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Texas Basketball Recruiting Notes: Keep Austin Beard
Catdaddyhorn replied to Machinator's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
The decision matrix consist of playing basketball all day every day with professional instruction vs 20 hours of instruction (or whatever the NCAA mandated allowable time is for college coaches) and balancing all the other requirements of being a college student. Not to mention all the distractions that come with being an 18 year old on a college campus. To each his own, but choosing one over the other doesn't make one a moron. It just reflects a different set of priorities. As a cbb fan I obviously feel going to college is the better choice, especially when one considers the protentional to increase one's Q rating ala Zion (which he seems determined to squander). Nothing short of a Lebron like obvious talent coming out of high school who went to the G league would eclipse 6 months of being a college star and building up a national following with 2 weekly appearances showcasing yourself on TV. -
2022 Dallas Mavs Offseason - The search for a rim protector.
Catdaddyhorn replied to RexWilson's topic in Basketball
Powell can't play in the playoffs so I wouldn't say he's fine. With his $11million cap figure in the last year of his contract Powell may end up being a worthwhile trade piece next year for a team looking to build cap space going into the '23 free agent season. -
2022 Dallas Mavs Offseason - The search for a rim protector.
Catdaddyhorn replied to RexWilson's topic in Basketball
The basic sentiment from Jake's article and others in this thread is that another superstar may not necessarily "fit" with Luka, and that the Dirk/Olajuwon model of surrounding your superstar with a deep and varied supporting cast may be the better route to take in building this team into a contender. Like Jake pointed out in the article, the amount of improvement we got with just the addition of Bullock and the trade of Porzingis for Dimwiddie & Bertans lends credence to the idea that we don't need a high end name to supplement this roster. Someone on the level of a 2010 Tyson Chandler, who wasn't hailed as a title additive piece in the summer prior to the championship, may be the type of under the radar addition that would tick us up a notch in terms title contention. Look at what the addition of Al Horford did for the Celtics this year. No one could've predicted his addition to the team in a trade for Kemba Walker would push them towards being 1 game up in the NBA finals tonight. -
2022 Dallas Mavs Offseason - The search for a rim protector.
Catdaddyhorn replied to RexWilson's topic in Basketball
Jake Kemp pretty much expressed my sentiment to a tee in his latest D magazine article. And when a team is this close with only one year of experience with a new coaching staff, I would caution against the idea that only sweeping personnel changes make for a successful offseason. We know the issues: rim protection, rebounding, wing depth. Harrison enumerated them in his exit interview last week, while also—to me, anyway—pumping the breaks on expectations. “I don’t think it’s just about having All-Stars,” Harrison said. “There’s tons of teams—and I’m not even going to waste my time mentioning names—that have a bunch of All-Stars, and they were sitting at home watching us play [in the Western Conference Finals]. You need to keep upgrading the roster, but I don’t think it’s about just getting a bunch of All-Stars. I think it’s about getting people that fit together—starting with Luka—and people that can fit around him. I think that’s more important than just getting All-Stars.” I can’t believe I’m saying this after complaining about the Mavericks’ offseason complacency for years, but I agree with Harrison. For example, Jalen Brunson is an exceptional fit with Doncic because he is the rare guard who understands how to mold his game to the context on the floor. This quote from Tim MacMahon’s recent piece tells you all you need to know about how important it is for Dallas to do essentially anything it has to do to keep Brunson versus putting a player with a flashier résumé atop the list of needs: “The main challenge is probably ego,” Brunson said. “When a person has the ball in his hands for that long, people can get upset. People want the ball or people say they need a rhythm. I learned how I need to play without a rhythm. I don’t need a rhythm. It’s Luka Doncic. Shit’s not changing. It’s Luka Doncic. I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s an amazing player, he’s going to do a lot of great things, and this organization is going to build around him. I’ve grown into the mindset of, how can I fit that mold? How can I be successful in my role or in whatever role they want me to be in?” As the Mavericks keep building around Doncic and growing a roster that caters to his unique skill set, a player with that mindset becomes indispensable. Doncic might not play with another player like Brunson, who can score 40 if Doncic misses time or produce when sharing the floor with him while remaining comfortable with that set of