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  1. ManicCompression

    The WNBA: Thread II

    I don’t really understand the idea that being a great player should necessarily equal shoe deal. Charisma is significantly more important than actual on court production, which is why some of the biggest sneakers of the last 40 years have been from Larry Johnson, Penny Hardaway, Kyrie Irving...
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    We need Exasperated Guy to weigh in on this one
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    Derrick White, On-Off wizard

    I think the difference there is that FVV signed a really short deal. Bad young teams have a different challenge in which all the young guys have to sign their own extensions on a timetable, so d white at 40 mil over 4 makes a young team exorbitantly expensive faster than normal. So he could...
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    Yeah, I probably agree with you, but there is some method to their madness. It’s the price of having Dan Gilbert as your owner.
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    It's a strategy to possibly win one series, which is the priority of Altman and Bickerstaff after getting bullied around by NYK last year. They would like to keep their jobs more than they would like to be in the best position to win a title.
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    They wanted to play Orlando in the first round instead of possibly Miami or Philly, so they put out the most embarrassing lineup they possibly could in the fourth quarter to ensure that result. That's the obvious advantage, not rest for their starters.
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    2024 NFL General Season News and Notes

    I'm saying different body types age differently - that's not moving the goalpost, it's a self obvious statement that is basically true across all sports.
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    2024 NFL General Season News and Notes

    How do you know they weren't involved (whatever that means)? And do you notice any similarities between the the guys you list and Stefon Diggs? They're all big, non-elusive receivers who don't need speed to succeed. That ages much better than someone like Diggs who needs his athleticism to...
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    2024 NFL General Season News and Notes

    So you don't care about aging curves at all, the fact that Diggs forcing a QB to feed him when that would actually stunt the Rookie's development, also forcing a rookie QB to answer for him every time he sounds off on twitter... I'm all for getting a good receiver in house, but how about we get...
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    2024 NFL General Season News and Notes

    He is not the perfect guy to put around a young QB. Have you seen his behavior at his last two stops?
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    The Next Pats QB: Daniels or Maye?

    Ben Solak of the ringer jizzing over Drake Maye. https://www.theringer.com/2024/4/3/24119882/drake-maye-nfl-draft-pick He gets into strengths, weaknesses, supporting cast, etc. His comp is Trevor Lawrence in terms of physical tools and having to grow out of bad habits.
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    You’re arguing one thing and I’m arguing another. I don’t care why he wasn’t throwing the football much in certain games. My point is that he’s judged on a different playing field than other QBs because he wasn’t tested in the same way. How does he respond when the defense has their ears pinned...
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    Yeah, I agree he’s not anything physically like Mac Jones (much better tools) but Mac was also hard to separate from his situation. I can see the similarity in that sense.
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    it’s not that it’s the norm, it’s that you’re forced to take a few plays and then project them into the NFL rather than a wealth of plays. No one is doubting that he flashed in moments, but every single prospect flashes in moments (remember Jamarcus Russell? Cardale Jones? Zach Wilson?). When...
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    It’s fine that those are the reasons he didn’t throw much in big games, but it doesn’t change the fact that he didn’t throw much in big games. It seems relevant that we don’t know what he’s like in a comeback, or when he’s under pressure, or when the defense doesn’t have to worry about the...
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    Against one of the best defenses he faced all year (Penn State), he threw 8 passes. Then 18 in the national championship game. If you're trying to understand how he'll do in the pros, you don't get as much information as other prospects because (and the reason for it doesn't matter) he usually...
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    Well obviously, but the same caveat applies for all of JJs TBD flaws that haven’t been found because he’s been in a system that protected him
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    I agree with this. The argument above for McCarthy sounds like “he has more potential because we haven’t seen his weaknesses yet!” But that’s just because we haven’t seen JJ out of his comfort zone. He didn’t have to play hero ball like Maye because his team was better… he was basically...
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    We still have no idea what he got fired for. All we got were extremely generalized statements with no details. The city of Boston has no idea whether to be happy or angry with their team for firing their coach in the manner they did, and the city of Houston has no idea if they should or...
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    Are you suuuuuure?
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