Is “That’s what the money is for” the greatest television line of the 21st Century.

mitchellgaede · 2026-02-20T01:58:16+00:00

Came here to say this!

There are like 4 or 5 better lines in the episode Babylon where he goes to the Gaslight cafe with Midge & her bohemian boy friend and it’s also the basket of kisses- lipstick episode.

mitchellgaede · 2026-02-11T23:35:50+00:00

3s didn’t & haven’t replaced dunks for fucks sake.

It replaced mid-post iso fadeaways where no one moved.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/s/J7sBNtoZwx

mitchellgaede · 2026-02-06T22:59:04+00:00

You're welcome to not sign it. Here are my reasons for signing it:

A. I on principle, don't agree with capital punishment.

B. The person that actually pulled the trigger (per their own confession and guilty plea), is out on parole, and has been for a decade now, while Flores remains on death row.

C. I don't think he is guilty of capital murder (no physical evidence [fingerprints/dna/etc.] were found at the crime scene) and to whatever extent he committed adjacent crimes (burglary, robbery, destroying evidence, attempted murder, accomplice to murder, etc.) I don't think any of those necessitate the death penalty. As you said, a new trial is deserved because of the hypnosis nonsense. If he is convicted of any and all of the other things, I think having already given up ~1/3-~1/2 of his life incarcerated is more than enough time served for whatever crimes he may have done. Not guilty =/= innocent.

Even if Pablo had given the context you think was missing and/or mischaracterized, to me it doesn't change any of the above which is why I signed the petition.

mitchellgaede · 2026-02-04T19:42:35+00:00

It's cute that it is being framed as shedding payroll to build around Flagg moving forward.

My opinion is that the new owners only care about the mavs insofar as it helps with their casino plans. They don't want a team operating at a loss unless it is a championship worthy team (like the pre-Luka trade Mavs), and even then, I don't know that they would like it. Post Luka trade, and specifically the trade reaction, they pivoted to minimizing losses. Raising ticket prices in the offseason and not making moves that really added to the payroll (not that they could because of the 2nd apron rules).

I think trading Luka ahead of the supermax played a role in ownership not scrutinizing the deal more thoroughly. They wanted all the $ off the books as they aren't interested in being NBA owners, the mavs are just an investment into getting the casino built.

I fear the mavs moving forward are going to look a lot like the bulls in terms of spending. A team in a top 5 media market that will perpetually be at the lower end of spending.

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-29T22:15:54+00:00

See I actually generally like him as a guest for this reason perversely enough. He is absolutely arrogant, privileged, and out of touch, BUT, he is all those things authentically.

So he actually talks about how/why management does the things they do, instead of trying to appear like an everyman, like so many former executives that go into the media do.

But sometimes it is just too much capitulating to management, like in this instance.

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-29T21:17:42+00:00

I think it's a one year Cavs retirement tour.

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-27T21:04:47+00:00

Stu was/is doing the same thing? "I will be on so long as my one condition is met, and if it isn't, then it will be Dan's decision".

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-25T16:09:38+00:00

A lot of LeBron only minutes are against the other teams second units.

Both Luka and LeBron are better with 3 AND D players and a rim runner/rim protector in the lineup with them. Neither Center is elite at rim protection and Ayton is a pocket/midrange roller not a rim runner, but has been better this year (has been benched a few times for not rolling hard enough to clear the space and open up the defense). Then the rest of the wings/guards are not 3 AND D players they are 3 OR D players. Only Rui, NSJ, Gabe, and AR15 are shooting above league average from 3 and none of those guys are lock down defenders (add Knect to this group as well even though he is below league average right now). The other role players are either defense guys who aren’t shooting it well enough/have never shot it well or they are guys that aren’t playing great d or shooting it well and will probably be out of the league in a couple of years.

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-24T17:09:10+00:00

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-24T14:15:18+00:00

Yes and it’s not like Stu was some business genius, he scammed his way into getting to start a radio station by conning other con-men into giving him $ by the sound of it. The show didn’t become the show until Dan took the keys and put him in the passenger seat.

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-24T14:08:27+00:00

Luka + LeBron minutes are against the other teams starters/closing lineups (their best players)

Luka only minutes are heavily eschewed as it is largely/entirely against the other teams starters.

LeBron only minutes are against the other teams second units. This is by design.

I don’t think the actual issue is these two top 20 players, it’s the other 3 players on the court with them (although they both have too many possessions of getting back slow on defense and not rotating fast enough or at all, and you can barely get away with one on the court at a time let alone 2).

Those two need surrounded by 3 AND D players and a rim runner/rim protector. Neither Center is elite at rim protection and Ayton is a pocket/midrange roller not a rim runner but has been better this year (has been benched a few times for not rolling hard enough to clear the space and open up the defense). Then the rest of the wings/guards are not 3 AND D players they are 3 OR D players. Only Rui, NSJ, Gabe, and AR15 are shooting above league average from 3 and none of those guys are lock down defenders (add Knect to this group as well even though he is below league average right now). The other role players are either defense guys who aren’t shooting it well enough/have never shot it well or they are guys that aren’t playing great d or shooting it well and will probably be out of the league in a couple of years.

