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West Texan said:

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Fun to remember the dominance of the 2014 "Beautiful Game" team, but this really puts into perspective the job Carlisle did.

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The wife and I were at game 3 where Vince Carter hit that last second shot.

After Vince Hit that shot and everyone was filing out 3 different Mavs fans tried to pick fights with me. It was the last straw in a series of Spurs/Mavs games in Dallas that made us say we'll never go back to watch a game there as Spurs fans.

Once we got out of the arena and were walking to the car, two other different groups of Mavs fans were all talking about their calendars for June to make sure they could attend the Finals when they inevitably made it.

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• cussed out my 7 year old nephew
• threw beer and popcorn on my wife and mother-in-law when they went by themselves
• several games where Mavs fans attempted to pick fights and physically confront us

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Enzo The Baker said:

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Apparently the three teams (according to some NBA guy named Khris Johnson) that have called about DeMar are Chicago, Orlando, and Detroit.

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Wouldn't want any of Detroit's trash.

If you could get Otto Porter Jr out of Chicago or Fournier out of Orlando, that would round out the Spurs team with a really solid SF.

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West Texan said:

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Kawhi is a weird dude.

I said this at the beginning of the nephew saga, but having a family member be in charge of basically running your life is a horrible idea. He'll never fire uncle Dennis because of his family ties, even though he has no real qualifications for doing any of this.

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Guitarsoup said:

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West Texan said:

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Kawhi is a weird dude.

I said this at the beginning of the nephew saga, but having a family member be in charge of basically running your life is a horrible idea. He'll never fire uncle Dennis because of his family ties, even though he has no real qualifications for doing any of this.

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Uncle Dennis was once assistant to the branch manager of a local bank.

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The news: After a little more than 15 years serving as GM, Buford is getting prepared to bequeath the role to assistant GM Brian Wright, league sources have confirmed to The Athletic. Wright will report directly to Buford, who will officially get a new title that some around the NBA believe will be a role helping to oversee Spurs Sports & Entertainment.

When the Spurs initially hired Wright in 2016, he stayed behind the scenes and focused mainly on scouting. But sources have informed The Athleticover the last year Wright has been more involved, even fielding calls and packages for the trade of Kawhi Leonard the previous summer.

Wright has made his presence felt over the last few weeks, too. He led the negotiations to re-sign Rudy Gay to a two-year deal that could be worth up to $32 million. Wright assisted in engineering the sign-and-trade of DeMarre Carroll and trade of Davis Bertans to Washington to free up money to offer what turned out to be a deal involving Morris that fell apart.

Buford has been busy preparing for a new role over the last years taking business/leadership courses at Stanford University and Duke University.

It's still uncertain if anything will be different with Wright as GM. Ask those in the NBA about his management style. The University of Central Florida product and Maryland native is praised for his hands-on approach, "engaging, authentic and trustworthy," one NBA agent said.

"I like Brian," another agent added. "I think he's sharp."

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Really starting to look like Hammon is being groomed to succeed Pop.

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"This is me putting on my reporter's hat here. People in NBA circles are talking about this right now: Allegedly, the uncle, Uncle Dennis, was asking for a lot of stuff from the other teams; houses, planes, sponsorship, guaranteed sponsorship money, just as an example. They're throwing this stuff out there. All of those things are supposedly illegal in the collective bargaining agreement. I have no idea whether this is true or not. I'm not trying to cast any aspersions on Uncle Dennis, but people in NBA circles are talking about this as we speak.

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Guitarsoup said:

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SAS on Uncle Dennis:

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"This is me putting on my reporter's hat here. People in NBA circles are talking about this right now: Allegedly, the uncle, Uncle Dennis, was asking for a lot of stuff from the other teams; houses, planes, sponsorship, guaranteed sponsorship money, just as an example. They're throwing this stuff out there. All of those things are supposedly illegal in the collective bargaining agreement. I have no idea whether this is true or not. I'm not trying to cast any aspersions on Uncle Dennis, but people in NBA circles are talking about this as we speak.

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Ulrich said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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SAS on Uncle Dennis:

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"This is me putting on my reporter's hat here. People in NBA circles are talking about this right now: Allegedly, the uncle, Uncle Dennis, was asking for a lot of stuff from the other teams; houses, planes, sponsorship, guaranteed sponsorship money, just as an example. They're throwing this stuff out there. All of those things are supposedly illegal in the collective bargaining agreement. I have no idea whether this is true or not. I'm not trying to cast any aspersions on Uncle Dennis, but people in NBA circles are talking about this as we speak.

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Im not sure who I trust less, uncle Dennis or SAS.

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