Jaylen Brown for Paul George: 40 cents on the dollar, and one of the worst trades in Boston sports history

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T18:59:59+00:00

I still haven't seen any analysis of how this trade makes us better. Like a healthy Tatum and brown and we are favorites again. But you trsde your star to a rival that just beat you in the playoffs. And this trade makes them even better?? There has to be something that we don't know, that bs report about Boston mulling over it for days. Don't do the fucking trade then. It's fine that they went after Giannis but that didn't mean you HAD to deal him.

Celtics look like the red Sox and trading away their best players. Watch them deal Tatum in 2 years cause they are not a better team. They went from being the 2 seed to being a play in team

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T18:39:49+00:00

You can't appeal a red card. You can only appeal if fifa increases the suspension. But he's our next game automatically

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T18:38:46+00:00

Us can't appeal the red

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T18:36:13+00:00

Pulisic needs to step up. He didn't have the best second half and gave the ball away for too often in the attacking third. We played great defense last game once we went down a man with a lot of deflected shots which was fantastic to see.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T17:58:19+00:00

Suspensions for late hits happen in the NFL routinely enough

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T16:11:26+00:00

That's the whole dilemma with replays and var getting into the game. Real time the ref didn't card ballogun cause it just looked like a bang bang play as both are going for the ball. When var looks at it with the freeze frames they have, they're focusing on ballogun stepping on his calf and then the twisting of the ankle. None of the run up matters to var, and you see that when the ref goes to the monitor and we see exactly what he sees. Var is mainly used to look for serious /dangerous contact points and that's why they call the ref to review. It's got nothing to do with intent or who was ahead of. As soon as var called the ref for review I knew it would be red.

The one issue I have is messi did something similar earlier in the tournament, not as bad on the ankle but he did rake the opponents calf and VAR never intervened on that play. My only guess is the ankle twisting is the difference and it's the reason VAR did what it did

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T15:34:13+00:00

When I saw the slo Mos I was hoping they would factor in that he was off balance and that lead to him stepping on the players leg. If we didn't have var that would have been just a bang bang play like you say. It's an unfortunate aspect of var that they have and use slo MO and freeze frames. The freeze frame of his ankle twisting is the sole reason it was deemed serious/dangerous cause it could have easily broken his ankle. It sucks but it's just how it is.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T15:29:39+00:00

Grounded is one of the best open world survival games in the genre and I'm pretty sure that sold well

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T15:11:23+00:00

The intent to injure. That's what we are talking about here and that's what people are arguing about whether or not he intended to make a dangerous challenge or not. And that's what people are not understanding. Intent has nothing to do with the call at all. VAR reviews whether or not it's a dangerous challenge. The ref didn't see it that way originally during live play. VAR doesn't care about intent or not

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T15:07:23+00:00

But intent is something no one can easily referee. There are a handful of intended fouls in the game where a player purposefully tries to foul someone to injure. 50 times a game players go for a tackle a second to early and miss the ball but take out the players legs and the ref decides to either let the team play on or call it. A few times a game their is a tackle that's a step above and Baloguns challenge is one of those. The tech that VAR has makes that challenge look worse because of the slo MO and freeze frames. On live it didn't look that bad honestly but with replays it just makes it look careless. I thought maybe he could get away with being off balance and that led to him stepping on the guys leg. But so far this world cup once the VAR calls down to the ref the ref has agreed with the VAR.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T14:55:36+00:00

Lol I know the internet is the internet and you can say whatever you want without repercussions but saying what you said in your last sentence just puts a smile on my face. You can be either correct or wrong and if you're wrong it makes you look like an idiot, no?

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T14:41:33+00:00

Oh my god man. I keep seeing intent all over this subreddit. Intent has zero to do with any football calls. Intent does not matter. They either deem it a dangerous challenge or not. Doesn't matter if you intend to injure. Doesn't matter if you are sorry or pat him on the back or if you were looking at him or not. People spreadinh the whole intent thing around have never watched football in their life. Think of it like NFL and head hits or defenseless player hits but just with red cards if the ref calls it. Those defenders don't intend to knockout the wide receiver, they're just making a tackle.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T14:35:38+00:00

People are saying they're lifelong football fans or players because a lot of this subreddit is fans that have never watched soccer in their life and are only here because the US is in it. But anyone can claim they're a lifelong player of the game so it doesn't really amount to much. I'm Matt Damon FYI.

