Glad you’re ok man. Also, it’s more bleak than you think. Those worries exist even for those with insurance.
Former Managing Editor of The Kings Herald, now just a guy being dumb online. Previously: Sactown Royalty, SB Nation, Sacramento Bee. https://kingsherald.com/articles/and-in-case-i-dont-see-ya-good-afternoon-good-evening-and-light-the-beam/
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Glad you’re ok man. Also, it’s more bleak than you think. Those worries exist even for those with insurance.
Yeah that sounds about right. In the West I’d put the Kings ahead of Utah, New Orleans, and Phoenix. That’s it.
I watched like 5 minutes of it the year Fox and Sabonis were on the AS team. Otherwise I can’t remember the last time I actually watched the All Star game itself. It’s pretty easy to just watch anything else.
“Denzle”
We’re rapidly approaching a point where fan bases will pool their money to hire @pablo.show to investigate their shitty owner like when an old west gun for hire would get brought in to take down evil Gene Hackman who controls the town.
Guess that’s what happens when the mastermind behind your covert extra income is your uncle Dennis
Hmm. Maybe.
Why is the digital clock on my oven blurry? Nothing else is blurry, my eyes are fine, but those blue electrics numbers are almost impossible to read.
“What do people love about Red Zone?” “Football without commercials?” “Exactly. But what is it missing?” “Commercials?” “Exxxxaaaaaaactlyyyyyy”
Create a shell company to pay Wemby off the books to come to Sacramento.
Because Washington is extending beyond the extend-and-trade parameters, he'll have a six-month no-trade restriction from the day he signs. That's means that Washington can't be traded this season, as the restriction will run past the NBA trade deadline on February 5.
Safe to assume it was recorded in the last hour and it’s all about Kawhi Leonard?
Kevin Durant, I'll pay you $37.83 for an arborist job at my house, no need to show up, just join the Kings
People forget, Miss Rachel was a PROBLEM 😤😤
The cheapest owners will be pushing for major punishments.
While I don’t think this is the only deal like this out there, we know that a decent portion of owners will be upset about this. They built this current CBA with punitive aprons specifically to ensure it was harder to just buy success by spending endlessly on player salaries.
We’ve got @pablo.show & @samamick.bsky.social lined up for tomorrow’s NBA Daily to follow up on the Kawhi-gate.
Possibly. But since the sponsorship didn’t come until after, and Section 2 is talking about future promises, I think this will fall under Section 1. Section 2 is for the Joe Smith scenario.
Yuuuup
I don’t know what you’re implying about the Bucks, but I’m buying a Thanasis jersey as we speak.
Section 2 is talking future deals, extensions, contracts.
Section 2 relates to promises and agreement for future deals (Joe Smith scenario). The timing outlined in this case falls under Section 1.
Not sure I understand the distinction between the two
Meanwhile, somewhere Vivek is aghast at the idea of spending *more* money
Ah, well, nevertheless… www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/Uwmu...
I think the reaction from other owners and the league will be very telling. Can’t bring the hammer down too hard if everyone is doing it.
Dakota,
I thought Kawhi would be into a smaller organism like fungi rather than trees.
Strong recommendation to watch the full @pablo.show video (he's a master storyteller with excellent guests), but there is a newsy summary here: www.pablo.show/p/the-riches...
It's so weird that a company paying someone $28 million to do nothing went bankrupt
Salary cap circumvention is the one thing you can consistently count on leagues to punish because not only is it cheating, it clearly demonstrates that the owners should be spending more money on players but artificially agreed on a limit well below the players’ actual market value
It's gonna be devastating for Clipper fans if Kawhi gets a lengthy suspension, because the last thing they could've anticipated is him sitting out a bunch of games.
god DAMN.
Really curious to see if Adam Silver develops a spine. I’m not holding my breath.
This includes a $50 million investment directly from Ballmer’s personal LLC, outside of the corporate endorsements for naming rights. The company in the middle off all this is now bankrupt and under federal investigation for fraud.
I’m watching the PTFO episode on this Kawhi thing. This is so damning. $28 million total. $7 million per year. No-show endorsement deal. The endorsement would terminate if Kawhi was not actively playing for the Clippers. youtu.be/1OwzYk6OCFM?...
Good morning and **YIKES***
I think he’s a very bad owner but it’s (against all odds!) hard to say he’s the worst. I do think it’s very obvious that even a competent front office would struggle to do well with Vivek around.
There’s a chance they can still extend him mid season, but if they’re complete dog shit in February, he could easily say “nah I’ll wait a couple more months”
They completely screwed Keon this season by being cheap-asses, but Keon should get a real nice payday out of it after this year.
