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Edward McKinnon

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23 | UARK ‘24 | full-time journalist and full-time ball knower | newspaper bylines: @edwardmNWADG

Memphis ➡️ Fayetteville, AR Katılım Haziran 2019
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@GfedGoCrazy Silver spoon BS. There’s a few downtown hotels that would be considered very high end for normal people, but the city doesn’t have 5-star hotels large enough to accommodate entire teams like most NBA cities. There isn’t a Ritz Carlton or Four Seasons
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Meanwhile reclusive but uber rich ownership is gouging the city for arena renovations during lease negotiations, which indirectly drove out one of the city’s minor league sports franchises. In all of this, average citizens lose. The ones who could make a difference are apathetic
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The types of rich people in the city and suburbs who take the team for granted are same types LeBron is pandering to in that video. Guys who would rather hit the links and drive to SEC football games on the weekends than support the city’s big cultural assets
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Memphis has a bunch of citizens who love basketball and the Grizzlies but can’t afford to go to every game, just like every city. The city also has enough rich people to buy up every season ticket 10 times over. The problem is rich Memphians don’t love basketball like that
Edward McKinnon@EdwardAMcKinnon

The low attendance argument from people who try to justify relocation is especially annoying because it’s the same people who think Seattle is owed a franchise now. I think Seattle deserves their team back too, but their attendance sucked for years prior to relocation iirc

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All I’ll say is it’s interesting that the high profile examples of players/coaches bringing up relocating the Grizzlies to Nashville unprompted are all Klutch clients afaik
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The low attendance argument from people who try to justify relocation is especially annoying because it’s the same people who think Seattle is owed a franchise now. I think Seattle deserves their team back too, but their attendance sucked for years prior to relocation iirc
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All this does is play with the emotions of entire communities. It’s even worse when it’s cities with only 1 pro team
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I was about to ask what kind of business he has in Cross County Arkansas but I forget how beautiful Parkin Archeological Park is this time of year
Dean🐻@BurnerJa

Here ya go

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@alexwinton_ @memgrizz Yep. I have no problem with the current logo. It’s one of the best in the league and I actually like it better than the retro one though I’m probably in the minority. The current jerseys are lifeless though they look like corporate memos
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@memgrizz this is a layup rebrand
Alex tweet media
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@alexwinton_ Basically the same thing happened with Jaren. His second contract was a relative bargain because he had multiple injury shortened seasons on his rookie deal
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@alexwinton_ Could be a blessing in disguise too if his ankle issues don’t persist past this season since you can likely extend him for good value. I’m not counting on it since he’s a big man with a lower body injury but even worst case scenario you don’t have to commit long term money to him
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Eh depends on this draft first before I feel that way. Can set you back, but ultimately if you get Boozer on luck or you get one of these guards and they become a star, you are still in a decent spot and have assets more than likely to get a frontcourt player.
EB@EzBz_

@alexwinton_ I haven’t given it a ton of thought, but a lot of the outlook for the rebuild rests on his ankle. Like we’re in a terrible place if he is never right.

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There was a moment where these types of players rose to prominence where it felt like they could lead contenders. But defenses are smarter now and exploit predictable offense. Good luck executing late in games with four uninvolved guys standing still on the perimeter
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It’s really hard to invest in high usage guards with minimal off ball skills, no matter how elite they are at shot creation because halfcourt offenses led by them are always predictable even if they are often effective. This gets exposed in late game situations
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With all the recent talk of small lead guards being a fading archetype (e.g., the Trae, Ja, and Garland cases), Steph being able to escape this phenomenon stems from two main facts: 1. Being the greatest off-ball player of all time has allowed him to maintain his effectiveness that might have been reduced had he opted not to diversify his offensive repertoire. 2. Investing in building up his functional strength has allowed him to be more relatively durable compared to other small guards.

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