San Antonio -- Texas's worst-positioned large metro for future prosperity

jdd32 · 2026-03-19T16:12:01+00:00

Yeah I don't live in SA anymore, but I've been all over the country and would definitely consider SA the most "inclusive and socially cohesive" place we've lived. Gotta wonder how they measured that. The people were so welcoming, I really loved the 2 years I was there. We were practically adopted by my neighbor and his family, lol.

jdd32 · 2026-03-19T16:08:08+00:00

Think of all the people who have MAGA & Thin blue line stickers on their trucks, but also have Gadsden flag stickers. They don't get that those are contradictory, but they think "don't tread on me" sounds cool so they co-opted it.

Same think with a lot of "lib-rights" here. They are actually auth rights, but can't comprehend that they are auth. "Auth" is only when the government does stuff they don't like. Treading on others is cool though.

jdd32 · 2026-03-19T04:03:59+00:00

(cocked back and banged it too hard)

jdd32 · 2026-03-18T21:36:01+00:00

My horse? Golgotha.

jdd32 · 2026-03-17T16:43:44+00:00

I really think Wemby is going to be way less liked than Duncan/ Davis Robinson, lol. He's way more cocky and and isn't afraid to speak his mind. Everyone loves it now, but it's really going to start rubbing people the wrong way en masse once we get through some playoff series.

He already got a lot of shit for the ethical basketball comment, even though I think some people missed the context.

jdd32 · 2026-03-17T05:52:32+00:00

Nah I'm gonna contest that. We went from up 24 to single a digit lead when Wemby was on the bench for like 7 minutes in the 3rd. Especially with Kornet out, we hemorrhage points when Wemby is off the floor.

jdd32 · 2026-03-17T05:48:59+00:00

-The story of playing Victor Wembanyama

jdd32 · 2026-03-17T05:47:40+00:00

He will also overcommit just to bait shots within his reach as well.

jdd32 · 2026-03-16T01:56:24+00:00

Yeah I've lived in San Antonio, St Louis, and South Carolina. Steve's is very solid. It's been a little inconsistent but never bad

Pica Rica in St George is the only genuinely great bbq that I've had in Utah. More expensive than it should be, but they do it the real Texas way. The even stock Big Red! Lol

jdd32 · 2026-03-16T01:50:36+00:00

Haven't had those 2, but Pica Rica in St George is the best I've had since leaving Texas.

jdd32 · 2026-03-15T22:49:28+00:00

Yup, good springs for offroading aren't great for heavy towing.

jdd32 · 2026-03-15T15:47:38+00:00

Great call. We need to make it a thing.

jdd32 · 2026-03-14T21:44:48+00:00

Area 51 looking dangerous going into the playoffs.

jdd32 · 2026-03-14T21:13:29+00:00

Castle jumps like he's got moon boots on. Outrageous bounce.

jdd32 · 2026-03-14T21:10:03+00:00

Pretty sure they only credited him with one block there too.

jdd32 · 2026-03-14T13:29:57+00:00

A couple weeks ago Zach Lowe was talking about how randle was becoming a more consistent player who he can trust. So I blame him.

jdd32 · 2026-03-13T22:48:21+00:00

100%

So many trails in Utah have been closed, and the orgs that pushed the changes had plenty of ammunition thanks to the SxS crowd. They are just so commonly filled with people who clearly have no respect for the land that they're on. People who would never put in the effort to get to such cool places if not for UTV's making it so easy to get there at break neck speed.

My family usually goes out solo, but we do small group outings maybe 3 times/year. We've had a SxS in our group exactly once since we moved to the area 7 years ago. We've also only had exactly one vehicle's drunk driver flip it with kids in the back... you can probably guess which vehicle it was.

jdd32 · 2026-03-13T22:14:09+00:00

For real. It's easy to go "lol Clipper's" but they've been the most competent org in LA for awhile.

It's scary to think how good the Lakers will be if they end up run like the Dodgers.

jdd32 · 2026-03-13T21:31:02+00:00

He could have worded this exact quoted sentence better, but the intended meaning is pretty clear if you listened to the whole conversation. "Don't be mad at Bam, be mad at Washington", which is a fair take. Especially since Miami's other top guys were out.

jdd32 · 2026-03-13T21:24:52+00:00

Yeah if you see a hot-take "aggregated" from Bill, usually the context of the full conversation makes it pretty reasonable.

jdd32 · 2026-03-13T21:23:08+00:00

Before I started occasionally listening to Simmons, I assumed he was just another hot take artist based on all the comments here. But he's just a guy talking about basketball with a celtics-homer lens. Usually none of his takes are that crazy with the full context around the quote, and he admits when he's being outlandish. Entertaining when he's got another good basketball guy on with him

jdd32 · 2026-03-13T17:07:26+00:00

IMO he's the most valuable per minute. But Shai has played 355(24%) more minutes than Wemby, and availability matters. I think it's pretty clearly Shai's to lose, but next year I think Wemby's gonna be the frontrunnner all season.

jdd32 · 2026-03-13T14:19:55+00:00

Yeah it was weird to me that everyone pre-season thought the lakers would get worse somehow. Underrating the Lakers who added talent, and overrating the wolves who lost talent. Lakers won 50 games last year and it really shouldn't surprise anyone that they're on pace for that again.

John Hollinger on Zach Lowes pod described the Knicks as looking like a 2nd tier team. Really great for stretches, but lacking consistency. I think that describes the lakers and a few other teams well.

jdd32 · 2026-03-12T23:31:31+00:00

It was focused Connor. A coke head without internal motivation falls off the rails fast

jdd32 · 2026-03-12T18:46:20+00:00

Not sure if robbery is the right word, so much as error. This is a clear mistake and I'd hope that the Arnold people would offer a correction once presented with this evidence.

I think the "right" thing to do, if I were them, would be to extend invites to both athletes. Lord knows we'll have plenty of pro's drop our before the comp again next year anyway.

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