The Kings were like “nah we don’t want RFA leverage with Keon Ellis” and then spent the rest of the summer being held captive by the Warriors using RFA leverage. What a gift they gave Keon.
There’s Something About Gary
You think Gary can get a girl like her? No way
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary. My Cousin Gary
You just hope that this won't in any way dampen the unparalleled effervescence and swashbuckling, glint-in-the-eye panache that Bill Belichick has always brought to his duties
Fantastic actor. Always delivered. RIP.
No you don’t, Oprah
Looked a little too quick at the cover of the book my daughter borrowed from the library and was fascinated by the prospect of beloved Lakers swingman Cedric Ceballos making a post-retirement pivot toward immersive fantasy graphic novels
POV: you are being rendered assistance
I can't sit for too long cuz of my back
Tremendously helpful, Tom! Realized I can upgrade my Disney+, get a digital antenna, and add the Altitude+ streaming service and save myself like $30 a month compared to what I had been planning.
Free newsletter of the fortnight is on the cost of watching the NBA in '25-26. For some fans (like me), cost might go down if you can drop the big bloated streaming bundle. But that depends on being able to get access to your local team in an efficient way. www.teamziller.com/nba-streamin...
You wish
I have a closet that is already too full of shirts, so this isn’t a real problem by any means. Just an old man yelling at clouds about how things were cheaper before.
A thing I’ve been struggling with is that I’ll see a t-shirt I like online, and it will be on some sale, but even with a big sale the shirt is still more expensive than I think a not-on-sale shirt should cost. And that’s even before taxes and shipping.
Ridiculous
Life is short and the hour of our death is a mystery, so no, I will not rate my transaction
Taco Bell doesn’t publicize it but the winners of the Live Mas Student Section of the Year are, in fact, cursed with eternal life
Rudy Giuliani has been released from hospital after doctors realized he just looks like that
no matter your politics it’s disrespectful to joke about someone’s death. don’t say rudy giuliani died from driving his car into a wall painted to look like a tunnel and all his clothes flew off in the crash and then a sixteen wheeler semi truck ran over his dick and balls. don’t say stuff like that
[fancy dinner party] ME: may i use your bathroom HOST: sure it’s down the hall ME: thanks [later] ME: *toweling off* you’re out of shampoo
Interesting. Thanks!
@samvecenie.bsky.social @motorcityhoops.bsky.social This isn’t a complaint or gripe (particularly based on last season), but I’m curious where you guys had Keegan Murray and Keon Ellis on your defenders rankings
Keith beat me to this but ... yeah. Thinks something got lost in translation but an actual torn hamstring is YIKES.
My sister sends clothes that her kids outgrow that I can use for my younger ones. It’s really great and I appreciate it a lot. But just once would it kill her to get her employer to give me a few million bucks?
Oh goddammit lol
Alternate joke: The Niners misunderstood when Bosa said something about more whites
10 games of white uniforms, and one more in the white throwback uniforms. Only five games all season in primary red or red throwbacks. The Niners are waiving the white flag on the season! www.reddit.com/r/49ers/s/kt...
WIFE: You're very quiet. What are you thinking? ME: When a squirrel says he needs to bust a nut, does he mean he's hungry or horny HER: Sometimes it's ok to say 'nothing'.
You learn something new every day. My kid just said "dad did you know that cows have like 500 boobs??" and honestly, I did not know that
my favorite exercise is the bench press because i just like really love lying down
Hell yeah
Dale Jr?
remember, it's important to avoid overreacting to the first half of Week 0. but I feel like it's fair to say that Arch Manning is the biggest disappointment in sports history, and that you have to question the entire Manning family legacy for raising such an unsuccessful child
The Lamentation, Anonymous (Georgian), 1470, 📸 by Alex Kim
Depends entirely on her job. Masseuse? I’m getting a back rub? Keeper. Finance? She’s checking spreadsheets? Not a keeper. Proctologist? ……..Keeper.
When I would "Ask Corso" and he'd tell me to punt on 4th and 12
Live your life so that people don’t consider rumors of your death a form of edging.
when president garfield was dying, they shoved a bunch of stuff up his butt in the hopes it would save him. it didn't work, in fact it definitely killed him quicker. but if any white house guys are reading this: you're the chosen one, you can make it work
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
Just idly thinking, as one sometimes does, about the ponytail wig they put on David Morse in “12 Monkeys”.
Pete, from Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Pete and Pete:
This man turned his bladder cancer into a sponsorship deal, he’s truly one of America’s greatest Americans
You think that’s bad, check this out: Slip ‘n Slide
We’re sharing our HoopGrids results in the comments.
The people love Kosta, and for good reason
Oh baby it’s my time to shine.
