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Posts posted by UpperWestside
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7 hours ago, Huckleberry said:
Stupid people aren't capable of self-reflection. He will respond but not ever actually answer anything, not as a rhetorical tactic but because he isn't smart enough to formulate a coherent rebuttal.
I have watched his routine for years now just like everyone else. Everything he does here is for attention. I do not know him or what his life outside of this board entails, but on here he clearly stakes out positions that will garner him attention. I am not going to go further than that right now because anything else I say will not be kind. Suffice it to say I am not a fan of what he does on here.
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17 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:
I work in the travel industry. International travel completely cratered.
Big drop in tourists across the country already. The rest of this year is projected to be significantly down as well. Going to start seeing a bunch of restaurant closures as well as really cheap hotel deals even during what should be normal peak seasons. The rest of the world that can vote with their wallet as a way to give the middle finger to TFG is doing just that.
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16 hours ago, chainsaw said:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5359468-new-democrats-party-leadership-survey/
62 percent of Democrats agree party leadership should be replaced: Survey
Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries
Both of them are terrible. Jeffries is an empty suit who is a coward and Schumer has a foot in the grave. The younger Democrats either need to completely take over the party or start their own and form a base of support for when our bout with fascism ends.
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On 6/15/2025 at 9:32 AM, Pancho said:
Yup
I’m so glad I was able to cast a vote for her in 2020. I hope I am able to vote for her at least one more time on a national level once we get to the other side of this clown car dictatorship. She is exceptionally intelligent and is the type of leader this country has needed for far too long.
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1 hour ago, Incredulity said:
its funny I looked at the post a few times flabbergasted how that(what I misread) had gone uncorrected. LOL.
Again I apologize.
It’s cool man. It’s the internet so no apology needed, but thank you. The amount of times I have to read things more than once to make sure I am reading it right reminds me that I’m getting older and that the eyesight isn’t what it used to be. Aggie rightly called me out in the playoffs thread earlier for my bad prediction on Golden State.
We can all take solace in one thing. We aren’t Helobious and destroying teams chances of winning with a prediction.
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4 minutes ago, aggie08 said:
Hopefully, this prediction fairs a little better than your Jimmy Butler carrying the Warriors to the WCF without Steph hot take.
Being a heavy home favorite in a Game 7 can be a little unnerving if the road team can take a lead early, and the home crowd gets a little antsy.
Boy did the Dubs not show up. I felt good about Butler, but not much matters for them it seems if Curry is in street clothes.
Coaching-wise Indiana has a huge edge. Talent-wise not so much. Carlisle pulls this off he needs to get an emergency selection to the 2025 class in the HOF.
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I’m just going to stick with Indiana to win the series. I said they’d do it in six before the series. This will be ridiculously hard to do, but if they win it this will be Rick Carlisle’s masterpiece as far as coaching goes. I think he’s got it in him to get his guys to play out of their minds one more time. If they are within single digits going into the 4th they’re going to win.
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I would also have to say that the one major blight upon the league that Dr. Buss brought to the NBA was Sterling. He was the one who got him to buy the Clippers in 1981.
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11 minutes ago, Incredulity said:
I know exactly who Dr. Buss bought the Lakers from. I also know who helped finance that transaction. If you’re going to incorrectly attempt to correct someone at least know the history behind how Dr. Buss bought the Lakers and how Donald Sterling was part of making that happen.
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4 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:
Does this mean Linda Rambus is no longer a part of the decision making tree?
Yeah she’s off the island now.
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5 hours ago, Chewbacca said:
He's a Yankees fan. Of course he likes the baseball model.
Did you miss the part where I specifically said I grew up an Oakland fan or why I watch the Yankees?
The Yankees money has gotten them one trip to the World Series since 2009. The same amount as the Mets and one less title than the Royals. Let’s not let that get in the way of hating on teams solely because they have more money.
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22 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:
Shocking news: Fan of LA/NY team with huge financial advantages favors ending salary caps so the Lakers, Knicks, Rams, Giants, and Jets can spend like the Dodgers, Yankees, and Mets. “Either spend wisely…” doesn’t apply if there’s no cap and your team has nearly unlimited money (see: Yankees).
