All Eyes On Me

Booker poked the bear. Suns folded like a lawn chair. Sheesh

Play-in starting now! Brooklyn is gonna be the scariest 7 seed ever. East 1) Miami vs 8) CLE/ATL/CHA/BKN 2) Boston vs 7) CLE/BKN 3) Milwaukee vs 6) Chicago 4) Philadelphia vs 5) Toronto West 1) Phoenix vs 8) MIN/LAC/NO/SA 2) Memphis vs 7) MIN/LAC 3) Golden State vs 6) Denver 4) Dallas vs 5) Utah

The care in the game Threads have all but died, and there’s only 7 games left, so let’s talk off-season! Unrestricted Free Agents Gary Harris, Robin Lopez Restricted Free Agents Mo Bamba, Bol Bol Draft Picks 1st round - our own (will fall anywhere between 1-8) 2nd round - our own and Indiana Projected lineup going into 22/23 Fultz/Suggs/Franz/Isaac/Carter Cole/RJ/Ross/Okeke/Moe Needs: Shooting Guard, backup big, Veterans, a Power Forward that can stay on the floor Key Dates May 17th - Draft Lottery June 23rd - NBA Draft August 2nd - Free Agency begins

No interest in getting “bro’d” by a stranger on a message board, you have your opinions, I have mine, he has his own. I just really wish we could see him in the news for something basketball related.

Jonathan Isaac out on a press tour advertising his new political book at an extremist rally. *Sigh

Crazy that Duncan Robinson has only played 1 minute this series after the Heat gave him a 5 year $90 million contract

My only point is that we have a path now that isn’t just maxing out at mediocrity. Obviously, there are still moves to be made that will dictate how far we can go. Also, strong disagree that the Vuc trade wasn’t maximizing his value and only “looks good because of Franz”. We have 2 cornerstones of the franchise, got out of Aminu, and still have another potential lotto pick coming. Vuc’s play has already gone down and the Bulls are about to lose Lavine slamming the door shut on their all-in window. Finally, I’ve heard numerous people refer to the Fultz trade as a “no-brainer”. If that was the case, why didn’t everyone do it? Look, I know the rebuild has been long and hard, and honestly never ending, and patience is pretty much gone, but if we can’t find a way to be excited about the potential of the roster right now, than what are we doing here?

Off the top of my head The Fultz trade The Vuc trade The Wendell extension The Franz pick The Chuma and Cole picks in the teens Fixing the cap hell we were in Putting an insurance policy and game incentives on JI’s extension I mean, you can choose to be frustrated, it’s your right and it’s well deserved, but it’s hard not to be excited about the future of this team. We don’t have any debilitating contracts at the moment, I don’t remember the last time that happened.

Weltman and Hammond continue to do an excellent job. I know there was some CYA in JI’s contract, but I didn’t know it was this extreme. 22-23 - $16 million guaranteed 23-24 $7.4 million guaranteed 24-25 unguaranteed

Media Day has come and gone, there’s officially video of Magic players shooting around in Amway, the new league year is officially (finally!) underway! Preseason opener is in 6 days against Boston.

The more important thing to read into here is we own their first round pick next year.

It’s happened 4 times, last time was in 2011. An 8 seed has made the Finals one-time, the Knicks back in the lockout season of 1999. I don’t know what this run by the Pels says about Zion, but it probably isn’t good.

Really didn’t see the brooms coming. Impressive stuff from Boston.

Think that JJ thought you were talking about Cole Anthony at first, lol.. agreed on Anthony Edwards. That kid is gonna be great

I fully expect Utah to blow it up this off-season. They’ve taken this core as far as it can go, and now they can’t even beat Dallas without Luka. Saying this, the smart move would to be to blow it up and continue to build around Mitchell, but crazy things happen all the time and some teams are dumb. And I’m a hopeless optimist. So let’s go get Spida!

This has been a long time coming. I wish him well, I’ll miss the Torch, but it’s in the best interest of both parties to find him a new team.

Aaron Gordon has been so so bad in this Nuggets/Warriors series

Jalen Brunson goes for 41 and the Mavs steal a game in Utah without Luka. #thisleague

Man, if only Dwight or Shaq got the friendly whistle Embiid gets. 12 free throw attempts in the first quarter

Franz not named a finalist for Rookie of the Year… that’s sad

What a play! What a game! Nets/Celtics is primed to be one of the best first round series of all time

28 fouls called in 20 minutes of gameplay in this Nets/Celtics game. lol

New playoff rule suggestion, if you lose game 1 by 25+, series is a best of 1

The Warriors look excellent.. Jordan Poole is the real deal