Deleterious

I will play for Dallas before Lebron does.

Silas was so bad in Houston. Some guys are just supposed to be assistants. Pretty much every Lions coach ever.

Well, it wasn't Scoot. He looks to be in great shape.

There were rumors Williams was trying to lure him to Detroit.

Cant manage timeouts or rotations. Not a good X's and O's coach. Completely and totally outclassed by Kidd in last years playoffs. The Suns had the winning formula in the first two games. When on offense isolate Luka. In game 2 they scored something like 84 points when isolating Luka. CP3 and Booker almost fell over laughing at the post game presser when someone asked about Luka's defense. Kidd made defensive adjustments in game 3 and for the rest of the series Phoenix couldn't find a way to isolate Luka. Game 6 they lose by 30+ game 7 they lose by 30+ at home, the game was over by the middle of the second quarter. That is when he should have been fired. His player development is also overrated. He took over when Booker was in his 5th season. His numbers were the same before and after Williams. The Suns really made the jump after CP3 arrived. Sort of like the Nick Nurse situation with Kawhi. People giving the coach too much credit without providing enough context. He also totally failed with Ayton. At the end of the day it is on Ayton to improve. But if you praise Williams for player development you have to ding him for his misses as well, and Ayton is one. 5 years in the league and he doesn't have a defined role. Of course in a Williams offense bigs are mostly there to set screens for the high PnR, so get ready for that. But the most egregious thing with Ayton is that Williams seems to openly dislike him. Last summer Phoenix matched the Pacers max offer sheet and what happened? Ayton didn't hear from Williams all summer. The guy just signed a $130M contract and you don't blow a call into him for 4 months? I think the religious stuff will also end up bothering me. But that is a personal thing and really has nothing to do with his coaching. There is more but whatever.

Still glad it wasn't Ollie even though I don't like the Monty Williams hiring.

Gary Parish from CBS sports reported a projected first round pick had such a bad workout he walked off the court. He was out of shape and later seen using a vape pen. It's a podcast so I can't link it.

This has been playing in my head on repeat since the announcement.

Sign me up for the 100M dash equivalent.

Before. Wednesday morning.

Walker calling off his pro day is interesting. Givony said the rumor/suspicion is a team gave him a promise.

I have always considered Phil Ivey to be the best cash game player on earth. I think durrrr makes a good case for that title now. The problem is he isn't that visible to American players. He spends most of his time playing nosebleeds in Macau. I think Ivey is probably a more intelligent player, more of a student of the game or thinker. But durrrr is so fearless and hyper aggressive it makes it extremely difficult to play against him. He constantly puts players in very uncomfortable positions and even the professionals are not used to that.

This summer has not gone the way I thought it would.

The Athletic goes on sale for $1 a month pretty often. Good time to pick up a year subscription.

From the article:

Absolutely insane.

It says they are going to offer $10M per year.

Want to know how bad the 2024 draft is? Buzelis is white.

All its missing is Cathrine Bach in a bikini and Waylon Jennings with a voiceover.

Sure but I wouldn't pay what I would have a year or two ago. His handle has been exposed for the second year in a row in the playoffs. Disappointing he couldn't step up when Tatum tweaked his ankle. Not someone you want to run an offense through. In his defense. The Celtics offense has been garbage the last two seasons. Heavy isolation without any movement. Basically hand the ball to Tatum and Brown and see what they can do. They desperately need a pure PG to run their offense and take the pressure off of Tatum and Brown. Think about how much Tatum and Brown have the ball. Combined they only average 8 assists per game which is crazy low. And they average 6 TO's per game. So its pretty ugly basketball.

Tatum shot 24% from three for the series. Brown was even worse at 16%. Jaylen Brown is about to get $300M and he couldn't dribble through a couple of seventh graders without turning it over.

Always a good morning if the Celtics/Lakers/Bulls lost the night before.