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Because it shows how much more preparation teams put into important games and therefore how easy it will likely be to eliminate these Knick “Moneyball” advantages.

I read that, but I don’t believe the cost will be as high as Mitchell. Maybe I’m wrong. He’s a very good two way player on the improve. We’d have to give up a chunk of our treasure trove plus RJ to get him, but he’s the exact player I’d love RJ to become. It would be an immediate upgrade on both sides but we’d still be young.

RJ Barrett for OG Anunoby as the core of the trade.

Wasn’t there a report yesterday about TOR’s asking price being something like Donovan Mitchell’s? I believe it was met with derision but the NBA trade market is insane anymore. You can’t even get a MLE player without attaching a 1st or multiple swaps.

RJ Barrett for OG Anunoby as the core of the trade.

That sends RJ back to Canada (where he might also be happy) and gives us a player that’s better on both sides, taller, and still young to play SF . We’d probably have to attach a pick or two and filler, but that makes sense and supposedly Toronto is open to making changes.

What could be more irrelevant?

That year the offense was almost entirely Randle, especially when Payton went into a coma.

Atlanta doubled him, walled him off, took him out of the game, end of story. It was smart strategy given our lack of talent.

Now we have Brunson both running the offense and as an efficient scoring option. That changed everything. We are also winning in part because we’ve added Grimes as a starter and RJ has been playing better during this stretch.

My daughter just texted me the Bing Bong gif.

nice…which one?

my fave Bing Bong gif: https://media.tenor.com/j10g493m7lcAAAAd/disney-pixar.gif

The one item that is still relevant is Thibs being able to adjust on the fly…

Do you ever get tired of repeating this over and over again?

Little known fact. Lebron has lost in the first round. So did Jordan! So did Kobe! So did Dirk!

Mitch is 2 spots below Grimes