Everything posted by LurkingHorn
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The destruction of America's public education system
It's a game of chicken at this point and, unfortunately, Abbott and his team of billionaires are likely going to win. If by some miracle vouchers don't pass this session but Abbott still holds the funding hostage, we are going to see a lot of pissed-off parents because not only will vouchers be a loser again, but districts are going to be strapped even harder for funds.
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The destruction of America's public education system
I've already called my pro-voucher rep and gotten others to call. Definitely feels like an uphill battle, though. I had no idea how many districts were running a budget deficit after the last session didn't provide any additional funding. Crazy that we're shooting ourselves in the foot to pass a program with zero real-world benefits.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
Don't know how they pulled that out last night, but these dudes are still playing very hard. If they can pull out one more miracle win tonight, vibes in the locker room would be pretty damn good going into the break.
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The Worst Trade in NBA History: Luka traded for AD
There's already one of those trucks with a big sign on it doing that. At least it was on Saturday.
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The Worst Trade in NBA History: Luka traded for AD
This needs to happen any time he shows his face in public, especially since he will not face the music.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
Would laugh my ass off if these people got sued for trying to lock down protest. Would be the cherry on top of a shitty ice cream.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
What a strike!
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
I think Nico will be out by the summer after this team misses the playoffs. Who would have guessed that Mark Cuban was the voice of reason in the room between him and Nico? I wouldn't hold your breath on a mea culpa from the Adelsons. They care about the casino and that's it. I'm very interested to see how poor the attendance is going to be next season. That is the only thing that might get any attention from these people.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
Once again, what is Kidd supposed to do with 4 out of his best 5 players missing? Effort is all they can do right now and they are doing that. The Mavs do not have a big man they can play right now which is ironic considering how they constructed the roster post Luka trade. I still cannot get over this whole saga. Mavs in 2012: We're not going to bring back a roster that just won a championship. Mavis in 2025: We don't want the international superstar that just carried us to a WCF and NBA Finals appearance. What a cursed franchise. Cannot enjoy nice things.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
Yea, I'm not Kidd's biggest fan but what is he supposed to do here? Something like 4 of his best 5 players were all out with injury. The Kings should have stomped that team by 20 points last night, but the Mavs played hard and could have won the game.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
Same here. Just can’t even get myself to track the Mavs game right now.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
Dirk going to LA for Luka’s debut. Probably the biggest FU yet to this front office.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
This is going to be Lamar Odom 2.0. AD has zero interest in being here and I don't blame him. Luka has no real interest in being in LA. AD’s game today does not suggest he has zero interest in being here.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
Davis already hurt it seems.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
This dude is in way over his head. You cannot do this deal and not face the music.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
Ditto.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
I was not even this depressed after '06. At least we had finally toppled the Spurs and made it farther than we ever had before. It was a tough pill to swallow losing the finals, but as time went on, you could look back and remember how great the journey was. There is just nothing redeemable about this. And it gets worse every day.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
Does it even matter anymore?
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The Worst Trade in NBA History: Luka traded for AD
If that were the case, Nico should have resigned instead of attaching his name to the worst trade in league history
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
The Hoop Collective was actually talking about this and he was actually about to overpay massively for Kuzma last year but Kuzma killed the deal and they went with PJ instead. They basically said even then he has not shown a lot of understanding of value when it comes to trades. He kind of lucked into that one. The more I listen to pods, the more I think this is just Nico thinking he's the smartest guy in the room. Maybe he may ultimately be correct about getting out of the Luka business, but he failed massively at asset management. All the good work of the past 2 seasons completely undone. We will never live this down.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
And here's the rub for me: if Nico genuinely thinks he can't build a roster around Luka and win a championship, then I'm not interested in that person being the GM of my team. If he actually felt that way, he should have resigned and we would have had dozens of qualified candidates banging down there door to get a shot with this roster and assets. When this boils down, it's a decision to keep Nico vs Luka and I think anyone is picking Luka 100 times out of 100. Nico just nuked our organization for the next 7 or 8 years and won't have to be around to see the consequences of it. What a shitty fucking time.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
We don’t have nearly enough ball handlers or shot creators. AD wants to play the 4 which means PJ is playing a lot more 3. I honestly don’t know how that works offensively and I don’t think we have a good coach to make it work. I don’t think we’re going to be able to play good enough defense to overcome that.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
I don’t think we’re going to have to worry about this. This roster makes zero sense. They’re aren’t making a run to the finals.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
If the league is that desperate then the league won’t be around in 10-20 years anyway. You cannot sacrifice top 5 markets to make one team good, even if it’s the Lakers.
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2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - This time we're not happy to just be here.
Why wouldnt the NBA just make an expansion team in Vegas instead of going through all this hassle to abandon a top 5 market?