Return to Sender: The Mark Williams Thread

[fatlever]

you do realize that yb's fave bands are phish, grateful dead and goose. im 99.9999% yb knows plenty about the effects of weed.

[JustBuzzin]

If only you guys knew just how many people smoke weed these days.

Is it even fair to call weed a serious drug anymore?

[MasterIchiro]

I'm very familiar with marijuana and its effects. I think it's ridiculous to start with marijuana use right before games as an explanation for on court play.

What I hear here is you do not directly experience the effects of Cannabis

Then you suck at hearing, and your post is a good example of narrative building from poor assumptions.

I constantly post about how much I like jambands and how often I watch and attend jam oriented concerts. I am intimately acquainted with marijuana use.

You seem tense.

[fatlever]

I think we all realize how many nba players smoke weed. This is just another example of someone creating a make believe theory and presenting it as fact and then trying to argue with anyone that disputes that it's a fact. Jumping to the conclusion that Mark Williams is inconsistent because he can't handle his weed his pretty wild. Of all the reasons that Mark Williams could be inconsistent this would be pretty far down on the list of theories. But its most certainly not fact and shouldn't be Presented as such

[yosemiteben]

What I hear here is you do not directly experience the effects of Cannabis

Then you suck at hearing, and your post is a good example of narrative building from poor assumptions.

I constantly post about how much I like jambands and how often I watch and attend jam oriented concerts. I am intimately acquainted with marijuana use.

You seem tense.

Yeah, I tend to do that when people simultaneously say uninformed things about me and then criticize me for those things.

[MasterIchiro]

My kids behave inconsistently. One day they're great, the next they're really bad.

it's probably all that devil's lettuce

They're probably just mirroring your swings that you've modeled.

[yosemiteben]

If only you guys knew just how many people smoke weed these days.

Is it even fair to call weed a serious drug anymore?

Marijuana is not a serious drug, but we can take that to the OT thread if you want to dive in there

[MasterIchiro]

Then you suck at hearing, and your post is a good example of narrative building from poor assumptions.

I constantly post about how much I like jambands and how often I watch and attend jam oriented concerts. I am intimately acquainted with marijuana use.

You seem tense.

Yeah, I tend to do that when people simultaneously say uninformed things about me and then criticize me for those things.

You don't like when someone shows your own words back to you.

[MasterIchiro]

I think we all realize how many nba players smoke weed. This is just another example of someone creating a make believe theory and presenting it as fact and then trying to argue with anyone that disputes that it's a fact. Jumping to the conclusion that Mark Williams is inconsistent because he can't handle his weed his pretty wild. Of all the reasons that Mark Williams could be inconsistent this would be pretty far down on the list of theories. But its most certainly not fact and shouldn't be Presented as such

We're all allowed perspectives. The minute you go pouncing on someone for expressing them because you disagree yet can't do so without insulting someone, is when civil discourse deteriorates.

I believe Mark Williams smokes too much weed. So did PJ. Before them, Jeremy Lamb. Damn. Jeremy Lamb.

[yosemiteben]

You seem tense.

Yeah, I tend to do that when people simultaneously say uninformed things about me and then criticize me for those things.

You don't like when someone shows your own words back to you.

I said I was very familiar with the effects of marijuana, and you interpreted that to mean that I had in effect never experienced those effects and thus was only indirectly familiar, and that my reaction to your take was the result of some bias against marijuana that you were just putting on me.

But sure, my words were "I have never done marijuana and dislike people who do," despite the fact that I choose to spend a large volume of my personal time (which I have often discussed in this forum) involved in activities where marijuana use is often a core part of the experience.

[Walt Cronkite]

paywalled... any other interesting nuggets in mark's article?

Took out a little fluff:
If there was a sliver of angst or any thought the weirdness meter would be off the charts during Mark Williams’ first days back with the Charlotte Hornets, the scenes in Southern California quickly quelled that notion.
LaMelo Ball is busting Williams’ chops while he’s explaining the chaotic nature of the past two weeks to inquiring minds and drops a few choice words in his ebullient, unique style. Miles Bridges comes by seconds later, loudly and proudly telling the 7-footer how much he loves him.

Spurned by the Los Angeles Lakers due to a failed physical and returned to the Hornets... Williams has been on quite the ride lately. And the emotional roller coaster was enough to leave him a tad queasy.

“I mean, it’s crazy,” Williams said. “Your mind has to shift from you got traded, you’ve got to go to L.A. and then you’ve got to shift back from you’re not going to L.A. So, it’s definitely different.
“It’s a lot on your mind and you’ve got to take what life gives and make the most of every opportunity you’ve got.”

All because the Lakers deemed Williams damaged goods in a sense, following the recommendation of their team physician...Still, given he’s been available save for the team occasionally resting him on either the front or tail end of games on consecutive nights, Williams remains dumbfounded the process got reversed. Less than 48 hours after the trade was officially finalized, Lakers vice president and general manager Rob Pelinka dialed up Williams’ representative and informed him Williams wouldn’t be teaming up with LeBron James and Luka Doncic.

