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  1. This was year 4 of not making the playoffs. 5 years ago we lost in the first round with a team led by DeMar DeRozan and a 33 year old LaMarcus Aldridge. I think Pop did fine with what the GM gave him to work with that year.

    4 years without playoffs is about right for the talent we have. We got stuck for a few years in no-man's land, with mid-to-low 1st-round picks and no real star to build around. This year the franchise was 100% in on the tank from top to bottom. So really Pop can (possibly) be put to blame for 3 years of playoff-less basketball....... but if you want to make the argument that he's at fault for the performance of this young team without A-level talent, go for it. But be sure to name someone who can take a team without a Giannis, Tatum/Brown, Ja Morant, Jokic, Embiid/Harden, Booker/Durant, etc. to a Top 4 seed. Only the Kings have come close, but they also have 3 top-10 picks on their roster. We need that type of talent first. 



    TLDR: Pop don't need to go anywhere. Blaming him is silly. 

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  2.  Any Natalia fans? I completely missed that she released an album at the end of 2022. I honestly don't speak as much spanish as I'd like to understand every song without having to translate a lot of it, but damn she makes beautiful music. Makes me feel like I'm listening to art and poetry at the same time. 

  3. On 4/9/2023 at 1:51 AM, 52-80 said:

    That was an insane hail mary victory. Leg looked legit compromised and he had the scariest dude in the sport teeing off on him. 
     

    some deus ex machina shit. Props to that corny cringelord for pulling it off. 

    "His leg is compromised!" is typical Rogan BS. Something he has to say every time he sees a few leg kicks in a fight. We were laughing about it during the main event, because apparently it makes the fight sound more interesting from his perspective, but 95% of the time, those leg kicks are nullified by a much more dangerous thing that fighters do in the ring (KTFO, submission, etc.). But the quote would definitely have a spot on the Rogan drinking bingo card game, aside "He's HURT!" or "Bing!"

  4. I had fun at the game Saturday until we went down by 25+ and I split. Honestly I didn't realize it was already the 2nd to last game of the season, I usually just check the box scores, see who did well and how the young guys are doing. It hit me pretty quick that the game meant less than nothing as I watched Pop just stand there with his hands in his pockets as the Wolves scored 80 in the first half. Moody was fun though. 

  5. Excited for the card tonight, it's pretty damn stacked. Yanez from Houston taking a strong step up. Masvidal either proves he's still in the mix or gets retired. I like Burns, he does a bit of everything well. 

    If I had to bet,  I think Izzy wins it this time around, but that's just based on odds that he can stay away from a big shot. 

  6. SOLD

     

    The new game time (2:30 pm) messed up our plans to catch an early game before the Spurs at 3. Can't make it. Section 103, Row 1, Seats 5 and 6. Paid $44 for them, just trying to get my money back. They're on StubHub but I'll take this post down if they sell. 

    Sec 103, Row 1, Seats 5/6. 

     

  7. Offseason truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Kitan Crawford is trending yet again, all is right in the world. In the past it's been because he's an athletic freak. This time it's because he talks on the field. It's like having another headset on the field. Not necessarily a coach, just that you can hear him on the field a lot. He's loud and says words!

    Wake me up when he supplants Thompson/Catalon or Watts, Brooks, Holmes or Barron. 

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  8. 1 hour ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

    You don’t expect much next year? Fuck that. I do. So kansas st can hire an assistant coach with Jo coaching experience who got some portals and coached them up to the EE and Florida Atlantic can take some 2/3 stars that are sophomores and a junior but we at Texas need to be patient with our new coach? Lmao. Basketball is the easiest of all the sports to get quick turnarounds using the portal wisely. And RT has two 5 stars coming in that are both highly rated that almost no new coach has, but hey let’s keep the expectations low for him. Baby steps. This is why we have sucked since Barnes left. I hope CDC has some expectations for a job we say is one of the best in the country. 

    Agreed that the portal can make a difference, but after this year's crop of 5-stars, imo, didn't really move the needle on this year's team much, I'm not expecting next years' batch to be much more. Morris and Mitchell were definitely players, but they weren't difference-makers really at any point of the season. Maybe these new guys are way more polished and will be ready to contribute heavy minutes in Big 12 play in December/January..... but I'm not expecting it. I'm just hoping. 

    Maybe my expectations for the portal are too low as well, but it doesn't seem likely to bring in guys every year like Disu, Rice and Hunter. Guys who won conference superlatives and weren't just brought in to contribute, but to contribute tons of minutes. If our NIL is really that strong that we can bring in some all-conference type guys, guys who led a conference in rebounding, etc, every single year, then maybe we will literally never have a reloading year. But I'll have to see it first. 

  9. Seems like we got the guy who makes the most sense, and it just so happens that he also has a good story that we can feel good about as CDC signs the contract. 

