buddha

Illitch doesnt want to win! he only wants to make money.

in nhl circles that is probably seen as a positive. beat someone up? he's a real man.

watching msu-minnesota. fears has already received a tech for kicking a guy in the balls. earlier he hit the guy in the throat. then he just hit him in the head. he's the black grayson allen. total dirty player.

i'm not worried about the contract, i'm worried about the age. he's got a lot of goals this year, but jis shooting percentage is higher than its ever been in his career. yzerman has always liked him, so he may deal for him. i'd rather spend a first on defense this year. i wouldnt be too upset by stamkos, but by golly i wouldnt be overjoyed! better than elias petersson...

i have no interest in stamkos, but i can almost assure you that yzerman does.

i'd take him. he wont help woth your spacing issues but he can still pass and lead a second unit.

age is not the number okc should be concerned with, their real concern will be the luxury tax and how to pay all those guys.

bulls finally embrace the tank.

i would make boston with tatum a favorite. without tatum its a toss up. i dont need to remind any of you how officials see boston...get ready for a parade of jalen brown to the free throw line. cleveland will be favored over detroit. the pistons' best hope is to get to game 7 so mitchell can pretend he's hurt and harden will choke. a healthy orlando scares me. the knicks scare me the least. i think kat has returned to being a pussy because he's not scared of his coach anymore. a healthy stew means a scaredy Kat.

Does this pistons team beat a healthy boston, orlando, cleveland, or new york in a 7 game series?

on the one hand, you look at the east as being so weak that even this pistons team can win it. what they really needed was more shooting and they upgraded in that department from ivey to heurter. ivey was a declining asset and moving him now for even a slight upgrade this season is a positive. if things hold to form and minnesota doesnt go all in and get giannis, the pick swap is likely to gain the pistons 5 or 6 spots in a loaded draft. on the other hand, the east is so weak and the pistons refused to make a move for a much needed second star or for better pieces that work around cade. they go into the playoffs with a massively flawed team and didnt bother to upgrade. this is likely the last best chance to massively upgrade and now their future is cade/duren/ausar. is that three as your core enough to win? or do you need to go the dallas/luka route, build the team around cade with 3 and d players and one more star bucket getter? the pistons are not that, instead, they are cade surrounded by a couple old shooters who cant defend, and a couple defenders who cant shoot. your betting the future on duren's continued development. tobias' spot is ok for this season and then wasted because they didnt move it when they could. same with duncan robinson. they kept their powder dry and didnt go all in for JJJ or markannen or murphy, herb jones, or even zion. theyre rolling with flawed. Now, watch them make a big move thursday and make all this moot.

so the biggest move this deadline is doing our part to move giannis to the westeen conference?

i'd give up a girst for zack lavine before ayo or coby. at least we know lavine can play second fiddle offensive creator.

the bulls - with coby white and ayo dosunmu in the starting lineup - just lost by 16 to the giannis-less bucks. think about how many assets you want to give up for these fellows. a couple second rounders? sure. a first? not on your life.

Clippers in the middle of a great run to get back into the playoff race. what a time for team unity, coming together to work toward a common goal, finally realizing the potential in the team to make a run for the title.. NOW is the moment james harden decides to demand a trade! the most selfish player east of jimmy butler and west of russell westbrook has stepped in AGAIN to undermine his team. the only real surprise here is that daryl morey didnt bring him back to philly.