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re: What do you see as a "successful" year? On the flip, what would make you question the FO?

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/30/26 at 10:32 am to iwyLSUiwy

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Got any examples of often injured and overweight guys making a leap from being a top 50ish player to top 15 in an offseason?

Here you go.. LINK

It lists a bunch of guys that found success later in their career. Billups didn't make his first all-star team till his 9th season.

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re: 1st unit vs 2nd unit

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/29/26 at 7:58 pm to shel311

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Murray is better than Fears

Herb is better than Mathurin

Trey is better than Bey

Zion is better than Queen

That is literally $114M in salary vs 38M. So almost triple the amount. For all of that additional spending, they maybe slightly better. Maybe. Plus it doesn't have the upside of the cheaper group.

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Not saying you can't be excited about a rebuild, but you'd be looking at a team that would win 18-20 games or so.

I don't believe that at all. I can't even imagine the moves we could have made shipping out those 5 deals, with $150M in other deals. I'm pretty sure we could have built up a pretty solid bench behind that group.

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1st unit vs 2nd unit

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/28/26 at 8:41 pm

I know there is a lot of debate over who the starters are going to be, but I think it's pretty good bet that Murray, Jones, Murphy and Zion are going to be starting with probably Missi. I just can't get excited about this group. Even healthy I just don't see that group breaking 40 wins. Maybe with some breaks, they get kind of close.

The group I want to watch is Fears, Queen, Mathurin and Bey (along with Missi). Those are my 5 favorite current players. I'm excited to see what all they can do. I don't think they are that much worse than that 1st group. If it was 4 on 4 (Keep Missi out of it), it would be pretty straight up.

All that being said, I'm ready for the rebuild. We could have shipped those 4 guys out and thrown in Poole to go along with them and I'd be so much more excited for the coming season. IMO that is $150M of wasted payroll. I guess it makes sense to do the do the rebuild next summer. But it feels like a wasted year (especially if we aren't featuring Fears and Queen)..

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re: Is this true about Zion

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/27/26 at 2:08 pm to Stamps74

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re: What Marc Stein said about DQ

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/26/26 at 3:45 am to New City Champ

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the most realistic current comp for DQ is Sengun. Many of the same plusses and minuses....

My favorite comp for Queen is Kevin Love. Both slow and super strong. Love really improved his fitness early to become an incredible rebounder. But he didn't really pop to year 3. It takes time.

I believe Queen will eventually play more 4. But probably not this year.

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re: NBA top 100, per ESPN

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/25/26 at 3:56 am to Dantheman504

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Dejounte's last (6) seasons are all better than the one decent year Watson had last year.

shite is a joke.

I look at lists like this based on value. The higher the player is on the list, the more value they have.

So with Murray versus Watson, which one has more value in a trade? Or which one would teams want more? Fair or not, Watson is much younger. He has a better contract and there is positional value with Watson playing a more premium position. Just a hypothetical, but would you be able to trade for Watson straight up for Murray? I don't see any team going for that..

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re: Do you TRULY OWN anything?

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/24/26 at 7:12 am to udtiger

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But you will owe taxes on the proceeds of the sale if you ever sell it.

Would you? Even if he got top value it would still be less than 2K. Most of these sales are private cash deals. I doubt him or anybody else would claim or report it. Maybe if he has it insured or something like that. But I don't see how it would come up..

I sold a couple dozen eagles a few years back and walked out with a couple grand. I just invested it in other coins..

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re: Japan's metabo law

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/17/26 at 6:16 am to ifyoubuildit

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US needs this bigly

It would need to be adjusted for height. Americans are taller than Japanese (I think). Supposedly, your waist should be half of your height. So if you are 6'0, which is 72 inches. Your waist should be under 36 inches to be healthy. It would go up the taller the person.

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re: Colorado is 2-0 with a road win against a P4 opponent, Oregon is 1-1

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/14/26 at 3:10 pm to Dr RC

It's crazy that Dante Moore went back to school, rather than be a top 5 pick.

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re: Derrick Henry is the best RB of all time. I dont care.

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/13/26 at 3:48 pm to Ghost of Colby

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Production for a RB typically begins to decline after age 26, and there’s been many running backs that had a great start to their careers, but are essentially done by age 26. Terrell Davis and Ezekiel Elliott are two that immediately come to mind.

King Henry can’t be compared to other RBs. He’s a unique specimen.

John Riggins age 34 season: 15 games, 1,347 yards, 24 TDs.

That is 3 years after he came back out of retirement. He was the MVP of the Super Bowl the year before, with the greatest 4th down run in NFL history (LINK

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re: Pels trade hawk Peavy and 2 2nds for Taj Gibson and AJ Johnson

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/8/26 at 10:31 am to Fun Bunch

I thought Johnson was a PG. But it looks like he is a SG. He was last listed at 161lbs at 6'5. That's just not cutting it. We need developed athletes that takes conditioning seriously. After 2 years in the league, he should at least be 190lbs. I'd be alright with cutting/waiving him.

