r/NBATalk Jun 14 '26

THE NEW YORK KNICKS ARE YOUR 2026 NBA CHAMPIONS 🚨🚨🚨

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r/NBATalk 10h ago

Thoughts?

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r/NBATalk 7h ago

An American has not won the NBA MVP award almost a decade!

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688 Upvotes

Insanity!


r/NBATalk 9h ago

It’s level to this

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406 Upvotes

r/NBATalk 16h ago

Exactly 20 Years ago, Greece upset Team USA in the Basketball World Cup semifinals 101-95

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Team USA suffered their only defeat of the Coach K era, led by LeBron, Melo, Wade, Chris Paul and others they could not overcome a team led by Greek legends Panagiotis Giannakis, Vasilis Spanoulis, Theo Papaloukas, Dimitris Diamantidis, Sofoklis "Baby Shaq" Schortsianitis


r/NBATalk 1h ago

Add any attributes to an all-time NBA player from another player to make a player better than Michael Jordan.

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For example: Hakeem Olajuwon with KD’s handles and shooting


r/NBATalk 5h ago

Rank these four guards

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any criteria you want.


r/NBATalk 1h ago

Is Arvydas and Domantas Sabonis the most talented father-son duo in basketball history?

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Usually the other father-son duo’s have one good player but the other is at best a role player. What do y’all think?


r/NBATalk 11h ago

Which career would you rather have?

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r/NBATalk 1h ago

Bro think he tuff

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r/NBATalk 7h ago

Did fans and the media care about efficiency in the 2000s as much as people do now?

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Iverson was obviously a great player, but if he played currently and was putting up this level of efficiency (relative to today) would he still be viewed as MVP level?


r/NBATalk 19h ago

Most underrated dunk of all time is KJ on Hakeem.

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KJ dunks on prime Olajuwon.


r/NBATalk 22h ago

Jason williams says Kobe is not top 10 all time

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478 Upvotes

r/NBATalk 1d ago

BLEACHER REPORT'S HALL OF FAME PROBABILITY

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r/NBATalk 4h ago

Replace Brunson with one of these PGs on the 2025 Knicks. Which ones still would lead them to a chip?

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r/NBATalk 1d ago

Tony Allen holds back tears as he watches the struggles of his former teammate Delonte West

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490 Upvotes

It’s good to see LeBron’s stepdaddy back on his feet


r/NBATalk 6h ago

Who is a NBA Player, whose legacy is carried by highlights, aura, and impact on the culture? I will start.

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r/NBATalk 14h ago

Who is better Blake Griffin or Amare Stoudamire ?

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r/NBATalk 21h ago

Is he gonna be a Spur for life?

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r/NBATalk 7h ago

Do you feel as if Charles Barkley’s role as an analyst causes people to underrate how good he was as a player?

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r/NBATalk 3h ago

Shaq saying bol bol has the same skills as Wemby has to be the worst take any of the guys on inside the nba ever made

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r/NBATalk 8m ago

Time to end this no zone, only iso scoring for Jordan myth

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> Jordan just got to play iso.

Common man this is pathetic if you still believe this. You can’t let Nick Wright own your brain this badly. 

Here’s jordan against the double team.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeuFJ6Aoz1U&list=PLPC9qQHpqiRnFIztaaCGThK9Z75r9TwUt&index=42&t=460s&pp=iAQBsAgC&ra=m

Here’s a website exposing no zone in the 90s myth. 
http://nobodytouchesjordan.blogspot.com/2014/09/section-4-jordan-never-faced-zone-myth.html?m=1

Idk why you guys think zone is so potent lol teams barely use a zone it’s so easy to exploit especially with 3 seconds in the key rules. It’s not a true European zone. 

“It’s easier to score in the NBA than Europe” Luka Doncic. 

I don’t think some of you guys understand how easy it would be for Jordan to score today with all the space that’s available. Double teams were a joke to him. 


r/NBATalk 18m ago

Mavs sweep lakers. JJ barea outplays kobe

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r/NBATalk 23h ago

For Jordan to jump 48 inches, he would have to get his eyes above the rim. I believe Jordan had a 48 inch vertical in the 1980's.

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For Jordan to jump 48 inches, he would have to get his eyes above the rim.

He is around 41" in gif #1. And hes jumping with a ball in hand and off one leg from distance while twisting his body sideways.

In linear distance: The space from the eyes to the very top of the head is typically about 4.5 to 6 inches (11 to 15 cm) in an average adult.

Jordan was a large human at 6'6.

So from the top of Jordans head to the bottom of his eyes should be about 6 inches.

For someone 6'6 to get his head level with the rim is about 42 inches.

So 42 inches plus 6 inches is 48 inches.

Judging from these clips, if Jordan was jumping for max vertical:

  1. No ball (jumping with a ball significantly lowers your vertical. Watch Vince, Gerald Green and Lebron dunk with a ball vs no ball, for reference)
  2. Jump off both feet (Jordan jumped higher off two feet than just off one foot)
  3. Jump straight up, not sideways from outside the paint.

I would say it's very likely that Jordan would be able to get his eyes above the rim.

It's always hard to judge Jordans max vertical because he almost always jumped with a ball. And when he was doing alley oops, he would only go for the ball and not jump his max.

Look at gif #3. He gets 40 inches and he jumping from the freethrow line and with a ball in hand, off of one foot.

Let Jordan jump straight up off a running start, off both feet, with no ball hes able to swing his arms for more boost and hes getting his eyes over the rim IMO.


r/NBATalk 5h ago

How is CP3 considered greater than Westbrook and Harden when his best season doesn’t even come close to the level of dominance they achieved at their peaks?

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Peak for peak I just wouldn’t take paul over either of the 2, no hate but he’s just not on their levels and it’s time to admit the truth.