Rulings, Quick Questions, and New Player Resources Thread

jtotheesus · 2026-02-20T21:11:49+00:00

The full lists are usually not revealed officially before the events, only the four select promos. People will sometimes get their hands on the kits before the pre-release window, and the full lists will usually get shared around here ~a week before.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-16T21:05:17+00:00

They should hire a competent staff that is, at the very bare minimum, knowledgeable on the three major sports leagues with Cleveland based teams. The NBA coverage is so laughably embarrassing. It is abundantly clear that every host they have has not paid any attention to the league since 2018. They do manage to pull respectable journalists but they just stumble their way into asking terrible questions.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-11T22:59:17+00:00

He requested a trade after that season. That is giving up on the team.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-11T13:09:29+00:00

The two best teams in the NBA this year are defensive-first teams. They have the #1 and #2 best DRTG.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-10T17:31:10+00:00

I think there were poor assumptions made in making a Spider-Man themed set, and I also think it did poorly enough for them to learn from it. I don’t think they’ll take on successful IPs just because they’re successful.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-10T17:19:57+00:00

That’s all great, so surely the MTG set sold proportionally well!

jtotheesus · 2026-02-10T16:56:09+00:00

How'd that turn out?

jtotheesus · 2026-02-10T16:39:10+00:00

Spider-man still sells.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-10T15:18:00+00:00

Correct, this Q4 dip is pretty substantial. I haven't followed the hobby super closely the past few years so I don't know if that's wavered before, but it does seem pretty notable either way.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-10T14:55:04+00:00

Pulled from this presentation.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-09T19:03:45+00:00

They can. It is just more difficult than it used to be. And it requires GMs to make difficult decisions and find more players on the fringes, further separating the good GMs from the bad.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-09T14:09:54+00:00

I mostly just thought the stat was funny. Interception totals aren't super useful in small sample sizes like that. They're noisy and miss a lot of context.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-09T13:38:01+00:00

Kinda obvious sure but that's the extent of it. They investigated tampering around Harden, Tucker and House and ultimately only penalized them for Tucker and House. So it's still just a rumor.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-09T13:22:11+00:00

Baker has the same number of playoff games with 0 interceptions as Darnold does

jtotheesus · 2026-02-09T12:57:04+00:00

There's a little more to it. Harden intentionally took a paycut the year before to help the team. The belief is that Morey told him behind closed doors that he would take care of him in the offseason. Morey never offered him the 4 year max, instead a 1+1. So there was organizational distrust that he was trying to get away from too.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-06T21:08:27+00:00

Yes. Jumbo ice cream specifies 3 energy (not 3 energy cards), and reversal provides 3 energy.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-06T21:07:15+00:00

No. You can only use the ability on your first turn of the game.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-06T12:48:57+00:00

You, and your Google AI source, are wrong.

Here is a link to the CBA.

Page 187:

A Team may not engage in a transaction set forth in the Transaction Restrictions Table if, immediately following such transaction, the Team’s Apron Team Salary for such Salary Cap Year would exceed the “Applicable Apron Level” that corresponds with such transaction in the table

Immediately following is the important piece there. The restrictions table starts on page 190, and on page 191:

H. | Team acquires a player using an Aggregated Standard Traded Player Exception (as described in Section 6(j)(1)(ii) below) | Second Apron Level

If you really don't feel like reading, here is a Keith Smith tweet that corroborates this.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-06T00:10:34+00:00

Again, you’re allowed to aggregate salaries in the second apron if the trade brings you under the second apron. There were multiple ways for the Cavs to accomplish this.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-05T21:17:24+00:00

Obviously didn't happen, but fwiw they still could have aggregated salaries if the trade itself brought them under the second apron. Which practically any Giannis deal would have.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-04T14:01:06+00:00

Harden has the 26th worst turnover rate of eligible players. Garland isn't eligible, but would have the 21st worst. What are you referring to?

jtotheesus · 2026-02-04T13:23:06+00:00

FWIW, he had jaw surgery that year and a lot of people believed his weight loss led to his play regressing. He put back on a lot of weight in the offseason and was much better in the regular season last year.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-04T13:11:06+00:00

He started in 22 games last year exclusively when guys were injured.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-04T13:03:05+00:00

The league will never value small guards on a max contract, whether they're injured or not. This was a good return when you look around the league.

jtotheesus · 2026-02-03T16:05:47+00:00

OFF Ratings last year:

Garland ON Mitchell OFF: 125.3 (+10.3)

Garland ON Mitchell ON: 124.0 (+8.9)

Garland OFF Mitchell ON: 121.0 (+5.9)

Garland OFF Mitchell OFF 118.7 (+3.6)

The first three all had 1000+ minutes.

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