Very true. And optimism is all that’s been sustaining me for the past 3 years, so a few more won’t hurt.

Someone please tell him about Targeted Allocation Money. It might be the most probable way I can ever see a real-life Scanners head explosion.

Agreed; among that mix I’d rate them personally: superstar, superstar, star, superstar, star, superstar, star. No knock on Klay (still room to grow), Pierce (felt more like an overall 8 on a 10-point scale, but I might be nitpicking that he didn’t get to the Finals without KG/Allen/Rondo), or Amare (injuries probably…

I agree with most of that, and I think a golden mistake was picking MCW over Giannis (I was doubting Hinkie’s talent evaluation by the end of his run). I do think, though, that most “Trust the Process” fans were cognizant that it might not work, just that nothing else had worked either. As the oft-misattributed quote…

Hahaha indeed. It’s really a fallacy to say any team’s process is the ONE TRUE WAY, while also discounting the various outcomes based on pure luck, whether from bounce to bounce or within an organization’s overall plan. Hating that the 76ers’ plan violated the spirit of competitive sports is fine, really cannot argue…

Coincidentally enough, both of those teams tried to use Tyreke Evans to get them to the next level, which could be used as an argument against both the draft and free agency.

He’s working out and scheduled to get on the court in a couple of weeks, but there’s still things to heal. Back hasn’t been a major concern since college.

Lefty +1-Out Guy

I don’t think we can put a ceiling on them until we can see what Embiid can do. Unless this conjecture is based on a pessimistic viewpoint of his potential or injury risk. If he pans out, he is probably better than everyone on the Raptors, and that’s the kind of foundational piece you want to build a team around…

So do fans of the Magic teams that made the playoffs for the first time with Penny and Shaq leading their teams

A friend sent this to me in response to my sharing the Odor vid: https://streamable.com/41o2

Oh that is hella good stuff.

He definitely seems like he has commentating in his future. Hell, I’d give him his own “magazine” type show or put him on Inside Stuff. That seems like the best place to take advantage of his personality and charisma.

Not sure if any appeared on this network, but a lot of the tips/explanations I’ve seen mention the same sort of issues in strengthening the connection between name and person. I think, without any proof but on a hunch, that commonality of some names lends to a lot of problems; I rarely have problems with more unique…

As a side point to this general “Where are the words stored” discussion:

No time for fact checking when you have clicks to bait

It’s blogenfreunde

Jealousy is my guess.

Good for you

Cool. That wasn’t a point about that city specifically, but about how “What have you done for me lately” is an annoying part of fan psychology in general.