Atlanta is an interesting team. After a seven-game skid they’re 4-2 in their last six games; with wins over MIN and @NY, followed by back-to-back losses @TOR, followed by wins over NO and @DEN. (These games were played without Trae, so their current roster construction).
I’d say this is a more dangerous opponent than most of our recent ones.
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You’ll get them in the UK. Mainly Scotland, where it’s standard in a full breakfast (just eat around the haggis, lol). I would bet there are places in the Bay that do them, I just don’t know where.
Nets get: Moody, Monk, Buddy, Warriors firsts in 28 and 30 (or 31 if the 30 pick is not top 20 and thereby conveys to Nuggets), 2029 second from Det,Mil, or NYK via Sac
My thinking is the Dubs and Kings are in a standoff. The Kings appear to be the only team who want Kuminga, but in the process want to dump Monks salary but won’t give up first round draft capital. Ellis is desirable but going to be an unrestricted free agent so they could lose him for nothing.
The Warriors want some value for Kuminga and won’t take on long term money they don’t want.
This trade allows the Kings to get Kuminga, dump Monks salary, and get a mid-first rounder for Ellis.
The Warriors get something for Kuminga but have to give up a pick which is rich, so are compensated with a future second rounder via the Kings (they have all their own but I’m guessing they’d give up the one they’ve got coming from one other team). But by looping MPJ and the Nets in, the overall package looks much better. 3 firsts (one likely mid first round) for two younger players who together can make this team a fringe contender the next couple of years.
The Nets get a solid young player in Moody and two valuable picks out of the Warriors, one almost certainly post Steph. Not many more valuable picks out there. Plus Monk has played well for their coach before and they can likely juice up his value and get something for him in the summer.
Works in the trade machine and the Warriors have room to fill in any leftover spots.
Yeah, definitely. I don’t think he’s disappointing as a player, and I don’t think it’d be fair to blame him for the health stuff. Just that, for all he’s accomplished (and that’s a ton), his career feels like it should have had more ‘moments’.
Yeah, I’m not necessarily invested in the idea that the bubble diminishes the that title as an accomplishment, but it definitely diminishes it in terms of how it feels in the collective memory, just because we lack images of home crowds going nuts, and all the pageantry, etc. If that had been a normal Finals, I don’t know that what I said above would apply.
Zach LaVine is such fool's gold. He seems like should be a more athletic Devin Booker. I don't know if it's BBIQ or effort, but the lack of playmaking and defense is baffling.
It's a cautionary tale for Kuminga backers, bc at least LaVine can shoot, and he still hasn't become a winning player.
Someone did a whole video essay on Youtube about this. He has everything to be "the guy" down to the nice surface level stats that can fool the casual fan into thinking he's a superstar but he has no idea how to connect that with winning basketball.
True. But legitimately good players toiling away on bad teams tend to at least make their bad teams better. Zach has somehow not even managed that: over his career, his bad teams have been 3.1 points per 100 possessions less bad with him off the floor (-4.6 on, -1.5 off).
It’s pretty crazy, cos he scores at high volume on high efficiency (22.8 pts on .588 TS career, with peaks of 28.0 pts/36 add .640 TS) which normally correlates really well to winning basketball. But as others allude to, he must be just that bad at everything else that goes into winning basketball.
Another thing that makes you appreciate Steph even more…
Hornets scored a whopping 150 points against the Jazz tonight. Moussa Diabate (+38), LaMelo Ball (+37), and Brandon Miller (+36) had the highest +/- of the game, while Cody Williams (-60), Keyonte George (-38), and Taylor Hendricks (-33) had the lowest +/-.
Murphy and Herb are both still pretty young and have good contracts, so I don’t think they need to trade them. If they go into rebuild, Murphy especially seems like part of a foundation. They don’t seem like a complete teardown in my eyes.
There’s such a huge culture of verbal taunting and smack talk in pro sports. So easy to cross a line (I.e. piss a player off so much he does something stupid). The NBA has done a pretty amazing job of limiting on court violence with harsh discipline and massive amounts of money as incentives.
