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Off-season thoughts

The other board mentioned that Cooper helped with the playmaking duties and I agree.
Cooper masked a shortcoming we had, which was playmaking. Without him, Proctor will need someone to make things happen. Then again, maybe he has it in him but didn't due to Cooper.

I just have my doubts that he's the kind of guard that causes defenses major issues.

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We knew it was a childish reaction to a shakeup in the market. One that would likely be corrected soon; we just didn’t know it was today.
After your financial report, you engaged in your usual gloating and I told you sos Not exactly the recipe to elicit compassion
You’re a cunning rascal as Mac said. Attaching your nah nahing to the same post about your college fund so when we reacted negatively you could accuse us of being heartless. Well played, but then again you’ve had years of practice of this self victimization
Even eight year olds discover the world ain’t fair. Some are born richer, smarter, taller, more athletic. You’re the only fifty year old I know who acts like he just figured it out
Re: the meme and your weak ass explanation of it, I’m accused of a lot of things but lack of compassion ain’t one of them. I spend so much money on local homeless that it places a strain on my marriage.
The neighbors complain about the feral cat colony in the woods behind my house that I feed daily. We tnr as many as we can.
You love stereotyping posters you see as “ others” that you don’t know the first dam thing about
All any of us have here are our words. Congrats on feeding stray cats, I guess.

When what's-his-name tells us about what his grandmother is going through in WNC and throws in digs about liberals, I ignore the latter and express empathy about the former. it's an easy choice to make. You should try it.

Off-season thoughts

Even if all of Proctor, Caleb, and Evans return, Cayden gives us only a 4-guard rotation for what will often be 3 positions. We need a portal guard, and while 3 of the 4 already listed are good ball handlers, emphasis on true point guard leadership should be a priority. For that matter, since we don't yet know how many of them will be back and there's no guarantee on how any of them will progress, we should be looking at multiple guards in the portal.
You forgot Henderson and Harris can slide to the sg spot . There is Schefield as well. He’s on scholarship.
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In the scouting reports he’s always the guy with the ball in his hands. And as the 247 report I posted, he avg’d 6.7 assists in one league and 6.3 in FIBA under 17. He’s not a 2 guard.

I’m not saying we don’t need a veteran who can handle the ball but we need a 2 guard who can play D and handle.

Proctor is too fragile of a 3 point shooter. Really, as a shooter on the whole. In low pressure situations he’s relaxed and fine. But he’s not a pure shooter and in pressure games he struggles more often.

In fact, neither he nor Foster are good shooters. Slim is for sure; but he has other issues.
Yes by what you said he’s the definition of a combo guard . Never saw him as a sg.

Henderson is more physically built than Ament . So that’s a toss up who would start there . Either way. I don’t see Duke going into next season starting four freshman and A senior or sophomore ( Brown or Pat ). If Ament comes I don’t see a situation where Evans or Henderson don’t think about hitting the portal .
Word is , Duke is in contact with Xavian Lee and if he were to come , he’s not coming off the bench .

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Uh, no, you didn't. He didn't start issuing warnings until a month ago. He campaigned on fixing everything on day 1 and y'all did not demonstrate the slightest hesitation in cheering that narrative on. Now you're pivoting because that's where he's leading you by the ring in your nose. If this were President Biden, Obama, Harris, or H Clinton, you'd be seething and ranting about what liars they were. When you're that predictably hypocritical and lacking in self-awareness, why would I ever concede a MLing thing to you? There's no telling what you'd turn that into.


You have never demonstrated the slightest respect for what I do and have lied about what I do constantly. Now you want to use it to appeal to my conscience? GTMLO of here.
And if this were Pres Biden or Obama we’d have never heard about the college fund You hate Trump so much you’re willing to reveal personal financial information on a message board. Weird.

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Uh, no, you didn't. He didn't start issuing warnings until a month ago. He campaigned on fixing everything on day 1 and y'all did not demonstrate the slightest hesitation in cheering that narrative on. Now you're pivoting because that's where he's leading you by the ring in your nose.
Datt, please quit trembling. Yes, any of us that voted for him knew what might happen. He campaigned on tariffs. So we knew what might happen. Your comment about him saying he was fixing everything on day 1 and us doing nothing but cheering him on? You're either very forgetful or a liar. Pick one, because that's been a sore spot for all of us about him. He runs his mouth more than I wish he did.

