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Mitch Cumsteen

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  1. I think if he never played another game, he'd still be top 10 for me.
  2. I think the thumb excuse is bullshit. He looked fine throwing pre-game. I just don't think he's that accurate in general and like Huck said, prone to mental mistakes. Hell, he seemed more accurate against Auburn AFTER he broke his thumb. If you throw out the Illinois State game where he completed 81% of his passes, he has a 59% completion percentage for the rest of this season. He was at 64% last year for Washington State against a mostly dogshit schedule and his numbers dropped dramatically against the few good teams they faced. I actually like the guy (for a Sooner) and think he shows a lot of moxey, but he's not exactly Colt McCoy out there when it comes to accuracy.
  3. Nobody seems willing to start the season thread, so fuck it. I'll gladly change the title if somebody comes up with something a bit more snappy, but I'm starting to get pretty excited for this team. There are many reasons for optimism: Wemby is going to be a monster. Look how much stronger he's gotten. Two years ago he was letting guys half his size barely lean on him and push him out to the three point line. Now he's straight up bullying dudes. Very much looking forward to Dillon Brooks trying to check him this year. This is some Giannis shit, but at 7'5" with logo range and almost never misses from the free throw line. Plus he's added a ton to his bag in the post and he's always had great touch. He's still going to turn it over too much and have some awkward moments, but his shot selection looks better, granted in a very small sample size. He doesn't seem to be settling as much. Just a slight uptick in efficiency from him will make a huge difference. Add in that he's got a ton more talent around him to take some pressure off and barring injury, I will be stunned if he isn't one of the three best players in the world by the all star break. What are you supposed to do with this guy at either end of the court? I don't think people realize how lucky the Spurs got in lotterying into Dylan Harper. Forget for just a minute how smooth he is shifting gears getting to the rim and finishing.... his decision making out of the pick and roll has been exceptional. He had 8 assists last night in 22 minutes. He looks like he's running pick and roll simulations through a computer. And he efforts like a mother on defense. He's not going to take long to acclimate to the league at all. No disrespect to Cooper Flagg who I think is going to be great, but it wouldn't be a total surprise to me if Harper turns out to be better than him. We haven't seen enough of Castle to know if he's improved his shot, but he's a difference maker even without being a perimeter threat. Any improvement in his shooting puts him into a different category. It would be stunning and disappointing if he didn't take at least some significant step forward in year 2. At this point, Fox almost seems like an afterthought and he's one of the top 20-ish players in the league. The bench is so, so much deeper and bigger and experienced. Kornet was a fantastic add and Olynyk is very solid. Barnes is another outstanding veteran presence even though he's mostly washed. He's still going to have his moments. I'm excited about Carter Bryant long term. I don't know that he's going to get much run this season but he's going to compete whenever he gets a chance. Great motor to go along with his athleticism. His shot mechanics are pure even if the results haven't been great so far. On paper, he's a perfect fit. The questions: Is Mitch Johnson an even average NBA coach? I like that he shook it up and brought in his own staff and they all seem like great hires on paper, but I have zero expectations of him -- good or bad. I can't judge anything off of what he did last season given the circumstances. But that dude must pinch himself every day for the situation he inherited. I'm not as concerned about how Fox, Harper and Castle mesh as others seem to be, but Fox has been playing a certain way for a long time and he's going to have to adapt a bit. I have fairly low expectations for Vassell, Keldon and Sochan... the pecking order has changed and these guys will need to learn how to fit in, but all three of their lives should be easier playing off of the rest of the team instead of having to initiate their own game. This is a pretty big year for all of them as it relates to their long term fit, so they better figure it the fuck out. Can anybody knock down an open three? Will this team put in the effort to play championship level defense every night? Wemby covers up for a lot of sins but will the rest of the guys pick it up a notch? How will the league take the length? Over/under for wins is 43.5 - 44.5. I'm bullish on the over because I think much of the western conference is going to be in disarray. And I think Wemby is going to be that good. GSG
  4. I've seen enough of Dylan Harper in the last five minutes to regret the Fox trade. I mean, not really, but he's going to be a terror on offense. Spurs got so fucking lucky in the lottery (again).