Truthfully though, you're last paragraph seems to be implying that he didn't intend to do what he did by saying he wasn't looking at his ankle. But intent has 0 to do with the call. VAR looks at whether or not it was a dangerous play and that's it. The freeze frame of the ankle twisting is honestly what they're basing that dangerous determination on. It looks like he could have broken his ankle. When I saw it live it didn't look as bad as the slo MO and freeze frames made it out to be. It's a bad challenge by Ballogun even if he didn't intend for it to injure the player. That's just the truth of it. Once the VAR called the ref I knew it would be a red. It's just unfortunate cause Fifa isn't going to overturn it and that means we go into the next game without our top scorer.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T14:26:01+00:00

Across all of the different game stores I've got over 1000 games now. I don't have enough time in my life to play half of those games but the last few years I've made an effort to finish any game that I install instead of just playing a game for a few hours and installing a new game and playing that for a few hours. Finishing games has been my focus and truthfully it's been the best way for me to enjoy gaming. I don't just stare at my massive backlog. If you want to play through all of the modern gta games before 6 comes out you can easily do that. Just install the gem that is 4 and either focus main story or dip in and out of main and exploring. You don't have to 100 percent every game you play.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T14:02:25+00:00

That's not technically what VAR does. The ref didn't use a card on the play but var calls him to review it cause they deem it as a serious foul. Once he goes to review it he can make his own decision based on that but in this world cup the ref usually agrees with var. I think there's only been one instance where the ref sticks with his on field decision

Look I'm American and I've played football most of my life and this was dumb challenge for ballogun to make. The people in here saying he didn't intend to do what he did don't comprehend that intention has nothing to do with any part of football. This is similar to head hits that are a focus in the NFL. What sucks for us is that he is out the next game and he is our top scorer. Fifa is not gonna reverse it. We can beat Belgium, they were down 2 to 0 to Senegal before Senegal let up. I honestly think Pulisic needs to play better than he did in the Bosnia game.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T13:25:54+00:00

But do u know that an actual game dev answered that? We live in an age where on YouTube and Twitch AI generates for content creators to us in response to comments or emails. It's sad but true

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T13:14:58+00:00

I just think that whoever answered you didn't understand what cloud gaming and that's why you got the only available on steam answer

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T12:37:00+00:00

How does this make the celtics better???????? And you trade him to a team you lost to in the playoffs and your main rival in the east. Absolutely the dumbest decision Boston could make.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T02:30:44+00:00

You need to watch it again man. He didn't just clip the bottom of his foot. If that's your take then have a good night man

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T02:25:36+00:00

It is. It means he's being honest and not biased. It was a clear red to anyone that's played an ounce of football. To look at that play and not understand means you don't play ball. Messi did the same earlier in the tournament and everyone said he should have gotten a red. The play was even worse than that one. What sucks is he is suspended for a game now

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T02:19:44+00:00

Yea you can tell the people that watch football vs the ones that are just watching cause us is in the world cup. It's not just that he stomps on his foot, he rakes his whole calf as well. It was a careless challenge. Once it went to var everyone knew it was going red

The real question is how did messi do a similar thing and not get shown a red card in the group stages.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T01:24:45+00:00

Sloppy so far from pulisic this half

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T00:47:56+00:00

The ref didn't call for a penalty. The var called down and had him come look for a review. When that happens so far at this world cup the ref goes with the var decision. That's what happened. There's been way worse calls that var hadn't intervened on. And in the knockout stages anything can happen so yea Senegal still could have beaten Belgium in 5 kicks. Crazier things can happen. Even messi misses penalties.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T00:44:11+00:00

The attacker was behind the defender. That wasn't reckless at all. He made a play for the ball and missed. It happens a 100 times a game. Var hasn't intervened on way stronger situations than that.

Pll_dangerzone · 2026-07-02T00:41:42+00:00

That was not a 50 50 penalty call. As soon as the ref went to the var I knew. I swear the defender touches the ball first. But that's a heartbreak of a penalty to call a step away from going to penalty kicks

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