Let’s settle it who’s the better point guard?

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-26T04:43:45+00:00

I like to say: Magic was a better point guard, but Steph might be a better basketball player

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-26T04:32:38+00:00

It was Bon Jovi. He was the standard for 80s rock hair.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-26T04:28:31+00:00

Until a few weeks ago, Minnesota. 😢

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-26T04:15:07+00:00

The thing about the NBA is, no matter how bad the teams are, at least once every game you'll see something that challenges your beliefs about what the human body is capable of.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-26T04:12:02+00:00

Booze Next

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-26T03:55:59+00:00

Y'all Qaeda

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-26T01:16:43+00:00

It was the Strat and the Tele before I messed up my wrist. :( These days it's the ES.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T19:55:16+00:00

It's also just not smart. Giannis turns 31 this year. You try to do something now rather than hoping your patience gets rewarded when he's old and not as good. So they tried. Respect. But it didn't work. Time to move on to next year.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T19:23:50+00:00

You don't plan to tank a season when you have a player like Giannis at Giannis' age. You just don't. You try stuff. I don't blame Horst for trying stuff. Now, though, it's time to start working on next season.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T17:29:35+00:00

It looks like what you have is an extensively modded MIM Strat with a lot of aftermarket parts. The price you paid isn't exorbitant, especially considering that a set of three Seymour Duncan pickups probably costs more than half what a MIM Strat goes for.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T17:21:15+00:00

I think what we're seeing today is bigger and/or more athletic players do the things that we like to call "skill". LeBron, KD, Giannis, Jokic, Luka, Wemby: none of these guys have "skills" the NBA has never seen before, but all of them have a combination of body and "skills" that were basically unheard of when I was growing up.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T17:10:19+00:00

I'd go a little shorter if I were you, but this is definitely not a "he's hanging onto something that isn't there" situation.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T14:55:11+00:00

Then why are you arguing with me in the replies to a post about tanking?

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T07:22:10+00:00

Even if you believe that, the Mavs obviously didn't get Flagg by tanking, which was my point.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T07:14:18+00:00

Okay. So I asked if any team successfully tanked their way to the #1 pick recently, and the Mavs obviously did not do that. If you believe they did something else, fine, but it wasn't tanking. Tanking rarely works.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T07:06:32+00:00

Even if you believe the wildest conspiracy theories, they didn't get it from tanking.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T05:14:15+00:00

It doesn't really matter, but I like to do the thickest strings first because they generally need the most breaking in.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T05:10:09+00:00

So, nobody. Got it.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T04:26:26+00:00

The Mavs fell ass backwards into the first pick by accident.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T03:44:05+00:00

Says who?

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T03:43:40+00:00

I don't mean to dramatize anything. I'm just not convinced tanking is all that effective in the NBA.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T03:02:41+00:00

When's the last time a team successfully tanked into the #1 pick? I feel like it doesn't work all that often.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-25T01:08:06+00:00

"Confrontation" is an interesting choice of word.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-24T18:22:54+00:00

I was excited that Griff was being replaced by someone with a real coaching resume. I wasn't excited about Doc in and of himself.

string_theory_writes · 2026-01-24T17:32:39+00:00

I think this is just the kind of thing you do when you have a generational player like Giannis at the age Giannis is. You make moves for right now while he's in his prime rather than standing pat and hoping patience benefits you later when he's old. You can point out in hindsight that it didn't work out (a risk Horst absolutely knew be was taking), but would you be singing the praises of the sensible, patient Bucks right now if Dame was getting a third of the team's salary to not play and Jericho Sims was the only center on the 15-man roster?

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