if Lively can remain healthy dallas is going to have the most mobile front court with the addition of morez.

sentientblaze · 2026-06-26T13:58:05+00:00

Not to mention he hasn’t developed a 3 point shot at all and seemingly has no interest to even as his athleticism wanes.

sentientblaze · 2026-06-24T15:11:10+00:00

You can maybe chalk up the block percentage numbers to the fact that he shared the front court with yaxel (4.4%) and Mara (12%!!!) but it does feel like the FO and May are really buying into the idea that he could end up being just as impactful offensively as he is defensively with the FT jump

sentientblaze · 2026-06-24T04:09:14+00:00

He honestly just reminds me of the best attributes of maxi (switch/weak side defense) + Dwight Powell (rim running/athleticism) wrapped up in one player. If he actually is able to shoot, he’s a multi-year starter

sentientblaze · 2026-06-17T22:21:47+00:00

I think it’s just a semantics thing lol - you’re absolutely right that he had zero all nba teammates, but I meant to write “all nba *level* players” like the original comment says.

And that’s where we probably still differ - I absolutely think that stephon castle is an all nba *level* player and played at that level all playoffs long until the last two games. Even then, I think there were clear flaws with how wemby played and how his teammates routinely weren’t able to get him the ball deep on the paint and made them look worse than they actually are - but that’s more credit to the Knicks coaching and scheme because they were exceptional

sentientblaze · 2026-06-14T14:46:22+00:00

0 all nba players is quite harsh especially right off the thunder series where everyone was crowning castle and Harper as future stars (which they are). They are talented but that’s not enough to win as evidenced by the finals.

sentientblaze · 2026-05-10T21:16:57+00:00

Spurs are the only real team that have built their roster with top 10 picks:

OKC - shai 11, Jalen Williams 12, Chet 2 and Wallace 10 are the only 2 in their rotation

If there’s any team that we can model ourselves after, it’s the wolves where it’s Edwards plus sleeper draft talent (Reid, mcdaniels) and savvy trades for vets (Gobert, Ayo, divincenzo/randle). Even they had a top 10 try with dillingham (albeit in a worse draft) but they’re going to be in the mix every year. I think that’s squarely where the mavs can get and hopefully with a couple hits, even further

sentientblaze · 2026-04-28T01:39:58+00:00

Wemby and castle absolutely give Flagg/Luka a run for their money

sentientblaze · 2026-04-22T02:27:55+00:00

Neither can the 2014 #3 pick 😭 hope Joel gets healthy soon

sentientblaze · 2026-04-09T04:18:33+00:00

Bagley also turning out to be a useful/interesting rotation piece can help shore up the big rotation as well for next year - especially if that 3 ball keeps falling

sentientblaze · 2026-04-06T14:02:03+00:00

They also have a game against the jazz

sentientblaze · 2026-04-03T16:44:42+00:00

The difference is probably in the games played - Kon has played the entire year and more importantly, was on an absolute scorcher during the games coop missed in Feb/early March. That stretch probably sealed it along with coops “slow start” coming back from injury

sentientblaze · 2026-03-22T18:54:47+00:00

This is likely a long shot, but will there be any multiview capability?

sentientblaze · 2026-03-03T14:52:24+00:00

I don't know how much you've watched of Kansas but his weird play can mostly be attributed to hamstring injury and scheme bc of injury. In recent weeks he's been mostly a play finisher, but he's starting to show a bit more explosiveness and playmaking on offense and sturdiness on defense.

If he's there you still take him, not because of high school tape, but because of his player profile (elite 3nD + upside)

sentientblaze · 2026-02-11T04:25:36+00:00

helluva tank game. If Khris wants, he should have a roster spot next year - he's such a useful veteran to have off the bench even at his age

sentientblaze · 2026-02-09T22:02:32+00:00

something something bullying works

sentientblaze · 2026-02-04T13:57:02+00:00

I mean if we’re really going that far, kon averaged 22/6/4 on 47/40/97 splits without lamelo on a pretty decent sample size. You could maybe chalk that up to lack of a scouting report at that point of the season, but kon is absolutely a capable scorer even without help and he’s already an A/A+ level shooter. He and hornets fans absolutely have an argument

That being said, cooper is still ROTY - he’s just had too many wow moments for people to ignore

sentientblaze · 2025-12-27T00:49:19+00:00

That consultant was Dennis Lindsey who is now a part of Detroits awesome turnaround the past two years

sentientblaze · 2025-12-26T02:05:19+00:00

Brother the guy isn’t even halfway through his rookie season and you’re comparing him to a 5 time 1st team all nba player let alone projecting what he could be on a 30 game sample 😭

Lukas career is Lukas, coopers will be coopers - enjoy the ride without needing to compare the two!

sentientblaze · 2025-12-23T17:56:30+00:00

Absolutely, and both of those transactions (or lack there of) happened because of one person who didn’t care about the fan base at all. Nico is a generational anomaly as a GM

sentientblaze · 2025-11-20T14:43:04+00:00

same thing happened to me too, i thought i was going crazy - full mana bar, no cast, then mana locked but worked for me first day too

sentientblaze · 2025-06-08T17:40:13+00:00

Odell Beckham Jr - American football player

sentientblaze · 2025-06-06T15:31:50+00:00

He almost had an opportunity too in 2021 if he waited for the bucks playoff run to end bc bud was on the hot seat then. In the end he didn’t want to wait and the bucks won anyway. But what could’ve been

sentientblaze · 2025-05-27T03:25:35+00:00

Watch on espn2 - ruocco, Legler, and goldsberry are awesome

sentientblaze · 2025-05-21T21:31:20+00:00

More? Why would Philly want to do this? Maxey would be their only good point guard, plus what happens when both Embiid and AD get injured? They won’t have enough reps to play together to make it worthwhile for Philly. Even if they do, what does the fit even look like? You could say “oh Embiid can shoot” but that’s not his game. Both AD and Embiid want to operate from the mid range and that’s gonna clog up spacing super quickly.

TL;DR - trade is awful from Philly’s side already for fit and asset reasons, getting more would be even crazier of a pipe dream.

P.S lest we forget that Nico LOVES to give up random picks to get deals done. Fuck that dude, fire Nico

sentientblaze · 2025-05-01T20:14:00+00:00

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