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If they dont fast track the site selection process, I dont think this stadium sees the light of day until 2030, at the earliest. At 27, Terry Mclaurin might literally have played his entire career and be retired by the time this thing opens.

They should have let him back out of the deal when he tried to. But they saw that payout and said "Nope, no takebacks". I'm convinced that he's behaving like a guy that doesnt care whether Twitter lives or dies.

The timing of the release with the sale was as gutless as can be.

Heard Theismann on with the Junkies this morning. I'm gonna miss Joe squirming trying to be diplomatic and downplaying his relationship with Snyder every time it gets brought up. Gotta be tough when you're beloved and your homie's a despised scumbag. lol

I still don't get why Russell by himself without Medhurst was seen as the best move they could make.

The funny thing to me are some of the reactions, like cheese and bread with no meat is the wildest thing they've ever heard of. lol

They're 58-72 when Kuzma plays, and that was with Beal and Porzingis on the roster. What makes anyone think they'll win any more games just by Kuzma existing on the roster? They'll lose a ton, dont worry.

Lamelo's gotta play though. If he misses half the season, nobody should be surprised.

That contract is very tradable. If he sees the end of that contract, I'll be surprised. But that said, this roster (Kuz included) is still very much in the mix for a top 3 pick next year.

Porzingis is only 27 too. I guess one guy was under contract to get a return and one guy wasn't.

So they're gonna have $100m in cap space in 2024. I didnt know the number was that high. In theory, they can add 2 max free agents next year. Say, Jaylen Brown and Domantas Sabonis (just pulling names that will be on the market). Or they could build with assets, remain nimble and flexible and supplement with a big free agent down the road to get to the next level. In theory, of course, they're not gonna do any of that. But they put themselves in a position to have options, which is what you always want. But what they'll probably do is use all that cap space to take bad contracts to stack up all the assets we were complaining they didn't get from Beal and Porzingis. They basically had to clear the books, THEN get the assets, rather than clear the books and get the assets at the same time.

This is like every draft, after the first 5-7 guys, I have no idea who the rest of these people are.

Poole's gonna get off for 25ppg on this team. There's nobody else to carry the offensive load.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that 2026 pick swap might be in play. By 2026, this little experiment in Phoenix could be done with. I'm not convinced Beal seamlessly fits in and it all works out. And Durant misses 60% of the games.

So now, there's all this talk of where Jokic is in terms of all-time centers. But when I look at the center position in the NBA right now, it's him, Embiid, and then a bunch of dudes. When compared to what other guys had to go against, it's not even close. Not any depth to spesk of in terms of all-timers. The 3rd best center might even be Porzingis. Not much in the way of HoF caliber talent to bang and compete against. Of course he's gonna dominate these people. But to be fair, I dont think Jordan had much in the way of competition either and I don't hold that against him. Probably Drexler and Reggie Miller were the 2nd and 3rd best SG during his career, which isnt impressive to me.

Winger has one arm tied behind his back if he has to agree to keeping Unseld Jr on as head coach. You're still not doing it right if he doesn't have authority to make a change if he wants. Now, he may think Unseld Jr is the right man for the job, which would make me question him right off the bat.

So doesn't this call BS on Jason Wright's explanation on why they didnt pick the other names?

If you don't make a habit of skipping, then fine, whatever. I'll assume something cane up. But when skipping these OTAs is your move, that's a red flag. It's supposed to be business, but hard not to take it personal when they decline your 5th year option, denying you millions of dollars, and don't seem like they have a ton of faith in you. If this was a petulant move of protest on Chase's part, it wouldn't surprise me.

I'm curious why Booker and not Tatum? Booker seems to have even less of a case, IMO.

Tried to give them a shot, but they're a rough listen for me, so I dont. But they appeal to a certain demo that likes their schtick.

The home/road alignment is unpleasant. Don't have 2 consecutive home games until week 17 and 18. And 4 out of 5 on the road in the middle of the season.

Good for them. People said they were crazy, Wembley was too big, etc. I think the biggest crowd WCW ever got was 60k in the Georgia Dome. So AEW could challenge that, if not smash it.

I think Kremer's been worse. He's getting crushed. Bradish had the one meltdown against the Red Sox, but has been dealing otherwise.

I oddly actually get more annoyed with who they dont get as an UDFA than who they dont get in the draft. lol

Bottom line is we have no idea what they were doing. But the fun of the draft is ignoring that. lol