Football ...
Basketball ...
Baseball ...
Other Sports ...
Futbol ...
🤫995🤫 ...
Gambling ...
Movies & TV ...
Music ...
Hobbies ...
Lulz ...
Food & Travel
...
Daily Texan ...
Business & Markets ...
Cloak Room ...
Help ...
For Sale ...
Board Discussion ...
Advertise...
Tailgate Donations
-
Posts
10554 -
Joined
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Store
Downloads
Recruiting - 2020
2019-2020 Football Season
Football
Entertainment
Sports
News and Business
Cloak Room
Transfer Portal
Recruiting
Events
Everything posted by Patrick Bateman
-
Harris' money really makes it difficult to insert him in the trade unless Brooklyn gives Harris back...... so they may be pivoting.
-
He's outstanding and has been since about year 2-3 of his HC career. Been underrated because the Heatles only won 2, but really that's because Dirk pushed in Lebron's shit and Lebron no showed in year 1. By year 4, they just were facing a better and hungrier team and Wade's knees were done. Not sure if the Nets will feel this way, but Harden, with the new rules, and his new body isn't quite what he used to be...... He's still an insane offensive force at times, but the consistency is gone. Amazing what happens when you can't literally jump into defenders and get 2 FT's.
-
Wiz gonna give him a quarter of a billion dollars?
-
Fox has declined as a player the last 3 years. He's a quagmire at this point. Looking at the contracts and realizing that 29m AAV for Randle is too much..... Fox at 34m AAV over the next 4 years is ludicrous unless he becomes way, way better. I'll take the latter.
-
Not sure who this dude is. Doesn't look like he breaks a lot of stuff, but if this was true, it would probably take a third team or the Nets would have to trade Joe Harris, which maybe they're fine with. Sabonis is the best player in the deal, so they got that. Haliburton may be the best talent and have higher upside..... time will tell. I like Haliburton, but the Pacers have a lot of back court pieces, but maybe this is the best deal they could find and they obviously wanted and needed to break up Turner and Sabonis. Otherwise, the other pieces are just moving around furniture. Haliburton is super cheap though..... that's a big piece. Both of these franchises have been flailing for awhile, so there's a likelihood that nothing impactful happens other than being able to compare the two young stars over time.
-
Watched over the last 3 nights. I really enjoyed it. No, it's not going to win any Oscars (Emmys actually, dummy!), but the original work doesn't really lend itself to that type of reaction. It was fun, kept your attention and you were invested. The acting was pretty solid and any time you can see Bruce McGill with a southern draw (My Cousin Vinny), it's a treat. So Reacher is an actor named Alan Ritchson and from previous work, it's easy to take him lightly. But he seems like a super cool dude and has a good head on his shoulders after going to a dark place and realizing he's bi-polar. Listened to this podcast while working out today. It was pretty good, but long. Talks about his challenge of mental health and the entire project, from casting to shooting. He literally suffered a lot so they could make their production deadlines. Good voice (if you make it to the end) too.
-
Haliburton is in 2nd year of his deal and I like him but the Pacers still too many guards and now they have less front court. Sabonis is the best player in the deal, but Pacers got cheaper. I get it, the tank is on and they save some money, but it's still a weird deal with Duarte there. I don't get either of these teams. Sacramento is consistently one of the worst managed teams in the league, so..... whatever. Feel bad for Sabonis..... although is Sacramento really worse than Indiana. I'll have to think. Both sound awful.
-
I don't really follow these teams so I'm a bit perplexed..... Kings still have Bagley? LOL. Pacers gonna trade Brogdon? They just drafted Duarte, who looks like a solid player. This is a weirder trade for Indy IMO. I imagine it's salary dump of some sort.
-
This season's FA class isn't deep in high end talent. Lillard looked cooked this season. What is the hook or sell for Portland? And they have to do it quickly too..... I would imagine re-signing Jurkic is a priority and he will get buzz from other teams.
-
TPE from Steven Adams..... and now Portland has created a TPE.
-
All quiet on the Tank front. Here's a couple of rumors. Doubt we move Jakob's ladder. Reportedly, Spurs asking for a 1st plus a good young player, probably like Precious. They need shooting too, so maybe a McDermott and add another first and we throw back a 2nd. This is crazy..... Thad can still be a 7/8 guy off the bench and help in a 15-20 minute capacity, imo. Not sure what we're doing, but we should be notifying all teams. Also..... Congrats to Dejounte.
-
They finally, after 3 years of purgatory, got serious about rebuilding..... hence going young and effectively tanking. It was 3 years too late and they fucked up everything along the way including what to do with DeMar, but here they are. The issue is without Tim Duncan making the sun shine on everyone, the Spurs are finding how difficult it is to hit on mid-first round or late lottery picks. The need a top 5 pick and probably top 3 to pair with Murray, who himself, is probably only a 3rd guy on a real contender. Half the league or more are always looking for that foundational star, the Spurs are no different right now. But yes, they were mismanaged since Kawhi left and TD retired, many of us have been very critical of them.
-
Just for shits and giggles, what would this deal look like? What could the Cavs offer for Murray and if you fucking mention Sexton as any type of lynchpin to the deal, you should get kicked out of this thread for being a moron. Or maybe they should be looking at Derrick White.
