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Post by jmei on Nov 18, 2023 15:28:07 GMT -5
I mean the reason was that it was a low-risk, high-upside gamble at a position of need that they got in exchange for a guy they were probably going to nontender. He had basically the worst possible recovery from his injury and it didn’t work out, c’est la vie. You know, they did fire Bloom a couple months ago. He’s gone. He can’t hurt you anymore. Indeed, everyone should observe the precedent set by the total silence on DD after he was fired. Please cut out the off topic tangents. That’s two today. You’ve been warned about this before. Thanks.
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Post by jmei on Nov 18, 2023 11:56:36 GMT -5
I like the new guy. A little hammy but that’s pretty typical for announcers. Decent rapport with Scal already.
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Post by jmei on Nov 17, 2023 22:36:20 GMT -5
Good sign that they can win games like tonight.
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Post by jmei on Nov 16, 2023 15:43:12 GMT -5
So much of sports media reporting is just anonymous gossip. It's tabloids for grown men who watch other grown men play games. That doesn't mean all of it is wrong, just means that you have to take it with a huge grain of salt (e.g., since the reporter and/or the source of the information may have an ax to grind or not know what they're talking about).
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Post by jmei on Nov 16, 2023 9:21:00 GMT -5
There's lots of teams that talk about sacrificing individual production for the good of the team, but it's hard for guys to actually do it. Low ego, team first guys like Holiday, White and Horford are rare, and that attitude looks like its rubbing off on Porzingis and Brown.
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Post by jmei on Nov 11, 2023 21:01:37 GMT -5
When Jaylen Brown is on, he is a really impressive player.
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Post by jmei on Nov 11, 2023 20:46:51 GMT -5
The Raptors are one of those teams that highlights that it’s a star-driven league. They have a bunch of pretty good players but no one who can consistently create good shots and so end up not winning a lot of games.
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Post by jmei on Nov 10, 2023 21:37:22 GMT -5
I TAKE IT ALL BACK
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Post by jmei on Nov 10, 2023 21:14:58 GMT -5
Hauser is kind of useless if he’s not making shots.
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Post by jmei on Nov 9, 2023 13:12:28 GMT -5
It’s not that hard. The Patriots thought that the production that Uche provides over the rest of the season plus the odds of re-signing him after the season plus the odds of getting a comp pick if he leaves after the season, combined, was more valuable than a fifth round pick. Cool, we get it, you disagree, but it’s not rocket science to understand why they did what they did. They won't get a compensation pick if they make free agent signings and have some of the most cap space in the league next year. So, that part of the equation is out of the formula. Unless they feel like going status quo with this roster. It's highly unlikely they're getting anything for outgoing free agents. You speak too much in absolutes. Neither we nor they (nor anyone else) knows how the offseason will play out. There are scenarios where they don’t get any comp picks because they sign more eligible free agents than they give up, but there are also scenarios where they do end up with a comp pick because they don’t end up signing a lot of eligible free agents for whatever reason. It’s not 100% odds of a comp pick, but you have to plug some value there to account for that value.
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Post by jmei on Nov 9, 2023 11:21:57 GMT -5
It’s not that hard. The Patriots thought that the production that Uche provides over the rest of the season plus the odds of re-signing him after the season plus the odds of getting a comp pick if he leaves after the season, combined, was more valuable than a fifth round pick. Cool, we get it, you disagree, but it’s not rocket science to understand why they did what they did.
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Post by jmei on Nov 8, 2023 20:53:27 GMT -5
Why the hell is Brown bringing up the ball against press coverage?
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Post by jmei on Nov 8, 2023 20:49:09 GMT -5
Tatum out there with the bench and doesn’t get a shot for two and a half minutes.
Hauser and Pritchard do kind of suck defensively so when they aren’t making shots, they are negative players.
