u/mookx

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We picked up the term from Sunny in Philadelphia. But it feels like there should be a more British codeword beyond obvious ones like wanker or tosser or bellend.

Treacle Tosser is the best we've come up with but open to ideas.

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It's quite possible he's our starting Pg for the next decade and we live and die by him. Also quite possible we cut him midway through the season and ask him and his salary to just linger on the periphery for years to come.

Could be a post injury Derek Rose situation (never the same), a Zach Randolph in Memphis situation (complete rehab of reputation plus great productivity), or a JR Rider situation (the bullshit just isn't worth the production).

Regardless it's a nice swing you have to take when you've got a young core and two 36yo point guards, and a disappointment, given the pick, in Scoot.

Good that it's a roster consolidation, trading two spots for one. We've got space to acquire forwards. Hopefully guys better than Murray and Grant, which should be possible given our assets.

Good that it clearly opens the door and advertises to the league that Jrue, Scoot and Shae are available. These guys are all reasonably paid for what they bring, and will return value to the right teams.

Good that we're flipping two coins on the PG position. If Dame isn't 80% of what he was, maybe Ja is. Or vice versa.

Regardless I like the odds of at least one of them making the other somewhat irrelevant. And if they both take off, well, then Ja is suddenly kind of tradeable. Or you sell Dame on load managing with an eye to the playoffs. It's a great problem to have.

Lastly I like that Ja is entering our team with everyone knowing he was traded for a bag of chips. It's Deni's team, and Dame is royalty. You've proven that the guys who know you best think you're worth less than Jerami fucking Grant. Go out and earn respect, because you don't have much right now, in the NBA and on this team.

I'm really disappointed with Clingan the more I see the Spurs in the playoffs. Could he really play meaningful minutes in a deep playoff run?

Mine:

Skint in a material world

I did a warehouse stint for Southsea girl

It was Hong Kong clothes for cash

Everybody got treated worse than trash

Punch the card in the company clock

Load the trolleys and the company trucks

And around and around the whole day through

And you couldn't sit down when there was nothing to do

That last line was every shit job I've ever had.

It's a little game I started to kill time when I was a Scouts leader. I got all the kids to go by their new names for an overnight.

I've found Lonesome Dove, The Talented Mr Ripley and also all the Sherlock Holmes on there. Anything else you love?

Honestly a premium YouTube account is worth it just to skip ads and easily play audio with the screen off, which is perfect for audiobooks.

I feel like he's the real prize we're after this summer. A team of Dame, Brown, Tou, Deni and DC may not be a contender, but it isn't far off if we can bolster the bench. I heard Bill Simmons discuss it the other day and he seemed genuinely happy about the idea of it nets them Giannis.

He's 30 next year, so he's still got some tread on his tires. Are the Bucks picks plus our first rounder enough to get him? Is Shae or Scoot going to have to be included instead?

After every game the league reviews tape and identifies any sort of acting (flailing, shouting' falling etc) that is pretty clearly designed to get a whistle. We publish stats of each case by player and team. If you rack up enough flops (say 5), you're automatically suspended a game. It compounds, so the more flops the more suspensions. It carries over into the playoffs.

I think the combination of public shaming statistics and missed games would completely eliminate flopping quite quickly.