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Mitch Cumsteen

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  1. Pretty sure Obama was holding back his endorsement because he was still deciding whether to support her or Trump. Came down to a coin flip, probably.
  2. The truth about Inside the NBA is that it's good almost entirely because of Barkley, and to a lesser extent Ernie playing the straight man. Shaq brings nothing to the table. Kenny brings nothing to the table. And they could find somebody else to do Ernie's job or at least approximate it. But the entire show is great because Charles is great. The other truth is that it if the other studio shows were even remotely compelling, Inside the NBA wouldn't look so good by comparison. The shit that ESPN puts out is fucking horrible unwatchable. They have never even come close to getting the formula correct. Kendrick Perkins and Stephen A are so, so bad. So I guess now Amazon, NBC and ESPN will all have separate studio shows? Maybe one of them will get it right. The old NBC studio show with Costas and Hannah Storm was good. They were never as entertaining or funny as the TNT group, but they put a good product out there that built up the game they were broadcasting. Maybe it was a little different back then because there were limited avenues to consume the league on TV, but they made the games feel bigger.
  3. Wait a minute... the Paris Olympics (where he is the host country's most visible star) begin in 2 days and he has a game in 3 days. He played in a tune up match against Australia 3 days ago in France. So in the middle of that, he decides to take a quick trip to.... Oklahoma Fucking City? Not to go Katfid on you, but are you certain that you saw Victor Wembanyama?
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_written_by_Merle_Haggard
  5. Paging @NeverMarryAStripper. Please pick up the white courtesy phone.
  6. Say what you will about couches, you don’t need to pay them hush money.
  7. Yep. This is going to end up in court or in some type of settlement. I don’t know that much about their matching rights but I am under the impression that the new contracts were written in such a way that it would be impossible for them to truly match them. It’s not just about dollars, it’s about coverage and distribution channels, streaming, etc.
  8. Horford is 38 and Porzingis is about as injury prone as you can get. I wouldn't feel too secure with that front court if I were a Celtics fan. They have a ton of money committed to their perimeter players, and not much flexibility moving forward. I also think it's hilarious that they are signing all of these contracts and going deeper into the tax than anybody else at the same time that their owner is trying to sell the team. Like, Wyc Grousback is saying, "Fuck it, sure... give them whatever they want. It's not like I'm going to be around to pay for it anyway."
  9. I don’t think there’s a problem with accepting the loss and dealing with it as the breaks of football. It happens. It’s part of the game. The following ten years had nothing to do with that game or the fan’s reaction to it, and everything to do with the quality of our coaches. Don’t give yourself too much credit. All of our wounds were self inflicted by Mack quitting in the job and two subsequent bad hires. Those are also the breaks of the game. Sometimes you get the hire right. Sometimes you don’t. I guess we will find out if Bama got it right with Debour. I think they did, but you never know.
  10. That winning isn’t for everyone bit might be taken the wrong way featuring a guy on a 22 win team. I’m not sure Nike thought that through. If the lakers don’t make the playoffs, how many Lebron winning isn’t for everyone memes are we going to see?
  11. I don't know that he had any offers other than the minimum. All of the usual suspects spent their cap space. It was musical chairs and he didn't have a place to sit when the music stopped. Also CSB time.., I had a buddy who played college ball with Gary Trent Sr. Senior would apparently come back to campus every so often with a trunk full of stolen merch to sell. He would get you a one and one (a TV plus stereo) for something like $100. Clearly his kid doesn't have the same business acumen.
  12. Westbrook has actually been okay for the Clippers the last two years. For a minimum-ish contract, you could do worse. I still think the Nuggets roster is a mess and is without many ways to improve, but Russ can eat up 22 minutes a game and lead a second unit. I wonder if they were involved in the Gary Trent Jr negotiations. He seems like a better fit with them than Milwaukee. His shooting would have been a godsend and after seeing what Jokic did for Bruce Brown and KCP, you would think that he would have been on board for something like that.
  13. I hadn't played this game in probably 15 years and I'm not much of a gamer to begin with, but my son downloaded it last night and it's fun as hell.
