Deleterious

Clio Road location in the 90's. Drive thru all hung over and get two cheeseburgers two fries and a pop for $3. Not sure why I'm excited about this. The one in Sturgis is pretty close and I never go. Throwback burger chain Hot 'n Now is being resuscitated, but will Metro Detroit get one?

What type of draft capital are you asking for to take on Beal?

He would land you a 1st round pick at the trade deadline. Pretty rare when a guy shoots that well on that small of a contract. Even the apron teams can trade for him. Increases his value quite a bit in a trade.

OK, props for the classy look. Poor choice of cars though. But I'm probably in the extreme minority on that one.

The teams you list are mostly finished teams. They don't need cap space to add talent like Detroit does. You don't mind being over the cap when you have one of the best rosters in the league. It's really about the aprons though. You mentioned OKC next year. They are over the cap but will still be like $20 million below the first apron and $31.5 million below the second. There will be a time they will probably have to start moving on from some guys. That is where the draft picks come into play and are so important now. You move on from higher priced bench guys like Joe or even a starter like Dort. Then try to replace them with draft picks making 25% of what those guys make.

Its always 51% of last seasons basketball related income. Thats why there is always that moratorium from July 1st to July 7th. They are getting all the numbers from this season to set the new cap. The next few years will be lower than 51% though. The new TV deal brought massive amounts of money into the league and they didn't want the cap jumping like $40M in a single season. So they capped all gains at 10% of the previous seasons cap.

Locked on Pistons had Keith Smith on as a guest. He is a cap guru on Twitter. Here is what he said about Beasley returning next season. He said the Pistons will be over the cap. Which means they can sign him for $7.2M which he said wont be enough. Or they can use the full MLE on him which is about $14M. He said only two teams project to have cap space this summer. Washington and Brooklyn, so neither one is a real big threat to sign Beasley. He said other non-tax paying teams are the threat, the other teams with the full $14M MLE to spend. He specifically mentioned Houston. He said both LA teams could be under the tax line, also OKC. Good teams that can offer the same amount of money would worry me.

Where was this when he was here?

Curious to see how the tariffs play out. Other than that I don't expect much different with the new boss.

Growth spurt the past 4 years.

I'm not picky. I will make fun of whichever fanbase loses.

Someone called into the CSPAN coverage of the inauguration.

This or the two Knick games in MSG. I think KAT sat out the first one though.

I like **** talking Cade.

Huge win to start a tough road trip and end the mini losing streak. It's all about Cade. He plays well and they are competitive with most teams.

I like JB going with Holland and Thompson here. Up 12 with under 5 minutes left they don't need offense.

Great pass by Holland. Sasser having a nice game. Bench has played well while Cade has been out.

Pistons up 10 to start the fourth. Cade has 32.

6 minutes into the third and Cade already has 13 in the quarter.

Well, they pissed away the lead with a bunch of turnovers.