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One insider did. The same insider that wanted to replace BU with Chris Beard and thought we'd regret not hiring Cuonzo Martin. As I recall other insiders thought the anti-Tyler stuff was crazy, because even back then he was orchestrating extremely efficient offenses.

Btw, best disappearing act since Houdini himself... His last post? "Time we move on." LOL

I guess, but at the same time, Halliburton at 12 was a phenomenal pick. Arguably the best player in that entire draft. And then in last year's draft their only pick was a second rounder, Maxime Reynaud at #42, and he ended up 7th in the entire class in win shares. Outside of a few head...

I think direct comparisons across eras is a really difficult thing to do. In soccer this is compounded by the fact that players of the past did not move as freely, so a guy like Pele for example never played in Europe. Most of his career, and the best part of his career, was in Brazil. I do tend...

Yeah it's pretty crazy. Breaking it down into games/goals really makes it clear. Messi - 27 games, 16 goals - 0.59 goals per match Mbappe - 15 games, 14 goals - 0.93 goals per match Christiano Ronaldo - 23 games, 8 goals - 0.35 goals per match I will say, Messi is much more of a facilitator...

What's crazy is that Mbappe is only 2 goals behind and 11 years younger.

I have said that too. But I don't think anyone thinks being drafted by the Bulls ruined Ayo's career right? These are two different things.

For one yes, if you start your career at a team and have a good NBA career, clearly the team you started with didn't kill your career. That's not being pedantic, that's calling a spade a spade. Second, Butler was a 3x All-Star, All-NBA, All-Defense player as a Bull...that's not success? What...

So a metric that just allows you to continue to ignore Jimmy Butler?

That is not what anybody means when they talk about the Tony Snell 0 0 0 0 game lol. That's probably a lot more common and just means you barely played.

Maybe the search should have taken a few seconds longer. Ayo played 26 minutes: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401584928 And btw, Snell played 28 minutes in his: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/400900266

Didn't Ayo also famously have a 0 0 0 0 game? Is he some kind of failure now? And why are years and games "laughably asinine" when the question is about quality of career? Longevity in the NBA is not a given, and is kind of a key determinant of your "career." I think any player would take an...

Yeah, they are terrible owners. But they did not tell Thibs to keep D. Rose in. That was Thibs doing what Thibs has always done, and what he continued to do after he left the Bulls. By the way, Derrick Rose still ended up having an above average career even for the #1 pick in the draft. It...

And this kids is why you don't use batting average. Herrera' OBP is .392, his OPS is .805, and his OPS+ is 131. He has in fact been great.

So, for one, D Rose and Deng didn't even happen under the current iteration of the Bulls. Thibs kept D Rose in (was also involved in the Deng mess but that was mainly team doctors...I'm guessing those docs are also long gone), and he hasn't been there in over a decade, so unless you're claiming...