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Ricky Butler

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  1. He had the best GM job in the NBA. Always selling for assets because of the way stars treat that market. No one asking why they took an “unplayable” Giddey #6 overall a few years ago.
  2. I think you're right and value is the complaint here because these teams timelines are completely different. It also sounds like Caruso is getting 4 for 80 this summer, and I could can understand how that doesn't make sense for the Bulls if they are tanking. Teams that don't want to win don't need glue guys. If the Bulls aren't tanking, it makes no sense.
  3. I was seeing things online about a 20m a year extension for Caruso. Still good value but OKC is entering real payroll territory. Presti’s job gets harder with actual expectations and decisions.
  4. Lavine is one of those guys that I’d love to see in a winning culture. He can fill it up, but he also seems happy just filling it up.
  5. I think a lot of teams would take a flyer on Giddey. I don’t think he’s a negative asset like some vet with years and 100 million owed. Great move for OKC because they are actually trying to win now and not just accrue assets.
  6. Makes sense. I still see jokes about it but not much reporting. I just thought everyone loved him before OKC got serious about winning, and then this year they saw his issues in a playoff series where margins are so thin. But weird stuff happens with young offensive players. Wasn't Markkanen traded for Larry Nance Jr and a 2nd or something crazy? Maybe the lesson is: The Bulls have no idea how to value players.
  7. Can't comment on any of that, and commenting on such things usually makes one look stupid. But yes, I think charges like that would hurt a player's value. But then again Miles Bridges might get 30million a year.
  8. He's like Danny Ainge but without a title.
  9. Great trade for a team trying to win a championship, but I bet Giddey has a much better career than the NBA twitter hive mind is projecting. OKC is too good to take the ball out of SGA's hands.
  10. I feel like that family can't keep up with the Joneses anymore. They probably have the most valuable franchise, but the NBA has become a billionaire boys club.
  11. I don’t understand but that’s ok. We can move on.
  12. Probably closer to us defending Dirk in 2005-2006 after a finals failure. You twisted your brain hard to miss that analogy.
  13. My point remains.
  14. I would have thought the best offensive player in the NBA possibly being overweight and drinking beer would have made him a Surly Cult Hero.
  15. Uhhhhh. That’s definitely a “they,” buddy.
  16. Fair enough but I didn’t wish an injury on him.
  17. I don’t know. Pam almost went nuclear on me because I made a Wemby plantar faciitus joke.
  18. I only responded to your uniformed observation of his offensive game, but this is a great response because it allows you to sneak out the back door unnoticed. Well played.
  19. I almost posted the same thing. Also, Harden's foul hunting was an organizational philosophy at the time. Luka's offensive philosophy is diagnosing the defense and then getting his teammates wide open looks. https://x.com/JADubin5/status/1758495366696120495
  20. It's really not.
  21. I appreciated your civility.
  22. Both can be true.
  23. You guys don't have to be so humorless. It's a joke.
  24. Behavior like this only makes it more likely. You guys have a lot more love to give the universe before you get to take again.
  25. I don't wish this for him, but if Spurs fans think they've repaid the universe for all of their good fortune during the early 2000s, they're mistaken.
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