Donovan Mitchell Thread #5 - Don't worry, nothing happens in this one

[DaGawd]

This deal is coming too soon, for the Jazz not to get a major haul. We have no reason to trade him this week, unless we got what we asked for. My prediction, 3 unprotect from NY, 1 protect NY in 2029, couple of swaps... Obi, Grimes and Quickly. Donovan has three more year on the deal, we have all the leverage in this deal. Utah wins the trade, and the Knicks make the playoffs the next couple years but never make it out of the first round.

Thanks NY!

Aye SMD

[thebuzzardman]

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Movement… about time. With it coming this early, I would think Knicks are giving in. Jazz have no reason to rush the trade… if the news is true. PK is a local jazz source that is very connected to Jazz brass.

I'm a little late here, but what is the background of PKHetc and why should we believe him.

Plus, it sounded like he was just saying he thinks the trade is inevitable, which is different than knowing it's happening.

In the meantime, I'll catch up on if you answered this, which you probably did.

[snadler]

He’s basically saying the deal is done just not if but when and the when part doesn’t really matter, he’s not backing away from this claim, but I don’t think he realizes that yes timing does matter, for us fans to go back to our lives..lol

[Capn'O]

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these examples look 10 times better than those images you guys posted where all the faces look like rorschach tests

The AI knows how to articulate the inner pain of the end user

I just did the pikachu pug one and it looked pretty normal. But this one...

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Also, here's a highlight from yesterday:

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[NoDopeOnSundays]

Knicks forum discusses the merits of spirituality, metaphysics and the brotherhood of man. Jazz forum discusses the merits of slavery.

Easy to understand why Donovan is so excited for this trade.

Melo and I are the reason for that, unless you're talking about murdering your brother, then that would be Chanel and Guan0.

[3toheadmelo]

the fact that he back pedaled means it’s not happening. mf got me excited

[Catchall]

At the Jazz board

Don’t let bigmike start frontin. **** outta here lol

BigMike did 'confirm' now that you mentioned it. He says the trade is to the Knicks and the package is pick heavy rather than player heavy.

[Catchall]

the fact that he back pedaled means it’s not happening. mf got me excited

It means it's not official and he wasn't supposed to announce it. Deal is imminent. In theory, it might fall apart at the last minute.

Translation is that "Jazz are finalizing a deal to trade Donovan Mitchell." Deal isn't done and isn't official.

[Spree2Houston]

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Sounds like they’re looking for a 3rd team. It’s probably what’s holding it up.

[ag3]

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Movement… about time. With it coming this early, I would think Knicks are giving in. Jazz have no reason to rush the trade… if the news is true. PK is a local jazz source that is very connected to Jazz brass.

I'm a little late here, but what is the background of PKHetc and why should we believe him.

Plus, it sounded like he was just saying he thinks the trade is inevitable, which is different than knowing it's happening.

In the meantime, I'll catch up on if you answered this, which you probably did.

How do you get that from listening to him? He said hold on, I just got texts from legitimate sources that the deal is done and likely today or tomorrow.

[god shammgod]

this is the only big mike we acknowledge

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[K_ick_God]

I'm against Obi, Grimes, IQ and 3 picks. Hell no.

[ag3]

the fact that he back pedaled means it’s not happening. mf got me excited

He didn't really back peddle. He likely got scolded since it spread across the entire NBA rumorville.

[TraveyKnicks31]

For the watch happy Thursday

[KnicksGadfly]

You guys ever thought about how weird Christianity is if you explain it to someone with no cultural background to understand the information?

"Oh yeah, so these guys, once a week, they ritualistically consume the (metaphorical) flesh and blood of their god, who was sacrificed to himself via execution while he was in human form in order to cleanse humanity of the sin of one woman eating an apple she wasn't supposed to way back in the day. Also they wear miniature versions of said execution device around their necks because it's their holiest symbol"

I don't have anything against Christians in general, except for the part where they went around and rewrote a bunch of religions to the point where it's impossible to tell what the original context for said myths were or even if they were originally stories told by that culture or added afterwards by the monks. Also the crusades. And the whole altar boy molestation thing. Really, anything to do with organized religion is a hard no from me, individual people are usually fine.

