Phoenix Suns expect to part ways with Kevin Durant this offseason. Could the Spurs be a good landing place?

[baseline bum]

Me after we trade #14 for another 20131 pick:

Keep your eye on the tiger

[LeBowen]

You guys made me want to watch The Wire a 15th time...

Watch Gomorrah if you haven't, not exactly on the same level, but the closest thing to Wire and Sopranos for me.
Sons of Anarchy isn't that far off, either. Those would be my favorite crime TV shows.

[baseline bum]

Smh, I thought scott was a man of culture.
Controversial opinion, but second season is my favorite.

The Wire and Sopranos are unparalleled.

Brian Wright coming for second round picks:

I think I'd rate them

1. Season 4
2. Season 2
3. Season 3
4. Season 1
5. Season 5

[baseline bum]

WHERE'S WALLACE, STRING?

, is you taking notes on a criminal ing conspiracy?

[Pauleta14]

Watch Gomorrah if you haven't, not exactly on the same level, but the closest thing to Wire and Sopranos for me.
Sons of Anarchy isn't that far off, either. Those would be my favorite crime TV shows.

I have, thx. The first seasons are a must-watch indeed.

If we're giving suggestions, the best thing I've watch these last years is "Slow Horses", a UK series starring Gary Oldman, it's a spy/MI5 series.

Go watch it.

[baseline bum]

you meant lexus but you aint know it

How my hair look, Mike?

[baseline bum]

I only watched the first two seasons of The Wire (maybe some of season three, but I don't remember). They weren't available to watch here in AU until years later and I just haven't gotten around to restarting/re-watching the show from the start.
Same with the Sopranos, I watched up to either season 3 or 4, but again, they weren't on local cable I don't think. I think so you had to watch them on regular TV when they aired, but I didn't have the time to back then.
Breaking Bad, for whatever reason, I avoided it/didn't believe the hype when it was originally airing, only just started watching it recently and am up towards the end of season 2. From what I've watch so far, I think it's definitely lived up to the hype I would hear back when it was originally airing.

I will say, I didn't like S2 of The Wire as much as season 1. I have to re-watch it for sure, but maybe because it was a such a big change with new characters threw me off.

Not sure if anyone ever got into an Andre Braugher show called Homicide: Life on the Street as I remember reading that it was a very realistic cop/detective show based in Baltimore like The Wire is. I remember watching some episodes, but never had access to watch the whole series or whole seasons. Maybe not as highly rated as 'The Wire', but is still rated highly compared to most other shows.

Breaking Bad legitimately gets better every season and the final season is by far the best. Never seen another show that could keep up momentum like that. Don't sleep on Better Call Saul either, though definitely save that for after Breaking Bad.

[spurraider21]

I'm a hound you just like spurraider21 did until I finally played Sekiro

im near the endgame in DS2 so i jumped into the DLC

ill get to elden ring eventually i promise

[spurraider21]

, is you taking notes on a criminal ing conspiracy?

chair dont recognize yo ass

[Ice009]

I have, thx. The first seasons are a must-watch indeed.

If we're giving suggestions, the best thing I've watch these last years is "Slow Horses", a UK series starring Gary Oldman, it's a spy/MI5 series.

Go watch it.

Slow Horses is definitely on my list. Forgot all about it until you mentioned it. Heard it's really good.

Breaking Bad legitimately gets better every season and the final season is by far the best. Never seen another show that could keep up momentum like that. Don't sleep on Better Call Saul either, though definitely save that for after Breaking Bad.

Darn, I already thought up to the point I'm at now (season 2 is great). Can't imagine it getting better. That's crazy.

[scott]

I'm more of a Black Mirror/Ozark/Narcos/3 Body Problem kind of guy (yes, I realize these shows are all a lot different). We'll see if it vibes with you Wire/Sopranos guys. Did love Breaking Bad though.

[CorrectCrusader]

Me after we trade #14 for another 20131 pick:

In hindsight, that trade was very good for us.

[scott]

In hindsight, that trade was very good for us.