Compared to the shit show we had to sit through the last four years? I'd take him big mouth and all any day of the week.

Off-season thoughts

Proctor is too fragile of a 3 point shooter. Really, as a shooter on the whole. In low pressure situations he’s relaxed and fine. But he’s not a pure shooter and in pressure games he struggles more often.

In fact, neither he nor Foster are good shooters. Slim is for sure; but he has other issues.
Proctor grew a lot this season. He had 4 very good scoring games in our last 8, covering the ACCT and NCAAT. Those were pretty pressure-packed games. He didn't have a good game against Houston, and missing the last ft was devastating. He has plenty of room for improvement.

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In the most technical sense it's work, but spare me the sob story about stress when others are working 2 full-time jobs and struggling to feed their families. THAT's work, yet we demonize the poor as deserving of their station while deifying the rich for their greed.

The meme was directed at you. Congrats on demonstrating the slightest bit of human compassion once it was pointed out how you lack it.
We knew it was a childish reaction to a shakeup in the market. One that would likely be corrected soon; we just didn’t know it was today.
After your financial report, you engaged in your usual gloating and I told you sos Not exactly the recipe to elicit compassion
You’re a cunning rascal as Mac said. Attaching your nah nahing to the same post about your college fund so when we reacted negatively you could accuse us of being heartless. Well played, but then again you’ve had years of practice of this self victimization
Even eight year olds discover the world ain’t fair. Some are born richer, smarter, taller, more athletic. You’re the only fifty year old I know who acts like he just figured it out
Re: the meme and your weak ass explanation of it, I’m accused of a lot of things but lack of compassion ain’t one of them. I spend so much money on local homeless that it places a strain on my marriage.
The neighbors complain about the feral cat colony in the woods behind my house that I feed daily. We tnr as many as we can.
You love stereotyping posters you see as “ others” that you don’t know the first dam thing about
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If your 403 b has actually increased by the end of this week, will you be man enough to admit you jumped the gun with your post today? Hell, by this time tomorrow?
I'm man enough regardless.
I said I've been paying into it since my 20s. I'm aware that it fluctuates. I'm aware that it will bounce back up tomorrow or next week. And then, if our President continues to rule via chaos and according to whatever whims he has day-to-day, it will yo-yo back and forth for the next 3+ years. That's no way to treat people. He's playing games with people's lives.

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We all voted for him knowing things might get a little rocky, but get better over time.
Uh, no, you didn't. He didn't start issuing warnings until a month ago. He campaigned on fixing everything on day 1 and y'all did not demonstrate the slightest hesitation in cheering that narrative on. Now you're pivoting because that's where he's leading you by the ring in your nose. If this were President Biden, Obama, Harris, or H Clinton, you'd be seething and ranting about what liars they were. When you're that predictably hypocritical and lacking in self-awareness, why would I ever concede a MLing thing to you? There's no telling what you'd turn that into.

You want to be treated serious, act like it. You're the teacher, not the kid.
You have never demonstrated the slightest respect for what I do and have lied about what I do constantly. Now you want to use it to appeal to my conscience? GTMLO of here.

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Using money made from one successful investment to fuel another is not work, according to your definition. It is work, and so is all the paperwork and stress that go along with it.
I thought you’d be relieved that your kids’ college fund was only temporarily impacted. While Thor’s concerns about the long term impacts of this chaos are duly noted, your reduction of the topic to a childish meme is troubling.
In the most technical sense it's work, but spare me the sob story about stress when others are working 2 full-time jobs and struggling to feed their families. THAT's work, yet we demonize the poor as deserving of their station while deifying the rich for their greed.

The meme was directed at you. Congrats on demonstrating the slightest bit of human compassion once it was pointed out how you lack it.
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I deliberately use slang from a decade ago with kids. I am fueled by their groans.

I won't even use abbreviations of curse words because I've literally been suspended for it before. The g-a stands for "give a." It's the same as a pretty common abbreviation that starts with the same 2 letters.


"When there's blood in the streets, buy real estate."
Wild fluctuations put regular people through the gauntlet and consolidates money and power with the people who already have most of it. The income gap gets wider. Using money you already have to make more money isn't actual work and isn't primarily about skill. It's primarily about what you started with that morning. We shouldn't worship that. Not when it's clear that the rising tide is not raising all boats, that bigger and bigger boats end up capsizing other boats.