  5. This year it was a frat boy. Last year, the kid that was really acting like an entitled obnoxious prick was a person of color.
  6. I’ve had people in my seats at a million different sporting events and every time I’ve flashed my tickets and they’ve moved without incident. But it’s now happened to us two years in a row at the cotton bowl where there are students in our seats that wouldn’t move. And we are getting tickets through a rather large corporate sponsor of UT athletics. I mean, these are not the cheap seats in the end zone or students section. Last year, a group of kids jammed in between the bench and the row, basically adding a row by standing on the bench. I had to restrain my friend from fighting this kid and told him that his options were to leave or I was going to get security. It took awhile but we finally got them out of there. This year the kids in our seats had the balls to tell us that their seats were all the way over in the end zone and they didn’t want to go over and sit there so they were just going to take ours. The sense of entitlement was unfucking believable. I was the one who had to be restrained this time. I haven’t bowed up on anyone in probably 30 years but I was about to plant that fucker into the aisle. I think he could tell I was serious because he slumped away pretty quickly but what the fuck is it with our own students? The fucking Sooners are better behaved.
  7. Does Karl Malone count as a superstar?
  8. $150 million and still standing in a half inch of pisswater in the bathroom. Concession lines still ridiculous. That said, getting into the stadium was faster than ever, but it seemed like they just moved the former outside clusterfuck inside into the concourse of the stadium. Don’t remember it ever being that difficult to move around inside the stadium. I’ve gotten to the point where I analogize it to a great dive bar and just appreciate it for keeping it real. I mean, it’s still the greatest setting in all of sports and the best day of the year. And of course breaking one off in OU also always makes it sweeter. Can’t wait to bitch about it again next year.
  9. I only watched bits and pieces, but the Kornet/Wemby combo caught my eye. When they signed Kornet, I thought he was strictly going spell Wemby but even against the Chinese scrubs it was pretty obvious that they have some nice chemistry working when they're on the court together. I'm also preparing myself for them to still be a very bad three point shooting team and it most likely being their Achilles heel. Spurs 205-2026: Emerging as a contender brick by brick
  10. Spurs definitely winning the Chinese league this year.
  11. I can’t believe you guys are defending the 70 year old. Look, if some motherfucker is parked in front of my hotel and blocking the alley while emptying out some grease traps when I’m leaving the bar, he’s going to move his truck or he’s getting his ass kicked. I don’t know who the fuck that old man thinks he is, but that is completely unacceptable behavior. He may have well have been jaywalking or turning right on red without coming to a complete stop. I’m glad we have heroes like Sanchez sticking up for the rest of us and who are willing to take the pepper spray and the blade so that our alleys are not obstructed.
  12. I guess it's a sign of the times when missing *only* 1/4 of the games over your career is considered not missing a lot of games.
  13. Keldon is a really good culture guy. His development has been frustrating and his contract ain't great ($17 million), but they view him as an important part of the organization. Vassell at $27,000,000 / yr through 2028-29 is rough. He can't stay healthy, his defense has declined, has poor situational awareness, and he can't stay healthy. I think both of them suffered developmentally from having to "be the man" on bad teams. They never were groomed for complementary roles around other players, which is where their value should lie. They need to fit in around Wemby and Fox (and Castle and now Harper), not the other way around. This is a big year for both of them, as well as Sochan. I think they're all kinda in the same boat of having to prove that you can contribute to winning or it's going to be time to move off them. The pecking order has changed drastically over the past 12 months. And we still need a thread title.... Spurs 2025-26: We got your deep vein hanging Spurs 2025-26: Emptying out the tank Spurs 2025-26: That sixth banner isn't going to hang itself Spurs 2025-26: Puta madre, we might actually be back
  14. This is pretty much where I am. I would imagine Texas is going to play super conservatively on offense with Florida's relative defensive strength, offensive woes, turnover proclivity, a tough road environment, Arch's inconsistency/yips, and Texas having a strong punting and special teams game. This is your win by playing, "complementary football" game plan if there ever was one. I'm predicting lots of brakes and not a ton of gas. It's probably going to be ugly but winning ugly is a good thing. Just get the W however we can. And god forbid we kick a fucking field goal on fourth down.