We do need PG depth though. I don't know if they start Fears or Murray. I'm sure they will both play a ton of minutes. But what if one gets hurt? Or both? We'd be forced go play Poole at PG and he's not a good fit there (or anywhere else really)..

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re: Maybe the worst CFL beatdown in modern history

Posted by brmark70816 on 9/7/26 at 8:28 pm to dukke v

I watch a lot of Nightcap and they have been going on and on about Savannah State getting beat by South Carolina State last week 87-0. Stats weren't as lopsided as the ones in the OP, but still pretty substantial (32-6 first downs and 627 total yards to 117).

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re: Pels Sign Mathurin

Posted by brmark70816 on 8/31/26 at 9:01 pm to THRILLHO

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still can't believe we picked up his QO/option/whatever it's called.

I didn't like it. But I can understand why he did it. It just didn't work out and Hawkins is just awful. I don't see any teams making a move for him at this point. I keep seeing the deal with the Grizzlies and I don't understand why they would do it, especially for some random 2nds. They already have like 20 players and have to waive/cut a bunch. If I was the Grizzlies GM I'd want at least a 1st swap. I wouldn't help us out.

Any truth to us pursuing MPJ? The Nets can still eat salary. I'd love for us to trade Poole and pieces (plus picks) for MPJ..

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re: Pels Sign Mathurin

Posted by brmark70816 on 8/31/26 at 3:27 pm to NOSHAU

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Would be a bad look for Dumars given he made the questionable move to pick up his option last year. However, he may not have a choice if he cannot find a deal to unload him. The other option if Hawkins cannot be traded later could be to waive Watford (paying him $250k of guaranteed money) and sign him to a 2-way

I guess it's too late to waive and stretch Hawkins or Poole. Both/either would get us way under the tax. But I think today is the deadline to stretch players..

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re: Center Trade Options

Posted by brmark70816 on 8/30/26 at 8:55 pm to ThePistol

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We have had the worst center rotation in the NBA for the last two years.

I don't think this is true at all. First team to come to mind is the Hawks (since I live in Atlanta). They are playing Okongwu (PF) at Center, who is undersized and limited offensively. Missi isn't as good as him? Who would you rather have?

I get that Queen is a bit undersized as well. But they don't have anybody near as talented as him. As a unit, I'd take ours over them. I'm sure I can make the same argument for a bunch of other teams too.

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re: Center Trade Options

Posted by brmark70816 on 8/29/26 at 6:03 am to TeddyPadillac

I don't see Queen and Missi playing a ton of minutes together (not yet). Maybe 5-10 minutes a game. So I believe they will split time at Center, with both getting about 25-30mpg. I'm comfortable with extended depth of Jordan and Matkovic. In a pinch, we could possibly get by with Bey or Watford playing some at the 5 (going small).

All that said, I don’t think its a big need unless we are upgrading Missi. Which i don't see unless we trade for Duren. Would he be a good fit with Queen? I'm not sure he would be..

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re: Pels Sign Mathurin

Posted by brmark70816 on 8/26/26 at 1:08 pm to supe12sta12z

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I'm curious what kind of minutes we promised Mathurin to sign here like that.

25+. I'm sure he'll start about 30 games too depending on injuries. Right now I think he's our 7th best player, after Bey, and before Jones and Missi. It's a necessary pickup. He can shoot, which we needed desperately. Hopefully this pushes Poole and we get something out of him..

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re: How fast did you lose weight on Reta?

Posted by brmark70816 on 8/24/26 at 12:56 pm to lsu777

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jesus christ, even with water weight thats too fast

What? 16lbs in 9 days isn't normal?

Seriously, how is this possible? Other than water, and a massive bowel obstruction removed, where would all that weight come from?

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re: Deshaun Watson officially named the starting QB for Cleveland Browns

Posted by brmark70816 on 8/24/26 at 10:14 am to moneyg

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They literally can't cut Watson. They can't afford it.

That's a whole lot different than saying you need to start him though.

This doesn't make sense. They are going to pay him either way. It doesn't make a difference if he plays or not.

I like the plans of giving him the first two games on the road. If he's horrible, then can release him, elevate Gabriel from the practice squad, and move on..

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re: How many of yall would be dead already

Posted by brmark70816 on 8/23/26 at 5:14 am to Penrod

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Vaccines
Antibiotics
Neo-natal and Obstetrics (a lot of women and babies died in childbirth)
Less war

How about advances in work place safety? Think about guys working in mines or mills. If they didn't die quickly in an accident there was always toxic environmental factors that could kill them young..

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