Instead, the trade was off, leaving Williams stunned.
“My agent told me,” Williams said. “I didn’t think I had failed my physical. That didn’t even cross my mind. The night I got traded I played hella minutes. I didn’t think in any world that was possible. Since I’ve been back since the start of the year, I’ve played games with a lot of minutes. I feel like every injury I’ve had has been well-documented and I’ve recovered and been 100% since.
“So, I don’t know what went into that decision. I think that’s up to them.”
Balancing the emotions of the Lakers failing Williams despite him feeling otherwise about his health prognosis is quite a mental chore.
“Yeah, there’s not really much I can do,” Williams said. “Like I said, I’ve been playing. You went from shocked to excited, back to shocked. You control what you can control.”

Including getting reincorporated into the organization again.
“It was seamless,” Hornets coach Charles Lee said. “He’s been a big part of this thing, Day One since I’ve got the job. He’s been fully bought in, he’s been with the team in summer league, he’s made phenomenal relationships on and off the court with these guys. I think they understand who he is as a person, the character, his care factor for the game and his team.
“And they see the talent, what he can do on the court as well, and how much he helps affect them offensively and defensively to the positive side. So all the guys are happy to have him back. I know me and the staff are extremely excited and looking forward to continuing to build some good habits over these next 30 games.”

Diabate, who cashed in on a standard NBA contract following the trade deadline activity, was given the starting nod. But that all changes now with Williams in the fold again.
“I think each one of us brings something different,” Williams said. “I don’t see that as a negative thing. I just see it as another piece of the puzzle that we are able to have. So, I think it will be just good for us.”
Similar to the mentality Williams is now taking: letting his game do the talking.
“Yeah, I think the biggest thing for me is showing I’m healthy,” Williams said. “Like I said, I didn’t think there was a world (where) I’d fail a physical. So, I’m just excited to play.
“I get it’s a business, right? What I got traded for, picks, players … Like I said, it’s a business. Obviously, on their side, they thought I could have contributed to them winning going into the playoffs, whatever. And now I’m back here. I’m back with the guys, excited.”

[Walt Cronkite]

Doesn't sound like a guy that knows he's a time bomb or is upset with Charlotte. Language continues to point towards the Lakers backing out of the agreement. Looking forward to the bad takes from a few of you spin this against Peterson and the owners...

[JustBuzzin]

We are getting Flagg for not pursuing this. The NBA doesn't need the Lakers looking bad. Smart for us not to take it there.

Now get ready for Cooper Flagg.

[MasterIchiro]

Doesn't sound like a guy that knows he's a time bomb or is upset with Charlotte. Language continues to point towards the Lakers backing out of the agreement. Looking forward to the bad takes from a few of you spin this against Peterson and the owners...sike.

I wish some prominent Charlotte media didn't immediately spin this against Peterson. Unfortunately that happened, and we ate every last morsel of spoon-fed lies about the Hornets hiding damaged goods, trying to double-cross the innocent Lakers who had no choice but to call out our lies.

[Walt Cronkite]

Doesn't sound like a guy that knows he's a time bomb or is upset with Charlotte. Language continues to point towards the Lakers backing out of the agreement. Looking forward to the bad takes from a few of you spin this against Peterson and the owners...sike.

I wish some prominent Charlotte media didn't immediately spin this against Peterson. Unfortunately that happened, and we ate every last morsel of spoon-fed lies about the Hornets hiding damaged goods, trying to double-cross the innocent Lakers who had no choice but to call out our lies.

Whom are you referring to, I missed this report.

[MasterIchiro]

Doesn't sound like a guy that knows he's a time bomb or is upset with Charlotte. Language continues to point towards the Lakers backing out of the agreement. Looking forward to the bad takes from a few of you spin this against Peterson and the owners...sike.

I wish some prominent Charlotte media didn't immediately spin this against Peterson. Unfortunately that happened, and we ate every last morsel of spoon-fed lies about the Hornets hiding damaged goods, trying to double-cross the innocent Lakers who had no choice but to call out our lies.

Whom are you referring to, I missed this report.

Locked On Hornets, Hornets fan Twittersphere, all over social media Charlotte fans have been smearing Mark for his injury status when clearly in that Observer interview Mark felt he was so sufficiently healthy that he never even fathomed failing a physical. He was shocked at that result.

[MasterIchiro]

It was just a shameless, sad pity party. That's fan culture now in Charlotte with the vocal crowd.

Look at me.

I am crying.

I am sad.

I have a good reason.

Every right to cry.

So do you.

Join me.

[SWedd523]

My kids behave inconsistently. One day they're great, the next they're really bad.

it's probably all that devil's lettuce

They're probably just mirroring your swings that you've modeled.

I should smoke more

or is it less? I'm still trying to figure out what the **** you're trying to say lmao

The reason Mark is so inconsistent is because he spends so much time in Myrtle Beach blazing that Jazz Cabbage

It's a fact. if you disagree, you're the problem

[MasterIchiro]

My kids behave inconsistently. One day they're great, the next they're really bad.

it's probably all that devil's lettuce

They're probably just mirroring your swings that you've modeled.

I should smoke more

or is it less? I'm still trying to figure out what the **** you're trying to say lmao

The reason Mark is so inconsistent is because he spends so much time in Myrtle Beach blazing that Jazz Cabbage

It's a fact. if you disagree, you're the problem

You're saying your kids swing wildly and I know that most people with kids report their kids acting just like they do and it just drives them nuts. Usually it is the grandparents laughing at their children for complaining about their child acting like they did when a kid.

But you're the father so maybe THC impairment of motor function remains in play.

[yosemiteben]

SWedd please post all the weed slang terms you know, jazz cabbage is a new one for me lol