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if it's anything more specific than the generic "I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable" apologies that usually happen in these situations I'd be shocked.

It won't win their case in court outright but if they prove he solicited them I think that'll be enough for the league to at least call misconduct. Wouldn't end his career though.

Yeah my mistake. First one was new, second was not, I don't know the rest. I stand by my point though. It's all speculation until we see those messages. Emphasis on the "if true" bro

That's the old school Robert Kraft stuff. The sex work industry lives openly on Instagram and OnlyFans now and that's just what's above ground. High class escorts aren't covering as massage therapist much anymore because they don't have to.

I have a gorgeous friend who does message therapy and is passionately into her craft. Has to deal with dudes asking for happy endings all the time and seeing how it effects her really is a shame. What's really insidious about the situation if true is Watson knew exactly what he was doing. There's plenty of avenues for a star athlete to buy sex. James Harden could have given him the number of any escort in Houston. He chose to fly out vulnerable, newly licensed women to exert power over them.

Got cut for the wild threats he was texting his accuser as a NE Patriot. He played through the investigation up until.

"She-said has been enough to convict now and investigate later in recent past" I can't think of a single case where someone was punished off an accusation alone. There's usually messages, photos/footage, corroborating witness, sometimes multiple accusers...

More cases coming. Multiple women? this Saul Goodman routine her lawyer's doing on the gram ain't helping her

Who's been suspended without any evidence?

Unless the accuser kept that alleged apology text or they have security footage (and I sure as hell would if I was a female masseuse working from home) they've got nothing. I hope the truth comes out but if it's on her side she's going to have a hard time proving it. I don't think it effects his value at all. Might just make it easier for Houston to cut ties.

Yep. I say it a lot Tep's a hedgefund guy. He's going to invest in a proven commodity before rolling the dice on us finding one.

If I'm Atlanta's GM I trade the pick to a QB needy team for the double whammy of accruing assets and fuging the Panthers

Unless he goes all-in and demands a specific destination his shortlist don't matter. And because we get a different report on his favorite spots every week I'm thinking there isn't really any strong preference on his part. If Houston does ship him the hard balling they're doing now is to wear him down until he's desperate enough to accept whatever trade they want.

We're doing more cap clearing than roster building at the moment so you tell me. I think we're going to be pinching pennies like this until draft day if we can't get him.

Gonna suck if we miss out on signings praying for Watson.

Someone please check on Igo

The NBA's cut down on the flopping and with it becoming increasingly a shooters league players are drawing fouls mid-shot more, so it evens out.

Took an act of God. Before CMC went down Samuel's RB abilities were an afterthought. An end-around play in the backfield every once in a blue to be cute. I just think it's super disappointing and kind of strange that we have this Madden playing college hotshot OC who can't figure out how to scheme two gadget players together. Christian and Curtis could be a RB/WR tandem like the league's never seen if they put some thought into it.

Great question OP. Both historic seasons. LaMelo led all rookies in point/rebounds/steal/assists going into the All-Star break and no one else has done that in 60 years. Saw some other stat that was just him, Steph Curry, and Jason Kidd alone on the list. The Lebron/Cam comparison is great. He was putting the team on his back a lot, which is much crazier for one football player to do versus one basketball player. LaMelo's awesome but this season is a perfect storm for the Hornets in general. Take him out and this is still probably the best group of shooters Charlotte's ever had on the floor.

Oof. Stick a fork in Ian Thomas.

He missed the preseason and part of camp his rookie season so I don't blame Rivera for bringing him along slowly initially. Then he went on IR week 10. Then Cam went under the knife after the season. So there's just the first half of 2018 really, both guys were coming off major injuries, and we went 6-2 so there wasn't much urgency in figuring it out. I honestly think the current coaching staff, who I consider better strategists than Rivera's, has handled Samuel worse. You have Christian McCaffery, a QB you don't want throwing more than 20 yards downfield, and you can't figure out how to use the only 1000/1000 player in Ohio State's history? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

In Ron’s defense I wonder how many healthy Curtis and Cam games we even had

Will and Robby put on absolute shows against us

Vernon must be looking raw af in practice for JB to be bringing him along this slowly. With Zeller out and him having his way with the G League you'd think he'd be called up. Biz can barely catch a pass out there.

I'd be ok rolling with Teddy for another year if we got Sewell.