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There was a clear change after the AS break in officiating, I don’t see much more change they can make. They made you finish through incidental contact on drives. I must’ve seen Tatum and PG throw their hands up at no calls 20 times a piece. And they allowed “hand checking”, TJ McConnell and Jalen Suggs assured me of that. I put it in quotes because fans can’t seem to untie on what it actually is I’m torn on stationary offensive charge calls. When smalls hustle up and do it I’m wit it. Bigs taking charges doesn’t sit well at all.

Damn Trae like f&@k adidas He could do worse than Anta I guess. I need a 33% stake in the whole company to wear Skechers on an NBA court (Embiid ) I’m not feeling the blatant Lakers and Thunder colorways. Why does Damian Lilliard have a decade+ run of signature shoes with adidas? Who’s buying them sh!ts? Trae was great in all the commercials he’s been in for Sprite, the NBA, and State Farm. Wonder if there’s a disconnect with how he feels he’s marketed over there or just a mutual parting after the contract ends.

Braves clinch a playoff spot in a very tumultuous season and Prez Jimmy hits 100! Great day for Georgia.

F&@k me. Deke losing his battle at 58 is a reminder how short life can be man. I been lamenting the past year at losing both my parents at 72 and 75 and being pissed they didn’t make it to at least 80 like I always hoped. Life presents perspective all the time, it could’ve been much worse. I can’t imagine the grieving his family is going through, I’m hoping for their strength. His +4.9/ +11.1 on/on-off net is all you need to see his impact as a Hawk. You simply couldn’t replace his defensive IQ and motor. My man never attempted a three, not even a heave Modern African defensive players are so advanced. Hakeem and Deke serve as the main inspiration for that. Rest Up Deke. I would expect the entire Congo to be shaken right now. If cancer were a person I would literally set him or her on fire and watch them scream. It’s so f$@kin horrible.

It’s hard to imagine Falcons fans being spoiled in any one area but for the past 20 years they have been with kickers. Anderson, Bryant, then Koo, all ATGs. I had no doubt he was gonna bang it through. I was surprised 56 yards was his career high (now 58). I’m sure he’s hit from 60 dozens of times in practice and pregame.

Yeah that news was mind blowing. ESPN is a business tho, as long as their bottom line is satisfactory they could care less what real sports fans feel about their quality of programming. They finally gonna make that dude earn his money, he reportedly gets a milly for covering baseball, seemingly on a zoom call from his home office every time I see him. I don’t mind him as the lead baseball guy but I can definitely understand why many don’t. Having him cover the NBA seems like an April Fools joke but sadly it isn’t. Lowe’s 10 Things was up there with @lethalweapon3 game threads as far as basketball reading enjoyment for me. Almost. More off topic and mind-blowing, Caitlyn Jenner was drafted to the NBA. It was back when they had 37 rounds, still crazy

I agree with most of this except Divencienzo. I actually like the kid but he’s a bum IMO Josj Hart the same, like you said they’re just tough as nails and have that crucial college experience over most one-and-dones.

Whoa @kg01 and @JayBirdHawk y’all know way more about the Knicks inner workings than you should, I’ll stand down All I know is on the floor, and the fit with KAT and Brunson isn’t ideal on either end. And I’m sure OG is gonna hate his shot attempts. ESPN banking on Stephen A rants after every little loss.

Has Dolan not been the most vilified owner of the past 15 years? Is Leon Rose proven? I think KAT sees an opportunity to play with a familiar coach with a chance to improve his defensive image for a real East contender.

Hawks paying Kobe Bufkin what GTA makes for the next two years. I’ll never forget when Joe Johnson was making way more than LeBron. Hawks stay getting boinked on contract value.

True, I’m sure those minutes came in a pinch when one or both were out. I appreciate the hell outta the ability to initiate like a 1, play off ball like a 2, and defend 3s, hence my Jimmy fascination that yall are tired of hearing about I think Tyreke Evans brought it to the “modern era” so to speak but he was average across the board at it.

Most pure shooters with good movement should work well with Trae’s super quick processing of open space and eye-blink pass releases. See Garrison’s “breakout” season as well as Huerter’s career limbo 2 years removed. Bogi adds the edge and competitive juice to it .

Per BBRef he’s logged about a 6th of his time at the 3. I’m sure he can guard the position. I like either high level catch and shoot (Trey Murphy) and/ or great slash (Okoro, Caleb Martin) from my 3 tho. That ain’t DD but my hope is he’s a fine connective offensive player. Having time alongside Joe Ingles and Nic Batum with the national team gives me confidence in that.

Good looking, that answered all my dumb questions Kuminga looks like the barometer for Jalen (didn’t know Kuminga had a stout .567 eFG). Hawks obviously want a injury risk discount.

Ok gotcha so it’s totally up to the team with no baseline requirements from the player. I thought there were some players association, draft slot type stipulations and what not. How is a player’s “market” set?