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Patrick Bateman

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  1. Nice that the defense decided to take the night off. Getting crushed by the 2's from Philly.
  2. Why? And I'd trade Fox in a minute. Fox is the classic inefficient small guard who can score in exciting ways but is a liability on defense and not good enough of a creator to justify his contract unless he really changes his game or becomes a better shooter. Rk Player From To G MP PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% OWS DWS WS WS/48 OBPM DBPM BPM VORP 1 De'Aaron Fox 2018 2022 300 9509 17.4 .539 .231 .357 1.8 10.3 6.0 30.5 2.1 1.2 13.9 27.1 8.5 6.3 14.8 .074 0.8 -0.8 0.0 4.8 2 Ben Simmons 2018 2021 275 9326 19.8 .579 .011 .425 6.2 19.2 12.9 34.5 2.4 1.8 19.6 21.5 15.3 15.0 30.4 .156 1.7 2.0 3.7 13.4 Simmons is a versatile and really good defender at worst who is a liability on offense but you can still throw him on the block vs smaller guys. Halliburton is on a cheaper contract and really young but he hasn't shown to be anything crazy special, but it's very early. I'd probably want to keep the better shooter and that's Halliburton.
  3. We're still in 10th place in the West. As bad as we've been lately, the bottom teams continue to be worse. We really need to up our tanking game!
  4. This is a really tough situation. Two young and talented guys, who are "me" guys and therefore can't really breakthrough that ceiling into number 1. I doubt Jaylon Brown ever can, but he still does a few things better than Tatum, like shoot, but that's really all he does better, therefore, I may seek to unload Brown, sort of blow it up and figure out an identity. I'm also wary of Stevens as an executive and this will be a pretty stern test. I don't have a ton of context on them or how Udoka is dealing with all of this, but it looks bad..... really bad.
  5. This cannot be emphasized enough. They proven to be bitches their entire careers.
  6. I think he's in the peripheral discussion and seen and read some things with his name in it, but statistically and from the eye test, he's just so clearly in the 2nd or 3rd tier that narrative alone would be difficult to carry him to one. Top 10 though... I do think he's in there somewhere. He'd have to sustain or get a little better and have the rest of the competitors get injured and do a nosedive, which is possible, but not probable.
  7. I tend to agree thus far...... But again, we have half a season to go......
  8. Technically, Draymond did most of the recruiting. Steph was an integral part, but Draymond was the most vocal and foremost on getting KD to really consider the W's. And I think Curry is the best culture builder and torch bearer for an organization since Tim Duncan, so it's not surprising that folks would come to this conclusion. Lebron has had some wins on the player personnel front and also some losses. I think where some, including myself, get frustrated with him, is he generally shirks accountability and responsibility for the losses. Lebron's not a terrible person, IMO, but he's definitely spoiled and entitled and does some petty ass shit. Regardless, with the Lakers hovering around .500, I don't think there a huge appetite to drive a MVP campaign for him. I also don't think it's unfair to point out that individually, he's still playing at an elite level, which is sort of mind blowing. Yes, I think we all understand you're in the tank for KD. And sometimes, being the old man, can definitely be of benefit for the narrative. Time to give him one as a career achievement award or last time he may really challenge for it type of thing. I think KD's definitely in the discussion and rightly so considering the Kyrie situation but he has to sustain the play and it wouldn't hurt if he could even get a little better. Statistically, this isn't one of his most efficient years, but as a leader and defensively, it could bear out as one of his finest. Should be a good 2nd half if the NBA can clear COVID fucking up everything by the ASB.
  9. I think this is what happened. Steph started the season on fire, he's regressed to the norm a little and maybe a little below averages for a bit. Sample sizes are needed. He looked like a MVP player the first 5-6 weeks, he hasn't the last 5-6 weeks. He's still a great player, but if the season ended today, no, Steph isn't nor should he be one the top names for MVP, at least statistically. Jokic, Freak, Butler, KD, and then you have gaggle of other guys like Steph, Lebron, Embiid, etc. But we also know that the MVP voting is based on narratives and expectations. The Warriors are outpacing expectations, the Lakers are underperforming. The rest of the guys are probably leading their teams to expected consequences relative considering injuries, COVID, flat-earthers, etc. Overall, what it does, is set up a really intriguing back half of the season where probably 5-6 guys could make legitimate charges for MVP including Steph and maybe Lebron if the Lakers went crazy in the 2nd half (something I don't expect). Freak has won, Jokic has won, Steph has won, KD has won respective MVPs so there's not that fresh face either unless you want to consider Jimmy B, but he's probably been hurt too much.
