Say what one will about Thibs but he and Tari Eason feel like they could have been a match made in heaven

You may find me abrasive (I certainly am), but I don’t make shit up.

It is preseason but Tari Eason is killing it.

30.2pts/14.6rebs/1.5 asts/2.4stls/0.5blks per 36 (20/10 in 25 minutes per game)
71.4% TS% – 70.0% 2pt% – 44.4% 3pt% – 80% ft%

It is absolutely nuts.

Sometimes I wish I was wrong…

I’ll feebly point to his -19 tonight as if it means anything

43093457 posts obsessively arguing this *something*.

That *something* does not happen.

Humper and Hubert: we never said it will, we only said it may happen!

923487773 posts arguing whether they said may happen, or definitely happening.

Fun stuff!

30.2pts/14.6rebs/1.5 asts/2.4stls/0.5blks per 36 (20/10 in 25 minutes per game)
71.4% TS% – 70.0% 2pt% – 44.4% 3pt% – 80% ft%

It is absolutely nuts.

yes, swifty should be more careful with his characterizations.

Ha!! Not a lot of mirrors in Z-House, is there?

I didn’t like hiring Thibs. I don’t like that they went hybrid vs. down-to-the-studs rebuild. I don’t like that they trade out of draft picks. I don’t like that they re-signed all the mercs in 2021. I didn’t like the Fournier signing. I don’t like that they picked Obi over Hali, or IQ over Bane. I hated the Cam trade. I didn’t like how much they were willing to give up for Spida. How much I didn’t like these things varies, some I see as minor quibbles, some as egregious blunders. Many arguments I have with TNFH et. al. are about degree.

Once again you’re misrepresenting someone’s argument.

The problem is not that you never criticize the front office. It’s that you never let anyone else.

Fair enough. I didn’t read swifty’s posts as a personal attack, just frustration with some of the negativity at this early stage. I guess I can see how it would be taken personally, and in that regard, yes, swifty should be more careful with his characterizations.

But he and I are very different, at least I think so. You know my posting for a long time and know that I have hardly been an apologist for this FO or any of the previous ones.

I didn’t like hiring Thibs. I don’t like that they went hybrid vs. down-to-the-studs rebuild. I don’t like that they trade out of draft picks. I don’t like that they re-signed all the mercs in 2021. I didn’t like the Fournier signing. I don’t like that they picked Obi over Hali, or IQ over Bane. I hated the Cam trade. I didn’t like how much they were willing to give up for Spida. How much I didn’t like these things varies, some I see as minor quibbles, some as egregious blunders. Many arguments I have with TNFH et. al. are about degree.

That said, I do see this FO as a significant improvement over prior ones. I like the roster, especially the young players. I like that we have all of our own picks and some excess protected picks. I like that we should be able to generate emergency cap space if we needed to. I like that this is the most fun young team we’ve had since the pre-Melo trade bunch, with at least a puncher’s chance to win every night. I think there’s lots of ways for this FO to continue to improve this team, even without going all-in on a top-tier star in the short term. And when I disagree with someone’s take on a particular decision, or here provocative negativity even before a decision is made, yeah, you can expect a rebuttal.