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Patrick Bateman

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  1. If this isn't already, it has the potential to be the worst contract in basketball very very soon. He'll need to rebound big time.
  2. Toronto has been rumored to say no with anything with Barnes in it. Siakam/OG and picks is the offer I've seen bantered about.
  3. Well, he's right..... that could change. That also couldn't change. Aliens could land tomorrow too. I do think looking at our roster and cap situation, we're going to take a bad expiring contract or two for draft picks at some point this year. But what would the Nets get if they traded Kyrie away? Lakers only have so many draft picks. They already traded a ton away. I mean guys like TGT are jags. Would the Nets want a Jakob's ladder? Why? How would that help them? I understand looking at places that could take Westbrook, but the issue becomes.... what do the Lakers really have to offer?
  4. Scottie Barnes, Fred Van Fleet, Trent Jr, Precious, Thad Young and then whatever free agents came over for the minimum. I don't think it looks that good either but depends on how good Barnes can be in his 2nd year.
  5. The only thing I can come up with is what you hit on. PATFO liked him for few weeks he was on the club last time and they're actively shopping Jakob's ladder. I think Gallo's dead money can get up to 12.5. Dieng was expected to be the vet minimum so like 2m. Floor is dead on so we'll be taking on some bad money at some point. I like it. Developmental front court guy that can shoot a little. Proto-typical 4 in today's guy who can play some small ball 5. Has to get tougher and play a better D but if he can stay out of Pop's doghouse, he could be a solid 8-9th guy in a rotation in a year or two. The 4/5 is exactly the position we've been woefully shallow at the last few years relying first on Rudy Gay to play 4 and then Keldon, who's too small. Obviously if we move Jakob, he gets minutes along with Dieng. Low risk, solid reward move. If he sucks, so what? Solid.
  6. Think most consider it more of a lifetime achievement award for SoaW. But yea, it's still a pretty damn good performance. Worst for Al: Gigli? Tom Hanks: Best: Saving Private Ryan (Forrest Gump very close 2nd) Worst: Bonfire of the Vanities Oh, and Tom Cruise wasn't bad in Interview with the Vampire, OP. For those that read the book, he was actually pretty spot on. Brad Pitt was pretty terrible in it though.
  7. It also had all sorts of production issues and pretty much fired its directors with only a few weeks of shooting remaining. It had terrible terrible buzz and then coming off TLJ, fans had some justified concerns. I don't think anyone was sold on Alden either.... I don't think he was bad, but that's a role they probably shouldn't have been looking for a nameless guy. Should have hired someone with some skins under their belt, even as a younger actor.
  8. This is a dude we should pick up...... Off waivers. Dude can play a little.
  9. Sure..... But then let's acknowledge that Star Wars ripped it off of a fantastic British movie called The Dam Busters, even plagiarizing huge parts of dialogue. If you don't care about that, then you probably shouldn't care about this.
  10. They don't want to take on Joe Harris' 2 years and 19m dollars apparently. Curry is last year of his contract. I just get the feeling we don't know how much pressure the Nets' owner is putting on Marks and company to get rid of KD and Kyrie immediately. An impatient owner can be the curse of a franchise.
  11. He hasn't been worth 5 wins in 3 years. He's a pretty terrible player now. Probably not as bad as last year, but he's not a winning player. I understand not wanting him but I just don't think he wants to go to a tanking team anymore. I think he'd sit out (with the Spurs very much onboard) while we could see if there was any injury which would allow us to dump after the December deadline. If not, buy him out..... That's a high price for draft picks (20m+ per first rounder). It's not the strangest idea, but I don't think it's very likely either.
  12. He ain't gonna fuck up a tank at this stage of his career. But doubt he'd want to report, probably be a buyout situation if we couldn't dump him after a month or two.
  13. Haynes is pretty plugged in. Again, I have no idea why Marks would do this as it's a shit return, but the owner may be pressuring him to get Kyrie the fuck out of their franchise. We also know Kyrie has hurt his trade value, but I have to think another team would want to roll the dice. Shit, maybe like a Denver or Portland who are desperate. You mean for the Lakers first rounders in 27 and 29? Not sure what the Lakers would want off the Spurs? Poeltl? Josh Richardson? Or do you mean as a 3rd team and facilitator?
  14. I saw a rumor about Dallas, somewhere in the low 20's, but could be total bullshit. Otherwise, yea, really quiet on him. So is Kyrie....
  15. The issue is they don't have many assets..... What could they really give? I mean the rumor I've seen is so bad..... Westbrook, TGT, and a 2027 first for Irving and Joe Harris. If I'm Marks, I laugh, but teams seem to really fuck this up all the time. What good is having Westbrook on your team next year? TGT is a jag. So a first in 5 years for Irving and Joe Harris? Shit, you could probably get a 1st for Joe Harris on his own (all sort of protections). I mean this is where I would dig in my heels as Marks if my owner could handle it. You sat on us last year, Kyrie? Your ass can fuck off. Report or be fined and we'll see if your "list" grows a little. I wouldn't let Kyrie force himself anywhere.
  16. KD for Ingram, Murphy, and some picks instead..... then everything rides on Zion's foot. Marks already says he does, so let's stop pretending that he doesn't. And they traded down in the draft because they were worried about the money it would take to extend him...... Another disaster for Jordan. This one not really of his making, but the franchise is never going to be good if it's so cheap.
  17. How the fuck can this race be a pick em'? I guess Robson is the only sort of sane person on the stage and I use that term lightly. The rest of them shouldn't be leading a girl scout troop, let alone a state. We really are living in the idiocracy.
  18. They're really not. This is why top line numbers suck for comparisons and cherry picking a late bloomer always needs to be scrutinized. If Dort breaks out on 50 win team next year for a PER over 21, TS% over .580, WS/48 over .200 (which is almost elite) and a total WS of somewhere over 11 (Dort's total in 3 years is 2.5) for the season, then maybe you can draw the comparison. Until then, you just look like a homer..... Look, I like Rudy. I think he's a good player and he generally plays hard during the season but the team giving up 4 1st rounders, 3 with no protections, is how you Timberwolves yourself into this shit. If everyone is healthy, could it mean a few more wins? Sure, lmaybe. But both Rudy and KAT struggle in the playoffs. KAT, maybe call it not enough experience but Gobert? He gets schemed into mismatches. I guess you could blame it on Snyder. Or maybe Mitchell, since they hate each other. But the package the Twolves gave up is more like one for a top 15 player..... I'm not sure I can go there with Rudy in crunch time. Again, I do think he's a player of value. He'll have to prove it in the playoffs....
  19. So because your organization is abysmal at drafting, we should trust them in trading? I know it has to be soul wrecking exercise to come up every summer and defend the Twolves and their mismanagement of maybe the best basket of draft assets over the past decade. Come up and explain why this guy or this pick or this trade is actually a good thing. Knowing deep down, the Wolves will most likely fuck it up. I feel for ya, MN. It’s like being a Longhorn football fan the last decade….
  20. Well, they also believe paradise is in Utah and Joseph Smith was a prophet, so their opinions are circumspect.....
  21. 4 firsts for a big you'll have a hard time playing in the playoffs??? Hmmm..... I'm thinking Minnesota..... just did Minnesota things.
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