Mitch Cumsteen

csb/ I sat directly behind Avery on a flight last week and all I could think about was how aggravated my old man used to get watching him play. RIP, dad. I'm pretty sure you did a backflip in your grave when he hit that jumper against the Knicks. Not singling you out Chainsaw because I've seen it in multiple places, but I don't feel the Collins hate is justified. He's getting put in some unenviable spots wrestling with guys on the block who are bigger and stronger than he is, and he's had some dumb fouls down there. He's a pretty good long distance shooter who has shot like deep fried dogshit from 3 so far. He's turned it over too much trying to be a point guard, but at least he's trying to make plays for his teammates. That said, he's also been pretty decent scoring in the post and I like his pick and roll chemistry with Vassell. He's also only 26 years old and while this is his 7th NBA season, he effectively missed 3 of those years with injury. He's still growing as a player. I think patience is the order of the day with him, as it should be with the entire team. Not that I'm patient at all, but it's always fun to tell others to be. Some Wemby/Spurs observations: Anybody with half a brain knew that Wemby was going to get pushed around and off his spots, but he's making it too easy for smaller defenders to check him. He habitually drifts out toward the three point line and loses a lot of his advantage. I'm not advocating him living on the block, but he's got to punish teams for trying to cover him with dudes who are 6'6". Along those same lines, he is giving too much respect to his opponents. He had a breakaway against the Clippers with Westbrook trying to guard him at the rim. He needs to try to dunk Russell into the third row instead of trying to dipsy doo around him. Some of this will come as he adds strength, but a lot of it is about mentality. I'm sure he will figure it out sooner rather than later. I'm all for giving Sochan a long leash in this ongoing point guard experiment, but he does need some sort of a leash. Like, maybe after the team's 5th turnover in a quarter, you may want to bring in Jones to settle them down? That Clippers game was the worst game I've ever seen from Sochan and it wasn't just poor play. He wasn't making the energy plays you normally see from him. Better than zero chance that the Saturday night off in LA got to him. Would like to see a bounce back tonight in Phoenix. GSG. 80-2 until proven otherwise.

Speaking of the Warriors... they actually look really good early in the season. Curry has been on fire. I'm sure that cunt Chris Paul will get hurt come playoff time, but he's been a great fit both coming off the bench and closing out games. Their second unit is actually stout now. Kuminga and Moody have grown into legit NBA players, and Payton looks healthy. Saric has been a nice add and the rookie from Indiana has been solid, too. Klay may very well be washed but if not and they can stay healthy (not likely with all the old dudes) they are going to be one of the top 3 seeds in the west and a tough out in the playoffs. Very impressed with them so far but a team with Draymond and CP3 is going to make a run at the 2022 Lakers for being one of the most hateable in recent memory.

Tweaked against who, exactly? South Carolina's oline was a mash unit plus lots of other offensive injuries. Tennessee had a minimal passing threat and still ran it straight up their ass. They sold out to stop Bama's run game which worked, but Milroe threw for 320 yards on them. Arkansas and Auburn are two of the worst offenses in college football. Miami threw for 375 on them. Kiffin's quick passing game seems like a bad matchup for the LBs and secondary. Should be interesting to see how they play against a team that first and foremost wants to sling it around. Miami's probably the closest thing they've seen to that offense and they didn't exactly look good against them.

Trading for harden worked out so well for the nets and sixers. I’m sure it will be just as good for the clippers, especially since he thinks he’s still a max player and in his contract year.

Sochan looks hungover. Wouldn’t be the first guy to succumb to la nightlife.

Ugly quarter. This team needs to find the balance between playing fast and playing out of control. Maybe this no point guard thing is a bad idea?

Oh hey. I just checked my watch and it’s fuck Kawhi Leonard o’clock. GSG.

During the waning minutes of the game, he looked like he wanted to kill himself. I’ve seen that dude take it from Stoops with zero lube in the worst way possible multiple times, and still be clapping and positive afterwards, but he looked thoroughly defeated. I actually felt bad for the man. Like, why are you putting yourself through this? It can’t be good for him.

Are you kidding me? 75% of the teams in the Big Ten are running offenses from the stone age. I don't think USC is the one who is going to have to adjust. USC will be okay, at least relative to A&M. They will make Riley fire Grinch and give him a blank check to get the best DC he can. If they improve just marginally on defense, they will be in contention for the 12 team playoff. A&M on the other hand, is proper fucked. They aren't functional on either side of the ball and their coach is a horrible overly conservative losing game manager. They are hopeless.

No words…

Fun game. Poor Rockets fans still bent about the lottery get to choke down their first (of many future) Ls against Wemby in a game they seemingly had won. Vassell and Collins have good chemistry. Jones playing crunch time makes a big difference. He needs to be out there. The Wemby learning curve is going to be fascinating to watch.

Rockets tonight. Would be nice to get a W. 81-1 still in play. GSG.

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Their $9.95ers do this so much, it’s got to be a bit, right?

That looked a lot like the games that they were competitive in last season, honestly. Play hard, keep it close, trip over own dick in crunch time, watch helplessly as superstar delivers kill shot. They are going to have to learn how to win and close out games and they don’t have any vets to lean on. Baptism by fire, it is. Also, on Dallas… I was iffy on Lively before the draft because you couldn’t tell anything from his injury riddled session at Duke. But I really liked what I saw from him in summer league. Super active, athletic, crashes the boards, can really run the floor and move. You could tell that he was going to be good after about two minutes and having Luka and Kyrie as running mates is perfect for him. Williams is another great signing for them for all the dirty work he does. It’s going to be a shame to watch Kyrie burn it all down.

Come for Wemby. Stay for Tony Brothers.

The Jason Kidd mic and cam is killing me.

This team plays soooooo fast. I’m having to recalibrate.

Jaylen Brown really earning his max extension. Yikes.

They fucking better. This is some bullshit especially if these assholes go ot.

Randolph Duke scoffs at this man's mere 500 page manifesto.

I guess it got deleted from Reddit, but they saved screen shots of it on Spurstalk. They call anybody who they can hunt on offense, "Elephant". Anybody who can shoot is "Laser". Obviously, the Mavs scouting department is full of dorks.

Apparently the Mavs left scouting reports under their player's hotel room doors and didn't push them in all the way. Somebody found it, took pictures and posted it on Reddit.