Everything posted by Dutchrudder
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Hoops & Goons: FBI, NBA, College Hoops, and the Mob - Now with More Indictments
This might be a dumb question, but how exactly is it illegal for a player to not score points so his friends can win an under bet? What law is being broken, or is this a contract issue with something buried in the terms of his NBA player agreement? I think the betting sites should be at fault for taking the risk, they know that someone may take advantage of their easily manipulated bets.
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]
Bring in Beasley for minimum once he's through this mess and let him rehab here. Would be awesome to have him coming off the bench as the 8-9th guy. Dude was in line to make at least a max MLE deal after a great year of 3+D with the Pistons.
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NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
Yeah, for having such a high basketball IQ, Lebron just doesn't care about how the team could improve by him taking say 35m a year instead, and giving them more room to work with. Getting another ring with the Lakers would be infinitely more valuable to him and his legacy than an extra 20m in salary.
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]
I think the signing of Merrill may be more important to that end. Their cap is shooting up with the Mobley extension kicking in this year, and the Okoro/Ball swap was to drop salary for next year. It saves the Cavs 1m this year, but that's nothing. They are well over the 2nd apron right now, and that's without re-signing Ty. He's likely going to leave in free agency to a team with a full MLE, but the Cavs could still offer him and pay out the nose in luxury tax if he stays. I'm not really sure if they will or not. I do think the Cavs may try to move Garland though. He's making 39m and appears to be the most expendable of the top 4 guys. He's a young, promising player who could be attractive to a team partway through the process of rebuilding. He's their best opportunity to drop some salary and get a decent player back to fill the gap without losing much.
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NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
New Orleans has proved to be morons, maybe trade Randle for Murray? Salaries are pretty close, you might be able to swap them for a couple of 2nds. Murray could be a good backcourt pairing with Ant, as he can share the ball, is a good defender and can run the offense for the 12 minutes when Ant's on the bench. I think if Murray gets out of NOLA, he will have a good bounce-back year.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
So after holding the Phillies to 1 run in 27 innings against Houston, the Phils are up 11-0 on the Braves in 3 innings so far tonight lol...
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2025 NBA Draft - Gag for Flagg
I hope he does, couldn't happen a nicer franchise.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
They could have let Altuve have a crack at finishing this game. Adding a save to his record would be fun.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
2 outs, and bringing in Hader? Is this just for "Save" stats?
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I'm kind of disappointed that we aren't down by 1 in the 8th, and able to smack around Pressley to win the game. Oh well, 2 more chances this weekend for it to happen.
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Andor
I think it's kinda nice of the empire to send Dedra to a prison sentence doing something she loves, building the Death Star until she dies.
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The Supremes
Do you think she knows that?
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NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
I would imagine the Lakers wanted him to take it so they could trade him.
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2025 NBA Draft - Gag for Flagg
I saw a tweet joking that Ace Bailey has already requested a trade from the Jazz, but man I could see it happening. Just look at that face announcing that the Jazz picked him. Lol...
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Make it 36 tomorrow, and continue to build on it in November!
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
At this rate, they will win tomorrow 3-0.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Fuck yeah! That was a rough inning, but no runs allowed!
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]
In his first 3 years with Charlotte, he played 44, 19 and 44 games. He has 1 year left on his rookie deal at 6.2m, and then he's an RFA next year. It's a desperate move by the Suns to get a cheap, but capable Center that may or may not play in half their games. I like it for the Rockets, it's a gamble.
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2025 NBA Draft - Gag for Flagg
Twolves gonna have 2 French Centers next season, so that's cool.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
K K K Nice job Okert
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2025 MLB thread
Walkoff hit by Jram against the Blue Jays in extra innings.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I think I would rather seen Singleton at DH... Oof
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]
Yeah he's been awesome and shrewd with his moves. I still can't get over that Brooklyn pick swap trade, what an amazing gift that has become. Can't believe Brooklyn didn't tank harder this year. I think the Stone philosophy is to have guys on contracts ready for a trade when the right time comes around. I didn't like either the Jalen Green or Alpi extensions last year, because I would have preferred to have cap flexibility. But we can now see he has/had 2 young guys under contract, and they are both apparently enticing players for trades because they have those deals in place, instead of trying to negotiate a S&T. The KD trade likely costs us Fred if Green didn't get the extension last year. However, when they signed Fred, Brooks and even Landale, it felt like each of those deals could or would be future trade chips. Now the team gets to keep Fred at a reduced rate, add KD, and continue to grow with an excellent balance of vets and young studs. Build through the draft, keep players under contract, stock future picks, and pull the trigger when it's time to flip them. It also helps that Tilman seems to have taken a more hands-off approach since the Westbrook trade blew up in his face. Letting Stone and company make the basketball decisions is the key to this franchise's success.
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]
The Rockets can only offer like 15m a year via MLE, and the 76ers would instantly match that. Morey would keep him just to have as a trade chip if nothing else.
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]
Enjoy the Lakers Jock! Too bad they couldn't find a way to move him to another team and at least get a trade exception for him.