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Mitch Cumsteen

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  1. 39 minutes ago, d2o said:

    FIFY.  Just cause the money was there didn't mean they needed to give people like Alan Crabbe, Kent Bazemore, Marvin Williams and others 17M+/yr for 4-5 yrs.

    You are correct of course, but I was talking more specifically about Kevin Durant going to the Warriors. They could have never fit him into their cap otherwise. The whole point of the salary cap was to bring competitive balance to the league (especially for smaller market teams) and to protect owners/GMs from themselves. You throw in a one time bubble like that and then everything got out of whack and here we are today. It was terrible for the league.

  2. 17 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

    So what should Houston do? let him walk and sign a cheap back up PG? lol. This is the new NBA of over sign for guys and see what happens. 

    The Warriors will rule the west over the next few years anyways so run it back with Harden and Paul, or get a shitty backup and be 5th or 6th in the west. Warriors will win anyways so might as well give it a shot rather than having cap space and still not winning? 

    The rockets had no choice. They signed up for this last off-season. Now let's see how bad they have to bend over for Capela.

  3. 1 hour ago, ZanTheFan said:
    1 hour ago, PilotsError said:
    On Simmons' podcast yesterday he said word was Kawhi's camp went to see seven or eight doctors to find one who would tell him to sit out for the year.

    The one they landed on is the 76ers doctor!

    I don't think that's right. He was supposedly rehabbing with the sixers staff. I was told his doctor was from Africa or Asia or some shit. I didn't know that he had run through that many of them though. Makes sense.

    Also, Marco is a good deal and they desperately need outside shooting but again, they are really guard heavy.

    They are expecting Manu back. 

    Great deal for Rudy Gay. Regardless of what happens with Kawhi they need him. 

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  4. On 6/25/2018 at 7:44 AM, cabowabo said:

    They play Gerry Rafferty way too much, and that results in an immediate channel change for me. 

    On some level, maybe, I can understand Baker Street grating on you after a while because it's overplayed. But you're going to change the channel on Right Down the Line? That's just wrong.

     

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  5. 13 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    I clicked on this because I thought the facilities stuff might be a collectible data point. And then I don't see any facilities info. Did I miss it in my skimming of this turd pile of an article?

    Counterpoint: now you know what a play action pass is. That is when you fake a handoff to suck the defense in.

    In the college football interwebs business, a play action pass is when you make up some meaningless shit and suck somebody into paying you $9.95 a month for it.

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  6. 1 hour ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

    While this is true in theory there's a big difference between Rodman and Kawhis talent level. Imagine it was Robinson who was a jackass, and pop traded Robinson for will Perdue.

    There's also a huge difference between Robinson's talent level and Rodman's. They probably could have done better than Will Perdue for him if he had similar grievances to Kawhi. 

  7. 14 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

    Serious question though, as much of a distraction as LaVar has been, it has not affected Ball or the Lakers on the court in any way I've seen.

    The same cannot be said of "Uncle Dennis."  I'd much rather have LaVar than "Uncle Dennis" so in a way that's still a trade up.  Of course, Kawhi is twice the player Lonzo is, but he does have a lot of upside.

    This is a jhawk level horrible take.

    You don't think Lavarr would pull the same shit if Lonzo was on a small market team and one of the best 5 or so players in the world? He would be holding daily press conferences demanding to be traded to the Lakers.

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  8. Some things I heard:

    1. The Spurs are trying (most likely in vain) to repair the relationship with Kawhi. Someone from the team (Pop, RC, a teammate, staff member, etc.) talks with him directly on a daily basis. 

    2. Things were similarly as bad with Aldridge last year as they are with Kawhi this year, and they managed to mend the relationship. The difference is the way both camps handled it. Again, this is amateur night.

    3. All the reports about Kawhi being that upset about the way his injury was handled are apparently accurate. He really is that butthurt and it's been exacerbated by his uncle.

    4. The Spurs are willing to let this ride out until the season starts including suiting Kawhi up.

    5. Twenty whatever years ago, Gregg Popovich traded Dennis Rodman for fucking Will Perdue setting a precedent for how this franchise will be run. There is the Spurs way and there is the NBA way. The Spurs will not be dragged by someone's jackass uncle into running this franchise like a clown show. Whoever said there was a 98% chance the Spurs would never take on Lonzo Ball was completely wrong by exactly 2%. Ultimately, I have a feeling that this is going to be a battle over culture and the Spurs culture is going to win out. 

    5. They are going to get the best deal possible and it doesn't matter if it is a western conference team (including the Lakers) or whoever. The notion that they won't work with the Lakers or anybody else is utter nonsense. If they offer the best deal then they will take it.

    6. Some semi-related food for thought: there is some scuttlebutt that the Spurs medical staff misdiagnosed Patty Mills's shoulder injury prior to his last free agency period, and it cost him big time. That's why they overpaid him last summer.

