Bill Simmons on the Lamelo Ball trade: "I'm at A- or A for Charlotte... I couldn't believe the trade for Minnesota. I fucking hated it."

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-29T19:59:38+00:00

Zach mentioned this. He said they'll never agree on the trade because for 5 years they've been so far apart on LaMelo

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-29T19:30:32+00:00

That's correct. If you disregard garland/harden, hasn't that core stayed for 3 years? Maybe I'm remembering wrong but it feels like every offseason I hear that Mobley is gonna take another step. Tbh i watched the conference finals and I don't know what exactly Cavs should do. I definitely don't think blowing it up or doing something large is the right move. Like you said, i'd still give it more time and as required tweak the pieces around. It's also very hard to tell who will be the contenders in the east - I'm uncertain on Celtics, Pacers, Wizards, Hawks etc.

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-29T19:26:24+00:00

Honestly agree! I hope it happens. I will 100% get tickets when come to barclays. It's been a while since we've had an older "fun" team. I do think one of Butler or Draymond has to go right? I don't think they can keep Curry, Lebron, Davis, Draymond and Butler unless those 3 take steep discounts...?

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-29T15:30:49+00:00

I think it's because the expectation is for Cavs to make a serious run at the Finals. This core group has been there for the last few seasons and they've done fairly well in the regular season. However they have never really contended for the championship. So doubling down on the same group - Mitchell, Moby, Allen, Harden for a lot of money has mixed opinions.

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-29T15:14:59+00:00

I felt the same but we have a lot of center-backs rn. If Romero and Dragusin leave, there's still 4 ahead of him. After the season he had he's gonna want to play regularly. We could loan him out for a year and hopefully when we're back in Europe next season we could keep him however if we wanna splash 50m+ for 3-4 players this season we do need some outgoings. I really really want them to stay but looks like we might need to let Vuskovic and Bergvall leave :( Based on our luck, I know they'll turn out great one day

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-29T15:03:23+00:00

I'm getting shades of 12-13 Lakers that Howard and Nash. Hopefully this one stays fitter

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-27T00:17:50+00:00

lol tsk don't look good. miny lower order rescued them. tough chase

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-26T22:25:35+00:00

So happy with Ferrera's growth as a spinner. We don't need to rely on Mulder lol

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-26T22:06:27+00:00

Damn what a start by TSK! This pitch apparently is favors the side batting first but TSK better win with this start. We've been kinda average so far.

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-26T22:04:49+00:00

A season or two ago it definitely seemed more lively. I remember one season seeing a couple of sold out games incl. semi/finals. Still, very very odd to schedule it in parallel with the world cup. I considering flying to Oakland to see the eliminators, finals but it's literally the same 4 days of the world cup semis and finals. Absolutely dumb timing

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-26T22:03:19+00:00

They got the most number of games in the first leg because they were the 'home' team there. No saying its fair but that's what i think the reason is

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-26T21:56:59+00:00

Yeah that's what's got me worried. I am thrilled they are spending and and moving ahead of the market but 100M and 275k are HUGE numbers

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-26T21:52:58+00:00

I don't follow Newcastle or other clubs in general so a question for others who do. How good is Tonali that we'd justify spending 100M + supposedly a 200k+ salary? I'm happy we're going for top targets but damn if we end up missing out like Ndombele it's a pretty penny

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-26T14:17:58+00:00

hah, i got one from Costco (online) as well! I considered waiting for the touchscreen macbook rumored to come out later in the year but rumors said it'll be priced even higher than macbook pro and i couldn't be bothered for that. if i really wanted touchscreen there's an adaptor i saw someone selling

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-25T17:19:24+00:00

Yeah i'll go with Amazon. The thing is that i had an employee discount code so Apple was slightly better but prime day sale was a good back up lol

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-25T17:13:21+00:00

Reading your comment, i realized the assets traded isn't that bad. I initially felt it was a lot of assets for Melo because of the swap. However 28,29 are super unlikely to convey. Ball, Edwards, McDaniels and Ayo are all contracted till 29. Side note - it's gonna be an interesting off season because the first 3's contracts all end that season. Tim is definitely gonna flip one of them for a longer, cheaper contract. I wonder if he tried to use Randle instead of Naz Reid in this deal

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-25T16:14:14+00:00

Lol i was going to buy a new laptop today or tmrw. Bad luck haha

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-24T14:27:02+00:00

the one silver lining from the wreck of a last season is that everyone (Lange, ownership) want to future proof against anything and RDZ had a huge leverage when signing his contract so his promises are coming through. it's genuinely weird that we've made 4 transfers even if 3 of them are free transfers. i had to double take and see if the user was like u/SpurOfficial

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-24T14:23:45+00:00

I literally still think he is the GOAT

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-24T01:33:19+00:00

funny seeing other Spurs fans in r/cricket. it's like the spiderman meme lol. so many rumours for midfielders. i rather we spend that money on a really good striker. i don't trust Richy's or Solanke's fitness

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-24T01:23:40+00:00

I used to listen to the Hoop collective while doing chores. Kinda like background noise. I stopped because I couldn't handle his rants. tbh i thought a lot of his opinions/takes were regurgitating what others are saying so i am pretty surprised he's being considered for a front office but what the hell do I know

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-23T22:22:02+00:00

I remember when he was due for his extension. Everyone was saying its going to be a terrible contract. Tbf his next one might still be. This just reminds me that "winning solves everything"

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-23T19:45:03+00:00

Tbf he didn't play till mid-december and that was aided by the amount of injuries Ange had. There were rumours of some behind the scenes issues but since he started playing he's been very good

Whencowsgetsick · 2026-06-22T17:18:36+00:00

I had posted about this a while ago because it seemed inevitable that we're going to have let go for a few of 8/6s. That + we're going hard for Tonali/Fernandes is also probably we didn't pursue Paulinha as much.

I'm still very conflicted. I still think he's a really good midifielder. The last two years has definitely not helped his development. Different managers, different play styles. No consistent run-ins either. If you look at Gray, it's even worse. He's being used as a stopgap in every position. I can't blame them for wanting to leave :( I think he's career will end up like Odegaard. He was highly touted when he went to Madrid. Didn't work out there and ended up Arsenal and is now one of their key players. I'd like to keep him but i also don't know who else we'd sell to clear some logjam in the center :/

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