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If we trained those skills to be soccer skills we would dominate. We just only care for 1 month every 4 years.

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The greatest athlete I have ever seen is Usain Bolt. He is the fastest human to ever live. He grew up loving and playing soccer but was pushed into track given his obvious gifts. He kept playing and tried to join a professional league at 32. He didn't make it.

Bolt is 6'5 and has more athletic gifts than anyone in football or basketball. If he can't make the leap, than I don't see many others doing it. He had the opportunities to play young and go that way instead. But it didn't happen. Expecting Americans to do it doesn't make sense.

I hate to be the one to bring this up, but he has 8 kids by 7 different women (just the ones he claims). I'm sure that took a big chunk out of all of those investments..

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They are hard to watch right now. The fall off has been insane.

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I was at the game last night and it was tough. We left at least 10 guys on base. Both Riley and Olsen could have brought us back. Tons of opportunities to win the game.

A couple I'll always remember;

1993 BYU vs SDSU

That is the year after the 52-52 tie where BYU had a massive comeback. It was a Thursday night game in Provo where the Aztecs had never won. Faulk ends up with almost 300 yards on the ground to get SDSU the win 45-38.

1994 Colorado vs Michigan

"Miracle at Michigan" LINK

Stewart throws a 60+ yard hail mary to upset Michigan in the Big House.

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Friendly reminder desmond bane went for four 1st round picks and has stats nearly identical to Treys if not slightly worse

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When the trade happened pretty much everyone acknowledged that it was an overpay by a somewhat desperate team. Everything that happened since has kind of backed that up. So why would we expect another team to do the same thing? Does one trade set the market forever?

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Not being a Debbie downer here but I kind of feel like Bey is what he is at this point in his career (which is a very good to elite role player). Can’t see him really adding anything to his game. Which is totally fine.

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He was recovering last year and working himself back into condition. I think he might be a bit better, but he's solid as is right now. He's built for the modern NBA as an almost prototypical 3/4 combo. The way he has transformed his body is just incredible. I'm praying that this rubs off on other players, to take conditioning and weight lifting seriously. I wouldn't mind us extending him now, with him taking most of Poole's expiring space going into the 27-28 season. I'd love for him to take a serious run at 6th man of the year. But given how fragile all our wings are, he'll start 50 games probably..

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Herb?

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He comes off the bench. This is Fears team, he starts. If it's a debate in-between Murray or Jones, it's Murray. I don't even think that's close. Murray makes twice as much. Jones might be a better defender, but it's pretty close. Murray has been all defense previously and led the league in steals one year. He's a good defender, even at SG, due to his plus length. On offense, Murray is way better. I'd actually start Bey over Jones..

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My buddy and I legit argued about Trey’s role. My argument was if you throw Trey into the Finals, on either the Spurs or Knicks, where does he rank? My buddy thought he would be the second options on both teams, which I thought was insane. My point was I could see him being a third option at best, but maybe even down to like 4th or 5th.

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That is a tough one, since both teams role players are focused on defense. He should start for both, but he'd be replacing high energy 3D guys (Hart and Champagnie). Those guys are specialists that had big games. I think that Murphy can do that, but his defense would have to jump massively.

Weird thing happened in the Finals and playoffs. 3pt shooting wasn't the priority and attempts came down. It was about getting effective shots. The Celtics got run early (highest volume team) and others teams seemed to take notice. The Knicks shot about 34 a game and seemed to be hunting the best looks. It's a copycat league and I'm wondering how this affects the league going forward..

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How good is Trey?

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This is where there is a major division amongst fans. They tried to make Murphy a focus of the offense for the past 3 years. He's been given carte blanc to jack up as many shots as he wants. His numbers have been ok, but they are star level and we have been God awful the past 2 years (where he had his best success).

The truth is he needs to be reigned in and be a contributor to a system. Probably more as a 3rd option or specialist. Him throwing up 8+ 3pt is probably not the best idea every game, and he's fallen into bad habits. If he stays here, I think he stagnated or even gets worse. This is ignoring his injury history and poor body development. He shouldn't be missing 20% of games every year, especially being a finesse player that avoids contact.

I honestly thought Bey played better last year and I don't see moving Murphy as a huge lose. It needs to happen now though. He's been dangled too much..

They all have their irritating moments. But it can't be easy covering a very bad team that makes so many poor decisions. It just can't be a bitch fest or acting like they are so much smarter and would be able to do better (even if we all probably could). It is a show, so they have to entertain and be engaging to some degree. I don't think it's an easy thing to do.

I'm not as big of a fan of the guy 5. Everything he says is all about coaching. He just always harps on it. It gets super old. At some point, it has to be about the players. My favorites are Lito and Chris. They just seem to be the most upbeat and really care about the team getting better.

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I just feel like DJ can return to his normal self and play alongside Fears and Ja, I would keep him.

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Isn't that who the Grizzlies want?