Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2)

RookieStar · Post #441 » by **RookieStar** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 8:42 pm

Clav wrote:
madmaxmedia wrote:
Clav wrote:
Are you hiring ?

Are you a millionaire?

not close but worth a shot hahaha

Fake it till you make it 8-)

BruttoNostra · Post #442 » by **BruttoNostra** » Yesterday 5:20 am

I'm so happy they lost their first game to a tanking squad of a Finnish, a Ukrainian (Слава Україні!) and a mormon (or just one married to a mormon? Not sure how it works).
Very aspirational season opener for the Ballmericans :clap:

dballislife · Post #443 » by **dballislife** » Yesterday 5:26 am

the clips played like they might be distracted by something

BruttoNostra · Post #444 » by **BruttoNostra** » Yesterday 9:21 am

dballislife wrote:the clips played like they might be distracted by something

Kawhi saw the starting frontcourt of the Utah Jazz and what he thought about was a bunch of tall trees, so it triggered all those memories about when he had to work hard and plant thousands of them.

RookieStar · Post #445 » by **RookieStar** » Yesterday 9:30 am

BruttoNostra wrote:I'm so happy they lost their first game to a tanking squad of a Finnish, a Ukrainian (Слава Україні!) and a mormon (or just one married to a mormon? Not sure how it works).
Very aspirational season opener for the Ballmericans

Nurkic is Ukranian?

Godymas · Post #446 » by **Godymas** » Yesterday 11:44 am

so Kawhi Leonard played last night

I don’t see any indication that he’s getting punished

it sounds like the NBA is just waiting for people to forget

“Player’s get lucrative sponsorship deals all the time, it’s part of what makes this league so appealing on a global scale” - Adam Silver around March

BruttoNostra · Post #447 » by **BruttoNostra** » Yesterday 1:24 pm

RookieStar wrote:
BruttoNostra wrote:I'm so happy they lost their first game to a tanking squad of a Finnish, a Ukrainian (Слава Україні!) and a mormon (or just one married to a mormon? Not sure how it works).
Very aspirational season opener for the Ballmericans

Nurkic is Ukranian?

Nurkic didn't start, unlike Svi

Chuck Everett · Post #448 » by **Chuck Everett** » Yesterday 1:28 pm

RookieStar wrote:
BruttoNostra wrote:I'm so happy they lost their first game to a tanking squad of a Finnish, a Ukrainian (Слава Україні!) and a mormon (or just one married to a mormon? Not sure how it works).
Very aspirational season opener for the Ballmericans

Nurkic is Ukranian?

Svi is Ukrainian. Nurkic is Bosnian.

PushDaRock · Post #449 » by **PushDaRock** » Yesterday 2:13 pm

I actually didn't realize how old this Clippers team is lol the roster construction is hilarious. I'm looking at it and it must be up there with the oldest roster ever.

RookieStar · Post #450 » by **RookieStar** » Yesterday 9:12 pm

Chuck Everett wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
BruttoNostra wrote:I'm so happy they lost their first game to a tanking squad of a Finnish, a Ukrainian (Слава Україні!) and a mormon (or just one married to a mormon? Not sure how it works).
Very aspirational season opener for the Ballmericans

Nurkic is Ukranian?

Svi is Ukrainian. Nurkic is Bosnian.

Yeah I knew Nurkic was Bosnian as seeing him play for the Bosnian team.

Didn't see Svi when I watched their game.

RookieStar · Post #451 » by **RookieStar** » Yesterday 9:13 pm

BruttoNostra wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
BruttoNostra wrote:I'm so happy they lost their first game to a tanking squad of a Finnish, a Ukrainian (Слава Україні!) and a mormon (or just one married to a mormon? Not sure how it works).
Very aspirational season opener for the Ballmericans

Nurkic is Ukranian?

Nurkic didn't start, unlike Svi

Ah.. you didn't mention starting. When I "channel-hopped" their game I saw Nurkic, didn't know they have SVi with them

BruttoNostra · Post #452 » by **BruttoNostra** » Yesterday 9:19 pm

RookieStar wrote:
BruttoNostra wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
Nurkic is Ukranian?

