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Bucks are making Bahston look less than good. And is it me, or is this team Harry Carey's nightmare? Antetomounmpo. Ilyasova. Mirotic. Connaughton. There aren't that many consonants in a can of alphabet soup.

And a very dumb firing by Atlanta.

And just overall approach and attitude. Nothing flashy, nothing superfluous. Giannis has a little more natural sizzle than Duncan, but part of that is just personality. He could play as a hell of a lot bigger showboat than he does. Only thing missing is Pop's occasional sarcastic but valid barbs at the media...lol.

Budenholzer spent nearly 2 decades under Popovich. It shows. In more than one way.

Haha...no, totally made up, but I have a feeling he wouldn't disagree. He'd have Curry's shooting numbers.

"Guys can barely touch me and I'll see a zone half the time? Sign me the hell up." - Reggie Miller

Just because I haven't heard his name mentioned all that much this postseason, but all due credit to Budenholzer. Yeah, he's got a well stocked toolbox to work with, but he's pushing most of the right buttons both tactically and personnel-wise.

I wasn't a big LeBron fan at first. Believe it or not, I started to come around to him when the Mavs beat the Heat in the finals. I was glad to see the super team get shattered, but to me, in a way, that was him paying his dues. Him going back to Cleveland the way he did sold me. Is he perfect? No, but neither was Jordan, Wilt, Russell, etc etc. Everyone likes to do the Jordan comparison. If you want this era's Jordan, it was Kobe, not LeBron. LeBron was this era's Magic.

LeBron with Charles Oakley's attitude. That's just scary.

I'm the same. And while I've never liked RWs style of play, I've never found him that unlikable.

I think one of those statements is an effect of the other. Because the Bucks were shooting better, Boston couldn't collapse as much, giving Giannis more room to drive and a little more space to use his quickness against Horford. Domino effect.

Can't lock it down in this case, so long as we get our share.

NHL thread? This is the most excited I've been about my Blues in 15+ years.

Golden State didn't. Had never been past the 2nd round when they won their first title.

Senator, I served with Magic Johnson. I knew Magic Johnson. Magic Johnson was a friend of mine. Senator, RW is no Magic Johnson.

Even if he just continues at the rate he's going, he'll wind up one of the best of his generation. Develop a reasonably good outside shot, and he winds up as a mixture of Dirk and LeBron, both in game and stature/legacy.

Getting outcoached by Brad Stevens isn't exactly something to be ashamed of. Not that it should be used as an excuse either, but there's a reason he is where he is.

Haven't even clicked the link, and can already hear Van Halen.

Gigantic chunk of some titanium alloy, I'm assuming.

My dad was a USAF hydraulic technician during the Vietnam. Spent many hours crawling around landing gears of F111s and F4IIs. And while this wasn't his primary assignment, he did hold both the clearance and the certifications needed, and on two occasions, worked on the SR71 Blackbird. Keep in mind, this was the late 60s and there weren't 5000 people on the planet that knew that plane existed, let alone been able to see the schematics and then the actual aircraft. One of, if not the greatest achievements in modern engineering. An aircraft that could fly more than 3 times the speed of sound, keep a crew of 2 alive and return to be reused, remarkable on its own. The fact it was designed in the 1950s largely by hand....unbelievable.

What defines a "big market" vs "small market"? If the "big markets" are LA and NYC, nearly everything is small by comparison. Hell, the Chicago MSA (as defined by the US Census Bureau) is #3 and is half the size of NYC/NJ. Classifying teams purely as "big" vs "small" markets isn't entirely accurate. To me, there are bands: 1. NY-LA-Chicago (all 10M or over) 2. Dallas-Houston-SF/SJ/Oakland-DC-Miami-Philadelphia-Atlanta (6-7.5M) 3. Atlanta-Boston-Phoenix-Detroit-Minneapolis-Denver (3-6M) 4. Everywhere else (2.5M and under) And, does that translate to success? Sure, they throw a lot of money around, but what does it get them? The Knicks have been putrid for the better part of a decade. Chicago has been sporadic since Jordan.

Not sure if anyone else noticed this, but this is the most balanced our classes have been since pre-Sampson. Rather than having one class of 6-7, followed by a class of 2, we're at 3 or 4 across the board. That's got to be a stabilizing factor in recruiting, since the staff can focus in on specific needs vs trying to just accumulate any and all talent.

Just because I'm so far removed from it, but holy hell....how much is cable nowadays? I know I'm spoiled when it comes to my municipal utilities, but damn.

Limit is 13, isn't it? Edit: I'm out of it this morning. More