Recent content by Warhawk

Cool new feature over at BlueSky in case anyone is interested.

Although we seem to get screwed on a lot of calls, other teams often claim the same thing. There may be some ref bias (look at the historic FT disparity with the Lakers, for example), but that's a far cry from intentionally rigging the lottery balls somehow to provide a fixed outcome for...

I'm just curious as to what the other teams that don't win the draft lottery get out of supporting a "rigged" system? If it wasn't on the up and up, and the teams didn't fully believe themselves in the honesty of the drawing system, why would they just sit there on the occasions when the rich...

Nope, you are only limited by your typing speed and the forbearance of the mods to sheer volumes of posts by one person. ;) I think he means that there could be some kind of "non-contributor's cap" on posting if they did want to ask for a minor subscription amount per month, or year, or whatever.

You mean you don't make a monthly pilgrimage to Grants Pass? ;)

I've possibly been to more concerts there than Kings games, and that's definitely one of the reasons Crown Downtown (and others) were so vocal at City Council meetings about getting a downtown arena built. You can look at the City Council meeting photos when we did the first jersey...

I can understand that. But for those that say there's no transparency, etc., it is indeed viewable.

My wife has a whole bunch of family in the Joplin/Neosho/Springfield/Nixa/Ozark/Sparta area, so we'll be taking a break 2/3 of the way through the trip (mileage-wise) to visit them anyways. It's been a few years since we've been there, so that would be a good respite from the road. We'll...

You can watch the whole thing here, if you like. They post the video after the announcements are made. https://www.nba.com/watch/video/2025-draft-lottery-watch-the-full-drawing

Thanks! I'll check those out. If I didn't live in CA and if we hadn't hit several sections already in the Southwest and Midwest over the years (LA through Kingman and on to Gallup back in 2010 and OKC through St. Louis at some point as well), I would be inclined to agree on the "ideal"...

Thanks for the responses so far about the East Coast trip! My wife and I are likely looking at a full Route 66 drive (start at the Santa Monica Pier and drive to Chicago) next summer. It is one of her bucket list-type items and it sounds great to me as well. Are there any good apps, maps...

I don't necessarily think that a rebuild = tanking. I think that is one of the disconnects here. I'm not necessarily against trading players for good young talent that can compete. I am against tanking. And I think the way the current odds are stacked it helps dissuade teams from doing it to...