All Things Ayton

[Furlanfufi]

Translating: Gui Santos received almost double the votes Ayton received for the all star game.

[In2ition]

Hilarious. Even his Bahamas family won't vote for him.

[AmareIsGod]

Guys I think I am going to be physically sick.

I knew a game like tonight’s was coming from him and bet on it happening last night. If I had bet on it tonight, I would have turned $10 into $1,000.

*cue the jokes about my “one game too soon” rule*

Well reset your counter, I think its 1 on 2 off correct?

The odds will never be that good again this season likely. He had lulled everyone to sleep and it was the perfect time to bet on him. I just was off by a game lol.

Update: Yeah now the same bet on the same site only turns $10 into $400, despite the fact that it’s even less likely he does it again tonight, for the second straight game.

Did you bet? He had 20 and 12. What's the requirement to win?

[Kryptonic]

https://apple.news/A2esYvAoQR-6SndP-9VReWw

Deandre Ayton claims he has nothing to prove as he's 'a max player,' but that's precisely the problem

Nice scathing piece on ayton

[Mori Chu]

https://apple.news/A2esYvAoQR-6SndP-9VReWw

Deandre Ayton claims he has nothing to prove as he's 'a max player,' but that's precisely the problem

Nice scathing piece on ayton

Thanks for the link. Non-Apple-News link to the article:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/dean ... e-problem/

Yet Ayton seems largely unfazed by these developments. In an interview with Basketball Intelligence's Mark Medina, he said that he has "nothing to prove in this league." Why? "I'm a max player, and I'll continue to be a max player," Ayton said.

In the technical sense, Ayton is correct. He signed a max contract, and is therefore a max player if it expires. But in the more practical sense of the term, no, Ayton is not a max player or even close to it. His numbers should be enough to prove that, but in case they aren't, Ayton is the 40th-highest-paid player in the NBA this season. Of the 39 players ahead of him, 36 have been named All-Stars at least once. Two of the remaining three players, Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray, are NBA champions, and the lone remaining option, C.J. McCollum, spent his prime playing second fiddle to Damian Lillard on a Blazers team that was rarely good enough to warrant two All-Stars. Ayton hasn't accomplished what those players have.

[iLLmatic]

https://apple.news/A2esYvAoQR-6SndP-9VReWw

Deandre Ayton claims he has nothing to prove as he's 'a max player,' but that's precisely the problem

Nice scathing piece on ayton

Thanks for the link. Non-Apple-News link to the article:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/dean ... e-problem/

Yet Ayton seems largely unfazed by these developments. In an interview with Basketball Intelligence's Mark Medina, he said that he has "nothing to prove in this league." Why? "I'm a max player, and I'll continue to be a max player," Ayton said.

In the technical sense, Ayton is correct. He signed a max contract, and is therefore a max player if it expires. But in the more practical sense of the term, no, Ayton is not a max player or even close to it. His numbers should be enough to prove that, but in case they aren't, Ayton is the 40th-highest-paid player in the NBA this season. Of the 39 players ahead of him, 36 have been named All-Stars at least once. Two of the remaining three players, Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray, are NBA champions, and the lone remaining option, C.J. McCollum, spent his prime playing second fiddle to Damian Lillard on a Blazers team that was rarely good enough to warrant two All-Stars. Ayton hasn't accomplished what those players have.

He’s a 7 footer selling a dream. I think the nba has finally caught on.

[Flagrant Fowl]

They caught on a long time ago which is why he barely got a max offer at the last minute and couldn't return even a fringe All-Star in a trade.

[JeremyG]

Guys I think I am going to be physically sick.

I knew a game like tonight’s was coming from him and bet on it happening last night. If I had bet on it tonight, I would have turned $10 into $1,000.

*cue the jokes about my “one game too soon” rule*

Well reset your counter, I think its 1 on 2 off correct?

The odds will never be that good again this season likely. He had lulled everyone to sleep and it was the perfect time to bet on him. I just was off by a game lol.

Update: Yeah now the same bet on the same site only turns $10 into $400, despite the fact that it’s even less likely he does it again tonight, for the second straight game.

Did you bet? He had 20 and 12. What's the requirement to win?

I did bet a small amount on 18 & 12 (+750 or 7.5x return), which was nice. But the bet I was talking about was 18/15/1 steal/1 block—it was a +10000 bet (100x return) earlier in the week before he accomplished it (I believe he had that specific line only twice last season). In other words, a 10,000% return on your money—if someone had bet $10,000 on it, they would have $1 million.

[Superbone]

Well reset your counter, I think its 1 on 2 off correct?

