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billfromlaketravis

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  1. The Ringer’s dedicated NBA show is the Mismatch. The host lives in Memphis. lol
  2. I hate that the goodnight/credits “controversies” have become a thing. It was all started with Chappelle doing absolutely nothing wrong and jumping on stage last year. Reddit body language experts chasing clout made a big deal out of nothing, and now it’s probably the second most closely watched part of the show behind the monologue. Bravo to SNL’s social media team if they played a part in holding people’s attention after Weekend Update.
  3. Houston leads the league in back to backs. Also lead the league in ejections. The NBA office doesn’t like us very much.
  4. I’d say we just got flat beat tonight, but the game plan was horrible. FVV is a tough SOB, but LeBron and Luka can shoot over him with ease. JJ schemed that switch way too many times and they did it more when they figured out Houston wouldn’t send help. Offensive plan wasn’t much better. At a minimum they could have tired out LeBron taking everything to the rim. When he was out of the game, Jalen and Amen should have attacked the basket on every possession. Reaves and Luka are turnstiles and they lack a true rim protector. To their credit, they have some bigs that move OK, get in the way, and foul like crazy on shot attempts. I’d say they’re well coached on defense and play hard, but man they have to give maximum effort every night to overcome 2 starters being extremely limited on defense. I’d call the Lakers a bad match up. Playoff Luka + Brooks getting in his own head every time he sees purple and gold will not end well for us.
  5. The Lakers bring out the worst version of Brooks. Jacking threes early in the shot clock, fade away after fade away. He should be the 4th option on offense at best. But he more shots than Segun tonight.
  6. Segun is playing like Shit. Sure he’s getting bumped, but he must finish at the rim. He’s playing against a team that is undersized with below league average post defenders. It’s just going to get harder from here. WTF in the plan on defense? LeBron posts FVV with Luka on the bench, and no Rockets run over to help.
  7. LeBron bitches about the call, doesn’t get back on D. Never change.
  8. Gotta take it to the rim on every possession. The Lakers don’t have anybody that can block a shot other than LeBron.
  9. I think the national guys need to slow down the Lakers postseason hype train. LeBron basically has to do everything at the rim on defense + initiate the offense when Luka wants to take a 20 minute break. This is not a sustainable model for a 40 year old in. 7 game series.
  10. JJ can coach. To get us completely out of our offense with dogshit defenders like Luka and Reaves is pretty impressive.
  11. And he can’t shoot… again. 2022 could be an outlier.
  12. The Ringer’s NBA guy is for some reason based in Memphis. He said on Simmons’ show today it was performance based. Memphis hasn’t been playing well for a long time/they were concerned everybody perceived them as an easy out in the playoffs.
  13. Sure, but they’d have to get another team involved to send back salary to the Suns. As long as we have a first round pick/swap every year, I’m cool with it. Green + picks for Booker would be a mistake. Booker would take at least a season to learn how to play defense again. And as others have pointed out, he’ll turn 29 in October.
  14. Heat 2 is a terrific book. The Chicago stuff is awesome. That said, I agree with Joad and md, it would cost a fortune to adapt correctly. It might make sense to break into 2 parts, the prequel and sequel. Hopefully WB sells it to Netflix so it actually gets made.
  15. This. They used Mikey as a dumb adolescent girl in every sketch. She just won an Oscar, obviously she has more range than that. I think Sweeney did so well because the writers made every joke about her breasts and she played along. Mikey, while attractive, doesn’t have a singular physical trait they can build sketches around. These writers are very, very simple. Every young male host is 90 minutes of how hot he is and the female cast members fawning over him. There’s some pearl clutching conspiracy bullshit about Wallen walking off stage abruptly during the credits. Non issue to me, but you never know with Lorne. Based on his social media, Wallen had a plane to catch. I believe he’s working on his sobriety, so he likely wanted no part of the SNL after party.
  16. After reading about people lining up on 290 at 3am for Garrison Bros distillery releases, I came up with a solution to most of our problems: Stop by the distillery or store and pick up your raffle ticket. The distillery/store holds a drawing online. If your number is picked, they set up an appointment for you to pick up your bottle. No crazy lines. No camp out bullshit. Just a logical system.
  17. Next week is the series finale right? Everything online indicates 7 episodes. I predict a bad ass shoot out in the Livingston where Bronn dies. Timothy Dalton’s submissive escapes, and he bails to avoid a trial/public shame. Final scene will be Alex and Spence reuniting in the snow, Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren crack wise, roll credits.
  18. Rockport was the best back in the day. Great food. Wasn’t crowded. Good fishing. Water usually looked OK. You could spend all night watching people spotlight/ spear fish flounder. That said, I’d drive to Gulf Shores befor starting the beach town discussion.
  19. Rockport was the best back in the day. Great food. Wasn’t crowded. Good fishing. Water usually looked OK. You could spend all night watching people spear fish/spotlight flounder.
  20. Other than when staring at a coworker’s wife’s ass, does Ime ever smile? I love it. The guy has zero chill. He has 100% fought players at practice.
  21. Did y’all see Wind River? It’s Sheridan’s masterpiece and it’s bleak as hell. The frozen Chicago road trip was deeply regarded. The gas station attendant clearly told them there were no more gas stations between them and their destination. I’d say that’s a fairly stringent warning in 1923. The new 50 Shades of Timothy Dalton blonde has a pretty nice ass for her build. TS knows how to spot ‘em. Strong Harrison Ford episode. He still has his fastball. May God forgive Kathleen Kennedy for putting him in bad movies in his twilight years. Aynsley’s kid has to be John Dutton II right? Jack, I assume John I, just died. It makes me wonder what happens to Spencer and Alex’s kid.
  22. I assume the Rockets would have to send FVV back to match salary on Durant plus give the Suns all their picks back. I think FVV is very limited, but this team falls apart without him. This is awful, and the writer should be imprisoned. https://www.si.com/nba/rockets/news/14-player-4-team-trade-proposal-sends-kevin-durant-houston-rockets
  23. He’d average like 25 a game on a bad team. I think that’s his lot in life. He’ll force his way out and score like crazy on a lottery team. I just hope we have a Tre Johnson type to replace him on the roster.
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