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Mitch Cumsteen

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  1. I didn't watch one second of that game, but there is no universe where Austin Reaves -- who is neither a physical post player or someone relelentlessly attacking the basket off the dribble -- should be getting to the free throw line that many times. Really, it's okay for the offensive and defensive player to make contact and not call a foul. It's called a "no call" and the league had it forever and everybody was cool with it. Hell, they used to do it on block/charges all the time and people were still okay with it. Plyaers would collide, the ball would roll out of bounds, they would usually give the ball back to the offensive team, and the game would go on. And players would stay on the court because they weren't getting in foul trouble with bullshit ticky tack calls. Somehow, we all managed to live through it and actually enjoy the games instead of this idiotic ass parade to the free throw line.
  2. Look at this shit in my man’s third pro game ever along with a smooth +33. This team is winning 50. Keldon finding his destiny as a hustle guy off the bench is gratifying. When they get Fox back plus Olynyk as another stretch big plus Sochan as another on ball defender? Yeah unless they get hit with the injury bug they’re getting 50.
  3. The most amazing stat so far for wemby is 2 games, 0 turnovers. He was a turnover machine last two years.
  4. Puffy tacos: Taco house on San Pedro or viva on McCullough (used to be Elaine’s). The place that used to be Taco Riendo on San Pedro that was also an Elaines at one point had great puffies too. I don’t know what it’s called now.
  5. That was ugly but I’ll take it.
  6. Bad reach on Victor. Probably should be a no call but there’s no need for that when you’re 8 feet tall.
  7. I’d forgotten how annoying Jordan Poole is. Wish he was still in DC where I never had to see him play. Vassell being a consistent three point shooter would make this team really go.
  8. Yet Wilt only won two rings. Still, long term I like what the Spurs have going with Castle and Harper as their foundation around Wemby. Going to be fun (at least for Spurs fans) to see how it plays out.
  9. Always appreicate this thread Tex, but how do you just ignore Bama at Scar and Mizzou at Vandy at the 2:30 timeslot? I'm certainly more interested in both of those than the Big 12 left behinds duking it out for Bucee's coupons. Or maybe I don't know that I need to give my undivided atttention to an undefeated BYU facing off against that whiny cunt Matt Campbell? Either way, I'm still watching the Horns and praying that we don't shit our britches.
  10. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46687886/thunder-alex-caruso-suffers-concussion-placed-protocol I think this is the appropriate way to address Caruso matching up with bigs.
  11. There’s no telling how differently Robinson would be playing in this era. If he were a legitimate three point threat, you would have no chance guarding him off the dribble as fast as he was with that first step. And this is probably blasphemy sprinkled with a heavy dose of recency bias, but Wemby is a markedly better defender. David was ridiculously great, literally one of the best ever, but there’s just never been a player with the reach and timing of Vic that impacts the game like he does.
  12. I think the Billups deal is part of a poker mafia thing, not sports gambling. The Rozier thing has been going on for awhile. I can’t imagine how many millions of dollars have been gambled on team flights over the years.
  13. They should have made them take a number like waiting their turn at the deli counter.
  14. I actually felt bad for Anthony Davis tonight.
  15. They need to run offense through Harper on the second unit.
  16. Kraken status: released. And Castle is tormenting poor Cooper Flagg.
  17. I guess Flagg is going to run point? How very Jeremy Sochan of them. I hope their experiment works out just as well. Between them and Houston, it's like everybody playing small ball was just a fever dream. Don Nelson is probably rolling over in his hammock. At first it was the double bigs lineups, now it's let's play every dude we got over 6'7" all at the same time. I'm no Mitch Johnson, but I would be picking up these guys 94 feet from the very first play of the game. Let's see Flagg, Washington or 1000 year old Klay Thompson fight for every inch against some hyperathletic 20 year old just to get the ball over the time line.
  18. That's a lot of jumping to conclusions off of game 1 of an 82 game season. Not that I disagree with much of it, but it's a loooooong season. We all know that OKC is going to be great but their three point shooting was a problem for SGA, Williams and Holmgren in the playoffs, too. Who knows what Houston is going to look like come playoff time. They have enough assets to go get a suitable point guard if they need one -- which they probably do. Regarding the officiating... I don't know if OKC gets officiated differently because they are so aggressive and grabby but I'm hoping that the refs in general this year don't call as much ticky tack shit on the perimeter. As much as the excessive three point shooting has hurt the game stylistically, the refs inhibiting perimeter defense is as much to blame. I thought that game was entertaining as hell last night and the defensive intensity that the refs allowed was fantastic. That's the kind of competitive basketball that I want to see although I could do without Alex Caruso constantly mauling a dude 7 inches taller than him without a whistle.
  19. I know Doncic is in a lot better shape but 30 lbs my ass. That men’s health article they just showed looks photoshopped.
  20. Great game to kick off the season. Fuck OKC and SGA’s foul baiting ass.
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