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The NBA investigation if that happens would make the Trent one look like Childs play.

https://www.si.com/nba/heat/onsi/this-giannis-antetokounmpo-quote-could-turn-heat-fans-heads-01m3st7kx9jy This could be more of Giannis just being Giannis, or him playing his cards close to the vest to get the best FA deal, but it would be hilarious if the heat gave up as much as they did for one season of him. I have said before he has changed. This isn't the same player that was a buck a decade ago. "Or Maybe this was his secret plot to speed up the bucks rebuild and he was always coming back" (this should be in blue, I don't see that as an option)

I am wondering if the loss of Jon-Eric Sullivan really hurt the Packers. Gutey said he was happy with the OL room and was worried about loosing practice squad players to other teams. I think most fans had the concern that the OL depth was very thin. Maybe loosing that voice in Gutey's ear is an issue.

Kevin Zeitler has signed. It would appear that definitely for the Bears game the Packers will have 2 new Gaurds in Zeitler and Tomlinson. Becton may be playing RT in the near future.

With Williams out and the Packers playing poorly, Bears / Packers flexed to noon.

well if he said that, then I question his talent evaluation skills.

I'm glad they are bringing guys in but everyone knew that they were thin at O-Line. I wish this was done at camp and not week 4. I agree the Becton signing is intriging, just a year ago he was given 2/20 from the chargers.

I heard it on sports talk many a time, people said they would sacrifice a terrible season by all other sports teams here for just one World Series, maybe this is the start of the prophesy.

OL went down the tubes the second Butkus came here and Stenavich got promoted.

the problem is that he is not a max player with regards to production. Last season he got 20 ppg and 10 rebounds. Its what they did to Turner. They paid him like a star when he clearly didn't fit the bill. Hes a nice center, albeit it a little undersized, but not a max player.

@nate82, you are 100% correct. Even if he put up numbers like 2024-25, I don't think it was an issue. I also ready that because it was signed 2 weeks after the start of free agency, most teams wouldn't have been able to pay that. Regarding Duran, I have no issue with a trade of Turner / Green and a 1st, but I read he is looking for 40MM a year, which seems like a lot for him.

Don't want to start a new thread, so i'll put this here. This is such a bad look for Counsell. They just lost 2 games at home to the Marlins, there are tons of people in the East embracing for a horrible storm and he is worried that he is at a disadvantage because there is a doubleheader tomorrow. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50016225/counsell-says-cubs-disadvantage-schedule-change

@nate82, I had chat GPT do some research for me. I asked for 5 players who signed contracts for about 4 / 64 over the last 2 off seasons and rank them by 25-26 PPG. While Trent was the worst, its not so out of bounds compared to most of the others. While I am sure there was some shady dealings, the truth is 16 million doesn't buy you much in the NBA anymore. Just in 24-25, Trent was at 11.1 ppg.

My friend that has run our league wanted to change things up and switched it to a death league. Has anyone else done one, to me they seem dumb. Instead of the strategy of finding free agents before anyone else and making shrewd trades, you are simply rewarded for bidding a dollar higher on the players on the team that gets eliminated. So far on my 1000 dollar FAB budget I got Puka for 101, CMC for 101, and Lamar Jackson for 202, so i have about 600 dollars left. I am assuming others are just holding back until the end and then take everyone.

The bucks did the same thing with Bobby Portis, the issue is that he wasn't terrible. Trent had a horrible season and was rewarded with a pay raise. In the article on brew hoop, I saw that there doesn't necessary need to be proof (like there was in the joe smith ordeal), but just the appearance of something shady. I think there will be some penalty and I'm hoping its simply financial. I am assuming some draft penalties will exist.