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John Beilein failed in Cleveland because he treated NBA players like college kids

I think he thought that what his methods were in college. Were going to work at the NBA level and it just wasn't even close... one person described him as a dictator and that's not the way you talk to NBA players... once that Thug comment was made and he went back and said nah, I'm at slugs. I think the players knew that that was never said.

This accurately reflects the consensus reporting on why Beilein's tenure was a disaster and why he was forced out.

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Feb 24, 2020·Fight Recap
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UFC has ruined my brain for watching boxing

I have a take that UFC has kind of ruined my brain when it comes to boxing... I watched that fight and I was like why the fuck isn't he submitting him? Like, why isn't he taking him to the ground? Why isn't he kneeing him in the face? It's just there's a level of violence in the UFC that you expect when you see a fight and you're like I was sitting there watching like why isn't Fury just sit on him.

This is a subjective personal experience of how he perceives sports.
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Feb 24, 2020·Fight Recap
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Deontay Wilder was gassed because he had to walk through the MGM Grand for 10 minutes

Watching Deontay Wilder have to walk through the entirety of the MGM Grand... it was no joke 10 minutes of him just walking through the through the back rooms. He was walking through a kitchen at one point I said right then and there I was like he is going to be gassed because that is everyone knows that feeling when you're in a casino and you've been walking around the casino for like maybe 20 30 minutes and you have a moment we like wait. I kind of need to sit down.

Wilder famously blamed his 40-pound walk-out costume for his leg fatigue, so the idea that the pre-fight walk sapped his energy was actually cited by the athlete himself.
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Feb 24, 2020·Fight Recap
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Pay-per-view shamers need to get a life

You pay per view shamers. I see you you guys get get a fucking life the people who pre complain about the fight there like I'm not going to buy the fight because probably the last like three rounds and the undercard sucks. It's not about the fight. It is about the fight but it's also about the experience of buying the pay-per-view and being like, holy shit.

Subjective opinion on consumer behavior and sports fandom.

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NBA games will likely resume by Saturday following the protest

My sense is, the games will either begin Friday or Saturday. It's seeming more and more like Saturday because you want to give maybe these guys one more day of self-care and really practice for some of these teams.

The NBA games officially resumed on Saturday, August 29, 2020.
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The Heat, Thunder, and Nets are the most forward-thinking NBA organizations

I look at you know, you got to look at the Thunder I They've done a good job the Nets on the obviously getting KD and Kyrie. I think a lot of the Nets is situation has to do with creativity but also information... Indiana. I think has a great kind of culture already set... I like what Miami is doing right now.

Subjective ranking of front office quality by an insider.
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I don't see any scenario where Anthony Davis is not a Laker next year

Anthony Davis any chance he goes anywhere, but the Lakers in this offseason? I don't see it. I don't see it... Could he take a meeting? Yes, but I just I don't see a scenario where he's not a Laker.

Anthony Davis did indeed re-sign with the Lakers in the 2020 offseason on a five-year deal.