It seems like an obvious answer from recent history is the 76ers getting beaten by the Hawks when Simmons passed up the dunk. I know he’s been hurt, but… It seems like if he dunks it and the 76ers start rolling, he might not get stuck in a bad mental spot and the NBA might look a little different now (especially if he’d kept playing and stayed under the supervision of a training staff, then he doesn’t get traded, etc…).
People were writing all sorts of sympathetic fiction about a guy who is—in zero plausible scenarios (given the stuff that was posted)—a victim. It has been thoroughly demoralizing to see the sorts of things that people within this fanbase are willing to excuse.
I don’t think any serious person who followed this discussion and was exposed to any of the evidence thought there was a chance that he would. The mental gymnastics on this board (there was a thread where a huge portion of the posters hallucinated a situation where they convinced themselves that she was going to be 17 and he was going to be 20… and that HE was going to be found to be the victim in all this?!?) could probably be used as compelling primary source material for anyone who was interesting in writing a thesis on the way misinformation and mass delusions propagate.
I’m certain Bogut will have a bunch of equally well-informed insights on this police investigation.
Fultz is the only one who’s not currently on the Pistons?
Get ready to learn Detroit-anese buddy…
I don’t even think that their performance would’ve been such massive surprise to me if Amen or Cam or another one of the young athletes were playing a surprisingly large role, but… It’s a bunch of guys who are known quantities… the only difference is they’re now operating within Udoka’s system.
I really wasn’t expecting Houston to get so much juice out of Sengun, Brooks and FVV this year… I thought Jabari or Green might make a leap, but… I still wasn’t expecting to see them in the playoffs, but that’s definitely the way they’re trending at this point… Double digits on the Nuggets?!?
He “could care less”… So… he cares at least a little… Sounds like a win for Giddey!.. He might need to hold onto any win he can get in the next couple months.
At least a portion of it comes from the idea that the Thunder’s additional picks and longer timeline (because they’re so much younger) will give them additional optionality… Whether they have to draft replacements for some of their guys that get too expensive, or push those picks in for a disgruntled star, they can do that. The wolves have fewer options in that regard, and Gobert has a bunch of miles on his legs and is on the wrong side of 30.
It seems short-sighted to diminish a guy’s legacy because the people around him weren’t as good as the people on other teams. I think rings are probably the least precise way to measure how good someone is at basketball.
I remember last year around this time when I was starting to feel pretty convinced that Zion was unstoppable, the Pels were headed for a deep playoff run and the Lakers were going to ship them a really good draft pick… Lots can change between now and the end of the season.
You should pick at least one bet that’s got super low odds of hitting but… if you’re right, you’ll win a crazy amount… I don’t know what betting odds are right now, but… Something that’s A real lotto ticket… Like… Portland Trail Blazers center Duop Reath winning the scoring title and/or getting his name used in a star wars movie…
Hmm… If you have time to slow play it a bit… Maybe you could just hover around the sub and watch highlights for a while. If you take a month or two, you’ll organically get an idea of the reputations of the teams (the coach for SA is highly-regarded, Wemby is going through his first NBA learning curve, the team has a history of good luck in the draft and thoughtful roster construction, etc…). If you find yourself looking forward to a group of highlights for a team, you can always adopt them after a little bit, and then you don’t have to worry about getting too attached to a team that doesn’t really produce the most opportunities for you to have a satisfying spectating experience.
It’s pretty crazy that 2 years ago his contract was considered an unmovable albatross, and it’s increasingly looking like a bargain.
Those undrafted-dude’s-gonna-ball-out vibes apparently traveled north with Max Strus…
He looks so good.
Hey Magic fans… Goga Bitadze is your highest ranked player at 33 right now… I haven’t had a chance to watch one of your games this season, but… Does that match the eye test?
Spot on. They should’ve given Kornet that 300 million, just the advanced metrics suggest.
Pretty sure the only way the Warriors are going to get off of Klay and get one of those players back is if they package him with Curry and send picks.
They might be able to talk Chicago into three team deal where they send out Klay and picks for Lavine or Derozan, but… There’s a low probability that Chicago’s going to be able to use Klay, so there’s going to have to be a pretty solid sweetner with their picks to make that work. Lavine kinda fits a bit better on their timeline too, so that might be possible.
Wembustyama’s never gonna make it back on here again!
Nah… The spurs haven’t been playing so well, and the teams they’ve been playing against saw what he was doing in the first few games and adjusted… I’d be really surprised if there weren’t a few cycles of [opponents adjust to counter new player’s strengths -> player finds way around adjustments or other ways to emphasize strengths -> opponents adjust] for every rookie…
I’d like to hear more about this ladder… I suspect this sub is rung about where it’s sending sympathy so far…