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Grant Hill says the best player he ever played against was Kobe, not Jordan.

Fat boy Luka and Grandpa LeBrick are out of favor with new owner Walter. Thank god. Can't let stupid Mavs fans and hype rule. Package both and get real title winning players. Gotta fire Pelinka find a real GM.

For the LeBrick lovers out there, like CJ. Looking at all time stats. Kareem has a higher career free throw percentage than LeBrick. That's a 7'2" gangly center who is a better all around shooter than a 6'8" forward. Skill matters.

Use to hear about this all the time. How Magic was the only player in the history of world versatile enough to play any position on the floor (1-5) and do it well enough to win a title while doing so. Now we have pencil goobers hammering us with analytics.

Lakers sold for $10 billion. Highest price in history. Reminds me of Magic being the only rookie to ever win Finals MVP. Only point guard to ever play center in the NBA Finals. 42 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists in game 6 clincher when he was 20. Convinced head coach Paul Westphal to start him at center in place of injured Kareem.

This goes way beyond sports. We're talking about tyranny on a historically grand scale. Have said that, I do intellectually admire a few Jesuit academic orders.

I'm indifferent to that. The only school I'd positively root for ND to beat is the criminal sooners.

Remember that the lowest ranked WR in last year's group, McCutcheon, is showing the most thus far. There's quite a bit of future talent on campus budgeted into the equation.

The "committed" part of this is more tenuous than ever. These kids are being promised millions by some schools that is very unlikely to ever be paid. When they start figuring that out, it will be interesting.

Can't stand Notre Dame, but hope he does really well unless it's a game winner against Texas.

Don't think Texas views it the same way. One of my favorite recruiting stories from last year is that DK Moore asked Texas for tickets to the Georgia game in Austin. Texas told him no. You can guess why.

There's the locker room dynamic of this as well. To this point, there hasn't been a team that ridiculously overpaid high school recruits and made it work with team culture and chemistry. Aggy '22 class being a prime example. Legally, I'd guess some things will happen quickly. The likelihood of the clearing house being able to reject third party payments is preposterous on its face. I can't think of a high profile example of anything like it in US history. I doubt the "affiliated" cap on NIL deals last very long, but it may make it through this cycle. What's affiliated? Who decides? The clearing house is not a disinterested third party. All to say, those schools that have kept spending like there's no tomorrow will at best face a period of legal limbo that's unlikely to permit them to hang on to most of the funny money deals.

This will be interesting. My understanding is that deals for this cycle haven't been officially put in writing and signed yet. That's the August 1 deal. Could they have had up front payments for committing? Sure, but that's not the same thing as a signed two year contract. What's "affiliated" and what's "true" NIL? We don't know that yet. I agree that's it's likely the courts will alter this substantially; but while that plays out in court, these high school kids aren't likely to patiently wait.

August 1 will initiate an interesting transition point in this cycle. Deals can be put in writing and submitted. Likely to see a number of high profile decommitments popping up by mid to late August. Likely to see player initiated lawsuits too. You know that most of the crazy dollar deals for high school recruits are based in "affiliated" NIL. We'll see how that's enforced and how the clearing house fairs in court.

This is entirely predictable because of the uncertainty around interpretation and enforcement of the House ruling. It will settle. Texas has clearly decided to emphasize roster retention over high school recruiting during the time of instability. It's the best plan.

There's not a "cap," but there is a limit to viable NIL funds. I've been on record saying there is almost no chance this "clearing house" entity withstands higher judicial scrutiny. Even so, that doesn't mean that the NIL market won't become more stable. As that plays out over the next couple of years, there is good reason to be cautious about monetary risk in an unstable market. Texas will not have a talent deficiency in the next couple of years.

Phil Jackson said that if Kobe could have palmed the ball, he would have been better than MJ because he was more skilled.

Kind of like the Nagy deal with the criminal sooners. When you point out to them that Nagy would still be in the NFL if he were an NFL talent evaluating genius, they don't know what to say.

Doubt it. Magic owned Bird. To say nothing about Kareem. But I'm sorry for hijacking boys.

Landry and Parcells called the offense and defense for the Cowboys. Three all time coaching trees. Coryell, Walsh, and Parcells. Jones sucks. Had one of the three greatest coaches of all time, but Jerry thought he knew better.

Literally verified by Phil Jackson. He said Kobe told MJ he'd beat him. MJ said maybe, but you gotta win some titles before it means anything.