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More wrong. Watching Rodney Dangerfield on Carson. Goober youngsters in the comments keep asking about Dr. Vinny Boombatz. There is no Dr. Vinny Boombatz you goobers. It's a joke. I understood that at five. What's with these people?

2026 Spurs losing to the Nicks be like 2017 Warriors losing to the Nets. Couldn't happen because no one could choke like Wemby and Johnson in the history of the NBA.

Lakers fans are glad LeBrick is gone. Fat boy Luka gotta get at least four titles before he compares to greats.

I don't understand these goober analytics idiots. Kareem is universally considered the greatest center ever. Magic is universally considered the greatest point guard ever. Jerry West, who acquired both Kareem and Magic, said Kobe was better than both of them.

@Gerry Hamilton Maybe NBA thread makes it better. Jerry West traded for Kareem. Jerry West drafted Magic. Jerry West signed Shaq. Jerry West said the best acquistion he ever made was drafting 17 year old Kobe. He said it the night he drafted Kobe.

There's a reason Herbstreit referred to them as the "lunatic fringe." I follow Ohio State football relatively closely precisely for this reason: their fans provide more entertainment than any other sports fanbase. This provides a counterbalance to Longhorn fans. Whenever I think we go too far, I can just think about Buckeye fans. Kentucky basketball fans are actually nuttier. They want Pope fired after every loss and every time they miss on a recruit. Even so, there's something about the pure outrage among Buckeye fans that takes the cake.

Enjoyed watching some real Mavs basketball against the Twolves tonight.

I'm up trading stocks on European markets. What are you doing? Don't think anyone seriously denies Kobe was the best basketball player in the world from June 2000 to June 2010. As for Texas, Sark constantly talks about Kobe.

"Why did Iverson, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki and LeBrick James win MVP in 2001, 2002,2003, 2004 2005, 2006, 2007,2009, 2010" Kobe "Because the media votes on it."

@Gerry Hamilton What kind of draft grade does Punch have currently? Watching him shoot makes me doubt the NBA is overly interested in him as this point. His lack of height diminishes his viability as a rim protector at the NBA level.

Arkansas doesn't have legitimate frontcourt play. Furthermore, Arkansas' best players are freshmen. Texas has a few important freshmen, but Texas has older players (Matas, Punch, Johnson, Lewis, Freeman, etc.) to carry the load in crunch time. As I've noted before, Cal is more concerned with bolstering his draft ledger than winning. Virginia's the opposite with their 24-year-old, unathletic Euros. Texas should be reasonably better than both by tournament time.

Forgot to add that Sterling has looked much better than I expected. Had doubts about the release point of his shot. Doesn't look like it's going to be an issue. Truthfully, he's been our third best offensive player after Matas and Isaiah Johnson. He can shoot the cover off the ball, and he's not bad defensively. Bring him off a pin down, put him in a split or staggered screen and he'll be able to score like gangbusters with that shot.

I'll mitigate some of my combo guard criticism and admit Austin Goosby has looked good as a playmaker. Like to see more facilitating from Johnson, however. Questions will remain about their overall ball handling until they face higher lever competition. They'll have good tests against Baylor, UCLA (potentially), Miami and Louisville before conference play. When it comes to post play, haven't seen that Matas has made significant improvement defensively in terms of moving his feet and playing vertically without fouling. It's still early, so maybe it's coming.

Wonder when pundits are going to drop off the Arizona hype train. Remarked several times over the offseason that they don't have an eligible PF and their backcourt is much worse than last season. This played out exactly to form against UCLA. They won't be a top 20 team without major improvement.