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HookEm

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  1. I inherited this OysterQuartz from my granddad. Reminds me that I need to get the batteries replaced.
  2. If I'm honest, that is some of the funniest art I have seen in a while. Maybe I'll play around and make a better version of one of these.
  3. This stat depends heavily on how you define "city". Austin is actually the 10th biggest city in the US. So it makes sense it would also be among the top-10 cities with listings over $1M. On the other hand, the Austin metro area is only around the 30th biggest metro area in the US. If we are a top-10 metro area in $1M listings but only top-30 in size, then that would paint a very different picture.
  4. T2 is overrated as fuck
  5. If someone is actually funny we don't care where they are from. Ricky Gervais is hysterical and is an equal opportunity offender. John Oliver is not nearly as funny, but is clever enough that he keeps my attention despite being overly condescending. Trevor Noah isn't very funny and isn't very clever. He bores me. So when he makes fun I just find myself saying "fuck off" in my head.
  6. LeBron kinda left the team that drafted him after winning a title. Of course he had already left them once before.
  7. I’m just saying that is a worst case, which is still fantastic. Obviously hoping he is a major contributor down the line.
  8. Or stays here for 5 years, never plays much, but has a UT degree and possibly even a masters.
  9. Agreed. But narratives can change quickly. People said the same thing about Durant until he left for Golden State. Remember this guy? We are seeing that now in real time with Dame Lillard.
  10. At Tech, Beard would have played 5 small forwards on the court at the same time if he had the personnel. I kid. Mostly.
  11. Even better. Smart move for the kid. Can play against much better competition than staying another year in high school.
  12. Doubt he will get to play much, but it seems like he has some good building blocks to develop for a few years. And better to round out the practice squad this way than with walk-ons.
  13. No, I don't think that is possible.
  14. Brock Cunningham is just a super senior. Ithiel Horton is a super duper senior.
  15. I have to think there are teams who would trade a late 1st rounder for multiple 2nds. And then you can take multiple late 1sts and bundle them to move up in the draft. It is a great problem to have.
  16. The world has gotten a lot more talented. Check out Canada's likely team: Starters: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jamal Murray, RJ Barrett, Kelly Olynyk, Dwight Powell Bench: Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Lu Dort, Dillon Brooks, Bennedict Mathurin, Thomas Scrubb That is a legit team right there.
  17. This team has a lot of guys with the potential to be great. Abmas basically took Oral Roberts to the Sweet 16 single handedly. He could be the guy who gets us to the Final Four. Obviously Disu could be the man. He was playing like a Naismith winner his last 8 games of the season, averaging 16.5 PTS, 7.4 TRB, 1.3 STL on 70.3% FG shooting and 86.4% FT. Oh and throw in 50% from 3 for good measure. Dillon Mitchell could turn out to be the best guy on the team on both ends of the court if he has a great offseason. Hunter has a ton of talent as well. He could be a 1st Team All-Big 12 type player. I really think he was playing hurt for most of last year (in addition to the Chris Beard situation really affecting him). For a couple of month stretch he didn't look nearly as explosive and his shot was way off. Here were his splits if you separate those games... When he has it going, he can be as good as any guard we have had in the last 15 years. When he is off, it is pretty bad (but at least he still puts in a lot of effort on defense) First & Last of Season - 13.1 PTS, 3.2 TRB, 2.3 AST, 1.7 TO, 53.6% 2P, 38.8% 3P, 86.5% FT - 18 games Middle Part of Season - 7.9 PTS, 2.8 TRB, 2.8 AST, 1.9 TO, 34.5% 2P, 28.4% 3P, 73.7% FT - 20 games Best 10 Games - 18.0 PTS, 55% 2P, 48% 3P, 92% FT Worst 10 Games - 3.8 PTS, 32% 2P, 7% 3P, 63% FT
  18. Yeah after thinking about it, my numbers are probably off. Horton is a grown assed man at 24. As a freshman, he had a similar year at Delaware to Weaver at UTA (40%+ from 3 and All Freshman team). But since then he played 3 years in the ACC and another year for UCF scoring 12.3 ppg. Apparently he is also a good defender. My only real concern is his bad efficiency, but maybe that is more of a reflection of his role on less talented teams. I think we will start with Mitchell at SF like last year, but he will play a lot of his minutes at PF when we go to smaller lineups. I also think Disu will get a ton of minutes as our small-ball center. I also probably had too many minutes going to Onyema. Chris Johnson also may not be ready for more than 10 mpg. He only averaged 6 ppg for Monteverde last year (but almost 20 ppg in a different school the year before). Hopefully he will be ok with fewer minutes this year and a larger role next year. He has better size than Morris though, so he may slot in well as our small-ball SF. It will be interesting to see what the crunch time lineup looks like. It wouldn't surprise me at all for it to be Hunter, Abmas, Cunningham, Disu and Shedrick. That would be an elite free throw shooting group. Or swap Shedrick or Brock for Mitchell if he improves a lot.
