Is Everyone Gone

I'm not calling Jalen Green a bust in the vein of James Wiseman or Anthony Bennett, but he's getting close to a bust. He's just not developing the way he should.

Is @Magog okay?

I almost don't want to check this thread tonight if either result happens. Hopefully Game 7 tonight will be a good game unlike last night's Game 7.

According to reddit, apparently there was an investigation on Alex that never went anywhere, but also caused bad feelings?/

It's not him leaving the job. It's more like him leaving without something else lined up. Most people leave jobs and have another offer lined up. He seems to have left his job and is now unemployed with a wife, 3 kids and a mortgage. That doesn't sound like him leaving was voluntary..

I actually canceled plans tonight so I could watch the Game 7 between the Nuggets and Clippers. Great series.

They did, but maybe not as militantly as Cizeron?

@tearknee Zhou Enlai seems to have been gay. I'm sure his terror of being exposed contributed to his fear of Mao. Not excusing him but it it what it is.

Cizeron and Gabby fell out bc of his support for Nikolaj Sorensen. He sucks.

Ok I went down a rabbit hole but basically ... They trained together in Canton and when Marina split from Igor the Shib Sibs stayed with Marina and C/B went with Igor. Then in 2018 at the Olympics the Shib Sibs decided to skate both the short and long in the team program, and C/B felt some type of way about it. Then ... this is the weird part ... Apparently Alex in 2018 went on a bizarre Twitter rant that got deleted where he attacked many US skaters and called them names before of course deleting the whole thing. But it caused permanent hard feelings between him and the teams he rage-tweeted about, and C/B were one of the teams. They unfollowed each other on socials and have not been on good terms since.

There's a bunch of tension betweeen the Shib Sibs and Chock and Bates too that goes back years. They apparently hate each other.

It's giving "spend more time with my family" energy ...

Hmm ...

So update: Pumpkin is taking her blood pressure meds. Her vision is not good, she sometimes accidentally pees outside the edges of the litter box, so we put wee wee pads nearby. But she's learned to get around, and now that she's on her BP meds, her appetite and spirit has gone up. She's going to be 20 in July and I hope she still has some time left. She's adorable.

Rough night for the Nuggets. Getting pushed to a game 7 from the Clippers is ... not good.

Apparently multiple players have complained about Hali-dad's overbearing, intrusive ways. It's a shame because I LOVE seeing parents at games supporting their kids. I love seeing Mama Durant and Mama Bam and Papa Irving, etc. etc. But when parents get disrespectful of other players' spaces, that's when action has to be taken.

So has anyone seen Court of Gold? I saw it on Netflix and binged the whole series last night. Really enjoyed the behind the scenes look at Olympic basketball teams. I somehow was unaware that both Bam Adebayo and Kevin Durant didn't grow up around a lot of money. For whatever reason, I assumed that anyone who makes the NBA is super affluent because it costs so much to do all the camps and lessons. Really enjoyed seeing the French national team. Also, the comfort that NBA stars are millionaires but they're really just regular people: talking about how much they like Shirley Temples and eating cafeteria ice cream late at night.

So has anyone had a dental implant? How long are you in pain? I had a root canal a few months ago and it was absolutely excruciating for a week or so.

Some other angles of Giannis/Dad-gate show that the dad was screaming at Giannis and approaching him waving a towel like at a bullfight. I don't blame Giannis for getting mad.

Bizarre ending to the Bucks/Pacers series. Giannis and Haliburton's dad almost came to blows and had to be separated.

So with Damian Lillard snapping his Achilles tendon, I learned that players even returning from Achilles tears is a relatively new phenomenon. As recently as Kobe Bryant, it was considered a career ending injury.

Still sad about Dame. Seems like a decent dude. Hate to see these kind of career ending injuries happen to anyone.

according to Chris Haynes it is indeed an Achilles :(

Awful non-contact injury for Dame Lillard. It looks so much like Achilles.

Insane endings to the Knicks/Pistons and Lakers/Wolves games. Really good matchups so far.