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It's so prolific for a coach to blame a lack of urgency or not playing hard when a team loses that it comes across at times as a catch-all cliche. Similar as the common cliche, "the team that wants it more wins." So obviously false, yet it doesn't stop its repetitive use. Some games a team just...

This game was a God-awful manifestation of stinking putrefaction. I could only stand watching the first half. It's hard to remember seeing this level of ineptitude where it comes to taking care of the ball. I'm not sure what the record is for most turnovers in a half, but they seemed intent on...

I wonder the same thing. I've read/heard countless times that Mitchell was going to leave. But, then we also heard ad naseum that he would likely leave Cleveland, and how'd that turn out? The NBA media ecosystem thrives on rumors and repeating (often uncritically) conventional wisdom. I think...

Well, to be fair, he's likely made a lot of grade trades/signings...almost.

I keep hearing over and over from podcasters, talking heads, NBA insiders, etc. that "the worst" thing is to be "stuck on the treadmill of mediocracy." No, the worst thing is to be stuck on the treadmill of sucking. I'm guessing Detroit Pistons fans would have loved to be stuck on the...

In the NBA context, DEI is signing more white guys, a form of DEI that I suspect many of the most rabid DEI critics would find acceptable. But, I suppose in the current political climate where DEI is the bogeyman responsible for all social ills and government/corporate f-ups, sure, why not?

Defense Entirely Ignored.

You may be right. I hope you're right. I'd only add that "at least somewhat competitive" would likely be considered an unsuccessful tank by most tanking adherents and not worth the 5 or so seasons of shiity losing basketball. We were "at least somewhat competitive" before we blew up the team and...

I imagine there's some threshold of viewership decline that crosses the line from expected to worrisome. If 44% doesn't cross the threshold, then it's probably close to it. Significantly declining viewership also decreases a team's leverage when it comes to negotiating TV rights deals. I don't...

Lakers tears taste like sweet ambrosia.

I'd take the under on that bet.

I suspect this is accurate. People want to be entertained. Winning is entertaining, losing isn't. Most fans just want to watch a good, competitive, entertaining product, and they'll return once we're back to providing it. It's only a relatively small subset of fans who pin everything on winning...

Jordan Poole was correct, Draymond is a backpack for #30. He's the quintessential system player. He luckily found himself playing in the one system where he could thrive and playing with the one person who could carry him to the the heights he reached. Without #30, Draymond would have been an OK...

Perkins is the worst kind of takester: the guy who says purposively dumb, provocative crap just to provoke a reaction. He can't possibly believe all the shiite he says, or can he? He's no better than some run-of-the-mill troll on any random social media site, except that he gets paid millions to...

Which makes the NBA's insistence of fielding TV commentators who constantly trash the current NBA product puzzling. Is there any other sport in which prominent TV commentators routinely trash the on-field/court/ice/etc. product?

I'm not convinced teams still won't load manage, even with a shortened season. It's become a pretty ingrained aspect of the NBA landscape. Plus, I keep hearing and reading from podcasters and pundits that the regular season doesn't matter: it's all about the playoffs. Is that mindset going to...

The Allstar game appears almost irretrievably broken. Despite almost universal acknowledgement that the game sucks, it's hard to note any discernible evidence that the players care. I'm guessing many of them wish it would go away so they could spend a few extra days in Cabo. It's hard to imagine...

I turned off the sound after listening to Hart for a bit. God, he was so annoying. Who likes that crap?

The lack of self-awareness of this quote is stunning: "Over the last 11 games (10-1 record) we have the #1 defensive rating in the league, #2 Net rating (OKC #1) and the #6 offensive rating in the league. What a massive leap from the start of the season when we were dead last on defense."

Whoops, sorry, I didn't catch that your context was rebuilding more broadly. No, a rebuild is more than tanking, whereas tanking is one possible rebuild strategy. I think we'd agree on that. Even then, requiring 10 years for a rebuild is evidence of gross mismanagement. If you can't figure out...