ned nederlander

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Have we learned nothing from Ricky Williams?

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There was a running back drafted ahead of Ricky Williams in that draft and people don’t criticize that pick. I don’t know if Ricky or Edge was the better RB, but one had a QB and the other didn’t.

If you have a QB, taking a top RB in the draft is defensible.

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If they were willing to take $11 million, then they shouldn't really have a leg to stand on to bitch about anything.

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Why? These two things have nothing to do with each other. Other than they are both Trump era business giveaways.

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They ran to the system as soon as they could and benefited from it greatly.

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Welcome to the real world. People don’t lock the doors when the government money gun is firing full blast.

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they were willing to take PPP loans it's a pretty safe bet they passed the tariff expenses onto the consumer so they weren't the ones actually paying and aren't due a refund.

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They may not be due a refund, but they are more entitled to it then the government who took it illegally. Perhaps the treasury department can deposit the revenue into a trust account and let claimants come forward as with many funds set up for restitution.

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And what did you do during Covid? Don’t lie.

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Got vaccinated and hired a nanny (probably an illegal, we wanted a Spanish speaker) to take care of our kids.

So yea, I guess I see your point and agree the President should just continue to take money from Americans through illegal tariffs.

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You are a Chinese company.

You sell 100 million to the U.S.

You are charged 10% tariffs.

You send your 10 million dollar tax bill to U.S. customs.

Cantor Fitzgerald approaches you and says, "we will pay you 3 million right now for rights to any future tariff refunds you have paid".

You say, "great, I'll take the 3 million right now".

Fast forward to today. SCOTUS rules the tariffs are illegal and you deserve a refund.

But, you now do not own the rights to the refund. Cantor Fitzgerald owns the rights to the refund.

The 10 million dollar refund gets sent to Cantor Fitzgerad.

Profit 7 million.

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1. This arraignment also helps the political fallout for the administration. Sending refunds to chinese companies is horrific politics. Sending checks to hedge funds is bad to neutral politics.

2. This is an amazing transfer of wealth from American tax payers to foreign companies and hedge funds. In your explanation, which is correct, American business and customers paid $10,000,000 in additional costs that are routed through the US treasury and back out to a foreign company ($3,000,000) and a hedge fund ($7,000,000). The signature economic policy of MAGA, folks.

Can someone give me the cliff notes - Does this mean Zion is more or less likely to be on the team next year?

I think we all knew this would happen with Ingram. What frustrates me is the raptors are currently on pace for 50 wins with a starting core of Ingram, Scottie Barnes, and Immanuel Quickley. Those three each have 50+ starts this year. The next highest is RJ Barrett with 31.

A team with Ingram, Barnes, Quickley is going to be a top 4 seed whereas a team with Ingram, McCullum, Zion, Murphy, Herb, Jonas V as its core couldn’t break out of the play-in.

Unwillingness to grind and playing the West is a real cross to bear for this franchise.

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Yankees were, and still are, spineless, money hungry, cowards that have other men fight their battles.

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When I think of brave, self sufficient men that do the dirty work themselves, I definitely think of antebellum southerners.

The South lost because their culture was simply inferior to a northern culture of excellence informed by Quaker values and fueled by Puritan work ethic.

Chris Paul was truly amazing to watch in his prime.

He took a starting roster of Trevor Ariza, Carl Landry, Emeka Okafor and Marco Belinelli on the road against the Kobe/Pau/Bynum/Odom/Artest lakers and dropped 33 points and 14 assists to put the hornets up 1-0, and dropped a triple double to even the series in game 4.

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen one guy carry a comically overmatched roster to respectability in a playoff series.

That laker team was giant across the board and this little guy dominated. Among the best performances I’ve ever seen.

(Him having a flawless effort to knock us out in game 6 with the suns is also up there).

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The Pacers aren't this bad without their pick. Its a butterfly affect that y'all refuse to accept or understand. Anything and everything to support a 1 sided pessimistic view of the Pels existence.

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Well the Pelicans don’t have their pick and are this bad. So maybe the pacers would be this bad without this pick.

Or maybe the pessimistic view of the Pels is just the realistic view of the Pels.

Team sucks. The Queen trade is an unfolding disaster.

Don’t trade a unprotected first when:

1. You don’t have a PG
2. You don’t have a prove coach
3. You don’t have a center

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So, he went 13 in a weaker draft and you think he would jump to 4-6 in a much stronger draft? I am not certain he would have gone higher than 13 in 2026. He was a very polarizing player in last year's draft and he would have had to overcome those concerns this year to be considered a lottery pick in 2026.

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No. I’m saying with the benefit of seeing Queen in the NBA, if he were magically available in the 2026 draft, he probably goes 4-6.

Saints lost to two of the top five.

That no call is a pain that will never heal.