Meh. It's not like the 2030 MIN pick was the lynch pin of the Fox trade. If not that pick, we would have just included a different pick.

At the end of the day, I'll always contend that we should have gotten more than what we did for the #8 pick... but it's water under the bridge at this point. But, I don't disagree with the logic of trading out of #8 (just think we should have gotten more) and I'd be okay with doing the same for #14 (assuming we get a good return).

[baseline bum]

chair dont recognize yo ass

Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk ass es out there?

[baseline bum]

Darn, I already thought up to the point I'm at now (season 2 is great). Can't imagine it getting better. That's crazy.

It gets WAY better

[RC_Drunkford]

Watch Gomorrah if you haven't, not exactly on the same level, but the closest thing to Wire and Sopranos for me.
Sons of Anarchy isn't that far off, either. Those would be my favorite crime TV shows.

Snowfall

[baseline bum]

Meh. It's not like the 2030 MIN pick was the lynch pin of the Fox trade. If not that pick, we would have just included a different pick.

Disagree, that was far and away the best asset the Spurs sent out for Fox and allowed the Spurs to only give away pretty meh picks to round out the deal instead of having to dip into the ATL picks or any of the picks with swaps attached. I wanted Buzelis too at the time but that trade ended up being a big win.

[scott]

Disagree, that was far and away the best asset the Spurs sent out for Fox and allowed the Spurs to only give away pretty meh picks to round out the deal instead of having to dip into the ATL picks or any of the picks with swaps attached. I wanted Buzelis too at the time but that trade ended up being a big win.

The point is that we could have just included one of those other picks (you essentially acknowledge this). It's not like the #8 trade had to happen otherwise the Fox trade wouldn't.

[Arguendo]

I also never watched the Wire. These were my first years after college... I was out doing early 20s and not paying for ing HBO

If you ever have the time and appreciate screen acting/stories, they are truly great.
The Wire's more a slow burn but compelling from the start (Snot Boggy), multiple awesome story arcs every season that all connect, never know what's going to happen, all kinds of pieces coming together over years, excellent story telling. Character study of a whole damn city from multiple angles, with some of the best characters ever written/performed (Omar, Bubs, Bunk, Lester, damn basically the entire cast is perfect).
Sopranos is just ing badass, kicked off the Golden age. Great single character study, funny, compelling.

Get a month or two of HBO for the price of a movie or meal, cancel if you don't have time, pick up when your ready.
Plus Band of Brothers, John Adams, Six Feet Under (best series finale ever too), Deadwood, Rome (rushed bc it cost WAY too much but still) are all fantastic start to finish. Boardwalk Empire, Succession, and the Leftovers are damn good too plus the comedies. First season of True Detective (maybe the best fictional limited series ever before they brought it back without the writter & director) and the first few of GOT are phenomenal. All of the above have world class cinematography, every one feels like an extended movie and except for the Sopranos whose first season was more proof-of-concept with minor growing pains, all are very clearly planned out as a single story. A few maybe got a lil too ambitious at the end, but not enough to sour anything.
Alright, time to cancel Netflix and renew HBO membership.

[Arguendo]

What the are you doing here? Go download The Wire and start that ASAP. The Wire is the greatest piece of visual media ever made no joke. One of the actors was so convincing playing a heroin addict that he had a couple of addicts offer give him a free hit because he looked so ed up.

Also was the birth of a lot of great actors like Idris Elba, Michael B Jordan, Dominic West, Michael K. Williams, Lance Red , Jamie Hector, etc as well as memorable performances from Method Man and Fredro Starr from Onyx.

This the casting is very likely the best ever and the characters are written incredibly. Several are/were real gansters & cops, dripping with authenticity. Its special and you've never seen a story like it. Based on real experiences of a detective and Baltimore Sun writer, with several of the characters being closely based on real cops/bangers/politicians/newsman with changed names. Perfect corrupt ass city to explore and the trappings and problems and graft. And its so damn good because they worked out all of the kinks with the book, then The Corner HBO miniseries by same guys and same subject from 2000. Best piece of visual media ever made. Its special.

