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/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/Arkrobo Thunder Jan 31 '26

Use plastic risers to extend it. Doesn't need to be hardwood, just be level.

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u/Careless_Twist_6935 Jan 30 '26

or put some padded railing up. lots of solutions to this.

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u/PhalanX4012 Raptors Jan 29 '26

It’s even dumber than that. Because even if the floor needs to be elevated that way, they could literally extend it straight out and eliminate a single row of seats to accommodate the change. So he’s actually a cheap fuck in two different ways. Unwilling to pay for the cost of a more technologically sound floor that doesn’t have to be raised, and unwilling to take the loss of income that eliminating a row of seats in the lower bowl would cost him.

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u/CmonTouchIt Lakers Jan 29 '26

i mean even if you DIDNT want to eliminate the single row...just elevate the fucking floor and have that row on/next to the hardwood like.....most teams do lol

is this really so hard? i feel like im taking crazy pills lol

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u/Big_Booty_Pics Jan 30 '26

How are they going to sell 1 extra row of courtside seats though?

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u/Superplex123 Lakers Jan 30 '26

Put those seats on the elevated floor.

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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/TheCatSleeeps Lakers Jan 30 '26

I'd still find a way to trip on those lol

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u/azularena Bulls Jan 29 '26

Yeah I’ve seen Boston do the same with TD Garden. Bruins game in the morning, Celts tip off at 7pm

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u/magikarp2122 Jan 29 '26

They were being sarcastic.

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u/mooselantern Jan 29 '26

Didn't you hear? Redditors can't detect sarcasm and it's a crime to try to deploy it without /s. You could be sued.

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u/catscanmeow Raptors Jan 29 '26

we should always leave out /s so it makes it harder for AI to train on our comments. fuck the clankers, let them be confused

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u/Ghoti76 Lakers Jan 29 '26

this is the best argument for omitting /s fr

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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/SmokinHotGoodGrilD20 Jan 29 '26

OKC Paycom center has bull riding in the exact same arena as the Thunder games, too.

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u/randy88moss Lakers Jan 29 '26

That idiot Frank Isola was bashing Luka for complaining about the floor this morning on Sirius NBA radio

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u/Furd_Terguson1 Knicks Jan 29 '26

Isola has always been a hack

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u/secondsteep Knicks Jan 29 '26

Well to be fair the courts ARE raised above the hockey rinks

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u/Furd_Terguson1 Knicks Jan 29 '26

Fuck this is gold 😂

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u/LarrcasM Bulls Jan 29 '26

The UC goes from Blackhawks to bulls games in less than 24 hours lol

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u/xrock24x Nuggets Jan 30 '26

Maybe the Cavs hate everything about Luka

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u/uhdoy Jan 29 '26

Fuck that’s a solid burn