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Maybe if they hadn't paid Deshaun Watson all that money...

1 hour ago, gunnar hendershow said:

LeBron is opting out to chase one last ring somewhere else. Or play with Br-hahahahahaha

I can see someone drafting Bronny to try and snag Lebron

Some one non-biased tell me what they think about the Vikings trade up for Dallas Turner

PC it will be for me then!

One potential draft snafu with possibly big effects - some scuttlebutt that the NFL may bust the Falcons for tampering with Kirk Cousins and drop them from Pick 8 to Pick 32, which would then move everybody else up of course.

@FestiveJack going all in, obviously! 

@Mick lmao at the Jordan jerseys saying KOBE on the front in big letters hahaha

33 minutes ago, gunnar hendershow said:

The East feels like such a foregone conclusion. Celtics have boatraced that conference like the LeBron-led teams did in the 00s.

But it's also the 2020s Celtics...

29 minutes ago, DMN in the House said:

None of that mattered once Fuhrman took the fifth on planting evidence despite answering other questions. That was a killshot of reasonable doubt.

Let's not forget the vaunted Chewbacca defense

1 minute ago, Gabriel said:

Ooh, yeah. I like the idea of multi-ball. Five pitches in rapid fire sequence. Any dingers count, the batter runs after the last pitch.

Bonus runs if you hit them into hoops beyond the fence - Pinbaseketbal

50 minutes ago, The Buscher said:

0-5.  When Tommy Pham got traded last year he told the media that the Mets were the least hard-working group of players he's ever been around.  None of the players even attempted to defend themselves in a rebuttal.  And go figure, they're still playing the same way a calendar year later.

Again my issue isn't the losing it's that they come across like a complacent group of losers just happy to be there.  It's shocking how uncompetitive they look the second they face even a smidgen of adversity in a game.

I was gonna @ you when it was 3-0, but I didn't want to jinx it for ya. I guess I should have to jinx the already-present team curse!

Sounds like Rashee Rice was indeed driving in that accident and is now "fully cooperating" with the police. Here's what his counsel said:

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"Mr. Rice wants to make certain that it's understood and appreciated that he's going to do everything in his power to bring their life back to as normal as possible, in terms of injuries, in terms of property damage," West said. "And make certain that he is responsible for helping them to get through that particular part of this. Don't get us wrong, we understand that no one can help [the victims] them get over the memories of being in an accident."

Rice has put out a statement himself too:

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"Today I met with Dallas PD investigators regarding Saturday's accident," Rice said on Instagram. "I take full responsibility for my part in this matter and will continue to cooperate with the necessary authorities. I sincerely apologize to everyone impacted in Saturday's accident."

1 minute ago, gunnar hendershow said:

The Bills are definitely doing the "punt a season, draft and retool the entire roster" move.

Which I am sure their fanbase was just dying for them to do and waste a season of Josh Allen's prime

1 minute ago, The Buscher said:

Mets swept to open the season.  I know my posts seem like “typical Mets fan” but every flaw fans saw on this roster got exposed in the very first series.  There’s really no positive takeaways beyond the basic trope of there’s 159 to go.

Meanwhile, the Yanks open 4-0 with Soto serving as the main catalyst in 3 of the wins.

If/when the Mets season falls apart totally I can’t wait for Mets fans to pivot to “well, at least Cohen will get Soto”.  While he will probably make the highest offer, there’s no player who willingly picks the Mets over the Yanks.  I suspect he’ll give the Yanks a chance to match and, for all the talk of “Hal isn’t George” I think that flies out the window when it comes to possibly losing a 26-year old generational superstar to the Mets.  They’re paying him whatever they have to.

Don't forget that reliever got suspended for 3 games for that throwing incident!

57 minutes ago, Captain Kirk said:

Both of the Like a Dragon ones are turn based, the rest are basically beat-em-ups like a modern Final Fight/Streets of Rage(inside battles).

Inside battles, so like open world until you get into a fight?

Which ones of these are all turn based?

