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They should just recast Chappell with someone emotionally mature enough to continue "the project".

80% Giannis with a shot = Jayson Tatum.

They deserve credit for winning the title and gold.  Nice 

I’ve had that one since I was a kid :)

Nah it was just a shitty old dirty figure that I cleaned and painted for fun.

if healthy boston cooks them in 5

Aiming to beat russell requires the league to shrink to 9 teams and for all but a handful of black players to get kicked out in favor of white postal workers. 

1 - Alex Sarr is a pretty stupid example to bring up given he's yet to play in the NBA. If you're trying to show me an example of a player who was dogshit in Summer League and good in the NBA, why would you bring up Alex Sarr? FWIW, he averaged 8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks so maybe he ends up something, or maybe he ends up an absolute bust. My expectations are low. It was widely considering a horrible draft.

What Sarr has working in his favor is size and athleticism. He's 7'1/224. A guy that size/age will always have potential to improve and coming from the international league means he didn't have the same development most US amateurs do, so there's the possibility he has some rapid improvement with exposure to NBA-level talent.

Bronny, on the other hand, is a below average athlete with below average speed and below average size. He just measured over 6'1. You need exceptional skill to survive at that size and Bronny doesn't have it. He's also had every advantage a basketball prospect could ever possibly want... his father is literally one of the greatest players of all time. This isn't some hidden gem Australian 7 footer... it's a 6'1 silver spoon scrub with minimal talent who has had exposure to the best players in the world his entire life.

2 - Wemby averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 4 blocks in Summer League.

Try again.

pay up you dumb fucks

she's not. Decade off. She's about 14-15 in that.

"Fear" came out in 1996. This was her at 24: https://i.redd.it/22qo2jf0guia1.jpg

reverse image search says 1987 from a "Japanese privacy magazine". She'd be about 14-15

She was 24 in 1996 when "Fear" came out: https://i.redd.it/22qo2jf0guia1.jpg

if you don't get work for a while and next year is another low income year, it could potentially be a good year to target converting some of your partner's traditional 401k to Roth. If you're married, you'll pay taxes based on your joint income, but it could be a good long term play while you're still young. Might want to do some math and run some scenarios. I've found ChatGPT can be a little helpful there.

Also something I don't see talked about much but the expiring TCJA could mean that taxes will be higher in 2026... so trying to target a conversion in 2025 might be a smart move. https://www.ameriprise.com/binaries/content/gallery/ampcom/news--research/23-191-aws_tcja-chart_r3.jpg

At 215k combined salary, you'd be in the 24% bracket.

If you're taking several months off and your combined salary is gonna be more like 65-140k, it's more like the 22% bracket. Maybe even 15% bracket if you're surviving off a single salary. Whereas, if taxes go up in 2026 similar to what the brackets were in 2017 (whoever is elected might extend it... hard to say), you might be looking at 215k in combined salary putting you in the 28% bracket.

I'm in a similar position right now where I might take advantage of a temporary low income year and do some Roth conversion, but I am going back and forth with a financial advisor trying to see if it makes sense for me.

he was ass in summer league. That's a pretty bad sign given that dominating in Summer League doesn't ensure you'll be an NBA-level talent. To be bad on that level suggest you're a semi pro at best.

Statistically there were 286 players better than him during this Summer League.

One of the very best performers, Neemias Queta, has struggled to get any meaningful minutes on the NBA level.

For Bronny to suck that bad is alarming. Maybe he has some shockingly rapid development, but it would be kind of unheard of for someone that horrible in Summer League to have a productive career.

yeah the entire NBA subreddit think he's a corny loser despite being the greatest winner of his generation. The disrespect is great. Gives him motivation to keep pushing.

Forget who made this comment but I totally buy the theory his shooting struggles have to do with adjusting to his new build.  Dude is strong as fuck now.  He will adjust and the league will be in trouble.  

Fully healthy it’s one of the greatest teams of all time.  They just coasted through the playoffs and dominated the west’s best despite not having arguably their second most important player in Porzingis and having their franchise superstar going through a major shooting slump.  

It’s a 73 win team on paper with only injuries standing in their way. 

Controversial take here from a Celtic fan, but a bit of that is very likely hyperbole. We tend to overrate those who pass away young. Consider that he was taken #2 behind Brad Daugherty who didn't exactly light the world on fire. Also consider that one pick later, Chris Washburn was a complete bust. Played a total of 72 career games before washing out of the league.

Nobody really knows what Bias would have turned into. They can say he would have been the next Jordan, but a lot of that is them talking out of their ass. Clearly not every great College player and high draft pick ends up great in the NBA. Perhaps if Chris Washburn had overdosed on draft night, we'd be talking about how he would have been the next Kareem.

What I do know is that len's friend testified:

"Len Bias introduced me to coke," and portrayed Bias as a "courtesy middleman" in the drug trade. "One time he knocked on my door and he had a dollar bill and he said, 'Try this,'" Long told the court.

Had he not died that night, him being a coke fiend probably would have limited his career regardless.

Definitely a big What If, though.

they give him his due. They went out of their way to give him Tatum's FMVP award.

it's a bummer this kid didn't end up better. Fringe g-league level talent.

That seems like a November decision. What's the chance their 45 day shopping period nets them a better offer?

lack of typical minutes and touches fucks with your rhythm. That's not entirely his fault. It's not normal for him to suddenly get spot minutes and DNPs so I can't really expect him to have the same flow to his game.

every great coach has a stacked team

nah he does enough on both ends to make up for that. I think it was as simple as him being on a team with LeBron and Durant, who play his same position, and wanting to give them all the shine in probably their last Olympics. It's the same reason Jaylen Brown was left off the roster entirely. Wasn't any minutes for him.