Even I forget that sometimes. Dieng was before him. He doesn't play much but still has some upside, especially at his age.
J Dub was one of the Clipper picks and if I remember right, the pick got bumped up because the Clippers were playing in a play in game and Paul George got covid at the last minute and they lost. Could be wrong about that, though.
But the Thunder won't spend money!!!!
I don't pretend to know the cap/apron thing but they have some team friendly deals with the supporting cast plus all of the draft picks. Hartenstein is at $30M for two more years but that second year is a team option.
It's crazy that Chet and J Dub were the same draft....
They'll get over it within a week or two. They'll make up a story like how Trump is keeping all the secrets to have power over the "Deep State" or something. They're likely getting their story straight right now.
He'll threaten to release it again in a year or two and they'll fall for it.
Arky Trumper guy hates illegal immigrants. Marries an illegal immigrant. Now is immigrating to Ecuador because they're kicking her out.
Undefeated:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/trump-illegal-immigration-raids-arkansas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U08.6yG4.eawJKWuik5qq&fbclid=IwY2xjawLaDelleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE4TW16WHVXRFlkanhQUGs2AR4BX9LOLUje79_0XOwBlsJTtj_-HNLjisRwFoVE7QlqcV9W_7jkCxCGu0dpAQ_aem_WxspO7vOdHVB-x3qdkWFqQ
They have to reconcile in their brain that they were wrong and there’s nothing there.
It was a core, almost religious belief that Epstein was some liberal conspiracy, never mind Trump himself had his fingers all over it.
It blew my mind that the people of Uvalde still voted for Abbott after the shooting. He literally lied to them about how their kids died.
I got nothing.
The mental gymnastics in real time fare fascinating. Only in their bubble was Epstein an exclusively liberal scandal. Never mind he died in federal prison while Trump was president, Trump was directly tied to him, and they hyperventilated during the Biden years and they wanted everything released.
Give them a few weeks and they'll move on like the whole thing never happened. They were obsessed with child trafficking, Epstein is the poster child for that, their side takes over the entire government and *poof* it's like it never happened.
Just in time for him and AD to be in their mid 30's. Great.
I said it when they got the #1 pick but they should trade everyone for young assets and picks and build around Flagg.
When we lived in SA, a tropical storm blew in and stalled over the city and dumped like 15 inches. What I remember was that five inches fell in one hour and it was unlikely anything I'd ever seen. Literally couldn't see across the street at one point.
That's what these hourly totals are like and it's mind bottling.
This is the closest.
1. OKC/Denver -- they've actually won the whole thing
1A. Houston
2. Minny, Clips, Mavs (if healthy), maybe the Spurs. (I think SA surprises some people this year
3. Lakers, GS. Both rosters have 2-3 good players and not much else.
Churn after that.
I don't think you'll see as much separation between the 1 seed and the rest of the pack. OKC was ahead of #2 by what, 14 games? 2-6 were pretty glommed up. I think 1-3 will be family close and then you'll have the 4-8 teams. That makes that #1 seed very valuable. Say OKC is #1 and they wouldn't have to play either Denver or Houston until the WCF and then only one of them.