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I'll only do that if I can become dolfan.

Yeah @marco102, what's the problem with his avatar? Do you hate peaches?

Of course but, if you change your name, I gotta change mine too. I'll take suggestions but I'd lean to SnidelyWhiplash or GuySmiley.

At this point, I just want AH and supes to hug it out.

Ok, I just wanted to make sure this wasn't one of your patented Al rants.

Would Collins lead the league in scoring under those rules?

Hey, you could be right. I'd ask if you think the rumors of him wanting out of UTA, for non-basketball reasons, are all false? I do agree, if Gobert were traded, he'd probably be ok with that. But the typical 'wants to be in a bigger market' rumors have nothing to do with Gobert.

Hey, sounds like you and I may have an avatar trade brewing on that one. Will they trade Gobert or Mitchell. I agree with your reasoning for them keeping Mitchell, but I think he'll force their hands.

Trae2Nique has a better flow to it, jmho, even though it doesn't work chronologically. I think we should take a vote to see if @Spud2nique has to change his name.

The guy Scalabrine, Danny strAinge mouthpiece, just floated a Mitchell-to-NYK trade idea with Randle+Barrett+ going to UTA. I'd say that's plausible because I don't see UTA trading Gobert.

I can't even get a mild chuckle with the Reddish shot? Straight to business, huh? But yeah, I can see them getting moved once Lebron gives his blessing. The problem I see is I can imagine they think they can attach Westbrook to him in a deal, which (imho) would be a gross miscalculation. But, then again, that's the way I can describe just about everything LAL's front office has done the past few years. Gross miscalculations.

First, we gotta start off with some #SupesShots ... We all know this whole thread is about this one line ... Oh come on. Laugh with us, supes. On a serious note, I could see LAL trading AD. It's been pretty interesting listening to the Klutch-related media people talk about the Laker situation on NBARadio. They all seem to be speaking about how AD never took to training like Lebron does. How the expectation was that he'd go there to be sorta groomed to be the #1 to carry the aging Lebron but he just seems content with the bubble title. Isn't taking care of his body. Not putting in the work. Usually the only Klutch guy they don't protect is Trae. Davis may have 'lazied' his way out of LA.

I'd love to hear the response to this part. And it wasn't "just" the CLE series where Al got dominated by certain guys.

JoeLLLL is good. Really good. But he ain't Shaq and it seems like the league is trying to treat him like he is. This idea that 'they foul me because they can't guard me' stuff is silly. He's not getting fouled to avoid getting carried into the rim like Shaq used to do guys. He's getting fouled on artificial rip-throughs and other ticky-tack stuff to get into the penalty. Then is starting the parade to the line. Sure, there are times when guys just take a foul if he's got low position. But he spends an out-sized amount of time out on the perimeter because he's lazy and out of shape constantly.

They don't stop games in the 3rd quarter, mate. It's whomever has the most points at the end that counts. I don't care if a team gets down 60. If they have the most points at the end, that's all that matters. The 'how' is inconsequential. And let's not ignore the fact that JoeLLLL's fitness played a major part in why they lost those leads. And let's also not forget that they continue to lose big leads despite his 1st half dominance. He can score 70/game and I'd still like our chances. He's an impactful player but, if they advance in the playoffs, it won't be because of him. It'll be because of what their perimeter players give them.

We keep each other (in)sane. You misspelled GLLLLenn.

Did you forget that they lost or are you bought into that false narrative that it was all Simmons' fault? JoeLLLL can score 50's for all I care. Nobody else on that roster scares me, Harden included. And, if you thought Simmons was a mental-short guy in the playoffs take a look at Harden's comparative numbers in the postseason. The only player that scared me last year was Curry and #HeGone.

Do you hate me, squd? Putting me in the same sentence with that guy? That's like me saying, "Hey spud, since you 'n sCurry are nor-Cal guys, blah, blah, blah ..."

tcampst ...

squd is all ...

Ok, how do I put this mildly? How do I put this mildly? (loooooong pause) Mitch Lawrence is a fkng idiot. A blithering, raving, mouth-breathing idiot. You have more NBA knowledge in your pinky toe than he has in his entire celestial existence. He has parroted the same selfish-Trae narratives for the past few years. And, whenever we win, it's "because" Trae decided to involve his teammates. He couldn't make it any more obvious that he doesn't actually watch games if he tried. It's sad that most fans think the on-air talent at that channel have to be NBA experts of some kind to hold their position. That is decidedly not the case. Was that mild enough? I will state that Trae did make a shift in his game management ... LAST YEAR! And it was explained, ad nauseum. The fact people still are on that is tantamount to malpractice as a supposed eggspert. The weekend host (Gelthizer or w/e), who I've eviscerated on here before since he's a Trae-denier, finally started to let it be known why he hates Trae. Basically said 'he does this shimmying that I can't stand and .... uh ... (sensing his own hypocrisy)... when Mark Jackson used to do it, it didn't bother me so .... I guess it shouldn't bother me but ... blah, blah, blah .." Like, stop trying to be part of the story. Nobody gives AF if you like any of these players. Just give us the impartial news, jack.

And it's why I have zero sympathy for teams that have players out now. None. Zilch. Hate to see guys hurt/sick but, from a team standpoint, I got no cares.

At worst, they could've at least acknowledged that certain teams were gonna invariably get screwed royally by the shift to forcing non-NBA players to represent the team. Those games shouldn't count the same as real games. And the gall of people to keep saying, 'bwah everybody had to deal with it' and, 'duh, it'll all balance out in the end'. It's intellectually dishonest to keep acting like that's the case.

PHI doesn't scare me. Like, at all.

Eggscuuuse me? So you're tryna say you can't talk nimbers with the rest of us? Hey, don't let supes get away with that low-key jab at us. I know nimbers! But that means I know which ones not to trust. Now, science? Y'all can keep that science stuff