The odds will never be that good again this season likely. He had lulled everyone to sleep and it was the perfect time to bet on him. I just was off by a game lol.

Update: Yeah now the same bet on the same site only turns $10 into $400, despite the fact that it’s even less likely he does it again tonight, for the second straight game.

Did you bet? He had 20 and 12. What's the requirement to win?

I did bet a small amount on 18 & 12 (+750 or 7.5x return), which was nice. But the bet I was talking about was 18/15/1 steal/1 block—it was a +10000 bet (100x return) earlier in the week before he accomplished it (I believe he had that specific line only twice last season). In other words, a 10,000% return on your money—if someone had bet $10,000 on it, they would have $1 million.

Or -$10,000 most nights.

[JeremyG]

The odds will never be that good again this season likely. He had lulled everyone to sleep and it was the perfect time to bet on him. I just was off by a game lol.

Update: Yeah now the same bet on the same site only turns $10 into $400, despite the fact that it’s even less likely he does it again tonight, for the second straight game.

Did you bet? He had 20 and 12. What's the requirement to win?

I did bet a small amount on 18 & 12 (+750 or 7.5x return), which was nice. But the bet I was talking about was 18/15/1 steal/1 block—it was a +10000 bet (100x return) earlier in the week before he accomplished it (I believe he had that specific line only twice last season). In other words, a 10,000% return on your money—if someone had bet $10,000 on it, they would have $1 million.

Or -$10,000 most nights.

True but if he does it twice a season it’s still a good bet. It only took him 28 games, so if you’re Charles Barkley and can afford to bet $280,000 to win $1 million it would have been a good deal.

[Superbone]

Update: Yeah now the same bet on the same site only turns $10 into $400, despite the fact that it’s even less likely he does it again tonight, for the second straight game.

Did you bet? He had 20 and 12. What's the requirement to win?

I did bet a small amount on 18 & 12 (+750 or 7.5x return), which was nice. But the bet I was talking about was 18/15/1 steal/1 block—it was a +10000 bet (100x return) earlier in the week before he accomplished it (I believe he had that specific line only twice last season). In other words, a 10,000% return on your money—if someone had bet $10,000 on it, they would have $1 million.

Or -$10,000 most nights.

True but if he does it twice a season it’s still a good bet. It only took him 28 games, so if you’re Charles Barkley and can afford to bet $280,000 to win $1 million it would have been a good deal.

I did think about that. Assuming the same bet is available every game. Maybe you could pitch it to Charles.

[Superbone]

As much as we complained about Ayton, at least we didn't draft Ben Simmons!

[TOO]

As much as we complained about Ayton, at least we didn't draft Ben Simmons!

Ben Simmons has been an all-star and all NBA.

[JeremyG]

As much as we complained about Ayton, at least we didn't draft Ben Simmons!

Ben Simmons has been an all-star and all NBA.

Would you rather have that and then 20 games per season, or a trip to the Finals?

Y’all love to talk about FTs. This season, Simmons is averaging 30 mpg, 0.6 FTA, and shooting 25.0% FT. Yikes.

[Superbone]

As much as we complained about Ayton, at least we didn't draft Ben Simmons!

Ben Simmons has been an all-star and all NBA.

And how many games has he played out of how many possible?

[specialsauce]

As much as we complained about Ayton, at least we didn't draft Ben Simmons!

Ben Simmons has been an all-star and all NBA.

Roy Hibbert is a 2 time ALL-STAR. Come on now

[TOO]

Ben Simmons was better than any version of Ayton before he got the yips. There is no argument here.

They both are worthless now. Simmons has accomplished more than Ayton has.

[TOO]

As much as we complained about Ayton, at least we didn't draft Ben Simmons!

Ben Simmons has been an all-star and all NBA.

Roy Hibbert is a 2 time ALL-STAR. Come on now

He was all all NBA, don't forget that. Ayton has zero career accomplishments. Zero.

[TOO]

As much as we complained about Ayton, at least we didn't draft Ben Simmons!

Ben Simmons has been an all-star and all NBA.

And how many games has he played out of how many possible?

That doesn't matter to me, is Ayton better than AD because he's missed like half his career to injuries?

[specialsauce]

As much as we complained about Ayton, at least we didn't draft Ben Simmons!

Ben Simmons has been an all-star and all NBA.

Roy Hibbert is a 2 time ALL-STAR. Come on now

He was all all NBA, don't forget that. Ayton has zero career accomplishments. Zero.

Honestly that was trash that the NBA awarded Hibbert that.