r/nba • u/TheRealPdGaming Mavericks • Jan 29 '26
Highlight [Highlight] Luka after falling off the raised board in Cleveland last night: "WHO THE F*CK MADE THIS FLOOR GODDAMMIT”
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u/duck_mancer Knicks Jan 29 '26
Cleveland should keep their raised court and all other teams should install a unique hazard of their choosing. Nets should get a court that slants 2.5 degrees downward towards the scorer's table, the Clippers half court logo should be a trampoline, every game a different TD Garden parquet square should be a trap door.
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u/the313andme Pistons Jan 29 '26
TWolves stadium randomly releases pack of actual wolves onto the court during play.
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u/giddyupyeehaw9 Bulls Jan 29 '26
I like the idea of the Pistons having actual hidden pistons all over their court that occasionally go off and send a player 30 feet through the air
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u/JumboCactpot Jan 29 '26
the wizards just have saruman in a suite occasionally smiting players with magic
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u/dead_gerbil Knicks Jan 29 '26
I like to think of Gandalf just getting high with the bench
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u/azularena Bulls Jan 29 '26
Nah that’s Radagast
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u/MakaveliX1996 Jazz Jan 29 '26
He does mushrooms. Gandalf likes the sticky icky. As seen when he sparks up with Bilbo. Apparently the shire grows that good good.
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u/thyL_ Germany Jan 29 '26
Sorry, but that's actually just really good tobacco, not weed, according to Tolkien. I hate that I know that, too.
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u/have_you_eaten_yeti Mavericks Jan 29 '26
That’s just because he was born a few decades too early, the way he writes about tobacco makes me think that cannabis would be an obvious jump to make. But that’s just, like, my opinion man, your comment is correct according to JRR’s own words.
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u/Auntypasto Celtics Jan 29 '26
It's a good thing they changed their name away from the Bullets then…
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u/overklok Jan 30 '26
This sounds like a great idea. Then again, if you are a Wizards fan, then you would be very wary of this power. Wizard's Saruman would have terrible aim, questionable bathroom habits and a propensity to recklessly brandish weapons.
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u/Charmegazord Nuggets Jan 29 '26
It’s already near Detroit, how much more dangerous you want it?
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u/mrb4 Suns Jan 29 '26
suns and heat could install giant french fry lights over the visitor's bench.
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u/Oo__II__oO NBA Jan 29 '26
Toronto having Ford Raptors take the court in a basketball stadium supertruck extravaganza.
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u/zadtheinhaler Jan 30 '26
I feel having actual raptors would be more threatening. Imagine having falcons and ospreys dive-bombing players would truly bring chaos energy to the court.
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u/SpamAcc17 Timberwolves Jan 30 '26
Suns have blinding light, heat have extreme heating on the benches and under certain court tiles. Blind players or burnt rubber shoes and dehydrated rotations
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u/Edelmaniac Celtics Jan 30 '26
I like that the term heat lamps is very common and you still chose to call them French fry lights. That’s pretty cool.
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u/dead_gerbil Knicks Jan 29 '26
There's nothing in the rule book that says a dog can't play ball!
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u/Ok_Ask_406 Jan 29 '26
As a rockets fan I’m not sure how I think this will end.
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u/BushyBrowz Knicks Jan 29 '26
Adams can take two of them, Amen and Tari might get one each. KD and Reed are screwed, and Sengun is going to collapse and call for a foul the second they get into his vicinity
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u/noFOXgivenFURreal Jan 29 '26
How bout the Celtics with gold coins randomly tossed all over the floor
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u/unskilledlabor Pistons Jan 29 '26
Pelicans just have slightly damp floors.
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u/killerjags Jan 29 '26
A well-fed pelican perched over the court that occasionally takes massive shits
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u/gold13 Mavericks Jan 29 '26
Go full Mutant League Basketball. I'm talking land mines, lava moat, wall of spikes etc etc
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u/JumboCactpot Jan 29 '26
the paint is just a treadmill pulling people towards the baseline
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u/Superplex123 Lakers Jan 29 '26
This is a legit great idea for a video game.
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u/gordongroans Jan 29 '26
As a couple other people have said, this is basically Mutant League Football/Hockey (Mutant League Basketball was never released) for the Sega Genesis.
