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@MoDakhil_NBA These Mavs would look awfully good with a recently bought out Lebron. Gets his Kyrie, Brow gets the bigs. Klay. Wings It's Lebron's wet dream with no state tax.

@JustEsBaraheni @DaveDuFourNBA completely! The point isn't predicting a sweep, its saying, if everything rolls perfect, who has the best chance to sweep. Outside of MASSIVE injures, we are pretty much assured a 6 or 7 game prediction.

@SportingPhil @DaveDuFourNBA Sweeps are really hard!

Listening to @JustEsBaraheni and @DaveDuFourNBA make their picks... Id love a podcast to ban the 6 or 7 game predictions. They feel too safe. How about... If a sweep, who sweeps who? Every podcast just hedges too much, making prediction toothless.

@Cavsanada @JustEsBaraheni @DaveDuFourNBA As presently done, yes... I just counter that MOST podcast hedge with w 6 or 7 pick and outs for both. I just personally prefer a different narrative, where it could be who has the best chance to sweep, or maybe another angle.

@SportingPhil @JustEsBaraheni @DaveDuFourNBA Shouldn't it be what people think will happen?

@SolBrah What about people in norther climats like here in Minnesota. Tanning beds?

@SportingPhil I do not recommend any synthetically produced supplements

Be careful out there! Synthetic “vitamin D” is not the same as the sun.

@DuncanSmithNBA Pretty sure their mom could imagine.

What a sentence

@XRP_Cognoscente @jeremyct always ask for cash price, not insurance

@jeremyct What dentist charges over $2000 for a pulled tooth? I just had one pulled like nine months ago without insurance and only paid $300. lmao

my son had a cavity recently. took him to the dentist and they ended up pulling the tooth. the visit cost $2400. insurance only covered $250, so we’re left paying $2,150. i’m already paying $612/month for family health and dental insurance. yeah… something about this system doesn’t add up.

@NBA Raps/76sers 2019 playoffs

2.1 meters in the air and 1.8 seconds in the air! A bounce for the ages!

@mcuban The real issue is you cannot contend without a top 10 player. If you dont have one of those its smarter to tank for one thn waste $$$ on middling talent aka Kings/Bulls.

When you flatten the odds, the number of trades will explode. It was impossible to know who would win the tankathon in the off season, and the leading tankers aren’t trading their picks at the deadline BUT you can have a good idea who isn’t a top 8 team in your conference. And teams will do everything they can to trade for their firsts. Get 2 non playoff firsts in a draft, and you have a good shot of having better odds than the bottom 3 this year. And even 2 picks at 5.4 pct each, makes you the equal of a tankathon 4 or 5 team. The question is what puts you in a position to trade for 1sts? Cap room at the deadline. Teams that were headed to the 2nd apron and needed saving. Give me that future first. Willingness to trade good players. Want my best player. We aren’t going anywhere this season. Give me that future first. I think the games to stay out of the bottom 3 will be fun. I think the protection limits are smart. Don’t want teams in the playin making decisions on draft vs win. But teams still have to figure out how to win and now, grabbing as many picks as possible, is the highest value approach Once you know you have the little c next to your team … can’t make the bottom 3, if it’s before the deadline, you can get aggressive If you don’t have a team you like, you make any trade that gets you a first. Just imagine if you have a good young team. But just not good enough to win a ring. And you believe the best player ever is coming this draft , you literally could trade your future firsts , plus your really good young , valued players and when combined with your own pick, or picks you already had, get 5 firsts that give you, with some luck , a 40.5 pct chance of winning the lottery. Still an almost 60 pct chance you won’t. But it sure would be interesting as it plays out. The good news for the nba, the bottom 3-2-1 is smart. The better news for Shams , the trade rumors are going to be off the charts as teams try to “aggregate up” to get the best odds they can

@sidvicious03 Interesting. At 24 and an elite shooter you wouldn't rather the trio of ANT / Wemby / Harper? Long term the spurs cannot afford Fox with the 2 guards so you're essentially choosing Castle > Edwards in a vacuum. Edwards is arguable the best 2 guard in the league and under 25.

@SportingPhil Hell no. Year 2 castle gonna be even better. One of the best perimeter defenders in the league while being dangerous on offense. Shot will come. Ant has hamstring problems and this is probably as good as he is gonna be.

Timberwolves get: Fox + Castle Spurs get: Anthony Edwards Who says no?

@Cavsanada I get that... but its also with analytics. It doesn't pay to be the Kings. I almost think there should be a talent evaluation again draft teams. Like if I have a top 20 player... the highest I should ever be able to draft is say 10. That or more cap room for non havers.

@SportingPhil It's always been a thing. The only difference is the media coverage

Tinkering with league formats and rules is an epidemic

@tomhaberstroh Realistically the issues isn't tanking. It's you need a top 10 player and 2 top 20 players to win. If you dont have those you may as well tank. Finding ways for teams who do not have one to have a larger salary cap for more top 60 players might help balancing.

Interesting provision: "no team would be able to win three consecutive top-five picks" Would have prevented: Spurs (Wemby, Castle, Harper) Pistons (Cade, Ivey, Ausar, Holland) Cavs (Mobley, Garland, Okoro) Rockets (Green, Jabari, Amen, Reed)

@greg16676935420 Tipping culture is mental illness. Pay appropriately.

Why in the world would you tip after winning on a slot machine?

@CoachDanGo Or magnesium spray. Try it.

Hot take: It should be mandatory for guys to wear deodorant at the gym.

@CoachDanGo Interesting study in comfort. We all know what it takes, but rarely are people willing to give up the treats.

Only 3% of American men are at body fat of 15% or less. Just 0.1% are at 12% or less. The best thing a guy can do is get his body fat to healthy levels.

@WatcherGuru Those are called taxes. The government needs to spend less.

🇺🇸 US Government is collecting donations to help pay off its $39 trillion debt.

@KevinOConnor I bet you raptors do CMB+poetl for him

Evan Mobley's upcoming contract.

@KeithGrossman both make bagels anywhere else taste like garbage. As an ex MTL who lived in DEN and now MN, I promise you guys are good.

Montreal bagels are better than New York bagels