While we remain simple men (the women, far more complex and interesting), times change. And the amount of time we have to spend on frivolous pursuits has diminished. Or we've just drifted to different frivolous pursuits. Fucking Twitter.
Times change, but the draft remains a constant. So join in this evening so you can hear me sing the praises of this year's Draymond Green - still the best call I've ever made on draft day - and so we can all relish the sartorial excesses of this year's class. Got a long way to go to top Jalen Rose.
Our lord and savior Gheorghe on draft night:
Samaki's sartorial splendor:
And the man most likely to throw the whole thing into chaos early...
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no Gheorghe draft pic? for shame
ReplyDeletealso, the Samaki Walker draft outfit is an alltimer
ReplyDeleteit’s participatory, my man. enhance as you see fit.
ReplyDeletehere’s my first draft hot take: i wouldn’t touch trae young with bea arthur’s dick. he’s got mark macon written all over him.
He’s stealing your content, TR!
ReplyDeleteI would love to still do my draft preview. Especially for this draft. I have many takes, even some hot takes, on this particular draft. Alas, my job and parenthood don’t give me the time.
This draft feels really crazy and has the potential for a shit ton of movement and surprises. I want so badly for the magic to make a move to get my Slovenian son Luka. Sadly, I already know I’ll be disappointed.
so much potential for so many teams to fuck it up tonight: kings, grizz, mark's magic, knicks
ReplyDeleteteej excite
oh, and of course GM Big Ern will royally fuck up the Wiz draft tonight. lock it up
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, definitely going to be some major fuck ups tonight. Can’t wait!
ReplyDeletesome important pics have been added
ReplyDeletedid tr make the macon call already? if so, i owe him royalties for my sampling his dope beat.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever had a hot take, I'm always the one giving the heat.
ReplyDeleteBarry Trotz to the island.
ReplyDeleteArgentina on the brink.
Impressive performance by Croatia. Equally as embarrassing for Argentina.
ReplyDeleteTR has made the Mark Macon comparison multiple times. I don’t see it. I think Young shoots it too well to flame out completely. At worst I think he could be an off the bench heat check guy. Like an Eddie House type. That’s obviously not what you want from a lottery pick though.
ReplyDeleteyoung’s college shooting numbers are really close to macon’s. different eras, different body types, but when defenses got some time to game plan for young, it got a lot tougher for him.
ReplyDeleteWithout looking, take a guess at how much Macon’s teammates Eddie Jones & Aaron McKie made in the NBA combined.
ReplyDeleteMacon made 7M total.
ReplyDeleteI'll guess that Eddie Jones made $50M and Aaron McKie made $35M.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm wrong.
ReplyDeleteMark Macon came way before Jones and McKie. Rick Brunson was the PG for the Temple team with Jones and McKie.
ReplyDeleteAs for Young, his passing is a highly underrated skill. The space of the NBA and having better teammates (Oklahoma was pretty bad around him) will actually give him more space. Not saying he’ll be great but I think discounting his offensive skill is foolish. Now his defense...that’s another story.
The missed each other by 1 year at Temple. Would have been interesting had they overlapped.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, I was stunned that those two guys made over 150M.
So not way before then. Macon felt a lot earlier to me. Such is the difference between junior high and high school when you’re young.
ReplyDeleteWin Stanley Cup, leave team to make double at a division rival. Nice, Trotz.
ReplyDeleteFucking Magic couldn’t even pull off the Luka deal. He’s gonna be a Maverick. I’d rather the Magic trade down now. I’m not super psyched on Mo Bamba. But he fits the profile of the guys the new Magic front office likes so I bet he’s the pick.
ReplyDeletethe Hawks move is...confusing
ReplyDeletegoes without saying that i think the hawks made a ginormous mistake there
ReplyDeleteMark's Mo Bamba Magic Hour
ReplyDeletei'm starting to think jameis winston is a sexual predator
ReplyDeletecarters got that coordinated thing going.
ReplyDeleteWould’ve rather had Colin Sexton or traded back but I’ll now pray for Mo to be the ultimate modern big man. And not leave Orlando if he becomes an All-NBA Center. Because, you know, there’s a history of that happening.
ReplyDeletelol MJ gonna fuck this up like always
ReplyDeleteHahaha. I thought the same thing. I am NOT a Myles Bridges fan.
ReplyDeleteErnie Grunfeld is going to take Michael Porter Jr.
ReplyDeleteChauncey’s player comparisons are bad.
ReplyDeleteGrayson Allen in Utah is just too perfect.
ReplyDeleteGheorghe shout out to start round 2!
ReplyDeleteElie Okobo played for the same French team as Gheorghe. Gheorghe gets a shout out to start the second round!
ReplyDeleteGheorghe: the shared brain.
ReplyDeleteWatched no draft today. I watched my summer travel team win again to go to 5-0-1 in the summer league. Would be an amazing feat by me to get this team to some sort of title game.
ReplyDeleteI do not like Trae Young. At all. And I made that Macon reference a bunch all year. I don't think his head is screwed on straight, I don't think he has the stones to be successful, and I think he was too easily shut down by Big 12 defenses. Great college players should succeed despite being the focal point of opposing coaches' game plans.
If he aspires for a Donovan Mitchell-like rookie year, he'll be chucking like crazy.
My 10 y/o called out KU's 3 pt shooter Mykhaulik as a potential draftee. I disagreed. He'll be psyched to find out he was right.
ReplyDeletewelp, there go the ticos
ReplyDeletewe're in the process of finishing our basement, nearing completion of the initial build out. so we're now in the market for a television. any recommendations from the people of gheorghe? definitely don't need anything fancy - this set will be primarily used by my kids and their friends in the first 5 years of its life.
ReplyDeleteTook the boys to see the new Jurassic World movie today. It is very long, but not too painful. Bryce Dallas Howard is easy on the eyes, but wears too much eye makeup.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the movie was realizing that Jame Gumb has a prominent supporting role. That voice is distinct. “It puts the dino in the cage.”
Jame Gumb had an alias, John Grant. Which is the name of our wonderful black fraternity brother.
ReplyDeletei love our black friend!
ReplyDeleteJay Rock’s album is quite good. It’s been a pretty damn good summer for rap.
ReplyDeleteThe worst part about having lots of tattoos is the conversations that people want to have about your tattoos.
ReplyDeleteHey all. Throw a little good karma Zman’s way. His wife’s dad passed two days ago. Tough stretch for our favorite Hungarian and his lady.
ReplyDeleteindeed, tr. love to the zfamily.
ReplyDeleteI had a long conversation with Z a few weeks back. He was dealing with more at one point than most of us will in a decade. And handling it better than most of will/would.
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