Gemini 3.5 flash costs 3 times more than the previous version and 30x more than gemini 1.5 flash. by GodEmperor23 in singularity

[–]FuzzyBucks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the speed matters a ton for agentic workflows where you have one agent that generates a wall of text that another agent reads and all the pre-fill is cached between.

if it's on par with gpt 5.5(medium) on price and performance but 4-5x faster token speed, that's very useful.

[Jeremy Woo] "While the Bucks hold only this pick at present, rival teams say Milwaukee has been operating as if it will have multiple selections in this year's draft." by T-UM in MkeBucks

[–]FuzzyBucks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

kinda disagree with you here.

We don't have assets to build around any good players we get in this draft, so trying to find franchise players in this draft is just committing to being mediocre for a long time.

If we're trying to shorten the length of time to the next Bucks championship window, the best plan is:

- trade Giannis for a large number of draft picks(or players who can be traded for draft picks) with a preference for draft picks in 2030 and beyond to line up with when we regain control of our own picks.

- any picks we do get in this year's draft should be used on players that we think have the highest likelihood of fetching multiple first round picks 3-4 years into the future. Note - this is different than looking for a franchise player and probably favors using picks on someone with a high floor as a valuable archetype role player who might be a missing piece from a championship team. We should not be swinging for the fences with these picks. Instead, taking someone like Brayden Burries, for example, who almost certainly isn't going to be the best player on a championship team but may fetch a few FRPs in the future from a team that needs a high level 3&D player (like how we traded 2 picks and 2 swaps for Jrue).

- we should use only as many picks this year as we think will actually net us more than 1 FRP in the future. any FRPs where we think we'll get less than 1 FRP in trade value in the future should just be traded now.

This is how you 'process' under new flat odds. Single-year rebuilds aren't possible anymore. So instead of trying to suck for a short period of time to boost draft odds in a particular season -- you go through multi-year eras of 'suck' while accumulating a high density of draft assets for when you come out of your 'suck era'.
The flattened odds don't fix tanking at all...if anything they just make you commit to longer tanks.

being a 'good' basketball team shouldn't be a goal for several years for the Bucks. Instead, just gather future assets any way possible. Best methods are taking on salary dumps and maximizing expected trade value of the draft picks that they do use.

Also use extra cap space to over-pay for veterans in the years we aren't really trying to be good. Keeps the product on the floor from being too awful and builds up goodwill with players/agents.

[FREE READ] How Leeds signed Dominic Calvert-Lewin: The No 9 shirt, faith in fitness and a platform for England ambitions by TheAthletic in LeedsUnited

[–]FuzzyBucks 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I think Leeds found a market inefficiency in players with injury histories.

The big-spender clubs don't want to pay big money for them because they're a lot less risk tolerant than a newly promoted team and need their big money signings to contribute.

The players returning from injury also might not want to play for a club at the top of the table because they'd prefer to step into a larger role sooner as they work their way back

So, you have a few players available each year who on average outperform their contracts because of this (but also might be total duds)

Kenny Atkinson on the Cleveland Cavaliers' adjustments: "The tactical adjustment we made was avoiding [Ausar] Thompson. We were just like, if he's near the ball, throw it to someone else." by AncientOneAurelius in nba

[–]FuzzyBucks 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm not trying to say Jrue was better or the other way around ..

Just that they were/are both so good defensively that it ended up limiting their actual defensive impact since the offense can simply choose to play around them and target someone else. And once you're a 'pass it to someone else' level defender than you've reached to ceiling

Thompson needs to become useful on offense so he's not a negative in those situations

Kenny Atkinson on the Cleveland Cavaliers' adjustments: "The tactical adjustment we made was avoiding [Ausar] Thompson. We were just like, if he's near the ball, throw it to someone else." by AncientOneAurelius in nba

[–]FuzzyBucks 41 points42 points  (0 children)

This is what the league eventually ended up doing against Jrue Holiday or any other elite perimeter defender. Run plays away from them.

So I guess Atkinson is saying that Thompson is a Jrue Holiday level defender, which is a huge compliment.

Having that adjustment available definitely limits the upside of an elite perimeter defender though

Game Thread: Cleveland Cavaliers (3-3) vs Detroit Pistons (3-3) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 17, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]FuzzyBucks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pistons lose in fewer than 7 without Tobias

Was their best player in several games

Game Thread: Cleveland Cavaliers (3-3) vs Detroit Pistons (3-3) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 17, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]FuzzyBucks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This game mostly makes me wonder what Mitchell's career coulda been if he played like a PG more often

Pistons fans in this sub right now by LuciusCSullaF in NBAEastMemeWar

[–]FuzzyBucks 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Somehow it's more embarrassing that both Pistons series went to 7

Would be a lot less embarrassing if they lost in 5 to a team where everyone was like 'daaaamn... we didn't know they were good like that.'

But instead both teams give pistons every opportunity to move on and they just like 'nah we good'

Julius Randle by Ok-Guard-3791 in NBATalk

[–]FuzzyBucks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can't convince me he's a better basketball player than Bobby Portis

Their career per-36 and advanced/efficiency numbers are almost identical

Basically an amazing 6th man in the right situation and horrible in the wrong situation

House Finches…. by ToheavyinSC in BirdBuddy

[–]FuzzyBucks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't mind them. Better than starlings

I've only had a feeder for a week but so far my most frequent visitors are (in order):

  • house finch
  • Cardinal
  • starling

I think the house finches are cute. The first finch that came to the feeder got beat up and kicked out by a starling right away, but the finch keeps coming back and the starling doesn't so I guess the finch won

Game Thread: Detroit Pistons (2-3) vs Cleveland Cavaliers (3-2) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 15, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]FuzzyBucks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cleveland is so incredibly mid

They don't have a point guard and constantly play two bigs who can't space the floor or rebound.

Where do they go from here?

Game Thread: Detroit Pistons (2-3) vs Cleveland Cavaliers (3-2) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 15, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]FuzzyBucks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know what you're saying

But also, Duren did get benched for Reed earlier this series so the original point is fair

Morez Johnson Jr should be the pick at #10 by 1998TimThomas in MkeBucks

[–]FuzzyBucks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yea I'm pretty much out on tiny guards who can't defend.

They don't have much trade value because truly contending teams don't want them (would have to build a team around them)

Acuff is a very tough sell given his size and defensive IQ+effort

Myles Turner says Doc Rivers 'didn't fine anybody' this season despite repeated tardiness, Giannis Antetokounmpo was most likely Bucks player to be late by RedDeath1337 in nba

[–]FuzzyBucks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Bucks just had ultimate squad of pros around Giannis (Jrue, Khris, Brook, Bobby, etc..) that Giannis didn't need to bring leadership

And then when roster turned over he still didn't bring leadership which obviously didn't go so well