     

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  9. 59 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

    I've been on this too..... this is all Klutch Sports, Lebron and the Lakers trying to maneuver pieces.  That's fine, but it's going to cost you....... everything we want or he's going to Philly and won't be able to make it to LA next year after you go over the cap this year.

    Yeah... the Spurs are going to jump all over making sure the Lakers get Kawhi and Lebron and Paul George. Who the fuck do they think they are dealing with, Billy King?

    That injury faking mute is still under contract for another year. I would let him walk for nothing after the season before enabling those dickheads to put together another superteam. 

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  10. 5 minutes ago, kopp0e said:

    The defense will have another year under it's belt in learning the new sets & schemes that the players should be more comfortable with identifying how to keep opponents offense in check/ the plays in front of them...

    Obviously. And clearly that wasn't the same defense we saw the rest of the season.

    There were a confluence of factors that led to that loss, not the least of it was a terrible fourth quarter decision to go for it on fourth down at midfield instead of pinning back their true freshman (IIRC) QB and making him drive the length of the field. Lots of stupid to go around that game.

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  11. 26 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

    Our defense shit the bed in this game....big time.

    On one hand, yes. Absolutely. We gave up more than 250 yards rushing. Inexcusable. On the other, we scored three non-offensive touchdowns at home and lost. To fucking Maryland.

    It takes a special brand of stupid football to fuck up something like that.

  12. I think the Spurs have at least some leverage until the last day they can offer Kawhi the Supermax, which I believe is in October. After that point, we got nothing. Make him start the season here. If he holds out and claims his leg is still hurt, then he is going to be vilified. Asshole is still under contract, after all. 

    I'd want Kuzma and Ingram for sure. Since they can't trade consecutive first round picks, I would want every other first round pick (unprotected) from them for the next 8 years and the option to swap picks with them (their pick or any other team's pick they somehow acquire) in any year for the next 8 years. If those fuckheads hadn't selected Lonzo Ball's dad with the second pick they would be a lot easier to do business with.

  13. On 6/25/2018 at 6:19 PM, tejas60 said:

    heading over on Friday. which are better: 

    Willie Mae's or Dooky's?

    Muffuletta - Central Grocery, Frank's, Napoleon House, Verti Marte? (wasn't impressed with Cochon last year).

    grilled oysters - Drago's or Acme?

    best bloody mary in the Quarter. I've not really had a bad one. the one's at French Market are pretty good. 

    On Muffuletta.... I ate both Cochon and Central Grocery a couple of weeks ago and I like CG's better by a mile. I wasn't impressed with Cochon's either. Meat was piled too high and I didn't dig the bread. I always order the shrimp remoulade stuffed avocado at Napoleon House. 

    Also, I ate at Irene's... first time at the new location and really wasn't blown away with it. 

  14. 4 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

    The issues he has with timing can be completely avoided by keeping the same schedule they have now, but simply push the draft back to mid/late July. Those rookies can continue to wait on a team picking them, nobody will care that he draft is 4 weeks later than it is now. Plus, it would be a lot better for rookies, since they are more likely to be drafted for their fit on a team, rather than made to mesh with whatever happens in free agency. I think you would see a lot of teams drafting players for their position and role on the team. 

     

    The other issue they didn't mention is the Player and Team Options are after the draft. Those need to be done before any other player movement. Either you want to stay with your team for millions of dollars, or you don't, just get on with it. Teams need to know who is in or out before making decisions for the future. 

    They should do the lottery, draft and free agency all on the same day. Complete chaos. 

  15. 32 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

    Right now our back court looks like this:

    1 Guard:  Murray, TP, D White

    2 Guard:  Danny, Patty, L Walker

    Too many guys.  Danny and Walker can probably play 3 in a pinch but they'll give up height to most 3's.  Moving Patty and his contract would be good for a re-tooling or reloading team.  We need longer wings and forwards much more....

    You didn't even count Manu (if he comes back) and Forbes. This team is way, way backcourt heavy. Throw out Kawhi and possibly/likely Gay, and it's also a complete disaster on the wing, sans the cement footed Kyle Anderson. The bigs outside of LMA are shit, too. Pau is a 1000 years old, Laverne sucks and Bertans may still have some upside but I thought he would have taken a bigger leap last year. If you are counting on Davis Bertans to be your second best big, it goes without saying that you are fucked.

  16. 18 minutes ago, utee94 said:

    I mean, if we're just naming movies shot in Texas, then Hope Floats was mostly in Smithville, and DOA was San Marcos/Austin.  But neither were particularly good...

    So maybe I shouldn't have included Johnny Be Good?

    Quote

    The film was a failure at the box office and for its star, Anthony Michael Hall. At review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, as of July 2014, Johnny Be Good had a 0% rating, based on 11 reviews, with an average score of 2.3/10.[1]

    Awards and nominations
    Nugent's contribution to the soundtrack, "Skintight", earned nomination for a 1988 Golden Raspberry Award as Worst Original Song.

     

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