Quote from: Jay Bee on Today at 11:42:46 AM#FakeNews #Lies

They'll pay Dame around $20M a year for 5, instead of more than $100M over 2.

Their bad contract with dame and their new contract with Myles are different things. There was no choice of simply, "hey, let's get Myles Turner. We'll gladly pay $57 a year for him".

Right, they're two different things, but without the first thing (waiving and stretching Dame) there is no getting Myles Turner (and paying him what they are).

Quote from: wadesworld on Today at 11:24:01 AMI mean, they're paying Dame $23MM/year for the next 5 years just so they can pay Turner $24MM/year for the next 4 years.  So essentially they're paying $57MM/year to have Myles Turner on their roster.

#FakeNews #Lies

They'll pay Dame around $20M a year for 5, instead of more than $100M over 2.

Their bad contract with dame and their new contract with Myles are different things. There was no choice of simply, "hey, let's get Myles Turner. We'll gladly pay $57 a year for him".

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on Today at 09:09:14 AMthe judge would also have to declare the NCAA's roster caps null and void.

There are three justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court with MU degrees, let's get it done!

Yeah who are we to limit the opportunities of people to get paid for their services?  Just time it right so that the NCAA can rule it all illegal/players ineligible after we've won the games we need to (BET and as many NCAAT games as we can get in before a court date).

Quote from: swoopem on Today at 09:59:35 AMI saw him in 2018 or 2019 at Pine Knob outside Detroit. I'm pretty sure it was labeled his final tour (aren't they all) and he was really good. I'm glad he's getting back out there and doing more shows

Supposedly he had some pretty significant hearing loss that made it difficult for him to perform live, but they've figured out some fixes that have made him comfortable doing it. Who knows...like you said, a lot of artists have had multiple final tours. It's a pretty robust tour for someone his age -- with nearly 60 dates last year and another 40+ this year.

Quote from: Hards Alumni on Today at 06:07:55 AMWouldn't have been the first time.

Or last.

Quote from: JWags85 on Today at 10:54:25 AMThe Bucks stink and are a cluster tight now, but this is absolutely insane hyperbole and not even close to true.  They aren't even the worst run organization in the NBA.

I mean, they're paying Dame $23MM/year for the next 5 years just so they can pay Turner $24MM/year for the next 4 years.  So essentially they're paying $57MM/year to have Myles Turner on their roster.  I like Turner, the fit with Giannis is great, but you pay that kind of money to have Steph Curry next to Giannis, not Myles Turner.

They fired Bud, hired Adrian Griffin, fired him when they were 30-13, after having traded Jrue for Dame at the last minute, and hired Doc Rivers, who is 90-92 with the Bucks.

Horst's entire list of players he has drafted is Donte Divencenzo (who he traded for the ghost of Serge Ibaka), Jordan Nwora, MarJon Beauchamp, Chris Livingston, AJ Johnson, Tyler Smith, and Bogoljub Markovic.

They aren't the worst team in all of sports, but everything they've done starting with firing Bud has been absolute desperation move after absolute desperation move.  And the only reason they're not the worst team in all of sports is because they hit the absolute lottery in Giannis.  They control two of their future first round picks and have a single second round pick only if it falls between 56-60 this year (aka they have no seconds).

Oh, and their owners change controlling ownership every three years (or at least used to before we brought in...Jimmy Haslam to save us!).

"Huggy Bear" is mentioned in the docs, but I doubt it's Huggins.

Quote from: wadesworld on Today at 10:44:39 AMThe Bucks are the worst run organization in all of pro sports and I don't think it's even close. 

The Bucks stink and are a cluster tight now, but this is absolutely insane hyperbole and not even close to true.  They aren't even the worst run organization in the NBA.

Quote from: The Sultan on Today at 07:21:49 AMEh. Redemption story begins...

I mean, that's been in process for years.  He's a pretty complicated character, not even speaking to his basketball accumen.

I think he's far less of an pretty boy than we all thought him to be in his Cincy heydey in the mid 90s, but he's also been a longtime (maybe still is, not sure) raging problematic alcoholic.  I have zero sympathy for DUI/drunk driving, much less repeated offenses.  But Ive also seen first hand how brutal and insidious alcoholism can be.

He was/is a far more friendly/kind/generous person off the court than you'd think from the aforementioned reputation/actions, but the Xavier comments and slurs were indefensible and cheapen the mentioned positives.

I hated him as a kid and teen when he was at Cincy.  Had an unexpected and shockingly great run-in interaction with him in Morgantown early in his WVU (not shockingly at a bar mid-afternoon). Then I further gained some different perspective on him from my friend's brother who worked in the athletics department at WVU and raved about how Huggins had time for everyone, was loved by his players and well liked by staffers, etc...

You don't have to endorse or excuse anything he's done to acknowledge what an entertaining and big figure he was in CBB the last 30+ years.

Quote from: BM1090 on February 11, 2026, 10:13:05 PMI think they're actually gonna push for it and make it, especially if Giannis is back next week as some are indicating. Really manageable schedule after the break.

I do agree it's pointless, though.

Oh they're definitely going for a run at the play in, which is insane.  The Bucks are the worst run organization in all of pro sports and I don't think it's even close.  Teams like the Pacers and Jazz trade for big names and then shut them down.  The Mavs, who traded Luka for AD and then a year later traded AD for the ghost of Khris Middleton and two picks that will basically be second rounders, are shutting down Flagg.

Meanwhile the Bucks are like, "Hey, let's go get Cam Thomas so that we can bring Giannis back from his FOURTH calf strain in two years in four weeks of recovery and try to get that 10 seed!"  Surely that achilles isn't ready to pop.

It's driving me crazy.  Even if Giannis gave them a guarantee of signing his extension in October (which I don't think there's any chance in hell of), the response should be, "Awesome Giannis.  We know you don't want to waste a year of your prime out of the Playoffs, but we all know this isn't a title team.  The best thing now is to make sure those years of extension are competitive.  And the best way for that to happen is to make this year's team as bad as possible, get a high draft pick, and see what we can do in the offseason."  Just crazy stuff.