  19. And just like that… the thread has been derailed. For fucks sake.
  20. Here is an updated guess at our minutes breakdown once we get to conference. It is hard to find enough minutes for everyone. The addition of Horton and Johnson actually makes us deeper than last year's team. We can go 10 deep with very little drop off. If Anemekwe improves, it could be 11. I'm assuming that we are going to start big with Mitchell, Disu and Shedrick. However, it wouldn't surprise me for one of the guards to step up and we end up closing with a 3-guard lineup plus Mitchell and Disu. No matter how you slice it, there will be numerous players who are used to getting 30-35 mpg who are going to be getting more like 15. Horton has started 83 games and may end up being our 10th best player. It will be another test for Terry to keep everyone happy. A huge benefit to having this level of depth is that practices will be VERY competitive. The talent difference between the starters and the bench isn't going to be very big. For reference, here were last year's minutes once we hit conference with our crunch time lineup in orange. We were basically an 8-man rotation plus ~9 minutes carved out for Arterio Morris.
  21. Agree completely. Tyler Hero is still pretty young... a year younger than Marcus Carr is you can believe it. Here are some comps of players at a similar stage of their career. Player 1 – 23 – Year 4 – 20.1 PTS, 5.4 TRB, 4.2 AST, 0.8 STL, 2.4 TOV, 0.378 3P%, 0.934 FT%, 0.566 TS%, 34.9 MP, 67 GS, 25.6 USG (Tyler Herro) Player 2 – 23 – Year 5 – 23.7 PTS, 4.7 TRB, 4.5 AST, 1.0 STL, 3.4 TOV, 0.374 3P%, 0.832 FT%, 0.574 TS%, 34.5 MP, 62 GS, 30.5 USG (Zach Lavine) Player 3 - 23 - Year 4 – 20.4 PTS, 2.3 TRB, 4.5 AST, 0.8 STL, 3.1 TOV, 0.336 3P%, 0.870 FT%, 0.573 TS%, 30.0 MP, 43 GS, 29.2 USG (Jordan Poole) Player 3 – 23 – Year 4 – 20.3 PTS, 6.4 TRB, 2.1 AST, 1.1 STL, 2.2 TOV, 0.382 3P%, 0.724 FT%, 0.583 TS%, 33.9 MP, 57 GS, 24.7 USG (Jaylen Brown) Player 4 – 25 – Year 4 – 25.1 PTS, 4.0 TRB, 6.8 AST, 0.9 STL, 3.2 TOV, 0.375 3P%, 0.892 FT%, 0.560 TS%, 35.7 MP, 75 GS, 31.3 USG (Damian Lillard) Player 4 – 22 – Year 4 – 26.6 PTS, 4.1 TRB, 6.8 AST, 0.9 STL, 4.1 TOV, 0.326 3P%, 0.866 FT%, 0.584 TS%, 35.0 MP, 64 GS, 32.9 USG (Devin Booker) Player 5 – 24 – Year 4 – 21.7 PTS, 3.2 TRB, 2.9 AST, 1.1 STL, 1.9 TOV, 0.439 3P%, 0.879 FT%, 0.591 TS%, 31.9 MP, 77 GS, 27.6 USG (Klay Thompson) At the same stage, Herro is a better shooter than most of the players on the list and led the entire NBA in FT% this year. His is great in crunch time. He rebounds at a high rate for his position and has underrated athleticism. He turns the ball over at a low rate and doesn't foul. He gets buckets without dominating the ball (see his 25.6 USG). I really think he would be a fantastic piece for Portland to build around alongside Scoot. But if I was Miami, I wouldn't give him up for Lillard's bloated contract.
  22. The main thing is that it is an unselfish play by the guard to give up points for himself to feed the trailing player. After a play like that, I GUARANTEE that the trailing player will be playing harder for a while. And the whole team also gets hyped up seeing the throw down AND the unselfish play is contagious. If you are in a visiting arena, the whole place quiets down. If you are at home, the whole place erupts and you likely go on an extended run. Well worth the risk, all things considered in my opinion.
  23. Phoenix announced that Marcus Carr made their summer league roster. Here are their guards... To me, Carr looks like both the best player and the best prospect out of this bunch. I hope he gets minutes. Marcus Carr - 24 (6’2) – College Grant Sherfield – 23 (6’2) – College Jordan Goodwin – 24 (6’3) - NBADL Eugene German – 26 (6’0) – Europe Hunter Hale – 26 (6’4) – Europe Barry Brown – 27 (6’2) – New Zealand and China Jawun Evans – 27 (6’0) – NBADL, Europe
  24. Here is an update on our returning experience. This is now the 2nd most experienced team we have ever had in terms of average age, experience and games played. It really helps shore up our bench depth.
  25. Agree 100%. The key will be whether he accepts that role. If so, that could be a very good add. Honestly though, I don't see the need to add anyone else. Every minute this guy gets will be time that Hunter or Abmas likely spends on the bench. I want those guys getting 32+ mpg. And I want Brock getting 20+ mpg. And I want Johnson and Weaver getting plenty of minutes so that they can take over next year.
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