Before any of you ask ...

No new info on this, but if it were me I'd have reservations about letting Vic play his first game in a month against those bunch of monsters from OKC.

I'd rather ease him into his return at home vs. Wiz.

But that's just me, a notorious party pooper.

— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) December 11, 2025

Guitarsoup said:

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Before any of you ask ...

No new info on this, but if it were me I'd have reservations about letting Vic play his first game in a month against those bunch of monsters from OKC.

I'd rather ease him into his return at home vs. Wiz.

But that's just me, a notorious party pooper.

— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) December 11, 2025

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It's a calf injury. It's not like they add extra weight to his ruck depending on how good the opponent is.

I wouldn't put it past Dort to take cheap shots at his legs. Same with guys like Draymond.

The Pelicans are not interested in trading Herb Jones to the Lakers, per @DanWoikeSports

“While Lakers fans can fantasize about some all-out liquidation of the three-win Pelicans’ roster, team and league sources tell The Athletic that New Orleans is not interested in moving… pic.twitter.com/NcsEps7w85

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) December 11, 2025

Could I interest them in one lightly used Polish Prince?

Ready for more of this trio 👌 pic.twitter.com/NnyZ2vj2uK

— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) December 11, 2025

Guitarsoup said:

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I wouldn't put it past Dort to take cheap shots at his legs. Same with guys like Draymond.

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Then you put in Jeremy and let him put SGA through the scorer's table. He loves Rodman so much, play like him.

Guitarsoup said:

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The Pelicans are not interested in trading Herb Jones to the Lakers, per @DanWoikeSports

“While Lakers fans can fantasize about some all-out liquidation of the three-win Pelicans’ roster, team and league sources tell The Athletic that New Orleans is not interested in moving… pic.twitter.com/NcsEps7w85

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) December 11, 2025

Could I interest them in one lightly used Polish Prince?

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I think NO has a nice core in progress with Jones, Murphy, Queen, and Bey. They'd be dumb to abandon that project.

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Guitarsoup said:

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The Pelicans are not interested in trading Herb Jones to the Lakers, per @DanWoikeSports

“While Lakers fans can fantasize about some all-out liquidation of the three-win Pelicans’ roster, team and league sources tell The Athletic that New Orleans is not interested in moving… pic.twitter.com/NcsEps7w85

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) December 11, 2025

Could I interest them in one lightly used Polish Prince?

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I think NO has a nice core in progress with Jones, Murphy, Queen, and Bey. They'd be dumb to abandon that project.

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Yeah, I agree and add Fears to that as well. He's putting up 15/3/3 on 44/37 shooting. Has some baby Fox qualities to him.

Here's a dumb/crazy trade idea for the day.



Hawks end up with

Okongwu/Looney
Giannis/Kristaps/Newell
Jalen Johnson/Thanasis?
Dyson/ Kennard
NAW/Vit K

Bucks:

Bucks now have control of their 2026 and 2027 picks plus the Pelicans' 2026 pick. They dump Kuzma and Turner. If they don't want to deal with Zion, they can try to move him for something, but also his contract is unguaranteed after this year, so they can treat it as an ending contract. Trae can opt out, so it can be an ending contract as well so that could be 90M off your cap, or trade one or both to some dumb team like Sacramento. But they can tank two years, plus have Risacher as a decent piece to keep or trade. But if you are rebuilding from losing Giannis, getting off Kuzma and Turner's contracts and getting control of your own pick the next two years, plus the Pelicans picks is a good way to go.

You can tank and have two top 5 picks to add to AJ Green, Ryan Rollins, and Risacher. Plus maybe Zion+Trae. Not the worst rebuild? I could see wanting the massive 7 first deal, but I don't think that is out there because people learned their lessons with Durant, PG13, etc. And the Pelicans pick and control of their own picks for two years is massively valuable.

Pelicans end up with:

Myles Turner/Missi/ DeAndre Jordan
Queen/Kuzma
Trey/Bey
Herb/Poole
Fears/Alvarado / DeJounte eventually

I really don't like Kuzma and Poole, but as 2nd team shot creators? Sure. NOLA has a bunch of bad salary (Poole, Kuz, DeJounte) but unwinding the Milwaukee pick to get Turner and getting off Zion by taking Turner and Kuz makes sense.

The 2027 Milwaukee/Pelicans pick is currently that NO gets the best of those two and the worst of those two goes to Atlanta. So via this trade, it goes back to Milwaukee so they have their own 26 and 27. Obviously a massive trade like that doesn't happen ever. But I am not sure what Milwaukee can realistically get for Giannis and this at least gets them their own picks back for two years and they can do more trades to acquire picks with Portis, Zion, Trae.

James Worthy on Luka's 35: "It's funny how Luka can have this type of stat line and then it still not be noticed...because it wasn't impactful. ... It wasn't a dominant performance. It was a good stat line, but it didn't really have a phase on the game."

— Lakers Daily (@LakersDailyCom) December 11, 2025

Seems like the Spurs plan based on how they played him. Similar to Phoenix 05 and Amare. Think how ugly it would have been if Marcus Smart didn't get crazy hot.

