The rotations last year were all kinda wack. Never closing a game with JV was an insane decision. JVs misuse last year really bummed me out.

As much as I love Billy, I thought his requests to play more were a bit absurd. I wasn’t sure what team would give him the minutes he felt he deserves. This makes so much more sense for all parties involved.

I’m a Pels fan, so of course I’m biased. But I really believe in this kid. I don’t give a single fuck about the baby mama drama. Last season Zion was working so hard on his body and it really showed.

I’m excited to hear he’s following Lebron’s blueprint. It’s a smart way to approach the problems he’s been having.

Jax could have been special, but continued to work on the wrong things during the off-season. Never learned how to do the basic things a C needs to be able to do. And now he’s going to be learning from AD? The king of “I’m not a 5 I’m a 4”. I don’t think it’ll pan out for Jax in LA either.

It’ll be interesting to see how they handle it. From what I remember from various writers about the Pels, GT was more interested in working in the FO than coaching. But I think he still adds value through the contributions he makes from the bench in talking to these young guys. Apparently Jose talks to GT a lot during games. And since minimum contracts don’t count against the cap (or count less or something I can’t really remember) I’m fine with that contract.

• letting Jaxson walk

Best move of the off-season. Should have been in the CJ trade instead of NAW

• waiving G.T.

Inevitable outcome to his contract if we weren’t going to trade him. Interested to see if we bring him back on a minimum (much more palatable than $5.3m).

• extending Herb

Real best move of the off-season. Way to save money in the long run and secure a great player on a super friendly contract. And, if we want to (I hope we don’t) it’s a very tradable salary.

• signing E.J. Liddell

Excited for him. Hopefully he can help Larry get some rest this season and they both stay healthy.

• signing Cody Zeller

Nice 3rd C. Can give you minutes here and there.

• drafting Jordan Hawkins

Big fan of his game on this team, excited to see if he can get on the floor with how strict Willie has been with rookies in the past.

The only thing I’m thinking about going into the season is being over the luxury tax threshold and how we are going to fix that. JV is clearly not in the mold of center that Willie would like to start on this team. At this point I feel like they are going to roll the dice and wait a while to see if they want to trade JV for an upgrade or to dodge the tax.

I used to be so active on Reddit but it got gross really quickly. Maybe this will be able to capture some of that early reddit magic?

A lot of y’all are clearly not as depressed as I am. It has been a struggle most of my adult life to force myself to brush my teeth. It’s something I’ve gotten much better at lately, and I’ve luckily not had any serious dental issues yet. But I’m shocked that no one else has said they struggle with it. Y’all are inspirations.