504Voodoo

As a kid, I enjoyed my 2x-3x per week fix of watching highlights of Andruw dominant CF on Baseball Tonight.

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Is anyone shocked? Of course he was going to the “super team”. It’s what he’s done his entire career. The signing for just over the vet minimum is bullshite though but the NBA will allow anything that brings them ratings. I think the Heat would have been tougher to beat if he had gone back there. 3 guys with the size and talent of LeBitch, Giannis and Bam would have been hard to match up with.

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While he may still be a top 25-30 player, Lebron was never signing a huge contract. Of the rumored teams (GSW, Philly, Miami, Clev), no one had the money to sign him for a huge deal. Frankly, he's no longer in a place where he could demand such a deal unless he was willing to go to the Nets. It shouldn't be a surprise this is the agreed-upon contract.

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Pickup...went out this morning

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oldtrucker

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Checks out

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Feels like a steal for the Sixers

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I assume that Boston is trying to balance being moderately competitive and saving money (with Brown's contract going one extra year beyond PG's at $65 million) while rebuilding by gaining draft capital.

Not saying it will work, but depending on the draft capital, this allows the Celtics to bring in young talent or package those picks for a bigger fish down the line.

We also shouldn't underestimate the impact of a new ownership group. I know nothing about them, but they aren't guaranteed to be a group that is willing to spend money.

Clingan is going to have to produce at a higher rate than one made 3ptr per game on three attempts before I consider him a floor spacing big. Sure, those attempt numbers may be slightly below Turner, but teams will be more than happy conceding offensive possessions that end in a Clingan 3pt attempt.

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The only world in where 2 first for Trey is fine is if there is a young player (or 2) with legit potential thrown in.

2 firsts alone is not enough especially with how the lottery works nowadays.

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Exactly. Either Two 1st and a promising player, or a Mikal Bridges/Desmond Bane type offer. If not, you keep Trey.

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Sitting in waiting room

4 people on the set… 2 fat black women, a black guy, and a clearly gay white male meteorologist

Thus once great station has become a DEI warehouse

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So, are you upset because there are three Black people and one gay guy on set? Because I am still waiting for you to provide some insight into why that is a problem, like whether they are bad at their jobs or not.


So much for living in a nation where people are not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, huh?

Yep. Same Spot

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Wemby is actually a cone on defense if you iso him.

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Wow

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he lost the locker room and his star players didn’t like him.

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I’ll start by saying I don’t like this hire, but thank goodness it isn’t Ham.
Paolo didn’t get along with him, but Paolo was also a big reason the Magic didn’t live up to their preseason expectations. He’s treated like a true #1 guy, but he played more like the engine of a very mediocre offense. Yeah, he had a good playoff series, but his regular season wasn’t very good compared to what was expected of him.
He was a ball-stopper who, at best, created a bunch of contested jumpers or drives into a wall of defenders. He’s not good off the ball, still very inefficient as a shooter, average on defense, and he didn’t really make his teammates better.
Paolo was just as big a reason for the Magic’s struggles as Jahmal and is a big reason he’s been in trade rumors.

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don’t think anyone thought the 2019 draft was generational lol. Zion as a prospect was. That’s about it.

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Meh. At the time, the threesome of Zion, Ja, and Barrett were all looked at as having franchise cornerstone potential.