    I'm skeptical, but realize he'll need two years to really be judged. Not expecting much next year. I do temper my optimism when people mention how much the team rallied "around" him after Beard got canned. The team was full of seniors and guys that had played a LOT of basketball. They knew this was their best shot after years of D1 experience to actually make a run. They rallied around each other just as much as they did him. I remember watching the interviews after Beard's arrest and hearing Carr and Allen talk about being leaders and just keeping the momentum going. . I enjoyed seeing their experience shine through in games like Penn State, where they saw some adversity and just kept pounding the rock until it broke.... that's veteran ball, and imo had as much to do with experience and having been in many of these situations before, as much as it had to do with Terry. Time will tell whether he can coach a team that has a bigger mix of experience vs inexperience. I hope he can. 

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  10. Just finished the season last night. Very intriguing ride! Gave it a solid 7.5/10. I'll be waiting for Season 2, but something about how they ended the season has me worried about a Westworld-style path forward. We got a few answers and moved the story forward, but Lumon's work is still so shady, it makes me wonder what we really know about what they've already accomplished, what we really know about the chip, about the outside world and what technology has already advanced, etc. Here's to hoping they don't lose me after season 2 like Westworld did. 

  11. 1 hour ago, Slacks said:

    He "knew" it because they called it on him.

    Look, it's kinda ticky tack, but it was right. Just because one ref called it out way doesn't mean it's that way.

    When I was watching, and the whistle blew, I thought it was against Cunningham on the clear out undercut, and I was pleasantly surprised it was on Omier.

    Yep this argument that "even the Miami player thought he fouled out" is nothing. He thought he fouled out because he was looking directly at the ref who called it on him originally, not because he thought he committed a foul. 

  12. 12 minutes ago, Slacks said:

    Fuck that.

    We were way up and went cold on offense and played tired on defense. We blew it and Miami seized it.

     

    If I'm being real about the 2nd half performance, I gotta acknowledge that they seemed to purposefully slow the offense down when we went up double digits. Then the whistles started, then any semblance of a flow that we had on offense faded away. We didn't have the legs to push. Then Carr got hurt and he had no explosion.

     

    During their run they had at least 3 fast breaks that they didn't get all first half because we were hustling on defense. All of a sudden they started getting 4 on 3 fast breaks because our guys blinked first. We played like dawgs............. Til we didn't. Frustrating as shit. As talented a team as we've had in a long time, and it's not like we need a reminder how often we get a Top 2 seed and a shot at the final four. 

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  13. 3 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

    It would definitely help, but Miami is hitting tough shots. This was going to be a game either way. I'm hoping this pace wears out Miami. 

     

    It seemed very close to getting there a few minutes of game time ago. There's been a few stops in action since then, but they were huffing and puffing out there. Thought we might have them on the ropes. Credit to them, they're good. But I love how this team fights to win the end of the first half every game. We turn tf up under 2 minutes. 

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  14. Impressive from Benavidez. He really seemed too strong and big for Plant. Much worse beat down than what Canelo gave Plant, can't believe he survived without a knockdown. 


    Benavidez obviously the #2 guy in the division now, but as a Canelo fan I'd be nervous to see Canelo face David. He's too big and strong, he really should be fighting Bivol. I assume the only reason he makes 168 is because he's only 26. 

  15. Oh, and coming back to this thread to say F that bulldog face lookin ass dude that Disu was eating up all night. Hit a couple threes and the camera wouldn't stop showing his bulldog-face lookin ass dad. Why were they on him so much? I didn't have audio last night so idk if he was an ex NBA player or somethin, but that dude wasn't even the star of the team and I kept having to see his dad talkin shit in the stands. Really wish they would've shown him more when Disu was eating his son's lazy ass post defense up. 

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  16. 13 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    Texas did everything well tonight other than miss wide open 3s. 

    I'm not saying we shoot like we did in game 1 again but I don't see us shooting like we did tonight again either. 

    I'm ok with it too. Rice, Disu, Carr all had wide open looks at 3 that missed last night. Brock had an open look. They just weren't falling. We can bet that wide open shots won't be missing like they were last night for long. 

  17. Heading to Empire Control Room for some Latin-tinged music this afternoon (psychedlic "Divino Nino" at 2:30 then I'll check out whoever is after), then try to walk over and catch The Osees at Volstead/Vegas at 6. A bit worried about lines for both shows though. We'll see. Staying after for the Cumbia showcase at Hotel Vegas. I'm usually in the latin acts or general rock acts shows. 

    I will say The Stacks sound pretty good. Might have to drive down to Sagebrush tomorrow and catch their last show.

  18. Luckily found myself in Phoenix this weekend, didn't realize the WBC was going on here, but made it to the Mexico/Colombia game. What a fun atmosphere. About 70% packed. Mexico played very up and down. Arozarena seems like he's ready for a big year. 

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  19. 12 hours ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    Dude this last episode was wild. I can see feeling meh about the mall flashback but this one advanced the story, showed new depth of the characters and was full of suspense and violence. Different strokes and all that but maybe you don’t like the show?

    This. Advancing the storyline probably doesn't mean the same thing to the writers than to some of the audience. If the story line is supposed to be Ellie getting to her destination and scientists studying her and creatine an antidote and saving the world..... then I'm pretty sure the story needs to be as strung out as possible to make it a "story". The friends we made along the way, and what not........

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