lol, yeah I was trolling with the first comment about MJ not winning anything before he arrived.

Breaking up the dynasty too early was definitely a bad call in hindsight, although it worked out for Phil.

But Krause also had a lot to do with building the team over the years. Moving off of Collins for Phil. Taking Scottie instead of Joe Wolf. Adding Rodman to the second run. Finding Kukoc when there were hardly any international players ITL. Signing Kerr. And quite a few other good decisions.

Like I said, you don’t luck into 19 years as GM, especially a franchise in that situation. Jerry didn’t always go about it the right way, but his style was effective.

People are pissed.

"I'm telling you what, Chicago is a sports town, and what we witnessed today when Jerry Krause's name was called and the people that booed Jerry Krause and his widow, who was accepting this honor for him, it was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life," King said. "I hurt for that lady. Brought her to tears, and whoever booed her in this arena should be ashamed of themselves."

"His legacy deserves to be celebrated and respected," Reinsdorf's statement read in part. "We were incredibly honored to have Thelma with us this evening to recognize Jerry as a member of the inaugural Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor."

"I'm devastated for Thelma and for the Krause family," Kerr said. "I cannot believe that the fans -- and you have to understand, when you hear boos, it's not all of them. The fans who booed, they know who they are. To me, it's absolutely shameful, and I'm devastated by that.

"Whether people liked Jerry or not ... we're here to celebrate that team. Jerry did an amazing job building that team. ... And I'm so disappointed in the fans -- and I want to be specific because there were lots of fans who I'm sure did not boo. But those who booed, they should be ashamed."

"You can never take away what he created," Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan said of Krause. "Without Jerry, there wouldn't be a historic Chicago Bulls history."

Added DeRozan: "Family, friends that are still here ought to be appreciated and shouldn't be disrespected."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...g-1995-96-team

Pacers/Hawks went under by 20.

Books were slow on the draw adjusting to the loss of TH

25 years ago now ... yeesh, get over it. he's dead, man

Now we get to see Hawks/Wizards to complete the round robin.

I saw it at 252 last night (opened at 254.5 apparently), down to 248.5 atm.

Raptors won the 2019 finals.

Was a crazy run.

Kawhi the shot.

Raptors coming back down 0-2 double overtime vs the Bucks.

Outplayed the Warriors. And were obviously lucky Durant couldn't play.

Glory days.

So all these big stars took tonight off?

Curry
LeBron
Luka
Wemba
Zion

Seems strange.

Dame Time

https://x.com/lilyszhao/status/17467...JxxiLXr8SgrQ7Q

I love Mike Brown as a coach.

Jokic 85-105 FGs last 9 games, 6-8 from three.

He's the MVP right now.

As we speak, he is becoming the greatest international player ever, and he is already
that really.

Him and Joel are the 2 best players in the world. Giannis is 3rd.
I think Joel might be better at doing everything himself and carrying a bad team
by himself. While Jokic is a better all round playmaker, and is better with
players around him (which he has).

What a sick man
becoming an all time great he is.

Btw Mike Brown was fined 50k for this today. He presented a 5 point PowerPoint plan so totally worth it

when i saw that pic i thought magic johnson had way too much work done but looked good

To be totally fair, I believe it was $25k for "aggressively following an official post game" and $25k for his post-game powerpoint presser.

Still tho, worth every penny.

Fined $50k? They should be paying him $50k for work as stellar as that.

Siakam to the pacers for 3 1s you say?

Ok then

Siakam to the Warriors for CP3/Clay/Cuminga/Moody please

Bruce brown aint nothing. Siakam to the Pacers is relevant to my interests as I got them at 160-1 to title.

Dont' give a fiddler's **** about those picks. Pacers shouldn't be in the lottery for a minute.

I'm super worried about what players we'll have to package to match salary.

Please don't be Buddy and/or Obi. If we have to run out a starting 5 of Tyrese/Mathurin/Brown/Pascal/Turner AND sign Pascal to a 5 year Max from 30-34 I'm going to need whatever SRM drank that night he melted his fridge.

Edit: If it's BB+Nwora or something, I'm good with it

Article I read from TheScore app said it would be Bruce Brown and three 1sts.

Needs more salary going to TOR

BB+Nwora+Stix works, but I hate that so much (even though Stix is probably gone after this year anyway).

I'll tell you what I'd do but you have to promise not to tell any other Pacers' fans:

Whattttt????

I thought Mathurin had real promise.

Bro, I literally told you to keep that quiet.

Also, I mean, I guess, but...I'm not really sold at all. One thing that's been nice this year is an uptick in 3pt%, but his advanced stats are just awful. What really worries me is that he's not showing any real improvement.

The worst part is if you look at 2 player net rating with Haliburton, every Pacers rotation player has a + rating...expect Benn. His game (dribble a lot, force a drive, hope for a foul) just isn't a good fit with an elite passer looking to set up quick decisions and open looks.