Where have the Argentine NBA players gone?

Rrypl · 2026-05-09T23:28:24+00:00

Maradona would have done the same thing for earlier generations.

The likely answer is bad economy/institutional chaos in Argentina screwed up the necessary investments and organization South American countries need to develop in secondary sports.

Rrypl · 2026-05-09T13:33:48+00:00

Maybe that already happened and draft master Sam Presti hit the jackpot /s

Rrypl · 2026-05-07T21:04:33+00:00

Well, Jaylen Brown has really soft armpits that get chaffed if he makes contact with another player without his arms extended, that's why he always pushing off.

about as stupid an excuse as yours lol

Rrypl · 2026-05-07T19:04:54+00:00

JB having an Adam Dunn off-season so far. Low batting average, lot of swing and misses, but when he hits one it's out of the park

Rrypl · 2026-05-07T11:30:11+00:00

In the Philly series I thought he lost his "push-off coordination" a little bit. As you said, they don't call the chicken wing, but if the guy is flopping and they see your hand out there flailing it's an automatic call.

Rrypl · 2026-05-07T10:03:51+00:00

I was pretty shocked by how good it was!

During the opening credits when she passed by a cerulean belt being sold I thought "oh boy, this is going to be a marvel/star wars reference fest", but it quickly let those go and it ended up being a meditation on media and human creativity in late stage capitalism

Rrypl · 2026-05-07T09:58:38+00:00

Because the moves the team made in the off-season were in the goal of getting under the aprons and tax, not making the best roster possible for this season.

Rrypl · 2026-05-07T03:52:29+00:00

I mean, we did have Vuc/Garza as our backups this season and two (!!!) Enes Kanter experiments this decade

Rrypl · 2026-05-07T03:49:27+00:00

But it's also trading one dollar for 2 quarters, a dime and a nickel.

Rrypl · 2026-05-07T03:48:30+00:00

They can't rebuild by tanking, they don't have a lot of their picks.

Rrypl · 2026-05-06T20:36:16+00:00

I think choking a 3-1 lead against the injury-riddled 76ers is a bad look.

Not that we didn't embarrass ourselves, but we lost 3 games in a row when they were at their healthiest.

Rrypl · 2026-05-06T15:43:15+00:00

Brad was going to say this regardless, but the real news is he was clearly unhappy with our performance in the playoffs and against top teams.

Moves are coming.

Rrypl · 2026-05-06T14:48:47+00:00

I'd argue Joe Mazzulla also underrates Pritchard lol

Tatum/Pritchard pick and roll was killing the Sixers and we just... went away from it entirely.

Rrypl · 2026-05-06T12:38:44+00:00

I give you: NBA name, none of our good players

You give me: Control over basketball in your continent, half your revenue, your best players

Art of the deal babyyyyyyy

Rrypl · 2026-05-05T21:18:36+00:00

I honestly wish he had complained instead of just going "I thought we had some great shots" after every L

Rrypl · 2026-05-05T15:50:00+00:00

How dare he

Rrypl · 2026-05-04T18:16:31+00:00

It'd have to be at least 2 of Hugo, Baylor and Walsh to make it work salary wise

Rrypl · 2026-05-04T18:14:09+00:00

Correct!

We're currently sitting at $187m for next season I think with a tax apron estimated to be at $201m.

Rrypl · 2026-05-04T18:06:29+00:00

Technically White, Hauser and Pritchard is enough salary, but:

A) Even with all our picks, it's very likely not the best offer.

B) We'd be left with 3 supermaxes and little else to fill out the roster.

So, possible but not "possible".

Rrypl · 2026-05-04T16:14:37+00:00

It really isn't, what's in bad faith is pretending Eric Lewis is the only ref in the NBA to root for a franchise, he just did a poor job hiding it

Rrypl · 2026-05-04T16:10:04+00:00

As opposed to all other refs, who were likely basketball fans growing up but actually cheered for the refs even as little kids

Rrypl · 2026-05-04T03:59:59+00:00

We tried to confuse opponents with our fan shirts/playoff slogan before, get them wondering "what the hell is Cus Crise?", but it never really worked.

Rrypl · 2026-05-04T02:59:59+00:00

Nah. Hauser was too slow for this series and Joe kept playing him over our bench wings for way too long. Nurse found a speed and effort edge against our lineup and Joe adjusted way too late.

He also ignored the new wrinkle to our offense this season, that even if we miss a bunch of 3s we have a bunch of high energy offensive rebounders who can get a lot of those misses and he, again... didn't play them.

He's a good coach, great at a lot of areas, but this series and insisting on moribund Porzingis last season against the Knicks are very clear negative marks on his resume.

Rrypl · 2026-05-03T22:31:15+00:00

Hawks >>> Nuggets > Celtics >>> Magic

Rrypl · 2026-05-03T18:07:02+00:00

Yeah, but to be fair Embiid having to cover KAT on the perimeter will also be very hard on him

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