-
Eh, I have issues with this thought process, reads like it comes right from Jerrah. Place the blame on the players because..... they're entitled from becoming a Cowboy? In what way? Since 2010, we have the 8th best winning percentage in the NFL but we have the least amount of playoff berths in the top 12 and the least amount of wins in the top half of the leagues winningest teams with 2. Why? Players come and go and the leadership structure of the team from a player perspective has turned over, this isn't a Aaron Rodgers or Roethlisberger paradigm. If it's a culture issue as stated on the podcast then it's one of our own making and that circles back...... to the executive staff and ownership of the organization. Entitlement culture is typically instilled top-down. Also, we've only hired mediocre to poor coaches and where does coaching capabilities typically make the biggest impacts? In December and the playoffs. Get better executives who can assess and hire better coaches. It's that easy.... and that hard.
-
Spurs have a lot of issues..... the last 35ish games are so important for the youngsters. Frankly, I think these are the last 35 games of the Lonnie Walker era. He has wonderful tools, but it hasn't clicked as a basketball player. He does nothing well. Vassell is a tad better this year than last and he's still a baby at 21, but he needs to really pick up and show out some game this last half. Going into his 3rd year as a question mark would be a real concern. Keldon has sort of hit a wall, he excited us probably playing over his head in 17 games his rookie year, but since then he's settled in as a solid role player but that's it. Never say never, but there's been no evidence he can be a top 3 player on a contending squad, just a nice hustle player. Murray looks better and is exhibiting some leadership which is great to see. Derrick is up and down but a decent player. Our two bigs are nice 20 minute player and developmental 20 minute player. But there just isn't a star level player other than Murray and he's probably just starish on a bad squad. They've had 3 top 18 picks the last 5 years and early returns are....... minimal, and that's me being nice. Tanking? Probably good because the Spurs are showing they're really no different than any other front office when it comes to drafting..... they'll have as many misses as hits. Primo went 1-13 tonight..... Lonnie was 2-10. Shooters gotta shoot I guess.
-
Binary thinkers aren't generally good assessors of value. Probably tell your wife to shut the fuck up.
-
Yes. Some of us have been complaining about this for 4-5 years and this is what was advocated. This isn't the fucking 90's. You never draft a RB in the top 10 anymore. Frankly, RBs don't matter (don't take it literally, but in terms of draft capital). Not one leading rusher from the Final Four was taken in the first round. Only truly stupid teams draft a RB in the top half of the first round and really in the top 40 picks. Dak isn't the most accurate QB in the league but he's far from what you imply. Dak actually was top 10 for least amount in bad throw %s in the league last year and as many have stated, he struggled a little bit after the calf injury. We could do better than Dak (anyone trading Mahomes after he had one of the worst halves in playoff football in the last decade (still would) or Josh Allen?), but we could do much, much worse -- see every team in our division. Better fit? For what? A year? Ramsey has been an elite corner since he stepped in the league. It was a horrendous pick. I think what defenders should say is that Zeke used to be an elite RB, but that's the point, only a few say elite more than 5 years and you can get those generally in later rounds. Drafting Zeke was evidence the Cowboys still were a decade behind the league and hadn't figured out modern pro football. The issue is Jerrah actually becomes a coward about things. We had overdrafted Mo Claiborne a few years earlier in the top 5 and he was scared to draft a CB again in the same basic spot. Agreed about Marinelli. He was horrible in draft analysis. Not only Taco by Trysten Hill too....
-
So...... they finally figured out the whole Darlene thing, which was the stupidest arc of the show and made no sense why she wasn't just killed back in season 2. Glad Wyatt gotten taken down too, what a pathetic schmuck. But now, I love that the leader of a Mexican Drug Cartel is roaming around the Ozarks killing people of his own hand. No henchmen? No sicarios? Talk about unrealistic. Exchange one ridiculous lark for another.
-
Mobley has to continue to develop into a superstar, otherwise they'll need an A piece. But yea, they've done an excellent job with Mobley, Garland, and Allen. Kevin Love is actually their 2nd best player per minute so no...... he's not a waste of money this year, just an overpaid one. They'll need another piece which will probably be dictated by how high Mobley can push his ceiling. Exciting 2 way player. Sexton may end up kicking around the league now..... he's sort of regressed/been exposed. Yup. He's quietly put together a really good season in limited minutes. 22.5 PER, .220 WS/48, 2.0 VORP and TS of 61.9%. Those are fucking stud numbers off the bench. I'd imagine Houston would just love to dump his contract. His 44% from 3 is probably pyrite and he's pretty limited otherwise although has that veteran guile. His contract may be valuable next year though as 23-24' isn't guaranteed so it could be used to get a better player with picks next year. His contract may be worth more than the player, but not a ton.
-
1. Because if conversations in any type of story telling, but especially in fiction didn't give the reader/listener/watcher some type of insight, whether into plot, character, or timing, then it would be a worthless conversation. So, you want to watch a bunch of worthless conversations because of your interpretation of realism? I guess and I'm not saying you're necessarily wrong in regard to this specific show, but that would be some boring shit. 2. Spoiler -- if you haven't watched by now, then don't read. Because Claire Shaw (isn't that a terrible name) only has a temporary fix from Marty and still needs the Mexican product to continue offsetting expenditures to help her books. It does her no good to piss off an obviously very volatile personality in Javi so she gives him some information but not all of it. She can't risk permanent shutdown. She gives him enough to stay trustworthy enough but still gives the Byrds an opportunity to create or tweak a narrative they'll need to keep Javi supplying. And lastly, she's a little intimated by Javi and that was hinted at in the scene where she tells Wendy about meeting him in the garage.
-
Welp, Daboll decided to take the Giants job instead so maybe Moore is a serious candidate there. I'd still guess he gets passed on. I'm not as high on Daboll as some others but he has helped Allen really harness his talents and become a more technically sound QB. Can he do the same with Jones? I have some doubts.
-
Wiggins on an All-Star team is silly....
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business and Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Subscribe!... Donate!... Advertise... COOKIE MONSTER!