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You think the only player too quick for Kukoc is 2010 Derrick Rose?

It's not really the same question anymore because it isn't even about being able to guard the 4s as much as how easy it is for teams to get favorable mismatches. Even if Kukoc was overpowered he at least had length. Length is still a big asset, but if you aren't quick enough to close out with it or keep a player from driving past you it's not that helpful. OTOH Kukoc was really smart as all the bulls were, so he again would be a good player. I just don't think he'd be the best player on a team very often. He'd almost certainly be the best player on the bulls right now though.

Right but you are only thinking about it offensively. Great, Tony could run the ball up the floor sometimes and create. He'd be good at that. He also would have to be able to handle guards on pick and rolls and switch on to wings, generally always be dealing with faster players with less ability to send them into a clogged lane like the 90s. He would be bad at that.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-29/gilead-remdesivir-trial-for-covid-19-has-met-primary-endpoint

Yeah because trolls is not a disney/marvel movie, it's a marginal franchise. I mean, Mulan is almost certainly going to be a massive flop so they may take $100mm domestic.

It's positionless if you can guard multiple positions. I doubt he'd be able to keep anyone in front of him on the perimeter and he'd be pick and rolled to death. He'd no doubt fit better offensively in today's era but I don't know that he'd be an all-star.

uh hard disagree. A lot harder to play d when you can't just grab the player you are guardings jersey and push them with your hand constantly.

but the question with Trolls is whether the movie theaters are necessary to that success. I wonder what they think of their decision to put Onward on disney plus compared to on demand only like trolls.

I don't know, kukoc was talented offensively but I don't think he could hang defensively. He may very well have still been a 6th man spark plug.

The good news is I almost never get past the first book of a series so dune is tailor made for my habits.

yeah. all movie theatres will be amazon factories. I really like going to the movies, the lack of distraction and full sound. But it feels more and more like that will be like owning vinyl soon. Some independent theatres holding shop in olde town squares. But the big AMC box theaters, the writing was already on the wall but this is definitely going to hurt it.

but they really aren't that different of a data point because the main takeaway may be that governments may not need to shut down to influence dramatic isolation behavior. Sweden is effectively shut down.

Ive started reading Dune. Pretty good! I’ve tried to get in more genre work for fiction since I usually fade fast in it and like nonfiction stuff more. Started some spy/mystery stuff last year, and I do think the world building / political stuff in dune so far is very entertaining. Maybe I’ll Veer into more sci fi classics.

Also the idea that life in Sweden is just going on is a false fantasy.

testing back up to 14,500 yesterday in illinois. Cases up to 2100, so pretty much at the 15% mark.

There's probably better ways to illustrate this than taking the handful of CEOs in the industries that in many cases provide necessary services, choosing a favorable time period and saying "see rich people get everything". How's Bob Igers net worth, dave calhoun's, any entertainment, hotel, travel ceo. And things like the S&P and even stock market growth in the last few years have been hugely driven by companies that also happen to be the ones that should be well set-up through this.

Yeah that was in a few stories around nfl draft. The scouts kinda loved that they were so much more important since the others didn't get to rely on the late process stuff. The late process stuff is kinda garbage anyway so I'd imagine drafting is better.

I think mocks are going to be way off this draft. I'd imagine with less game tape teams are going to be diving deeper into their own process and less willing to discuss their rankings than typical.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-group-of-scientists-and-billionaires-pushing-trump-on-a-covid-19-plan-11587998993?emailToken=52281952aa731ce0ab195686a0f7bb91pNX96nrwqAd54J2pUtMOCm5Z+w4rSBr9tLpbY1PXzgxmDzoEKnEyrWvzsA4DD2q1fyUqRqsI04tCYInkXLdpzfOKKgFRcbhJeSVGeSro62IzsH+S6FQWYXPUV4NFUPb1waqCKYwuUcT8jt6kinc1uA%3D%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share very interesting article

I buzzed my head. You’d have your barber one foot away from your face breathing at you, and they’d have had multiple people breathing at them. That’s pretty risky.

Another decline in testing but still 13k. 1900 positives so slight uptick in positive percentage. Still much better looking than last wed.

Greg - go outside for walks. Get sunshine. Go to starbucks drive thru. Wear a mask, bring hand sanitizer. Keep your distance. Wash your mask, wipe down your door handles, wash your hands. You'll be fine.

Listen I don't disagree with you that money will be a big issue due to the variations of revenue. But I also think this is just going to be one of those things where it's going to seem like a big roadblock along the way but is almost certainly going to work out. For now, no side is going to volunteer to get screwed, so owners will announce how comfortable they are canceling the season, and big markets will say they won't share revenue, and players will say they won't cut salaries, but in the end none are going to really stand in the way of the season resuming once a plan that works logistically is in place.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/world/europe/coronavirus-vaccine-update-oxford.html Some discussion on whether they should change the rules to allow people to volunteer for human trials on twitter.