brmark70816

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This is a 4-5 year rebuild.

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That's too long. I think a solid rebuild is at most 3 seasons. Our problem is we super sucked the last two years. So if we start now, that's 5 years of horrible basketball, at best. Then there is still no guarantee the rebuild will work out.

We have the elements of a competitive team. If we could somehow make a cohesive unit and get rid of guys that don't fit, we could be ok. The problem is that people are always so fixated on championships or bust. I just want to be decent for awhile. It's been so long..

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Thats a full suite - NBA players mostly get standard rooms all on the same floor. The coach may get that suite (or Lebron type star) but not the players.

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Do you have any proof of this?

I think NBA players get luxury level suites at exclusive hotels and motels. Companies compete to be able to provide these services, as a sign of accomplishment.

I grew up in Alabama, and I think it mainly depends on who is winning more. I latched onto the Redskins at 7 or 8, when they won their 1st SB. I've been with them ever since. Tons of Raider and Cowboy fans, since they had the coolest merchandise.

BTW, the Titans are just as close to most parts of North Alabama as Atlanta. They've been there for a long time now..

How many teams have 40M to trade without including a bunch of junk contracts?

I don't want someone like Paul George just to unload him..

So you think she is just going to donate 1B to the city? Is that what you are asking her to do?

If she builds the arena, then the team owns it. They can do whatever they want with it, and they take all revenue from it. Also, there is no lease, and they can leave whenever they want.

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Sell 10% of Saints as an initial minority ownership to the Chiken MAN at 6B.

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Just keep spending others people's money..

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In October 2025, Forbes had us at $3.55 billion. LINK

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That is the number I remembered seeing as well. But maybe they get more in a bidding war.

It's amazing though that everybody keeps saying what a horrible business woman that she is. But Tom Benson died with a net worth in 2018 of about 3B. So in less than 10 years, she has almost tripled that value. How do those people explain that?

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Not even close. Seattle and Las Vegas are going to fetch $8 billion apiece.

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It is hard to believe that the expansion fee is going to be that high. I thought they were hoping for 5B. It's wild that it would go for that much.

But when those PE groups lose their bids, they are going to focus on existing teams. I could see one of those throwing a big offer at Benson for the team. Instead of paying 8B for a team in Seattle, they can pay 3B for controlling share of the team. Then spend around billion to help construct a new stadium. So they get an existing team with a new stadium for half the cost. It seems like a no brainer..

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Seriously. Year 8 is the year you think Zion will finally lead us somewhere? YEAR EIGHT.

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I think some are just being realistic, and we might not have any other choice. Zion has guaranteed a huge chunk of his contract for next season. So we can't cut him. He still doesn't have good trade value right now. So we don't have a ton of options.

It's fair to say this has been a decent year for Zion and he's made some strides. I'd be interested to see him after a summer of serious training and proper direction/instruction. If he commits to a proper program and there is a plan to maximize his skillset. Worst case, he has some value we can flip at the deadline, if we go full rebuild.

I would rather do a reset this summer. But the timing just isn't good. It's better to kick the can to the summer of '27 to flip it all over.

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you are still bending over nola and memphis traveling to west coast teams that are just as far as minnesota constantly.

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The closest West city to Minneapolis is OKC, which is over 700 miles away. It is closer to half a dozen East teams. Milwaukee is less than 400 miles away. They are the most geographically isolated one in the conference..

Moving Hawkins and Poole will make a huge difference in our team next year. They are supposed to our best shooters (not counting Murphy). If we replace them with decent 3/D contributors, it changes a ton of what we are and can do going forward. It's just a huge hole in our roster right now..

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Kj, Kidd, Nash. 96\97 suns

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That team only won 40 games.

I'll go with the 91-92 Cavaliers, that won 57 games.

Mark Price backed up by Steve Kerr, with a young Terrell Brandon as the 3rd stringer.

Price should be in the HOF. Kerr has 9 rings. Brandon is a multi time all-star.