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I would assume they would hide the hush money a bit better than the Kawhi money. Nothing is truly out of the bag with the employees yet anyway. It was all anonymous. May not be a hush money situation but maybe just a huge threat of lawsuit that would stop any employees from disclosing info to...

Yeah... they got Shams talking about all star formats and **** lol. Simmons hasn't said anything... I give Pablo a ton of credit as he has potential to get smacked with all sorts of legal shenanigans. Others are ducking the smoke here in a way that feels... coordinated?

I think those employees that came forward end up getting approached about some generous NDAs. They came forward anonymously.

The Joe Smith one wasn't egregious imo... it was just on paper. I think that type of **** happens all the time. Small example. Denver gets Reggie Jackson on a min when he hits the buyout market. There was competition for his services then. He plays poorly... Denver gives him 2/10m the next year...

NBA and the other owners don't have a huge incentive to push hard for a punishment. The players union doesn't want things to change. There are likely a few butt hurt teams that will grumble but they will be pacified. Unless the owners are way cleaner than I think I don't know where the big...

I think it becomes like arbitration tbh. NBA "investigates" but then has a talk with Ballz about the other owners are mad and it looks bad. They agree to the punishment... 7.5M and second round picks but that it wasn't clear that Ballmer, Kawhi, Aspiration colluded directly. Some rules get...

This will 100% get squashed. There will be a couple second round picks but they will find the work around to allow Clips to save face. No one wants to fight a legal battle with Ballmer. He's passionate and has infinite money. On top of it he may force other owners to open their books... this...

I am guessing Tony wanted to announce this himself if true. Locke may have outed him.

@Elizah Huge and I tried a few solo after game pods because it was a way to get more out and leverage our time better. It was so hard lol. Locke deserves some credit there. Super dick move to not let Tony announce this on his terms though if true.

@Tony Jones is the best. If this is true it is wild Locke announced it rather than letting Tony speak for himself. But we will miss Tony's coverage dearly! Hope he remains part of the community... I have a feeling he will still check in. He will want to maintain his Utah connects and he can't...

Nurk being out of shape and unable to run is a feature... not a bug.

Never thought about it but you are right. The mountains and Jazz is such a random pairing. Almost has more aura because its so goofy.

Add in the Rockets... even though they didn't fully capitalize. I think this would be easy and you could sell it as deterring multi year eternal tanks. Get the #1 pick in a bad draft or whiff on the pick and it sucks even more... but at lease level the luck part of the equation a little.

If I didn't think Monk could hurt the tank I'd consider it. Still have to be careful there.

I'd take him lol. Its an absolute dumpster fire over there. They want to clear up the roster so they can make a play for... checks notes... Russell Westbrook. IDK how to go get a 2026 Kings pick but we need to figure it out.

This was always the best play for them imo. Unless they were going to give him the keys and move away from Fox. I just don't see how they can max the development and value of all three of Fox, Harper, and Castle... I also think they are playing a little bit too long of a game potentially.

I don't honestly know how much that really factored in. I think he was always kind of a mid to late first round guy so a small slip for a potential tweener who hadn't shot it at a high clip yet... is not unheard of. If it is one of the reasons those teams are so incredibly dumb.

Haven't you had him #1 on your big board since like 2022 lol. I think you may have invented him.

Ain't worried about the athleticism. The size and his jumper has been getting blocked a bit... so may need to speed up that release.

Extremely curios how Kyle develops. I think I have no doubt he can be a starter level player on offense as a big. Defense I think he will always be a tweener but its not an impossible fit. I still want to see him utilize his defensive playmaking more like he did in college. He had very good...