u/ftaok

I've been seeing lots of posts all over the place pointing out the Sixers schedule and how it's very favorable for us. I'm not convinced that there's any favoritism going on, but whatever advantages we're being accused of having, I'm thinking it's overstated.

• Fewest B2B in the league
• Fewest 3in4 nights
• No Western Conference opponents until Game 18.

I'll tackle these one by one. My source is NBAStuffer.com - https://www.nbastuffer.com/2026-2027-nba-schedule-rest-days-analysis/

Fewest B2B in the league. This is true, but very overstated. All teams have between 13 and 16 B2Bs, which is basically the same as every year. This year, we have 13, along with 10 other teams. Yes, it's good to have fewer B2Bs, but we're not the only ones with just 13 of them.

Fewest 3in4 nights is flat out wrong. NBA Stuffer breaks out two different tallies for 3in4. The first is 3in4-B2B and the second is 3in4. The difference is how the days are laid out. 3in4-B2B is XOXX while 3in4 is XXOX. I contend that the former is more difficult than the latter, but that's just a guess.

Anyways, we have 6 3in4s and 10 3in4-B2Bs. That's a total of 16. The Wizards have 15. So we don't have the fewest. As for the 3in4-B2Bs, we're closer to the most than we are to the fewest.

The no Western Conference opponents confuse me. First of all, who cares. Second, the East is likely better than the West this year, so stacking the harder opponents early in the season would be a negative, rather than a benefit, no? In any case, this advantage is overstated, at best.

I'm guessing it gives the Haters something to hang their hats on when we start the season 22-0 and break Golden State's mark of 73 wins.

I've been reviewing our options for switching and I'm still a little confused. We currently have two separate lines, both on Visible Legacy 1 plans @ $30/mo, plus the $5 Welcome discount.

Both lines have updated to newer iPhones (one 16Pro and one 17) with the latest radios and such.

Is there an advantage to switching over to the new Visible plan at $25/mo? I think currently, we get unlimited data on the 5G UW band, so I'm thinking that as long as we're in a covered area, we're getting priority data. Maybe I'm conflating things here, so please set me straight.

Also, we're currently getting $5 off for the Welcome discount. If we switch to the $25 plan, would I be able to keep the Welcome discount, dropping the monthly to $20? That would be a no-brainer to switch right there. If keeping the discount is possible, is there a method in doing so, or does it just stay on my accounts?

Thanks.

OK, here's something else I noticed. After updating and running the new Gaunlet, I've noticed that I haven't had any challengers. I'm a sandbagger, so my times are pretty juicy for anyone wanting an easy 5gloves.

I've been stuck at 1150 points since last night. Usually by this time the next morning, I'd be back down to 1000-1030 points with a bunch of revenge challengers ready.

Is anyone else seeing this? I'd be fine with it if everyone else is not getting knocked down, since I'd be competing against even competition event in the mid-Rookie to low-Pro range.

Just played Gauntlet under the new update. I noticed that there were no ghosts. I checked my setting and restarted the app. Still no ghosts.

I’m running iOS if it matters.

Anyone else notice this?

I screwed up on the first day of Gauntlet, so I just got the 10 gloves to get some GTokens after my 4th ticket. I decided to use my spend my 5th ticket on an opponent before the refresh to day 2, but I deliberately chose to wait until the refresh to actually play.

The 5th ticket counted for Day 2. I was able to get my 22 gloves using only 5 tickets, the first one being from Day 1.

Now, my plan is to see if there's an easy 5-glove challenge avaialbe before the refresh, but if there isn't what happens to that extra ticket after the refresh. Does it refresh to 5/5 and I lose it? Or does it refresh to 6/5?

Thanks.

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Let's get super crazy. What would it take to get this deal done?

/mostly kidding, unless they wanna do it

Let's say the Sixers want to move off of PG and GSW wants PG. The obvious choice would be Butler to come over to match salaries, but he's injured and won't be available for a while.

What about a S&T with KP where he signs a 3/$154M frontloaded contract with team options for years 2 and 3. KP gets a guarenteed $54M next season and if he's healthy and viable, he can get the remaining $100M. The Sixers get to bail on the remaining guaranteed PG contract.

The only other thing to consider is whether the Base Year Compensation thing gets in the way from GSW's side of it.

Let's just say that it's OK. Could we extract the #11 from them and still keep #22? So it would be KP+#11 for PG.

Am I delusional?

ADD - I see I'm getting slapped around here, but I don't think everyone is fully reading what I'm suggesting.

1. KP would only be getting the 1st year guaranteed. Years 2/3 are Team Options. A S&T has to be at least 3 years, but only Year 1 has to be guarenteed
2. The Sixers would be hard capped at the 1st Apron, which would make Josh Harris happy.
3. The only other salary match would be Butler, who would not be ready and won't be avaialbe for a full season either. Maybe he's marginally less washed than KP.
4. For salary matching, GS would be limited by the BYC rules ... this might kill this plan. I don't know their salary structure too much.
5. The main reason I posted this is that if we're trading PG, we might as well get as many assets as possible out of it. If we get Butler, it's probably a swap of #22 for #11. If we get the lesser player in KP, maybe we keep #22. GSW gets to use a player that they're not keeping anyway.
6. Lastly, KP might go with this if he can get $54M guarenteed.

The two choices are Butler and #11 OR KP, #11, and #22.

ADD#2 - I read more into the BYC issue with GSW and instead of signing KP to $54M, he can get up to $36.9M without triggering the BYC rule. So the new deal would be as follows:

GSW gets PG

PHI does a S&T with KP for 3/$102.7M (only year 1 is guarenteed). PHI also gets Melton, Will Richard, and the #11.

This should allow both teams to match salaries exactly. GSW gets their vet. PHI gets off of PG contract, plus gets the #11 while keeping #22.