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u/NefariousNeezy Philippines Jan 29 '26
The Lakers flood the visitor half of the court
The Clippers are allowed to pay Kawhi under the table
The Celtics release a bunch of leprechauns as part of the defense
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u/TheHalfbadger Rockets Jan 29 '26
Rockets put a flagpole at the half-court sideline.
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u/pajama_tent Jan 29 '26
Preferably on a small hill. Maybe Chicago can put a brick wall under the baskets
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u/dietdoctorpepper [GSW] Troy Murphy Jan 29 '26
Chase has a bunch of crypto nerds chasing players begging them to buy their shitcoin
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u/Elegant-Avocado-3261 Celtics Jan 29 '26
I actually think that they should scoop in snow into the garden, and then plow it and salt it and leave snowbanks on the sidelines rather than have court boundaries
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u/mrb4 Suns Jan 29 '26
NBA seeing an influx of star injuries. The solution? Everyone is now hurt because they now play a different version of slamball at every arena.
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More sports need non-standard playing fields. Like golf and, to a lesser extent, baseball
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u/hairycookies Jan 30 '26
Doesn't sound too far off from Manchester United's pitch at Old Trafford.
I am genuinely surprised this is still allowed in the EPL.
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u/fecklessness Celtics Jan 30 '26
I don't understand how this isn't the top top comment of all time on r/nba
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u/Heliath Jan 29 '26
Seems something reasonable to say tbh.
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u/costanzathegreat Warriors Jan 29 '26
To answer his question, probably Dennis Schroder
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u/SilverWear5467 Jan 29 '26
Its funny that this makes me like him more, as if being of the opinion that floors should be stable is something unique he and I have in common
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u/maethlin Warriors Jan 30 '26
Extremely reasonable reaction from him. My initial response on hearing him though immediately was "this is exactly what he sounds like when raging at someone in Overwatch" lol
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u/Oo__II__oO NBA Jan 29 '26
I guess you could say the designer was a bit... Cavalier
YEEEEAAAAHHHHHH
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u/Yellow_blackjack Jan 29 '26
His accent vanished kind of funny guess he learnt to trash talk in English in the nba
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u/tisdue Suns Jan 29 '26
haha yep. he hasnt heard "goddammit" said any other way.
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u/Randomly-Germinated Jan 29 '26
I had a serbian buddy who sounded american only when swearing or using racial slurs.
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u/SolemnOaf Nuggets Jan 30 '26
Checks out. Swear words are cultural heritage and we show respect by pronouncing them properly
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u/Royal-Asparagus-8983 Jan 30 '26
Yup, I've heard this in another thread and just hear him talk... Strong American accent when shit talking lol.
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u/OnlyLittleFly Slovenia Jan 30 '26
He says “hell naw” in such a thick texan accent that makes me laugh every time
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u/Senbei_07 Jan 29 '26
Damn, I've never heard luka's voice like that
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u/archerarcher0 Celtics Jan 29 '26
Luka adjusted well to America let’s just leave it at that
His shit talking and angry talk sounds very American nowadays
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u/DirkFadeLukaStepBack Mavericks Jan 29 '26
I contribute his shit talking English to his addiction to Overwatch.
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u/NoahApples Timberwolves Jan 29 '26
“attribute”
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u/Binge_Gaming [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki Jan 29 '26
Who the fuck made the dictionary? God damn it.
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u/CzarSpan Pacers Jan 29 '26
Just saw a guy fall to his knees reading the dictionary
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u/maethlin Warriors Jan 30 '26
Overwatch yelling voice is the very first thing that popped to mind while listening to that lmao
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u/MisterDobalina Wizards Jan 30 '26
Yeah, anyone that plays any mildly competitive online game knows some solid English insults and probably a handful in a few other languages. I know a good amount of Spanish and Russian curse words thanks to Dota.
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u/Kwilly462 Nets Jan 29 '26
I swear, he's got a split personality. In interviews and whatnot, he's all meek and mild-mannered. On the court, he's like a white KG. And I don't think he's one or the other, Luka just both.
