Quote from: JWags85 on Today at 02:35:04 PMAfter Jhostynxon "The Password" Garcia and his brother, Johanfran "The Username" Garcia, we have another entry to the "real MLB player or minor character from Major League", welcome the new Brewers signing from the DR...

https://x.com/benbadler/status/2011895597952090213?s=46

Ricky Moneys!! You could reasonably assume it's a nickname Ricky Henderson gave himself

Brewers 2035 Word Series is so back on the schedule.

Quote from: MU_B on Today at 03:12:50 PMIIRC the city of Gary released those.

Kevin needs to rein in his side piece then.

These renderings are nice. Not nearly enough smog cover, and suggests the sun shines there, but it's a nice drawing

Quote from: cheebs09 on Today at 02:25:45 PMDo the Bears pick the most exciting times to be a fan to drop Indiana news on purpose?

IIRC the city of Gary released those.

Quote from: Pakuni on Today at 10:07:08 AMThe logic of this eludes me. He's willing to bring in a high school recruit to take playing time away from an older player, but not a transfer. What's the difference? You're still bringing in someone new to take minutes away from a player who's been in the program longer.
Does the player who's losing minutes feel better about losing minutes to a freshman than a transfer junior? (How would Zaide Lowery answer that question?).
This is a distinction without a difference.

The difference is bringing in a freshman to compete vs. bringing in a proven transfer with the sole intention of him starting over a multi-year returnee.  Not saying I agree or disagree with the logic but it seems clear to me.

Knicks are 2-7 in last 9 games, mainly because of injuries to various players and defense and are now behind a Celtic team without Jason Tatum.  Bad.   Can't stay healthy. Brunson, KAT, Clarkson and at times McBride are horrendous on defense and it is a known fact that Brunson could be the worst defender at guard in NBA.  KAT is so big that in transition he can't run the floor back on defense.  Robinson, the best big defender should be back Friday.

OG, Hart, Shamett are now back and Brunson also may play Friday. Kolek got playing time due to injuries, but with all back by weekend, he will be behind McBride, Shamett and Clarkson.  With NBA teams shooting like 40 threes a game and Kolek shooting 32% and slow on defense, I hope he doesn't get buried on bench.

Knicks going to make a trade for a backup forward, so we will see who the Knicks have confidence in before the 2/5/26 trade deadline. 

Are they the Indiana Bears or Gary Bears?  Or the Chicago Bears of Gary, Indiana?  Chicago Bears of Indiana?

Quote from: WhiteTrash on Today at 02:36:18 PMUh oh, what now?

Maybe it's not the Bears but I saw a bunch of renderings for a Gary stadium released today.

Quote from: 1318WWells on Today at 01:22:27 PMOmax going pro early was the first case where he should have gone to the portal.

This is highly debatable. We retained the same seed and had the BE6th man of the year slot into the spot. Was Joplin an upgrade? No, but he certainly wasn't a downgrade. That year even if we get a better PF we aren't beating out UConn or Purdue for 1 seeds, the question really is whether we could edge out UNC or Houston to put us up there and if Tyler's injury remains the same we don't do that either.

Quote from: 1318WWells on Today at 01:22:27 PMOmax going pro early was the first case where he should have gone to the portal.

Kolek leaving and Sean not being ready til mid season was second case. Or replaced Kolek with Kam at point and never replaced Kam. Either way should've had a competent back up point on hand.

Oso leaving and transitioning to Gold starting would have been fine if there was a capable backup on hand to take Ben's old spot. Even if it was just a third player comparable to Gold and Parham to cover both the 4 and 5 spots.

Now need Lowery's spot to be filled by an experienced transfer.

Hindsight is 20/20

I think it could be easily argued that Joplin stepping into the role OMax played worked well, and maybe even contributed to the recruit, retain, grow process.

I can see why Shaka, going into the 24-25 season thought that Kam, Stevie and Chase could cover the point guard spot until Sean returned. Plus Lowery was around, and played well enough that year coming off the bench. Of course, Sean didn't return and Kam got worn out.

Yeah, I agree that transitioning to Gold, after Oso was gone, without a competent back up was speculative at best. Then again, though Amadou may have been envisioned to play that role and was no longer on the team, Shaka had the confidence in the development of Caedin.

Anyway, the forks in the road are clear now, and looking back makes it easy to see how decisions made didn't work out. I'm willing to guess that Shaka looks back and sees that his choices didn't all have the results he anticipated.

The question now is whether this hindsight will inform his foresight and lead to changes and new/different decisions. I totally agree that Lowery's spot needs to be filled by an experienced transfer, though I'd say it needs to be a big (to fill in for Ben graduating, Royce not being a 5, Caedin being incapable, and Sheek being an unknown) more than someone playing Lowery's role (where we have Stevens and upcoming Egbuonu).

Quote from: cheebs09 on Today at 02:25:45 PMDo the Bears pick the most exciting times to be a fan to drop Indiana news on purpose?

Uh oh, what now?