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BoomChakaLaka said:
I was hospitalized here in central Mexico for eleven days and have been home now for two weeks. My wife, myself and our youngest daughter (age 9) all tested positive on December 4th. My wife had a fever and aches and pains for three-four days and then lost her taste and smell. It’s now back at around 85%. Our daughter had fevers but children’s Tylenol kept it in check and she’s 95%. I developed very low blood oxygen levels, high blood pressure and Covid lesions on my lungs. The aches and headache were horrific and to this day I cannot breathe! My blood oxygen levels are low so I’m on oxygen 24/7 and the doctor told me yesterday to anticipate 6-8 more weeks to recover. And I’m needing to rehab my lungs so they work again. This has been very very hard. The clinic I was in left us with a bill of $17,000. for the eleven days and now I had to purchase an oxygen generator. My oldest daughter set up a Go Fund Me account and I’m just overwhelmed. Family, friends and business associates have donated almost $18,000. of our $32,000. goal. The prayers and support has been so amazing that I will definitely get myself better! I will work hard during my rehab and best this.

PS: I lost over 25 pounds over two weeks. Being back home and getting good food is helping. Feeling pretty good outside of the serious breathing issues. And at 6,200 feet elevation here in San Miguel de Allende, it was hard to breathe before I got Covid :)
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glad you're doing a little better and are still among the living

and yeah, having your issues and living at a high elevation is a challenge

by the way, I spent about 3 weeks in San Miguel de Allende. But that was about 40 years ago. IIRC there was a pretty well respected Arts university there. beautiful little college town back then
 
SheedSoNasty said:
My mom’s family is from the city of Guanajuato and I spent a few years there as a kid. Love San Miguel de Allende. Sorry to hear about your health but glad you’re feeling better!
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My wife is from GTO. We came to vacation in San Miguel five years ago and we flew back home, sold everything and have made San Miguel our home in 2019! Love it here.
 
wizenheimer said:
glad you're doing a little better and are still among the living

and yeah, having your issues and living at a high elevation is a challenge

by the way, I spent about 3 weeks in San Miguel de Allende. But that was about 40 years ago. IIRC there was a pretty well respected Arts university there. beautiful little college town back then
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Our home is two blocks away from the Instituto Allende! We have lived here since 2019!
 
Scalma said:
Nas is questionable tonight which is a sign he’s getting closer. I still believe in him
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Same here, man... he looked to me like he was really coming into his own last year, right before Covid-19 shut the season down. His shot was becoming more consistent &, in my opinion, that was really the only thing that was potentially holding him up from becoming a real contributor out on the floor.

Because of the setbacks he's had, I just hope he gets a chance to get out on the floor & get some reps in this season. I thought it was a good sign to see the team pick up his option, too, which makes me think he's doing the right things within the team setting.

Get well, Nas'!
 
If Nas picks up where he left off with his shot, or even improves he’s gonna be at minimum a rotation player. Even that one bucket last night was encouraging because you could see the adjustments he made to his form last season has carried over. Gotta remember he’s still only 20.
 
those 20 lbs he lost are noticeable. He was getting pushed around a bit. I really hope he gets a shot, but tough to play him when guys ahead of him are healthy. Just need him developing behind the scenes so he can step in next year.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Nas and Ant really needed a summer league.
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I think Simons has actually looked good. He looks much more decisive and he’s looking to get others involved. The added size has also helped him defensively/on the boards. I’m not worried about his shooting percentages because he’s playing in spurts. I’d feel a lot more comfortable if he had to play heavy minutes than I did a season ago.
 
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I have said this before but I am going to say it again. Little is crucial to the future of the team. If he pan out to be a starter type wing then that one less thing to worry about especially at a position that’s so vital to team success in the nba. And we wouldn’t need to use any assets to acquire a starting forward. But now the future of the team as of now is simons, Trent, little, and Collins. Potentially Jones and Giles. Only Trent right now can argue that he’s a starter. Collins is the only other player who can argue he’s a rotation type player. Other guys have their own questions and concerns that I won’t address at this time. But what I am trying to say that Trent most likely will never be a super star and so as Collins. However Little give me a little hope he can be one. I am not saying he will but with his height, length, strength, athleticism, and work ethic all point that he can be an elite wing. Will he get there, maybe or maybe not. But if he does that change the whole trajectory of the future. He changes the trajectory more than any other player. Now as a fan of Little I like his chance to becoming an elite wing
 
Before Trent broke out, I thought Nassir was the most valuable of the young guys. Remember, this is the only other high schooler other than LeBron James to win the All-American game and Jordan Brand Classic MVP.

Problem is, I already see Stotts' horrid coaching rearing its ugly head. If it ain't Damian or CJ on the floor, there is no plan. Little is out there with no direction and no interest to look into his skill set. It's just, "put him in and see what he does."
 
i think were gonna let hood go in order to make space for little
 
You can't expect Nas to grow when Stotts never plays him. My feeling is that Stotts doesn't like him. I don't think he likes Trent either but once it was clear how good he is , he has to play him.
 
