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  1. 29 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

    I don't know that I've ever seen an NBA draft as messy and unpredictable as this one. I suppose there will be a little more clarity once the lottery goes down, but probably not much.

    Iin the meantime here is a consensus draft that takes input from the Athletic, ESPN, The Ringer, Tankathon, Yahoo, and a bunch more of them.

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    I do think it's most likely that Sarr ends up number 1. I think that scouts will look at all the other guys and say fuck it, let's default to drafting the biggest most athletic dude with the highest upside. But who knows? Each guy has some serious flaws, including Sarr.

    • Risacher was thought to be maybe the safest prospect who at worst case would be a serviceable three and D guy, but his shooting has gone into the toilet over the past several weeks. And people are wondering which part of his season is the aberration.
    • Topic got hurt just when his team stepped up in class and has been slow to recover from something that was perceived to be minor. Another guy with suspect outside shooting. You also wonder if he can guard anybody.
    • Dillingham is undersized and a poor defender.
    • Clingan is not really built for the modern game.
    • Sheppard is undersized and white athletically limited.
    • Buzelis can't shoot.
    • Castle can't shoot, either.
    • Cody Williams was injured, often invisible, and has a sketchy 3 point shooting projection.
    • Ron Holland is yet another guy who can't shoot.

    One guy who I kinda have my eye on is Jared McCain from Duke. He's one of the better shooters in the draft, a surprisingly decent rebounder for his size, and probably a better athlete and defender than given credit for. I think he's going to shoot up the board as we get closer to the draft.

    I'm interested to see where the older guys like Dalton Knecht, Devin Carter and Terrance Shannon go. In this draft in particular, teams may opt for more established prospects earlier in than we've seen in the past.

     

     

    Cody Williams was really coming into his own right before he got hurt and was never right for the rest of the season.  He's going to be a good one but does need to work on his 3.

  2. 3 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    I'm not slow, no. That said, the Dunning Kruger Effect is certainly shining brightly in this exchange.

    No one is asking for "proof", just that you make even a vague attempt to support your position. You can cite facts in the form of player and coaching roles that offer up reasons for your optimism regarding "much improved". Or offer informed opinions about the team's outlook. Instead, you've chosen to take the tact of being overly literal and tedious as a means of hoping the rest of us fail to notice that you don't know a fucking thing about the subject matter in which you keep inserting your witless and vapid comments.

     

    I'm not going to spend the time to talk about the roster in detail because you've already made up your mind.  Nothing I say is going to change that.  So instead of wasting time, we can wait until they play the games and see who is right.  How about that?

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  3. 3 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

    I understand being touchy about whatever team you root for when people are critiquing it. But this is just delusional. And people are offering real opinions and examples to you of why this doesn't look good. Yet you call those people names. It's not a good look. I'm just saying.

    What is going on is better than what was going on prior to his hire by a HUGE margin.  I'm just along for the ride.  They didn't ask my opinion.

  4. 2 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    I provided a legitimate challenge to a premise you continue to promote without any supporting facts. You stating something repeatedly doesn't make it so. That considered, you've proven to be a low information poster on most subject matter and certainly the game of football, so your best response is probably a banal platitude coupled with another unsupported opinion.

     

    Dude, nobody can prove anything until they play games.  Are you slow?

  5. Just now, Fud said:

    Why? All three are still very good, and the international three point line is a joke or KD and Curry 

    Lebron can play small ball five when the other team doesn't have a jumbo center 

    Because I'm tired of them.  LeBron is almost fucking 40 and has been the center of the basketball world for 20 years.  KD is 35.  Steph is 36.  Just go away and let me watch the younger guys like Ant, Brunson, Halliburton, Chet, Banchero, etc.  I'd be much more interested in watching that.  I'm not a big fan of the old dudes hanging on for one more go-round.  You've had your shot, now let the younger guys take over.

    I don't need any more LeBron, Steph or KD in my life.  I'm full.

  6. Just now, Lonestar88 said:

    All 3 of those guys can’t play at the same time, Embiid made the right choice with regards to fit.

    Im fine with the team, but I don’t understand why they didn’t have a tryout phase. They usually have a minicamp of some sort before they finalize the roster.

    People said the Wolves couldn't play Rudy and KAT at the same time, either.  That seems to have worked out fine this year.  I'm sure they could find a way to get them all on the floor.

  7. 4 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    Show your work regarding the team being "much improved". You keep typing that without supporting that POV. 

