Great bump, lots of hot takes in here.

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It annoys me that Lauri's name is longer than Dirks.

Yao got some nice titties.

Gainz. You can see the veins trying to pop out of his neck.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I’ve never doubted his scoring ability since his first game as a rookie.

The rebounding lately is extremely encouraging. He’s clearly been putting in the necessary work in the weight room, something even Porzingis hasn’t done since being drafted.

I’m excited if we can get a healthy Lauri for next season. It will most definitely fuck up any tanking plans tho if people think we are doing that again next year (we probably are )

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Gotta give Boylen credit on this one; he wanted Lauri to rebound more when he took over the job.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

I have been ok with the tanking...but it has to come to an end. This is the last year I will be ok with the tanking. I am more concerned with the coach situation. If we bring back this dickhead for another year then I will be a full time Mavs fan until they get a new front office.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Hard to argue.

But consider your new team. Why go with Luka and Porzingis when you can roll with some winners like DeRozan and Aldridge?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Long live Luka!

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Agreed. Luka should be a 15 time all star. Doesn’t have the type of body that you should worry about injury with but still competes at the highest level with the best players in the world and he’s only 19.

He also has that Steph/Bird vibe where he’s so good he’s just fucking around out there to see what he’s capable of even while playing at a high level. I LOVE that trait and it’s something Bird and Steph have but I don’t think Jordan and LeBron really ever had.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Yeah I love the comp to Bird. It is a unique thing. I was recently watching some old Bird highlights. It is easy to forget just how good he was....dude was a bad MFer.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Nice. Imagine if they had a point guard

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Yup.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

They really did luck out on Markkanen. Only health will keep him from being a franchise type guy.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Fucking up the Tank

That's why the Porter move made no sense whatsoever.. just enough to fuck up the tank n draft 6th. I hate pax

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They can’t really fuck up the tank much with the new rules. It’s nice to see Lauri take it to Boston. If we can snag Zion or Ja shit will get interesting quick.

Lauri is gonna be a superstar. 7x all star type.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

At the UC checking it out. Them Bulls will be good in a few years. Killer part may be that Boylen may be brought back now. They are a tad improved lately too.

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Easy the way Lebron get's rid of coaches Luke Walton will be prowlin the sidelines at the UC

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

He will be an All NBA player in 2 years or less

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Hopefully this was an isolated incident and he’s alright.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/ct-spt-bulls-lauri-markkanen-fatigue-20190327-story,amp.html?__twitter_impression=true