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[stuporman]

Normally I would try to resist the derail topics but this is the deepest of lull periods in the NBA cycle so what else is there to talk about other than the sidebar issues and topics of the league.... like KG still so petty salty he crops out Ray Allen....

[Guano]

Melo trying his damndest to fire off these jokes while being surrounded by the discussion of flag burning

[3toheadmelo]

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Melo trying his damndest to fire off these jokes while being surrounded by the discussion of flag burning

[Knick4Real]

ABOUT THE FLAG:

Let's be honest. Mitch is about 35 cents short of a dollar. So his "choices" are usually going to be questionable. He probably has zero clue regarding the perception.




ABOUT KG:

He's a BEEEE-YATCH!

[BKlutch]

James Harden fired his agent and hired a new one just as he's about to negotiate his extension with the Brooklyn team. Could this mean trouble in the land of Barclays? Or is this just Harden helping out his friend?

From Wiretap:

James Harden is parting ways with Jason Ranne and Chafie Fields of Wasserman as his representation.

Harden hired Wasserman to help facilitate his trade from the Houston Rockets last offseason and was previously represented by Brandon Rosenthal of Landmark.

Harden will now be represented by his longtime friend Lorenzo McCloud, along with the NBPA.

Harden is widely expected to sign an extension with the Brooklyn Nets this offseason.

JORDAN SCHULTZ/ESPN

[The Lamma]

The one thing that should unite is all is the comforting knowledge that:

[3toheadmelo]

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[NoDopeOnSundays]

Have some respect for the country YOU live in AND THE PEOPLE FOR FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM.

This is one of the worst arguments going, the reality is that the military is now ussed as an attack dog to further the interests of corporations, politicians and contractors. The Atlantic and Pacific oceans do more to protect American freedoms than our military. Were Iraq or Afghanistan threatening to mount an invasion of the US?

[Isiahthomass]

So Mitch is now a fringe right wing nut because he drives a truck with 2 American Flags on the back? Ok

[KnicksGadfly]

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Holy shat, where those salty Dallas fans at? Is this real?

[YouthMovement]

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Holy shat, where those salty Dallas fans at? Is this real?

nah

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[NoDopeOnSundays]

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There were people who wanted to max him out, looks like the front office viewed him exactly the same way I did when I made my thread.

[newyorker4ever]

Mitch giving me Trump supporter vibes smh

Ugh, I just lost some love for Mitch with that.

It is a guarantee that any white man driving with those flags on their truck is a Trump nut, so when a black man does it he is either a Trump supporter or a fool. Either way, Mitch loses

Down here they’ve got horns on top of their pickup cab roof and they’re flying Fucc Biden flags in place of their previous Trump as Rambo flags

Mitch is an idiot

This just goes to show how twisted your mind is. My uncle who is married to a black women and had two kids with her has flags on his truck. He served in the military. Have some respect for the country YOU live in AND THE PEOPLE FOR FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM. I have a American flag sticker on my car and my friend chad who saved during the same time haS flags on his truck. BECAUSE HE SERVED IS COUNTRY FOR UNGRATEFUL PEOPLE LIKE YOU. ALSO CHAD IS BLACK.


WE RISK OUR LIVES FOR UNGRATEFUL PEOPLE LIKE YOU. DO YOUSELF A FAVOR AND DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR COUNTRY BEFORE YOU SPIT IN THE FACE OF PEOPLE WHO FIGHT FOR IT.

IT SO SAD HOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU SPIT ON THE MILITARY AND THE COUNTRY. I WISH JUST FOR ONE DAY YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN THE MILITARY AND GET A TASTE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE WITH OUT FREEDOM.

THIS^^^A 1,000 TIMES OVER.

[Clyde_Style]

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There were people who wanted to max him out, looks like the front office viewed him exactly the same way I did when I made my thread.

He has value if he stays healthy. TBH, you actually did not want him around at all so I wouldn’t say your earlier POV necessarily syncs up with this FO. They probably value him more than you did, but within reason due to his injuries and evident flakiness. I’d like to see him stay healthy and signed to a modest contract.

[3toheadmelo]

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Holy shat, where those salty Dallas fans at? Is this real?