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Post by jmei on Nov 6, 2023 10:28:05 GMT -5
The thing is, once a season starts going south, some players and teams just pack it in. They stop putting in as much effort both on the practice field and in games. Will we see that here? They’re talented enough (even with the recent injuries) to win some of these remaining games, but only if they’re giving full effort.
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Post by jmei on Nov 5, 2023 16:05:49 GMT -5
…and a dropped pass game ending pick. That’s not really on Mac.
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Post by jmei on Nov 5, 2023 15:46:05 GMT -5
Kornet gets a lot of hate (in part because he’s a goofy white guy) but he’s a legitimate rotation player who adds value on both ends. Would prefer not to have to play him during the playoffs but he’s a valuable regular season player.
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Post by jmei on Nov 5, 2023 13:16:43 GMT -5
Mac Jones, with great protection, overthrows Thornton by 10 yards. You need your QB to be able to make that throw.
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Post by jmei on Nov 4, 2023 13:15:03 GMT -5
It also speaks to their spacing. Their top eight rotation players are above-average or better three point shooters. It’s a lot easier to post up when the floor is spread and they have no one to leave to double team.
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Post by jmei on Nov 2, 2023 4:32:00 GMT -5
I would have been OK trading Uche for a fifth, but holding onto him was OK as well. Doesn’t move the needle much either way.
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Post by jmei on Nov 1, 2023 12:39:17 GMT -5
No one was giving them a second or third round pick for anyone on the roster that was remotely tradeable. Trent Brown and Onwenu wouldn't be worth that? Aren't both guys playing well? I'd imagine this is the most plug and play position in football. Especially Onwenu given his age moving to a situation where the acquiring team plans to lock him up like what the Bears did for Sweat. Not saying Onwenu is as valuable, but a team like KC (example, don't know their line situation) their 2nd or 3rd rounder wouldn't be nearly as valuable as Chicago. Again, if they aren't here next year then any loss of value is a complete waste. No, I don't think either Brown or Onwenu would have clearly been worth a second or third round pick to another team given their contract and health statuses. I will also note that offensive line is not really that much of a plug-and-play position. It takes time to OLs to build chemistry and feel, and plugging folks in and out can harm overall OL play (as the Patriots have learned this year - all the moving parts makes them less than the sum of their parts).
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Post by jmei on Nov 1, 2023 11:36:39 GMT -5
No one was giving them a second or third round pick for anyone on the roster that was remotely tradeable.
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Post by jmei on Oct 31, 2023 11:06:57 GMT -5
They’re not going to get much for anyone they’d realistically want to trade. I’m not so jazzed about a late round pick that I’d give up anyone they have a legit shot at re-signing (like Uche).
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Post by jmei on Oct 31, 2023 9:43:11 GMT -5
Honestly not sure how I feel about this for the Sixers. Technically makes their team worse but trying to keep Harden would have raised its own challenges. Not sure who the Sixers try and trade for now (Pascal Siakam? Buddy Hield?) but I'm sure they'll be active in an effort to build a winning team around Embiid. Best case scenario for Boston is probably that they can't find a trade target this year and hold onto their assets for the summer, ending this season without the talent to really match up with Boston/Milwaukee.
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Post by jmei on Oct 31, 2023 5:53:09 GMT -5
I’m not too worried about the bench scoring. They have four starters who can average 20+ points a game (25+ in the case of Tatum and Brown), plus two other players who can give them decent point totals. They don’t need Pritchard or Hauser to be jacking up a lot of shots. Just spread the floor and play good defense.
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Post by jmei on Oct 30, 2023 13:49:14 GMT -5
Can someone help me out, as this is the second time in two weeks I think the announcers don't understand the rules for ineligible receiver downfield. But now I question if it's me. I thought if the ball was thrown to someone who is still behind the line of scrimmage (i.e. a screen pass), then a lineman can go down field before the ball is thrown. You can have an ineligible man downfield penalty on any forward pass. It’s just backwards passes where it’s OK to be downfield.
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