buddha

"college" football. smh.

the cavs are still a worry if they can get healthy. the healthy cavs destroyed this team earlier in the year. the pistons have two big flaws we've been harping on all year. and they are a "try hard" bunch. reminds me a bit of the drose bulls. that team always struggled a bit on the playoffs when everyone else was trying hard too. otoh, they would have made the finals if not for prime lebron and there is no prime lebron in the east so... seeing as its finals or bust, do you go all in? or just nibble on the margins and hope the lack of shooting doesnt kill you in the playoffs?

let's see what happens at the deadline. atlanta might pull something out of their behinds and trade trae and the pelicans pick. they can use the pels pick to get something good (maybe even from the pels!), and get some sucker team to give them picks or a shot blocker for trae (looking at you, washington).

ummmm....i watched that game and there is no way on god's green earth did jbd and aljo play that well. absolutely none.

big win. kat reverting to his usual big game form. given how well reed seems to play in duren's stead, maybe the reason duren looks so good is that he gets to play next to a superstar point forward every night? cade has met or exceeded all my expectations for him. he's become more than luka-lite. to be full luka, he'll need to put them on his back in the playoffs and make it to at least the ECF.

That was a big win. a big, lucky win. but a win nonetheless. they were totally outplayed most of the night, but made the most of their chances and ottawa's goalies were suspect. two ottawa goals called back (rightfully). gibson played well, but ottawa just flat out missed some chances. the wings were very sloppy.

i'm sure treyveon was very well paid. just lije savion will be.

whoo hoo! **** you, bears.

other than the hope of mcgonigle, most of that depth looks like a bunch of average to below average players. would bichette be an upgrade on baez at short? is mcgonigle an upgrade on keith at third? then do what you can. the only prospect they have who is almost untouchable should be mcgonigle and maybe clark.

the daniss jenkins game.

IU keeps PAYING. "plucky" little IU is putting up the money.

Logan Stanley should be given a medal, not a meeting with player safety.

maybe the refs will finally start treating green the same way they treat everyone else? no more star treatment for a guy who hasnt been a star for years?

andre was fine as a player, but he decided he was going to be the focal point of the offense which is he was quite unqualified to be. its not his fault the pistons paid him so much money, it is his fault that he demanded to be a bigger part of the offense than he had any right to have. and the team let him do it and he became disruptive to the point of being detrimental. he was a great rebounder. if he had decided to be just that - and a rim runner - he could have been a very good player. instead he will be remembered largely as a clown. a very well paid clown.

i go the opposite way. I'd rather see the traditional teams play than watch arizona state play smu. i dont mind that in the regular season, but i like the traditional programs to play for championships. probably because that's how i grew up, watching michigan lose rose bowls.

hey, i even still include notre dame in that group even though they havent won a championship since the reagan administration.

i assume that's why he does it. again and again and again.

papa doc and baby doc duvalier were father and son dictators in haiti for a very long time. particularly ruthless fellows.

90% of the people on this board are going to think baby doc and papa doc originated as nicknames for the illitchs, having no clue where that actually comes from.

im gping to change my mind on this ten more times over the next year.

i really like duren, but the more i watch the less comfortable i am paying him $30m this summer. the argument for doing that is that he is getting better every year and is young enough that you can anticipate more growth. perhaps a reliable jump shot emerges that turns him into a decent floor spacer? the argument against is that he's a more athletic andre drummond. when cade is out, duren cannot carry the team. in fact, he often looks useless without cade throwing him lobs. maybe that's on the pistons for not finding a comparable second ball handler/distributor, but it also shows duren is not a bona fide #2 scorer all teams need next to their superstar. if you pay duren (and then have to pay ausar), you've now trapped yourself with cade and two non-shooting, non-scorers as your robins to his batman. i dont think you can win with that. but if they DONT pay duren, then what do they do?

you called for asp and danielson. theyre here and are part of the problem. what makes you think the "big kids" in GR who arent as good as those two will suddenly come up and be better? i'd like to at least SEE wallinder, buium, and lombardi to just get a look at them at the nhl level. but i have no illusions they'll be improvements this season. maybe buium would be, but i highly doubt it. as for line one upgrades, i think we have one in kasper but they refuse to move him back up.

i understand, but i dont know if that is "good for the sport." i dont necessarily think parity is automatically good for interest in sports. i think the sport is better when its franchises with large fan bases are involved in championships because more people care about those teams.

the red wings have been pretty unlucky shooting this year. they should have more goals than they do. they have a third pair defense that is awful and constantly caved in. their second pair isnt great either. theyre about to get passed up by other teams who have played less games. but goal difference is a bit misleading, i dont think they've been seriously outplayed much this season (this game notwithstanding).

why?