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Only thing injured on him is his pride ... well and the love handles but who's counting?

It's fkng incredible how biased these reports are. Guy has always been as bad or worse than Trae on D but folks just ignore it. Glad PHX put it on front street where no one can deny it. Let's be honest, best thing DAL can do to win a game is sit the guy. Play through Brunson.

What? You don't think Schlenk would give Presti his.... oh, now I hear it.

kg totally agrees but be careful. These folks gonna call you a raging homer for this take although it's totally fair. Any of these media eggsperts brave enough to call out his empty stats or they just claiming the 'he's doing all he can with trash' narrative?

But would it cause an internal tug o' war for the team though? People will callously say competition makes everyone better, but that's not always true with human beings. It has a high likelihood of not ending well at all. We'd likely still have frontcourt issues too considering a guy like Johnson would surely be sent to OKC in a SGA trade.

Only caveat being the big joker** all players carry aka the trade demand. IIRC, he made some comments about not wanting to share the ball with Giddey or stte. Of course, that raises other issues w.r.t. sharing with Trae but I imagine a good coach could figure that out. ** I hope I didn't lose folks with the big joker reference. I can't be the only spades player here. Pick a side. Makes the tug o' war more competitive.

Who's crazier? The Simmons apologists or the Gobert truthers?

... nope. All I keep thinking is .... " so you're saying there's a chance!"

(C'mon, you walked right into that one.)

I have to admit, you make an incredible case. "in" = not "credible" = credible Thus, incredible = ......

I forgot one .. "Ohhh we almost signed (Beal, Lavine, Ayton) but, gosh darnit, it fell through right at the end. But ... we tryin'".

Apparently the theme of the day is ... @Diesel, it pains me to hit you with this but .... 1-star thread, bro-lio. And I'm still on the Simmons train. You either need to get on the wagon or get back off it and do better.

I never understood folks that had an issue with the 'runn it bak' concept. It didn't work out, clearly, but it wasn't the craziest thing in the world. On the idea that upgrades are a-comin', I'll believe it when I see it. Honestly sounds like some preemptive Dan E. strAinge stuff. "Oh we almost had a deal for Giannis but, gosh darnit, it fell through right at the end. But we tryin'" Or the best one ... "Yeah we almost traded up for (insert breakout 2022 draftee) but, gosh darnit, it fell through right at the end. But we tryin'"

*gasp* You saying he's.... my BIL? Holy plot twist, batman!

Listen, I'm not sayin' @Spud2nique is a Bay Area resident for the 'roids but ..... ok, it's for the 'roids. Ok, now I'm going into witless protection before squd logs in and sees this.

They definitely have a problem. Not just coaching wise though.

Watching you two guys bicker is like watching brothers fighting. Nobody's gonna give a low blow but whoever finally does it is gonna get in trouble with momma.

It's funny though that I think bawb doesn't like the guy, and vice versa. They're both probably very conflicted by you. Like in those movies where the characters hate each other then kiss anyway. You're probably pushing bawb and that guy to love. Spud2Cupid?

Careful now. You know your boy's sittin' at home in Texas reading your rants against the maverick. Mad 'cause he can't ban you from the squawk. Mad 'cause AH won't approve his burner account access.

Unless I'm wrong (hey, there's a first time for everything), I'm pretty sure he's had knee injuries throughout his whole career ... then the tendon situation.

He didn't just start getting injuries, m'friend.

I'm sorry, what? You mean they're still playing games? NBA died for me last week so I wouldn't know. And I'm stealing FakeGM but will give you credit for being my 'source'. How the heyul have I never thought of that? Must be old age.

First, we do agree that it's nice having to fall back on an option that's actually played at an all-star level as opposed to a guy hangin' on. What I'm saying is, that one game isn't 'him' anymore. If he had to do that night in/night out, they'd be woefully disappointed. Even while playing well, he didn't look right. There were a lot of turnovers and bad shots mixed in there. We just didn't take advantage, for a myriad of reasons. On the comp to George, I'd push back by saying George's injury was a total freak occurrence. lOladipo's appears to be his body wearing down. Big difference. Plus, George played at an all-NBA/all-star level multiple seasons. lOladipo did it one year and that's about it. I don't think their situations are comparable.