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The Los Angeles Clippers’ Rui Hachimura started against the Golden State Warriors on Nov. 1 (Nov. 2 in Japan) and put up a season-high 24 points, including a thunderous dunk and four 3-pointers. It was a standout individual performance, but the team fell behind early and lost 112-124, stretching its nightmare losing streak to five games. On 5ch, alongside praise for Hachimura’s showing, the thread spiraled into talk of transfer rumors (“why doesn’t he move to a title-contending powerhouse?”) and even a tangent comparing revenue growth rates across the NBA and other North American sports leagues.
November 2, 2026, 12:56 PM — Basketball
Sports Nippon (Sponichi Annex) Reporting Team
[NBA: Clippers 112–124 Warriors (November 1, 2026, Chase Center)] The Los Angeles Clippers’ Rui Hachimura (28) started on the road against the Warriors on Nov. 1 (Nov. 2 Japan time). He delivered a standout performance with a thunderous dunk and four 3-pointers, posting a season-high 24 points. The team let the lead slip away from the first half and suffered a nightmare fifth straight loss.
Source: sponichi.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
On a powerhouse team he probably wouldn't even start from day one, and he'd be more likely to end up as trade bait.
Unlike soccer, American sports don't really require joining a "big club" in the first place.
Everything plays out entirely within the US.
Soccer's different because the Champions League is the top stage, so you need a big club to get there.
Because the title-contending Spurs wanted him, but he chose to stay in LA instead.
If anything, their arena is closer to LAX than the Lakers' home arena is.
Depends on position, but scoring around 15 a game is doing your job just fine.
The owner ran out of money.
LeBron left the Lakers too, you know.
NBA: 10.7%
NFL: 7.5%
NHL: 6.8%
MLB: 2.7%
If MLB had matched the NBA's growth rate, the league's revenue would be roughly double what it is now.
https://www.mlb.com/ja/news/mlb-competitive-balance-issue-explained
The Premier League comes in at 7.3%.
Wasn't the US annual inflation rate over 3%?
2.7% means that's actually negative growth in real terms lmaooo
MLB's local broadcast rights revenue has collapsed, that's why.
There's a big overhaul coming in 2028, so who knows what happens from here.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Rui Hachimura was traded from the Lakers to the Clippers back in 2023, which is what the thread’s surprised remark — “Wait, he transferred away from LA?” — is actually referring to. This game’s 24 points was a season high well above his career average, and the quality of the performance — a dunk plus four 3-pointers — drew plenty of praise. In contrast, though, the team couldn’t seize control in the first half on the road against the Warriors and fell to a fifth straight loss. The main point of debate in the thread was “why doesn’t he move to a title-contending powerhouse,” with posters noting that, unlike soccer, the NBA is a self-contained domestic league, so there’s little real need to go overseas to join a big club. Note that the North American “big four” league revenue-growth figures that come up later in the thread are a tangent unrelated to Hachimura’s own performance — the actual substance of the article remains the game result described at the top.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[Naoku — 5ch shorthand for “but, as for the Clippers…”, hinting at a letdown to come] Rui Hachimura Explodes for a Season-High 24 Points! Dunk + 4 Threes for Team-High Scoring, But… Clippers’ Nightmare 5-Game Losing Streak“.
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