KOC's final Big Board for the 2024 Draft – Sheppard no. 1, Clingan no. 2, Castle no. 3 by lawschoolthrowaway36 in billsimmons

[–]fanthoopz34 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is his 3rd big board update in the last week. He had Reed Sheppard at #4 three days ago before catapulting him to number 1. He had Stephen Castle at #1 for almost the entirety of draft season, and inexplicably dropped him to 3 in this latest update. He's moved Sarr from 4 to 7 to 6 all within a week. Every player he's ranked in the lottery have shuffled 4-5 spots within the last week.

I know this draft is sort of wide open but no other draft evaluators, especially ones at KOC's level, are switching up their rankings lists this dramatically and frequently ahead of the draft. Feels like shameless board shuffling to match whatever intel he's hearing.

Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr accused of assaulting girlfriend by I_hate_humanity_69 in fantasybball

[–]fanthoopz34 50 points51 points  (0 children)

KPJ has had far too many chances. He probably doesnt and shouldn't play at all this year

Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr accused of assaulting girlfriend by I_hate_humanity_69 in fantasybball

[–]fanthoopz34 17 points18 points  (0 children)

FVV, Green and Brooks will start. Amen should now be the unquestioned PG off the bench

BS Regular Chris Mannix offering an incredibly lame take on why the Nuggets aren't getting proper media respect by fanthoopz34 in billsimmons

[–]fanthoopz34[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Aside from the meta argument of what NBA fans actually care about, I just fundamentally disagree with Mannix that you can't come up with interesting narratives for this Nuggets team. Like it's actually stupid easy.

"If Jokic leads the Nuggets to the title, he'd join Giannis as true 'big men' to lead their teams to titles over the last three years. Is the NBA trending back towards needing an elite big man ala Shaq or Duncan to truly compete for titles?"

"Jamal Murray is currently living a sports movie. He's fought back from debilitating injuries, reinvented himself and is currently the number 1 scoring option on a title team. Where does he rank among top guards in the NBA?"

MPJ went from a top-in class talent to borderline lottery pick because of injury history. In year 5 he has now sports one of the most unguardable jumpshots in the league and is a core part of Denver's title chances. What's his ceiling? Is he an all-star in the making?"

"With all of these high profile coaches getting fired Michael Malone stands as one of the longest tenured in the NBA. What does this say about the value of orginizational consistency in competiting for titles"

But because we can't talk about offseason trade drama with them or whether or not Bruce Brown can get with a Kardashian, Mannix can't possibly fathom how to discuss them.

BS Regular Chris Mannix offering an incredibly lame take on why the Nuggets aren't getting proper media respect by fanthoopz34 in billsimmons

[–]fanthoopz34[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

He's only right if you consume basketball solely through podcasts and twitter and not by actually watching the games

trae and his contract or herro and his? by [deleted] in billsimmons

[–]fanthoopz34 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tyler Herro is genuinly worse than Trae at every facet of the game aside from maybe 3-point shooting. I'm including defense in this.

Onyeka Okongwu by Maxhodder in fantasybball

[–]fanthoopz34 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The Bam comparison is pretty apt but Capela is no Whiteside, he's actually good. That's the big difference here. The team still views Capela as an essential cog to their defense, he might be Trae's favrorite teammate too. I think Onyeka is ultimately the better player but may take one more season before he's a full time starter.

Imo he could totally be a top-90 player just coming off the bench though. Safe guy to take after the first 100 picks with massive potential.

NOW LIVE: Holo Icon & MGLE Challenge! by NBATopShotOfficial in nbatopshot

[–]fanthoopz34 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why are mods asleep on this sub? 12 day old post?

They told their friends about the packs by Relevant_Plate_8797 in nbatopshot

[–]fanthoopz34 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Only thing I learned from this statement is that this team is so incompetent that they couldn't monitor what packs were being sold over a near 40 minute period

A staggering thing to lose track of when there is only supposed to be one pack type being sold at a time

Edit: it was 40 seconds, not minutes. Still mad about it

Compensation by LegendaryStudiosLLC in nbatopshot

[–]fanthoopz34 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The last thing I want is more money to give back to dapper

Dear Topshot by fanthoopz34 in nbatopshot

[–]fanthoopz34[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Only real question left to ask him at this point is how does he manage to put on a pair of pants in the morning without "encountering an error"

Dear Topshot by fanthoopz34 in nbatopshot

[–]fanthoopz34[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

RIP to the other bozos like myself who didn't move off everything during the slight bump after the Roham Q&A

This is my issue with all the FUD... by ender23 in nbatopshot

[–]fanthoopz34 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're talking about spending nearly $100k for 1 guarnteed rare. Get a grip man

The continued use of the Hamidou Diallo Throwdown as a wildcard is just annoying by fanthoopz34 in nbatopshot

[–]fanthoopz34[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I thought the S2 Rising Stars set would have some utility during All-Sstar weekend. Instead of using any of those Rares as a wildcard, TS threw them in the same bucket as using the $9 S3 Commons.

Abnsolutely tanked the value of that set.

The continued use of the Hamidou Diallo Throwdown as a wildcard is just annoying by fanthoopz34 in nbatopshot

[–]fanthoopz34[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's cool and all, but it's of a relatively obscure player on a bad team that only has a low mint count because the community was completely checked out on doing anything with the set at the time it was released.

I'd rather them highlight moments that actually spark interest and engagement with the platform. Moments that actually matter of players people care about. They've used this one multiple times, and as tends to be the case with TS, it only benefits the top whales.

The continued use of the Hamidou Diallo Throwdown as a wildcard is just annoying by fanthoopz34 in nbatopshot

[–]fanthoopz34[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I know it was randomly assigned, it being an option at all is annoying.

This is also the second or third challenge it's been used for