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Patrick Bateman

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  1. Saints trading up to get a QB? Willis?
  2. We gonna throw away our shot? Well, well, well..... we finally did it last offseason, we jettisoned our old dudes, we opened up cap space, and we acquired draft picks. Now, some of this worked out, some probably didn't and some is TBD, but it happens when you realize your fate 3 years too late. We're headed in the right direction, even if progress ain't straight line. Let's hope the ping pong Gods are good to us and let's start the rebuild!!! Or continue it.... Some info: Draft picks! 3 of them. Probably makes sense to turn two of these into a higher pick or trade one of them for a pick later in hopes it turns out higher. Cap space! We gots them as well! Now, all we need is to draft or trade for the players..... Can we somehow acquire someone who turns into one of these guys? Questions remain: What do you do with Lonnie? How do we draft? How can maximize our 3 draft picks? Can we continue incremental improvement or do we need to get that top 5 pick? Fun time, but a lot of different avenues exist.... how should we proceed?
  3. There's also a ton of actual evidence and data which shows that Dak and the offense are all way better with Amari on the field with them. I don't think Amari is an elite, first ballot HOF type of player, but I do think he's an excellent route runner and easily the best outside WR we had and commanded attention and brackets. To give up on someone like that for a 5th rounder because we wanted to save our money for...... Randy Gregory? Dalton Schultz? Because we have to pay Zeke 14 million? Please tell me what we're saving our money for? Why did we show our hand and try and build a media narrative of how overpaid Amari was while the WR market goes crazy and sold him for pennies on the dollar? Are you trying to argue the Cowboys' front office is sound or even savvy when managing the cap? Since when/ Most insiders are literally laughing their asses off at how we handled the Cooper situation, regardless if you wanted him on the roster next year.
  4. Vegas traded him because they were rebuilding with Gruden..... how did that go? They're considered one of the 5 core positions -- QB, LT, Pass Rusher, CB, and WR. From a talent and cap allocation, these positions are generally (not always) prioritized.
  5. My bad.... Can a Mod merge these? Thanks!
  6. I think he can still play a little, but no doubt, age, conditioning, and rule changes have really done a number on him..... didn't see him tonight though, I'll admit.
  7. Because the God of Thunder deserves his own thread. Seems Thor is having a mid-immortal life crisis and going on a walkabout. Squint and you can see Tess Thompson, Waititi in Korg CGI, Russell Gladiator as Zeus, and of course, Natalie Portman, who is back as Dr. Jane Foster and replacement Thor. No Christian Bale yet..... but he's coming. And Hemsworth is looking pretty..... Thunderlips, or Hulkish with the died blonde hair.
  8. Kobe is an all-time great basketball player, he's simply not a top 10 player, and there's nothing wrong with that. And I did respond to your points on 09' and 10'. I let you know you could consider them but they weren't really his strongest years at least statistically, especially 10', where one could make the case, Pau was their team MVP especially in the regular season. It wouldn't help Kobe's case, really. And yes metrics or statistics tend to be the best place to give evidence or credence to an opinion, because memory or anecdotal evidence isn't really helpful. You seem..... sensitive.
  9. 01' wasn't statistically one of Kobe's best year's though. It was kind of on that 2nd tier but Kobe had a lot of years about that good. I'll give you it was his best playoff run, but what I'm telling you is, brotha.... you can pick any five years you want for the playoffs for Kobe and Kawhi is still going to outpace him.....by a lot. 01', 09'. I don't care what you choose. Hell, you could pick any 3 playoff campaigns you want for Kobe and sort of cheating because they wouldn't be successive campaigns and they wouldn't match Kawhi. Kawhi is just that good in the playoffs. And same with a reg season. Longer time periods help Kobe in comparison because Kawhi is always hurt.
  10. I think this is the best case for Kobe is ability to play through a bunch of nagging injuries and situation including a trial for raping a girl. Kawhi is brittle, no doubt. He'll have to live with that rep his entire career and life. It's part of his legacy, but when on the court.... at the heights of their skills, Kawhi was better and frankly, it's close, but not that close. Kobe also quit on his team twice in the playoffs. Close. Really his apex window was a decade, a lot longer than Kawhi's with a clunker thrown in the middle. So, yea..... if you're considering drafting to start a team and those are your two choices or you need someone for the season and don't want to risk injury or can't have rest games from your star, then I agree Kobe is your guy. Kobe definitely had more charisma as Kawhi has the personality of a used condom and Kobe got to play for the shiny and sexy organization of the league, the Lakers. Would we think of him different if he was in Charlotte? Probably. These were simply the best continuous 5 years of his career. You could pick his Shaq years if you wanted or only the 3rd year if you wanted and statistically all what would happen is he'd look less comparable to Kawhi. His playoff numbers would be a bit higher but not as good as his regular season numbers and nowhere in any stratosphere with Kawhi's. Kobe's best argument lies in his amazing longevity, certain performances which are more specific. He was a great player for a long time, but like almost every great player, needed very good supporting casts around him. Although I think it was a down year in the league, Kawhi carrying Toronto to a championship is by far the more impressive achievement for each. Kobe will go down as the greater player, for his longevity. But again, we're talking about peaks.
