Proudiddy

I know what Ellis said, but I'm really hoping they just release him. The difference between him and PJ is minimal, and hopefully neither would have to see the field regardless and just let Corral sit and develop, be it as the 2 or 3.

Big difference between Cheek and Cheeks nowadays, Scot. "Cheeks" is popular slang now for someone/something being garbage or not good at something. Also a safer, G-Rated variation of the use of "ass." That QB is complete ass, bro. Man, our QB is cheeks.

As far as what's taken place... as I've said before throughout the huddle since the rumors started, Baker is a good QB. I'm not head over heels for him or anything, never have been, BUT, i recognize his ability. He has Top 10 potential in this league if everything falls into place (system, personnel, coaching, etc.). He can be more than a game manager. But, he van also be very average... but as the article points out, I was basing my evaluation of him from his play before last season's shoulder injury, and the 2020 version of Baker was a good QB. They came within a few plays of beating the Chiefs... I like this move infinitely better than the Darnold deal, and not just because of the compensation, but because Darnold was hopeless and has, does, and will continue to suck ass. Baker can win you games, and regardless of what he does this upcoming season, I love the plan of bringing Corral along slowly in the mold of Rodgers and Mahomes. Sitting even half of a season, but hopefully at least all of your rookie season could prove to be invaluable and with his tools and intangibles, Corral has the potential to follow thr same trajectory as Rodgers and Mahomes... love this. P.S. - I am sad this closes the door on Cam coming back... but wait... what if we cut Darnold? Hmmm...

Freudian slip?

I love Terry, but we need to trade him and get value for him because the fit just isn't ideal. He is a certified dog and an absolute baller, but hr has to go somewhere where he is the ball dominant guard. Having Melo here as the primary ball handler makes it tough matches wise when you have a barely 6 foot guard as the other gut in the backcourt. I've always believed that. No matter how good he is, it puts us in an unfavorable position if he isn't able to maximize his touches and production offensively to offset the match up issues it creates on defense. So, ideally, moving him to a team where he could maximize his offense for a off-guard or combo guard with size would be perfect, and Lonzo fits that's description perfectly. I really would like to get more for Terry (like in a package to get KD, but that's likely a piepedream as I'm sure KD has no interest in coming here), but if that's the beat we can do, I really like that trade as well. An off-guard with size and defensive ability makes us incredibly dangerous. Also, can you imagine the Lonzo and Melo as a passing backcourt? My God. That would be amazing to watch.

fug Ben Simmons.

Despite his criticisms, so does Proudiddy.

What a monumental fugup he has been this offseason. You couldn't possibly fumble the bag any worse than what he has. Smh... Disappointed in him, and pissed off at the same time.

I also was pushing for him even before it was rumored... it's tough to say what happened without being privy to the behind the scenes stuff, but what I assumed, was it was our decision, not his. Reason being, I doubt he comes back and does a second interview in-person ( which was widely reported) after Atkinson fell through if he had no intention of accepting the position. Even if he felt jilted that we hired Atkinson over him the first round, I doubt he comes back to interview with us if he knew he didn't want the job. So that has led me to my theory, that between the draft night trade where we basically punted a lottery pick for nothing, and then hiring a retread coach we previously fired who has shown no signs of improvement, progress, or evolving and got fired again after he left here... that there's no way that reunion comes together without a) Clifford knowing he has no other chance at being a HC again, so he makes some concessions (i.e. lower salary demands, swallows his pride to come back and interview with a previous employer that fired him), and b) Charlotte knowing they can pay him less because of the position he found himself in with no other chance HC prospects and his previous history with the org. Simply put, I think the lottery pick trade and hiring Clifford were both about MJ saving money and maybe a slight hint of comfortability with familiarity. There's no way you look at those two candidates and decide Clifford was the better option that offers us a better chance at success on the court... it had to be money.