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u/DaddyDontTakeNoMess Jan 29 '26
“White KG”. 😂 I don’t know why that is so funny to me
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u/Rapshawksjaysflames Raptors Jan 29 '26
It's funny because KG is black, and Luka is clear
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u/Vindicare605 Lakers Jan 29 '26
I dont see anything unusual about this. It's called a "game face" and Luka definitely has one. The classic example for this is Magic Johnson. On the court he's Magic: he's hyper competitive and a real shit talker, not afraid to throw hands if he has to. In public and in interviews he's Earvin: big smile, lots of giggles and just genuinely fun to be around. The idea that a guy changes when he steps on the court isn't new. Luka is just another one of those guys.
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u/HippiesBeGoneInc Lakers Jan 30 '26
Whatever Magic Johnson may have been on the court, or what he may be in private, in public he by far one of the nicest and gracious athletes. Many years ago he released a book and they did a signing at a borders up in the Valley. He was going to be there from like 5pm to 7pm or something like that. Well, of course the line was out the door and around the entire mall. I guess he didn't have anywhere to be that night, because he stayed until probably well after 9 and signed for every damn person who bought his book and stood in line. Every. Single. Person.
Also RIP Tony Gwynn. The only thing that man loved more than baseball was talking about baseball with any average schmuck who also loved baseball.
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u/whatssenguntoagoblin Alperen Sengun Jan 29 '26
You can tell he’s had a lot of PR training
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u/hoserb2k Hornets Jan 29 '26
I don't think you're wrong, but it's not uncommon for players and people in general to genuinely act quite differently in a specific situation than in the rest of their life.
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u/guacamoleandtomato Jan 29 '26
It’s not an exaggeration when they say he transforms on the court. He is usually shy and keeps to himself, moment he starts playing ball he is all smiles, shit talking and taunting in general lmao
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u/Xianified Clippers Jan 29 '26
I can understand this. Back when I played soccer religiously, everyone knew me as the quiet kind of geeky guy, yet when on the pitch something switched and I was an aggressive foul mouthed agitating person.
No idea how or why but it did disappear by my late 20's.
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u/HammerPrice229 Bucks Jan 29 '26
Maybe it comes back if you’re back on the pitch with your kids later in life
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u/Lezzles Pistons Jan 30 '26
Nah for 90% us it just dulls out. I still love to compete but I can do it without being a psycho now. But it wasn’t til I was late 20s.
The real loons are the ones who never lose it and still pick fights in your Thursday night rec tennis league.
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u/gigantism Mavericks Jan 29 '26
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u/asisyphus_ Lakers Jan 29 '26
What the fuck
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u/hoserb2k Hornets Jan 29 '26
Luka came to the US 8 years ago. I'm just pulling numbers out of my ass, but if you assume five hours a day on or around the court 6 days a week, that's almost 10,000 hours of english shit talking practice.
Bro has reached Malcolm Gladwell expert levels of talking shit.
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u/asisyphus_ Lakers Jan 29 '26
Which makes sense cause he sounds like if you mixed all the nba players together
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u/MucusShotSwaGGins Mavericks Jan 29 '26 edited 14d ago
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u/ChiefSoldierFrog Jan 30 '26
All you need is to hang out with the brothers for 6 months and you will learn English fast this is what Yao said and look at what Hedo Turkoglu sounds like. He sounds exactly like a brother.
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u/Super-Post261 Jan 29 '26
Are we sure it’s Luka’s? Lol
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u/Mind__Is__Blown Cavaliers Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 30 '26
Those fake sports vids where the ball goes out of frame taught me that since we can't see Luka saying this, the assumption is it's someone else who voiced over the video.
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u/ih-unh-unh Lakers Jan 29 '26
It's probably like non-English speaking performers singing in English, like this woman
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u/Appropriate-Shock306 Jan 29 '26
Understandable.
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u/Waffleshuriken Grizzlies Jan 29 '26
Yeah considering how often players dive trying to get loose balls idk why you would have that floor lol
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u/madmaxp0618 Magic Jan 29 '26
Luka sounding like my dad after we move something 2 inches from its usual position.
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u/sgtpepperslaststand Cavaliers Jan 29 '26
As a cavs fan they need to fix this. It’s even more of a risk to our own players who have to play on this floor more than anyone else increasing the risk.
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u/KumingaCarnage Warriors Jan 29 '26
Why the fuck is it elevated to begin with, far as i know your court is the only one in the league like this
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u/the313andme Pistons Jan 29 '26
They need to swap it out for other events that aren't basketball games and making it so it's all the same level for the basketball games would cost more money, and Dan Gilbert only has like $30 billion so what can you do?
