Please never make a comparison like this again: “sort of like there was when Kemba and Fournier were acquired”. Even though I “sort of” get it, it’s a buzz kill.

Don’t know what MUGC means, I know I agree w Beeks. But also don’t think there was ill intent.

I’m going to post question one again in the chat tomorrow assuming no answer, so apologies in advance.

I don’t think it is worth posting responses to correct obvious typos where you can figure out the intent based on an average intellect.

went to Costco out here at around 5:30pm…the utter humanity…

so we play Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday…nice…

Get healthy, Mitch!

If you can’t squish them *and* you know that you’re not supposed to, then aren’t you doing what you want? You wrote it as if you’re regretting something.

Fireflies or lightning bugs are carnivorous, but only on other small invertebrates. The males flash via bioluminescence using a chemical delightfully called luciferin to ‘call’ for females, who loll about on the ground eating bonbons and watching the sky. They are native to the US east of the Rockies (not in CA, OR, or WA, sadly), and in my opinion are one of the very best things about an east coast early summer evening, just as things get dark.

So not sure what’s bugging you, Clarence, but if I were a betting man I’d bet neither of these.

That said, I think Thibs will be more flexible with both situational and closing lineups than in some years. He currently has 7 rotation players that have at least 5 years in the league, plus Deuce. If Precious is on board, he’s going into his 5th year. Deuce is going into year 4. So while it is a young team, there are no players still on rookie deals in the rotation other than Deuce. So there are really no Obi’s or IQ’s or Grimes’ to squeeze out of deference to vets.

The key guy in terms of flexibility is Josh Hart. Obviously Thibs just adores him, and he seemed to be on the floor a ton in closing lineups since he arrived. However, it is pretty clear now that he is not a starter. So I am very curious whether Thibs will bench one of the starters so that Hart is on the floor. My initial guess is that Hart will sort of platoon with Mitch in situational big vs. small lineups until Thibs gets some data.

Then there’s DDV, both specifically and as part of the Nova death lineup. If all four of those guys are on the floor, that means that only one of OG, Randle or Mitch can be the fifth guy. In that sense, I don’t see DDV purely as Mikal’s backup because Mikal is easily big enough to play SF and long enough to play some small-ball PF.

There’s just so much to play with that it will be really interesting to see whose minutes gets squeezed the most. With a healthy Mitch, it is almost impossible to guess.