AdamInHTownTX

Looks like X finally got me back into my original account. Let me know if you folks who are following me can see this.

@RedNinetyFour Ime did start him in both of the next two games at Utah. But he panicked after they lost the second game and never trusted Reed again as a starter unless someone was injured.

I keep going back to that Golden State game in my mind when Reed started. That should have been the inflection point in the season. Fred should have no longer even been part of the discourse for this team moving forward.

@ervin_pa @thetrueshelby @Imhre2retwt

@thetrueshelby @Imhre2retwt Just passed by the restaurant and it is packed.

This is a post from the employees at The Croissanterie - the restaurant that asked NepoGov Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave. Love it 🌈

@theconread Never go full Bud Light.

The owners of the restaurant, The Croissanterie in Little Rock Arkansas, who asked Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave because her presence was “making employees feel threatened and uncomfortable because of her political views”, Jill McDonald & Wendy Schay, look exactly like you’d expect!

@HSTPodcast @duh_itsmax Has Reed been terrible for 17 straight games this season? Did he ever have a 1-28 stretch from downtown?

@AdamInHTownTX @duh_itsmax it was 33 games for Sheppard. Jabari shot 28% from 3 for 16 games & 37 overall x.com/HSTPodcast/sta…

Tari's mom will hate me but 4 yrs $60M might be TOO MUCH

@RedNinetyFour I'm actually ok with moving on. We still need a new head coach, but they could get a lot for KD given his reasonable contract and that he's coming off a really solid(and healthy) season.

This has gone so poorly that I wonder if Durant will ask for a trade in the offseason or if the Rockets will look to trade him while he has some value left. He can’t be happy that they did nothing at the deadline while they’ve consistently messaged that their plans revolve around the so called “young core.”

@RedNinetyFour Maybe he meant top 5 in the Southwest Division.

Stone said at the trade deadline presser that we were top 5 in offense and defense. Wonder what he’ll say in the exit interview.

@KittnHasClaws @RepSwalwell Yes, let's start removing Presidents from office when they crack a joke.

@RepSwalwell I am so disgusted by the Republicans who refuse to do anything about this, Grandpas got to go!

Twenty-Fifth

@RepSwalwell For telling a joke?

@jaketapper Trump also wasn't President in 1941 nor was he even alive at the time, Jacob. It's called a joke. You know, like your career in journalism.

FWIW Prime Minister Takaichi was born 20 years after Pearl Harbor

@RedNinetyFour The irony is for someone who's so good at negotiating contracts, he unnecessarily gave out a huge extension to a coach who was still signed for another 2 years. And those are the kinds of contracts you can't trade. Now they either have to eat it or pretend Ime is the right guy.

Re: Stone, one point that comes to mind is something Zach Lowe said on his pod years ago. He said another GM said to him re: Sam Hinkie and all the praise he was getting at that time in the Process, that “it’s really easy to look smart when you’re not trying to win.” I’m reminded of that because Rafael had the benefit Daryl never did - to tank. He accumulated consecutively high lottery picks and then had a clean cap sheet to sign free agents. Someone who had a mandate to win wouldn’t have had that head start. What sets apart great GMs are the moves at the margins. (Like figuring out a way to do something at this year’s deadline instead of just punting on the season). I’m not going to go through and litigate each of his moves because the point of this isn’t to pile on Stone while we’re down. Maybe I’ll do that in the offseason. He’s generally been very good, I think, and has done certain things excellently like negotiate contracts. The point of this is to push back on the fanboyish culture that has permeated on here and created a perception of infallibility that’s just completely divorced from reality. They’ve made mistakes and some of the vision has been questionable.

@RedNinetyFour One of the few bright spots this season. He'll never be a star, but if he's your 4th best player, you're a contender. Amen and Reed look really promising, so the key now is to find that longterm superstar and either replace Alpi or have him settle into a supporting role.

Jabari was really nice last night. Had the mid range working. I gotta give him his props.

@ToonHive I liked him in the previous films, but he's not really needed. They really deemphasized the non-Robotnik human characters in the 3rd movie.

Wade Whipple will not return for ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 4’ as his actor Adam Pally is not listed in the casting.

@DiscussingFilm Well, he did survive in the post-credits scene.

Shadow will return in ‘SONIC 4’.

@DiscussingFilm Didn't his character get blown up in space at the end of the 3rd movie?

Jim Carrey will return for ‘SONIC 4’. In theaters on March 19, 2027.

@duh_itsmax @HSTPodcast Reed and Jabari slumped for 2-3 weeks and had the occasional good game mixed in during those stretches. Tari has sucked for 5 1/2 weeks now with maybe the home win over Toronto being his lone decent performance.

@HSTPodcast Yeahhh I sadly agree. Idk what happened to him but hopefully it’s just a slump like Bari n Reed had. His defensive is super valuable which is why he want to keep him. He was better off the bench

@RudyReaper @HSTPodcast Rui is WAY better than Tari. Rui has played 57 out of 69 games. He's hitting 50.5% from the field, 43.7% from 3, and 75.9% from the line. Tari has played 46 out of 68 games. He's hitting 41.8% from the field, 37.3% from 3, and 70.5% from the line.

@HSTPodcast Yeah this bet hasn't paid off. Eason wants a $100M contract was crazy. He would've had to play like Trey Murphy. Instead he's playing like Rui Hachimora

@Farsh357 @HSTPodcast Don't just let him walk unless there's a replacement lined up. At least try to do a sign and trade.

@HSTPodcast Honestly I don’t see why we just don’t let him go. It’s bad enough his production at the back end of the season but he doesn’t even play enough games to justify it

@HSTPodcast He ain't getting 4 years from ANYONE. Certainly not guaranteed. Maybe a DFS type deal where the last 2 years are team options. And he can forget about 15 mil per season. Even 10 mil is pushing it given his injury history and how badly he's playing.

@same_shad @ohnohedidnt24 He's speculating, but he's not wrong. The chemistry looks awful. Maybe it's due in part to KD, but I think a lot of the players have simply tuned out Ime who's been exposed as a fraud.

@ohnohedidnt24 Perk just making shit up and saying dumb shit 😒

Perk on the Rockets: "They look like a team that doesn't like each other, they look like a team that has zero chemistry. When I look at this squad I know when they leave the arena, the practice facility, they all go their separate ways. Nobody's going to dinner together"

So don't get Malone. I'm not wedded to this idea that we need some sort of established veteran coach. Lots of those have gotten gigs recently that wound up being shortlived(Vogel, Budenholzer, Brown). Maybe it can be a really good assistant somewhere who's hungry for an opportunity. But regardless, Ime is a terrible coach who honestly doesn't even act like he's engaged with what's going on right now.

Malone's a good coach. Just note: - Nuggets fans HATED that he refused to play his young guys. - Nuggets players revolted against him because he was too hard on them and put too much emphasis on winning in the regular season - Clashed with the GM over not playing young guys.