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  1. 1 hour ago, gsoda3 said:

    Those are nice.  I can't imagine how many levels of paranoia she'll be going through wearing them outta the house.

    It was kind of built in.  Only on perfect weather days with no chance of anything.

    Funny thing is, these boots aren't even available on the website.  They did a very limited production for the NFR back in December and put them in their IG stories.  She was committing all of the seven deadly sins looking at them.

    We stumbled into a store this weekend and saw them and once I heard them say they had her size, I knew it was over.

  2. 46 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

    One is having a categorically better season at every possible measure. The other has a much better team around him. 

    But voters get bored of voting for the same guy, so congrats to SGA. He's not necessarily undeserving.

    That's fair.

    SGA is having an all time season, too.  If any talking head put him on par with Kobe or Jordan, the Internet would implode but it's accurate.  

  3. 3 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

    29.3 ppg, 57% FG, 41% 3P%, 12.8 reb, 10.2 ast, 1.8 stl

     

    What's your point again?

    Both are having great seasons.  One is 16 games ahead of the other.

    It's not a Most Impressive Stats award.

  4. Just now, billfromlaketravis said:

    The Ringer’s NBA guy is for some reason based in Memphis. He said on Simmons’ show today it was performance based. Memphis hasn’t been playing well for a long time/they were concerned everybody perceived them as an easy out in the playoffs. 

    Well, they are an easy out.  Ja Morant has also only played 44 games this season.  He's only 25 and he's hurt all the time when he's not trying to be some wanna be gangster piece of shit.

  5. Three different players in MVP seasons.  Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryan, SGA.  Tell me which one is which.

    31.5 ppg, 52% FG, 27% 3P%, 6.0 reb, 5.5 AST, 2.7 STL

    28.3 pig, 46% FG, 36% 3P%, 6.3 reb, 5.4 AST, 1.8 STL

    32.9 ppg, 52% FG, 37% 3P%, 5.1 reb, 6.3 AST, 1.7 STL

    So, yeah, SGA is on par with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant at this point and he'll only be 27 this summer and he has his team literally 16 games better than Jokic.  Sure, give it to Jokic.  Whatever.

     

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  6. 42 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:
    2 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:
    I don't know, SGA is having a statistical season for a guard on par with anything MJ and Kobe ever did and leads Jokic's team by literally almost 16 games in the standings.

    They are 2-2 head to head. SGA has a much better supporting cast, though.

    Well, let's just change it to the Most Impressive Stats (MIS) category, then.  If these two team were close, then I'd go Jokic.  Denver is a distant 3rd and literally 16 games behind OKC.

  7. On 3/29/2025 at 5:01 PM, Derka said:

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    I don't know, SGA is having a statistical season for a guard on par with anything MJ and Kobe ever did and leads Jokic's team by literally almost 16 games in the standings.

  8. 4 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

    there are. ive also thought caruso's been a little overrated. No idea if OKC plans to keep him beyond this year or what.

    They signed him to a 4 year extension for a reasonable amount of money.  He can defend 4 positions very well and can hit some threes.  Fits into the system very well.

    Seems to get injured a lot, though,

  9. The national media is sort of writing in the Lakers in the WCF at minimum but they're 4-6 in their last 10 and one of those wins was a last second tip in against Indy.  

    But Josh Giddey's half court heave.  Lulz.

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  10. 9 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    I understand you point,  but there’s a significant amount of personal maturing that happens from 26-30 years old. 
    And you were not making the comparison or defending the trade but it’s worth mentioning that Anthony Davis has only played 70 games once since 2018, when he was 25.

    That's where I was even when it happened.  I get the logic behind wanting to move off Luca but you traded for him for......Anthony Davis?  M'kay.  Poetic that he got hurt the first game in Dallas.

    Speaking of that, they're bringing him back last night to compete for that #10 spot.  Why?

     

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  11. On 3/21/2025 at 11:31 AM, Bozo_Casanova said:

     

    Mike Finley is a professional’s professional in everything he does and Jason Kidd is … Jason Kidd. 
    I have no doubt that both of those guys spent years frustrated with the fact that Luka didn’t focus maniacally on rehab/conditioning in the offseason and maintained some vices during the season in addition to being creatively irrepressible on the court. They probably talked about it with Nico and had some communication issues with Luka. 
    That said, both of those guys know what a GOAT-tier player is, the importance of working around them, and what they are worth.
    I am 100% convinced they didn’t know this was happening until it was in motion and were very uncomfortable with it, whether or not they tried to stop it, particularly Finley.

    You can't be a GOAT level player and not focus on fitness and conditioning, though.  Did anyone see Luka playing 70 games a season 10 years from now at age 35?  I certainly didn't and still don't.  All time talent, though. 

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, the trade was unbelievably bad but they weren't wrong in their original reasons.    

  12. Josh Giddey messed around and had a triple double last night.  While not a great fit in OKC, I was always a fan of his skill set unrelated to guessing the ages of girls.  He's played really well as of late.  20/8/6 during February while 50% FG and 53% from 3.  So far in March, 21/9/9 and 52% FG and 35% from 3.