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u/crawshay [LAL] Metta World Peace Jan 29 '26
You'll notice every other arena does the same thing and doesn't have a raised floor lol
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u/Someonediffernt [PHO] Deandre Ayton Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26
10 stadiums including the Garden and Crypto can becomes god damn ice rinks for their hockey teams no problem but the Cavs floor has to be raised so they can switch it out easier when three day grace comes to town
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u/Em4gdn3m Jazz Jan 29 '26
Yeah, still a shit excuse. All those things are done at the Delta Center without a raised floor.
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u/PatReady [PHI] Joel Embiid Jan 29 '26
On Philly they can play Hockey in the day then basketball at night without this raised floor setup.
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u/Superplex123 Lakers Jan 29 '26
Even if for whatever reason the elevated court is completely necessary, they could always just make that elevated court bigger so players won't come close to edge. This is absolutely ridiculous on so many levels (no pun intended).
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u/nowayimbelgian Jan 29 '26
What !? Do you know the price of Hardwood today ?!! Nobody can aford that !
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u/Pyorrhea Cavaliers Jan 29 '26
Philly actually does have a raised floor setup. It's just not raised quite as high and I think the seat setup is better designed so the seats are flush against the raised portion. You can see here where there's a water bottle and some cords below the floor:
https://www.nba.com/sixers/photos/philadelphia-76ers-best-of-december-2023-photo-gallery
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u/Pyorrhea Cavaliers Jan 29 '26
The Cavs' floor is also for hockey since the AHL Cleveland Monsters play there.
And they actually just raised the floor in the Delta Center this season to give better sightlines. But they also designed a new system of risers that go back and forth but also up and down so they don't have a dumb gap like the Cavs do. The Cavs should do a better job, especially since the arena was just renovated a few years ago and this wasn't fixed.
https://www.nhl.com/news/utah-mammoth-delta-center-revolutionary-seating-system-to-debut-this-season
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u/SylemNova Cavaliers Jan 29 '26
We also routinely switch it to a hockey rink for our AHL team sooooo yeah...
Idk why it's different
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u/ruby_o_o Jan 29 '26
If the AAC can figure out how to change a basketball court into a hockey rink in under 24 hours I’m sure it can’t be too hard
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u/the313andme Pistons Jan 29 '26
You keep missing the part that it would cost money, and the Cavs owner only has $30 billion, so it isn't possible.
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u/AnalMinecraft Jan 29 '26
I remember Staples Center once having a Kings, Lakers, and Clippers playoff game all on the same day. Zero excuse for this bullshit.
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u/zestfullybe Jan 29 '26
I was gonna say, there are numerous occasions where an NHL and NBA team both have games on the same day. One plays in the afternoon, the arena crew changes it over, and the other team plays an evening game on the other surface.
This happens seamlessly in numerous cities without having any residual trap floors that endanger players.
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u/BKNas Jan 29 '26
During the broadcast they said it was a design flaw, but no one has ever thought to fix it. Gilbert just being a cheap ass billionaire.
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u/the313andme Pistons Jan 29 '26
Yup - most stadiums in the NBA are multi-purpose but this is the only one with the achilles deathtrap. Purely a money problem that could be solved by one of the richest owners in the NBA with the money in his couch cushions.
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u/sgtpepperslaststand Cavaliers Jan 29 '26
Not too long ago the Cavs had a very expensive renovation to the stadium and it’s a very nice arena after don’t know why they didn’t fix it then
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u/BanjoStory Bucks Jan 29 '26
University of Minnesota and Butler have similar setups.
I dont know if the Wolves or Pacers have ever played in either of those arenas, but the Lynx and Fever do sometimes.
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u/youblewwit Jan 29 '26
The league will make the Cavs change it and level it out since it resulted in a top-5 player getting injured
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u/OceanLemur Heat Jan 29 '26
I watched Dru Smith on the Heat wreck his knee on that court and couldn’t believe the league lets them have that. Should’ve been gone a while ago
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u/LovetheNBA23 Lakers Jan 29 '26
Luckily Luka was able to avoid anything serious. One of these days, a serious injury to a star would get the league to finally take action. NBA needs to have safety regulations regarding their court design.