  11. Yes sir. I'm doubtful they subject him to basketball unless Denver is like 2-2 or something like that, which I doubt. They're a one man gang and usually those teams get exposed in the playoffs. Plus, Murray has been considered healthy enough to come back by the team, but has yet to want to lace them up. This could low key be an issue this summer.
  12. Again, are you sure..... Here is basically their respective peaks. 5 continuous seasons where they were at the apex of their skills (6 for Kawhi technically as he missed a full season). https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=1&player_id1=leonaka01&p1yrfrom=2016&p1yrto=2021&player_id2=bryanko01&p2yrfrom=2003&p2yrto=2007 Yes, Kobe scores more as he plays more. 40 minutes a game. Pop started babying his players once TD got old and this continues with Kawhi, who averages about 33 mpg, but look at the per minute run and this continues as Kawhi started having knee issues. Look at the per 36 minutes. Kawhi actually averages more points (barely). He averages more rebounds, more steals, more blocks, less turnovers, shoots 50 points better and on top of it, is probably the best perimeter defender in the league. Look at the rates, Kawhi beat Kobe in all but AST%. Look at the advanced metrics. PER -- Kawhi: 26.5; Kobe 25.6 TS% -- Kawhi: .607; Kobe .561 WS/48 -- Kawhi: .247; Kobe .199 BPM -- Kawhi: 8/4; Kobe 6.3 VORP -- Kawhi: 28.2; Kobe 31.2 -- in 50 more games! Now, here's the fun part. Go look at the playoff stats. Mamba? Every fucking important stats goes down for Kobe. The tall tales of Kobe's "clutchness" are exactly that.... tall tales. Kawhi? All the important stats for the most part, go way up. In other words, in the playoffs when shit gets real? The gap between Kawhi and Kobe gets larger! And it's not going Mamba's way. Look at the playoff PERs? 7.5 point delta for Kawhi. WS/48? Kawhi doubles Kobe! BPM? 10.9 to 4.5 for Kawhi. So, if this is players at their apex, then it may depend on what you're "drafting" for? A season? A playoff series? A playoff run? One game? The only place a logical person may draft Kobe is in a season because of Kawhi's brittleness. But in the playoffs? The real "assassin" is Kawhi. And as a Spurs fan, I fucking hate typing that, but it's the truth. A playoff run or series? Give me Kawhi at his peak every fucking time. And anyone who watched or can do fucking math should feel the same way.
  13. No, what I'm saying is even in comparison to players of their eras, Bird's career was about average. Major injury at 32, which led to a large regression and basically done by 34. Today, there's different studies, but the predominant thought process seems to be mid to late 30's (35-37). Lebron is 37 and arguably just had the greatest season of any 37 year old in history. He shows very little regression in his game or athleticism other needing more recovery time and having more nagging injuries. He's already going to play past averages and will most likely play at a high level better than anyone before him (minus catastrophic injury). It's simply a comparison of career length against their peers and historical context where needed.
  14. Now do shots...... How many shots did each take? FG%? TS%? Just because you shoot more doesn't make a player better than another always. Turnovers? Steals? Rebounds? Scoring is a very important skill, but it's not always telling the right story.
  15. Your first point is simply a subjective opinion. Lebron is the single best NBA player at his age in history. A lot is probably genetics, but he continues to train, cut weight when he needs to and upkeep his body at an elite level. Who says Bird wasn't a capable defensive player, he was. Specifically as a rebounder and disruptor. Bird was a 2nd team All-NBA defender 3 times. Lebron was a 1st team All-NBA defender 5 times. Lebron was an extremely good defender and when focused, an elite one. Bird never was. But he still was a good defender, especially early in his career. He simply doesn't meet Lebron's apex defensive abilities.
  16. That's a pretty bold statement. Numbers don't agree with you. Lebron is better penetrator and therefore breaking down a defense, which is an enormous skill in basketball. He's overall a better scorer (not shooter) and overall he's better (or maybe more blessed) at taking care of his body, which is a huge some would call skill. So, Lebron is a better defender, penetrator, scorer and probably as good a passer. There's a fun debate here, but anyone saying Bird > Lebron by some outlandish delta simply wasn't watching or wasn't remembering....
  17. There's some thought that Joseph won't get in legal entanglement unless something changes, but the NFL wheel of justice always looms. I'm not going to say we draft a ton of knuckleheads these days or any more than any other team, but we certainly do draft our share. Still some time to go on this one.....
  18. Tend to agree and he's certainly a better player than Stockton or Isiah. He'd replace Kobe, but he probably hasn't been there long enough. Deserves to be on the All-NBA team. A lot of these players are products of their time so it's really hard to see them playing with a 3 point line. Oscar is one of these. If it's his era's rules? I take the big O. 3 point line? Probably Steph or someone else. I'd probably just put Lebron at PG.
  19. From what I can discern, the person in the picture, who has a chain which blurrily looks like his brand, got into a beef with a guy at some club, but nothing came of it and they went their separate ways. A little while later, one of the guys was gunned in a drive-by. That's the rumor as best as I could make sense of it. Who knows though? We'll have to see if it has legs....
  20. I would slow your roll here....... it's a scrupulous rumor at best right now with a lot of credibility issues. It originally came off a post from Facebook who said it looked like Joseph. Now maybe this turns into something, but pretty charged thing to declare.
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