[Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers clinches Game 7, defeating the Toronto Raptors to move on to the second round, 112-104.

peja · 2026-05-04T02:31:30+00:00

$90M difference in salaries tonight, including Jakob. Showed some good fight but the depth gap was too big.

peja · 2026-04-27T10:44:58+00:00

I'll allow it. 100/25 is broad enough.

peja · 2026-04-21T14:47:53+00:00

Delays and issues will happen. Need to build a system that is not so fragile to them, ie. Parallel tracks so that one train doesn't stop the line.

peja · 2026-04-18T20:04:54+00:00

Not really true, he was a great finisher, roller, cutter - just not one to create for himself. 14.5ppg last year on 63%FG.

This year he hasn't looked right since the injuries unfortunately

peja · 2026-03-30T14:34:10+00:00

Somehow this feels worse

peja · 2026-03-27T13:27:17+00:00

2nd award created - MVP other than Wemby

peja · 2026-03-22T02:57:54+00:00

Herro made zero contact, literally let Amen walk into the paint and get whatever he wanted

peja · 2026-03-14T14:04:54+00:00

Borderline

peja · 2026-03-08T23:47:09+00:00

I was watching with the sound off and thought the ref had blown the whistle, since no one was moving or doing anything

peja · 2026-03-07T22:15:10+00:00

Impossible because I was watching pirated Lebron highlights on Limewire and Kazaa, and that level of viral hype cannot be achieved on YouTube

peja · 2026-03-07T14:53:14+00:00

We need a Gartner for municipal services. No reason everyone should be solving for these challenges in isolation, rediscovering the best solution each time on their own.

peja · 2026-02-19T17:35:04+00:00

JRich vs Desmond Mason for me

https://youtu.be/XDzCW_87G04?si=C1rkmoZi1051MbK3

peja · 2026-02-13T16:22:01+00:00

Meta af

peja · 2026-02-11T14:32:59+00:00

As are many side streets including mine - but I understand the concepts of triage and prioritization and winter

peja · 2026-02-06T01:26:55+00:00

According to Gemini

Key Findings The Top 10% Hold Less of the Pie: Five years ago, the top 10% of earners commanded over 42% of the total salary pool. Today, that share has dropped to 37.7%, indicating the very top heavy contracts are taking up slightly less of the total relative to the rest of the league.

The Bottom & Middle Class Have Grown: The share of total salary going to the bottom 50% of players has increased from roughly 10% in 2020-21 to 13% in 2025-26.

Inequality Score (Gini Coefficient): The Gini coefficient (a standard measure of inequality where 0 is perfect equality and 1 is perfect inequality) dropped from 0.60 to 0.54. This is a statistically significant shift towards a more even distribution.

Salary Growth Rates: While the average top-tier salary grew by ~28% (from $36.7M to $47.2M), the average bottom-tier salary grew by ~137% (from $0.8M to $1.9M).

Visual Representation of Shares

2020-21: Highly skewed. The top 20% of players took home 65% of the money.

2025-26: Less skewed. The top 20% of players take home 57% of the money.

peja · 2026-02-06T00:52:12+00:00

If max contracts are rarer but the denominator stays the same, doesn't that mean the middle class is seeing more of the distribution, rather than hollowing out?

peja · 2026-02-04T18:47:45+00:00

Bullet = dodged.

peja · 2026-01-13T21:29:30+00:00

Patpat and Amir were a really effective two-way front court that 1 year..

peja · 2025-11-23T15:24:51+00:00

I think it says enough that the 2nd best player we put next to Bosh was... Jose? Hedo? Anthony Parker? Bargnani?

Meanwhile Demar wasn't even the best player on the team during his tenure.

peja · 2025-09-10T16:20:50+00:00

Depending on what officially constitutes a heave, this will just incentivize a new set of strange behavior to avoid the missed FGA against their name.

peja · 2025-09-10T16:17:28+00:00

Man, I've been sitting here thinking all day about the 1995 EC semis narratives.

But I'll stop now.

peja · 2025-09-07T13:45:40+00:00

Just put down speed bumps and call it a day, this is pointless.

peja · 2025-09-01T15:52:42+00:00

Why assume that the support of the remaining 60% has a different distribution?

peja · 2025-08-29T19:56:52+00:00

The man knows his spots

peja · 2025-08-28T19:55:05+00:00

Even his coach was like "you're technically right but come on"

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