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It’s quite ironic that Jeanie is putting up a fuss, doesn’t look like legally she has any legs to stand on. However wants to stay in control of the lakers so bad for some reason after backstabbing every single member of her family.

She has played great PR to always make her look like the hero and their siblings villains. Even in the show running point which she was the producer of, shows her in a positive light.

Interestingly Luka had 5 first teams in a row since his second season, in 24-25 he didn’t make them due to injury and games played.

LeBron made second team all NBA twice instead of first in 2005 and 2007 causing him to miss out.

Jordan didn’t make first team in his rookie season like Luka and LeBron, he also missed out in his second season due to injury. He then had 6 seasons in a row as first team all NBA.

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Thybulle has guarded and locked down Tatum, and while guarding wings isn’t his speciality he could certainly do it occasionally. Then there’s Ziaire, Mamu and the deep bench/rotation Kaluma and Thiero. Our PF depth isn’t bad. EDIT: completely forgot about Laravia lmao.

However getting Kuminga for Vando and Knecht would be beneficial as I don’t see them fitting on this roster much.

If this Lakers team stays healthy with their key players luka, Kessler, reaves not missing massive time, this team will absolutely be in the battle for first seed. Especially if we add a decent 4. You can save this post and clown me if we don’t.

This team has all the the players and tools needed to succeed. Teams will not dare blitz and triple luka again. There’s too many threats in the team now. Snipers in grimes, sexton, reaves, mamu, Carr. Lob threats in Carr, Kessler, mamu, (kuminga?), thiero, Kaluma, ziaire.

Then you have elite rim protection in Kessler, very good POA defence in grimes, all defensive level defender in thybulle who can also shoot 3s at a decent rate now. Then another great defender with a okay shot in ziaire williams, also add kaluma and thiero for depth.

For shot blockers you have Kessler, Carr, Sandro, ziaire, kaluma, thiero.

Offensive rebounding / great screen setting in looney paired with Kessler elite offensive rebounding.

Playmaking off the bench in sexton and you have fucking reaves who can do most of everything that Luka can at a slightly lower level. This team is just really well balanced and maybe two more players to come instead of vando and knecht and team will be perfect.

The 2024 Bridge Agreement which is linked states:

“Rip City continues to have responsibility for operating Moda Center, funding and completing capital repair, maintenance, and improvement projects and maintaining the arena in a first-class manner. Rip City and the City have agreed on a 5-year plan for
specific sustaining capital projects for the arena to be implemented during the term of the bridge agreement.”

Blazers are asking for more then 600m+ in repairs and maintaince cost. If the Blazers move the city can use this to sue the blazers. Councillors have threatened this to the blazers when they were not coming to meetings to try to negotiate.
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I’ve linked the agreement and it states.
“Rip City continues to have responsibility for operating Moda Center, funding and completing capital repair, maintenance, and improvement projects and maintaining the arena in a first-class manner.”

I’m sick and tired of people conflating Dundon winning a chip whilst doing cheap shit in the NHL. He lucked into a coach who was a previous player of the team who stayed even with lowball salary offer due to loyalty. Also lucked into a GM who might leave soon. Then you need to know NHL is a completely different sport.

Star players or individual players don’t affect the game as much as they do in the NBA. Due to shift changes etc, in the nba you need to have a star player or a very good player to win a championship around top 10 in the league. The way you attract or keep those players is not by being cheap and creating a miserable environment for the players and fans.

Normally, NBA radio broadcasters travel with the team on charter flights to road games, stay at the team hotel, and call games live from the arena.

Under the reported proposal, Demers would no longer travel with the team. Instead, he would be calling road games remotely rather than from courtside.

The reported offer also removed his employee benefits, including healthcare, dental coverage, retirement contributions, and potentially other benefits.

If Demers was earning around $150,000 an estimate for an experienced NBA radio pbp announcer a 60% pay cut would reduce his salary to roughly US$60,000. That’s before accounting for the reported loss of benefits, travel, and analyst support.