This is a low bar, BUT, at least they’ve committed to using union labor for the construction and are giving the service workers for the arena a sliding raise, starting at $12/hr next year, going to $15/hr in 2023 (also going the union route on service employees in arena). So at least some of that money seems like it…

It’s the fame. My father worked in online marketing for a major hospital, and every time he met with the doctors that headed departments he’d ask what focus they wanted on the website. Should he focus on new research? Or customer service ratings? Etc. Invariably the docs would tell him to focus on whatever he felt was…

Alternate theory is that a bunch of bad shit about him is going to leak out of Memphis in the coming days. It would explain why he signed so quickly and for so little. It would also be waaaaaaayyy more on brand for the #KANGZ.

Oh, of course. You’re absolutely right, and I didn’t mean to make it seem like you were saying that. They’re incredibly and it’s very very hard to stop from thinking that they might break the Bulls record. Bottom line is, we’re seeing a generational team here and we should appreciate every second of it whether they…

I’d guess that they’ll lose how most superior NBA teams lose... Schedule losses. The 4th game in 5 days, second game of a back to back on the road, etc. They have a stretch in January where they play 4 games in 6 days with the 4th @Denver, which is an incredibly tough place to play for gassed teams. That said, a lot…

Yeah, I got that, but you can combine the two things as well. So he knows that Pro X is one of the profitable ones, he knows all of Pro X’s lineups, and he knows which ones are least owned. Even if pros play 100s of lineups, if you know that one of them is profitable over all, you can still stream him. You might not…

I don’t know if he had access to these lineups, but I’ve read that only 2% of DFS players are profitable (which the CEO of one of them denied is true, but take that with a grain of salt). Was Haskell in a position to a) know who these 2% are, and b) to know what their lineups are? If so, it’s even easier than knowing…

His APG went down because his touches went down... Not that hard to fathom. In 2013-2014 he had 82.5 touches per game, in 2014-2015 he had 80.1 TPG. Not a huge difference until you look at the fact that the player closest to him in touches in 13-14 was Spencer Hawes with 62. In 14-15, it was LeBron with 81.7. TPG goes…

Not commenting directly on the deal, but as I understand it, it’s disingenuous to say that the Bucks are threatening to leave.

It’s not just one metric though. Opponents shot 61.4% against him when they’re within 5ft of the basket last year. For reference, Bogut was 50.4%, Andre Drummond was 58%. But more to your point, last year, his splits for DBPM were -2.6 in Utah and -1.7 in OKC. So... better than his career average, still worse than…

That’s the thing I miss the most about my ex. When I’d leave for work and she’d stay in my bed a little longer, she’d make it before she left. It’s nice to come home to a made bed, but I’ll be damned if I do it myself.

Of course I know what a swap is. There’s absolutely no reason to be condescending.

So, that means they’ll never win it? Would you rather have 1 lottery ticket or 0? Because this team is going to be in the lottery next year and they have no tickets. Before the trade, they had one.

Plus, and I think this has been implied a bunch, but not explicitly stated, the Kings can no longer win the lottery for the next two years. These are small odds, but they basically traded last years first round pick, a future first, and almost any chance at getting a franchise player in the next two drafts for what…

I would be absolutely shocked if it was anywhere but Cleveland this offseason. Take the 1 year deal with a player option for the second and opt out year 2. Everyone saying that his value will diminish if he plays 3rd fiddle again is, quite frankly, an idiot. Someone will offer him a max contract regardless of his…

In line with the shandy, but OJ and Bud Light or any other cheapie beer is a perfectly acceptable drink for when your girlfriends want to have a mimosa party. I guess this only happened to me in college; wish I still had these problems. If you want a bit more alcohol, drop a shot of amaretto in there and go to town.

I think he’ll stay in Cleveland for one more year to championship hunt, then go sign a max deal somewhere the following year after the cap jumps. If he signs anything more than a 1 year deal this summer, he’s leaving money on the table.

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I think MCW will be a much better fit next year when Jabari is back. Without Jabari, the Bucks needed Brandon Knight to be a scorer, which MCW just isn't. With Jabari, they can leverage MCW's good defense and length and not worry about him having to score the rock as much for about $8M less than what Knight will get…