The ones that aren't are they like hack and slash ARPGs?

Nice opening day for the Twins! Pablo Lopez looked great, Royce Lewis is back and went yard, Carlos Correa 3 for 4 with 2 ribbies, Byron Buxton didn't get hurt!

I mean it will all implode eventually because...lol Twins...but hard to ask for much better on opening day

Meanwhile the D-Backs have hung...*checks notes*....14 RUNS on the Rockies in the third inning lol

8 minutes ago, The Buscher said:

Bears vs. Texans is the Hall of Fame Game coinciding with the inductions of Andre Johnson, Devin Hester, and Mongo McMichael.

Caleb Williams vs CJ Stroud?

49 minutes ago, Maxx said:

Can't see us taking a WR when our O-Line has been depleted.  Who the fuck knows what Jerry is planning this year.  Can you just pass on drafting anyone?  Seems to be in line with their free agency strategy.

I saw an article headline somewhere and the title was: Are Jerry Jones and the Cowboys really all in? and I was like, that's an excellent question because the evidence says no!

Wooooo I can post in here for once! 

Mega Man Battle Network 1 completed last night!!!

7 minutes ago, stokeriño said:

The internet seems obsessed with this Frieren anime, including apparently scoring it above FMA:B on something, and I know nothing about it except that the characters look profoundly uninteresting.

I would give it a try, but I'd need to work on shaking off my "pfft yeah right" bias first.

Yeah I have been seeing a bunch of FB "anime group" posts about that in my feed lately. 

I have been delving into Attack on Titan and have been absofruitely loving it - it's so dang good. I also just started Dragonball GT as well because I've never watched it (but have watched maybe half of Super, so far). I wish I could get the Dub of it on Hulu but they only have the Sub so I have to focus while I watch lmao. 

6 hours ago, VerbalPuke said:

I noticed you all mentioning that you are doing historical simulations of the NBA on the 2K games. Do they actually have historically accurate rosters, drafts, and such? How far does it go back? Can you start at any era? That sounds fucking cool as hell. God I'd love to re-do the 2003 draft for the Pistons. 

Speaking for myself I plan Basketball GM by ZenGM. You could defs redo that draft on there with real players.

20 hours ago, Chris2K said:

Not a franchise so much, but I have a save file on NBA2K24 that I'm simulating a rewritten NBA landscape thanks to MyNBA going back to 1982-83. Basically it's a controlled simulation, I have control over every team and deal with free agency, drafting, contract renewals and occasionally step in to change some rotations I don't think are right. I also have it set for the CPU to make trade scenarios which I judge to accept or decline depending on if I think they're fair.

Yeah I am definitely planning on doing one of these watcher simulation games with BBGM as well but with really messing with NBA history haha

Awesome thread idea @DMN in the House

Here's one of my latest games of BBGM. I did a player challenge - 1984 Bulls with rookie Michael Jordan. The goal was to see if I could eclipse his real life career - I always attempted to compete every single season, MJ started no matter what, and traded anyone who wasn't pulling their weight to get MJ his titles. 

Here's how his career accolades shook out vs his real life ones (my game on left his career on right):

• Hall of Fame: Yes, in both
• Titles: 6 vs 6
• MVP: 7 vs 5
• Finals MVP: 4 vs 6
• Def. Player of the Year: 2 vs 1
• Rookie of the Year: Yes, in both
• All-NBA: 16 vs 11
• All-Defensive: 9 vs 9
• All-Rookie: Yes, in both
• All-Star MVP: 4 vs 3
• All-Star: 16 vs 14
• Slam Dunk Contest: 3 vs 2
• Scoring Leader: 10 vs 10
• Steals Leader: 4 vs 3

Pretty dang comparable actually considering my MJ had 4 extra seasons and about 450 extra games or so. 

One of the notable changes though is I won almost all of my titles with MJ when he was very young. My Bulls won in:

• 84-85
• 85-86
• 86-87
• 87-88
• 90-91
• 93-94

As opposed to the real MJ who won his 6 between 90-91 and 97-98 (including the year off between three peats to play baseball).

