ShaneTheLegLechler

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Luka wasn’t going to win shite in Dallas.

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They were fresh off a finals appearance and he’s 26 years old

To be fair the Clippers got two oft injured players and never made the finals, and one was fresh off leading a team to a championship. Signing Leonard was contingent on the trade which was why the return was so huge.

You can have a sound process where you take a calculated risk and it backfires like the Clippers, and you can just completely misjudge the value and conduct things in a way where it’s impossible to get the best return like the Mavs. I think the Mavs trade was far worse. It also has ripple effects to their business off the court with how much it has alienated the fanbase

As bad the students could be, I’d still love to play Tech again out of conference in football. Especially now that they’re a contender, as the game could have some real stakes some years. The atmosphere and intensity on and off the field would be great and their alums are generally awesome people

Waddle is also good but far from some foundational piece for the next good Dolphins team, which is at least a few years away.

Yes

The part of West Texas that Lubbock is in definitely does not meet my personal definition of beautiful

Fake

Nobody gives a shite

Philly is very underrated with the rep it gets nationally. There are obviously some very rough parts but the nice areas are very nice and it has a lot of the same colonial history vibe that Boston has

Boston is awesome, but I do remember there being a decent homeless populace (this was like 2019). Certainly nothing out of the ordinary for a large city though and nothing close to some of the worst I’ve seen (Austin, Denver, SF)

It’s funny that it’s always portrayed as this tough, blue collar town with organized crime in movies because the reality is the exact opposite