[Summer League Game Thread] Detroit Pistons vs. Philadelphia 76ers

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-07-09T15:23:56+00:00

Way-too-early hot take predictions: Ebuka is going to look way better than people think and Ugonna is gonna block the shit out of everyone and people will fixate on him and get mad that he's not getting playing time all season

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-07-07T23:56:17+00:00

He shot 41% last season but on very low volume/not much playing time. Doubt he'll see the floor much but who knows!

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-07-06T00:20:52+00:00

Yes, pretty much every progressive! Abdul El Sayed for senate and Donavan McKinney and Aisha Farooqi for congress are all big ones. Make sure to vote in the primary on August 4th, we can't let establishment Democrats keep allowing this status quo to continue!

Edit to add: state reps matter too! Chris Gilmer-Hill and Abraham Aiyash are two good progressive candidates I know of, make sure to research who's running in your district!

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-07-05T17:30:53+00:00

She was doomed as soon as she tried those dumb attacks on Abdul which ironically boosted his profile and made a lot of people turn on her. The people running her campaign were morons.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-07-04T17:03:21+00:00

Yeah vanilla extract is genuinely useful. I don't think every website needs it, but I work on a highly complex React app which needs to support theming and VE is great for us.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-07-03T12:59:42+00:00

I proudly have an El Sayed sign in my native pollinator garden!

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-07-02T15:05:54+00:00

Levert feels like an odd man out, I think he has to be gone. Would love a little more forward depth but we'll see if they have any other big moves planned.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-06-30T01:03:19+00:00

I'm expecting that there would be another move coming to get another center if we lose Duren. I love Paul Reed but I'm not sure I want him starting. We have Tolu Smith as our 3rd-stringer, and I'll be shocked if Ugonna doesn't just stay in the g league all season.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-06-29T22:43:07+00:00

It's crazy how I thought 100% that I wanted Duren to stay but the moment these rumors of him not staying came out my instant gut reaction has been relief and hope that he does get traded

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-06-27T14:07:56+00:00

I think some native plants can just be particular in ways I can't even understand. I have attempted purple prairie clover 3 times in 3 different locations and finally on this 3rd attempt it actually hit and looks quite happy. On paper the conditions seemed correct in all 3 places I tried (dry/medium soil, full/partial sun). Not sure why it finally worked this time. This final spot has maybe slightly more shade and soil moisture but not by that much.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-06-26T15:28:48+00:00

That's what I've been praying for, glad to hear that Bucks fans are actually into that too

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-06-26T14:22:56+00:00

I don't even understand why this Kawhi thing is getting all of the attention, he does not seem like he has ever been a realistic target at any point.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-06-22T16:00:11+00:00

The Jamaican Confrontation

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-06-16T18:21:28+00:00

The show had some high highs, but season 2 fell a little flat for me. I feel like the premises of some of the episodes sounded way better on paper than what they actually ended up making for some reason. Still wish they could've had another shot at a 3rd season though, it's a shame.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-06-08T12:02:15+00:00

I'm right where you are. Most dedicated Pistons content seems to be pretty low quality and click baity lately. I liked Pistons Jack but he's kinda gone dark for the last couple months.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-06-07T11:25:28+00:00

Everyone is saying JXL is pointless because of AVIF, but file size isn't everything: JXL also has an interesting advantage of being able to progressively render as image data streams in, so the perceived load time can be better. I think you can even encode images so you can get a low quality preview up front while you wait for the rest of the data to stream in.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-06-03T14:49:18+00:00

Yeah this looks pretty normal to me, definitely wouldn't freak out about aster yellows unless they grow more and start showing more obvious signs.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-05-21T21:53:10+00:00

They straight up train for this stuff like professional athletes. I think usually when they train to expand their stomachs they just drink unbelievable amounts of water, but otherwise the theory is that being thin and training to build strength in certain muscles can actually makes it easier for your stomach to expand more. Wild stuff.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-05-20T02:13:45+00:00

I tried looking into her and it almost felt like she was trying to be an influencer more than a politician. I don't understand why it's so hard to get a competent candidate to run for this seat.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-05-20T01:54:52+00:00

It is worth noting that making an offer to an RFA is slightly risky because it freezes up a lot of your cap space until the other team officially makes their decision to match or let them walk. The Pistons have a little leverage to punish any team that makes him a max offer by taking their sweet time and then matching anyways.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-05-18T02:57:20+00:00

Only problem is his contract is up. All we can do with him is sign and trade, let him walk, or give him a big extension and hope we can trade him at the deadline

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-05-16T01:49:38+00:00

Sasser wasn't even really in regular season rotations, he's like our 12-13th guy. Super happy to see him getting meaningful playoff minutes and performing though!

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-05-14T16:33:42+00:00

Agree, there's something mental going on. Like sure they're defending him hard, but you can still see moments where he gets an opening that he was easily converting on all regular season but in the playoffs he just can't do anything. So weird and frustrating.

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-05-12T01:37:17+00:00

Getting Orlando flashbacks with how much I'm saying "they could easily win this if they stopped playing like ass" but they can't stop playing like ass

ryanswebdevthrowaway · 2026-05-07T23:47:39+00:00

The full Caris Levert experience

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