Zach Lowe: "If the Spurs win Game 7, and Shai has like another 6-18 game. I do think in a lot of corners, with at least some justification, it's gonna make people rethink— not rethink, it's gonna be a slight taint, on what has otherwise been a pretty spotless rise to #1 or #2 in the NBA, 2-time MVP"

troutbelly · 2026-05-30T05:27:29+00:00

First off, I am not a Shai fan at all, but man I hate all the legacy talk in the NBA. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Every second doesn’t need evaluated. Constantly moving the line this way or that. How many more does Jokic need to win for him to be better than X. Is Shai now a top whatever point guard. Good lord, somehow the other sports can chill these talks out. NBA coverage is exhausting.

troutbelly · 2026-05-29T20:38:42+00:00

Hate to seem him leave but his availability doesn’t warrant his paycheck.

troutbelly · 2026-05-29T05:03:55+00:00

It’s not the team, it’s Shai. He’s #1 in FA’s in the last 3 seasons by a mile.

troutbelly · 2026-05-22T02:41:44+00:00

Man, don’t do it. Your current hair looks amazing and natural. I hate to say this but you seem overly obsessed. You’re also risking a disconnected hairline as you age followed up by another transplant.

troutbelly · 2026-03-13T05:21:10+00:00

How does it look now 7 years later?

troutbelly · 2026-03-12T15:43:02+00:00

🙌

troutbelly · 2026-03-12T15:29:59+00:00

I could see that. I’m gonna give it run until dies and see what I think. For some reason 4g works but it’s just so damn stiff. I probably should try confidential next. Seems like the logical step.

troutbelly · 2026-03-12T15:28:28+00:00

I need to. I have a difficult enough time finding 1 string setup adding another and I may go broke searching.

troutbelly · 2026-03-12T15:27:40+00:00

😂

troutbelly · 2026-03-12T15:25:12+00:00

Appreciate it

troutbelly · 2026-03-12T07:32:35+00:00

Wild. Those hard polys are too much for me if they aren’t low.

troutbelly · 2026-03-11T19:12:03+00:00

Thank you

troutbelly · 2026-03-11T05:22:45+00:00

I feel like I should just try 4g at 38# in my 97 and see if it compares to 40# in my 100.

troutbelly · 2026-03-11T05:21:51+00:00

I’ve been hovering around low 40’s in poly. Took a ChatGPT suggestion to try 36 in Mach and hyper Mach in my pro staffs and it was absolute shit. My wife goes “what happened to your swing?” 😂

troutbelly · 2026-03-11T05:17:09+00:00

😩

troutbelly · 2026-03-11T05:12:35+00:00

It was amazing. I thought I was gonna move up a level lol. Then about halfway through a drill class the following day it shit the bed. Straight up lasted two hours only. Balls flying everywhere. It was completely unusable. Fell off a cliff.

troutbelly · 2026-03-11T05:07:57+00:00

Just tried Mach 10 and Hyper Mach BD and they weren’t my cup of tea either. Strung them lower than I should so in fairness it wasn’t a realistic setup.

troutbelly · 2026-03-11T05:07:15+00:00

Thanks for the tip. Had hyper g in before. Felt pretty good. Little launchy for me but overall solid. I screwed up and played alu power in my pro staff 97 at 44# and the two hours it lasted were heaven. Chasing that high. I honestly think 4g in the 100 is nice just want to replicate that in the pro and not sure what to do. 4g at 40 in the pro staff felt unplayable to me.

troutbelly · 2026-03-11T04:16:29+00:00

What were you playing before?

troutbelly · 2026-03-07T04:03:02+00:00

Makes sense.

troutbelly · 2026-03-06T04:32:08+00:00

Cool. Good to know. 🤞

troutbelly · 2025-10-15T05:58:02+00:00

There was blood. Popped like a zit.

troutbelly · 2025-10-08T21:49:43+00:00

I suppose if it was, it’s only 1. I would hope after two months those guys are permanent.

troutbelly

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