buddha

does that mean the pistons have a team option for NEXT year?

sam darnold is the only reason the pats are in this game.

ha! good job, bad bunny. rub it in his orange face.

waiting for collinsworth to tell me those horrible throws by darnold are actually good plays.

dont really care about the super bowl, although the pats' easy schedule is offensive so i hope seattle wins.

he did it against illinois too, totally stopped short and intentionally tripped an illinois player who was running the other way. illinois coach was pissed. he's a dirty player and izzo does his usual hand wringing bull**** but plays the kid anyway because izzo is as big of a hypocrite as any college coach in america.

Another thought, all these rule changes and tweaks have just made tanking worse. if a team could tank and get a superstar, they would get better and gradually rise in the standings. but when you tweak the lottery and the worst teams keep getting screwed (like the pistons did), they keep being mired in that desperate attempt to get a superstar player. ultimately, as long as there is a draft and no relegation there will be tanking.

relegation would stop it, but we dont do that here. you could take away ping pong balls if you lose x amount of games. dropping protections might help on the margins, mandate that you can only protect top 2 or something like that. but that will hinder trades and no one wants that to happen. the ultimate reason is the draft, you get rewarded for losing. and the draft has become so ingrained in sporting culture here that it isnt going anywhere. i thought the play-in tournament was supposed to be a temporary covid year thing and now they've made it permanent.

only way you stop it is to get rid of the draft or completely randomize it.

"hurt"

neither did KAT or Og Anonoby. the pistons whupped them, but the knicks were shorthanded. fun game to watch.

what's the pistons' rotation in the playoffs? who sits?

he is totally dominating the knicks bench in a 30 point game. 😉 but seriously, he looks good tonight for sure.

knicks also without half their starting lineup.

where's huerter?

mike brown looks confused. i guess that's normal considering there is a basketball game going on.

caris has made three good plays in a row. what is happening?

the knicks arent even close to making a shot. one brick or air ball after another. some wide open.

i turn this game on in time to see caris get cooked by JOSH HART. he is so bad. cade, otoh, is so very very good.

If skubal leaves i'll still root for him unless he goes to Boston or the White Sox, twins or indians. Then he can rot in hell. bu assuming he's a good person and wouldnt sully himself with the filth of those franchises and their repulsive fans, i'll pull for him. kind of like stafford. i'm glad he won an mvp and a super bowl if the lions couldnt win. i'll root for skubal to do well and will always consider him a tiger. but i do expect him to leave after this year, and i'm happy the tigers finally did something to bring him some extra help. now let's hope the tigers are in position to add a difference maker at the deadline this year and actually do it.

knicks injury report: Karl Anthony-Towns: Frightened

is cade/duren/ausar a championship core?

if there is a huge pool of players every year, the price per player will be lower. the superstars will get paid and most other people wont.

Lonzo is a bigger guard with experience. you dont have to cut jenkins. cut bobi or somebody equally as worthless at the end of the bench. the pistons arent going 13 deep in the playoffs.

how am i mocking the 97 win brewers? i'm holding up the 97 win small market brewers as an example of how the sky is not falling and small market teams can compete when they are run well, and that big market teams who spend money are often disasters, like the angels.