Cugel said:
You can't expect Nas to grow when Stotts never plays him. My feeling is that Stotts doesn't like him. I don't think he likes Trent either but once it was clear how good he is , he has to play him.
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We have the #1 and #2 rated high school players from their class on our team.....and neither will get much of anything outside of garbage time run. Hard to believe all of those skills just went away. It doesn't mean they are the greatest players in the world....but there are certainly skills there that have yet to be tapped or developed.
 
Olshey seemed pretty high on Nas at his presser. Of course things can change but with a new coach hopefully he cements himself in the rotation. Stotts treatment of young players was a joke and it felt like Olshey agreed.
 
Nas is still learing and a bit raw, but there are things he can do that few others on the roster have the ability to do. Any minutes going to Melo last year were a waste of time and as waste of Dame's prime.
 
TBpup said:
Nas is still learing and a bit raw, but there are things he can do that few others on the roster have the ability to do. Any minutes going to Melo last year were a waste of time and as waste of Dame's prime.
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I think Little is getting a little too much hype, but sure...give him some burn

the problem is Olshey is still in charge so there's probably a decent chance Melo is back. Have to hope Melo either signs with the lakers, or the like, or the new coach dramatically reduces his minutes
 
TBpup said:
Nas is still learing and a bit raw, but there are things he can do that few others on the roster have the ability to do. Any minutes going to Melo last year were a waste of time and as waste of Dame's prime.
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Since Dame actively recruited Melo for at least 2 years, your last two statements are a stretch to say the least. Dame wanted him here. And it never ceases to amaze me how so many posters here willfully deny the positives Melo DID bring to the team and the organization. It’s like an addiction to the negative……
 
I watching past games for the season so I still got no opinion on him. I know his shot as improve but I just watch still get lost out there on both side. Summer league will do him good. This his third year so I like see a big chunk improvement by him.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Since Dame actively recruited Melo for at least 2 years, your last two statements are a stretch to say the least. Dame wanted him here. And it never ceases to amaze me how so many posters here willfully deny the positives Melo DID bring to the team and the organization. It’s like an addiction to the negative……
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yeah Melo was kinda scapegoated. I think he still has a spot in the league, but it’s not with one of the leagues worst defenses lol. Same goes for Kanter.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Since Dame actively recruited Melo for at least 2 years, your last two statements are a stretch to say the least. Dame wanted him here. And it never ceases to amaze me how so many posters here willfully deny the positives Melo DID bring to the team and the organization. It’s like an addiction to the negative……
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Sorry, but I’ve never been a fan of (what I consider to be) obscure analytics and I don’t place a whole lot of value on them. Or at least as much as the stat geeks do. I was talking about the intangibles, like respect for his body of work, along with the credibility that that (and he) gives the organization amongst the players on his team and throughout the league. Not to mention he was willing to humble himself to play in “Podunk Portland” for relative pennies AND come off the bench willingly. I believe his positive influence was a boon to the younger players who were in diapers when he came to the league. Hopefully they took a lot of positives away from playing with him that will translate into future improvement/success for them and the team. I personally place an extremely high value on mentorship and Melo fit that bill in spades. There’s more to basketball that keeps me interested than just stats. Or maybe that’s just me…….the entire team sucked on defense so the pile on with Melo is ironic at best…..and extremely unfair at worst.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Sorry, but I’ve never been a fan of (what I consider to be) obscure analytics and I don’t place a whole lot of value on them. Or at least as much as the stat geeks do. I was talking about the intangibles, like respect for his body of work, along with the credibility that that (and he) gives the organization amongst the players on his team and throughout the league. Not to mention he was willing to humble himself to play in “Podunk Portland” for relative pennies AND come off the bench willingly. I believe his positive influence was a boon to the younger players who were in diapers when he came to the league. Hopefully they took a lot of positives away from playing with him that will translate into future improvement/success for them and the team. I personally place an extremely high value on mentorship and Melo fit that bill in spades. There’s more to basketball that keeps me interested than just stats. Or maybe that’s just me…….the entire team sucked on defense so the pile on with Melo is ironic at best…..and extremely unfair at worst.
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people love stats that support their opinion...and will dismiss stats that don't. That's been going on for a long time

and most of those stats were not "analytics"....and they sure weren't obscure. Those were mostly box score tabulations of what happened when Melo was on the floor...and off the floor. Melo had just about the worst marks on the team for rotational players. TS% isn't some obscure stat either. It calculates the overall efficiency of the team possessions a player uses for his own offense

and that was the big problem with Melo. Portland as a team had a TS% of .577. Melo's TS% was .30 worse. If TS% is just too....analytic for you...then simplifying: Portland averaged 1.28 points/shot as a team. Melo averaged 1.19. That doesn't seem like much, but factoring in his average FGA's, Portland averaged 1.02 points a game LESS than they would have averaged in order to get Melo his shots. Considering Portland's net differential was +1.8 points, That 1 point is a little more significant

and there is more context than that. Take melo's 11 shots a game and split them between Dame (1.45 points/shot), Kanter (1.44), & Powell (1.31), and Portland's net goes from +1.8 to +4.1 points. That would have roughly translated to a top 4 seed & HCA in the playoffs (Portland lost 9 games by 3 points or less and 5 by 2 points or 1 point

as for the intangibles, I don't believe there were as many as you do and I certainly don't think they had a big impact. I'm not even sure how you'd know how good of a mentor Melo really was.
 
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