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Dutchrudder

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  1. Well that's not good... Furk
  2. They comin for that 73 win season title! Ah, I'm just kidding, I'm sure GS and their wiley vets are probably good for a 5-8 see, I just thought they would put up more of a fight on defense. Giving up 83 points in the first half is like NBA Allstar Game level defense. The main thing for Cleveland is that Garland has really stepped up his offense from last year and appears to have finally taken that next step. They still have 2 smallish guards for starters, but they also have a stable of lanky forwards to help cover those defensive liabilities and spread out rotations to help maintain good defense. Garland's shooting splits are waaaaaaaaay up this season, and I believe he's currently in the 50/40/90 club at the moment. This is pretty much the same team as last year, but the other big differences are having a much better head coach in Atkinson, and that nobody is injured yet (knock on wood). Last year Garland had a freak facial fracture around this time and missed like 25 games. Mitchell and Allen missed like 30+ games each during the season too, so you never know when the bug will hit. Hopefully they can continue riding this hot streak to the NBA IST Championship at the very least, and get that title for shits and giggles.
  3. CJ is so good
  4. Defense has been doing work tonight, really great to see. I thought the run D would get rolled over coming into this, but they have held up well. The Lions have a top 5 run offense, and are #1 in points per game this season. Really happy to see so much resilience from that group and some good pressure on dropbacks.
  5. Wow, that was a hell of a punt and great coverage! Little victories!
  6. Then tell us who you would have drafted at #3 instead big guy. Every analyst said it was a shitty draft as far as top end star talent goes, and that the majority of these high picks would become role players. Reed played at Kentucky, shot over 50% from 3, was a willing passer, active defender, led the SEC in steals, and was thought to project as a 3+D guy. He's 6'2, which is probably an inch or two under the average height for a SG, but nothing out of the ordinary. He's a little young at 20 years old, so plenty of time for him to get better, but a sharpshooter with that kind of game is a pretty good pick to develop. Need to revisit it in a few years, it's too early to tell right now.
  7. By the way, whatever happened to Democrats being for reducing the military budget? Did 9/11 basically kill that entire notion? I don't think there was any effort under Biden to reduce military spending, in fact it went up under him. Not sure Kamala has even addressed it, other than saying we would continue to have the greatest military in the world at the DNC. That is one thing that frustrates me with both parties, neither one of them actually wants to reduce government spending in any meaningful way. Conservatives were supposed to be about smaller government, less spending, etc, but all you get out of them is huge tax cuts for the wealthy and insane amounts of debt in return. They always do the the easy part without balancing the budget on the other side. Dems have been more modest with that stuff and trying to raise or create taxes that cover their spending, but that always comes back to bite them in the ass. We will never get debt under control if the two competing philosophies are fighting over where money is spent without balancing it against costs. I have zero hope that changes under Trump, I expect debt to balloon under him and his dumb tariffs to screw up the economic progress we have made since 2021.
  8. Somewhere I saw the recommendation for Joe to step down, but the reason was that Kamala would become the 47th president, and make Trump 48. That would make all his dumb '47 hats and agenda 47 stuff off by 1, which would be funny. It's petty, but I can't say it wouldn't make me chuckle.
  9. I'm in 2 leagues and both of my teams are getting slammed with injuries. I think my other leagues team is a real winner though, once they get healthy. I was picking 7th in a 10 team Roto league, and I can't believe how it worked out for me. This roster is deep. Some guy just offered me Herro and Brook Lopez for Jarrett Allen, which seems not too bad given Allen's potential for injury every year...
  10. They traded the workforce for the wokeforce and it hasn't worked out. Need to get back to being the party of labor and unions and focus on raising wages for all.
  11. Golden State = pretenders confirmed
  12. They got Hulk Hogan and we got THE ROCK!
  13. I know there are still a lot of votes to count, so it's not really fair to compare 2020 to 2024 vote totals quite yet, but there was a steep decline in overall turnout. That's really surprising considering the total number of eligible voters should rise every year as population increases. Really makes you wonder how 10 million+ people would sit out an election after seemingly voting against the same guy 4 years ago.
  14. How much do hobbit holes in NZ go for? They sound cozy and wonderful, I could get behind that idea.
  15. Are the Warriors actually really as good as the stats say? They are currently top 5 in O and D rating as a team, and 7-1 record to show for it. They play in Cleveland on Friday, so this might be an interesting test for the 9-0 Cavs.
  16. So are we still doing Chili's or nah?
  17. Stein really isn't having that big of an impact in Michigan. Certainly not anywhere close to the "uncommitted" amount of voters from the primary. Still a lot in Wayne county to come out and hopefully make up the difference.
  18. They are so good at it, they make it look like they aren't even doing it!
  19. I believe that Kamala's economic policies will help the low and middle class afford more things, like visits to their local Chili's. This in turn should make them more popular and much more likely to reinstitute the Chili's 2 for $20 deal, which by all accounts was the perfect meal option and a true American date night staple. Know who's on your side and ready to make the tough decisions that will impact your wallet as much as your pallate, choose Kamala, choose Chili's.
  20. If they can send Hartenstein and his 30m a year as the bulk of the salary sent out, I think it's worth it. He hasn't even played for them yet, so it's not like he's a big part of them winning. They have plenty of picks to use as leverage to keep their own guys and send out another ~15m to match. I would gladly take Giannis and his 4.5 year contract over 6-7 lottery tickets. A bird in hand is worth more than 6 ping pong balls in a bush.
  21. My guess. 308-230 is still a big win.
  22. Troy and Abed voting Bluuuuuuuuuueeee!
  23. No Giannis tonight vs #1 Cleveland, and Cle with an 18 point lead just before half. Lots of basketball commentators putting out articles about what Milwaukee should seek in trade for him. Could be a real interesting season of he does get moved somewhere else. Some of the proposals have been OKC, Boston, Miami, Golden State, Brooklyn, etc. I can't see any of them outbidding OKC, but OKC has to want him too. A lot of the proposed packages are pretty weak IMO, but you never know. Maybe they can have a fire sale and dump Dame, Lopez and Middleton too.
  24. They should offer him asylum instead, since he doesn't seem to understand what that is.
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