It’s fake

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There were people who wanted to max him out, looks like the front office viewed him exactly the same way I did when I made my thread.

Trade him for turner

[NoDopeOnSundays]

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There were people who wanted to max him out, looks like the front office viewed him exactly the same way I did when I made my thread.

He has value if he stays healthy. TBH, you actually did not want him around at all so I wouldn’t say your earlier POV necessarily syncs up with this FO. They probably value him more than you did, but within reason due to his injuries and evident flakiness. I’d like to see him stay healthy and signed to a modest contract.

Thread started August 31st, this post was Sept 1st.

If we could somehow lock Mitch into a deal for $10-12 million a year then sure I have no objections, but the league wide value of rim runners has plummeted in the last 3 years, look at what Capela & Drummond were traded for. When Mitch starts he will post numbers and will want a max. You can see this coming a mile away, it's happened with pretty much every good rim runner of the last 15 years.

If you go in that thread, within the first 5 pages someone had posted a fair market value of 5 years $189 million, yall were buggin

[Clyde_Style]

There were people who wanted to max him out, looks like the front office viewed him exactly the same way I did when I made my thread.

He has value if he stays healthy. TBH, you actually did not want him around at all so I wouldn’t say your earlier POV necessarily syncs up with this FO. They probably value him more than you did, but within reason due to his injuries and evident flakiness. I’d like to see him stay healthy and signed to a modest contract.

Thread started August 31st, this post was Sept 1st.

If we could somehow lock Mitch into a deal for $10-12 million a year then sure I have no objections, but the league wide value of rim runners has plummeted in the last 3 years, look at what Capela & Drummond were traded for. When Mitch starts he will post numbers and will want a max. You can see this coming a mile away, it's happened with pretty much every good rim runner of the last 15 years.

If you go in that thread, within the first 5 pages someone had posted a fair market value of 5 years $189 million, yall were buggin

Not my point and I wasn’t buggin like that because I don’t set market values. If anything, I’m usually gun shy about anything max unless we can get a top 10 player. It is certainly why I was encouraged that Randle took what I still think is a generous deal without trying to squeeze every dollar out of the franchise.

Was just saying you really didn’t want Mitch at all and I can see this FO still interested in retaining him at the right price.

I don’t remember that post, but most of your posts were fairly negative about him, though I can understand you may have said that which was actually quite reasonable. On balance, I had you pegged as the Anti-Mitch

[NoDopeOnSundays]

He has value if he stays healthy. TBH, you actually did not want him around at all so I wouldn’t say your earlier POV necessarily syncs up with this FO. They probably value him more than you did, but within reason due to his injuries and evident flakiness. I’d like to see him stay healthy and signed to a modest contract.

Thread started August 31st, this post was Sept 1st.

If we could somehow lock Mitch into a deal for $10-12 million a year then sure I have no objections, but the league wide value of rim runners has plummeted in the last 3 years, look at what Capela & Drummond were traded for. When Mitch starts he will post numbers and will want a max. You can see this coming a mile away, it's happened with pretty much every good rim runner of the last 15 years.

If you go in that thread, within the first 5 pages someone had posted a fair market value of 5 years $189 million, yall were buggin

Not my point and I wasn’t buggin like that because I don’t set market values. If anything, I’m usually gun shy about anything max unless we can get a top 10 player. It is certainly why I was encouraged that Randle took what I still think is a generous deal without trying to squeeze every dollar out of the franchise.

Was just saying you really didn’t want Mitch at all and I can see this FO still interested in retaining him at the right price.

I don’t remember that post, but most of your posts were fairly negative about him, though I can understand you may have said that which was actually quite reasonable. On balance, I had you pegged as the Anti-Mitch

I'm not anti-Mitch at $10-12 million per season, I am Anti-Mitch if he's getting Jarrett Allen type money and would trade him in a heartbeat if he asks for anything remotely close to that. I have been pretty transparent in how I view team building, and burning money on C's who aren't top tier offensive guys is something I can't stand. I hate the Nerlens contract if he's not starting or traded, you don't pay a backup C that kind of money when there's a lot of guys out there that can give you similar results for vet minimums.