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We'll agree that NO is a trash franchise. One of two worst in league along with Charlotte. He might have done better with another franchise, but he almost certainly couldn't have done worse.

It's my small contribution to classing up this joint.

Perhaps some of it, but Zion surely is part of the problem as well. Unmotivated, undisciplined, unserious, out of shape, and brittle. NO should have moved on from him years ago and let him become someone else's problem. He's done little but hold the franchise hostage to his immaturity and...

I don't know how much around Ace is smoke and how much is fire. But, NO is one franchise that should be particularly wary of taking on another problem child. Their irrational and undeserved commitment to Zion has ruined their franchise and prevented them from moving on to building a solid...

LaMelo is precisely the type of player we want to avoid. He's become a ball and chain around Charlotte: good enough to tantalize when he's on but not good enough to make his teammates and team better and is alway injured anyway. NBA teams are the masters of sunk cost fallacy thinking. Unwilling...

Oh hell, no. If the Jazz do this, I'm guessing it's because they want Edgecombe and don't think he'll be there at 5.

That's a fair observation. It's a personal bias. I'm not a fan of pushing in all one's chips for ST gains that imperil LT viability, particularly for franchises with long traditions of losing. I'd rather watch year after year of good, competitive basketball that delivers value for one's...

Durant is close to washed. He's still a bucket-getter but is a a brittle shell of his peak, doesn't elevate his teammates, no longer contributes to high-level winning, and doesn't lead. He won his two titles riding the coattails of Steph Curry. I understand that Minnesota wants to win and...

I'd rather chew ground glass than root for James Harden. No amount of winning is worth it (although with Harden, one thing is assured, you'll never win the big one). Kawhi Leonard is a millstone around the neck of any franchise stupid enough to overpay for his diminishing services and brittle...

Odds seem good that we can get either Ace Bailey or Tre Johnson at #5. Either would be a win (judging solely by the numerous draft podcasts I've listened to and not because I have any personal insights). Thus, there's no need to trade away Lauri to move up, unless we know who we want and think...

Maybe if all these teams are so desperate to get Kessler and Markkanen, this is an indication that maybe we ought to hang onto them. Ultimately, we'll need good players to return to competition. At some point, we're going to have to quit accumulating draft assets and actually try to win. I...

Which center that's available doesn't have strengths and weaknesses? If some team is willing to give us the equivalent of 3 firsts for Kessler, that means 1) he's grossly undervalued here and 2) he's probably worth the 30+ million a year. But, I don't think he's worth 3 firsts, and I seriously...

God, no. Where did I say that?

LOL, We're evidently on different wavelengths. Oh well. BTW, I did read it, and I agree. If the Jazz draft Maluach or Knipple, I'm shaving my head, donning a burlap sack, and pouring ashes on my head. I wouldn't mind a decent backup center who can stretch the floor and is serviceable on...

It's a response to this from you: "But we already have Kessler. Why throw the kitchen sink to draft a guy who might one day be better than a guy who’s already solid? " You were wondering why we'd throw the kitchen sink at someone at a position when we already have someone good there. This is...

It's the hope for the new, better, bigger, brighter, shinier thing together with the discounting of what one already has. It's kind similar to those people on game shows who win a large sum of money but who then gamble it away on the hope of winning an even bigger prize. (Very dumb. It's "house...

The was Kyle Beckerman who also played for RSL back when RSL was one of the top franchises in the MLS

Well, on the positive side, the UNMNT finally has decent kits. At least they can lose in style.

I'm not saying they're bad, but they're not the type of teams that worry the likes of Germany, Argentina, England, etc. If they were celebrities, they'd be showing up on Password, $1,000,000 Pyramid, or other game shows rather than starring in blockbusters or Oscar-worthy films. We should be...

It seems to me that there is some kind of nebulous cultural rot where it comes to the USMNT. I can't specifically identify it, I can't explain it, but the entire endeavor seems to be infused with a deeply embedded losing culture that infects anyone associated with it. I don't expect WC trophies...