@mayjay as a lawyer for many years, I concur. The stories about the assistant AD and DP’s “advisors”, assuming they are accurate and thus evidence, allow for different interpretations. In this case, we (I include myself) tend to prefer an interpretation that supports our gut feeling that something is off. This is a form of confirmation bias, even if we turn out to be correct. I am really looking forward to finding out exactly what’s going on. I expect it may not be until after the season, if ever.

BTW, my favorite DP moment so far was after the TTech game during the presser. DP called Flory out for being too modest and said Flory was the best defender in the league/nation. That was a sweet moment between the two of them and raised my opinion of DP as a player and a leader.

From The Ringer, “Trade Machine Deep Cuts Who Can Actually Swing a Playoff Game”:

Svi Mykhailiuk, Utah Jazz: good enough to be removed from Will Hardy’s rotation because he was helping the Jazz win too many games.

Buddy from KU lives in NC and was at the game. He sent the following text after Melvin made his third 3: “Council. Missed his first 3. Guy next to me says there's a reason he's open. So I repeated that a lot“.

And then 6-7 times after that. What a performance!

SA Smith was particularly harsh, especially in cautioning NBA execs re drafting DP. One possibility is that the issue is basically overly cautious load management, I wonder if this specific angle of media pressure this week will alter DP’s and his team’s calculus in favor of playing through cramps, discomfort, etc. a bit more.

@BShark agree. +17 with only 4 points is amazing

I’m happy we got him. However the season turns out next year, it will be interesting and entertaining, possibly maddening as well. If you want to feel a bit better about our situation check out Rupp Rafters

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@nuleafjhawk or Hunter’s ability to jump. Which is a lot funnier this year than it was last year, or the year before.

Yes. I’m fully aware of who SA Smith is and how the sports industrial combine churns to increase revenue. Smith’s status as a blow hard (A Howard Cosell for the 21st century) is not relevant. A bunch of commentators (including Smith), are saying the same thing as regards those who might draft DP first: in essence, if DP can’t play full games in college, how will he last in the much longer NBA season? My point is that this might have the effect of encouraging DP to play more, which would be great, unless he’s actually injured, in which case I want him to save his minutes for the tourney. I personally have no idea whether he’s being overly cautious, but reading HCBS’s reaction Wednesday night …

That was ugly. We looked disjointed. Maybe looking ahead to Monday. I also wonder if the DP press from the past week had an impact.

Nice use of frisky. Don’t see that word enough.

@Kcmatt7 how about Diggy? Odd example I think, but he killed it at UMD. Not at the level of KU, but impressive.

@ROCKCHALK2025

Sorry to hear about the knees. I’ve had one knee replaced (so far). Definitely changed my life for the better. Comically painful rehab, but I’m guessing you have some experience regaining flexion.

@wissox83
South side of Chicago?

@nuleafjhawk yup. Exactly. Or teachers and journalists (real ones)

I’m very unhappy with the fact that I agree with Cal.

@wissox83 that seems to be the Ringer’s take. I love the idea that he was winning too many games for them. Svi for 3!

Question for those who know more about this: did Louisville just recruit over Flory? They landed Ekezie a 7-foot rim runner, albeit a young one. I like Flory a lot and wish we still had him (though not at 5M), but I’m not above enjoying the idea that his playing time just decreased.

KenPom has us winning by 7. I just want a win and no injuries.

He hasn’t won a Championship, but he’s won an mvp and just won a series against the hated (by Philly) Celtics. They’ve built a good team around him. Now his body has to hold up. Which I doubt it will, but we’ll see. I watched a good part of the 3-3, next game decides series game against the Celtics. I figured they ought to be playing hard to win that one. I wasn’t disappointed. Great game. And Embiid played well.