The Indy Talks To Himself (NBA) Thread.

The Hoop Collective guys had LeBron’s double figure scoring streak at 1,205. Windy said there are only 7 guys in league history who have even scored in double figures 1,200 times in general (not in a row).

Just absurd. I really think it might be his most amazing record when all is said and done, but honestly who knows.

 

Looks to be a week or so out of date, weirdly.

 

Those are just stats from games where they scored 10+ points. Lebron actually has 1476 games played. Kareem had 1560.

 

Ah, okay.

 

Something that comes to mind is did players sit out back in the day like they do now? In terms of a scoring streak, if James doesn't play then the streak is preserved. If you play every night even when you aren't well, the streak is more at risk.

 

Kareem played 95% of the possible games in his career (1,560/1640)

 

Well there you go, James isn't playing 95% of games in a season lately. So apples and oranges.

 

I lean towards agreeing with them not being 100% comparable, but still an absurd record regardless. I'd say it's up there with any other "untouchable" record (baring rule changes). Like any number of Gretzky's (like points in a season and/or career), or Ripken's consecutive games. Or Barry Sanders' actual NCAA season rushing yard record - his 222 yards and 5 TDs from his bowl game don't count towards his season.

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39663438/zion-williamson-says-do-dunk-contest-voted-all-star

This would be a good step towards correcting the dunk contest.

 

Western Conference playoffs are about to be a blast this year. Everybody’s good. There’s a solid mix of experience and youth. Lots of interesting matchups. And then you have the Nuggets, who everyone just assumes will turn it on when the time comes. I’m not so sure it’ll be that easy this season.

Hopefully everyone gets/stays healthy.

 

https://x.com/ronniebobonny/status/1765213251313217592?s=46&t=-g4-4SHxx6dZ80rS7hnjTA

Zach Lowe might have shit his pants.

 

https://x.com/MaskedInLA/status/1764801193472414151?s=20

I wonder how long Jordan hitting 30k would have stayed on the top headlines? They gave the guy a damn trophy lmao

 

But didn't he have partial ownership of that team? He essentially gave himself a trophy.

 

God, I hope so. That would make the story so much better.

 

I looked it up. Not only a minority owner, also vice president of basketball operations.

Lol

 

Oh, that is [uck fay]ing excellent.

 

I don't watch a lot of Mavs games. I knew Luka was having a good season, but I didn't realize he was averaging 35-9-10. That's bonkers.

 

He’s playing better defense too