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I’ve heard that while the rest of the team was eating dinner Joe Mazulla pulled out a bag of twelve apples and said “apple time, apple time” which he then ate with a knife and a fork 

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I see them getting two picks as loading up on assets which can be used for a trade down the line. Not specifically this year, but they could use them this year. 

 Keeping the 8th pick means bringing on a guy who probably needs development time. If they’re tanking that’s not a problem, but they opted for more liquidity in their assets.

Realistically I don’t seem them contending for the playoffs this year as much as the year after but I think they will try to be better this year.

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I feel like you have enough good young guys that you don’t really have to rely on the luck of the draft anymore and can just build around your core

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Bringing in a vet and trading a young guy for future assets both seem compatible with trying to make a jump in level to me

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I don’t think his wife really has any trouble finding work 

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And his wife is also wealthy, they’re not hurting 

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Never really understand what fans are talking about when they ask for accountability. They want an apology tour that he didn't block that Dame shot or something?

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He played in the FIBA World Cup last year so he’s already got the international experience from that. The Olympics are more prestigious but they’re not really that different. With it being his rookie year, it makes sense to me that his focus is on his new team.

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Don’t bother, most of the nephews on this site are probably teenagers who weren’t even alive during the hippodrome riots, back when the game was played with more physicality (and on horses).

I mean you’re talking to a crowd that has such recency bias they probably rank recent players like Kareem Abdul Jabbar above Gaius Appuleius Diocles

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It’s true that he’s never had tons of heart but I think his recent issues are more due to the mental funk he was in after his dad died