Yeah, sorry... wasn't intending that towards you, just as a general statement to the people who yammered on about why would we hire D'Antoni when our issue was defense... so we passed on a likely HOF coach with a proven system who has come closer to an NBA finals multiple times than we ever have... and not passed on him once, BUT TWICE! Only to hire a retread we already fired who is stuck in his ways, and his ways, at their best, has a ceiling of getting blown out and/or swept from the playoffs as a 7th or 8th seed. Fantastic management, I tell ya!

Welp... prepare to rage fellas. One interesting footnote I kept thinking that everyone seemed to be ignoring after the draft night trade fiasco, was aside from the obvious - we enabled Detroit to save money to throw at Miles by giving them a young center so that they don't have to pursue Ayton - many left out the fact that Detroit is Miles' hometown team. So not only did we enable them to offer him beaucoup amounts of money that will likely scare MJ's cheap ass from matching, but he has even extra incentive to sign with the team that we helped because he's from there. I swear our teams are headed by fuging idiots.

Lol. That's what should happen, but we just hired Steve back... so, expect a Mason Plumlee and Bismack Biyimbo re-signing to start in the front court and eat up 32 minutes per game each. But hey! All you guys that wanted defense will get your wish as we slow the game down to limit possessions!

I wouldn't be surprised one bit if we lose him. The Panthers and Hornets are clearly cursed franchises. Just look at the poo they did over the last two weeks... losing Miles falls right in line with all of it. We are a dysfunctional organization, so I like to go ahead and prepare myself for the worst possible outcomes with our teams... That being said, if you look at the Kyler Murray situation with the Cardinals earlier this offseason, he did the same thing while trying to negotiate an extension. I think it's par for the course with agencies/athletes and their teams nowadays, but again, I wouldn't be surprised at all if we lose him.

TBH, if we can't get Duren at 13, I hope that's all it takes to get Myles. 13th plus salary for Myles... after that, I really don't care. Although Williams' size is intriguing, he is much of the same dinosaur that we've had issues with forever now, and those guys tend to get exposed when running into the better run orgs in the league (i.e., the ones we aspire to be if we ever want to win)... so, no thanks.

Well, I want to watch the whole league burn after what they've done, and be humbled like never before... and I heard a report today that after him trying to dodge them saying he had a pre-planned trip to make, apparently Congress now plans to subpoena Snyder. I hope he ends up losing the team and it gets really yucky for the whole league as he tries to bring others down with him.

Yup. 100%. IIRC, there was also some bad blood lingering from the CBA stuff and I thought I remembered reading that a lot of the owners had an ongoing beef with JR, which again, makes that story breaking when and how it did all the more convenient for them... Again, his actions were his own and he deserved whatever consequences he had coming for them... but what we all have seen, and continue to see and agree on is, he clearly wasn't the only owner with moral and ethical shortcomings; in fact, many are exposing themselves to be even worse... difference is, they are still in goodstanding in the good ol' boys club and that apparently makes all the difference.

Correct. Technically. But they generally move in lockstep. So you're (not you, but a general you) telling me they all saw eye to eye on JR, but all of them are fine with what Snyder is doing and how he keeps making the league look? I'm convinced the JR stuff all started with Goodell.

