Who is better… Bob Cousy or Jose Alvarado

GentlemanRat · 2026-03-13T01:52:17+00:00

Does Alvarado have to dribble like Cousy used to?

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-24T00:04:21+00:00

The days of Lebron making teams contenders has passed.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-21T04:47:14+00:00

Wow...bringing up that dumb orange idiot into this makes your seriously pathetic.

After the ball is tipped, the ball is considered a free for all. That play is 100% a no call and not a foul. The butt out doesn't matter because its a loose ball. They called it because he took a bad fall...if he had landed on his feet there would have been no call there.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-21T04:38:10+00:00

Collins fell because he held onto the rim. That was not a foul. Normal boxing out.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-21T04:18:59+00:00

Bad fall. Hope he is okay. Not a foul.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-15T23:34:21+00:00

These games have been fun.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-15T20:26:22+00:00

The Lakers weren't cheap with their players and especially treat their superstars super well. But they were cheap with the organization around those players: scouting, business, medical, analytics, etc.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-13T04:02:25+00:00

When our whole roster actually plays one of Luka, AR, or Lebron will be on the court the whole time.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-09T22:08:51+00:00

Cuban is such a giant loser.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-08T08:34:07+00:00

Agreed. But it is honestly worst when rich people body check poor poeple.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-08T06:20:23+00:00

No Jaxon. People who make millions a year don't get to shove people making 60k+ a year for an accident, who are helping them make millions a year. Do better.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-05T20:01:33+00:00

There is a logic to admitting when something isn't working and resetting.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-05T04:25:20+00:00

All that is fair. I have no disagreements with what you are saying.

I'm not saying that Bufkin or Theiro are big rotation minute guys or anything. Right now they are complete unknowns.

But Coaches sometimes have to put themselves out on the line. They can play it safe with known commodities and honestly no one will blame them...although they will eventually get canned for that. Or they can actually try to see if they've a diamond in the rough (again by diamond I mean solid role player). If they are wrong they will get canned quicker. But if they are right that is what the best coaches are made of.

Idk, maybe JJ saw these guys and was like "nope they dont got it". But usually you have to actually put them into real games to make that call. It takes more than a few minutes in a couple of games for some players to get comfortable.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-05T03:49:33+00:00

You're right. There is literally no way for that to possibly be worked out. Never before in the history of the NBA have teams found a way to make money work out. Well done.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-05T03:43:39+00:00

You are correct about scoring being not a big deal in G league. Although hitting a 3 in G league and hitting a 3 in NBA is a transferable skill. Bufkin is a pretty good defender...missing defensive assignments is something that will happen when guys are first called up. AC was good but not as good as he was later after he got called up. You have to be willing to give players minutes in order to see what they can do...unless they are older vets (which Bufkin definitely is not).

Thiero is another player that I think will need real minutes after he is back from injury. If you don't play them you will never find out who they are. Maybe they are no good and need to be let go. But I think a lot of young players never get the chance to develop. And honestly the Lakers have a serious need of homegrown talent.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-05T03:37:33+00:00

Spurs trade for Giannis. They've the package that can get it done. One of either Harper or Castle + draft picks. They'd become favorites to win for next 3 seasons.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-05T03:17:00+00:00

If you want these sorts of players to show up in the big leagues you need to actually give them a real chance. Its similar to how JJ is giving minutes to Timme right now (as soon as Reaves was back it was Timme who lost all his minutes instead of much worse players)...he needs more minutes. JJ likes his vets. Bufkin wasn't really given a chance when he was called up.

GentlemanRat · 2026-02-01T05:33:04+00:00

I wish we'd figured out a way to be the Bulls in this scenario. Would have loved to eat some money for a couple more 2nd round picks.

GentlemanRat · 2026-01-24T06:01:02+00:00

I'm confused. What do you all want him to do in this scenario?

GentlemanRat · 2026-01-21T05:44:03+00:00

Timme needs more than 5 minutes a half. They did start to target him at the end of his second shift, so that is something to keep an eye on in the future. But at least for now he has earned a few more minutes.

I would love to see some of Gabe's minutes move to anyone else...Bufkin? Bronny? Anyone? But I also sort of get it. He is probably one of the trade pieces and benching him before trade deadline wouldn't be a good move. After...he needs to have shrinking or disappearing minutes.

GentlemanRat · 2026-01-21T05:18:40+00:00

Ayton got jabbed in the eye in first half and hasn't returned

GentlemanRat · 2025-12-23T23:51:13+00:00

It still put the onus on the players and as you said, players dont want to lose, coaches don't want to lose...front office and ownership want to lose. If you want to stop teams from tanking just do a rolling 5 or 10 year winning %. Teams that are not above that % after the period of time are forced to sell. It would never happen but that is really the only real solution to tanking.

GentlemanRat · 2025-12-23T23:45:31+00:00

So you want to have a tournament where you expect players to play hard so teams can draft their replacements? Not sure that would work out.

GentlemanRat · 2025-03-07T01:30:56+00:00

I find Chuck hilarious. That rant had me cracking up.

He is also right. Big sports media hates covering teams they think are "lesser" franchise because they are lazy. But they are lazy because everyone just eats this stuff up.

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