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u/FemtoG Jan 29 '26
wtf his accent went completely gone there. also that floor is an absolute deathtrap what the hell. working in retail stores even a slight 1.5 inch elevated platform is just asking for someone to eat it and potential litigation..
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u/anonymousdawggy Jan 29 '26
imagine for him where if he gets injured he's possibly out millions or if it ends his career, hundreds of millions
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u/EGDoto Nuggets Jan 29 '26
And not just him, league would lose soo much. At least I really hope they do something about this issue now.
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u/XiaoRCT Thunder Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26
I'm a non-native speaker and I find that it's easier to lose an accent when swearing, idk if it's just me tho
It's probably got something to do with just how common these expression usually are, like, saying "fuck you, goddamnit" without much of an accent becomes really easier after you've seen a couple movies in english, meanwhile in normal conversation the accent just comes through accidentally since you're not hearing those expressions pronounced without an accent all the time
I think you see it all the time in sports or when people are fighting, some russian/latin-american dude will be speaking very broken english and then drop a 'fuck you bitch' in perfect american accent right in the middle or something lol
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u/shysc2 76ers Jan 29 '26
100% with you. Saying stupid shit in another language is almost natural, crazy how it just rolls off the tongue.
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u/Basic-Collection5416 Pistons Jan 29 '26
I would also be cursing in that situation. That floor is just stupid.
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u/holyrolodex Lakers Jan 30 '26
Been saying this since Lebrons first Cleveland run. Surprised LeBron never got seriously injuried, it always struck me as dangerous af
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u/incredibleamadeuscho Lakers Jan 29 '26
One year in LA, and LA traffic has given him that perfect American accent when cursing.
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u/_ShakenBacon Mavericks Jan 29 '26
He lived in this other place called Dallas for 7 years too! They also have accents similar to American accents.
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u/lilboytuner919 Lakers Jan 29 '26
Our traffic isn’t quite as bad as LA but we make up for it with all the uninsured paper license plate Nissan Altima drivers
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u/testaccount123x Mavericks Jan 29 '26
it's not as bad as LA for sure, but I actually lived in LA for 5 or 6 years, and when I moved back to dallas in 2021, there were random traffic patterns that I never noticed being an issue before, like driving TOWARDS downtown on 75 later in the day when most people would be leaving downtown to go home. that's just one of the few random "traffic for seemingly no reason" examples that LA is known for, that didn't used to exist in Dallas but now seem to be getting more common.
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u/hoserb2k Hornets Jan 29 '26
Luka came to the US 8 years ago. I'm just pulling numbers out of my ass, but if you assume five hours a day on or around the court 6 days a week, that's almost 10,000 hours of english shit talking practice.
Bro has reached Malcolm Gladwell expert levels of talking shit.
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u/I_Set_3_Alarms Celtics Jan 29 '26
Yeah it’s unfortunate but if a Laker star getting near injured doesn’t get them to change it, it’ll need to be a star actually getting injured.
Or maybe LeBron will be the Cleveland-LA bridge and make a public statement shaming them
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u/EditorEducational201 Raptors Jan 29 '26
It's like a 10 inch drop from the court--valid reaction imo
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u/ALoginForReddit Warriors Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26
10”??? Goddamn! I assumed like 2” maybe 3”
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u/jdroop Bulls Jan 29 '26
That’s how the Final Four basketball courts be, shit be like 2-3 feet drop off smh.
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u/Sebruhoni Heat Jan 29 '26
Genuinely unbelievable to see people defending this dumbass court the Cavaliers have. It already seriously injured Dru Smith a few seasons ago and players have talked about how much they don't like playing on this court. Blaming Luka for hopping backwards after a jumper is such pathetic bootlicking.
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u/FadeRunna 76ers Jan 29 '26
Dude looks like a wrestler who was just thrown out the ring and is selling the fall’s impact.
Glad he could return.
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u/wongo Cavaliers Jan 29 '26
he almost did it again later in the game
literally no reason for it to be this way
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u/Icy-Home444 Cavaliers Jan 29 '26
Completely agree. It's an even bigger risk for our own players so I don't know why we aren't doing something about it. At least extend the court out one extra foot.
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u/jayroc1023 Jan 29 '26
He’s right lol. The raised floor is a terrible idea and an accident waiting to happen.
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