It's possible, but there seemed to be a lot more outward pressure... seemingly, manufactured, and at the right place and right time with no relenting. Clearly, Goodell didnt come to JR's rescue like he keeps doing for all of these other upstanding men of integrity. The story wasn't going away. And it was all for a reason. Every time something comes up with one of the other owners, they have simply swept it under the rug and usually, effectively killed the stories. In hindsight, to me, it feels like everything that happened was engineered to get JR out so he could give/"sell" the team to Tepper who had long been rumored to be the next guy in line to join the billionaire boys club. It wasn't so much about the offenses for the NFL, it was that it was a convenient story to allow them to transfer power to whom they wanted... because clearly Goodell doesn't give a poo about human rights, domestic abuse, racism, healthy workplace environments, or player and employee safety and well-being. Dude is a fuging slimeball.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34131214/roger-goodell-says-no-authority-remove-daniel-snyder-owner-washington-commanders So, just thought I would share this as I find it interesting that this guy has nonstop been an issue since he took over there and has had issues with racism, sexism, sexual harassment and abuse almost to the level of human trafficking, has been investigated countless times for countless egregious offenses, but Goodell says he has no authority to remove him? Interesting, because the asshole had no problem stepping in here and forcing JR out for far lesser (in terms of quantity and magnitude) offenses because we're just the Carolina Panthers... and now we're stuck with a fuging dumbass for an owner, knowing Snyder is equally, if not more, of a bigot, misogynist, predator and racist... And I have no doubt vocal idiots like Jerry Jones, The McNairs, and Stephen Ross have just as many violations with racism and other workplace problems, and yet, they're still sitting comfortably in power. Note: This is not to excuse JR or what he was accused of. Everyone that knows me on this board and in real-life knows I stand on the side of justice, equality and equity, and love for all. This is simply to point out that this is more evidence that Goodell is a fuging asshole that only meddles when he sees fit and is a fuging piece of poo human being... and it still just pisses me off that we got stuck with Tepper because of their bullshit when the stuff Snyder and Washington have done is of the same category of violation but to a much greater degree and magnitude - for instance, JR demanded Blue Jean Fridays or whatever it was... Snyder had his whole office walking around trading cards of nude cheerleaders they forced into taking nude photographs of, who were essentially being held hostage in a hostile work environment. Both disgusting, but I'd say the second one is far more egregious, and yet, this douche has remained bulletproof. I don't disagree that JR had to sell, but when you see the poo happening in DC, it all feels very predetermined, what happened here. Snyder has not just violated the "shield" multiple times, but he has broken countless state and federal laws with his behavior and the culture he has set forth in DC, and he has not had to answer for it a single time. And not only does he not answer for it, Goodell capes for him. How tf does a coach for another team get fired after they read the internal emails from a whole separate organization, but no one within that organization gets fired? And then Goodell refused to disclose the rest of the emails or release them to media. I fuging hate dude, and he is the main reason why I don't trust that what we see on the field is ever actually a legit, untampered product. From destroying Spygate evidence, to seeing the Ray Rice video and not making a move until the media got it and made it public because of how it made the league look, to officiating in Superbowl 50, to intervening when the JR story broke, and then taking this stance every fuging time more of Snyder's dirt is shoveled up, it just feels all very dirty and manipulated, and it doesn't seem we are one of the favored teams... Again, not defending JR. I'm saying the poo Snyder has done and gotten away with is unbelievable and Goodell has a history of selectively stepping in and not stepping in at all when it's convenient for him and his buddies. Hypocrisy at its finest.

If we let Miles walk... smh.

Borrego was what he was. We saw his ceiling as a coach, and it wasn't pretty. We need a new coach and although this is embarrassing, it probably is for the best because Atkinson is a bum and D'Antoni and Snyder are better options.

D'Antoni, Mark Jackson, or Snyder, and I'm more excited than I ever was for this clown. D'Antoni was my favorite from the beginning, but I would love Jackson or Snyder as well. I'm guessing Jackson isn't an option though bc we never interviewed him in the first place. Might be an MJ thing. Never trusted him to begin with, because although he overachiever witht he pre-KD/Kyrie Nets, he flaked out on them too. People now play revisionist history and say he left because they essentially forced him out, but I remember the initial word was that he just resigned on his own, and it was pretty much out of nowhere, just like this was. Oh well, hope he enjoys being a end-of-bench cuck for the rest of his coaching career. It's certainly embarrassing and leaves a bit of a stench on the org, and makes zero sense why you would accept in the first place, but like I said, he had an established history of being a flake, which is why I was lukewarm on him in the first place. We're better off for it... hire one of the guys I listed, and we're projecting a lot higher than we ever would have with this clown.

I hate them with a passion, but that is clean.

Jimmy is solid, but is very much in the mold of a game manager (I kind of hedge towards Baker being that as well), and considering Baker had a severe injury he was playing through all of last season, it's kind of hard to glean much, if anything, from his performances as a result. Also, for that same reason, I don't know how much we can translate from last season to the upcoming season for Jimmy with him coming off of a pretty scary surgery himself. Regardless, if the price is right, I'm taking either over Sam.