Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the delay on getting this up, got a bit busy with work and family. Below are the main options I saw mentioned in the other post as well as a brief overview of the instance. 

I’ll create a comment for each option to vote on and feel free to add any instance if you want to include it. 

I think we can plan to make the move prior to the season start just to give the offseason for voting but I’m open to changing that if others feel differently! 

Lemmy.zip

There were a couple recommendations for this one since it stays federated with most instances which I think would be good for a sports community. 

Lemmy.ca

Similarly there were recommendations for this one since it’s stable and pretty open. I know a couple members of the mod team are on this one as well which I think helps with mod log notifications which thankfully we haven’t had to worry about too much so far. 

Piefed.zip or Piefed.ca

Piefed is different from Lemmy but they both communicate with each other so people don’t have to worry about creating new accounts. 

Piefed can apparently do community flairs so we could do team flairs which would be a nice addition. Think polls is also a feature.

There has been some drama with Piefeds creator though. I’m not technical enough to know how much that would impact specific instances but just figured I’d make people aware.

Just came across this and thought it was funny. Nothing going on NBA wise anyways. Feel free to add your favorite NBA star commercial.

The NBA on Wednesday announced severe punishments for the LA Clippers-- including the loss of five future first-round draft picks, a fine of $30 million and a yearlong suspension of owner Steve Ballmer -- for violating salary cap circumvention rules in a case involving star Kawhi Leonard.

The NBA has ruled on the Los Angeles Clippers in for salary cap circumvention investigations on Kawhi Leonard after yearlong probe -- stripping the franchise of 5 first-round picks, issuing a $30 million fine to owner Steve Ballmer and suspensions for Ballmer, Lawrence Frank and Gillian Zucker, sources tell ESPN. Kawhi Leonard will have to pay $700,000 in restitution for improper benefits by the Clippers for his uncle and former business rep, Dennis Robertson.

Jonathan Kuminga has agreed to a two-year, $13M deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves

DeMar DeRozan has agreed to sign with the Denver Nuggets on a one-year, $3.9 million deal, sources tell ESPN.

Free agent James Harden has agreed to a new three-year, $97 million contract to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, with a player option for 2028-29 and a trade kicker

The Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets and the LA Clippers have agreed on a trade sending Peyton Watsonto the Cavaliers, Max Strus to LA, and an unprotected 2031 Cavs first-round pick and a 2032 Kings second-rounder to the Nuggets, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania. As part of the trade, the Cavaliers will send Tre Mann and a 2027 second-rounder from the Clippers to the Washington Wizards.

Watson will sign a new four-year, $88M deal with Cleveland.

Wow, you might get away with being fascist friendly as an NBA owner in Texas or FL but will be interesting to see how Laker fans respond to being taken under the wing of the fourth reich.

He almost made it to the lol