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General Armageddon on his way back to Moscow This might mean Shoigu is gone. Shits getting real :wow https://x.com/Sprinterfactory/status/1788276536463769739

Maybe Vienna said that somewhere else, but the post you responded to only said "The Spurs aren't bound to take a guard". That does not mean "there's no way the Spurs are going to take a guard" - it means the Spurs aren't married/obligated to taking a guard, which is obvious. It's not "riveting...

Depends on who you draft these next couple years, but Johnson isn't in any way a vital or even that important part of that roster in the grand scheme of things, imo. Keldon has been in the league for 5 years and honestly not shown he could even be a solid 6th man in a competitive team (we can...

Yes, obviously if they prefer a player who is a guard they will take a guard. If they prefer a player who is a sf, they will take a sf. The poster I was responding to said there's no way the Spurs are going to take a guard. I don't see any case where that's a truism. But I guess you agree and think...

At the end of the day, the results are what matter - right? We aren't talking about a GM picking Primo over Sengun one time... we're talking about it happening repeatedly and predictably. If a GM is going to consistently go off-reservation and make perceived reaches, then he/she better be hitting...

These are much different playing fields though. A scout/ GM has one or two chances (in the first round) to get their selection right using their big board. We never get to see their big board. If we did, we’d compare their big board to a writer’s big board (or mock draft, if you wanted). Saying...

Obviously I failed at making my point accross. I don't think outperforming a random mock draft signals success, but rather underperforming them (systematically, not ocassionally) should signal failure for a team (time to change scouts) / professional scout (time to change jobs). To put it more...

Nazi's must be okay then because Genocidal Joe is covering millions of Nazi's in Ukraine with free health care/full ride, 0. --- ------ --------- Trump already seized power and day 1 you threatened to seize it back by blowing him and his family up at the White House.

It's why cap space isn't the best medium to acquire talent right now. The Spurs should trade directly for their talent upgrades and only use cap space for more modest upgrades or to facilitate trades. It's possible to sign George, Harden or James outright. It's in the team's best interest, though,...

I don't think the Spurs need to go there, and I certainly don't want them to go there. There's a decent argument to be made that the Wolves would have been better off not making the Gobert trade, despite what their recent success looks like. They just played their best game, and best defensive game...

I'd be happy to give up quite a bit for Lauri - I'm not trying to get him for cheap. But if he is heading towards FA at the deadline, he will come relatively cheaper than trying to acquire him this summer, or especially than if he extends this summer. That was my point.

Certainly Ariel can fight their own battles, but when they said: I very much interpreted this to mean that if a scout/GM is consistently being outperformed by consensus mock drafts in terms of the outcomes of the players (because I don't know how else you would evaluate the picks over time),...

I'm afraid you can't get talent for even "relatively" cheap in the NBA, deadline or not. UTA won't have any problems finding suitors for Lauri, and some teams that will offer more than you would like.

It'd be easier to trade for the players rather than the space for multiple reasons. If the Spurs are moving Keldon, then he represents salvage value for LAC or MIA. They're more just as likely to value him as, say DET would, and they're far less likely to expect compensation for taking him. Then...

Ariel’s point was for teams to use mock drafts by writers (or the consensus of them) as a point of reference for success/ failure for teams and I’m disagreeing with that and believe the success/ failure of a team’s scouting should be placed in the actual outcomes of players that come out of the...

Someone gotta do a deepfake of Ant from Hustle but with Jokic or Murray spliced in for Bo Cruz.

I read about this when it first happened. Utterly insane to try and declare that in our REPUBLIC, such a thing as a free and open election for Mayor's office simply "could not ." This is the primary problem with the far right, and why they are being compared with Nazis. Their rhetoric has...

Reaching for a G just because they need one isn't any better of a practice. If the Spurs think a guard is the best, right player when they pick... yeah they should take that one. If the Spurs think a SF is the best, right player when they pick... yeah they should take that one. Like... duh? You...

Picking Ayton was a major fuck up; Doncic was clearly the prize of that draft.

Trae lack of defense and low percentage chunking would kill any team like it has Atlanta.

There was nothing wrong with Ayton, he put up 18/9 every night, but they weren't satisfied and nagged him no end. Finally Booker ordered him out..."It's either me, or, him, but you can't have both." And they ran him off. And of course they got massacred by Minnesota on the inside, but they did...

You're right. His intent is to mock you, like everyone does. Again, I don't need the free rent in your dirty, pervert mind. Unsure of why you're always thinking of me except that you're 1. a loser. 2. a fucking sicko 3. upset about the endless ridicule I and others have brought upon you so you...

If a scout/GM are constantly, repeatedly and predictably outperformed by mock draft writers, you are right... it doesn't mean the process is pointless. It just means something in the process is not working correctly or the scout/GM sucks at their job. In which case, yeah... they should surrender...

OKC and Chet's success is definitely something spurs will have to take into consideration. First because they're very young and here to stay, even during Wemby's prime, and have already a lot of advance, and also becasue Wemby isn't gonna sit and watch Chet contend or even ring for the next 4-5...

yeah it certainly would be a stretch to make it work. you could also create the space by moving Keldon, who you still have hanging around, and moving him shouldnt require us to pay to get that done. especially if we are doing all this to acquire a SF who we expect to play legit starters minutes,...

TBH I like it better when Coc chokes a second round series away. They win the first round, get out to a nice lead in the second and all of a sudden in the media it's like this is the year Coc is finally gonna push past and then Lucy comes and snatches the football away again in Games 5-7.

Old with a $200 million payroll and no good draft picks is pretty much a guarantee of disaster over the mid to long term. They'll make it look respectable for another year or two on Durant's back and then they're back in the lottery once he walks in two years. Having to pay Beal $50 million to $57...

Thanks Chinook. Definitely far less appealing if the only mechanism for obtaining the cap space is to have to give up significant draft capital. Would rather just wait and see what happens with Lauri in that case. If he doesn't extend with Utah this offseason, maybe you can get him for relatively...

This.. pop should stop treating wemby like the 2011-2016 duncan

I hear this guy is available, come to terms.