circumstances. I’d said since the midseason trade that it is probably untenable to move forward with Brunson on a new contract given the large salaries of Dinwiddie, Bertans, and Tim Hardaway Jr. all coming off the bench. I have begun to rethink that idea. Hardaway Jr. gives the club another option for rim attacks, making the club less reliant on the whims of the long ball from night to night. Had he been available, Dallas would have increased its depth, shooting, and offensive versatility. Bullock and Dorian Finney-Smith could have played a few fewer minutes. Another version of a three-guard lineup without Doncic have been situationally available. Perhaps an opportunity to move off of one or two of those aforementioned bench salaries presents itself, and maybe the perceived fit is worth the gamble. But we must remember that Dallas improved drastically this season by making a single under-the-radar offseason signing, then by making a trade that was supposed to lower their ceiling in the short term. So when you have a perennial MVP candidate and a head coach who, at least right now, appears to be one of the better ones in the sport, it might be wise to heed Dinwiddie’s advice after the team was eliminated. “We can attack the rim, for sure,” Dinwiddie told the media after Game 3 of the Warriors series. “But we’re constructed the way we’re constructed. You get to the Western Conference Finals and you start missing shots, but you can’t throw the baby out with the bath water.” Maybe another slight change or two in the way the team is constructed is all it needs to get over the hump for good. After all, very recent Mavs history tells us a little can sometimes go a long way. https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2022/06/the-case-for-continuity-why-a-quiet-mavericks-offseason-could-be-just-what-dallas-needs/ -
Yeah, not having Jericho Sims launch a 100 free throws a year at the backboard will do wonders for the team's free throw percentage.
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I don't know man. I think he would've been used like Osetkowski which would've fit Timme's skillset extremely well. Osetkowski was often used as a facilitator in the offense, but unfortunately no one could miss a point blank bunny as effectively as he did while here on the 40. Contrary to popular opinion, the open post offense wasn't ill-effective because of the alignment or theory behind it. It was the lack of shot discipline, continuity, and composure demonstrated by the headman which filtered down to his team at the most ill-fated times that made it look like shit more often than not. Regardless, judging by Timme's choice of program and smarts I doubt that even if we made him our #1 prospect over Baker he would've chosen to come here anyway.
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I used to think Carson Edward's was Shaka's biggest miss, but when you factor in Timme is going to play 4 years and Will Baker turned out to be *less* than expected it's hard to argue there being a bigger recruiting blunder than that one.
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Yeah I was going to say, both their fans and the cbb media in general still talk about them as though the expectations for them are a level below the Dukes and Kentuckys of the world. That being said, even as a Barnes apologist I can admit Few has had a lot more consistency and tournament success than even peak Barnes did at Texas. Few hasn't had a first round loss since Steph Curry's Davidson team in 2008. And their last 7 tournaments read off like this: Lost Reginal Semifinal Lost National Final Lost Regional Final Lost Regional Semifinal Lost National Final Lost Regional Semifinal Lost Regional Final
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2022 Dallas Mavs Offseason - The search for a rim protector.
Catdaddyhorn replied to RexWilson's topic in Basketball
They are but whether it's all part of an effort to force the Bulls to give him the max, or he really would rather go elsewhere, there are rumblings that Levine is playing hardball. -
2022 Dallas Mavs Offseason - The search for a rim protector.
Catdaddyhorn replied to RexWilson's topic in Basketball
And honestly THJ was a missing wing that we needed to give Finney-Smith and Bullock more rest. Our game 2 loss was fatigue related in my opinion. Their legs were shot. We basically played only 6 players for the entire Golden St series. -
2022 Dallas Mavs Offseason - The search for a rim protector.
Catdaddyhorn replied to RexWilson's topic in Basketball
I can't agree with trading Brunson. The playoffs proved that we need at least one other playmaker on the court at the same time. An offense with more off ball movement will facilitate both Luka and Brunson working better together. What I can agree with though is that Luka doesn't need another "star" to play alongside him. A better center in place of Powell who won't get played off the court in the playoffs and 2 more Bullock and Finney-Smith level 3 and D wings would make us a bonifide contender. -
Did Bob and Corby say anything about that ad? Or are you just talking about their comments on today's tragedy?