I wanna caveat this discussion by saying that I came to Christianity later in life and also that sometimes you can't tell cause guys like Julius Randle piss me off so much and because the Knicks bring up all my toxicity. But that's between me and God lol. But yea...Christianity can be very weird and sad...and lifegiving.

As for the historical case for Christianity, I think there's a lot more to dig deeper regarding your assertions but not sure if you want to dig into that. When I was in college, I had to dig a lot, because it was really hard to square Christianity with the education and life I had grown up with. Like for example, how you spoke about how it's impossible to tell the original context for myths or which were added. I think these types of questions are easy to answer, because there are copies of the gospels that are dated, so you can actually get manuscripts for certain time periods and just compare them so it's easy to tell when something is added. Some of the biblical texts are dated only decades after Jesus' death (which is really good), and there's evidence that his disciples believed in a resurrection enough that they were getting martyred for it. The historical context is also not as opaque as it seems, because we have historians and we have diverse religious and non-religious texts and we know about the big events that were going on at the time. We're always going to have the issue of looking at things through our lens, but it doesn't mean that it's impossible to try to understand. For me, the science is a lot harder to square away. But the history is deep, because people have asked the same questions over and over again through the ages. If you're interested in this stuff, you should check it out.

As for the cultural thing...Christianity is pretty diverse globally, and I think the message can resonate, in that it's a religion that has grown a lot in places like China and Africa and Latin America. Going back to the cultural point you were pointing to earlier, a lot of the assumptions we make about the value of life and rights can be pointed back to Christianity...some of the assertions Jesus made were really countercultural in the time he was in, and countercultural in many places today. I think it's also important to step back the American lens and just realize that people in this world don't live in the same world/mindset we do. I have been in places where people believe in witchcraft and sorcery and all that...and I've seen some weird stuff. When Christianity swept through the world in the beginning, it was countercultural because the Christians were going in to take care of people that been sick with the plague, and the Christians valued baby girls (despite a preference for male sons). I think the message resonates still for the ones who really really want hope and want to know there's a God that loves them.

Finally, there's a huge issue with the institutional church today, and even beyond the issues you've pointed out. It's nuts and worrying to me that Christianity has been co-opted by a political party, or been used in issues like anti-vax, or even been used to support racism and anti-gun-control. As a Christian, I hate a lot. That's scary. I think a lot of it is idolatrous.

[Guano]

Eastern Sierra, PCT. Going up and over a pass and then chilling out at an alpine lake for a few days in the backcountry.

I've read that the Sierras are stunning. Hope you have a great time.

Next month I was planning on doing a section in the WA region of the PCT. Going to depend on how bad the fires are at that time.

Yeah, and they are actually better than what you hear, too. Until you've been to CA to see the Eastern Sierras in person you've only seen a fraction of the outdoor visual drama this country has to offer. It's unreal back there, like fantasy land stuff that you only see in CGI movie scenes and videogames.

Well damn, that looks gorgeous. Similar to the Enchantments here in the PNW.

And youre right pictures never do them justice. They don't capture the scope and magnitude of how beautiful they are.

I'll definitely put them on my list. I'm always looking for new places to explore

[F N 11]

Knicks for listens

[drp07644]

Let’s get toxic

"get"? It's been that way for 10 years.

It’s been toxic since the day I joined during the 2004 Tim Thomas Fugazi playoff run. You should have been here during the LeBron sweepstakes in 2010. Everyone was rocking a MAXCAT avatar

[3toheadmelo]

the fact that he back pedaled means it’s not happening. mf got me excited

It means it's not official and he wasn't supposed to announce it. Deal is imminent. In theory, it might fall apart at the last minute.

do you know much deals have fell apart last minute for us we were supposed to get Lowry back in Dec 2013 and Dolan stepped in to stop the trade.

[Clyde_Style]

Knicks forum discusses the merits of spirituality, metaphysics and the brotherhood of man. Jazz forum discusses the merits of slavery.

Easy to understand why Donovan is so excited for this trade.

Melo and I are the reason for that, unless you're talking about murdering your brother, then that would be Chanel and Guan0.

So, help me understand this. Are you guys saying there was a Pro Slavery proponent debating an Anti Slavery advocate on the Jazz board? Or was it more like: Slavery. Discuss!