He won’t be on top of any MIP polls, but Keldon Johnson’s name should at least be mentioned

The way he’s refined his game & has consistently played winning basketball this season is remarkable

His 57.3% FG is among the best in the league for non-centers pic.twitter.com/18r0dBJ2DL

— Point Made Basketball (@pointmadebball) December 9, 2025

KJ is really vocal on the bench too. Was cool to see that up close the other night.

Several of the time outs he was the one doing the most talking before coaches.

Also, that place was really empty the whole night.

Wemby is expected to play tomorrow according to Shams.

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Wemby is expected to play tomorrow according to Shams.

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Came here to post it!

Victor Wembanyama is officially listed as probable for tomorrow’s NBA Cup game, per Spurs.

— Tom Orsborn (@tom_orsborn) December 12, 2025

mood for tomorrow 😤 pic.twitter.com/xZ7869MuQq

— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) December 12, 2025

ESPN’s 25 best players under 25 years old:

1. Victor Wembanyama
2. Anthony Edwards
3. Cade Cunningham
4. Jalen Williams
5. Alperen Sengun
6. Amen Thompson
7. Evan Mobley
8. Cooper Flagg
9. Chet Holmgren
10. Jalen Johnson
11. Scottie Barnes
12. Franz Wagner
13. Paolo Banchero… pic.twitter.com/WZDPfmTHm4

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) December 12, 2025

Only 3 top 20s after Sochan was snubbed

The San Antonio Spurs are signing Kyle Mangas to a two-way contract, league sources told @hoopshype. Mangas has averaged 18.5 points on 50% shooting from the field and 41% from 3-point range, 5.0 assists, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.5 steals for the Austin Spurs in the G League. pic.twitter.com/GwWKizFVKD

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) December 12, 2025

End of Minnix or Ingram?

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The San Antonio Spurs are signing Kyle Mangas to a two-way contract, league sources told @hoopshype. Mangas has averaged 18.5 points on 50% shooting from the field and 41% from 3-point range, 5.0 assists, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.5 steals for the Austin Spurs in the G League. pic.twitter.com/GwWKizFVKD

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) December 12, 2025

End of Minnix or Ingram?

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Minix it is. I always thought he was better than Ingram. Shows what I know.

The San Antonio Spurs will waive two-way forward Riley Minix to make room for the signing of Kyle Mangas to a two-way deal, league sources said. Minix has averaged 15.5 points on 46% from the field and 39% from 3-point range, 6.4 boards and 3.3 assists in the G League this season https://t.co/JJXxl90H7S

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) December 12, 2025

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The San Antonio Spurs are signing Kyle Mangas to a two-way contract, league sources told @hoopshype. Mangas has averaged 18.5 points on 50% shooting from the field and 41% from 3-point range, 5.0 assists, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.5 steals for the Austin Spurs in the G League. pic.twitter.com/GwWKizFVKD

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) December 12, 2025

End of Minnix or Ingram?

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Minix it is. I always thought he was better than Ingram. Shows what I know.

The San Antonio Spurs will waive two-way forward Riley Minix to make room for the signing of Kyle Mangas to a two-way deal, league sources said. Minix has averaged 15.5 points on 46% from the field and 39% from 3-point range, 6.4 boards and 3.3 assists in the G League this season https://t.co/JJXxl90H7S

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) December 12, 2025

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Yeah Ingram doesn't do anything for me. He's slow, can't shoot and is about 6" too short to be a PF, but other than that he does seem like a great guy.

Minnix probably isn't an NBA player, either, but at least he's taller and hits 40% of his threes.

AND THAT’S HOW WE BALL pic.twitter.com/IIC6xiGlk4

— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) December 13, 2025

Pistons got to rest all their starters. None played more than 24min.

Hawks drop to 9th in the East

Evan Mobley's turn.

Cavaliers star Evan Mobley is expected to miss 2 to 4 weeks with a left calf strain.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 13, 2025

I havent watched any Prime NBA studio/talking head stuff, just a couple of games, but my goodness. Taylor Rooks. I apologize, I was not familiar with her game.

Per @AirlessJordan:

As of today, Spurs have been on the road for 20 of the last 22 days. Since Nov. 20, they’ve played just one home game.

Nevada is the 10th state in that stretch they’ve played in.

It’s a journey that’s covered more than 5,000 miles.

— Tom Orsborn (@tom_orsborn) December 14, 2025

OKC is just so good.

Need Julian in for Harrison if he can't hit shots

Our young guys are playing scared

5-22 from the field so far, 0-12 from 3. Barnes 0-6.

I predict a loss if they hot zero threes all game

What is Wemby's minutes limitation? 2?

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What is Wemby's minutes limitation? 2?

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Released that to spike NBA cup ratings. Wouldn't be surprised if he plays at most 5 minutes

We're getting plenty of good looks. Just not dropping. Gotta keep attacking.

Last two highlights going to commercial break have been the thunder hacking Steph/Wemby and it somehow ending well for us

Take Wemby out, and it's back to a layup drill for OKC.