23 year old superstars should be held for as little time as possible

This team, or more accurately Tyreke Evans and DeMarcus Cousins, are atrocious night in night out with their play. It’s disgusting to think 2 guys with that kind of talent are puke worthy, but they very much are.

Cousins blinds people with his rebounding numbers, but if you watch the game you will realize that the Kings are one of the 5 worst rebounding teams with one of the “5 best” rebounders on the team. This isn’t a team like the Wolves that is inept and with no other players who can rebound or something like Love’s last few years. You will also realize that Cousins board numbers while sometimes great are not really in the grand scheme that big of a deal when in 39 minutes he grabs 13 boards and in 23 minutes grabs 13 boards. Both are problematic on every level.

This is a team that has two young “cornerstones” that don’t give a shit about committing to a real gameplan on a night in night out basis on what’s going to happen. Which is very much the antithesis of Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio right now. (And even Love in past years with little help most nights.)

As bad as the Wolves were in recent years (they were unwatchable), the Kings are that team this year. I would suggest flipping the channel unless you have an interest in morbidly frightened/amused by the worst AAU basketball the NBA game has ever seen.

But why is that an incentive? Both agents and both players will want the most money. Either they’re winning by then or they’re not.

Kahn: Ricky, do you want to play with Love on a (insert wins here) team? Love, do you want to play with Ricky on a (insert wins here) team?

That’s the question. They’ve just moved the date where this question gets asked up 2 years. This question gets asked all the time. They probably thought about it last night when Ricky hit the 46 minute mark. They’re a Bill Withers song right now. I’m sure they think about this a lot and don’t need matching contract dates to make that point hit home.

The 5 year bit is for extensions, not new deals (DH would be a new deal, as he’s about to be a UFA). This is an incentive for teams to offer a bit extra to awesome players being extended on their rookie deals. You know, players like Kevin Love. The “carrots” here are the extra year and…well, that’s pretty much it. It doesn’t even really make much sense.

Let’s say the Wolves end up extending or giving Love a new 5 year deal at the end of the 3 years. If the NBA makes more money in years 4 and 5, the max money goes up. They could end up paying more on the last 2 years than had they simply signed him for 5. Moneywise, and security wise, this is kind of crazy. You don’t play around with this type of production. It is rare. You pay for it and you lock it up for as long as you can. Now, the Wolves have a situation where Love can test the free market in 3 years with the possibility of the NBA’s BRI being higher and other teams being able to offer him what will be more than….well, nothing about not giving him 5 makes sense.

But in the new CBA this is the last year that sign & trade/extend and trades are legal, right?

That at least gives the hometown team a little bit more of an advantage, since he can’t just pick where he wants to go and get paid unless they have the cap space.

Just did a Canishoopus search and found the original unicorn is none other than Antoine Walker playing defense. Looks like Wyn coined the term first.

M’kay.

Kathleen Falk! (Sorry to be late on this, I went to bed.)

…the owners of the Hornets, Wolves, and David Stern did not wink-wink their way to offering 4 year deals to players in the same draft class.

It’s really interesting to watch this 5 year bit play out. The smartest GM in the league jumps at it while owners of small market teams and the league-owned bit hand out 4 year deals while pretty much daring the player to either turn it down or hit free agency as an RFA where they will be offered a contract by another team that is less than what they could have received from their own team…which can then be matched.

Seattlites are bad in the snow. We got over 20 inches in three days and then the freezing rain came and turned the snow in the trees to ice bringing down trees, branches, and power lines. Lost power for 3 days in total. No electricity sucks without a fireplace or wood stove. When the power went out I had no power in any of my 2 kindles, laptop or cell phone, it was humbling to realize how dependent I am on power.

That’s got to be horrible

to keep defenses from overplaying the pass. Especially coming off a pick. Making the shot is almost a secondary goal at this point.

As long as that continues to be the case, he can miss a few shots. Making shots are just gravy.

Where have I read that . . .