When I came here an hour ago I was losing to my inner demons. What a turnaround!

Yeah, there were several drafts of that post. By the fourth re-write I’d lost track of who was winning, then the deadline was up and I had to go to press. Not my best work, but, it was free, so until I get some of that Patreon dough Mile K is rolling in, you guys are going to have to deal with some occasional sub-par work from me.

I may opt out, we’ll see…

started my second toon in Fallout 76…first toon’s around 325 or so…

there’s going to be an update in some weeks that will allow players to turn their toon in to a “ghoul”…sooooo, getting that second toon ready for that…

Another term comes to mind….

Overly optimistic about the moral standards and critical thinking skills of our electorate?

As a general rule, never bet until you perceive you expected value exceeds the price you are offered. I don’t see that on either side of this wager.

Given the significant variation in the odds on different betting platforms, isn’t it kinda impossible that you aren’t getting a good enough price somewhere?

The point is we were terrific without Randle.

We were not. You are peddling lies.

Jalen Brunson was terrific without Randle.

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Alan beat me to it 😁

@ShamsCharania
Lonnie Walker IV will sign with Zalgiris Kaunas of the Euroleague, agent George S. Langberg of GSL Sports Group tells me and @BobbyMarks42. The deal will include an NBA buyout clause until Feb. 18. The 25-year-old G has averaged 10 points in 20 minutes a game in six NBA seasons.

Bob if you’re going to wishcast, would you mind putting some money on your guy? Helps us get hilariously good odds. Thanks!

My friend, I will guarantee you I have wagered more cash on horses, blackjack and poker than 99% of you folks… I don’t bet 3-5 favorites as a rule.

As a general rule, never bet until you perceive you expected value exceeds the price you are offered. I don’t see that on either side of this wager.

And, I hardly wishcasted…

So we’re ignoring the 2 months of barely 500ish play in February and March after Randle got hurt or it doesn’t count cause OG was also hurt?

There were a lot of moving parts last season. IMO adding OG was critical. I was swooning over him for a couple of years because I thought he was the perfect piece to replace RJ (I hated giving up Quick though).

But that’s not the point.

The point is we were terrific without Randle. That simply does not happen if the player is a top star unless you are an all time great team with excesses (like the Celtics) or have an incredible bench piece replace him. IMO the evidence is overwhelming that Randle’s contribution to winning is lower than his face value stats. That’s why when he was out I thought we could still compete. He’s good, but not so good we couldn’t compete without him.

Quite Frankly if Hart is out tonight I’d probably be more worried about that than losing Randle last year. Hart is limited in some ways but underappreciated. What he does well is not captured well. IMO, he’s especially critical because we have some rebounding issues and he’s a plus rebounder for his position.