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Golden State and San Antonio were the top teams chasing him. While Lauri couldnt dictate his destination he knew what it likely would have been. Neither one does the deal without plans to extend him, and both situations look fine to me. Also you cant be serious about the 60% paycut. Contenders...

I think you are overlooking the fact that acquiring top end talent is just one part of rebuilding. Tanking is perfectly valid strategy in achieving that goal. I think the main reason tanking usually doesnt lead to great success is actually because building up (and around) that talent is much...

I never ever thought they would care from business perspective. Thats a gimmie. But from "integrity of the sport" perspective there has to be a line somewhere. Maybe the logic is that Silver slapping our wrist would be negative PR since that would make media #TakeNote. They must be perfectly...

Quite honestly if we keep this level of dirtyness up for the rest of the season and Silver doesnt at least issue a warning, then I'm kinda sold on the assumption that NBA doesnt care about small market teams tanking.

Explosiveness, high motor on both ends, defense, team play, does the small things. Im not fixated on either or as educated on the prospects as some but I think thats bulk of the list.

Its not about the size of the Johnson...

Not disagreeing with anything but adding that measuring effort is very contextual. If you play a team that runs crazy hard on transition and you dont match their pace, then your effort may appear lackluster when factually you ran back harder than you ever had before. I think "we didnt match...

For a Rookie PG nearly a double average with almost 4 RPG is nothing to sneeze at. In fact wasnt it stated somewhere that last rookie to put up a 9.5+ APG month happened like 35 years ago. Or was that "total assists"?

They are in a very different position from us. Two teams are tanking hard above them and this was their 2nd win in a row. Now there is just 1 win separating them from both Sixers and Nets, who have lost 2 and 5 in a row respectively.

Yeah I got corrected on that timeline in another thread. Thats not a good look..

My apologies. You were correct in throwing those doubts in the air then.

I think the last remark can only be debated if they start looking like they dont respond to his criticism. Trust the filter.

Hardy threw the team under the bus after the last game... so the likely outcome is that they play with different level of urgency. It may also be the better option, than them acting like they dont care about what the HC said. There is still the odd chance "we shot bad, they shot great" game may...

They dont have to hit top 4. Its top 6 protected, so staying where they are right now if no one jumps them would also save their pick. If they drop to 5th worst it improves their odds of keeping the pick dramatically though.

Full theory is that they are trying to pass a bill in 2027 (I think) so that they get a permit to build an entertainment complex in Texas including casino's and other forms of entertainment. Moving their entire plan (including Mavs) to Vegas is the threat they use against local politicians to...

I'm more debating if he is a fake person. In Finland we had this "hero" in old ads back in 70s, 80s and 90s called Kari Grandi. His surname was a juice brand and his heroic duties were about saving beautiful women from thirst. In my head John Fanta sounds like the American version of that guy...

Lol Mavs announced yesterday their season ticket prices for next season are gonna go up by around 9%. That would be totally normal except you literally just pissed off the fanbase probably worse than any franchise ever has.

His ceiling is too mid for him to have any value as a prospect for the future, and in the category of "proven NBA players" he doesnt rank very high atm. He wont be traded unless its a throw in. But we have picked up his 3rd year option which means he should have time to change that narrative.

John Fanta of Fox released his 2.0 Mock draft and he had Derick Queen at 5 over VJ Edgecomb among others. So I guess there are guys who REALLY like Queen.

What is "non-guaranteed team option" all about? Is it just about the date when you need to pick it up? Like in 2026 offseason we have to pick up the team option somewhere early July which then guarantees the entire year, vs being able to wait until right before the start of regular season?