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This is an offensive post. I get that you're not on board with things but this is over the line.

I don't think we were drafting in a way that would make that run sustainable.

That was fool's gold.

Is AH trying a gif battle with kg?

No, but I'm about 83% sure I have posted gifs from my phone before. @AHF is trying to make you feel bad probably.

Legit discussion here (finally). I do hope we actually try to win despite rebuilding. #AgendaSquawk

Cute. All I see from you is, "Meh, I'm aiight with not winnin' it all. Now who wants a max?!" KBT after another 48-win, 2nd round playoff loss season ...

I would type more but you posted a vid of Taylor and I can't type one-handed.

Pick another example. Dude thinks the only way we know we use 10% of our brain is because some other dude could use 11%.

Trust me, I hate tanking. I recognize totally that teams like SAC, PHX, ORL (and more) have all taken this path to no avail. It's just .... I'm tired of being 'just good enough'. Nothing on the horizon was going to change that, if we'd stayed the course. Actually, let me correct that. The only thing that was going to change was that the same team was gonna cost tremendously more and would simply be getting older-not better. Would we be up there with BOS, TOR, etc. at this point? Maybe but we had an equal chance at being put out in round 1 or 2 ... just more expensively. #EZPassLane We had to do something. Maybe we're on the right path, maybe not but .... shiiiiiiii, it's better than staying the course we were on.

You're ignoring the salary cap and what keeping these teams would've cost. As such, I just can't go here with you KBT. What you're saying is as useful as me saying, "Welp, we should've just signed Lebron ourselves then we would've been in the Finals." It was possible ... but not really.

I think we agree conceptually. Where we disagree is on the players in question, basically. Noel is on the no-go list for me based on the rumors of his lack of want-to and the apparent (alleged) issues in his 'camp'. Rumors are he's just a bad guy, has poor direction in those he trusts. Just not a guy I'd want around. On top of that he's a limited player. What does Capela do that Noel can't? He can be a professional. Hezonja had a really good month and a half stretch .... following a 4-year stretch of ineptitude. Which do you choose to believe? I choose to believe the 4 years over the 2 months. So yeah, I think we actually have the same overall thought process. If a guy like Beasley or Ferguson was out there, I'd say give them a shot.

Oh, if Dr. KBToys prescribed it, by all means steel-cut them oats. He knows his crap ... *wink*.

Not really. In terms of winning a title, we're on the same island ... which is nowhere near winning a title. At least now we have a chance at getting elite talent that we'll need. And don't yell at me, I'm not as 'pro-tank' as most. I just grew weary of watching us bump our heads on the glass ceiling. We were basically that bumblebee trapped in a car but steadily flying headfirst into the inside of the windshield. Admirable effort but the reality is that bumblebee's gonna end up dead and dried out at the base of the glass.

You know you jus' had some instant oatmeal like the rest of us.

Preach, sturt. You musta ate your Wheaties this morning. Our last 10+ years taught me that culture means next to nothing when you lack elite talent. I'm tired-a being the little engine that could(n't). Give me elites, or give me death. The only question at this point is ... do we have an elite-in-training (or not).

I actually agree with this. However, I don't think 'where we were the last 10 years' was a desirable position either.

Hedo Turner or Evan Turkoglu? Mirotic is a different kind of player.

Not sure y'all are 'getting it'. I'm no Slink fan, but he said we're all-in on this tank-build. That means we will not be signing free agents, certainly not high-dollar ones. Signing a guy like Hezonja (if he works out) or Noel (if he plays) helps us win (to a degree). Right now, we. do. not. want. to. win. It's that simple. Now, I'm not saying I agree necessarily but that's where we are right now. No need to be confused or frustrated. I should also add that I don't trust Slink so, despite all his comments against signing guys, it wouldn't surprise me to see him sign a guy like Lavine or Parker out of the blue - thus, totally torpedoing the tank-build.

Wtf is jumberjackin? Like lumberjacking but with fatties?

That is more fun .... the way poking a rusty nail into yer eye is "fun".

Probably happened before they got Payton.

Stole this, but ... Here's some other rookie summer league averages: Derrick Rose 9.5 Pts, 29.5 FG% Nicholas Batum 6.8 Pts, 34.8 FG% Steph Curry 17.4 Pts, 32.5 FG% DeMarcus Cousins 14.5 Pts, 33.3FG% Andre Drummond 7.4 Pts, 5.4 Reb Draymond Green 6.4 Pts, 27.8 FG% Khris Middleton 6.0 Pts, 38.7 FG% Aaron Gordon 7.8 Pts, 35.0 FG% Karl-Anthony Towns 12.8 Pts, 39.6 FG% Ben Simmons 10.8 Pts, 36.0 FG% Malcolm Brogdon 10.2 Pts, 34.4 FG% Willie Cauley-Stein 7.3 Pts, 25.7 FG% Lauri Markannen 14.0 Pts, 29.3 FG% Anthony Randolph 19.0 Pts, 7.0 Reb Jerryd Bayless 30.3 Pts, 50.0 FG% Donte Greene 22.6 Pts, 2.8 3PM Jonny Flynn 15 Pts, 7.4 Ast, 48.0 FG% Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 18 Pts, 8 Reb, 5 Ast, 4 Stl, 58.3 FG% Cody Zeller 16.3 Pts, 9.3 Reb, 52.0 FG% Jordan McRae 21. Pts, 50.0 FG% Russ Smith 16 Pts, 5.0 Reb, 6.4 Ast Joseph Young 22.5 Pts, 50.8 FG% Not sure if the formatting came out right but I don't really care either. Long story long, we need to relax.

Get Collins outta there