Stacker Sports Pod • Episode 17: The Joker and the Rest of the Best \ stacker news ~Stacker

Actually, we shouldn't read too much into this one. None of the big boys played. No Kyrie, no AD, no Lively/Gafford, no Washington. Let's see how they play full strength before judging. AD had always been saying he's a 4, so with Lively/Gafford, he can go back to playing the 4 as he wish. Mavs already has a great point guard in Kyrie, AD might just fit right in and turn the Mavs into an even more dangerous threat.

23 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby fwd 2 Feb

I paid ek to code a bypass that allows all Leafs derision to be free.

434 sats \ 6 replies \ @gnilma 2 Feb

Some thoughts and comments:

I don't follow baseball, but if I had to pick, I would support the Blue Jays and not the Mariners. The Canadian team identity has priority over being geographically near my home.
I never played baseball when I was little, aside from the few sessions in PE class, and none of my kids play baseball, so I don't have any thoughts on tiers of Canadian children's baseball. I will share something for the Parent's Corner section of your podcast, since it's a lifestyle podcast anyways :) My son went on another ringette game yesterday, and the little guy just refuses to pass the ring. Pissed me off a bit and I really hope he learns to pass the ring. I guess the silver lining is that at least he wasn't trying to wrestle the ring away from teammates like his teammates, haha. It's fun to watch 5 and 6 year-olds try to play a game.
Please don't shit on Edmonton, the city. I was there for 2.5 days as part of my 2022 Spring Break road trip and had a blast. We spent a full day at the mall. We also brought our skates and was ready to skate on the Victoria Park Skating Oval and Trails (huge outdoor rink and outdoor skating trails), but it was too warm and skating was prohibited. We still had a blast playing snow on the Skating Oval.
So much for no major trades before the trade deadline, right? We were given a blockbuster trade last night. I think we've had plenty of discussion about this trade. Let's just see how it plays out. One thing is for sure, Luka is probably terribly pissed. I can't wait for Luka's homecoming game at Dallas and watch him cook the Mavs for 60 points or something. I believe it will happen on April 9th, 2025. Mark it down on your calendars.
As for trade expectations, I really think/hope/wish the Nuggets would make a move to better their bench and not waste another productive season from the Joker. I really hope the Nuggets realize they could definitely squeeze a couple more championships from the Joker and make moves to realize that. I agree with you guys that Joker is one of the best, if not the best, to play basketball. Nuggets really need to capitalize on that
It would be really funny if the Heat don't trade Jimmy but just keep him suspended. That means no pay for Jimmy but he can't go anywhere until his contract expires. Would be a very big fuck you to Jimmy for openly talking about wanting to be traded.

I think that's it from me. I don't know if I missed anything, as it's hard to remember everything your guys talked about while running on the snow in the cold. It was fun listening to you guys during my run, it helped make the snow feel slightly less annoying. Keep up the good work.

61 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 2 Feb

I could easily see Riley doing that, if he doesn't like any of the offers for Jimmy. I can also see Jimmy opting into his player option, even if he knows he'll remain suspended, just to fuck with Riley's salary cap situation.

76 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 2 Feb

Although the drama is entertaining to watch, I don't like these lose-lose situations. They should really have a sit down and talk to over to solve this instead of trying so hard to mess with one another.

51 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 2 Feb

I was actually blown away by the Edmonton Mall the first time I visited, when I was a teenager. I mean, there's a frickin' water park inside.

Both times I drove through, though, it was oppressively hot. Flat, asphalty cities are the worst when it's scorching hot. Also, on a long road trip, Edmonton is inevitably the stop right before or right after the Canadian Rockies and that's a tough comparison for any place.

75 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 3 Feb

I visited with my uncle for the first time in the summer of 1995 when I tagged along on his summer road trip. It was so long ago, I don't remember too much from the trip. I only remember being blown away by the size of the mall and the fact that there was a full blown water park and amusement park inside.

You are correct though. Edmonton does have a tough act to follow because for us, the day before is usually Mount Robson Provincial Park / Jasper National Park, and damn that area is beautiful! I think I got 2 hiking posts on that section of the Rockies, hike #6 (#379614) and hike #46 (#751977).

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby fwd 2 Feb

Are you saying you would have taken the trip to Edmonton to sit in a suite and watch the Oilers over the travel voucher? Haha

75 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 3 Feb

Hahaha, $4k travel voucher all day, any day. I'm not an Oilers fan, and even if I am, sitting in a suite for a game is not worth more than $4k for me.

129 sats \ 3 replies \ @Aardvark 2 Feb

Sports fact: The "rambling tangents" was the name of the team that won the first polo world championship in 1987.

71 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 2 Feb

Wow! I would have thought world championship polo was older than that.

63 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 2 Feb

Me too!

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby fwd 2 Feb

Nice

26 sats \ 11 replies \ @grayruby fwd 2 Feb

Too bad the trade didn’t take place while we were recording. I thought it was an early April fools joke.

40 sats \ 10 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 2 Feb

That would have been awesome.

31 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby fwd 2 Feb

Dallas seems to think this is a win now move. They better hope AD doesn't get hurt.

83 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 2 Feb

AD seems to get hurt a lot. He’s blown a lot of my parlays leaving games early with injuries

129 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby fwd 2 Feb

He played a full season last year but his first in many years. Seems like a overly risky move by the Mavs.

40 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 2 Feb

It's definitely not a win later move.

24 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby fwd 2 Feb

That's for sure. I don't know much about Christie other than the fact he is young and is a bench player. Does he have some promise?

40 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 2 Feb

If you squint, he looks like a 3 and D guy. I'd say he's a rounding error in a deal like this.

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61 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma 2 Feb

Great. Posted just in time for me to listen to during my second run this morning.

71 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 2 Feb

Awesome! Maybe you can weigh-in on the tiers of Canadian children's baseball.