So Luka teased Schroeder about the contract he passed up *and* called him a bitch. DS was wrong to try to hit him and we don’t know what he said to Luka, but Luka seems like a complete asshole and crossed a couple of lines that are likely to escalate things.
Preach! Love the Sermon Rev. Hardee.
ok, thanks for your patience: https://dubnationhq.com/p/curry-warriors-still-mowing-down
Atlanta is an interesting team. After a seven-game skid they’re 4-2 in their last six games; with wins over MIN and @NY, followed by back-to-back losses @TOR, followed by wins over NO and @DEN. (These games were played without Trae, so their current roster construction).
I’d say this is a more dangerous opponent than most of our recent ones.
Hopefully Dubs take them seriously this evening.
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No worries. And Thank You!
(I made pancakes. They were mediocre. Though it was nothing a little maple syrup couldn't save. I went out and got my wife a good scone)
We live the low sodium life (mostly) so pancakes are usually out for us. We usually make crepes. Or french toast.
Pancakes yesterday, oatmeal today.
OT, y’all ever had a potato (‘tatty’) scone? The chronic.
whoa, noooo. Where would I find one (in the bay area?)
Hmmm. Dunno. But you could make them! I’ve never done it, but these look more or less correct:
https://www.thespruceeats.com/scottish-tattie-scones-recipe-434996
Where did you try them?
You’ll get them in the UK. Mainly Scotland, where it’s standard in a full breakfast (just eat around the haggis, lol). I would bet there are places in the Bay that do them, I just don’t know where.
That's actually the definition of pancakes
If you mean that maple syrup makes it better, that's actually the definition af almost everything ;p
(fyi my pancakes were mediocre even by pancake standards, but then they were made by a mediocre chef)
That's OK, but I'm expecting shadow puppets.
best I could do is secretly embedding that gif of Kerr flexing all his championship rings...
Here’s my fake trade proposal:
Warriors get: MPJ, Keon Ellis
Kings get: Kuminga, Warriors 26 first
Nets get: Moody, Monk, Buddy, Warriors firsts in 28 and 30 (or 31 if the 30 pick is not top 20 and thereby conveys to Nuggets), 2029 second from Det,Mil, or NYK via Sac
My thinking is the Dubs and Kings are in a standoff. The Kings appear to be the only team who want Kuminga, but in the process want to dump Monks salary but won’t give up first round draft capital. Ellis is desirable but going to be an unrestricted free agent so they could lose him for nothing.
The Warriors want some value for Kuminga and won’t take on long term money they don’t want.
This trade allows the Kings to get Kuminga, dump Monks salary, and get a mid-first rounder for Ellis.
The Warriors get something for Kuminga but have to give up a pick which is rich, so are compensated with a future second rounder via the Kings (they have all their own but I’m guessing they’d give up the one they’ve got coming from one other team). But by looping MPJ and the Nets in, the overall package looks much better. 3 firsts (one likely mid first round) for two younger players who together can make this team a fringe contender the next couple of years.
The Nets get a solid young player in Moody and two valuable picks out of the Warriors, one almost certainly post Steph. Not many more valuable picks out there. Plus Monk has played well for their coach before and they can likely juice up his value and get something for him in the summer.
Works in the trade machine and the Warriors have room to fill in any leftover spots.
Who says no?
I like it, though I’m concerned about the first round pick for Ellis who’s on an expiring contract.
I guess I’m fine with it since it’s the 26 first which will be late.
Love it
Who told you this is a fake trade proposal? Looks right. Text it to Lacob.
Stein is claiming option to trade AD is dead and that he has to play "55-60" games for the Mavs before being traded.
It’s weird, AD is an absolute no-doubt first ballot HOFer, and yet somehow his career feels disappointing.
Maybe, but given it's all been injuries, I can't fault the guy. When he's been on the court, he's played hard and well.
I think it's just that he's had all these sort of middling injuries. Not ones that would normally derail a player, but just so many of them.
Yeah, definitely. I don’t think he’s disappointing as a player, and I don’t think it’d be fair to blame him for the health stuff. Just that, for all he’s accomplished (and that’s a ton), his career feels like it should have had more ‘moments’.
He's legit injury prone vs Embiid who deals with mostly chronic knee injuries.
