I think anyone in his situation would be grateful and work hard for the team that believed in him, I just think based on the impression I’ve gotten from interviews and such that Danny’s level of loyalty to Pop is something very special, and it paid off on the margins.

Mechanically possible, in that you could probably put together a team that can do this if you have your pick of the league - even in terms of having a realistic mix of role players vs stars.

Logistically? I don’t think so. The hidden value you’d have to dig out is a huge challenge. You need to find a good number of players who are undervalued or badly misused and fit together well both in personality and play style, in a league that in my opinion is better than ever at understanding how to maximize player strengths.

Those Spurs were a perfect storm of older stars willing to take cuts, diamonds in the rough in guys like Diaw, and developing talent like Kawhi, not to mention a ridiculous level of buy in from role players like Green. I’m sure the right combination of players can exist if you look at the league and play mix and match, but I have extreme doubts that the market will let you assemble it.

I can’t say that with McCants right there all the time, but maybe most obnoxious relevant player.

Yeah I have a weird feeling about the Kings. On paper I think they’re fine and look like a play in lock, but I get the sense that one thing going wrong could sink the whole ship. And yeah HOU will in my opinion underperform relative to the hype.

I don’t want to jump the gun, but man there is definitely a feeling that this could get out of hand real fast. This is still one of the league’s youngest teams, you really gotta wonder what they’re going to look like just by the end of the year. Individual growth and team synergy changes will be fascinating. I still think mid 30s in the win column for the season, but at the same time I can’t say I would be hugely surprised if that’s a little low.

I think it’s Tim but similar to the Kobe situation it’s where the daylight between them isn’t sufficient to lose sleep over for most reasonable people.

When you first saw the Halo Board, were you blinded by its majesty?

Road Trippin’ with Gil and Nick Young. So good they had to cut parts of it afterwards because Nick brought up what, how Gil probably committed arson? Am I remembering that right?

Anyway you see why Gil and Nick are the way they are and how Richard became somewhat unflappable after years of Gil’s college bullshit.

France uniting to make sure Wemby appreciates how much worse his first year point guard situation could have been.

One day, yes. At his current level, in this West? Ehhh…

I’ve seen enough. Wemby is a fraud.