NolaJake

I'm pretty good about not being used. And I think my track record speaks for itself. Nothing stated today really contradicts the story. If you don't believe me that's fine. I'll stop posting here.

Appreciate the defense of me, but don't need it. My girlfriend is way hotter than whoever he is with, and she's quite accomplished too. I don't spend my spare time attacking others online to make me feel better about my shitty life. Plus, I'm glad he follows me on twitter and listens to my stuff. Loyal listeners like him are why this, as my side hustle, pays more than being a high school football special teams coordinator.

As for the piano stuff. It really could be a simple as Griff lied. Wouldn't be the first time he has flat out lied in an interview. Or it could be as some people stated on here. Maybe he, himself, was learning to play the piano and therefore doesn't know how to play yet.

If you don't want to believe me that's fine. Though it's not like I have a history of being wrong about this stuff.

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Only in N.O. does ALL of the negativity come out and magnified 10fold.

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This isn't even remotely true. There is a lot of stuff from Dell Demps that still hasn't been reported and there is a whole lot with this that hasn't been either.

In regards to the winning fixes things...Yes. But also not entirely.

I agree it doesn't matter that much if Griff and Zion don't have a buddy buddy relationship. But you also don't want it to be weird. I can tell you for a fact Zion found the piano thing weird. Off putting.

You can win (or be at a thriving company) but if you don't like your boss/environment/culture you'll still want out. So, you can call it silly or trivial but doing strange shite that makes people feel weird negates winning to an extent.

That's not even getting into looking at how the culture Griff is trying to build hasn't even remotely happened. Staffers making fun of you in group texts isn't a good thing. Saying FAMILY and then saying bad things about Gentry behind his back goes against that culture.

So, yes, we'll deal with Zion when we see him Monday. And I'd like him around the team much more. But is it he never wanted to be here or maybe Griff hasn't built a place where Zion wants to be.

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Jake had a stupid rant on his show today about the piano, and then he said later that it doesn't matter if Zion has a relationship with Griff, that they just need to win.

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Uh...thank you for listening?

Ha! You won't see may say that, not because I love the Lakers, but because I just don't care. Doing this for 10 years now you definitely die inside as a fan.

That's totally fair to say. And I'm aware of that. Sometimes that's how the flow of a show goes, or I tease something for another day and new things come up so I don't get to it. It is actually something I've thought about before and have more or less eliminated.

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when is the last time a media member got one of their random trade machine ideas correct? I guess they make for good discussion but kind of pointless as they're rarely steeped in reality

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I mean, the sun is going to explode some day so everything we do is kind of pointless.

Also, none of us actually influence the team and help the wins and losses and moves they make. It's all about providing/creating discussion about something people are passionate about. I'm here to fill time in people's lives. What more do you want me to do?

Also, in this trade the Kings got the 40th pick as well. But since we didn't do a 2nd round mock it didn't really factor in.

Might pop in for a minute but I'll mainly be on Twitter and trying to watch like 4 games at once.

Also, those commercials...

Appreciate it! That's the goal. Lots of the national media is REALLY good. But they don't have the time to be as in depth and nuanced like the local media are. It's one of the reasons why I love what we're doing at Locked On. It's not a knock on anyone to say we know these teams better than the national folks.

And, yeah, many stats need context. Saying the Pels gave up open 3's doesn't tell the whole story. EVERY team gives up open three's. And explaining the issues around some of the numbers is important.