  10. Tyler Johnson and Anthony Lamb coming aboard for a bit......
  11. That's not really a thing..... Pollard has a bad wheel and can't play a whole game. We fucked around and didn't backfill the position. Elliott has to take some snaps and touches and he's still our best blocker as Pollard is pretty piss poor in pass pro. Poorly managed position and before folks start..... Zeke is 95% going to be here next year too.
  12. Primo has some funny stats in a SSS. Shooting better from 3 than the field overall. Played over 100 minutes.... 0 FT's. That's hard for a gunner.
  13. Why is a 4 month thread being bumped?
  14. Dak was largely fine yesterday. He had a bad stretch, but that was a stretch where we had penalties, dropped balls, bad calls, missed blocks and overall just played poorly, everyone. The main issue offensively yesterday were two things -- mental mistakes (all the aforementioned) and we couldn't run the ball for shit. Dak was our leading rusher with 20 yards. That's a huge issue. We only ran 57 plays to their 72, so the defense allowing the Cards to go 50% on 3/4th downs combined was a huge issue. We couldn't get off the field on defense and they could...... why? First half we had 4 possessions. 4 fucking possessions, that's terrible. We missed a FG, scored a TD and punted twice. On the two punts, we had 3 and 11 and 3 and 14 because of penalties. 2nd half we only had 5 possessions. This isn't a recipe for success for this team. We scored 2 TDs, fumbled and punted twice. 2 punts? 3 and 20 and 3rd and 9. 3 times we had penalties on 2/3rd down putting us way behind the sticks and leading to a punt. One possession we had a dropped ball which would have put us at 3 and 3. Was Dak perfect? Of course not. Could he and do we need him to be better? Yes, but he wasn't the overwhelming issue. He wasn't even top 5. Again, we are having a difficult time in the run game because both of our RBs are playing on one leg. We have shit for edge blocking with our TEs and we fucked around with the OL chemistry. I expect Tryon to be better as he gets more reps. This will help, but not getting someone better than Corey Clement when we knew both RBs were going to be limping for the rest of the season was lazy, stupid, and moronic. Pretty much Jerrah on brand.
  15. It was an abject embarrassment. They didn't even try to win. I guess some of it had to do with Glennon injuring his hand, but then get the back up in. They were down 3 scores in the 2nd half and had attempted 3 passes at one point and went run, run, short pass at one point. It was such a tank move and if I was a player, I'd be embarrassed and incensed all the same time. I get tanking at the team/org level -- trot out young players to get them reps, start a rookie QB to see what he's got, take chances to try and ride emotion for youngsters, but this was shameful and the Judge should be fired today for the display. The Giants have a decent D and at full strength, which they never were, some average to better than average weapons, but their front office, coaching and QB ineptitude seem like they're really far away. I guess if they got them a Rodgers or Russell Wilson in the offseason would get them closer, but they definitely need a new coaching staff and reports are ownership felt Judge was some sort of future Belichick. Not sure if recent performances have made them rethink their stance.
  16. Giddy up.
  17. What they were doing is exactly what was intended which was to put stress on a poorly coached team in order to either catch them with the wrong personnel package on the field, or misaligned to manufacture points OR to make the other team call a timeout thereby taking a strategic advantage later in the game. They were up in the game and it was the 2nd half, so making the opponent waste a timeout is smart. C'mon. McCarthy is bumbling moron which it comes to game day management. This isn't a new or temporary trait, It was his rep in Green Bay too. He consistently is bamboozled with clock management, timeout usage, field position decisions and general usage of how to put his team in the best position to win. He does other things well, but on game day he turns into Ned Stark trying to manage the 7 Kingdoms. Additionally, we are the most penalized team in the NFL with the most yardage. We have major issues with execution and that typically, not always, is a coaching issue. Collins wasn't good today or at least in the first half. Tyron was definitely rusty especially early. I've been banging the drum on how we have an edge issue with our TE blocking which is maybe the worst in the league. Our WRs are just okay blockers. We also have 2 RBs who are running with one leg/foot. Gallup ACL confirmed. Sucks. He's probably PUP material next year.
  18. That's the ball game. Kingsbury, yes, Kliff, throughly out coached McCarthy and Quinn.
  19. Kingsbury is working Quinn over this drive. Just killing him.
  20. My lord, Anthony Brown...... Just fucking terrible. Ertz is slow as shit now.
  21. Or the...... we're going for 2.
  22. No, you kick it away. Can't be giving up points. And we got the 2!
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