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Catdaddyhorn

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  1. Isaiah Taylor is living that same life in Europe (sans the wife and kids). His NBA career was thwarted by inopportune injuries, but hopefully he'll battle his way back soon enough. In the meantime travelling Europe throughout your 20s isn't a bad life to lead.
  2. Had the NCAA relaxed on petty, inane stuff like this a long time ago they would've gone a long ways towards receiving the benefit of the doubt that they can't even sniff today. Like the UCF (backup) kicker who quit football in order to maintain his burgeoning Youtube page or Jeremy Bloom having to quit football to raise money for the Olympics the NCAA really had its head in its ass for far too long. And because of it the pendulum is going to swing to an extreme end the other way before we have anything remotely sensible in place.
  3. Totally agree about The Jump. Especially the early iteration with Nichols, Amin, & McGrady. In like Nichols, but like @d2osaid she said something shitty in a moment of frustration. It's just sad that her default setting was black person got the job because she's black rather than the more likely and more frequently occurring reason that younger woman got the job because she's younger.
  4. I guess I'm on the complete opposite side of this. Why would Team MT sympathize with someone who appears to fundamentally believe that MT isn't qualified for her job?
  5. I guess I wasn't clear. The theory is that ESPN released Maria's contract demands and in response Maria's team released the Rachel Nichols "Maria only got the job because she's black" recordings.
  6. If you're referring to the same reports that I read, that 5m/year reported offer was couched in terms that were extremely vague and those numbers seemed to only be mentioned as a means to paint Taylor as a diva. In fact I believe this recent Rachel Nichols news was leaked in direct response to ESPN attempting to characterize Taylor as a temperamental, difficult person while conducting contract negotiations.
  7. PJ is making a name for himself in other avenues as well. Fast forward to about the 3:00 minute mark for PJs part.
  8. Spoelstra is yet to win 50 games without Lebron on his roster.
  9. For the lawyers on here does giving the NCAA an antitrust exemptions without establishing collective bargaining rights for athletes seem odd? Or is it not necessary for other entities with an antitrust exemption?
  10. The possibility of NIL and other changes having the paradoxal effect of keeping talented players in school a bit longer was always something that I felt had been ignored in the debate over the issue. Now I'm not talking about certified first rounders (especially in basketball), but marginal prospects who often leave early despite minimal chance of being a 1st round NBA pick or football players with 3rd round or lower grades may think twice about leaving if they're making a little extra bank on the side. Had NIL been introduced 25 or 30 years ago the 1 and done era wouldnt have ever existed.
  11. Yeah people struggle to reconcile the dissonance that takes place when people have good, often loving, and respectful relationships with black individuals yet exhibit racist views towards blacks as a whole or as a demographic group. Shit, even David Duke loved his black nanny growing up. People are complicated.
  12. Looks like he improved his shooting form. Looks a little tighter than before and is out front instead of next to his ear.
  13. I guess I'm old but I can't get my mind around these kids today. The idea that for my senior year I'd leave my high school where we competed for a state championship to go to a made up charter school where I spend a year competing for absolutely nothing is something I'd not only never consider but a move that I couldn't even conceive of.
  14. Wieskamp registered a 42" vert, exceptional speed and lane agility times, and a 6'11+" wingspan on a 6'5" frame. Duncan Robinson (and Miami for that matter) wishes he was Joe Wieskamp.
  15. Jericho was a consensus riser after the combine. He's getting a lot of buzz from not only his testing but his play on the court during scrimmages over the past 2 days. Trying to find his stats.
  16. I like Jake but he's starting getting on my nerves with this bullshit he's been spinning. There's situational sets and roster adjustments that require acumen that your top tier coaches routinely exhibit. With each passing game during these playoffs Budenholzer (among others) reveals himself to be woefully lacking so this notion that coaches just roll the ball out without any demonstrable effect on the game is nonsense.
  17. These are actually outstanding moves by Kidd. In the 1st one he creates a timeout when the team doesn't have one and in the 2nd video he draws a tech on the opposing teams' coach in a 2pt game with about a minute left to play. A coach who can think on his feet and whom hopefully polished off some of his other issues while working under Vogel. Can't remember the podcast, but because it was Jared Dudley I'm going to say it was Zach Lowe who routinely does a yearly post season interview with Jared Dudley because he's exceptionally engaging for a bball player and often unveils behind the scenes stuff people like to hear . Anyway he was talking about Vogul and the Lakers staff after the first season with Lebron and how well prepared they were. He specifically described an early season scouting session where Lebron was so damn impressed he literally stood up and started clapping after the session and repeated "that's a good fucking scout. Damn good scout. God damn, that's a good scout!!" over and over.
  18. Just came to post this thread. It really adds color into a part of the business fans like us don't consider at first glance.
  19. That's only +3 on the wingspan which is a little surprising. His actual arm length doesn't appear to be all that short so his shoulders/frame must be hella narrow.
  20. I thought his college teammate (forgot his name but he's Mutumbo's nephew) would be the former Seminole to pop for the Clippers. But I'm not even sure if he's still in the league.
  21. Much like players, coaches can improve and develop as the years go by. Kidd became a HC immediately after he retired. That lack of apprenticeship prior to becoming a head coach definitely limited him and probably instilled a bit a hubris on his part. He famously had a falling out with Lawrence Frank in Brooklyn where he was clearly in the wrong. Spending time on the Lakers staff assistant where he was probably much more receptive to the back and forth suggestions/discussions of his fellow assistants hopefully gave him some insight into providing a better environment for his future staff. That and the recent success of Nate McMillan and Monty Williams gives me a bit more latitude towards coaches who had poor showings in their previous stops.
  22. Id guess 06-07 & 07-08. Basically the years with DJ Augustin.
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