    He's a RFA after this season so it'll be interesting what the Bulls do.  If he's in a system where he's the full time PG, I always thought he could put up All Star level numbers like he has the last two months.  He's not great on defense, though.  

    I still think that trade worked out well for everyone involved.  Caruso is a better fit in OKC and Giddey is getting more exposure in a contract year.

     

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  13. 10 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

     

    Thats....low.   One of the reasons the League was paying close attention to what the Celtics brought was to get a good idea of what the pricetag was going to be for an expansion team. 

    It is going to be closer to $6 billion.

     

     

     

     

    I would disagree.  $6B for a team without an arena is absurdly high but it's the Celtics, which is one of the top brands in all of sports.

    A new team is just that.  It has no brand.  It also depends on which city the teams are in.  Seattle would be worth more than Vegas.  (I assume those are going to be the two.)  Actually, I'd add teams to those two cities and move the Grizzlies or Pelicans to Nashville.  I'd let one of them buy into that option, if possible.  

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  14. 1 hour ago, Thiefery said:

    I have a friend that works with the recruiting visits there.. he says Mitchell is looking more like an OL now.. and that they are raving about Kanak lol

     

    They are ecstatic about Mateer and they feel they have a future 1st rd WR (the Ark-PB transfer)

    It's full koolaide season up there right now..

     

    1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    Posters on Sooners Illustrated aren't big fans of Joe Jon Finley as the TE coach. They have a thread right now talking about how former highly rated TE prospect Davon Mitchell is now clocking in at 275. He's "shaping up to be more of a blocking TE", per some of their sunshine pumpers. 

    "He's only 18!"

    "He'll lose it by the summer time!"

    "He's really carrying it well!"

    Schmidt and JJF have a history of swelling their TEs up to unhelpful sizes, per some of the haters there. I haven't tried to verify further.

    I found the spoilered post below to be both insightful and hilarious (as a Texas fan). Kanak at TE cracks me up. The hagiographic tale of his turn from solid Clemson commit to OU signee, tearfully apologizing to Coach Dabo for having to go with his heart and begging Coach Vegetables to take his top 100 ranking and let him sign with his first class in a painful act of betrayal to Coach Dabo for both of them - what a guy. Whispers of "Coach BV's next great All American LB" could be heard on Norman podcasts and in coach/booster gatherings. Now? 7th string TE. hahahahahaha

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    Joe Jon has 8 players in his TE room. Mitchell is one of six players that did not take a TE snap in a game for OU last season. With that many new options to put on the field, one would think that performance on gamedays for the TE group has to go up this fall. Even if Mitchell can't run routes and/or catch the ball, his size suggests he is going to be an asset to the offense as a blocking TE.

    84 Davon Mitchell TE 6-4 275 R-Fr. York, Ala. (Los Alamitos [Calif.] HS)
    81 Will Huggins TE 6-6 262 R-Sr. Lenexa, Kan. (Pittsburg State University)
    44 John Locke Jr. TE 6-4 252 R-Jr. San Antonio, Texas (Louisiana Tech University)
    86 Carson Kent TE 6-4 244 R-Jr. Milton, Ga. (Kennesaw State University)
    18 Kaden Helms TE 6-5 238 R-Jr. Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue West HS)
    22 Trynae Washington TE 6-4 233 Fr. Midwest City, Okla. (Carl Albert HS)
    12 Jaren Kanak TE 6-2 230 Sr. Hays, Kan. (Hays HS)
    19 Kade McIntyre TE 6-3 220 R-So. Fremont, Neb. (Archbishop Bergan HS)

    @Constant @Pdawg88 @kilroydos and any sooner I am forgetting, what are y'all's thought about JJF and the TE position at OU right now?

    On the Ikard and Lehman podcast a few weeks ago, they were talking about Mitchell's weight.  Ikard came to OU as a TE originally before moving to center.  He said "Be careful, my man.  Just a few more pounds and you're going to look down and see the ball between your legs."

    I laughed.

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  15. 5 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    $6.1 billion seems like a lot for a team that does not own its own facility, does not have a partner WNBA team, etc.

    Yeah, that's a steep assed price but it is one of the brand names in all of American sports.

  16. 30 minutes ago, ocugolf said:

    If Presti had this bench (and head coach) when KD and Russ were in okc, they’d have a couple banners. 38 year old Derek fisher was our best bench guy for two years. Lol

    Oh, easily.  Outside of KD and Russ and maybe Paul George later, those teams were painful to watch on offense.  I wouldn't watch much during the regular season and I remember being surprised about how bad some of the supporting cast was on offense.  I get what Presti was trying to do at the time with "positionless basketball" but he'd get these guys who were great on defense and fit that mold but had zero offensive skills at all.  They're were asking the 2 or 3 stars to basically bring their A game every single game.

    He nailed it this time, though.  Outside of the bigs, they've got 7-8 guys who fit that mold but they can all shoot this time.  They're all wings that are long and athletic who are great on defense but can all shoot reasonably well.  Even the bigs are pretty versatile and they can shoot, too. Seriously, who is the 9th man on that team?  Is it Caruso?  He was first team all defense in Chicago and is a 35% 3 point shooter.    

     

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