[scott]

If you ever have the time and appreciate screen acting/stories, they are truly great.
The Wire's more a slow burn but compelling from the start (Snot Boggy), multiple awesome story arcs every season that all connect, never know what's going to happen, all kinds of pieces coming together over years, excellent story telling. Character study of a whole damn city from multiple angles, with some of the best characters ever written/performed (Omar, Bubs, Bunk, Lester, damn basically the entire cast is perfect).
Sopranos is just ing badass, kicked off the Golden age. Great single character study, funny, compelling.

Get a month or two of HBO for the price of a movie or meal, cancel if you don't have time, pick up when your ready.
Plus Band of Brothers, John Adams, Six Feet Under (best series finale ever too), Deadwood, Rome (rushed bc it cost WAY too much but still) are all fantastic start to finish. Boardwalk Empire, Succession, and the Leftovers are damn good too plus the comedies. First season of True Detective (maybe the best fictional limited series ever before they brought it back without the writter & director) and the first few of GOT are phenomenal. All of the above have world class cinematography, every one feels like an extended movie and except for the Sopranos whose first season was more proof-of-concept with minor growing pains, all are very clearly planned out as a single story. A few maybe got a lil too ambitious at the end, but not enough to sour anything.
Alright, time to cancel Netflix and renew HBO membership.

Yeah I've got HBO now. Band of Brothers (the first one, not The Pacific) is in my Top 5 for sure. Really liked Succession... gave up on Boardwalk Empire after a few seasons. All the GOT, HOD, LOU, all of those I'm all caught up on. I'd say The Night Of is an underrated miniseries, and Chernobyl was great. I'm sure I'm missing a few others.

That early 2000s right after I graduated college is the period I missed. I've got some transpacific flights coming up, if The Wire is one of the downloadable shows, I'll get it for the flight... though I'm trying to get better about using that time to read and not just watch TV.

[Arguendo]

Yeah I've got HBA now. Band of Brothers (the first one, not The Pacific) is in my Top 5 for sure. Really liked Succession... gave up on Boardwalk Empire after a few seasons. All the GOT, HOD, LOU, all of those I'm all caught up on. I'd say The Night Of is an underrated miniseries, and Chernobyl was great. I'm sure I'm missing a few others.

That early 2000s right after I graduated college is the period I missed. I've got some transpacific flights coming up, if The Wire is one of the downloadable shows, I'll get it for the flight... though I'm trying to get better about using that time to read and not just watch TV.

Yeah there's many more, Night Of was damn good, loved Chernobyl although could've/should've been more accurate, Outsider is very solid. Their catalog is very deep, but The Wire is special, its Michael Jordan.
If you like historical John Adams is freaking awesome, like everything Paul Giamatti does. And highly recommend Six Feet Under- very quirky/weird, excellent cast, its the slowest burn of any of these shows, but worth it imo. Deadwood too, if " " doesn't bother you, amazing cast.

[baseline bum]

Yeah I've got HBA now. Band of Brothers (the first one, not The Pacific) is in my Top 5 for sure. Really liked Succession... gave up on Boardwalk Empire after a few seasons. All the GOT, HOD, LOU, all of those I'm all caught up on. I'd say The Night Of is an underrated miniseries, and Chernobyl was great. I'm sure I'm missing a few others.

That early 2000s right after I graduated college is the period I missed. I've got some transpacific flights coming up, if The Wire is one of the downloadable shows, I'll get it for the flight... though I'm trying to get better about using that time to read and not just watch TV.

Yeah Boardwalk was meh. Michael K Williams is way better as Omar in The Wire than he was as Chalky in Boardwalk.

[Leetonidas]

I'm more of a Black Mirror/Ozark/Narcos/3 Body Problem kind of guy (yes, I realize these shows are all a lot different). We'll see if it vibes with you Wire/Sopranos guys. Did love Breaking Bad though.

Ozark was a damn good show

[Dejounte]

If y’all want tv and movie recs, i’m a tv guru and movie cinephile tbh