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And that's why we will likely always be in the treadmill of mediocrity. Markkenanen is a great guy and good player, but he isn't taking us anywhere. He's a 3rd option on a title team but we have to build around him like he's a #1 or #2. We cleaned up on the Rudy deal and should have built...

We will never know everything. What we do know is that Donovan linked up with Coach Hardy AFTER the Rudy trade BEFORE Don was traded. I don't think he does that if he was pushing his way out. But we will never know everything. Kessler and Mitchell while Kessler is making his current salary is...

LeBron has 54 million twitter followers. In other words, LeBron gets paid $1 for every 385 people he could possibly influence via twitter.

We should have just kept Donovan Mitchell.

Everything has changed. These guys are making so much money outside the sport that the sport doesn't have the same impact. I mean, look at a guy like John Stockton. How much money did he bring in outside of the NBA? When companies lifted up Michael Jordan, it all started to gradually change...

Maybe they should do every quarter with the same format they use in the 4th quarter. The charity money should be much higher. I think the losing team should forfeit to charity any money they made by becoming an all star. I just read that the "runners up" in the All Star Game get $25,000...

If they aren't going to play the game as it's intended... - Separate the teams and have every All Star compete in a timed skills challenge type competition - Dribbling, shooting, passing, dunk contest, etc. - it should be injury free but pushes the players more than their current ole defense...

I'm perfectly fine to keep discussing. At no point did I say otherwise. Everyone doesn't have to hate LeBron. You can, go ahead, no one will stop you.

I didn't see it that way at all. The way I see it, that was done as much to acknowledge a Utah Jazz great since the Malone is in the top 3 and we were hosting the game. As soon as LeBron was announced, he moved to quickly to show gratitude to DWade for the intro then brought Kareem and Malone...

The game is what it is. I don't know how we change it. It was clear that a few guys were actually trying out there - Embiid, Donovan, Tatum and a few others. Hell, even LeBron was contesting shots at the rim, but look at what that got him - he hurt his hand.

Replacing Russ with Conley, Beasley and Vanderbilt transforms that team. Anything is possible.

Jokic got a triple double on Rudy in the first half.

Good point. That's why they probably want nothing to do with Rudy Gay and his $6+ million for next year.

I thought we had $7 million in space? Westbrook for Conley, Beasley and Vanderbilt brings in less than $5 million extra. Even with a couple minimum pickups, we would avoid the luxury without having to do an extra deal right?

If I'm the Lakers, I protect it for 1st overall and that's it.

The Lakers lack depth and selflessness. Conley is a total team guy. Vanderbilt is the ultimate selfless guy. Beasley is a shooter for a team that desperately needs to spread the floor for LBJ and AD. If the Lakers only give up one protected pick (maybe protected for only #1 or something), they...

The Lakers might balk on the pick cost of that trade, but Conley, Beasley and Vanderbilt are exactly the type guys that team needs. And they save almost $5 million in salaries which equates to how much in luxury? $10-15 million total in savings?

Thats a monster trade for both sides.

Jordan won a lot of his awards due to Nike, Gatorade and the fact that the league was desperately trying to create a bigger market with the upcoming decline of Bird and Magic. Gobert won a few awards because the entire system played to his strengths while trying to limit his weaknesses. Rudy...

Jordan was a great player on both ends. He was a player from the early 2000's thrown in an era when nobody knew what to do with a guy who played like he did. He had controlled athleticism and he played in all phases of the game. Hardly any players of that 80's era were doing that. I'm not...