In terms of regular season stats, here's how the comparison went:

• PTS/G: 23.2 vs 30.1
• RBD/G: 5.4 vs 6.2
• FG%: 50.0 vs 49.7
• 3P%: 33.5 vs 32.7
• FT%: 86.4 vs 83.5
• AST/G: 4.4 vs 5.3
• TOV/G: 2.3 vs 2.7
• STL/G: 1.8 vs 2.3
• BLK/G: 0.8 vs 0.8
• FOULS/G: 2.2 vs 2.6

Again, considering I had 450 more games and most of those extras being in the decline years, I think that is a pretty good comparison overall!

Here's a brief seasonal recap:

• 84-85: Signed Larry Bird in the offseason, 63-19 record, swept way to Finals, won title after 7 grueling games with Clyde Drexler's Trail Blazers
• 85-86: No major roster moves, 65-17 record, breezed way to another title with a playoff record of 15-3
• 86-87: MJ and Bird continue to develop, 59-23 record, another easy title, walking 15-1 to the trophy
• 87-88: Kevin Duckworth, who I drafted in 86, cracks starting lineup, 52-30 record, not quite as easy of a title win but still got the job done in 6 vs Mark Aguirre and Mark Jackson's Mavericks
• 88-89: Added prime Isiah Thomas to the team as its PG. 58-24, headed back to the finals but lost to Magic Johnson's Lakers in 7
• 89-90: No huge moves, 65-17 record, lost to Sir Charles' 76ers (who was joined by Jeff Hornacek and Don Majerle)
• 90-91: Bird and IT starting to decline some more, 63-19 record, but took a pretty easy title run beating David Robinson and Reggie Miller's Sonics in 5
• 91-92: Mostly the same core guys, 58-24, #1 seed again, knocked off in 2nd round in 7 by Boston led by Dikembe Mutombo and Michael Adams
• 92-93: Core slowly declining, still made #1 seed with 59-23 record, choked in the first round though as Barkley's Sixers - now with Hakeem the Dream - took us out 3-1
• 93-94: IT dropping big time, picked up Dominique Wilkins, G Bobby Phills made a huge developmental leap. 45-37 record, first time as #4 seed and an underdog, breezed through the playoffs 15-2 to beat the Sonics again to win the title
• 94-95: Added aging John Stockton to beef up for a run at another trophy, 50-32 record, ironically swept by Toni Kukoc's Hornets in Round 1
• 95-96: Signed Alonzo Mourning to beef the inside, 50-32 record, taken out in round 1 by Shawn Kemp's Orlando Magic
• 96-97: Added Dino Radja and Cherokee Parks in a deal for Phills, 43-39 record, Phills gets last laugh by eliminating the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals
• 97-98: Picked up John Starks and an aging Hakeem as a 42 y/o Bird can't cut it anymore, 37-45 record - first missed playoffs in this run
• 98-99: Bird still active, drafted Cuttino Mobley 9th overall, 45-37 record gets us back in Playoffs, beaten in Round 1 by the Raptors led by Kerry Kittles
• 99-00: MJ's last year as an All-Star, Bird finally retires, added Shareef Abdur-Rahim in free agency, drafted Rasho Nesterovic, 45-37 record, this time swept by Donyell Marshall and Jason Terry's Wizards
• 00-01: MJ regressing in at standard pace, added Chauncey Billups, drafted Marcus Fizer, 49-33 record, made ECF but taken out by the Raptors again, now with  Elton Brand
• 01-02: Drafted Brendan Haywood, team rides strong year from Abdur-Rahim to a 57-25 record and another ECF appearance, lose to 76ers featuring Pau Gasol, Jason Williams, and Steve Nash
• 02-03: Last year for MJ, big drop from MJ but still have to start him, drafted Reggie Evans, sputtered to a 37-45 record, missed playoffs for only the second time
• 2003: MJ RETIRES AS A HALL OF FAMER