They are going to be fucking terrible because "fans" like you would rather see a 20 win team than a playoff team. You better enjoy this season ya jerk.

Can't deny that. To be clear though, I don't want 20 wins necessarily. I just want a core that can someday plausibly compete for a ring. I'd take 40 wins with that kind of core vs your typical core of has beens and niche players like Rondo that win the same amount. Why do you like basketball hell?

Weird, I see Dolphin looking in my asshole

Leash if you believe that people are being shouted out of these threads you're wrong. I checked back to a more grandiose time around here. A time when I tended to post much less 08-15 and these threads routinely had less than double digits inside the comment sections. Around that time I didn't even know this section existed because I only checked for shows.

If you think people are chomping at the bit to hear it you're wrong. Look at all the complaining that goes on Because Goff and Bernstein dare to discuss it. I'm sure they don't spend more than a quarter of their show on a good day discussing it but it's still too much in the eyes of "Many

The baseball threads have much more specificity than we do here. You don't see stats Inc as much as you see differences of opinions. As far as making people seem stupid about their thoughts I have experienced it since I started posting regularly on here and it still doesn't prevent me from posting. I know for a fact that there is a certain segment on here that will never agree with me about shit. Whenever they respond to a comment that I make it's to disagree. It still doesn't prevent me from posting.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

Can't deny that. To be clear though, I don't want 20 wins necessarily. I just want a core that can someday plausibly compete for a ring. I'd take 40 wins with that kind of core vs your typical core of has beens and niche players like Rondo that win the same amount. Why do you like basketball hell?

See? You can't even let me have my opinion about opinions.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

See? You can't even let me have my opinion about opinions.

Weird, I see Dolphin looking in my asshole

I wouldn't say I like it. I prefer it to being the Brooklyn Nets.

The best way out of basketball hell is to build around your All NBA, top 10, top 2-3 two way player, 27 year old franchise player. Trading him for what they got is a pretty great way to stay in basketball hell AND give the front office you despise an excuse to go another 2-3 years without being judged for their futility.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Chicago has never been able to attract elite talent.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

You guys should have an NBA forum poster power rankings. You could rank who has watched the most basketball this year.

You guys should have an NBA forum poster power rankings. You could rank who has watched the most basketball this year.

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Pretty sure LTGay has watched more ball than LTG, FF, myself, Bagels, Vegan, Zeph, and Wolfley combined.

i think i've watched maybe 5 minutes of summer league action

Weird, I see Dolphin looking in my asshole

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

I only watch the teams with high draft picks. I'm happy for a local kid Alphonse McKinney. He signed a 2 year deal with Toronto. I know Alphonse and he has worked hard to get there.

Trae Young will be a bust. Book It!

if you're gonna name drop you should probably aim higher.


Watched the Bulls yesterday. That was beyond brutal. Anyone who says summer league is more entertaining than college basketball and cites shooting percentages as evidence must've missed the bulls game.

And Cameron Payne is awful. Markkenan was brutal as well, missed every 3 pointer he took. But, more than that was his lack of desire to rebound. FF is wrong, you can get better at rebounding. In Markkenan's case, it would be as simple as teaching him how to box out, something he apparently never learned. There was one time he was all alone on the weakside. Shot goes up and its long, opponent from strong side comes over and takes the inside position from Markkenan without any fight or awareness from Markkenan. Fixing that is simple with good coaching.

if you're gonna name drop you should probably aim higher.


Watched the Bulls yesterday. That was beyond brutal. Anyone who says summer league is more entertaining than college basketball and cites shooting percentages as evidence must've missed the bulls game.

And Cameron Payne is awful. Markkenan was brutal as well, missed every 3 pointer he took. But, more than that was his lack of desire to rebound. FF is wrong, you can get better at rebounding. In Markkenan's case, it would be as simple as teaching him how to box out, something he apparently never learned. There was one time he was all alone on the weakside. Shot goes up and its long, opponent from strong side comes over and takes the inside position from Markkenan without any fight or awareness from Markkenan. Fixing that is simple with good coaching.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

I love how they cite A Bulls game featuring Cameron Payne as the essence of Summer League hoops. I could also cite Chicago State vs Depaul as my starting point. Each and every high draft pick that has been interviewed has stated that the players are better. The players all played for high major colleges. Think they'd know.

Summer league sucks and so does Fred Hoiberg.

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This is a bad argument. The high draft picks aren't gonna come out and say the competition is garbage. Cmon.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

You wanted this rebuild. You better get excited about this summer league bullshit my friend.

So they aren't being candid unless they agree with your opinion. Most of the guys playing in the Summer League were the best players on their college team. Bums like Frank Mason dominated college basketball. Do you want meet to show the scintillating highlight reel Lonzo Ball out on against Azuma Pacific or whatever the hell that weak ads team happened to be?


Buddy Hield ripped through weak ass college ball the year before got in the Summer League and got a lining ripped out his ass.

Again I'm not saying that it's the best ball that you ever seen but compared to Purdue and Northwestern I'd take this anyday.

Nah. I wanted Butler traded but not for a cripple as the centerpiece of the deal. To be honest I'm probably not going to care as long as Gar[bage) is there. I reserve my rights to be a fair weather fan if things somehow turn around.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.