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Mitch Cumsteen

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  1. The league is punishing him for his slave comments.
  2. The Hawks just sent Houston a SRP for the Rockets to take Cody Zeller off their hands. I have no idea what they are doing. I don't think they do, either.
  3. Yeah... I'm trying to make sense of this myself. The Hawks, who don't control their own pick this year (or for the next two years), just made themselves worse in the short term to save a few bucks down the road. All in order to add some second round picks plus two swaps in 2026 and 2028 that are actually swaps on swaps with Cleveland/Utah for the Donovan Mitchell trade. Maybe they can reroute Niang or they have something else brewing, but that is a shit move. I'm not complaining as the Spurs own their pick, but what in the blue fuck are they doing? Am I missing something?
  4. Ya know, it's really a shame how the advent of the second apron has stopped player movement and prevented teams from making moves.
  5. For sure. Adding a front line player like Fox moves everybody down a notch for playing time. Your 8th guy is now your 9th guy. The other thing that it does is hopefully move Vassell in the pecking order on offense so he doesn't have to create so much for himself. Granted, he put up a reeking 2-9 from three last night, but he was otherwise 7-9 from two because he's getting easier looks. Fox should make the game easier for him. The Keldon regression is tough to watch. He was a 40% 3 pt shooter four years ago on a terrible team getting terrible looks. He's wide ass open now and can't throw it in the ocean. What the hell happened to him? And his defense, as mentioned, is abhorrent. Can't stay in front of anybody and has zero awareness or concept of team defense. My hope for him early in his career was undersized 4 like Paul Millsap, but he's just a massive tweener right now without a role. He's got to be considered a negative asset at this point. Great guy, but he's a net negative on the court right now.
  6. I don't really understand the Charlotte end of trading Mark Williams. They are in deep rebuilding mode and he's a young (albeit often injured) asset that should grow with them and be part of their long term core. Those Lakers picks, assuming that Luka is going to be there long term, are not likely going to be great. Are they also secretly trying to move to Las Vegas?
  7. Dumb challenge by Atlanta. Cost them their last timeout where they could have advanced the ball. Nice debut from Fox. You can tell Wemby is still ill but he gutted it out. I didn’t like it that they pulled Castle after he screwed up the switch. Much rather have him finishing out the game on Young than Sochan. But whatever. GSG.
  8. lol they extended him too. Good luck with all that.
  9. I can believe they traded for Butler. I can’t believe they are going to extend him.
  10. Fox can get his shot whenever he wants. This team has had so many lapses where they just go cold and can’t generate any good looks. No more. This is going to be fun.
  11. I'm excited for Sidy to maybe get some minutes in Washington. I was a little bummed that he got moved off the Spurs. He's got an NBA body, very athletic, next level passing chops, plays hard, is a willing defender, and has the jump shot of Ray Charles.
  12. I think it saved Milwaukee something like $30 million, gives them some flexibility and a decent chance at having a contributing rotation player. It was a no brainer.
  13. Castle named ROTM. We keep talking about his shooting needing work, but I'm so impressed with his demeanor, defense, and his ability to get in the lane to finish and draw fouls. But the thing I'm most surprised about is his ability to find open guys with passes that are not obvious or easy. His feel for the game is next level. When that shot comes around.... look the fuck out. Excited to get our first look at Fox tonight plus the potential bonus of handing ATL a loss hopefully on their way to the lottery.
  14. Kuzma shot 36% from three for the Lakers when playing with guys who can get him open looks. He will get plenty of those with Giannis and Lillard. I can't imagine what playing with Jordan Poole as your alpha would do to your game. Poole is basketball cancer, metastasizing to every other part of the team. Not sure I'm following the swap discussion... there's a zero percent chance that Milwaukee got the good end of that swap. The major issue is that Bucks have been trying to get off of the second apron since the beginning of the season while also trying to compete. Kuzma is on a declining deal and is right in his prime. They had to get some cap relief and he's a young rotation piece. They don't need Middleton like they used to with Dame now on the team. He's the clutch perimeter bucket getter for them now.
  15. Kuzma isn't a serious basketball player on an unserious tanking team, but he was a valuable player with the Lakers when he could get in line behind their stars. He should be able to do that in Milwaukee. Middleton is washed and can't stay healthy. Kuzma is 29 and his contract is actually declining. Washington is desperate for assets so they get a swap out of the deal + AJ Johnson for taking on two years of salary vs three for Kuzma. They might be able to flip Middleton to a contender at some point, maybe next year at the deadline? The other thing is I'm pretty sure that this puts the Bucks under the second apron, which is fucking huge for them. The Wiz also got AJ Johnson, who is a 19 year old FRP that the Bucks took a flyer on this past draft. He could actually turn into something, but it's a crap shoot. I think he's the underrated piece of this puzzle for Washington. Why not take a shot at him and eat a little salary? They aren't going anywhere anytime soon anyway.
  16. Fuck Nolan Richardson.
  17. The only other way the Mavs remotely win this trade is if Luka never can stay healthy and they avoid the supermax albatross contract for a guy who can't stay on the court. That doesn't excuse the return they got for him, but him moving into the Zion/Kawhi mode of undependability would at least make it a little more tolerable.
  18. This isn't even germane to the conversation, but there are many other passionate and loyal fanbases in the NBA that I would put above Dallas. I always considered Dallas a bandwagon sports town. There are too many other sports options. That arena was never considered one of the loudest or difficult to play in. The passion is especially high in cities that don't have any other major league teams. I would start with Sacramento -- their fans have been shit on forever and they still love their team. Utah, Portland, Memphis, OKC, and San Antonio. None of those places have any other local team to root for. Now that the Mavs committed seppuku, Dallas fans can just as easily go pour their love into the Cowboys for example.
  19. https://surlyx.com/UsherNBA/status/1886638158374158370
  20. This really is a good point. I just generally lean toward incompetence as an explanatory factor over something more complex or sinister. Stupidity explains a lot.
  21. Is Scottie Pippens kid fucking Michael Jordan’s ex or is Michael Jordan’s kid fucking Scottie’s ex? I get it all confused and frankly, it’s more interesting than this game right now.
  22. On fire from three tonight. Keep up the shit talking por favor.
  23. Castle is such a beast. I can’t imagine what he’s going to be in another year or so.
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