on a deal like this, but if Miami were to move off Adebayo, this return seems more than fair.
glad we made that Play In!!
We know which day Pat Riley will speak?.
Someone who was part of the team, contributed, maybe had some great moments in Miami, but left in a way where it felt unfinished. No farewell game, no tribute video, they were just gone. Who deserved a better send-off than they got?
| Away | Home | Score | TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magic | Pistons | 6:30 pm ET | NBC, Peacock |
| 76ers | Celtics | 1:00 pm ET | ABC |
| Suns | Thunder | 3:30 pm ET | ABC |
| Trail Blazers | Spurs | 9:00 pm ET | NBC, Peacock |
Everyone talks about Heat Culture but what's a specific moment - a play, a game, a behind the scenes thing, something you saw in person - that you point to when someone asks what that actually means? Not the slogan, the real thing. The moment where you saw it and thought "yeah, that's why this franchise is different."