he doesn’t know this Dan fellow and doesn’t care but thanks for writing.

lol

I maintained this since we signed him to that bloated contract which was opposite to Leon’s historical record, that OG +/- Deuce +/- whatever picks go out on a big trade of young top 10 center, if one becomes available at the trade deadline or next summer. Good example is: Sengun, JJJ, or even veterans like AD or Bam.

Sent the lad some of the Steely Dan info you guys wrote up, via email — his email address is his three initials at gmail.com.

Got back a response from a very famous now retired gentleman in my profession whose initials are one away from the lad’s and whose email is also gmail.com, saying he doesn’t know this Dan fellow and doesn’t care but thanks for writing.

Our guitar player (who’s really good) does most of the heavy lifting since most Dan songs have guitar solos vs keyboard solos, but in the few cases where there are keyboard solos I’m trying to work them out. (Not necessarily trying to duplicate them just want them to sound good)

I would try MuseScore. You can download PDFs of sheet music a la carte and they seem to be accurate. I took at look at the charts for “Josie” and “Deacon Blues” and they seem to have the correct voicings. You can find charts for their songs for free online, but the free ones are spotty in their accuracy. Some of the more popular songs might have YouTube tutorials as well.

Hey JK (or any other musicians out there) – do you know of any apps that will provide the actual notes for a song that’s playing?

I’m not sure how it is for keyboards, but for guitar you are generally stuck with the tabs from other guitar players and any youtube lessons out there. The quality of that info is a mixed bag.

I would guess you can find similar sources for keyboards.

What I’ve found is that between the multiple sources out there and my own ear I can usually figure out what I want or get really close.

I’ve been in a lot of cover bands over the years, but there’s no greater challenge than learning a Steely Dan tune. A little bit harder than covering Tom Petty or Lynyrd Skynyrd lol.

I know, Deuce is really a short wing, but the logjam at wing is arguably even worse

5 wings (Bridges, OG, Donte, Hart, Deuce) for 2 spots seems like a logjam. But with the lack of viable centers behind Mitch, we’ll probably use more 3 wing lineups than ever. And I’m very optimistic about the potential of those lineups. Between that and the likelihood of OG missing time, I don’t think there will be a real logjam at the wing. I’d bet the over on Deuce’s minutes.

Regarding the 3 wing lineups that people currently think Thibs will be reluctant to use, I think we sometimes conflate Thibs’ tactical rigidity with strategic rigidity. On strategy I think he’s more open minded than people give him credit for. He made the shift to increase 3PAs on Day 1, for instance. And when things were bleak last year, he started Brunson-Deuce-Donte-Hart together to salvage the season.

That last move kind of sums him up. He probably went to his best lineup 2-3 weeks later than he should have. That kind of delay demonstrates his tactical rigidity. But when he did need to make a change, he went with 4 guards under 6’5″. That demonstrates strategic flexibility.

So my bet is he will be open minded on the smaller lineups. And when they perform as well as I expect them to, they’ll become mainstays.

I think we’ll get about 20-24 mpg of traditional Thibs ball with Mitch, and the rest of the game will be Jalen Brunson running a spread offense like Pat Mahomes. For that reason, I’m pretty optimistic on the upcoming season. I’m thinking 56 wins is a reasonable high end outcome.

Whether or not we can translate that to postseason success is a different story, one that will depend on the questionable defensive ability of those small lineups.

Per last thread, the Roommates podcast/YouTube video is very good. Cuban is a knowledgeable guest, and he and JB get into it a little bit.