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Here’s a fun fact. Did you know that your man crush pronounces his name coal- bear while everyone else in his family pronounces it coal-bert. Only a douche would do that

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I deliberately use slang from a decade ago with kids. I am fueled by their groans.

I won't even use abbreviations of curse words because I've literally been suspended for it before. The g-a stands for "give a." It's the same as a pretty common abbreviation that starts with the same 2 letters.


"When there's blood in the streets, buy real estate."
Wild fluctuations put regular people through the gauntlet and consolidates money and power with the people who already have most of it. The income gap gets wider. Using money you already have to make more money isn't actual work and isn't primarily about skill. It's primarily about what you started with that morning. We shouldn't worship that. Not when it's clear that the rising tide is not raising all boats, that bigger and bigger boats end up capsizing other boats.


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If your 403 b has actually increased by the end of this week, will you be man enough to admit you jumped the gun with your post today? Hell, by this time tomorrow?

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So now we’re pausing the tariffs for 90 days—just because? This is so stupid. You can’t claim to be building a serious trade policy and then treat it like a PR stunt. No business, no foreign government, nobody is going to take this kind of whiplash approach seriously.

Tariffs—whether you’re for or against them—only work if they’re part of a clear, consistent strategy. You can’t roll them out one week, pause them the next, and expect anyone to adjust supply chains, negotiate deals, or make investment decisions in that kind of chaos.

And what—then we just do this all over again in 90 days? That’s not leadership, that’s just playing chicken with the economy.
Your points are valid, but the 10% base tariff is left in place. The reciprocal tariffs are on pause.
The small time investor will likely sit on his money as will small and medium businesses due to all the turbulence and uncertainty
The folks with money to burn are the ones who will cash in as they can afford more risk with all this chaos. Nothing ever changes

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I deliberately use slang from a decade ago with kids. I am fueled by their groans.

I won't even use abbreviations of curse words because I've literally been suspended for it before. The g-a stands for "give a." It's the same as a pretty common abbreviation that starts with the same 2 letters.


"When there's blood in the streets, buy real estate."
Wild fluctuations put regular people through the gauntlet and consolidates money and power with the people who already have most of it. The income gap gets wider. Using money you already have to make more money isn't actual work and isn't primarily about skill. It's primarily about what you started with that morning. We shouldn't worship that. Not when it's clear that the rising tide is not raising all boats, that bigger and bigger boats end up capsizing other boats.


Stephen Colbert Slow Clap GIF
Using money made from one successful investment to fuel another is not work, according to your definition. It is work, and so is all the paperwork and stress that go along with it.
I thought you’d be relieved that your kids’ college fund was only temporarily impacted. While Thor’s concerns about the long term impacts of this chaos are duly noted, your reduction of the topic to a childish meme is troubling.

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What does gaML mean? You forget sometimes that the rest of us don’t hang out with kids all day
I deliberately use slang from a decade ago with kids. I am fueled by their groans.

I won't even use abbreviations of curse words because I've literally been suspended for it before. The g-a stands for "give a." It's the same as a pretty common abbreviation that starts with the same 2 letters.

90 day pause on tariffs. Market up 5% today. Insiders continue to make a killing.
"When there's blood in the streets, buy real estate."
Wild fluctuations put regular people through the gauntlet and consolidates money and power with the people who already have most of it. The income gap gets wider. Using money you already have to make more money isn't actual work and isn't primarily about skill. It's primarily about what you started with that morning. We shouldn't worship that. Not when it's clear that the rising tide is not raising all boats, that bigger and bigger boats end up capsizing other boats.

Almost back up to 40k so hope your 403b gets back to where it was.
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Off-season thoughts

Even if all of Proctor, Caleb, and Evans return, Cayden gives us only a 4-guard rotation for what will often be 3 positions. We need a portal guard, and while 3 of the 4 already listed are good ball handlers, emphasis on true point guard leadership should be a priority. For that matter, since we don't yet know how many of them will be back and there's no guarantee on how any of them will progress, we should be looking at multiple guards in the portal.

Off-season thoughts

I really think Proctor and possibly Foster are back, although I do think Foster likely transfers, and frankly the second half of this season, while he had a few good moments, he was playing hero ball. We are going to miss the luxury of having a Cooper Flagg to bring the ball up and the experience of Sion. All things considered, I am concerned about our backcourt for sure unless we score someone from the portal.
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