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Kermit

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  1. 2 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

    Well, much like when Howard Beale started ranting about the wrong corporation in Network, I imagine this episode will mark the end of NBA wokeness for a while.  That CYA statement from Silver notwithstanding, I bet all the players and league personnel will be strongly encouraged to keep their political opinions to themselves now.

    Yup. You can tell from that Kerr response that he was effectively neutered. I wonder what Pop is going to say tonight? 

  2. 7 hours ago, Fozzz said:

    He should be ashamed for doing his job?

    When that job is sucking tiny, autocratic, Chinese dick because they have the emotional response of children when challenged, maybe?

    Actually, fuck me. I just saw his press conference and he said all the right things. I guess the ball is in China’s court. I’m sure their response will be reasonable.

  3. 52 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

    Probably not the same if your 98 accord is parked next to the star RBs Lambo in the school parking lot. 
     

    or your condo at the W vs Jester etc etc. 

    it’s going to be a bit more extreme 

    Absolutely none of their teammates will care. Unless they pull up in a limo, because that shit is still brought up to this day.

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  4. 16 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Yep, like most cop shootings, this is the really problematic (I hate that that word has become politicized) part.

    Even if she was 100% reasonably convinced she was in her place, there's no good reason to start blasting.  Duck behind that counter, slip out, train your gun on the door and call for backup.  In the meantime, try to communicate with the guy and figure out wtf's up.

    Yes. But Police.

  5. 1 minute ago, d2o said:

    It was a really bad situation but did this tourney start later in the summer than most of the others?     Training camps should be opening any day now and I'm sure that was a large factor in many of the first wave of guys dropping out.     I'm confident that later rounds of guys declining or dropping was due to the fact that they saw the roster was turning to shit and they were going to lose.

    Yes, and FIBA was supposed to be last year. They moved it back, and players were pissed because they would have this tournament this year and the Olympics next year. Plus I’m sure most of them just don’t give a shit. Free time is valuable for these guys and some tournament in China that’s on ESPN + with the expectation it not being an easy road is not how they want to spend their summer. Next year they’ll be banging groupies in Olympic Village and starting a new Redeem Team.  

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  6. 17 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

    I know it's not a popular opinion, but it didn't make sense to replace JVG with Popovich considering JVG spent his time exclusively coaching Team USA with Americans who were embedded in other leagues across the globe. To your point, it feels like Popovich was also thrown in the mix to be head coach hoping that things would magically coalesce. I was hoping that Popovich might have a leg up when Team USA was going up against players like Patty Mills and Nando de Colo, but that didn't quite happen. Recall that in scrimmages with the Select Team (who were also cobbled together), this Team USA squad got their ass handed to them several times. That Select Team was coached by JVG. To me it makes sense to let JVG take the reins because he's not spending the majority of his time coaching a competitive NBA franchise and he's had the time to study the international game because it was thanks to his efforts that Team USA qualified to play in the FIBA World Cup.

    I like JVG, and he would’ve been a fantastic choice. He would’ve had the same problems imo. I just believe it was a no win scenario for whoever took the job this year with the players choosing not to play. Pop had some really good assistants too. Hopefully we can beat Serbia for fifth place.

  7. Just now, UDontKnow said:

    They won't. But they should. This coaching staff could not scheme against the zone defense - that's a must for the FIBA game. And yes, the best players on this squad are probably fringe players at best on a full-strength Team USA. 

    Fringe is being kind. The truth is that the world has caught up. There are NBA players on pretty much every roster. These teams play together for years in a singular scheme. They’re well oiled machines. The US has a camp and throws everyone together in the hopes that they coalesce. Tatum getting hurt really sucked too. He was one of the few who could fill it up on his own. I’m sure that next year, Pop will get a chance with better players. 

  8. 13 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

    Blow it all up and start from scratch for the Olympics. From the coaching staff to the players, lots of blame to go around.

    Yeah, they’re not going to do that. Maybe next time our best won’t sit out.

  9. On 9/4/2019 at 9:34 AM, jimmyjazz said:

    Vince Gill is a national treasure.  Guitar virtuoso, one of the best voices in popular music of any genre, terrific songwriter, scratch golfer, and married to Amy Grant.

    He started writing that tune about Keith Whitley but only finished it when his own brother passed.

    And completely lost his shit when he tried to sing it at the George Jones memorial, which was hard to watch. I’m surprised the man can sing that every night, professional or not. That shit would take toll after a while.

  10. 13 minutes ago, TigerFan4538 said:

    I've played football. It makes all the difference in the world both pregame and halftime to cool the body off after it has been overheated. 

    You would think UT would have enough money to get a fully functioning A/C or enough pride to play by the rules but sometimes... It just doesn't matter. Teams will just beat Texas because they are Texas. A program whose fans think they are much better than they really are. 45-38 and it should've been a lot worse  

    We apparently don’t care enough to get a functioning ac, but seeing as how this is all bullshit anyway...go fuck yourself. 

  11. 4 minutes ago, TigerFan4538 said:

    I have no doubt y'all have a nice visitor's locker room. You just decided to cut the A/C for a competitive advantage against LSU and YOU STILL COULDN'T KEEP UP

    It was the only reason the game was mildly competitive. 

    Because they didn’t have air conditioning for twenty minutes?

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