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    2024 Playoffs Western Conference First Round: (4) LA Clippers vs (5) Dallas Mavericks

    We are aligned. I give Luka shit because I think that dropping a couple of percent of body fat and expending some non-zero effort on defense would elevate his prospects of winning basketball games and can't fathom why someone wouldn't want to do that. Look at Lebron's physique at his age...
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    Bello to IL with lat tightness

    I had "73 wins or less" in the pre-season poll, and I'm starting to think that I went too high.
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    2024 Playoffs Western Conference First Round: (4) LA Clippers vs (5) Dallas Mavericks

    Yeah he's not going to be able to guard any of those guys. Good defending PGs struggle defending those guys credibly. I just mean if he is serious about maintaining an effort level at that end like he did in this game, to me he suddenly becomes a real problem. A guy who can make offense like...
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    2024 Playoffs Western Conference First Round: (4) LA Clippers vs (5) Dallas Mavericks

    Yeah a Luka who plays even net neutral defense is in the conversation for best player on earth. Maybe that guy is the conversation.
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    Regarding runs, I'm inclined to go with the flow on this as well, rather than trading up. It would be awesome to check all of the boxes in rounds 1-3, but the team has so many holes on offense that whatever guy we get at 103 is probably going to play. If there's a run on either WR or OT, then...
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    Yup and yup. If we stay at 3 and draft the QBOTF, and there's a huge run on OTs before 34, maybe all that's left is developmental guys. That would suck but is possible. I'm going to continue to wishcast that the demand on OT and WR in deep drafts for both is somewhat constant and that we're...
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    This reminds me of the stellar work that Philly did on the main page on the hit rate on MLB first rounders vs. all of the other draft slots. IIRC, he used bWAR or fWAR. It was staggering. You raise a good point about WR hit rates being more spread out than the OT one (and everyone knows the...
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    2024 Mock Drafts are more fun than this boring, awful Patriots Team

    Williams/Maye gone at 3, so I accepted a trade down to 7 and the Giants miraculously took JJM (I was expecting to trade down again and load up on next year). Dropping from 3 to 7 got me 38 and my second tackle and still got an X and possible difference makers at TE and RB in the 3rd and 4th...
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    Casas has a left rib fracture. He will be out "a while." (4/23 update)

    Probably an example where internet consensus is pretty accurate. Unlike meniscus injuries, TJ, rotator cuff, etc, bones are bones. More or less any broken bone you have, doc is going to tell you 6-8 weeks (assuming the broken parts still touch). Ribs are weird because they never stop moving...
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    2024 Mock Drafts are more fun than this boring, awful Patriots Team

    If the draft turns out this way, a lot of men in New England will need to see their doctors four hours later
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    What do you want Pats to do with #3?

    Awesome list. Thanks for this. Glad you have Franklin so high. I definitely see him as an X, since his speed and lack of bulk would work better there. A bit surprised that you have Roman so low, but I hope that means that we can get him at 103.
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    Celtics vs Da Culture - Round 1 (FIGHT!)

    Yeah that's fair and often overlooked in importance.
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    Celtics vs Da Culture - Round 1 (FIGHT!)

    Rob Williams who can score would be fantastic to behold. I'd still rather have Porzingis. Being able to go 5 wide 8 guys deep is a huge advantage. No problem with anyone feeling the urge to hedge injury bets here though. Swap out KP for BA, and I'd have no huge issue with it, because the...
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    Celtics vs Da Culture - Round 1 (FIGHT!)

    It's super hard with any metrics to unpack how much of a guy's defensive stats are based on his teammates. Both Miami and Boston had stellar defenses this year. Some of that is because of Bam and KP, respectively. But some of that was because of their teammates. Hard to unpack. I say that...
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    The Krafts

    Honestly, there are only 2 possibilities: 1. Ownership is meddling and being more hands-on. This is bad because owners suck at it. But it's also bad that someone very clued in (like perhaps Wolf himself) is already so aggravated by this that he's leaking this news to the press. Worst case...
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