WhiteWonder

I posted to a thread that had not been bumped since April 25th and you responded a whopping 2 minutes later. It doesn't take much to get your attention I don't love the NBA the way I used to. Still follow it... started this thread, after all

I know you're just deflecting and I am glad you have an off the cuff comment I made several years ago to cling to.... but real talk, it must be pretty depressing for Philly fans who lauded the process all those years, flipped so many good players for more and more picks, whiffed on so many picks, and ultimately wound up with 1 Super Star to watch never make it past the eastern conference semi finals. Take Embiid off the Sixers and the don't beat the Nets. They had an awful record without him. It's all in fun, I'm not sitting here praising or defending the Nets but the Sixers brought mockery upon themselves

he really balled out in the 4th quarter Nets play same time as the Sixers

Trust the process Sixers last conference finals appearance : 2001 Nets last conference finals appearance : 2003 damn, that sure was a lot of intentional tanking to ultimately put together a roster that has never made an eastern conference finals

did he quit? maybe you rubbed off on him in HS sorry to hear

if they both come back around the same time, they would be fighting for 1 rotation spot (currently being filled by Tyler Alexander, sometimes entering the game after an opener). I imagine they would continue to start Eflin, Civale and Littell. Pepiot has looked pretty good, hard to see them sending him down. Baz will probably be brought along slowly. If Bradley still has minor league options (im not looking at the moment), he would be my bet to spend some time in the minors.

what robbery the Rays pulled off. Granted, Meadows is out of baseball right now, Glasnow is a Dodger and Baz is coming back from surgery but Meadows gave us a really good year and allowed us to flip for Paredes. Glasnow has Cy Young stuff and allowed us to flip for Pepiot and there is still hope for Baz. Best example of why I became a Rays fan and why I continue to be. The most well run organization in baseball compared to their means.

I think Baz is better / more talented their ideal rotation, and this is after trading Glasnow, is .... McClanahan, Springs, Baz, Rasmussen, Bradley They had to add Civale last year after all the injuries, brought Pepiot back in the Glasnow deal, turned Zack Littell into a quality starter and still have Zach Eflin who they gave a decent contract to last offseason and was supposed to be their SP4 at the time. Ideally, Eflin starts to pitch a little better and is sold before the deadline.

i was going to say all the men playing in the league

i hate Biden as much as the next normal guy but this is a terrible attempt.

hard to watch this Rays team with all the injuries. Won't have their top 3 SP's for all or most of the season, their 4th best SP still has not made his season debut. Taj Bradley also still on the IL. Basically the 5 starters who would normally make up their rotation are all currently injured. Maybe Eflin would still be starting over Bradley. 2 of their 3 best relief pitchers are now on the shelf as well including their top closer. Granted, he is often injured. On offense, one of their top bats in Josh Lowe has yet to make his debut. Brandon Lowe is also on the IL, but they should have done a better job replacing him a year or two ago. Guy can't stay healthy at all. The offense wasn't exactly going to scare anyone before, but certainly isn't now. Without some players coming back from injury, this team will be 4th at best in the AL East.

what other board was being referenced? i don't think I was posting at this cesspool geek club yet

yeah i meant directly to her left. Whoopie looks like she ate the Whoopie I used to know.

I think the combo of Sandy, followed by the legalization of gambling from home in all the surrounding states really smashed AC. Unlike Vegas, it's really not a place people want to go for a "vacation". They need to fix up the areas surrounding all the casinos. When I do go it's like good lord just get me to the parking garage of the casino and leaving is just get to the AC expressway and gtfo.

I highly doubt any allowance of surrendering, etc. was done in AC in order to attract gamblers... I mean, yes, likely a reason Oceans is doing it but not AC as a whole.... AC was (and probably is still) struggling ever since Hurricane Sandy. A majority of the Casinos from my very first trip, the week after I turned 21, don't exist anymore. Back then the popular place to go was the Taj to play poker because of Rounders .. sad. But I did like their poker room. I didn't even play blackjack back then and now I rarely play poker. Caesars is still there, I stopped a few years ago on my way home from Cape May and don't recall caesars having surrender at their tables. AC is just a shiithole, but it's a relatively easy drive for me