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It's not really that unusual that when a new owner takes over a team he eventually installs his "own guys" to run it, is it?

Yes, there may or may not be some cronyism involved (not nepotism BTW), but we should find out pretty soon because this'll be a busy summer.

Is he the answer or is it just cronyism?

Time will tell.

All-Star Weekend is a lot of money for the league and a great way to reward their corporate partners, but it's been shit for years.

So much for "Heat Culture"

Lead is now 59 with 2:51 remaning.

Superbone wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 24, 2025 11:38 pm

The Bobster wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 24, 2025 9:27 pm

OKC comes back after being down 29 points to take a 3-0 series lead against Memphis.

You forgot the part where Ja was injured and was out the rest of the game after they had the big lead.

Details, details.

Giannis will finish in the top four of the MVP voting for what will be the 7th straight year this year, I'm not to concerned with him getting old anytime soon. At worst he's the 3rd best player in the NBA right now. Now getting him would be the issue. It would probably take Booker and whatever draft ...

OKC comes back after being down 29 points to take a 3-0 series lead against Memphis.

Sabonis doesn't fix the defensive issues, but he's an efficient scorer and a great rebounder and passer. (and as soon as I typed that I thought he's an under-sized version of his father) You fix the paint on offense, you get an elite connector, elite rebounder, can stretch 5 outta the paint ...

Sabonis doesn't fix the defensive issues, but he's an efficient scorer and a great rebounder and passer. (and as soon as I typed that I thought he's an under-sized version of his father)

JeremyG wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:19 pm

Honestly, I would trade Durant to Philadelphia for Embiid and 1 or 2 firsts.

(Since Ishbia rejects rebuilding.)

Embiid has played in only half of their games since he was drafted. He literally averages 41 games a season.

Oklahoma City leading Memphis by 55 with 8:00 remaining.

The problem for the Lakers is that in the playoffs you get to prepare for unconvential teams better and if you have a deficiency like they do in the frontcourt teams will hammer away at it until you crack.

Gregg Poppovich was in and out of the hospital again - https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44735476/source-spurs-gregg-popovich-home-hospital-incident It's starting to look like we may have seen the last of him as an NBA coach. You would think the stress of that job might be somthing he may not be ...

It's not fucking brain surgery. They were a bad team defensively, and a lot of that was because they didn't have good defenders, but also because they didn't put in the effort required. They just went through two championship coaches that they foisted a poorly-constructed roster on, and it's going ...

Basketball executives sure give you a lot of word salad when they try to explain how things are run.

This phenomenon seems to be a more recent thing as the teams have grown into huge corporations.

So in additioin to the league's highest payroll and a huge tax bill this year, Ishbia has a total of $84 million to pay his fired coaches.

Biggest "What ifs?" in SUns history - - What if they had won the coin flip for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - What if they had kept Dennis Johnson instead of John MacLeod? - What if Joe Johnson hadn't broken his face in the playoffs? - What if they had re-signed Joe Johnson? - What if they had called the ...

You can do what Miami did and just keep signing Haslem to contracts with 0 expectations he’ll play The difference is that if Paul wants to play, he's still good enough to demand minutes somewhere. I wouldn't mind him running point here. "What if we had kept Chris Paul" will be one of the great l ...

Split T wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 14, 2025 2:31 pm

You can do what Miami did and just keep signing Haslem to contracts with 0 expectations he’ll play

The difference is that if Paul wants to play, he's still good enough to demand minutes somewhere.

Bookies.com odds for next Suns coach -

Mike Malone +350
Taylor Jenkins +450
Willie Green +550
Chris Quinn +750
James Borrego +800
Micah Nori +950
Darvin Ham +1150
Steve Nash +1400
Sam Cassell +1400
The Field +900