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Mitch Cumsteen

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  1. Did they forget about Buzelis and Ajay Mitchell, too? I saw Risarcher live and in person last night and he looked like he'd never set foot on a basketball court before.
  2. Last night was the first game I've attended this year. There are certain things that you get watching in person that don't come across on TV: Specifically, Sochan's jumper still is a disaster. While the hitch is gone, he moves the ball across his face before releasing and there is still sidespin on the shot. The jackals... not a fan. I get what they're going for but it feels like you jammed the student section of a college game into 5 rows of an NBA stadium,. The rest of the crowd really isn't involved with whatever they're doing and if they are like me, they find them mostly annoying. Maybe it will take a while for them to find their place in the game but right now they are non-stop. I would hate it if my seats were in that section. Last night, we were two sections over and it was still too close. I love Jones-Garcia. Ignoring for a minute that he's a three level scorer who can create on his own, he picked up Dyson Daniels 94 feet and completely disrupted Atlanta's offense. They really don't have minutes for him once Castle and Harper get back, but I've seen enough between summer league and now to feel like they should give him some sort of Champagnie-like deal where they can keep him for cheap for multiple years. This is the best basketball Keldon Johnson has ever played. I still get a knot in my stomach when he launches a three and he's fucking traffic cone on defense, but he's found his calling as a hustle guy off the bench. Fox is such a pro and his bbiq is undervalued. He sees stuff before it happens on both ends. He understands that he's supposed to get his teammates involved early and then take over later when needed. I still don't know how the fit is going to work when Wemby gets back, but they might be better off playing through him and letting Wemby be more opportunistic off-ball instead of running shit through Vic where teams can set up more easily to defend him. I haven't seen much of Risarcher so he might have just had a bad game, but he was the worst player on the floor last night. Thank god we dodged that bullet in the draft. Any games that aren't against the dregs of the league that they win with this Mash Unit of a team should be considered gravy. I have a feeling the next 4 are going to be rough.
  3. I absolutely loved Queen before the draft. But they could have given up a top 4 protected pick for him instead of the unprotected. That would have made sense and nobody would have batted an eye. But if Atlanta ends up with any of those top three guys this year…. Yikes.
  4. They needed that one last night. Schedule gets tough going forward. Atlanta (at home Thursday) has been playing a lot better without Trae. Then it’s a pretty brutal road trip- Phoenix, Portland, Denver and Minnesota. They could easily go 0-4 over that stretch. They need Castle and Harper back in the worst way to try to help hold down the fort until Wemby gets back. Also want to give Olynyk some love. He provides zero rim protection but he knows how to play. Huge upgrade from Biyombo if they can get him and Sochan to serve as backup platoon center to Kornet for time being. One other thing about Wemby. If he doesn’t hit 65 games he doesn’t qualify for postseason awards and can’t get the super max extension. Might be a blessing in disguise as long as he’s healthy most of the time.
  5. And then he airballs it. Lol.
  6. I’m having a difficult time processing Sochan’s three point shooting.
  7. Kraken Status: not released
  8. I’m thinking that they need to run shit through him when Wemby is on the bench. He laid a giant turd at the end of the Warriors game but he’s averaging 20 and 6 on 50% shooting in his limited time back. He’s good enough to carry the team for stretches and he doesn’t need any help to generate offense.
  9. Nothing more on brand for Aggie for this to happen the day they announced Elmo’s contract extension.
  10. The trade was fine. They gave up peanuts for him. The new contract? We’ll just have to see how that goes. I’m not quite ready to throw in the towel on him after his fourth game back from injury.
  11. I’m wasted tonight and have a very distorted view of the game but I just think this a young team that doesn’t know how to close out games especially when one of the greatest players in the history of basketball is playing out of his mind at an age that he has no business being as great as he is. I will wait patiently for his hamstring to snap and their entire season get run into the gutter. In the meantime, they brought Fox in to be the closer and it doesn’t look like he could close down a bar. I’m not quite ready to give up on him and his atrocious contract after three fucking games but he needs to get right with Jesus / Wemby or things are going to get awkward quickly. I’ve been preaching patience for the last couple of years. I’m still preaching it. These guys are going to figure it out and Vic is the fucking messiah. So let’s all put on our big girl panties and see how this thing plays out before making any rush to judgment. Did I mention I’m really really housed right now? Apologies for any weirdness. GSG.
  12. Maybe he's partially behind because of injuries, but things are not looking good for Sochan. Bad luck being hurt the same time Kornet was out -- those could have been some minutes he filled instead of the walking corpse that is Bismack Biyombo. But otherwise? No extension this off season. They essentially drafted his replacement in Carter Bryant. You would think there would at least be some space for him off the bench as an energy guy, but Keldon has been great in filling that role. Sochan has got to make the most out of the few minutes he does get, otherwise he's going to be seeing a lot of bench. When Harper gets back, that's even fewer overall minutes available. But it's a long season... anything can happen. I imagine at some point he will get some more run. Regardless, need a dub against the dubs tonight. Cup game mixed in with a little revenge from Wednesday. Let's see if Mitch can make some adjustments to what they threw at Vic in the second half. Let's see if we get a better whistle and not have the Warriors jack 57 threes while also getting to the line 36 times. Let's see if Fox can find his way into the flow a little better. Let's see if the Spurs can stay out of foul trouble. GSG.
  13. It's allegedly in fucking Elmendorf. The Captain Gus show was shot somewhere downtown. At least, when I was five years old and my folks dragged me down to be on it, I'm pretty sure it was somewhere downtown.
  14. You're happy with your guy. The Spurs are definitely happy with their guy. Maybe it just worked out for the best?
  15. Sheppard's been playing great lately. Still wouldn't trade Castle for him in a million years.
  16. Yeah, I get every other local channel on my antenna except KSAT. I canceled YT and went to Fubo. I don't have to pirate the spurs games anymore as a huge bonuse. I'm not switching back.
  17. I’m not discounting them. I said they’ll probably win 70 games for god’s sake. I just want to see them play some better competition. Lakers without Lebron. GS sat Horford for the back to back. They statistically have had the weakest schedule in the league so far.
  18. Also I’m not one to bitch about the refs but I gotta hand it to the Warriors for taking 57 fucking threes and still getting to the line 30 times compared to the spurs only getting 12 FTs. Like, how does that work?
  19. Less about coaching and more about giving up 300 offensive rebounds. Bad loss. Let’s get em back on Friday in the cup game.
  20. It’s been bad tonight for sure. Everybody loves this fast breaking fiesta color bullshit. All it does is give me ptsd from when Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond beat our ass in the playoffs. Mario Elie took a blowtorch to us that series.
  21. Wemby sitting in the corner on offense like he’s Bruce fucking Bowen waiting for the ball to get swung to him isn’t really doing it for me. They don’t have anyone who could even pretend to check him in the paint. Get your 7’5” ass down by the basket. Jesus. This isn’t rocket surgery.
  22. And? This just in: games get out of hand and teams mail it in at garbage time, especially older ones. They’ve still played the easiest schedule in the league so far.
  23. They've also had a dogshit schedule. They're great, don't get me wrong, and will probably win 70 games this year. And they definitely have the best roster in the league. But they've only beat two teams who are above .500 so far - Houston in 2OT opening night and Atlanta. I'd like to see them challenged a little bit more than dysfunctional Memphis and Sacramento. They have the Lakers coming up for whatever that's worth and the Wolves towards the end of the month. But they don't face Denver until February.
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