The Official 2025 Offseason Thread #5 Dog Days

[lilfishi22]

Pretty sure that was for his reaction to the Charlie Kirk assassination.

This is what is being reported.

It's the slippery slope of being in the media: You're allowed to report on things that fall in your wheelhouse but not share your personal take on something outside it. And while I understand the Kirk situation is more a political one and outside his sporting related purview, he's still a regular dude with thoughts and feelings like everyone else. Much in the same vein as Kirk's musings, you don't have to like or agree with them.

Once a person has a job in a corporate space that is easily recognizable, this is what happens. Internet tribalism is fierce and without mercy and employers don't want any part in it. Him losing his gig once that came out is of little surprise to me.

TBH - if he is cheering on an assasination, he needs something more than a firing. What a horrible human being.

I agree

But he didn't

[lilfishi22]

never really cared for Gerald. he's was good at his job but Stephen and he do not have the personalities for a podcast. I don't think PHNX will be hurting too much with him gone.

He was the closest to an objective straight man in that group. PHNX had already gone down the crapper long ago, losing Gerald would neither fix it nor kill it.

[garrick]

Dudes looking gnarly for sure going into the next season. His impact on the game will be felt but there's also a small chance of fatigue and maybe not much individual box score growth with KD joining the team but once KD is gone in a few years he could be a monster. It's sort of an equation of how much usage Sengun/KD/Amen gets with the departure of Green and Brooks if we're talking box score stats.

If KD thought, he was underutilized in Phoenix. How's he going to feel in Houston?

He was a turnover machine when he tried to dribble too much. He was abused on defense it seemed also. There were no name dudes who when they looked up and KD was guarding them, they had a green light.

I never really saw the hype with Sengun.

He's a bad defender and lacks speed so I think he is just a similar player to Sabonis who is a good player but nothing amazing and can get absolutely torched at times on defense because he can't keep up.

[lilfishi22]

If KD thought, he was underutilized in Phoenix. How's he going to feel in Houston?

He was a turnover machine when he tried to dribble too much. He was abused on defense it seemed also. There were no name dudes who when they looked up and KD was guarding them, they had a green light.

I never really saw the hype with Sengun.

He's a bad defender and lacks speed so I think he is just a similar player to Sabonis who is a good player but nothing amazing and can get absolutely torched at times on defense because he can't keep up.

I thought he was overrated and to some extent, I still think he is but much less so now. His first 4 seasons in league does track pretty closely with Domas first 4 seasons with Domas being not as good a playmaker (at that stage of his career) but a better rebounder than Sengun. But even if Sengun peaks at Domas' peak with at like 20pts, 14rbs, 8ast, that's a DAMN good player, especially one taken outside of the lottery.