Os Furoris posted:

He’s so bad and I’ve lost the faith.

Veryslightlymad posted:

Some random thoughts this morning (Ok, so 1 PM. gently caress you, I have Narcolepsy. Let me sleep in sometimes.)

As far as stats and the cruel arbitrariness of counting stats goes: I remember reading something once about why the Warriors drafted Steph Curry, and yes, his shooting was definitely mentioned, but it also had this juicy nugget about how their scouts/stat guys have this metric, I forget what they even called it, where they kept track of really good passes to open players and then his teammates failed to actually make the shot. And now I want to know who I have to slip a bag of coke* to to get that stat for NBA players.

As for my second, unrelated note: now, I also see my home-team Pistons crew in here celebrating a couple of wins. Can we please finally throw some respect at my beautiful child Hamidou Diallo? Every year this kid makes a small but significant leap in his play, and he seems to adapt his game to whatever is working for him. Are we allowed to like him, or do I have to pretend that he sucks because he doesn't shoot threes in this cursed joy-sucking era. Let's also share some love with Saddiq Bey. This feels great because, drunk off my rear end at a small New Year's party, I said to one of my friends "Cade looks like the real deal, but I also think that Diallo and Bey are legit and have a ton of potential" so seeing my two call outs go off less than a week later lets me pretend to be smart.

*_{The Editor would like to inform you that "Bag of coke" would more accurately be "Cherry Coca-Cola". No questions will be fielded as to why it's inside of a bag}

Eratik posted:

Wiggins at #4 is hilarious, but not as hilarious as him getting way more votes than Draymond.

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Ghost Dog posted:

monks tried the hardest of anyone on the lakers to find ways to contribute and its been very fun to watch. i dont really see any way he ends up as some overpaid albatross but who knows

xbilkis posted:

A fully actualized Myles Turner in Charlotte would be so cool, make it happen Mitch

WhyteRyce posted:

I love Richaun and think we got him back on a very solid contract but part of me thinks it was a good value because no one really offered him anything which makes me question what his trade value is

Crazy Ted posted:

Darryl Morey just says gently caress it and blows the whole thing up

hifi posted:

Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:

The play in made sense in the bubble since they cut down the schedule mid season but there’s no reason to keep it around at this point besides $$$.

WhyteRyce posted:

wait you mean some people aren't comfortable with being locked in to that contract
https://twitter.com/TheAthleticNBA/status/1481298676911730690

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But we forget sometimes that executives are ultra-competitive in their professions as well, and it’s safe to say Morey has no interest in executing a bad deal because of pressure ever again. As an aside, sources say that’s also the reason the Sixers have zero interest in the prospect of swapping Simmons for Westbrook now and alleviating the Lakers’ fit concerns with their superstar trio.

Jota posted:

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1481663920888635394?s=20

RJ and Cam reunited. Setting the table for Zion

Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/msinger/status/1481671151432523776

what

WhyteRyce posted:

I wish Monte would have gotten in on Reddish, although giving up a first round pick is no joke depending on the protections

Declan MacManus posted:

someone’s gonna get okongwu for an end of bench guy and a protected first and they’re gonna make out like a loving bandit

book it

dokmo posted:

https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/1481956374892404737