    I see an OL consisting of a true freshman starting at LT who, in interviews, seems like he has the maturity of a 5th grader. Then you have 4 new guys who transferred in from CFB backwaters like UTEP and UConn or places like UH after never even making a fucking dent on the roster at Texas before that, when we needed OLs to show up and play. None of these guys have ever taken a game snap with one another. Good thing familiarity and cohesive experience don't play much of a role with quality OL play.

    You downgraded at TE. You're still dependent upon Hunter playing 100 snaps each game. Almost the entire front 7 on defense are pure castoffs, albeit some with recruiting "pedigree".

    You have an inherently dysfunctional staff and two players with outsize influence potentially roiling said staff or the locker room whenever the fuck they feel like it. 

    There is zero legitimate depth behind the island of misfit toys comprising the starting lineup. 

    So, yeah, let's hear about this notion of "much improved". I see 3-9/4-8 unless some teams on the schedule are absurdly incompetent themselves. NDSU, Baylor, maybe CSU, and Cincy will all be winnable. The rest reminds me of the schedule last year.

    Hey dipshit, they don't play the games until fall, but on paper the team looks better.

  8. 7 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    Hey, I really wanted it to work and him to say fuck the establishment but he’s taken a turn for the worst and the recruiting and on field results will show.  Next…

    This team should be much improved over last year.  But there has definitely been a lot of players coming and going.  Part of that is him and part of that is the new rules in college FB.

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  9. 3 hours ago, Pam Cummings said:

    You keep citing winning 4 games last year means that the program has improved dramatically from the 1 win the year before. But they were 4-8 the year before that and 4-2 in the covid year. Seems like you're ignoring a lot of blinking red lights clinging to that.

    CU was literally the worst team in FBS when he was hired.  I don't know how to explain that to you guys.  They shouldn't have won the 1 game they did the year before.  Their average margin of defeat was 27 points.  

  10. 16 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

    Why are any of you stupid motherfuckers lifting anything you don’t have to, at your age?   Make someone else do it, or pay someone else to do it.  I mean, I have to lift stuff like rearranging furniture, or other cuck things a husband has to do, but at 60 my whole MO is avoiding hard work and unnecessary injury.  I must just be lazy.

    Muscle mass is incredibly important as we age.

  11. You never want to do that.  That's how you get warped rotors.  Brake 60-5 and then let it roll out to dissipate the heat evenly.  A full stop traps the heat between the disks and rotors and warps them.  
    You don't stay stopped. You do it and then drive away like normal.
  12. Yeah,  cow smell like Lubbock I believe.  And it’s a northern suburb of Denver. Thats like asking for lodging and things to do in round rock. 
    It's not quite a suburb but probably will be in another 5-10 years. Used to be out all by itself.
  13. 11 minutes ago, Chooky said:

    Didn't they lose two upper classmen offensive linemen? I don't know what they brought in. About 25 players brought in from the portal. How good are they? But it sounds like they're already thin on the OL again.  

    Cormani Mclain is a player that could be interesting but I don't know if his shithead factor is real or just some kind of grudge match that transpired between him and deion. 

    OImarion Miller looks like a legit player. 

     

    Miller is still on the team (for now, anyway).

  14. On 4/6/2024 at 7:37 PM, ATXbronco said:

    These were super well reviewed about 15-20 years ago.

    Not my speakers, but if I had the room I'd buy them!

    I had the smaller version (RS550) way back in the day and loved them.

    The owner of the company got into massive legal trouble (a fun read) but the speakers stand for themselves.  

    $250... I bet you'll have a really hard time finding better sounding speakers for that price.
    Let alone something that looks this cool.  I loved that wood color.

    https://austin.craigslist.org/ele/d/austin-beautiful-floorstanding-hifi/7734146372.html

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    Yeah, I have some of their speakers and was there for all the drama.  What a dumb ass that guy was.  They made some nice speakers, though.

  15. Just now, Aqua Buddha said:

    Also, he's out for weeks/months with basic injuries.  What this hammy means is he's out for the playoffs if they win tomorrow night.

    And he stays out even after he is cleared to play.

  16. 1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

    My goddamn electric car failed road inspection because — get this — the rotor has “too much rust”. Turns out, parts of the inside face is hazy (instead of polished smooth) because the brakes are so minimally used. 

    Anyway what is the quickest way to wear down the rotor surface? Ride the brakes at lower pressures? Stomp on the brakes at higher speeds and pressures? Use while the brakes are hot or cold?

    Find an empty road and do a couple 60-0 hard stops.  That should do it.

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