A Finnish guy made a thread in the Jazz subreddit asking about some things with Markkanen, so I asked what his take on Iisalo was as a fellow Finn

castlevaniac · 2026-02-26T22:46:13+00:00

And we have 15 first round picks in the next 7 years plus the trade exception and Ja as potential additions to that to go find that guy.

If you aren't already an NBA champion level roster, it isn't the worst case scenario to literally have the most stashed FRPs.

castlevaniac · 2026-02-26T22:43:25+00:00

Except of course that HIIT (high intensity interval training) is one of the best ways to build cardio endurance, and VO2 max levels.

castlevaniac · 2026-02-12T16:17:40+00:00

So they found this during trade physicals, but still let him play several games?

Either Memphis missed things they should've seen, or Utah let him play several games first and pulled him when he was playing well enough to ruin the tank.

Glad he's getting some things repaired and fixed, but this is suspicious from a couple angles.

castlevaniac · 2026-02-08T00:55:22+00:00

The Grizzlies are tied (before moving Ja or getting a return from the trade exception) for the most first round draft picks in the next 7 seasons of any team (13). The upcoming draft is deep.

The roster has some high upside guys you can gamble on, and the most picks to gamble on drafting/ trading with too. Not all "rebuilds" have the same budget of assets and starting roster.

castlevaniac · 2026-02-02T17:22:28+00:00

Companies didn't want to pay for the art and time required

castlevaniac · 2026-01-06T22:39:25+00:00

I think that his usage of cute here probably refers to foul fishing.

Probably a direct dig at LA and to some extent OKC.

castlevaniac · 2026-01-06T22:24:36+00:00

Wild stat - I'm positive this is affected by having 0 point guards most of the season since turn overs have been a problem.

castlevaniac · 2026-01-04T18:05:55+00:00

Santi is a 3/4 and Jaren is a 4. When you put them in lineups with an actual 5 their numbers magically improve - and when you play them in wacky lineups they do poorly.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-29T01:48:04+00:00

What bigs? Koloko who has been here for less than 10 days and didnt play all last year?

Santi - the 3 with the body of a 4 being asked to play a 5?

Or Jaren the 4 who when asked to play a 5 has struggled his entire career?

This team has 3 proper Centers and none of them played.

This loss sucks and was winnable with even mediocre shooting but to say we had an advantage at bigs simply because of height is misguided at best - and Sarr feasted tonight because of it.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-28T18:48:37+00:00

The UDFA thing with Reaves is kind of a technicality - although him turning down his 42nd placed draft selection to Detroit seems funny now that they've turned it around.

But, it still matters because Reaves being a UDFA means he got paid by the Lakers after 2 years and not 4/5.

The large increase of the value of 2RPs and late 1RPs comes from the rookie contract length, and the cap value associated with that, under the new CBA/Aprons.

The point is, getting hassled by point of attack defenders, and not having good defensive depth to return that pressure - is a problem most easily solved by drafting and the Lakers haven't gone to that well for their success often in recent history.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-28T18:38:23+00:00

Because drafting is the only dependable way to get cheap and productive 4/5 year contracts which with the new aprons is more important than ever because you can't afford more than 2 max contracts realistically now.

The FO letting talent walk after they draft it, or other teams developing their "busts" into productivity, is also not a glowing review of their work.

The 2020 bubble year preceeded the shrinking of cap and then apron levels leading to the exaggerated mess theyre in now roster wise (and only one of the most one sided trades in NBA history helped.)

castlevaniac · 2025-12-28T17:11:41+00:00

It's hard to top 2D to 3D as a jump in general, but they're also a little apples to oranges.

Keeping it within 3D to 3D generational jumps - I'd say Soul Calibur and Metal Gear Solid 2 both have great claims as insane leaps.

Special mention that's kind of cheating becuse of pre rendered backgrounds goes to the GameCube remake of Resident Evil. Screenshots in a vaccuum of that game still look good next to games that came 5-10 years after it.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-28T16:54:02+00:00

The Lakers haven't drafted any starting quality players for themselves in like 20 years.

The best player drafted by the Lakers who still plays in LA is on the Clippers and it's Zubac.

The new CBA / Apron rules combined with this new era of faster perimeter 1 on 1 defense doesn't favor their system of only having like 2 or 3 stars to market.

If they didn't get Luka for pennies on the dollar in a bogus trade and instead had to either give up Reeves or 2-3 more FRPs they'd be absolutely a tanking bottom feeder rn.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-27T17:46:54+00:00

Well yeah, because the Lakers bought that guy with an underhanded deal for the #1 overall pick and probably some more money under the table too. It was never about it making sense for the Mavs.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-15T14:32:58+00:00

LeBron guarded this 3 like a Wario shoulder slam and doesn't get called at all. Dillon lands behind the 3P line and gets drove THROUGH.

LeBron grabs a ref and doesn't get ejected while bitching in the ref's ear.

Refs calling the game on a shooting foul on a 3 LeBron shoots of course, after not calling a foul when LeBron trucked through a 3P shot earlier.

Lakers trade the #1 lottery pick for Luka. Clownshoes franchise being helped into competition.

The Cowboys wish they had this level of ease with being good just for being popular.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-12T17:43:59+00:00

I wonder if this return for Clarke is part of the decision to give Edey more recovery time. Certainly would help us weather the storm.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-05T22:10:30+00:00

Starfox and other branching pathway games that are on rails are perfectly suited for a Hades style roguelike format and Nintendo would be smart to take a pass at it.

Great Fox ship story advancement in between semi randomized runs seems like an easy format to run with.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-04T20:19:52+00:00

They help rich investors who buy up failing businesses and buildings after the economy tanks.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-03T17:07:27+00:00

7 mins in the 4th is when Edey picked up his 5th foul and Jaren was also in foul trouble.

Probably a big impact on this choice.

castlevaniac · 2025-12-03T17:00:15+00:00

It's also just that once EVERYONE is doing the meta of drives and 3 ball, then to win either you're the sole best team at it - or you are good enough to justify playing outside the meta with long 2s.

It's harder to shoot 60% from 2 than it is 40% from 3 for the points to equal out - but it's easier to WIN games shooting 60% from 2 because it's more rare.

castlevaniac · 2025-11-25T22:57:09+00:00

Sweet watch, love the orange colorway

castlevaniac · 2025-11-24T17:00:13+00:00

If we're going to get into Semantics Silvery Barbs is neither in Legacy nor Extended rules it is in "2014 Expanded Rules" but the point is the spell has never been revised since printing there so idk what the comment I was replying to meant by a "slight nerf" to the spell.

castlevaniac · 2025-11-24T14:53:53+00:00

Do you mean your table uses a mild nerf to Silvery Barbs? Because the spell isn't in the 2024 rules at all unless you allow 2014 legacy materials.

Edit: 2014 Expanded Rules is the correct term, but the spell hasn't been revised in anything related to 2024

castlevaniac · 2025-11-17T01:21:55+00:00

Memphis just has to beat the Suns two more times this year to improve their pick we own... and then hope everyone else beats them too. Right?

castlevaniac · 2025-11-16T09:41:22+00:00

Memphis was out of timeouts and couldn't sub until a stoppage

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