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1.) Zoolander
2.) Cape Fear (1991)
3.) Shawshank Redemption
4.) Green Mile
5.) Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 6/27/21, 3:04 PM
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2. Harry Potter 1-8
3. Lord of the rings/Hobbit trilogies
4. Count of Monte Cristo
5. Glory Road 6/27/21, 9:21 PM
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trib.al/5WnuUTU 6/27/21, 9:39 PM
Bauer's only career start against the Giants came on May 21 when he struck out a season-high 11 in a 2-1 Dodgers' victory at San Francisco. Since then, he is 2-3 with a 3.55 ERA over his past six starts.
“I use rosin, that’s about it.”
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...Shaq and Chuck, everybody.
(via @NBAonTNT)
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“I probably would’ve blew through a stop sign if Wotus had thrown it up” 😂 pic.twitter.com/
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Still, it is a dream. It was given legs by ESPN’s Zach Lowe and Jonathan Givony, who discussed a hypothetical of Wiseman and the Warriors’ two picks for No. 1. Givony said it was something Detroit would consider because the Pistons were so high on Wiseman last year.
That’s enough for me to make the call if I’m GM Bob Myers. And if Detroit GM Troy Weaver doesn’t immediately hang up, then I’m throwing in every sweetener possible. But it would be so hard to imagine the Pistons not taking one of the most promising prospects in recent memory.
The reason they might consider it is another reason for the Warriors to trade up. Detroit only pulls the trigger if it concludes Jalen Green or Evan Mobley is nearly as good and they’d rather get one of them and another lottery pick as opposed to just Cunningham.
If this were true, the Warriors would probably have to get up to No. 4 to really entice the Pistons. Use No. 7 and 14 to get to No. 4, then use Wiseman and No. 4 to get the No. 1. Weaver would have to get two players he absolutely loves to come off the top pick in this long-awaited draft and it would be hard to do that with No. 7. But Wiseman and Green for Cunningham? If they love Wiseman, it’s a nice bounty.
But if the Warriors can get to No. 4, they could also just take Green or Jalen Suggs and be in a similar setup. Green and Suggs are both listed in the 6-4, 6-5 range, so not as long as the Warriors prefer. But the playmaking, the shooting potential, the potential to become a star as the vets age, that’s also there with the top Jalens.
After No. 4, the question marks get bigger, from the Warriors’ perspective.
All of this underscores why moving up is the move.
Getting the No. 1 is actually more expensive than No. 7 and 14 combined. Cunningham is slotted at just over $10 million, including the customary 20 percent on top). The Warriors’ two picks will come in at just over $9 million. (These totals do not include luxury tax.) The No. 4 pick is set to make about $7.3 million.
The move up isn’t about money, though. It’s about raising the talent level on the roster. The Warriors’ projected starting five is Curry, Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green and James Wiseman. They’ve got Jordan Poole, Kevon Looney, Damion Lee and Juan Toscano-Anderson coming off the bench. And they still have Eric Paschall, who fell out of the rotation at the end of the year.
We know they’ll be adding a veteran with the mid-level and probably another on the veteran’s minimum — we know they want to keep Kent Bazemore. They also have the ability to sign-and-trade Oubre to get another veteran should they find a good deal.
So as the draft picks go, the question is who can come in and insert themselves into that? Who can supplant one of these incumbents? Who can walk in as a rookie and be a no-brainer to be on the second unit while competing for minutes with hungry veterans who earned a rotation spot like Lee and JTA? Who is good enough for Kerr to put in a small lineup at the end of games?
That’s what the Warriors need to get out of this draft. Maybe they can get one at No. 7. But the best chance to do so is to move up.
Khris Middleton: 20
Entire Atlanta Hawks team: 17 pic.twitter.com/
This month, the Nets star has clapped back at:
Jay Williams bit.ly/3A4uIyj
Touré bit.ly/3xV0qMq
Scottie Pippen bit.ly/35SXLa4
Jackie MacMullen bit.ly/3y3ghZE pic.twitter.com/
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