Justin Verrier

It's just unbelievable.

I'm saying these things and I think we're pretty numb to it because the tanking down the stretch over the past five to 10 years has just been so brazen and terrible.

But this is historically just shit.

I can't remember the last time that teams were just throwing away months

And being successful at it.

I think that is the distinction that they have become so good at being bad that it's hard to miss.

They're experts at being shitty.

I almost wonder if as a byproduct to the NBA getting so tough with this talk about like finally leveling penalties, because Lord knows it's taking two decades just to get to the point where they're actually considering actual ideas that flatten odds and whatnot.

Um,

I almost wonder if a lot of these teams were like, oh, last day, we're just going to start doing as much as possible because this might be the last time we have to do this.

And so maybe that was a reason why teams like the Jazz, like the Pacers, got ahead of it early at the deadline.

I don't know how early those teams were tipped off to the NBA thinking about this.

It reminds me a little bit about the Suns getting Steve Nash back before the freedom of movement rules start to click in and all of a sudden...

oh, the Suns are one of the best teams in the league because they have the exact player who could thrive in that environment.

I almost wonder if some of these tankers are like, fuck it.

Last time, there's only so much they could do for us.

Let's just like, let's let it rip and next year we'll go from there.

And I will say as a byproduct, like teams that stocked up on future picks for trading their superstars, like the Portland Trailblazers, for instance, are really in a bind now because all of a sudden these juicy ass assets that they've acquired, like all of a sudden just the Blazers, you know, it's it's tough out here, man.

a little Pino off the glass, a little IPA.

Um, it's been gorgeous here this week though.