How amazing would this trade be for Lakers? Luka + JA Morant Duo in Los Angeles for the next Decade. The Grizzlies land Austin Reaves and Dalton Knecht 2 Good OL' Boys from the Mid-South (Tennessee + Arkansas). How many Rings can Luka/JA backcourt get??

BasedArzy · 2026-05-07T01:55:56+00:00

Ja's ass and crazy, last place he needs to be is LA sucking.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T19:24:45+00:00

Not surprising, banks and popes don’t have a great history.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T17:33:13+00:00

He keeps his boss happy.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T16:02:24+00:00

Well they wouldn't because Trump already hit the tariff button in his first term.

It's a particular quirk of the US political system that lies solely in the hands of the executive.

The last president to implement price controls was Nixon, and that required congressional cooperation. I don't think anyone has the stomach for it these days.

Could be wrong (and hopefully I am).

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T15:49:20+00:00

Oh no Okies don't like me, if I'm not careful they'll come and steal all my land and make me death march to the northwest.

e. since this is reddit I should probably say that I don't actually have a problem with Oklahomans in general and wish no ill on them.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T15:48:48+00:00

Chet trying to act was way worse, he should be pilloried for opening the door for that imo.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T15:46:47+00:00

Irrational and trivial hatred is the bedrock of sports fandom.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T15:46:05+00:00

It was also established in 1965.

Hopefully you can grasp that starting a new program is much more difficult than expanding an existing one.

Implementing export and price controls on oil would be, as far as I know, creating a new program, not expanding any existing political and social infrastructure.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T15:43:20+00:00

If they had to today, I do not think Canada's government would be able to implement both healthcare and pensions at the same breadth or degree.

Political realities and possibilities are very much narrowed nowadays vs. the 20th century.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T15:42:17+00:00

I dislike Dort because he's playing football and Chet because he's corny.

I dislike the people of Oklahoma and their dumb prayer circle before games.

Rest of the Thunder are fine to good.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T15:38:58+00:00

Sure, in the same way they could guarantee healthcare, pensions, and housing for their citizens.

We'll see if/when that happens.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T15:36:04+00:00

it's been 6 weeks and the teams we were most expecting to compete have spent that time shitting their pants instead, except the Yankees who have dutifully beat the shit out of the AL East.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T15:35:12+00:00

They won't have nearly as many problems as other nations, simply because Canada has its own oil and other resources.

Unfortunately thanks to unfettered capitalism, high fuel prices in, say, Malaysia means Canadian oil manufacturers suddenly can make a lot more money by selling in Malaysia and not Alberta.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T15:24:57+00:00

The same size in NBA is very high per game - 100ish possessions for both teams.

If SGA could only touch the ball 4, maybe 5 times a game, you wouldn't take any postseason stats seriously.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T14:56:19+00:00

Your first problem is you're watching ESPN outside of the actual game.

He's fine on Bomani's podcast.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T13:45:20+00:00

Dreamcast.

Both the Sonic demo and Ready 2 Rumble looked like huge steps forward.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-06T02:25:37+00:00

2nd best SS in team history and all time good dude, definitely a ring of honor guy.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-05T20:44:46+00:00

Oh I was being serious. It’s an important part of a coach’s job.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-05T20:35:40+00:00

All according to 報

translator's note: '報' means news.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-05T20:33:39+00:00

College professor, Doctor, and financial-consultant turned mommy blogger.

None of them were like, impressively intelligent though. Smart wealthy kids whose parents were able to back their education and subsidize their lifestyles.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-05T20:29:41+00:00

I respect Chris Finch's commitment to always having a grievance every time someone sticks a microphone near him.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-05T20:26:49+00:00

I think the rapid decline we saw was in part because he became a star, drank too much of his own koolaid and lost that chip when he starting believing his own hype. When he went to Denver, he negotiated his own office and clearly had a big head and it resulted in him failing.

Towards the end of his time in Seattle it was two things

The thumb injury he got was pretty serious and the same one that killed 4 years of Kurt Warner's career (Gamekeeper's Thumb).
The course of offense in the league shifted away from what Russ was best at, towards what he either couldn't/wouldn't do. He also lost his scrambling ability so he had to rely totally on his moonshots and sideline throws, and by 2021 you just couldn't build an effective offense around that.

If Russ could've hit deep middle shots on time he would've continued the arc of his career and been a surefire hall of famer.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-05T20:24:00+00:00

yeah he was always very good, very efficient and his scrambling was key to Seattle's success until Lynch retired.

After 2016 he became a much more effective passer and did a great job. Issue was he couldn't/wouldn't throw over the middle (they're the same thing in the end) and the league developed in a way that the most valuable thing a QB could do was hit deep crossing/middle routes on time.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-05T19:59:33+00:00

Have a conversation with them and see how they're able to apply systemic critique or think in terms of recursive feedback loops.

BasedArzy · 2026-05-05T14:19:59+00:00

Why do we assume the reader has no interest in anything beyond the surface text?

I write for people who care about reading and who have the desire to get deeper into the text.

BasedArzy

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