injury prone big man + paying ~34 million a year in his age 33 season probably had something to with it.

ok... but what if... he didnt willingly leave.... and the team feels guilty because they were callous and the town fucking loves him... what if all that were true???

you have successfully summed up the devin funchess experience.

1. no. he ran out of room to play and reset the ball at the top. saric made that basket on his own, with no real help from simmons. the only thing he did is bring markannen a step away from saric.

it’s gonna sound stupid to say, but i wanted the bulls to tank to get him. he’s the perfect center for the trends of the modern nba. he can match up defensively with the crop of unicorns, and his offense provides just enough space and playmaking verve that every defense has to treat him as a threat.

Read somewhere that meek mahon gave Matt total freedom, and he chose Bray as his first feud. Makes sense given how hot this gimmick is.

wolves or thunder. everyone was expecting both of them to be a top 4 seed, and neither of them are.

It’s a safe-ish bet that Omega will show up, and I’m willing to guess Ricochet will be on the lineup, if he’s still indie at this point. Maybe they’ll even get Aries or Neville. I honestly think they can pull 10k and I hope they try it in Chicago.

I see where you’re coming from, but he’s expelled from the league almost immediately after, and ian mcshane puts a price on his head. thats like the entire point of the denouement. give him a headstart, but he’s still blacklisted.

someone has read raymond williams or stuart hall!

oh i definitely agree. the monday night wars were so compelling and part of it was depth (having a strong midcard and cruiserweight division was huge), but by the time the nwo and russo took over on-screen and backstage, it all fell apart. similarly, tna ran into giving jeff jarrett and russo a ton of booking power,…

one of the big things that, imo, has long prevented tna/impact/gfw from making much mark has been the stink of wcw’s death that has lingered around it for its entire history. when it began, most of the on-screen talent were wcw midcarders who didnt get picked up by the wwe (shout out jeff jarrett) and the behind the…

hyperbole is hard!

is that a taping? or a house show? bc jesus no one is there. i’ve seen indies that draw better.

not for nothing, but there have long been rumors that vince is like really, really racist.which, looking at the history of black performers in WWE shouldn’t really come as a surprise.

because 3 is worth more than 2, and if a pf/c can drag their man away from the rim, it opens up driving and cutting lanes for their teammates. that doesnt even touch the fact that both boogie and brow are two of the best off the bounce big men in the league. by having them stationed high, they can read the defense,…

12 weeks off a year? what kinda liberal dystopia are we living in?!?

never loved the deathmatch stuff, but always kinda enjoyed onita’s brand of it.

One of the (few) nice things about the city owning it.

i think my favorite part about the comedic ddt wrestling is how much it pisses off old timers like jim cornette. i havent watched a ton of their work, but if that ibushi vs omega match is any indication of their more serious stuff, then i’ll be happy.