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Aye so speculation about waiting until after Easter was true. Also good means NC State didnt’ close.

Also THREE DAYS? If he performing at JPJ or hiking the Shenandoah?

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Takes time to hammer out a contract!

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Maybe going for a lil Biblical significance around Easter?

Also, for kicks I had a LLM generate an itinerary, feel free to ignore, it’s off-topic nonsense (but amusing to me): https://claude.ai/share/bf4c9132-c1e0-4f7a-b633-1ae2dd6e91d0

Besides suggesting multiple closed/moved restaurants, not terrible.

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He’s missing a lot of classes

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I mean assuming that’s tonight til Wed am, but yeah, long visit for a transfer.

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Sometimes details of trips get changed and/or misconveyed and/or misunderstood.

If we think long and hard, we can probably think of a recent example :joy:

So let’s take a 3-day visit with a grain of salt.

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Oh please dear god… give me Terrance Arceneaux. That’s my Odom system crush.

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Can start to see something cohering: bucket getters, athletes, rim protectors, guys who enjoy Star Wars.

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  1. Dallin Hall is starting. Chance Malory off the bench.

  2. Jacari White is starting. Elijah Gertrude off the bench.

  3. Malik Thomas, if he makes it, is starting. Sam Lewis might start if we lose Thomas to the waiver and lose Arceneaux to NC State. Terrance Arceneaux takes either the vacated Thomas spot, pushes Tillis to the bench, or comes off the bench himself [least likely].

  4. Devin Tillis is probably starting. Maybe Arceneaux. Martin Carrere off the bench.

  5. Ugonna Onyenso is starting if he’s the guy we land at the 5. Johann Grünloh bullies Onyenso to the bench if we’re lucky enough to land him. Silas Barksdale off the bench. Carter Lang deeeeep bench.

I think, at this point, that’s all we know.

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Looks like I will be mowing a couple extra yards this week.

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How can you not start the article Is he the next Dirk Nowitzki when talking about German gems?

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Apparently, arrive at night + full day’s visit + leave early morning on the third day is a pretty common schedule.

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I feel bad for Federiko Federiko. Every time he meets a new person he has to respond to the same comments. ā€œYes, I am tall. Yes, I do play basketball. Yes, my names are the same.ā€ At some point you just print up index cards and hand them out.

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Maybe that’s an unrealistic comparison?

I am not an NBA guy, but I know Nowitski. I have never heard of the three who were named. So if we land him, I’ll be excited, but I won’t expect us to compete for the national championship. If we landed a Nowitski, I’d be thinking Final Four at least. I’d probably be disappointed, but I’d think it.

You would need to check if the German player started his career in team handball.

The dudes that do that have the best footwork and balance. Dirk always credits his team handball days of his youth for his stellar footwork as a big man in the NBA.

Team handball is one of the best sports that Americans do not watch… high scoring, brutal defense and fast pace. The Euro leagues are awesome too.

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I have a friend who is 6’11" that has these cards.

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