ShamelessPel

quote:

---

Sure, he's the better finisher

---

59/62/93 splits in the 4th quarter of the entire postseason is not “better finisher”. It’s historic.

quote:

---

Brunson's a great player but Luka is more impactful when he's healthy and motivated.

---

I’ll take the leagues most elite assassin who won a title and disagree. It’s such an advantage to have a weapon like that when the pressure is the highest.

I don’t think it’s close. One of the two is an NBA champion. The other got to a Finals and disappeared. 47/24/58 5.6/4.6 AST/TO disappeared. Those SAS guards can play defense too with that BOS duo. Ask SGA.

For just beginning, eBay and PWE is the best for under $10 probably. It’s better to just move the stuff quickly and eat the fees, especially on the middle tier rookies you know nothing about whose usage is questionable. You miss on them not improving or getting leap frogged on depth charts and those cards depreciate with the quickness. Leverage some of that money into buying/investing on bigger players you believe in outside of your normal ripping and breaking, which is now better funded.

It’s a little bit of work listing the dang things, printing labels, packing the stuff, shipping it out in a timely manner. Once you get a groove with it, you’ll have some actual income coming in and you’ll probably learn to just stay on top of it. It won’t hurt so much to play too.

At the end of the day, it is essentially the “Athlete Stock Market”. The speed and visibility on eBay makes up for the fees imo on the smaller stuff.

Whatnot and FanaticsCollect are alternatives I’ll be looking into soon as well. The amount of money ebay makes just pisses me off, though I appreciate how easy it is to use and how many people use it. It ends up being like 15% cause they take fees on the taxes too.

The fee does at least drop to 2.35% over $7500, but it’s absurd.

ETA: poster above me mentioned something I forgot to mention. Be overly honest on the card condition. Try to get the best pictures possible as well btw. People are ridiculous about that stuff. The better your description, the more likely the sale I find as well, which unfortunately means learning terms for refractors/prizms etc.

quote:

---

Speaking of shortsighted thinking.... you all realize there is a good chance you will have a top 3 pick next year. The Bucks will be atrocious.

---

The new lottery rules don’t reward atrociousness, just incompetence.

quote:

---

We obviously weren’t offering that

---

That’s my point. I worded poorly. Point Queen would have feasted with those 4 around him. You have a closer at the end of games now.

I have to imagine Murphy may be on the move, because we are obviously not trying to win now if that was the price.

Someone needs to check on Bill Simmons. This was botched hilariously by Boston.

quote:

---

six4lsu

---

I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted so much personally. I’m not in the “Trade TM3” camp, but this is the first trade that makes some sense for us if I’m reading that Orlando pick right (unprotected 2028 Orlando). And one I could see the other teams doing with their current situations playing out.

- could be lottery ticket draft pick? Check
- Immediate prospects? Check
- a low floor/high ceiling scoring prospect? Check
- more in line with current timeline? Check

ETA: I think Portland would have to compensate in place of the Cenac spot somehow, this is a tough pill for Boston even with Brown’s depressed market.

Between this and the Rowing at the games, Norwegians are comfortably in the lead for most entertaining WC fans.

quote:

---

His dunk bro

---

Zion can still get up. We saw it last year when he wanted to. The wear and tear on his knees/joints from jumping and landing at his weight is probably the reason you don’t see him do it as often anymore. Which, unless we are actually winning, is probably ideal for both him and the team.

When you take a less than market value contract to help the team compete and they win 25 games, this is the consequence. Cant blame TM3.

quote:

---

So pack the paint and beat Miami..

---

Powell shoots 38% on high volume and degree of difficulty. The other two he listed shoot over 40%. Davion shoots 40%.