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Mitch Cumsteen

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  1. Because KAT is such a great outside shooter, it sort of made sense on a basketball court. It's not like he's your prototypical back to the basket, throw it into the post, get me a bucket traditional big. But let's look at the tale of the tape for what they gave up, and what they got back altogether: IN: Gobert, Divencenzo, Julius Randle, and a heavily protected (the best it could ever be is #10) first round pick via the Pistons that may not ever convey. OUT: Towns, Walker Kessler, Pat Bev, Malik Beasley, Jared Vanderbilt, Keyonte George (via pick), 2025 unprotected first, 2026 swap, 2027 unprotected first, and 2029 top 5 protected first. They managed to give up the best player by far AND a giant chunk of their future. If that weren't bad enough, they also have a 32 year old Rudy Gobert (who seems to be declining so far this season) on the books for the next three years at ~$36.5 million per. Woof. They've done such a good job building their roster with unheralded guys like Reid, NAW, and McDaniels that it hasn't killed them yet. But holy shit if Anthony Edwards ever gets hurt or decides he doesn't want to live in Minnesota.
  2. Mack Brown was the best of times. He was also the worst of times.
  3. Gobert opted out and extended, so they got out of their cap hell for now. But they still should have never traded for him in the first place. Forget the assets they sent out, they essentially had to choose between him and Towns to avoid the second apron penalties.
  4. This may sound ridiculous, but I hope they spent some time preparing for Weigman. The best game he had was against Missouri when they were expecting Reed to start, and Weigman came out and shredded them. The best Reed has looked is when he replaced Weigman against LSU, and they didn't look like they had prepped for the running QB at all.
  5. Seeing Mitchell get meaningful snaps recently has been one of the bigger roster surprises of the season. Lord knows they need all the help they can get on that interior dline next year.
  6. The Big XII is not terrible. I don't wish for its demise. I wish it would schedule more compelling nonconference games to make me want to watch it. I wish the rest of the conference had scheduled more compelling nonconference games when we were actually in the conference to raise its profile. Then maybe we wouldn't have had to throw our lot in with all these sister fuckers and mouthbreathers. But don't feed us that bullshit about scheduling. It's going to continue to bite the conference in the ass. Put on your big girl panties and schedule OU for fuck's sake.
  7. At least one P4 non-conference game? More like, EXACTLY one P4 non-conference game, and then a bunch of glorified scrimmages. And outside of Oregon, who on that list will be even ranked in the top 25 next year? There aren't exactly a ton of top programs on that slate. I don't care how good of a year SMU is having, you don't get to point to them as strong scheduling when those matches were made when they were in the AAC. You should be playing Oklahoma this Saturday for the love of God.
  8. I agree 100% but outside of Colorado, they will never do it. Most of them still have the Bill Snyder/Baylor scheduling philosophy of get to 6 wins no matter what, get that bowl paycheck, and don't get the coach fired. They aren't serious about winning or building their brands. They never were. That's one of the reasons we had to get the fuck out of that conference -- they added no value in the non-conference schedule, took zero risks to build themselves up, and were satisfied with a fatwa win over Texas or OU every now and then and cashing that check.
  9. UNC did that a lot more smoothly than Texas did. He didn't even have the chance to go kill himself down in Florida.
  10. Anybody have Harrison Barnes winning western conference player of the week on their bingo card? I can't believe Sacto gave us a first round swap to take him off their hands.
  11. In a 12 team playoff, we would have been in almost every one of those years.... and then probably would have been pantsed by a team with a real coach.
  12. I’m sure Chris Paul’s hamstring will spontaneously explode in the near future, but that little fucker has been great. He’s not what he once was, but he’s far from washed. I’m rather shocked by him so far.
  13. Cut it to 4 heading toward the fourth. This team continues to play hard each night. Bassey needs more minutes.
  14. He missed too. Their top 9 players were out last night. Not sure why Theis got the night off but I’ve never seen anything like it.
  15. I’m not sure how the pelicans are even fielding a team at this point. I thought Memphis last year was the worst injury bug team I’d ever seen, but this might be worse.
  16. In the actual Pearl: Mon Chou Chou is probably my favorite, Southerleigh and Cured are also good. Not as big of a fan of Supper in the Hotel Emma, but it's fine. I don't think the food is great at La Gloria, but it's a nice patio for a margarita by the river if the weather is good. Curry Boys BBQ on St. Mary's Street is walkable (~15 minutes). It's not upscale but the food is fantastic and original.
  17. Pearl. Hotel Emma.
  18. I think the turnovers last night were a bit of an anomaly because OKC has such ridiculous perimeter defenders: SGA, Wallace, Dort, Caruso, Williams. They are the best in the league as a group, and maybe the best I can remember in recent memory. No weak links. And without Wemby or Vassell, there aren't many relief valves or anyone else to create shots. He had to force it a good bit. The outside shooting was off even when he got good looks, but he had been on fire from three over the previous five games. I loved it that he had the confidence to take and make that last three after throwing up so many bricks. It was a huge shot and what a confidence builder. He also didn't get any favorable calls. The rookie treatment kept him off the line probably 3-4 times. And still, he just kept playing through it all. 8 assists while taking SGA head on all night. Kid is just a winner.
  19. Castle is going to be harassing SGA for about the next decade. Pretty awesome to see him step up to the challenge in his 10th or whatever game of his career. My expectations are completely out of wack for him.
  20. Don’t make a shit. Make your free throws.
  21. The little fucker has been great tonight. Also Castle is 1/10 but has been outstanding. He might be my favorite Spur since Manu.
  22. I don’t know if they have the horses to hold off OKC for 12 more minutes, but much respect for how hard they are playing.
  23. I dig this Cleveland team. Well constructed roster, great depth, and they play a good brand of ball. Having a healthy Garland and getting rid of Bickerstaff has taken them next level.
  24. I was going to say, I'd do Louisville instead of Cincinnati but I admittedly haven't spent as much time in Cincy and it's been at least a decade since I've been there. I just remember it being really spread out. There is definitely something to be said about the convenience of flying in and out of there though. Louisville has a neat downtown and a lot of history. And like Lexington, has some surprisingly really good restaurants. Lots of upscale southern inspired food if you're into that.
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