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TLDR: how was Acuffs defense in highschool?

Currently the discussion around Acuff is about how awful he is on defence, and his measurable don’t really give him an excuse anymore.

The counter argument around him is saying he was playing 40 mins a night and was 100% of his teams offence, so cal told him to try and hide on D.

Acuff just seems like too much of a dog to be this awful on D. It doesn’t make sense to me with that wingspan and athleticism. He seems to engaged game to just check out on defence.

What his defence was like in high school against other prospects? Was he a traffic cone or was he at least passable?

Wanna gage everyone’s take on wether we should be getting rid of Kawhi.

I don’t really see the argument for keeping him, so I wanna see other takes. IMO being stuck with one foot out the door with a rebuild is what dooms teams. Commit to the rebuild and potentially get more picks and young pieces.

As much as you guys hate on him Lawrence Frank is really good at his job. Trust him to draft and develop.

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Alright, now that we have the 5th place let’s do some scouting. And for all the Caleb Wilson fans out there, I’m sorry but this is with the assumption that the top 4 are Dybantsa, Peterson, Boozer and Wilson.

Unfortunately all the guys that I see star potential in outside the top 4 are guards so that’s gonna dominate this big board.

Keaton Wagler - 6”6 guard - Illinois - 02/2007

This is who in my opinion, is gonna be the odds on favourite for the clippers to draft. Maybe the biggest freshman stock riser of all time, wagler was off draft boards before this year. Unique” jerky player that draws comps to shai and Haliburton and has a beautiful jumper. Led Illinois on an impressive final 4 run, and appears to be a winner, but his lack of athleticism is what’s scaring me. I think he’ll be a great player, but his lack of athleticism may keep him a minus defensive player, and if Harland’s out PG of the future, we may run into similar issues that Cleveland had with two guards that need help on defence. To put into perspective, 6”6 Keaton wagler had 0 dunks this season, while tyler tanner (5”11 on a good day) Tyler tanner had 16.

Player comp - Michigan Jamal Crawford

Darius Acuff - 6”3 guard - Arkansas- 10/2006

Let me get this straight, acuff is a BUCKET. One of the most impressive college players I’ve seen in a while. Gifted scorer at 3 levels, and a gifted playmaker. These skills WILL translate to the NBA. Whoever drafts him will get a bucket. But there are definitely similar (and exaggerated) concerns to wagler with his defence alongside garland. This new NBA is built on grit and size, guys like acuff are great, but you can only have one on a team, and we’re not getting rid of garland anytime soon.

Player Comp - A better AI impression than Trey Burke

Kingston Flemming - 6”4 gaurd - Houston- 01/2007

Lemme start with admission for my bias of Kingston Flemings. He’s who I want the clippers to draft. Kelvin Sampsons Houston gaurds are always dawgs.
And he’s never had anyone as talented as Flemmings, who he gave the keys too this season. Hes got the Houston traits, Good defender with better size and athleticism than some of the previously mentioned guards and he’s a Smart smart player. What stood out to me is how well he’d break down the game in postgame on court interviews. I remember Blake griffin always saying how hard it is to think in those when you have no oxygen in your brain. He also has that automatic Chris Paul - off the screen mid range jumper and a mid range game that all the best scorers in the NBA have, stuff you need to an ELITE ELITE scorer. He’ll love the NBA spacing. The one thing that worries me is he can be a bit passive against tough defenses, something he can hopefully grow out of .

Player comp - could be Isaiah Thomas, could be d’aaron fox

IMO this draft is good enough for teams to get desperate for a top 5 pick. if we can get a trade down to someone in the 7-12 range, we may be able to get some assets while potentially being able to still get one of those top 3 guards. And the quality doesn’t drop off a whole lot. If we do here’s some more guys to target.

Yaxel Lendeborg -6”9 - Wing/Forward - Michigan 09/2002

So Yaxel is an older prospect, but he’s extremely NBA ready, and pretty new to high level basketball, so there’s tons of late bloomer opportunity. NBA forward size, with guard skills. Has a pretty solid jumper, plays good defence, and is an awesome playmaker. He also just seems to be a great teammate, everyone loves him and he really puts emphasis into being a team player. I was low on his draft profile midseason, but he really impressed me as a winning player and champ. Although
he maybe doesn’t have the ceiling that these freshman do, he will be a contributing player on a contending team at some point. Quote me on that.

Player comp - Michael Beasley with a Latino mom to whip him into shape

Quick shoutout to Labaron Philon and Bennet Stirtz from Alabama and Iowa. Philips gonna go in the 10-14 range and he’s gonna be awesome. Just a natural scorer. He’ll be in the league for a while.

Stirtz on the other hand will land in the 20’s and will be a lead guard in the NBA. Best story in the draft, played D2 for 2 years and then was the best player on every court he stepped on in D1 at Drake and Iowa. Floor general that will be able to lead teams. Hoping my hometown team the raptors will land him, could desperately use a guy like that

Quick opposite of a shootout to Nate Ament. Stay away lol. He just looks flustered the best of times against tough competition. He’ll be a black hole on any team he’s on. Seems like the type of player a bad franchise will draft and will be in an NBA ball knowledge vid in 6 years.

Me and my girlfriend have been living together for 2 years now. I’m a university student and she’s a teacher at a school down the road (10 minutes away).

She has had a car since before we were together, but now that we live together I’m splitting costs with her 50/50 (insurance, gas, maintenance, etc…).

I was fine with that because we’ve done a couple road trips with it and feel bad making her front the full cost because I use it with her frequently.

However, she started doing early morning workout classes a while ago and now shes been taking it to work every single day. So essentially I walk to my campus every day, which is also downtown and can probably count the amount of times I’ve been in the car without her in the past 2 years. I keep asking her to let me use it more often, especially when it’s raining and she always says she’ll try but she hasn’t really. That being said I use the car a couple times a week to grocery shopping/activities, but she’s always with me.

Anyways, the car has had a lot of maintenance this year and we just got another bill for Almost $2k, and gas prices have gone up so I’m spending several thousand dollars a year for a car I barely drive. Im a student and while I’m not necessarily financially struggling, I’m not doing great either, and she’s often making large purchases and has very expensive taste (especially for a teacher lol).

We have a pretty solid relationship and I feel bad making her front costs. We’re moving to the city in a couple months so she’s giving the car to her mom, so this won’t be an issue soon But we’re saving up to travel once I’m done school and I’m struggling to fund that while she isn’t. I’m thinking of asking for a refund of some of the expenses over the past year.l but that also feels like a mean thing to do.

How do I deal with this?

Edit: my names on the insurance as a temporary driver, so her insurance goes up a fair bit because I’m a young male.

Hi everyone,

Just want to reach out to some mechanics for help.

I’ve been taking in my car to the speedy auto on robie since i moved to Halifax 2 years ago. We bring our car in once every 6 months I’d say for tire changes and just to get it checked out since it’s not the newest car and tends to make noise sometimes (2015 suburu forester). However, we don’t drive a ton and when we do locations are usually only 10 minutes away.

So, they’ve basically replaced the rear break pads 3 times in 2 years now, which seems suspicious, along with the other break pads and other maintenance charges that have costed us several thousand dollars.

I called them out for it once when they wanted to fix my break pads twice in a 3 month span, and they gave me a partial refund on the repairs. This was about a year ago and now they say it needs fixing again.

Anyways, I’m starting to wonder if they’re either not doing a good job with our maintenance or if they’re up charging/ upselling us because we know nothing about cars.

Does this sound suspicious to anyone or am I just paranoid? Has anyone else had good/bad experiences with this place.