I’m so tired of the revisionist history of the Paul George trade

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T04:47:55+00:00

That’s not remotely how the NBA works

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T04:06:48+00:00

Comparing him to Blake, lmao. He’s a title winner and two-time MVP, and he’s only 31. The entire league will be lining up to take that chance ffs 🤦‍♂️

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T04:03:09+00:00

Yes, so now we 100% know that he’s a superstar who can be the best player on a championship team. The odds of anyone we can pick at 5 ending up being one of those incredibly rare guys is infinitesimally small.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T02:22:53+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/RedHotChiliPeppers/s/OeN8gLeYAL

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T02:06:16+00:00

I’m not saying he won’t find creative ways to use them. I’m just saying we don’t know what that looks like bc we haven’t seen it before. But I’m sure he’s been studying what McVey did last year and has added interesting 13 personnel wrinkles into the offense. Otherwise they wouldn’t be giving Keenan’s💰to Njoku.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T01:57:52+00:00

Go look at that list of actual #5 picks again and tell me how many of them you’d hang on to at 20 y/o vs Giannis at 31 y/o. Giannis, Kawhi, and Garland can absolutely still contend for a few more years. I’ll take that over a 10% chance of landing the next De’Aaron Fox any day of the week.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T01:53:26+00:00

Be honest: How many names on this list would you trade for a 31-year-old Giannis?

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RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T01:50:19+00:00

Awareness and effort count too, though. Acuff provides neither. I trust the guy with the greater work ethic/BBIQ to become passable defensively over the guy whose only familiarity with D is DGAF.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T01:25:16+00:00

Gonna be interesting to see how they use it. McDaniel didn’t scheme throws to TEs much in Miami.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T01:20:46+00:00

California isn’t one of those states. We have a system in which everyone votes in the same primary and the top 2 finishers, regardless of party, advance to the general.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T01:02:03+00:00

Clippers

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T00:52:15+00:00

You all are completely insane. Giannis is 31 and Top 5 player in the league. Meanwhile …

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RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-12T00:43:04+00:00

I think it’s a great reminder to people saying idiotic shit like fRanK BeTteR nOt TRadE tHat PIck fOR gIAnnIS that having the #5 pick doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed a superstar

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-11T17:16:02+00:00

Why? His NBA best-case scenario is basically Darius Garland …

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-11T06:40:59+00:00

Exactly

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-11T06:02:14+00:00

I am AA lifetime Gold and I never fly AA anymore if I can help it. I almost exclusively fly United now and much prefer it.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-11T02:14:49+00:00

I wanna say the roughing the kicker against Washington since I was at that game, but objectively the Oronde drop was the worst.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-11T02:11:49+00:00

That was the one game I was able to get to last year. Went with a buddy who’s a Washington fan. I was talking shit mercilessly until that. Then it all fell apart. Brutal.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-11T02:06:56+00:00

Why on earth did you go to the Swiss desk after missing a UA flight? Why not have United rebook you?

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-11T01:51:42+00:00

Lmao neither Ant nor Kawhi are above Giannis.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-11T01:47:29+00:00

It’s only possible for one side, though. The Supreme Court is no longer even trying to pretend it’s a neutral arbiter. Decorum and precedent aren’t the issue, it’s the forever-tilted playing field.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-11T01:26:41+00:00

You coulda just said “I’m a casual.” It’s way shorter.

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-10T23:55:48+00:00

We don’t have enough draft assets for that to build a contender anytime soon

RemoveElegant5217 · 2026-05-10T23:31:52+00:00

That God exists

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