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UncleSonny

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  1. They “only” raised ours about 4%, but last year they also gave us a 10% loyalty discount. The ticket rep called the guy who buys our tickets every year and made it clear that they would not be offering any kind of loyalty discount today. He told her we were done because the team is shitty, Luka is gone, and prices keep going up.
  2. I know you just flipped the names, but it’s funny you got Colin Simmons’ name wrong so many times in such a short amount of time
  3. Tough break for whoever was in line to be the hammer at the end of the in memoriam up until yesterday.
  4. Sure, any day now the thing we’ve been saying weekly since 2016 is totally going to happen.
  5. This is where I’m at. I’m certainly not a Laker fan, but somehow it still doesn’t feel like I can be a Mavs fan at the moment either. I hope Luka embarrasses Nico so badly he isn’t seen for a while. If that fucker can even feel shame
  6. Good one. Besides the reductive racial stuff/white savior narrative, the football stuff was so fucking stupid. Michael Oher is a teenager in Tenn, but apparently has no concept of football. They teach him how by telling him to protect the QB like it’s his new white family. There is a scene where Sandra calls the HS head coach and he answers and talks to her on his cell in the middle of the game. Perfectly fine moment of silliness for a Hallmark movie, but I still can’t believe anyone ever took that shit seriously.
  7. ‘When is too young’ says the just asking questions guy. So your solution to this issue (which you’ve already admitted to knowing little about) is to take the decision away from the child, their parents, and their healthcare professionals and it give it to the Government (which you are adamant we cannot trust). Yeah, that’s tracks. You’re a real live and let live type.
  8. Perhaps, but he’s also a fucking coward
  9. All I saw was Martin claiming he never felt bullied at the time, meaning he overplayed the impact of the shit that Incognito said to for attention/sympathy or whatever. What did he claim Incognito did that was a lie? Pretty sure the accusations, such that they were, were all true. They had voicemails and did a full investigation: Seems like that goes well beyond locker room talk where boys will be boys to me. Incognito’s own actions (with Martin and otherwise) ruined his reputation, not any slander.
  10. Is that the dude from Arcade Fire? Did his pass for the 40th anniversary afterparty still work or something
  11. I noticed that too and looked up what was going on with him exactly. Apparently he broke his neck on the show in 2001 and has had a bunch of back and neck surgeries since. Makes that segment on his and other cast members doing prat falls a bit awkward.
  12. Was just about to post the same. Irrespective of what Martin is saying now (and he seems like a real piece of work), Incognito is a total piece of shit. Fuck em
  13. A list for a cabinet appointment?
  14. On election night while I was spiraling I told my wife this is a bad place full of bad people. I hate being this cynical about the world, it sucks. But here we are
  15. I don’t care about the MVP either way, but Josh Allen is a real one
  16. Funny, I’ve been on a mini Jeff Buckley kick lately and been wondering how his music would have evolved had he not drowned. Your mileage may very on Grace (I get the sense there has been some backlash to his hype), but he was really talented and obviously interested in a lot of different genres. It’s hard to even guess which direction his music would have gone in the early 2000s and beyond but it would be interesting at the least.
  17. The answer is pretty obvious. He’s young, a Gideon protege, and already has experience being a coach on the field:
  18. I’d be surprised if Huff was pushing hard for the gig tbh. I don’t know shit, but I get the sense that he enjoys the relative low stress/responsibility of what he currently does while still getting to be part of the program.
  19. He got a DC gig, good for him. Interesting to see what the search looks like for us from here.
  20. Tell that to half of my middle school class in the 90s
  21. He plays over 35 minutes a game, and he gets hunted relentlessly, both because he’s not a good defender and because it’s good strategy to make him work on defense to make him less effective on offense. It makes sense that his blown by stats are the highest in the league. That does not mean he’s the worst defender in the league. There are players that are amazing offensive players that can hardly get minutes for their teams because they are such liabilities on defense. Luka isnt that. He’ll never be a great defender, but he’s been part of good nba defenses. With what he can do on the other end of the floor, that is enough.
  22. These are all great points if you completely ignore the reality of what Luka and the Mavericks have done the past few seasons. He’s a bad defender, but he’s not generationally bad, that’s dumb. He has actually been a useful piece on a good NBA defense, last fucking season. After making the trades for Gafford and PJ they were one of the best defenses in the league by every metric down the stretch. You just need the right pieces around him, he’s not an unsolvable liability on that end. I don’t even want to argue the offensive side of it, mainly because arguing whether Luka’s offensive game is winning basketball or not is weapons grade stupid.
  23. Well, they were only 15 years apart, but… No, Luka’s defense isn’t as good as young LeBron’s, but he wasn’t putting up these stats as empty calories on bad teams. Already two western conference finals appearances and one finals appearance. You guys are too caught up in the “he doesn’t play defense” talking point if you are underplaying Luka’s value right now as a 25 year old superstar.
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