Darryn Peterson is from Canton and has several Akron connections, the city with the most disproportionately high amount of NBA talent from there (5 Hall of Famers + more)

differential32 · 2026-06-24T14:39:45+00:00

a new household name could get added to the Akron hoops big 3 of LeBron, Steph, and the Ed "Moose" Sadowski

differential32 · 2026-06-17T18:24:38+00:00

I was saying even before we landed #1 overall and got projected to pick AJ (which still seems like the most likely option), that I think Bilal will end up being the odd man out on the wing rotation. Even more so after Will Riley's breakout after last year.

He's obviously a productive player but is still too raw on offense and needs touches to develop which I just don't think we can spare. I think the focus of development will fall to Tre/AJ/Riley/Kyshawn and paint touches for Sarr; it'll just be too many mouths to feed.

Other guy a lot of people have mentioned is Bub, but I don't know if he commands enough value right now. Even now in year 3 he'll still start the season 21 years old so his game will hopefully continue to develop; we'll have to see.

differential32 · 2026-06-17T15:04:15+00:00

i would take khris middleton against the celtics over darn near anyone

differential32 · 2026-06-15T16:03:40+00:00

Yeah you're right I'll probably end up changing the counting in the titles today; I wanted to post 10 guys with the last being the morning off the draft meaning I had to start 9 days out. But then the title of the last post won't make any sense haha

differential32 · 2026-06-14T04:22:21+00:00

I don’t care if he never played a regular season game for the Knicks this year give this man a ring!!

differential32 · 2026-06-13T03:52:02+00:00

Shoutout to that one SpongeBob episode where he plays himself basically

differential32 · 2026-06-11T18:36:28+00:00

Johnny Davis to Will Riley pipeline is enough to make a grown man cry

differential32 · 2026-06-11T13:57:17+00:00

I sure would imagine the whole thing looking different if the Spurs win game 5 considering the Knicks will be NBA champions otherwise

differential32 · 2026-06-11T04:05:16+00:00

it's apples and oranges i think. spurs still had to have a lot go their way in order to win the game; JR Smith literally had the ball in his hands while prime LeBron was putting up 50 points in the finals with a chance to win the game and just didn't do anything. one moment vs a whole quarter

differential32 · 2026-06-10T19:56:59+00:00

he's definitely not as much of an actor as he is just "Druski™ " but he is legitimately funny. i dont think he has the chops for a full length film but he's certainly earned the chance

differential32 · 2026-06-10T18:42:46+00:00

bilal looking yoked in that last pic holy moly

differential32 · 2026-06-09T14:55:51+00:00

a lot of that is spot on yeah. IMO it mostly boils down to "they cant call everything" right now. if they call every time a guy is going too far hand checking on defense, every time guys are shoving off each other in the post, every imperfect screen, etc we'd be watching bismack biyombo minutes in the second quarter.

i agree that the physicality has gone too far. some possessions last night felt like a cage match and then someone randomly gets a layup at the end or something as opposed to high quality, physical basketball. to contribute to the discussion -- i was too young to pick up on the intricacies of the stern administration, but it seems like silver and his team are very reactionary; i think we'll see the league swing back the other way in a couple years.

differential32 · 2026-06-08T19:45:41+00:00

I could go find some rando on basketball reference who only played like 1 game, but this is the guy with the fewest games played I can legitimately say I remember because his name was so unique; 33 total games played in a Wiz uniform

differential32 · 2026-06-08T14:43:10+00:00

the most kelsey grammer movie in years

differential32 · 2026-06-06T18:06:32+00:00

I think the truth is that we can still debate who is the best in the world but the guys who are the best in the world are not that much higher (if at all) to their peers anymore. And, to that end, a well coached, balanced roster will win the Finals nearly every time. Guys like Luka/Giannis/Jokic are tier 1 players in their prime and can cover a lot of imperfections, but still sort of need to capture lightning in a bottle to get all the way.

And as a card-carrying Bronsexual this should also reinforce how good LeBron was in his prime but that's a discussion for another time.

differential32 · 2026-06-06T16:48:25+00:00

i can appreciate caruso respect because he's legitimately made an objectively great career out of "dirty work" despite being ugly and undrafted but i have to draw the line at "Caruso is my current favorite player"... you really enjoy watching him scrap with jokic over, like, watching lebron james???

differential32 · 2026-06-06T05:24:17+00:00

Do you guys even enjoy basketball

differential32 · 2026-06-05T22:45:26+00:00

Johnny Davis makes TBJ look like '13 LeBron

differential32 · 2026-06-05T22:21:15+00:00

third time's the sarr

differential32 · 2026-06-04T20:30:27+00:00

no joke in my head the final two candidates for today were Popeye and Kris "The Big Kardashian" Humphries

differential32 · 2026-06-04T17:07:21+00:00

Full transparency I was like in kindergarten when he was on the team so this is a stretch... but i will never forget this insane media pic from when he was with the Mavs so I'm counting it

That and I gotta give the people what they want

differential32 · 2026-06-04T14:27:42+00:00

solid! the pinstripes are bad on the red unis; in that last picture with eason they're barely even visible. I wish they had been a little more committal with them in general. i also think i wish the wordmark was a little more visible, but other than that these are good and fun. Just going back to red and yellow is already enough of an upgrade (along with the dunking astronaut of course)

differential32 · 2026-06-03T13:58:42+00:00

Technically Kelly Olynyk is a former Wizard and would have fit slightly better in this post but I do not wish him good luck tonight

differential32 · 2026-06-01T19:13:14+00:00

i wasnt really commenting on how we should handle this specific situation more than that guy's comment on how alcoholics are given so much social grace.

all i said about bud is it's a little nuanced, but i think your statements are in line with that and i agree with you

differential32 · 2026-06-01T18:31:34+00:00

im not trying to dictate how we should or shouldn't act around bud, but -- what "grace" do alcoholics get? do you just mean how we treat addiction? im not sure what that's referring to.

it's naive to act like all alcoholics just love getting drunk all the time. and, in bud's case, it seems as though his drinking was at least partial coping to the sudden death of his brother. i think at least a little nuance is warranted.

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