I support the Yankees solely because it's my mom's team. I grew up a fan of Oakland because my favorite player played for them. I am ALWAYS in favor of teams spending. I hope the Dodgers keep spending money. I hope every team that can will spend money on players. I think Jerry Jones is a moron, but I do think the Cowboys should be able to spend whatever they want on their team. There should not be a cap in any sport. There should only be a floor. If you aren't willing to pay to get players too bad.
Denver should be building a mini-dynasty. Instead the cap screws that up for them. OKC is about to have their team gutted because of the cap. It's dumb and the players have a terrible CBA in basketball.
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16 hours ago, Bookman said:
A gift that we are paying for, I presume.
Gifts aren’t free.
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If you use IG follow the stonersportsnetwork. That man’s commentary on anything he talks about is great. He was on point on this one.
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1 minute ago, Chewbacca said:
It's not just the luxury tax that makes it such a motherfucker. It completely ties your hands in what you can do.
I find none of the rules helpful to teams being able to stay together. I would rather see a team like Denver be able to go add pieces and try to win instead of having to stay under a tax threshold. The next CBA the players negotiate needs to entirely do away with this. Either spend wisely to field a winner or be bad.
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1 minute ago, Chewbacca said:
Second apron is a real motherfucker.
Probably contributed to the sale. I am not a fan teams being penalized monetarily for trying to keep winning. We’ll see how much the new guy wants to pay in luxury taxes to win.
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3 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:
How’d that Mark Cuban thing work out?
Her role is more ceremonial than anything.
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10 minutes ago, Jimmy Two Times said:
She's been atrocious and gets a boost in perception because her brother was worse and the LA media (looking at you Ramona Shelburne) coddle her. The Lakers have been underfunded in all of the non-salary cap markets: assistant coach pay, strength and conditioning, player perks, personnel (the Lakers have one of the smallest data & analytics departments). On top of that, she involved Kurt and Linda Rambis and Phil Jackson in actual personnel decisions. Remember the Magic Johnson debacle? She ran the Lakers like it was a family-owned deli and stumbled ass backwards into Lebron, AD and now Luka through no fault of her own. Hopefully Pelinka goes next.
I just don’t have any gripes with her. Not nostalgia or any other reason for lack of complaints. Things change and I’m glad she is staying on in an official capacity.
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3 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:
Given what Walter and Guggenheim have done for the Dodgers, I'm all for this. Hire a basketball version of Andrew Friedman, and let's go!
This should be fun to be honest. Go buy us a center.
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6 minutes ago, Jimmy Two Times said:
Why would you be happy if she is staying with the team in any capacity? I guess for sentimentality reasons, I'm fine with her in a ceremonial role. She's been a very bad owner.
She had to get control from her moron brother and work from there. I don’t have any gripes with her. Dr. Buss should’ve left the entire team solely to her.
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5 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:
Just saw this. Weird trust setup by Jerry seems to be driving the sale. Same reason the Broncos got sold - family infighting.
I think most Lakers fans knew this day would come. As Bruin noted I am glad she will stay on as the governor of the team. She’s always been the one most like her father.
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I hope Jeanie stays on in some capacity. All I can say is thank you to Dr. Buss for having bought the team with a little help from the worst owner in pro sports history in Donald Sterling.
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7 hours ago, BrazilHorn said:
The WNBA has to be the dumbest league alive to let this shit keep happening.
If I was Clark I would take Saudi money, Ice Cube money (whatever his goofy league is) and say fuck off to the WNBA that at this point seems to be indifferent to this hyper aggressive treatment
It’s one unforced error after another. I cannot really fathom the stupidity of a league seeing its golden goose get roughed up repeatedly while doing nothing about it. Just the dumbest people possible in charge. I almost half expect for Silver to step in and run the league himself instead of watching the brain trust continue doing what they’re doing.
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Trump’s America
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I think it’s time that we get you into elected office. I think most of Surly can get behind seeing you as a representative, state or national.