James Piercey

RT @spainpnr: Also the flattened lottery odds suck They don’t solve tanking All it does is elongate the process so now you keep getting t…

I’ve actually been watching more wrestling than basketball since the Rockets got eliminated anyway At least I know the outcome is predetermined

Not a fan of conspiracy theories But tbh man, the thing that makes if feel rigged happens every time without fail 😂

Remember ppl saying the Rockets had to trade for D’Aaron Fox bc we couldn’t let the Spurs get him Yeah… Might hold a little more weight w Antetokounmpo lol

Triple H as a booker has the strangest tendency to deliver when expectations are low and choke when they’re high. Backlash was better than Mania lol #wwe

Can we skip the Jaylen Brown stuff Hasn’t shot well from deep in 3 years. Lower BPM than Jalen this year. Yes he’s better, yes he’s an insane shot maker. Not the answer for the Rockets

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The Celtics could break up if they lose this series against the Knicks, per @WindhorstESPN “There's a possibility this team's not gonna come back. ... That's what's on the line.” (🎥 @FirstTake ) https://t.co/wpeTToT1nR

Maybe I’m missing something but I feel the “when Jalen scores over X we win” argument is flawed Like of course we win when he plays well. The entire issue is that he doesn’t play well often enough

I think Jackson’s question was totally fair and I commend him for asking But Stone isn’t gonna say “yeah no the kid stinks” either The smartest thing in his position is subterfuge. Oh actually we have data that says he’s amazing you just can’t access.

For what it’s worth if I was Stone I’d be shopping Green. That’s not to say I’d be desperate to move him at all. I’d accept like, a useful veteran on a shorter deal and a lightly protected first. If he’s viewed as a negative asset I’m not attaching anything, I’ll ride it out

Worth noting that we can’t fully evaluate our season yet either. If the Warriors get swept by the Wolves vs win the title vs anything in between would weigh into a full evaluation. Who did we take to 7?

I’ll say this too If you’re out on Sengun as a cornerstone that’s fine. I soft disagree. I believe the offense will regress to the mean and the defensive improvement is real, but that requires faith Just the assertion that his and Jalen’s stature ought to be comparable is wild

I’m beginning to think the KPJ experiment was really harmful for Green’s development. Said this on the last episode of the pod, but there are no pure scoring guards in 2025. You’re a point guard or you’re a small wing. Green needed those on ball reps and we gave them to a bum

Like if Green is largely a downhill guard who needs to play next to a stretch 5, ok. But the portability argument goes out the window then. He needs specific team building constraints just like Sengun, when you’ve got 2 of those guys you choose the one whose been productive

Do I think Jalen could do better in a pace and space, five out offense? Yes Do I think that if he was going to be a true superstar in that system he’d at least have shown us more in this, or any system? Resoundingly also yes