Mitch Cumsteen

He's saying that once all of their young stars get into their second and third contracts that okc won't be able to afford them because of the luxury tax. It's got some merit but they also have a huge war chest of picks to replenish and restock with cheaper younger players.

It's supposed to be like this every Saturday, right?

Yeah, I'm fairly convinced that as long as Wemby is healthy, this is a play-in/playoff team depending how the rest of the conference goes with injuries. That said, losing Vassell for any extended time hurts and hurts those chances. He's been tremendous. Forget though for one minute how good VW already is, look at the trajectory and learning curve he's on from the French league playoffs to the summer league to now. I thought he would take off and elevate playing with real NBA players, but not at this rate. Crazy to imagine where he is by the end of the season and beyond. Nobody really plays defense anymore in this league, but Phoenix is particularly bad on that end. And especially their bigs. They really had no answers for VW but they were horrific defending the three point line. They weren't much better in the first game, but the Spurs just missed a ton of open threes in that first half. Last night, they benched Nurkic (who was getting abused by anybody who bothered to penetrate) about halfway through the third quarter and he never came back in. Eubanks is playing crunch time minutes for you? Good luck with that. And having Collins in there as both a credible post player and an outside shooter really puts teams in a bind. Collins hit everything last night. Point being about all that drivel is: 1. I don't believe in Phoenix as a real contender. They are going to have to outscore teams to win, which they may be able to do when Beal gets back, but usually that isn't a recipe for championships. Especially when they have to go through Jokic and Denver who they have no prayer against defending; and 2. Victor (and the rest of the team) is going to have more difficult obstacles to overcome when they play better defensive teams.

I don't think Booker scored again after that. Sochan had a really good night too. So did Jones other than that shoulder he took to the face from Eubanks. But Wemby... Maybe the most amazing thing about him is his sense for the moment. The guy seems so clutch. So on top of everything else, he's just going raise his game at winning time? Seriously?

It was more impressive what they did once Phoenix tied the game than going up 25 or whatever it was. Incredible performance. 80-2 bitches.

Jesus

He's unreal. Holy fucking shit.

This is going to be tough sledding down the stretch without Vassell.

Yeah. They may have stumbled into something there.

Phoenix may want to consider getting back on defense instead of letting the spurs run out to easy layups. Awful transition defense.

Booker playing tonight. Spurs could catch one tonight from these guys. Don't care we're going 80-2 until proven otherwise.

LOL, there are no real rivalries to preserve in this conference. It only had three rivalries before: TX vs. OU, everyone vs. Texas, and everyone vs OU.

According to the report that @PvilleStang pulled, she was there for almost SEVEN!!! hours. I imagine they had a lot of footage to pick from.

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If anybody has watched Texas in the second half of games over the last three years... this would be another example of knowing that our coaching staff is clean.

Appreciate the Zapruder-like breakdown of this, but at 6.2 seconds left in the game, Jones is basically landing on KD. That's a foul but they let shit happen in the last 30 seconds of NBA games. Durant has been in the league for 100 years, he should know to exaggerate that contact and make the ref blow the whistle. KD may also want to consider blocking out that 7'4" dude who he lets have a free run at the basket after Vassell's missed three. Phoenix also still had a timeout. Vogel could have used it after Wemby's basket to advance the ball to halfcourt and set up the inbounds. Disregarding the foul non-call, Phoenix completely shot themselves in the dick the last minute of that game. They deserved to lose.

The Spurs have made a lot of teams their bitch over the past 25 years, but no franchise has taken it more and in worse ways than the poor Suns.

The home-home schedule thing is something that came out of the pandemic. I think it's cool because it builds up some "familiarity breeds contempt" playoff-ish energy to the regular season. You know Phoenix is going to come out pissed off tomorrow night. In the last two minutes of the game, and somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly certain that's the first time we've seen a lineup with Wemby on the court without either Bassey or Collins. Vogel pulled Nurkic - presumably to match up with this lineup - for the final minute and the Spurs went on a 6 point run to close out the game. I get what Pop is doing trying to protect Victor against the league bruisers, but Wemby is a small ball destroyer. That's how you unlock the dude. Nobody posts up anymore, anyway. And if you do, you're just bringing the world's nastiest rim protector closer to the rim. It's a lot easier to negate his impact on defense if he's stuck in the corner babysitting some 6'6" three and D scrub. On offense, Phoenix isn't going to stick someone like Nurkic 20 feet from the basket to try to stay in front of Wemby. And there's nowhere else to hide him with Jones, Vassell, Sochan and Keldon out there.

Holy shit

On this Clippers thing... Harden is in the last year of his contract. His agent had to have some sort of framework for a deal moving forward in requesting that deal specifically to them. Kawhi and Paul George each have player options for $48.7 million next year, and then they're free agents. The Clips, correct me if I'm wrong, don't have a first round pick that they fully control until 2029 and the second tier penalties kick in next year. And they've paid more luxury tax than anyone and haven't won jack shit. You ever watch a friend lose his ass at blackjack and then keep going into his wallet to try to dig themselves out? Oof.

I dunno about all of this. I think CU fits with the Utah schools. l also think Tech and the Arizona schools fit . Sticking Houston with the east teams is just weird when there are three other in-state teams. To me, this is why pods don't work. Get your three permanent rivals so you can mix and match, and then have 6 rotating games against the rest so you play everybody home and away at least once every 4 years. I don't give enough of a shit about this conference going forward to figure it out, but surely there is a way that makes better sense. Also, as a Texas fan, I find your attitude towards Colorado (fuck them, they can go back to the Pac-2) and Houston (screw 'em, not part of original Big 12 North/South) appalling. It's very disruptive to the conference harmony and brotherhood that you guys have been sucking each other's dicks about ever since you got your TV contract and don't have to worry about mean old Texas bullying everybody around any more. Nature abhors a vacuum. Can't wait to see how well you guys all get along after all the midgets whip it out in the most uninspiring dick measuring contest ever.

Here's the whole press conference. He spends half the time making backhanded compliments about how much talent A&M has accumulated. Love Kiffin taking over the reins from Leach as Aggie tormentor.