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12 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

Oh yes, that one lucky lottery in 20 years of being in the lottery

We lucked up to get Lamelo, too.

Weak draft class this year. I'm not gonna lose sleep over it. 

Eh. We got lucky last year. 

1 hour ago, raleigh-panther said:

if the Panthers finish with the league’s worst record for the second year in a row

That would be historic. 

Well, at least they got CJ Stroud.

Can't have everything, I suppose.

Eh.

I can believe that Belichick was a pain in the ass to to deal with.  But they were winning, so Kraft put up with it.

Once the winning stopped, however ....

32 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

State hasn't won the tournament since 87. That's one long drought.

Damn, I remember that one. Didn't know they hadn't won one since then. (Stopped paying attention to State soon after Valvano left, and they stopped recruiting paisans)

16 minutes ago, CRA said:

RB - Ekeler

Sounds like Luke gotta make a decision on his Panthers fandom - Leave tonight, or live and die this way.

He'd make a good backup for Kyler Murray.

Not Charlotte FC related, but this RSL/LAFC match is insane.

I wouldn't make the trade, but Howell was the obvious pick over Corral.

If Howell had panned out here, we could've kept DJ Moore and this year's pick. Maybe even CMC.

2 hours ago, YazminCarson said:

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23 hours ago, Day1PanthersFan said:

I usually am happy for former players that find sucess elsewhere 

Not me. 

29 minutes ago, PanthersATL said:

It probably will.

YouTubeTV continues to grow, with the largest number of subscribers for a "cable alternative" (aka "skinny bundle") vs Hulu+Live TV or others. If things keep going the way it has been, expect to see YouTubeTV surpass satellite in terms of subscriber count in a few years.

But the differentiator is going to be whether YouTubeTV has anything to offer that's different.

They allegedly gained 1m subscriptions last year with Sunday Ticket. But that's not sustainable long-term if there aren't any other exclusives to the platform or differentiator

If the new Sports-Only bundle takes off in popularity, we may see YouTubeTV subs dropped by those people who really only wanted sports programming and didn't care about local channels or whatever else YTTV brought to the table that isnt available elsewhere

 

I think YTTV is pretty well positioned right now. It's basically cable tv for people who don't want to pay cable tv prices.  I'd guess that the "sports progamming only" market isn't huge.  The problem for YTTV is if any of this stuff becomes exclusive, or if ESPN/Fox decide to jack up whatever carriage prices they're currently paying.

12 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

It's just floundering around to try and keep a crumbling infrastructure in place.

The truth is that their business model is broken and they just haven't accepted it yet.

Lollygaggers.

As a UNCC alum, I see parallels between the Hornets and 49ers.  In the 90's, both were good (not great) teams. They weren't title contenders, but you expected them to be in the playoffs/tournament. And they've both been sh#t shows for the last 20 years.

It's been fun watching 49ers hoops come back to life. Maybe someday that will happen with the Hornets.

1 minute ago, Chad_Cota said:

I work with a bunch of people from Michigan. This sucks for them but Michigan football won the national championship. They will be fine 

Michigan State fans pull for the Lions, too.

55 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

where a kid is drafted is immediately  meaningless the second he steps on the field

The most obvious comparison for Bryce is Trey Lance, based on where he was drafted, and what SF paid to get him. He got 2 seasons (8 games).

Of course, they had a loaded team and no time to wait. And a good front office. What are the odds we find a Brock Purdy?

But if we've learned anything about Tepper, it's that he's not a "sunk costs" guy.

I was good with the Frank Reich hire, so what do I know?

We'll see.

4 hours ago, Eazy-E said:

How are you going to trade one of your best players to a division rival?

The Hornets/Heat rivalry is similar to the way a nail has a rivalry with a hammer.

So it looks like Amazon stepped in at the last minute to prop up the Bally RSN's.

So if you didn't have access to the Hornets/Canes, you can just do a $20/month add on at Amazon Prime.

If I followed the Canes, maybe. But nah.

https://deadline.com/2024/01/amazon-diamond-sports-regional-networks-sinclair-bankruptcy-1235795319/