This exercise has shown me once again that I suck at condensing my thoughts so, I’m just going to blurt things out…
The Luka/AD trade got all the hype, but the most impactful recent NBA trade is the Spurs addition of De’Aaron Fox. That’s what good organizations do to build around a budding star like Wemby.
Speaking of good organizations… Do yourself a favor and check out the interview of Ravens GM and Ozzie Newsome disciple Eric DeCosta on The McShay Show. Watch it on You Tube. The podcast doesn’t do it justice.
The Steelers organization used to always be mentioned as one of the best in all of sports. It hasn’t been mentioned as such in years. Was it overrated back then? Or has it just been exposed in the Tomlin era?
I wonder if TJ Watt knows Myles Garrett? If so, maybe the two of them could talk about getting out of organizations that are wasting their career…
My favorite sport is college football, but damn is it a mess right now. NIL and the transfer portal need some structure. Supposedly there’s legislation on the way from Washington to address it. Is this enough of a common ground to get some bi-partisan legislation? Then again, when has Washington ever fixed something the right way?
My older son said in jest the other day… “Are they even playing women’s college basketball this year?” It’s unfortunately fallen back out of the spotlight from the Caitlin Clark phenomenon. She was/is good and it got me to watch a fair amount of women’s hoops last year that I really enjoyed. But why has it fallen so far off?
I consume college and pro football like Luka apparently consumes donuts. I don’t watch much baseball. The Pirates could have a lot to do with that. But for fantasy sports, fantasy baseball is MUCH more challenging and enjoyable than fantasy football. I’ll fight you on that.
Rory is back! Probably… Maybe… We’ll see…
One last blurt for now…
Luka has to have done something that would make Deshaun Watson and Justin Tucker look like choir boys and how has this not been uncovered yet? Not that AD isn’t a great player too, but he’s exiting his prime while Luka is just entering his. Players around the league are questioning it. The Mavs are refunding tickets. It can’t be just conditioning concerns. Nikola Jokić doesn’t look like he shops at Whole Foods and he’s doing ok.
