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  1. Thanks for making me feel ancient.
  2. It's because it's not a unique species that dies off. It's an evolution of young -> old, liberal -> GOP. The key is to mute the metamorphosis and delay and curb the effects of the inevitable march of time.
  3. Have you seen a podiatrist about your collapsed arch?
  4. There is a reason they say Washington D.C. / Politics is Hollywood for ugly people.
  5. You guys are welcome: https://hellohelium.com/
  6. The only way forward I can see for me is a) draft a Luka 2.0, but that's a generational talent so unlikely to happen (though we did have Dirk and then Luka, so who knows) or b) go ahead and relo the Mavs to Las Vegas and I'll give a new franchise with a fresh start my fandom.
  7. What he said and what is reality aren't necessarily the same thing....that's his point, I think.
  8. Refiners are already operating on thin margins. That's what I'm watching right now, how do refineries like MPC, P66, etc handle all this.
  9. already happened/happening. we've hashed this out already pages ago.
  10. Are you wearing a 36 inseam navy pair of slacks?
  11. I wouldn't characterize him as that. My personal opinion is that Cuban, like any and all of us, care more about our money and bank accounts than a sports team or job, and priortized a nice exit for himself and that he thought he was clever and could have his cake and eat it too, knowing there was a risk of it not happening. But he also calculated that if the Adelson's didn't honor a verbal agreement, he's still okay with the deal. What I think changes the above calculus is that he never once even considered it a possiblity of what happened. Heck nobody did, everyone thought it was a joke or fake news, it's talked about as the worst, one-sided, bone-headed deal ever. It's essentially a force de majeure event what happened and not something you seriously consider in any way before doing this deal. With hindsight 20/20 I do actually believe Cuban would not do the deal with the Adelsons. Even if not for the love of Luka and Dallas, for his own brand that's been very tarnished, on a go forward basis. I think he waits it out or seeks out an alternative partner as the money will still be there (as seen by the Boston deal).
  12. Agreed. Cuban is a billionaire. Money will always come before the Mavs. He looks bad either way like you've mentioned. Either he didn't do his research on this group and he's dumb or he knew and just didn't give a shit because.... Money. I'll go with the latter. He was given certain assurances, a gentleman's agreement if you will (lol aggies), that basketball decisions and running the basketball ops would still largely go through him. His exact quote, "Mark Cuban: "I fully expected to run basketball. The NBA wouldn't let me put it in the contract. They took it out, I thought the Adelsons would stick to their word because they didn't know the first thing about running a team. Someone obviously changed their mind." He didn't get it in writing because apparently the NBA doesn't allow that and so this verbal agreement amounted to squat and the Adelsons went back on that and Cuban is pretty neutered.
  13. To further put a point on my being out of touch @Thatguy, I have zero idea who Jonah Williams is and what hte Galveston Ball is. I'm assuming it's either a debutante ball thing or a kappa sea wall party or something in between. ETA found it! Jonah "Island Boi" Williams (his self-identifed sobriquet, not mine). Star Baseball player and hopefully one day star footballer as well!
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