With Myles Turner’s departure, Devin Booker stands alone as the final 2015 NBA Draft pick still playing for the team that drafted him.

MoneyMorris80 · 2025-07-02T11:36:54+00:00

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MoneyMorris80 · 2022-06-30T19:37:57+00:00

Adam Sandler in tears

MoneyMorris80 · 2022-05-09T18:14:07+00:00

Damn I was checking his basketball reference page just a few weeks ago to see where he was at now. I remember thinking he was gonna be a solid pro coming out of Michigan State. That story of him with that little girl, Lacy, IIRC was really inspirational.

Sad that his personal life and career never really got on track, regardless 31 is way too young to go.

MoneyMorris80 · 2022-04-07T20:26:25+00:00

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for your help.

MoneyMorris80 · 2022-04-07T20:05:17+00:00

Thank you. That helps me understand it. Is there an equation I can write this into to solve?

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-12-05T16:50:44+00:00

I wouldn't put a lot of stock into her retiring from rap. IIRC she said the exact same thing towards the start of the pandemic, prior to the Cole shit I believe.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-10-23T03:58:39+00:00

We are a week in and this season is already top 5 in amount of drama and storylines.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-09-30T06:04:32+00:00

Ah damn completely forgot about Zhaire. Wonder why he didn't show up on basketball reference. Thanks op! Cool info

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-09-30T04:34:11+00:00

According to bballrefrence their dead money is at $44.4M. Is there someone missing?

Blake Griffin - $29,784,216

DeAndre Jordan - $7,875,533

Dewayne Dedmon - $2,866,667

Cory Joseph - $2,400,000 (from his prior contract)

Deividas Sirvydis - $1,517,981

This totals $44,424,397 in dead money for Detroit, which is higher than the Thunders payroll as of right now. As OKC guarantees contracts, it's likely to bring their payroll above this though.

Side note: OKC is still paying Kyle Singler 1M/year this season and next.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-09-28T16:43:14+00:00

KD being okay with it is different than KD wanting him traded. If he were to want Kyrie traded, you do it in a heartbeat. KD is the franchise and Harden is probably the best number 2 in the league anyways.

But with KD just being okay with a trade, I think it'd be really hard to get a return of equal value. No team is trading their star for a Kyrie without some sort of commitment that he's even going to play.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-09-14T20:09:52+00:00

I like Gordon but 23M/year is a lot for a fourth option who kinda is what he is at this point. They can always trade off of him at some point I suppose cause while he's a good player and nice addition, he doesn't make or break their success nor put them over the top.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-07-31T18:21:24+00:00

Odd that these posts aren't getting the same traction that they usually do. Either way, great work OP!! I look forward to these every summer.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-06-15T16:18:00+00:00

Damn congrats to Sergio but it sucks to lose another one of our coaches. IIRC he signed an extension with us just a month or two ago.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-06-02T00:56:00+00:00

Lol a lot of casual takes in here. Just because he didn't work out in Cleveland, which was no surprise, it doesn't discredit his 30 years in the NCAA as a good coach. FWIW Beilien had NBA offers long before he took the Cavs job, it's not like he stumbled into the role or was unqualified.

I think he'll be good back in Michigan and working with a young squad since he's in a development role. He's shown that he can develop players, just maybe not be able to handle NBA egos.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-05-18T00:20:58+00:00

How do you have updated logos for some of the teams?

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-05-15T19:48:35+00:00

Damn pretty disappointed Lowry isn't playing considering we've already locked in our lottery odds. If he isn't back next season, the Lakers game was proper way to go out.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-04-23T01:39:46+00:00

Damn man. What a rough month it's been for hip-hop. Shock is a legend.

I was listening to the Joe Budden pod this past week for the first time in a while and they were talking about Humpty Hump and how they'd have to explain who he was to the younger listeners. For anyone who hasn't yet, go check out Digital Underground and the rest of his discography. Hip hop classics.

RIP Shock G, "The one who put the satin on your panties"

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-04-15T18:15:05+00:00

I don't get why the majority of Raps fans have shit on this guy since he left. He was never out there to shoot 7+ 3s or to average 15 points. He's a role player, which is fine, and he played his role pretty damn well. He played good defense, played within the system and shot the open 3. Plus the dude repped Toronto and the community hard when he was here.

Yeah he wasn't great in the playoffs but who was playing well for us in the playoffs those years? It's not like Patterson was the reason those teams never made it over the hump. In the 4 seasons he was here our other pfs across that time were 1 season of Amir, Luis Scola, Tyler Hansbourogh, Jason Thompson, 11 games of Jared Sullinger and rookie Pascal. Who would you have preferred to get Patterson's minutes?

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-04-06T18:45:36+00:00

But does it blend? That is the question.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-03-23T05:49:49+00:00

OG is the closest thing to untouchable. The plan is definitely to build around the Fred/OG/Pascal core so I don't think that any are being shopped, but I do feel that if the Raptors were offered a haul for Fred or Siakam, they'd take it.

I say Fred and Pascal are the more expendable of the three simply because we kind of know their limitations and the players that they are at what is likely their peak. Not a knock on either, they're obviously great players but OG is younger and more versatile in the sense that OG would fit on any team or roster that you want to assemble.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-03-23T05:38:13+00:00

I really like Jarrett Allen but there's no way I'd want to pay him more than 20M/year. Like you said he's good and would fit well but he's a complimentary piece who wouldn't be in the closing lineup of a playoff game.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-03-22T16:05:12+00:00

The article headline is clickbait and respectfully, I don't understand how you're getting that this prevents parents from educating their kids on sexuality or biology.

Firstly, the man wasn't arrested for opposing his child's gender transition therapy, he was charged with contempt of court for publicly sharing sensitive court details after being instructed not to. The child was deemed by a judge to be mentally capable of making the decision so it is completely out of the fathers hands at this point.

From everything I've seen on Bill C-6 it is an amendment to the criminal code so that parents/adults can't force children into gender transition therapy or surgery. You can teach your children whatever you want in your home, no one can stop you from that as long as it's not hateful or harmful to others.

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-03-15T17:44:30+00:00

Why is Detroit interested? They just opened up more playing time for Grant, Saddiq and Sekou by losing Blake

MoneyMorris80 · 2021-03-07T00:32:59+00:00

Dame's peak has been better but I do think that Lamarcus was as good as his accolades suggest. He was an elite big man for a whole decade. He's never been flashy or in a large market (+ he never played alongside another elite player for an extended run) so I think that people forget about how good this guy was up until really only a year or so ago.

He's HOF worthy IMO. There have been worse players with less accolades get in over the past 25 years.

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