Recent content by Strutter

Did you read mine? Lmao. You said we should've traded him and because we didn't that it's a massive failure. And if we're not significantly better making the best Lauri trade that was reportedly out there, then how could it be a massive failure? And the second half was discussing the whole...

So you believe we would be in a significantly better situation if we had Moses Moody and a couple protected firsts and seconds? Because it kind of looks like that's the highest return we were looking at. I was okay with trading Lauri, and still think we should have. I just think the idea that...

There's a minimum team salary: you have to pay someone. Lauri will be turning 30 in the 2026/27 season, which is when we will be pushing hard for wins. He shouldn't necessarily be washed up at that point and he just might help us with a quick restart if we hit on this draft and the next. From a...

Overall I give it an A- . While I'm a bit scared of missing on Ace, I'm so glad they made the pick. We took a swing to try and get a guy who could maybe be "the guy" and that's what I wanted most from this draft. A or A- I probably would've stayed at 21 and seen who fell to that spot, but I...

Apologies if a similar trade has been discussed here (I went back several pages to check). How would you all feel about this trade? We get a solid young player on a smaller contract, grab Dylan Harper, we move from 21 to 15 (pick up someone with high upside like Essengue). Obviously Spurs have...

If the Pacers somehow pull off the win would it change the discourse around the 2004 Pistons? Seems like the prevailing thought for a long while has been that you need a superstar to win it all, and the 2004 Pistons were one weird outlier. I wonder if that thought might shift now (or maybe its...

Love Hoop Intellect. My favorite breakdowns on YouTube by far.

There's a part of me that thinks Cody is just a bit too in his head at the moment. Not in a "psyching himself out" way but in a "thinking about everything instead of letting the game come to him" way. There's a chance he never moves past that (or a chance that he just doesn't have a motor /...

I think it helps tanking about as much as the system does now (which obviously doesn't 100% discourage tanking). But it also flattens the curve a bit so the results aren't so spikey. With the proposed format, it's not as damning to end up as a bad but not terrible team for a few years. You still...

I feel like I posted this elsewhere, but assuming you want to keep both goals, I think there should be a lottery carryover system. So similar system (flatter odds, lottery for 1-4, playoffs mean you get no lottery balls) but if you don't "win the lottery" you get to keep your lottery chances for...

Where do the tank-haters think we would be if we hadn't made either of those trades? Genuine question.

Anyone know the best way to watch tonight? (If I can handle the anxiety, ha) EDIT: Never mind, found it. 5:00 mountain on ESPN

I enjoyed this season too, in its own way. Although I definitely caught less of the games after the all star break (before that I watched almost all of them). It was a different mentality, but in a way it was sort of freeing to just watch the guys play and figure out what they're good at...

We're making jokes in here, but I thought Cody genuinely looked good this game.

Under the proposed rules, those Group 2 teams are now fully locked out of the chance at a generational talent type of pick (Wemby, Flagg, etc.) so they would be incentivized even higher to not get locked out of a chance.