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UncleSonny

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  1. Christ, it’s not my opinion that the Mavs were shopping him. It was widely reported by NBA writers, including Mark Stein. Of course those guys just have sources that they use, you, an internet poster who doesn’t know shut about fuck are probably right. And look, I hope he has a great second half of the season, wins 6th man of the year and is a huge part of a title run. I’m a Mavs fan, that would be great. But you rushing back to this thread thinking you could dunk on me because he had 13 points and 3 rebounds is another embarrassing post in a thread littered with embarrassing posts by you. Ok, done cluttering this thread going back and forth you. Feel free not make a post about how overqualified he is as a third option every time he makes a three for the rest of the season.
  2. I didn’t catch the game last night, but that must have been the most impressive 12 minutes of all time
  3. I don’t know, maybe? It’s kind of an interesting question. Lebron’s entire career focus has been becoming a global brand. Probably even prioritized over being the GOAT bball player. I don’t feel like I’m personally owed his authentic self. His public facing persona is more of a business than anything else and he’s so blatant about it that I’m mostly fine with that. I’ll never feel like he’s my favorite player like some other guys who are more real with fans, but I don’t hate him for it. I get why some people do. All part of the game.
  4. It’s hilarious that after years of bashing the Big12 for being irrelevant and clowning our conference schedule, the moment we are leaving Looch now sees it as a conference of interesting teams that will be fun to follow.
  5. Jimbo certainly wouldn’t survive it. We would effectively retire him if that happens, he would walk out of college station with the rest of his owed contract and straight on to the golf course. On the flip side, if they win that game the Ags will instantly extend him another 10 years/$100m. So a real win-win situation for ol Jimbo.
  6. You understand team building with all the nuance of a potato. As an org, the Mavericks clearly don’t trust him, otherwise they would have extended him already. Kidd doesn’t trust him, see his being hesitant to start him and playing him 17 minutes last night in a game where they were short handed. Now, that doesn’t mean they just give him away or that he can’t be useful in spots. But now they’ve set themselves up for the classic: don’t trade an asset at the deadline, don’t extend him, and watch him sign somewhere else with nothing in return in 5 months. I was hoping to package Wood and whatever else to upgrade the roster for this year and make sure they don’t lose him for nothing this off-season. Nico apparently did as well, but I guess the right deal wasn’t out there. That’s fine, it happens. But Wood being this team’s 3rd most important player really lowers its ceiling.
  7. Gallagher talking himself into the trade in less than a week feels very relatable
  8. Now Crowder to the Bucks for a shit load of 2s. Seems like a good fit for them
  9. Yes one game. Oh, and also the rest of his career. He’s 27 and never played for a winning team before this season. He’s was asked to be the second option next to the best player in the world and the team has been scraping by barely over .500. You’re like a NBA2K player that just sees high skill ratings on players and ignores the actual games that happen in front of you.
  10. The pace was so much faster last night with Kyrie and the young dudes. That will mostly slow down again when Luka is on the floor but it’s nice to have that change of pace option in your bag. Wood looked like garbage last night. Really wavering on if he can ever be a winning player. If they can get a useful piece for him today they shouldn’t hesitate to pull the trigger.
  11. Well anyway…unless someone hurts his feelings in the next few hours we get to see him on the floor as a Mac for the first time tonight. And no Luka so there will be plenty of opportunity for him. Should be interesting. I’m curious to see if anyone is held out that tips another move may be on the way.
  12. If there is anything more tiresome than the Eyes debate, it might be the “are there any thots on campus anymore?” debate
  13. You got me. Where did he rank at the Kids Choice Awards?
  14. Well, not the entire media, I literally just linked a media source that has him at 26. But if you have a source that says otherwise I’d love to see it.
  15. I don’t know man…maybe you should take the fact that nobody agrees with you as a sign that you’re way off base with this take? Not even talking about on this site. Not sure there is an NBA writer or exec that thinks of him as a top ten player. He’s never been first team all NBA. He’s was 2nd team exactly once, in 2019. He’s never received a single MVP vote. Here is a regularly updated list that the ringer keeps, and he’s 26. https://nbarankings.theringer.com/rankings He’s fun as hell to watch when he’s cooking, I’ll give you that. But I’m not sure you’ve given good reason to justify why you think he’s a top ten NBA player at this moment.
  16. This is crazy, and I’m pretty high on Kyrie as a player. Ignoring that he’s a lunatic, you can maybe make the case he’s a top 10 offensive player in the league (not top 5), but you have to occasionally spend some time on the other end in the NBA. And aside from Young he’s probably the single biggest liability on defense of any player that you mentioned. Shit, he’s been objectively great this season, and he’s PER lower than pretty much your entire list except for Young and Booker. Personal stuff aside, I think he’s probably top 20 and lower than every dude you mentioned except Young. Having him above Tatum, Steph, KD, Lebron, and Embiid is a joke.
  17. Interestingly, apparently German critics REALLY hate it
  18. Jimbo is really giving the Ags the full Florida State experience, minus the success on the field part.
  19. I’m sure he’s just fucking around, but if he did decide to portal he would have to wait until the next window, right? Some time in the Spring?
  20. Wait, what is the social statement in rewarding that movie? Just that the most of actors are non-white? Part of the story is the immigrant experience I guess, but it’s not really up on any kind of soapbox about it. And it’s about way more than just that. It’s about literally everything. This is a movie where there is an extended scene of a fight to be the one to shove a trophy up your own ass. Making it a fait accompli winner because it’s woke or whatever seems like a lazy take.
  21. Haha, this is how it went in the post script to my story too. My dad informed my friends they had to tell their parents and then have them give him a call. Out of the 4 friends that got busted, 2 actually did because my parents actually knew theirs. The other two had their older sister and an uncle or something call. Both those guys were in my wedding a decade later and came clean about it, laughing that they had gotten one over on him. He said of course he knew but he was tired of dealing with our dumb asses and figured he had done his parental due diligence at that point.
  22. My Junior year of high school I had 3 buddies over and we were hanging out at my parents place. We were really just planning to play some video games and shoot some pool. Then a fourth buddy calls and let’s us know he just scored some weed so plans quickly changed. My parents were home so smoking at the house was out. No problem, I just told them we were going out to rent a movie, and we left and met friend with the drugs behind Steinmart. We get about as high as we could get on whatever schwag we had to smoke and head back to the house ready to laugh our asses off playing Smash Brothers. Problem was, my mom got suspicious at a certain point and she was waiting for us to return by the door. My friends quickly scatter to the back bedroom while I faced down my mom and tried to pull myself together to try and convince her I’m not high. And that, dear reader, is where I’ll have to pick up the story with what I was told happened, because the next thing I remember I woke up in the hospital with 8 staples in my head. Apparently summoning all my attention to face down my pissed mom was just too much for me in that state, because I passed out straight backward and the back of my head bounced off the brick entryway. I’m completely unconscious and bleeding and my mom is losing her shit. My friends and dad come running and see the scene and they don’t know if she hit me and I went down or if I’m dead or what the fuck happened. Paramedics and cops are called, I go off to the hospital in an ambulance, and my friends are left with the cops to sort this shit out. They think I must have been on some really serious shit to go down like that and aren’t really buying that we were just smoking some dirt weed. My friend who brought the drugs own up to it and they search his truck where they find: the weed, a six pack, a pack of cigs, and porn. They write him a ticket for each one (he was 17) before making a big show out of tearing them all up and giving him a warning. I went home from the hospital the next day with a hell of a headache and in trouble with my parents but both things passed quickly enough.
  23. The old man literally touched him 1st
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