2024 NBA Offseason

[The Q]

I don't remember that toad fella. Can't believe it's already been ten years. Why is it the older we get the faster time seems to go by?

It’s Funny

When I was a kid the school year felt like it lasted a decade

Then sports made it seem a little faster


Now I blink and we’re halfway through the year

 

[Wamu]

Because you work all day and go to bed too early?

No me right now. Taking some time away from work. My "job" at the moment is watching my grandson during the week.

 

[Wamu]

It’s Funny

When I was a kid the school year felt like it lasted a decade

Then sports made it seem a little faster


Now I blink and we’re halfway through the year

Exactly. And my 20's went by way too fast. And it's only gone by faster since then.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Because you work all day and go to bed too early?

End of the day today I will have worked 56 hours this week....

Off Friday and Saturday since we traveling for a funeral.

 

[thunderc]

End of the day today I will have worked 56 hours this week....

Off Friday and Saturday since we traveling for a funeral.

You mean minus the time you spend posting

 

[DJ Fieri]

Exactly. And my 20's went by way too fast. And it's only gone by faster since then.

2024 needs to hurry up and GTFO.

 

[Wamu]

2024 needs to hurry up and GTFO.

That's how I felt about 2023.

 

[DJ Fieri]

You mean minus the time you spend posting

Listen, smarty pants....some days I have more time than others.

I was hardly here yesterday during work....started posting when I got home.

 

[DJ Fieri]

@thunderc will be banned from betting when I am made the Hoop betting bookie God....









PS: Kidding, thunder. You'll be the first to know via PM once I have been given the all important info.

 

[Mebert]

No me right now. Taking some time away from work. My "job" at the moment is watching my grandson during the week.

I feel that, I spent the last 15 years following money. Ended in a job that caused me constant anxiety that i hated. Left at the beginning of the year and my life has never been better.

I did run the numbers, based on our spending and the wife's income I only have 7 years to find a job.

 

[DJ Fieri]

That's how I felt about 2023.

1-Wife had her biopsy.

2-I had my colonoscopy.

3-Her stepdad died. Her mom passed 4 years ago.....

4-i think my dad is starting to lose it.

 

[DJ Fieri]

I feel that, I spent the last 15 years following money. Ended in a job that caused me constant anxiety that i hated. Left at the beginning of the year and my life has never been better.

I did run the numbers, based on our spending and the wife's income I only have 7 years to find a job.

Words of wisdom and me are rarely spoken together.

But, I don't think anybody can debate this. Try and find something you enjoy doing.

 

[DJ Fieri]

The wife gonna have some food Door Dash'ed to the crib so I can take a nap after eating when I get home.

Before, we do laundry when she is off....

#excitingstufftoday

 

[Mebert]

Words of wisdom and me are rarely spoken together.

But, I don't think anybody can debate this. Try and find something you enjoy doing.

No regrets on what got me there. Doing what I did set up my family pretty well, no debt outside of mortgage, comfortable living for the family. Just got to the point that I was not the guy my wife married when I came home anymore, so I fixed it.

Way better life now, looking forward to getting back to work I enjoy.

 

[trojanfan12]

Competitive balance is needed for the league to succeed and to support a full roster of teams.

"Own FA" is too vague. Own drafted players or just anyone that was already on your roster?

Was there no competitive balance before a salary cap and all of the restrictions? Did the league not grow under those conditions?

I'd rather reward teams for trying to compete, than punish them for it.

Lowering how much a teams own FA's counts against the cap allows teams to keep more of their own FA's and frees up money to put better support players around them.

Own FA can be a number of things.

It could be as simple as your own drafted players that have reached FA and FA's you sign away from other teams always have their full salary against the cap, no matter how many times you re-sign them.

If you want to get a little more complicated, it could be that the FA you signed from another team counts fully against the cap for the first contract, then has only a portion count against the cap on any subsequent re-signings.

 

[trojanfan12]

No regrets on what got me there. Doing what I did set up my family pretty well, no debt outside of mortgage, comfortable living for the family. Just got to the point that I was not the guy my wife married when I came home anymore, so I fixed it.

Way better life now, looking forward to getting back to work I enjoy.

Similar here.

I would work 50+ hours per week, would always go in on my days off if someone called out even if we had plans. Initially, my wife loved that. But, then it started wear on me, she started complaining that I'm never home, etc.

Now I have a job where I work from home and pretty much stick to 40 hours per week. Much better.

 

[eaglesnut]

You do realize you are the spawn of immigrants, correct?

Yes! Awesome immigrants that started important companies and created families and demonstrated American values!

These were Americans at heart that hadn't made it here yet. Great people. And from Europe!!

 

[fightinfunbags]

Yes! Awesome immigrants that started important companies and created families and demonstrated American values!

These were Americans at heart that hadn't made it here yet. Great people. And from Europe!!

 

[eaglesnut]

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USA! USA!

 

[eaglesnut]

You do realize you are the spawn of immigrants, correct?

The suspect in her killing is Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally in 2022, according to police.



Illegal immigrants vs legal immigrants. You aren't smart enough to understand the difference. Turns out your fat ass slob middle is in the same condition as your brain. Lol