True, but there are levels. I’d say “mildly disappointing”. The fact his one chip came in the bubble is significant IMO.
Yeah, I’m not necessarily invested in the idea that the bubble diminishes the that title as an accomplishment, but it definitely diminishes it in terms of how it feels in the collective memory, just because we lack images of home crowds going nuts, and all the pageantry, etc. If that had been a normal Finals, I don’t know that what I said above would apply.
AD age is sneaking up on him too. He'll be 34 next season.
Some people also seem to think he doesn't have much of a strength and conditioning routine either. I'm not sure how true that is.
JZA you catch any of the action yesterday? Smith-Matias was more fun than I thought it would be
Zach LaVine is such fool's gold. He seems like should be a more athletic Devin Booker. I don't know if it's BBIQ or effort, but the lack of playmaking and defense is baffling.
It's a cautionary tale for Kuminga backers, bc at least LaVine can shoot, and he still hasn't become a winning player.
Someone did a whole video essay on Youtube about this. He has everything to be "the guy" down to the nice surface level stats that can fool the casual fan into thinking he's a superstar but he has no idea how to connect that with winning basketball.
Tbf he hasn’t been on a lot of teams built for winning basketball
True. But legitimately good players toiling away on bad teams tend to at least make their bad teams better. Zach has somehow not even managed that: over his career, his bad teams have been 3.1 points per 100 possessions less bad with him off the floor (-4.6 on, -1.5 off).
It’s pretty crazy, cos he scores at high volume on high efficiency (22.8 pts on .588 TS career, with peaks of 28.0 pts/36 add .640 TS) which normally correlates really well to winning basketball. But as others allude to, he must be just that bad at everything else that goes into winning basketball.
Another thing that makes you appreciate Steph even more…
Cavs beat the Wolves, who now have 14 losses, only 4 fewer than the Dubs.
Hornets scored a whopping 150 points against the Jazz tonight. Moussa Diabate (+38), LaMelo Ball (+37), and Brandon Miller (+36) had the highest +/- of the game, while Cody Williams (-60), Keyonte George (-38), and Taylor Hendricks (-33) had the lowest +/-.
single game +/- of -60!!!!
Mind blowing.
Worst in NBA history apparently (previous record was -58)
Hornets had a whopping 65-31 advantage on the boards and even rebounded more of their missed shots (21) than did the Jazz (20).
This is a lot of whopping
Call them The Burger Kings, home of The Whopper.
The good news is there is a 4 hour difference between the start of the Niner game (1:30pm) and the start of the Warrior game (5:30pm) tomorrow.
What a game - very happy for Chicago - darn - that was some fun football
Love's receivers failed him in crunch time
Don't remember whether this was reported, but Pels say their players are off the market:
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2026/01/pelicans-telling-teams-they-wont-trade-zion-jones-murphy.html
Who knows if this is just posturing or fr.
8-30, 26-92 in their last 128 games, but their players are all untouchable.
Makes sense
It’s spin. Their players are off the market until they get deals offered they like.
Murphy and Herb are both still pretty young and have good contracts, so I don’t think they need to trade them. If they go into rebuild, Murphy especially seems like part of a foundation. They don’t seem like a complete teardown in my eyes.
I think they’d love to dump Zion.
Faites confiance au processus
Slater on the Luka Schroder altercation.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47576426/schroder-suspended-trying-strike-doncic-game
There’s such a huge culture of verbal taunting and smack talk in pro sports. So easy to cross a line (I.e. piss a player off so much he does something stupid). The NBA has done a pretty amazing job of limiting on court violence with harsh discipline and massive amounts of money as incentives.
So Luka teased Schroeder about the contract he passed up *and* called him a bitch. DS was wrong to try to hit him and we don’t know what he said to Luka, but Luka seems like a complete asshole and crossed a couple of lines that are likely to escalate things.
DS "attempted to strike" Luka. I wonder what that means. He was grabbed before he could connect? He swung and missed?
Hornets up 77-38 against the Jazz at halftime. It's a massacre out there.
Clippers beat the Pistons 98-92 :-(
Pistons didn't have Cade.