  15. Agree completely with your analysis, but... I mean, we did embarrass the fuck out of them last year 49-17 so maybe they have a little more motivation for revenge.
  16. He'd be fantastic on the OAN pre-game show.
  17. If you have some magic pill that gives you amnesia over the course of the Charlie Strong era, can you please send one my way?
  18. Media day has officially started: And Fox is already out for the first couple of games with a hamstring. Great. It's about time to start the season thread. I can't think of anything snappy right now for a title. Any ideas?
  19. Not only that, Sark inherited a winless team there. Washington was 0-12 the season before he got there. He walked into a mess and even while he was half in the bag he built that program into respectability. From what my son tells me, there's also a gigantic infiltration of cocaine at Ole Miss. All his high school buddies who ended up there are doing rails like we used to pound Pearl Light in college. And lots of whippets, although they call it something else now. Nothing says prim and proper like blow and nitrous. Hotty Toddy.
  20. We need to take a hard look at the state of the western conference right now. OKC is still going to be a motherfucker. Pencil them in for 60 unless they have the injury bug. Denver should be much better. Houston should be much better but losing FVV is a blow for them. The rest of the conference? Minnesota is still solid but didn’t do anything to improve. Memphis is a mystery. I don’t think the Lakers are any better. They have nothing inside unless you think Deandre Ayton got a brain transplant this off season. Does anybody think the Warriors can hold up for 82 games? Phoenix is a mess. The Clippers have their whole thing going on. Sacramento is going to be bad. Dallas isn’t going to have Kyrie and I don’t think Flagg is going to move the needle in year 1 with what has been a Luka-centric roster that’s now very poorly constructed. Portland isn’t serious and neither is New Orleans. Utah blows. Did I miss anyone? Last year I thought the team would be better than the record reflected. This year? I think a lot of teams in the west are on the brink of implosion. If things break right and they can stay healthy, this is a team that can make the playoffs and avoid the play in. We didn’t get to see Fox and Wemby together. They are going to be a filthy pick and roll combo. They added some real vets and depth in the front court with Olynyk and Kornet. Castle in year 2 is going to be a stud. No idea what they’re going to get out of Harper but if he’s half as good as I think he’s going to be, he’s going to be a nightmare to keep out of the paint. They went from Devin Vassell being their second best player to him being about their fourth or fifth best player. This is now a legit nba roster. I’m thinking they have an outside shot at getting to 50. I’ve also had about 20 beers today watching football fwiw I’m fired up for this season to get started. We’ve been wandering around the desert for too long. GSG
  21. Venables gets a mulligan if they sit Mateer and get beat by Texas. Nobody is going to blame him. He needs to sit Mateer for self-preservation unless the dude is anywhere close to 100%.
  22. That Oblate Cafe used be another Mexican food joint. I can't remember the name of it but it was pretty solid too. It actually is probably close to 50 years old. The Blanco Cafe controversy is a feud between different family members IIRC. The details escape me after all these years, but I think it made for some pretty uncomfortable holiday gatherings.
  23. It's a question of how much of his being fat as fuck contributed to those injuries. He had a meniscus tear, a foot fracture that cost him an entire season, he hurt his back last year right before the playoffs, and then there's been a myriad of other leg injuries -- hamstring, ankle, toe, calf, etc. I could see a world where his body isn't carrying such a heavy load and then he stays healthy. In the few times that his body has been right, he's been close to unstoppable. But for sure he'll stay healthy this year, get a max contract extension (Joe Dumars in the house now running shit), snd put on 50 lbs of fat next off season. The Pels, for all of their lottery luck, really can't seem to get a break.
  24. Nikkis is still open? Really? Are you shitting me? Do they still have gigantic fucking sushi rolls that make it damn near impossible to eat with chopsticks? Do you still have to sit on that nasty ass carpet?
  25. Yes. As is everything at Garcias. Carne guisada. Puerco guisada. Brisket nachos. Everything is fantastic there.
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