  14. I consider myself to be a connoisseur of Summer League. The first one I attended in Vegas was well over 10 years ago. I've made the mistake of falling in love with certain players based on their summer league performance, only to be heartbroken when they get to the real league and can't do shit (see Belineli, Marco going for 37 in his debut). Certain things translate. Certain things don't. Things that do NOT necessarily translate: scoring and shooting. Things that do: basketball IQ vis a vis moving without the ball, being unselfish, making the right pass, and creating shots for your teammates. And on defense making rotations, picking up cutters and helping out. Hustle and defensive effort translates. Having a nose for the ball and coming up with 50/50 balls translates. Athleticism only translates in its absence, if you are clearly outclassed physically. That is a bad sign, but even if you belong athletically or are a superior athlete, it doesn't necessarily portend anything good. It's just a baseline. All of this is an extremely longwinded way of saying that I don't give fuck one that Alex Sarr went 0 for 15 nearly as much as I do that he took a massive dump on the basketball gods with this bullshit:
  15. Agreed on both. I never thought Il Sogno was that special. If Le Reve (another of Andrew Weissman’s restaurants) were still around, it would be the no brainer choice. Don’t think juicy burger is going to make the cut.
  16. Mixtli is probably the surest best bet in San Antonio to get a star.
  17. Cissoko has a real contract and counts against the 15. Notwithstanding the two-ways guys or an unexpected trade, this looks like what they're taking into the season: CP3, Jones, Castle, Wesley Vassell, Branham Keldon, Champagnie, Cissoko Sochan, Barnes, Mamu Wemby, Collins, Bassey Here's what I wrote at the beginning of the offseason: I think they addressed most of this stuff. They should be better off from the outside adding Paul and Barnes. It's still an area that needs addressing long term, but it should be improved at least. I don't know about the defense being better, though. Barnes seems to have taken a step back defensively, CP3 ain't getting any younger, and we will have to see how much of an impact Castle has. He could definitely change the calculus there. Having Paul should also help reduce their turnovers, but again, a lot of the turnover stuff will fall on Wemby's personal development. I saw him have a couple of really bad ones for France the other day that gave me some pause. They for sure upgraded the point guard position. They didn't add another bruiser -- hopefully Bassey can stay healthy and provide some bulk. And they 100% added winning vets. I don't know how much this is going to really impact the bottom line. The Vegas o/u is 35 and it doesn't seem far off to me. The conference is brutal. If they played in the east, it's a different story but there aren't going to be many off nights in the west. Depending on what Utah does, Portland is the only tanker right now. Forget about good teams missing the playoffs, there are going to be good teams missing the play-in. I'm looking at this season as a bridge. Unless Wemby does some superhero shit, which isn't out of the question, I think best outcome for this team is that they play some meaningful games down the stretch vying for the play-in, but ultimately fall short and collect one more round of ping pong balls before unleashing hell on the league.
  18. Ingram gets one of them otherwise what a waste of a fairly high second round pick. They could have used it on Bronny. Can’t you have three guys on two way contracts now? Or did make that up in my head?
  19. Both on vet minimums so they can still use the full mid level exception, although I think that maxes them at 15 roster spots. Not that they couldn’t unload somebody if they needed to.
  20. Starts today… July 15 10 a.m. ET: Commissioner Greg Sankey discusses state of the conference 11 a.m. ET: LSU head coach Brian Kelly and players 12:35 p.m. ET: South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer and players 2:50 p.m. ET: Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin and players 4:20 p.m. ET: Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea and players Tuesday, July 16 10:05 a.m. ET: Georgia head coach Kirby Smart and players 11:45 a.m. ET: Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel and players 1:50 p.m. ET: Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables and players 3:20 p.m. ET: Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz and players Wednesday, July 17 10:05 a.m. ET: Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer and players 11:35 a.m. ET: Mississippi State head coach Jeff Lebby and players 1:50 p.m. ET: Florida head coach Billy Napier and players 3:20 p.m. ET: Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and players Thursday, July 18 10:35 a.m. ET: Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman and players 12:05 p.m. ET: Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko 2:05 p.m. ET: Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze and players 3:25 p.m. ET: Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops and players
  21. Here’s some video that really shows this. He’s got such good pace and is really crafty in the pick and roll. It’s going to be deadly when they run it with Vic and they have to be conscious of the lob threat. I’m not worried about his shot. It’s confidence and decisiveness more than form. It will get better as he gets more comfortable in the offense and knows when and where the shots will come from. He’s got to think too much now. Just needs reps.
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