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And it's even more fascinating when you consider how Evangelicals joining the anti-abortion movement fundamentally changed the policy objectives expressed by the movement. If you read back in the 70s there was more of a push for childcare enhancements and attacking poverty. Basically way more stuff you'd expect from a Catholic based movement as opposed to an Evangelical based movement. And judging from the actions of that archbishop out in the San Francisco the involvement of Evangelicals in the anti-abortion movement is even altering how some American Catholics view this issue in particular vs other "anti-ilife" policy beliefs by politicians ie war, death penalty, etc.
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2021 - 2022 Dallas Mavericks: The Vibes are Immaculate
Catdaddyhorn replied to CBT's topic in Basketball
We'd probably have to incorporate more movement in the offense and for whatever reason, despite playing in motion based offenses for both Slovenia and Real Madrid, Luka doesn't seem to be an enthusiastic participant in that style of play in the NBA. -
Great Replacement Theory is no longer fringe, it’s mainstream
Catdaddyhorn replied to Satchel's topic in Cloak Room
I can't help but wonder what Steve King (former Iowa Congressman ) thinks about the fact that his party now whole heartedly endorses the exact same beliefs that got him stripped of his committee assignments and rebuked by his colleagues by a count of 416-1 only 3 years ago. -
Great Replacement Theory is no longer fringe, it’s mainstream
Catdaddyhorn replied to Satchel's topic in Cloak Room
This is the thing. Apparently most or many on the right have never actually met and/or befriended a good sample size of immigrants. Most immigrants are more inclined to be conservative on issues that don't increases their likelihood of being murdered, assaulted, harassed, or discriminated against. The right has so thoroughly convinced themselves that actually working for the vote of these demographics is such a lost cause that they pursue policies that push these groups even further away. Shit, when it comes to Hispanics most of them identify as white anyway so this great replacement theory is about as fraudulent now as it was with its first 3 or so iterations in this country's history (Irish, Italians, Catholics Eastern Eurpeans, etc). -
Is she the same lady who son was shot and killed at a gas station for playing his music too loud?
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What makes it even worse is Bob has absolutely no clue what he's even talking about yet he argues like he's the expert. Even with that said, Corby apparently doesnt realize that Aggy hadn't even put together an NIL collective at that time which is part of the reason why people accused them of cheating. They didn't even go through the motions of creating an entity to separate their NIL apparatus from the institution.
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From all the reports he's an extremely hard worker and his defensive assets are phenomenal so even I'll admit that despite some of his failings I think he'll be more of an impact player than Rashard Lewis. At the very least he will be on the defensive end. A lot of my earlier points of criticism of him may just stem from him being a young guy who hasn't been coached to improve or develop other aspects of his game. Plus being such an elite shooter at that size it's easy to understand why he falls in love with his deep range at the expense of a more well rounded game.
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He's never made it abundantly clear, but I don't think Corby ever graduated either.
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Yeah I assumed they have other gigs, but I'd imagine on air job responsibilities might limit them due to time constraints. I think back in the day Mark Elfenbein was either a loan officer or actually owned a mortgage shop. But someone like Mino is constrained by being at the ticket from 11 or 12 to 7pm. He'd be fairly limited in what he could do to make any real money and he's already 30+.
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I've long since wondered how the non-tier 1 guys remain on the job well into their 30s, 40s, & 50s making 30k a year.
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2021 - 2022 Dallas Mavericks: The Vibes are Immaculate
Catdaddyhorn replied to CBT's topic in Basketball
They never came back to Dallas. Could be in Phoenix or San Francisco. -
A potentially underrated asset that may be available next year is Jonathan Issac. Provided he's fully recovered he could be another version of Maxi Kleber minus that elite potential from outside.
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They have more than just Porter and Murray though. Their depth got a lot of experience this year without Murray and Porter.
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