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I will say that I'm a little surprised that he signed an extension--even a short 1-year one--so early, with two years left on his current deal. He'd never admit it, obviously, but it's a subtle admission that he's done realistically competing for titles. There's a world where he could extend his late career championship window by being the 2nd best player on a contending team (Ray Allen on steroids). But I think staying a Warrior matters more to him at this point, and there aren't any mechanisms to get a mega star to Golden State in the next year or so, even if he took a more "team-friendly" deal.

That 6'4" 215 articulate, traditionally handsome, witty, perfect theoretical candidate would barely register with MAGA voters. They crave the theater and the professional wrestling storylines. They don't want "a more polished Trump." They want Stone Cold Steve Austin. They won't turn out for great looking suit.

And that's all fine and dandy. Those are actually salient points. But "Golden State may come to regret this extension in two years if Steph isn't capable of 60+ games by 2026" is a far cry from "A lot of unworthy maxes breathing a sigh of relief theyre no longer the worst contract in the league" which is what started this discussion. Nah, KAT still has worst contact in the league status for awhile longer because, and this part always makes me laugh, his contact hasn't even technically started yet. That deal was awful the second pen hit paper.

Jesus, I can't kept up with the goalpost moving. From new "worst contract in the league" to "well, I, uh, am just not a fan of overpriced swan songs." 1) All of the guys that you just mentioned were physically toast when they signed their last contracts. At best, clearly diminished. At worst, they were practically bed-ridden like Dirk. And only Timmy was on a team with any realistic title hopes at the end. If Steph only took a $20M extension, does that realistically put them in position to compete for a title? $40M less to Steph doesn't mean that they have $40M more to go spend on players...that's not how the cap works. 2) All but Dirk and Tim played for other teams. Most of them came back to their original teams strictly for the sentimental value of retiring with them. How important do you wager it is for Golden State that Steph never plays in another jersey? 3) You're assuming that the 26-27 season will be Steph's last. He was All-NBA last season and was the toast of the Olympics two weeks ago, where, by the way, another 40 year old was very clearly the best player on the team. Until he shows clear signs of diminished play, accepting $20M/year is absurd.

My point is: you're not a smart man. There are dozens of contracts considerably worse than Steph's one year extension (reminder: he won them their 4th championship with Andrew Wiggins as their 2nd best player the season immediately after he signed his current deal). KAT being an obvious standout. KAT has made All-NBA twice in his 9-year career. Two third teams (shit, even Kevin Love made a couple 2nd teams). If was abundantly clear to everyone that he is not capable of being the best player on a playoff team when Minnesota gave him his ridiculous contract...two full fucking seasons before he was set to become a free agent. Beyond idiotic. Steph has made an All-NBA 10 out of the last 11 seasons, including the past 4. He's a much better and far more valuable player than KAT today, and I'd give it better than a coin flip's chance that he's still better in 3 years. To say absolutely nothing about the literal billions that he's brought to that franchise. Guys like he and LeBron would be making $150M+ a year if there was no salary cap. Are the Warriors going to win a title in those 3 years? Most certainly not...but that doesn't make it a bad contract. No GM on the planet would take 4 years of KAT at $220M vs. 3 years of a gradually declining Steph at $178M. The funny thing is: you absolutely know that I'm right. If, tomorrow, Steph and Kat were traded straight up, you'd be giddy with excitement imagining a Steph/Ant backcourt on one of the best defensive teams in the league. Meanwhile, people would assume that Golden State must be tanking for Flagg. If Minnesota doesn't get over the hump in the next few years, reason #1 will be because they had $100M/year committed to two good--but highly flawed--centers and no draft assets to sweeten up any deal to potentially move one of them.

In the offseason that Steph's new contract expires, KAT has a player option (that he'll most certainly exercise) that will pay him $61M for the following season.

Sooo, what's your point? Some people can't be convinced of a favorable economy no matter what the metrics are with a (D) in the White House. Cool. Who cares?

Is it beyond the realm to conclude that "reality" has been quite disconnected from reality for quite some time?

Don't be a dumb shit. Steph averaging 15 points a game brings more value and $$$ to his franchise than KAT.

Was he? Compared to normal human beings, sure. Compared to other high caliber wide receivers? His hands were just passable.

You're aware of how words work, correct?

So the people using data points are clowns. The sentiments of the random people you talk to "at bars" are what matters. Got it.

Yes, I am aware. But there's no crossover whatsoever? They're completely independent, just sold on the same lots?

Wait. Ram is first, and Dodge is last? That don't make no sense. They actually try on their trucks and bring in the C team for cars?

You probably should have stopped leaving your phone number then.

Last time I looked--which was like 4 years ago--there's a poster on there who, best that I could tell, starts a thread for every new Gateway Pundit article. And, at the time, all of the articles were basically, "Confirmed: Dems caught using dead people to cast votes." The same dozen or so posters would thank him for sharing, congratulate themselves for finally catching the libs red-handed, and start preparing for Trump's reinstatement. Nothing would come of the "news" (obviously), and it would fall to the bottom of the thread. Only for the next article to become the new hotness. No introspection whatsoever about why none of these stories had any legs. Not one person to tell that dude to stop posting that shit. A truly fascinating study into the effects of propaganda on the human brain. They 100% seek out sources who will keep lying to them, and not even in clever or convincing ways.

I know none of you have the capacity to feel sorry for Strong--nor should you--but the last few minutes and aftermath of that Kansas game is still one of the saddest, surreal things I've witnessed in high-level sports. Millions of people just watched a coach's funeral on national television, and he and the players (who loved Charlie, but still played like shit for him) 100% realized it in the moment.

Yeah, but it's literally a single button press AirBNB to filter out all shared domiciles. I don't get it.

Que? I thought it was a pretty astute point by Derka that, even in modern political correctness, white people are still only really comfortable with "safe" looking black people trying to sell them goods and services

They aren't. No one knows less about Donald Trump than his biggest supporters.

And contacts don't have the option to leave a voicemail.