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Daily Discussion Thread + Game Thread Index

M.Harrell “I went to China for 2 months: I hated that sh*t. I wasn’t in 1 of the popping cities like Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bejing (he was in Urumqi). Motherfuckers in the elevator smoking cigarettes looking at you like an experiment. They be feeding you some sh*t so I was eating same meal every day”

Yaxel Lendeborg shaved his head after the Warriors’ blowout loss to the Spurs on Friday

Lebron moves passed Jason Kidd all time in assists and is now 3rd all time in assists, while being the all time leading scorer

[Highlight] Luka spins into a step-back 3

JJ Redick on Lakers’ 3rd-string unit “It’s unacceptable to just consistently be calling offensive plays and then they come down and jack a 3 with 18 on the shot clock. That group just hasn’t been organized: when they play they turn the ball over and give up a bunch of 3s. They just gotta be better”

[Highlight] Tyrese Maxey throws the Lob to Lebron

[Highlight] The Suns Commentators Lamenting on the Suns Picking Ayton #1 Instead of Luka

[Highlights] LeBron James drives, goes for the shot, but changes his mind at the last second, finding Tyrese Maxey for the wide open corner 3. And shortly after, he scores a fastbreak layup, disappointed he didn’t get a foul call, and talks to the referee, explaining to him why he got fouled.

[Post Game Thread] The Philadelphia 76ers (11-3) defeat the Indiana Pacers (5-9), 131-124, behind 31 from Jaylen Brown and 27 from Tyrese Maxey. LeBron becomes third all-time in assists.

Jaylen Brown against the Pacers: 31 PTS on ¹²⁄₁₈ from the field and ³⁄₆ from 3, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 5 TOV, Minus 3

Charles Barkley: “New Orleans. We need that team in Seattle. I’ll help y’all pack.”

[Highlight] Luka Doncic hits the deep 3 over Dillon Brooks and gives the mean mug, giving him 14 points in the game, outscoring the Suns 14 to 5. The Lakers are up 23-5, 5 minutes into the game

LeBron James on climbing the all-time assist leaderboard: “Means I’ve had a lot of great teammates… Anytime I’m in any list in NBA history, I love the history of the game, I love the players that came before me, it’s super honorable.”

[Highlight] LeBron James finds VJ Edgecombe for the easy 2, and he surpasses Jason Kidd in 3rd place on the all time assists list (with a replay). LeBron has 11 assists in the game.

[Highlight] LeBron James with the bounce pass between 2 defenders, finding cutting Dean Wade for the And-1 dunk. With this assist, LeBron ties Jason Kidd for 3rd in all-time in assists

[Highlight] Things get a little chippy between LeBron James and Quenton Jackson

Red Panda fails in the final act of her show 3 times in a row, before being forced to give it up before completing it. The crowd at FedExForum in Memphis kept cheering her throughout, trying to encourage her even after the show ended abruptly. Nets vs. Grizzlies - 11/14/26

For the post-Ja Morant era, it seems like the currently 9-4 Grizzlies messed around and ended up with a genuinely great four man PG rotation off a combined shoestring budget of just $14,000,000

[Highlight] Luka Doncic hits a 3-pointer to give him 25 points, with 3 minutes remaining in the 1st half

[Highlight] Giannis hikes the ball (literally) to Klay for the 3 😂

[Highlight] Tyrese Maxey with the powerful lefty dunk, and LeBron James with the face expression and the no look dime to Jaylen Brown for the cutting dunk, giving him 20 points in the 1st half (with replays)

LeBron James’ response to Pacers coach Rick Carlisle calling him an ‘NBA Basketball AI machine’ in knowing other teams’ plays: “I mean, [having basketball IQ] is something I was blessed with.”

LeBron James’ full postgame interview after the 131-124 win over the Indiana Pacers.Also surpassing Jason Kidd for 3rd in all time assists. 11/15/26

Klay Thompson makes a young fan’s night with a signed ball

Sixers fans having fun with the Lion King Cam

Luka Doncic with 14/1/1 on 80/75/100 in the first five minutes in Phoenix

LeBron James’ secret handshakes with his teammates during the players’ introduction vs. the Pacers today

Cooper Flagg passes Kobe for 2nd most career points before turning 20 years old.

LeBron James on his viral ‘LeBron LeBron LeBron’ song being played in the arena: “Pretty hila-rious, to be honest.”

Do yourself a favor and turn on Lakers vs Pheonix

[Highlight] LeBron James casually drives on Quenton Jackson and banks in a shot over two defenders to give him 15 points

Klay with another vintage game as he goes for 26 points in 20 minutes on 10-17 shooting, going 6-11 from three!

[Highlights] LeBron James scores the tough bucket through traffic, then hits the jumper and then the alley-oop dunk - 3 straight buckets for LeBron - 12 points (with replays)

Wemby on the people in San Antonio “What I like most is the respect they show us. In other cities, where we’re not the home team, people aren’t as respectful. People can be very persistent or intrusive sometimes, but they never are in San Antonio: it’s the ideal environment to spend 15 or 20 years”

[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama blocks Keyonte George, before Mo Bamba pulls off an insane no-look save - nutmegging Devin Vassell to find Josh Green, who gets blocked by Wemby too (with replay)

[Highlight] Luka Doncic hits the floater to outscore the Suns once again, 18 points for Luka vs. 17 by the Suns

[Post Game Thread] The Miami Heat (7-6) defeat the Detroit Pistons (8-4), 137-117.

Utah Jazz players’ introduction, in a special ‘Jazz Kids’ version. Jazz vs. Spurs - 11/15/26. Including a kid who reads the players’ names, and a drawing for each player, as well as the head coach, made by kids

Minnesota Timberwolves players’ introduction vs. the Chicago Bulls last night - 11/14/26

[Highlight] The clock freezes, and it takes the refs about 25 seconds to notice it. They decided to take away only 5 seconds from the clock.

The Eastern Conference is 1-0 vs the Western Conference when one team sits out their entire starting five.

[Highlight] Tacko Fall grabs the offensive board over Obi Toppin and Jay Huff, and the people in the crowd start standing on their feet and cheering

CJ McCollum explains why he gave up his starting spot to 19 year old Kingston Fleming, saying the team’s long term success depends on developing its younger players

Cooper Flagg in a loss to the Cavs back ups and third stringers: 18/8/5 on 40 TS%

[Lowlight] Rudy Gobert hitting the bottom of the backboard on a layup attempt

NBA fans or at least the ones in this sub basically, unanimously agree that Red Panda is the NBA halftime GOAT.

[Highlights] Jake LaRavia with back to back blocks, and Luka Doncic with the bucket and the assist to Jarred Vanderbilt at the other end (with replays)

Giannis Antetokounmpo in his last 4 games for the Miami Heat: 33/12/4/1/2 on 67% FG and 43% 3PT

[Highlight] Anfernee Simons hits the buzzer beater jumper to end the 3rd quarter, his third buzzer-beater of the season (with a replay)