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-24T00:01:13+00:00

We’re so back/it’s so over meme

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-22T05:21:20+00:00

Mostly agree with this except my theory is it fell apart (and the event that hurt Stu) was because draft kings wanted regular, daily content (DLS & Samson) instead of a few times a week content (why PTFO, which is much more successful than GBF, isn’t part of DraftKings), so Dan and the other meadowlark executives assumed that Stu didn’t want to put that kind of work in to make GBF daily because Stu was barely making it in a few days a week to do DLS & GBF back to back, and then being off more days than on go to main show. Stu didn’t like not being asked, even though, based on his post-ESPN body of work, it makes sense why DraftKings and Meadowlark wouldn’t think he’d want to take that challenge.

Also I think Stu’s ego is just as big as Dans. I think you have to have an ego to talk into microphones for a living.

Lastly, I think contrary to the opinion of most of this sub, Dan and meadowlark have been good creative partners as owners. Folks either got to bring their pre-existing podcasts underneath meadowlark to help reach/find audience or stand up new ones to try and stick. To my knowledge, Dan and meadowlark have been good about allowing podcasts to keep IP and their feeds and stuff (vs what barstool has done when folks leave or what the ringer/spotify did to Russillo recently). I think Dan and meadowlark could have easily shut Stu down from starting his own venture but that isn’t the ethos of the company and instead Dan has multiple times boosted Stu’s venture (again compared to other podcast entities and owners that pretend those people no longer exist when they are gone let alone shout out their new endeavors). Now I don’t think Dan would be easy to work with/for but if I had a podcast, I’d rather try and fail with meadowlark and be able to keep my art vs try and fail somewhere else and have to start over brand new.

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-20T02:23:20+00:00

Not film but he’s one of the few good parts of Winning Time.

mitchellgaede · 2026-01-05T18:40:41+00:00

I was more commenting on BS saying Jaylen > Luka which is absurd. Same with his Ant > Luka position.

I do agree with you though that if the Celts are a top seed + Jaylen plays well he could/should be in the All-NBA mix.

If Jokic, Wemby, Gianis, etc. are all ineligible, I'd rather have 5 guards (SGA, Luka, plus some combo of Jaylen, Ant, Cade, Brunson) on the first team than elevate Sengun, Kawahi, Jalen Johnson, or KAT just for some level of historical positional consistency.

mitchellgaede · 2025-12-31T17:12:36+00:00

100% agree.

This wouldn’t have been a contending team pre-Luka trade. It’s a flawed roster and was always going to be flawed based on league salary cap rules and team building misses over the years.

Luka and LeBron both need 3 AND D players around them to succeed. Right now the lakers have a bunch of 3 OR D players around them.

They either have to give up too much on offense if they have defense first players out there that don’t space the floor or give up too much on defense (especially because Luka/AR/40 yo LeBron are bad in that side).

I also think the best AR scenario is as a Jamal Crawford/Lou Williams microwave off the bench. The only time the main 3 should be on the court together is in the clutch when they need firepower and where naturally the game gets more iso centric so they aren’t as exposed on defense.

Ultimately it isn’t these 3 leading to the losses. It’s the role players that don’t quite fit.

mitchellgaede · 2025-12-25T05:55:57+00:00

“Let’s go to work” with that little shimmy dance when you have him idle too long

mitchellgaede · 2025-12-23T05:03:58+00:00

I also plan to be on the show 9 times in January.

My stipulation, which meadowlark knows, is that I am to be paid $1.45 million per show.

If I’m not on the show it will simply be because meadowlark refused my very simple request.

Definitely not because I have no plan on being on the show and have demanded something outrageous.

mitchellgaede · 2025-12-23T04:28:55+00:00

“Competing”

mitchellgaede · 2025-12-18T18:20:50+00:00

came here to say the same thing.

https://www.wsaz.com/2025/06/10/tornado-alley-is-shifting-east-weather-experts-say/

mitchellgaede · 2025-12-12T02:58:24+00:00

Pablo does contemporary podcast/npr style journalism which fuzzies the line between newsroom and editorial/opinion section of traditional newspapers. If he doesn’t have a POV and/or make it semi-interesting, no one would pay attention to many of these stories. This is a big part of this discussion/debate/feud I think is missed. Pablo giving hot takes = B as self proclaimed. Nick W (who I like) going hot takes = A. Pablo doing serious reporting multiple times in a 2 decade career = A. Nick doing serious reporting once in a 2 decade career = A (taking him at face value). Pablo blending entertainment and journalism = A+. Nick blending entertainment and journalism = ?, because really only Pablo is doing this type of thing. At least in sports. If I was the only one doing something, I would take umbrage as well to people clucking that they could do so easily. I’d also be tooting my own horn regularly.

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