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otoh, is he that much worse than tom gores? is gores still charging prisoners $50 for phone calls? or is he still off on his "listening" tour?

just cements the lakers are the league's most loathsome franchise.

i think they got "different," whether that's better or worse is yet to be seen. they'll be a little better on offense because they have more shooting, but they gave up defense and toughness to get it. and i'm not sure the spacing will be as big of a panacea as people think when ausar and duren are out there. and i'm not sure they're done. they have some contracts that can be moved at the deadline to improve. i think this team will be different in 2027 than it looks in 2026. and you get a "blake griffin" type trade when you mortgage your future for a guy to play next to ANDRE DRUMMOND. sending out draft picks for a star to play next to cade cunningham is a much different scenario. finally, in the background of all of this is the real issue (which was brought up by sam), are you really going to tie yourself to ausar/duren as your core? if you do, it will be real difficult to win a title or change direction once their contracts hit. i agree that is the real big issue, the other stuff is just on the margins. i think trajan knows this too, which is why he isnt budging on duren and - if you believe the rumors - is open to shorter term deals.

sam did the pistons on gametheory today. gave us a C for the offseason. this was the summer to get a #2 for cade and we whiffed. duren/cade/ausar core doesnt get you a championship. collins a downgrade on tobias. joe in the mle was a mistake (because of the mle, not the trade for joe). doesnt understand the heurter signing. team got worse. talked about ryan rollins being a trade target. duren for turner + rollins?

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any of them are an upgrade on teddy bridgewater.

the unbeatable dodgers lost too...

over long periods of time, less people will equal less money. but these things change too. not so long ago people talked about overpopulation...

and it WILL change. nothing lasts forever, not even the dominance of the new york yankees. signed, the montreal canadiens.

the yankees were the game's biggest villain for almost a century and thw game survived just fine. prospered even.

exactly. i think the tigers are trending in that direction too. not spending $300 million on a 30 year old starting pitcher and instead turning him into prospect ammo is a good sign.

i also think its more exciting when the game has a villain. it used to be the yankees and now its the dodgers.

everybody says how the dodgers are ruining the sport because no one else can compete with their money, but no one mentions the mets.

lol. but i do think we all do the "young people will miss out on X and i remember X and it will bad they didnt experience X." They will have different experiences and come to enjoy them for their own sakes.

bankruptcy court is your new baby doc.