Nurkic didn't start, unlike Svi

Ah.. you didn't mention starting. When I "channel-hopped" their game I saw Nurkic, didn't know they have SVi with them

From the limited highlights I watched, Svi even guarded Harden, at least in the first quarter.

madmaxmedia · Post #453 » by **madmaxmedia** » Yesterday 9:22 pm

dballislife wrote:the clips played like they might be distracted by something

They couldn't believe what happened with Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier.

RookieStar · Post #454 » by **RookieStar** » Yesterday 9:30 pm

madmaxmedia wrote:
dballislife wrote:the clips played like they might be distracted by something

They couldn't believe what happened with Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier.

*Ballmer rubbing his hands hoping this distracts his issue*

Roscoe Sheed · Post #455 » by **Roscoe Sheed** » Today 1:24 am

PushDaRock wrote:I actually didn't realize how old this Clippers team is lol the roster construction is hilarious. I'm looking at it and it must be up there with the oldest roster ever.

They have the oldest team ever by average player age

Profound23 · Post #456 » by **Profound23** » Today 1:34 am

Godymas wrote:so Kawhi Leonard played last night

I don’t see any indication that he’s getting punished

it sounds like the NBA is just waiting for people to forget

“Player’s get lucrative sponsorship deals all the time, it’s part of what makes this league so appealing on a global scale” - Adam Silver around March

They forgot about when the Nets were paying Harden, KD, and Kyrie under the table so it tracks. Already have another scandal to distract too.

doogie_hauser · Post #457 » by **doogie_hauser** » Today 9:08 am

The Portland scandal really has put this on the back burner. Kawhi and Ballmer out to send our a bouquet of flowers to Billups and Rozier.

We might as well accept The Clips will get slapped on the wrist and move on now.

Godymas · Post #458 » by **Godymas** » Today 11:15 am

want to make this very clear btw

Kawhi Leonard broke 0 laws

breaching a contractual agreement with the NBA is not against the law

really the NBA is the only organization that can decide if they care, but now that the regular season is happening, the talking heads have more important things to talk about.

I'm sorry Mr. Torres but your attempt to be a white knight for some attention might as well have failed as men with more power than you have decided they do not care.

Invictus88 · Post #459 » by **Invictus88** » Today 6:51 pm

Godymas wrote:want to make this very clear btw

Kawhi Leonard broke 0 laws

breaching a contractual agreement with the NBA is not against the law

really the NBA is the only organization that can decide if they care, but now that the regular season is happening, the talking heads have more important things to talk about.

I'm sorry Mr. Torres but your attempt to be a white knight for some attention might as well have failed as men with more power than you have decided they do not care.

I hope that the message above was satisfying to post. Somehow I doubt that this reached your intended audience?

If the NBA decides that it doesn't care then I guess that's fine. But if that's the route they take then there is zero need for players or teams to obey the salary cap or even pay luxury taxes. Just sign the dotted line on an nba contract for any amount that you want... heck... it could be even the league minimum as long as it fits under the cap. Then just have all of the rest of the actual compensation be decided through back channels.

There's no reason why any team should ever need to pay a luxury tax again. There's no reason that any player can't play for any team they want as contract dollar amounts no longer matter. Roster size restrictions are all that matter at that point. Until maybe some loophole is found there as well? As long as Ballmer is the one doing it first right?

That's the decision that is being made here. And if they ignore it then I expect that to be what eventually occurs.

This was never about a legal issue. Nobody cares about your comments about that.

ryguy613 · Post #460 » by **ryguy613** » Today 7:19 pm

Godymas wrote:want to make this very clear btw

Kawhi Leonard broke 0 laws

breaching a contractual agreement with the NBA is not against the law

really the NBA is the only organization that can decide if they care, but now that the regular season is happening, the talking heads have more important things to talk about.

I'm sorry Mr. Torres but your attempt to be a white knight for some attention might as well have failed as men with more power than you have decided they do not care.

*Typing on phone * I'm....sorry... Mr. ... Torres... but... your... attempt... to... be a white... knight...