Re: Around the League: Week 14 3/22-3/28
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:01 pm
Another thing they should consider is making all players bought out after the trade deadline ineligible for the playoffs.
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Or just make the signing team pay..not sure how to make it work under the salary cap, but if LA and Brooklyn had to pay 1/3rd of the salary for Drummond/Griffin/Aldridge...would they still do it?The Bobster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:01 pmAnother thing they should consider is making all players bought out after the trade deadline ineligible for the playoffs.
Are there? I think that might be an overreaction.The Bobster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:59 pmWe could have three games won by 40+ points tonight.
They're going to need to do something to fix this. Far too many non-competitive games being played.
Why?! Drummond wasn't helping Cleveland, and hasn't had trade value for two years. Why do we need to change the system to force to stay or to keep him from going somewhere where he can actually do some good? Ditto for Aldridge.Split T wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:19 pmOr just make the signing team pay..not sure how to make it work under the salary cap, but if LA and Brooklyn had to pay 1/3rd of the salary for Drummond/Griffin/Aldridge...would they still do it?The Bobster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:01 pmAnother thing they should consider is making all players bought out after the trade deadline ineligible for the playoffs.
Maybe let them sign for the minimum, but then there is a rule that the signing team sends a certain amount of money to the buyout team to cover part of the salary? I don’t know.
In Black slang, to cap about something is “to brag,” “to exaggerate,” or “to lie” about it. This meaning of cap dates back to the early 1900s.
History lesson: In the 1940s, according to Green’s Dictionary of Slang, to cap is evidenced as slang meaning “to surpass,” connected to the ritualized insults of capping (1960s). These terms appear to be rooted in the sense of cap as “top” or “upper limit.”
So, no cap has the sense of “no lie,” “no joke,” “for real,” or “not bragging.” The expression is closely associated with slang in Atlanta-area hip-hop. It appears on Twitter by at least 2012, though it was almost certainly in use in spoken English before then.
I just got done reading that link and was going to share. I'm getting old. It still doesn't make sense to me but I've used slang that doesn't make any sense myself. Sick, tight, dope, even jokingly used finna'. None of those words correlate with their meanings so this just continues that trend.Split T wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:25 pmhttps://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/no-cap/
In Black slang, to cap about something is “to brag,” “to exaggerate,” or “to lie” about it. This meaning of cap dates back to the early 1900s.
History lesson: In the 1940s, according to Green’s Dictionary of Slang, to cap is evidenced as slang meaning “to surpass,” connected to the ritualized insults of capping (1960s). These terms appear to be rooted in the sense of cap as “top” or “upper limit.”
So, no cap has the sense of “no lie,” “no joke,” “for real,” or “not bragging.” The expression is closely associated with slang in Atlanta-area hip-hop. It appears on Twitter by at least 2012, though it was almost certainly in use in spoken English before then.
Sorry, AIG. That one was my idea. Cap is short for "Capiopelielie," the Greek name of an upper Nile goddess of deception and gossip. A couple of years ago, I proposed cap as slang for a lie to the internet slang approval board, it was accepted, and they sent out a memo.AmareIsGod wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:17 pmCaps coming out of the mouth = lies coming out of the mouth. Man, who comes up with this slang? I'd never associate a cap or hat with a lie. I can't even begin to draw the comparison.
Agreed, Kelly is trying to establish himself as a big time player...he may ultimately settle in as a bench player in the league, but hard to fault him for wanting to be more at this point.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:31 pmRegardless of who said what, Igoudala and Oubre were in different stages of their career so their roles with the Warriors aren't analogous.
Igoudala was entering his twilight, hunting for a ring. Oubre is in his prime and trying to get the biggest bag possible.
He’s establishing himself as a bonafide small time playerSplit T wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:34 pmAgreed, Kelly is trying to establish himself as a big time player...he may ultimately settle in as a bench player in the league, but hard to fault him for wanting to be more at this point.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:31 pmRegardless of who said what, Igoudala and Oubre were in different stages of their career so their roles with the Warriors aren't analogous.
Igoudala was entering his twilight, hunting for a ring. Oubre is in his prime and trying to get the biggest bag possible.