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And developmentally wise..a pretty big step forward.

This. I don't actually think people have any issue or a major issue playing with Russ. I just don't get why they never surrounded Russ with better shooters. I feel like the Thunder regularly had a couple bad shooters around Russ at all times (guys like Robertson or whatever his name was).

Three straight would be incredible...but this is 2 straight. They had a great run. I didn’t make a new thread cause I didn’t want to jinx it. Now hopefully men win gold cup tonight. They have played well too.

Lavine can flat shoot and I actually think he can play off the ball. He showed it a ton last year (which was a major advancement for him). I just don't like trading Lavine. I do agree that Porter gives nice spacing. They just have a lot less flexibility at this point in time, given the recent free agent signings.

Finally watching the summer league game while shooting hoops with the kid...Gafford sure got a ton of dunks. Clearly athletic with a ton of hustle.

I'm not trading Lavine for him. His contract is a bargain and he's the one guy on this squad with true super-star upside. Not saying he will be a superstar, but if someone told me he became one, I wouldn't be surprised at all. He has every physical tool in the book and a fantastic shot. I think he will have a monster season (if he's healthy). He literally has gotten better every full season in the league and is still extremely young. Porter for Westbrook is about as much as I'd do (and I don't love it). I think their best bet is sticking with the current group and being aggressive on the trade market in next year or two (whenever a superstar becomes disgruntled). When they do...keep more of your players and trade a bunch of picks. But it needs to be an in your prime, signed superstar. I am already predicting Giannis will be a Bull in 2021. I figure the Suns will acquire Westbrook. If someone could tell me Russell would be healthy & productive throughout his contract, I would make the deal...I just can't make that statement with confidence. I think patience is better (at this point in time).

His contract is awful and he's had declining advanced analytics the past couple years. At the same time, they literally should be able to get him for free (well technically for Porter since they need to move him to make cap space). My gut says no...but at the same time, Russ wants to win and he'd have much better spacing with the Bulls (not sure if that would help...but I always felt like he never was surrounded by shooters in OKC). Paul George had a career year next to him, so he can't be all bad. The guy is a cyborg but he's got so many miles on him at 31.

This would be awesome. Jalen Rose indicating a high degree of confidence that Kwahi will return to Toronto and sign a 2 yr deal. Would be stellar for the nba.

Eloy Bomb time

Key word being White Sox starter (vs. reliever).

That was a brutal decision to go home. He was out by 10 feet and you have Yoan up. I'm all for aggressive but that was beyond being aggressive.

Wow...another sick curve. That curve is nasty. Nasty.

His mechanics look much more compressed this inning.

This. Fucking sick.

This is going to be a high scoring game.

THIS. And if anyone is pissed they need a reality check. Be exastic seeing how fucking electric that stuff is. Like ELECTRIC.

No.

I'm about to hand out bannings to those who stupidly overreact. Its for your own good...maybe you can learn to be something other than a miserable piss.

You can't coach the stuff...you can coach command and the Sox have done it all the time. Give him experience.

No wonder I stay out of game threads. R-E-L-A-X.

First off...no one should be surprised he's having this issue. He had it in AAA and he's going to have it in the MLB. That said, you can see the stuff. The Sox have him up and they are going to try and let him continue to develop at the big league level. Lets hope he stays healthy and can adapt and Sox coaching staff can work with him on the command (which I think they can). I've seen one inning and already seen a fastball, curve and slider that flashed. You can see the dude has ace stuff. He also isn't super long so they should be able to work with that command. The big issue with him, longer term, will be his slighter frame, but with pitches, its impossible to know either way.

This is a big bummer given how much time he missed last year. Don’t like that he is already hurt again. Jury is still majorly out on him. In hindsight, how good would doncic for wcj and white look.

I agree with both of those statements. That said he isn't getting a starting job anywhere so it isn't like bulls are holding him back. I'm hoping that would prevent him from not being a team guy. I'd take my chance and be ready to cut the chord if it doesn't work. Santy isn't a pure one so Dunn and him could come off bench, etc. Plus I like White practicing against someone like Dunn...as long as he doesn't go all Bobby Portis

I think at this point keep Dunn. Injuries will happen and his value is so low at this point. I think keeping him is better than a 2nd rounder four years from now.

Awesome. My sons favorite player (cause my son is also named Ryan).