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The upcoming free agency decisions are going to be painful. There are players on this team that fans love who simply cannot be re-signed under the cap. That is the reality of the hard cap.

Boston was just too deep. When you have 7 guys who can guard Luka at an above-average level, there is only so much one player can do. We need a third star.

Defense is the issue and always has been. You cannot be the best player in the league if you are a minus defender. Jokic figured it out. Luka needs to.

Willingness to pay the luxury tax is the key. The Mavs window with Luka is the next 5-7 years. If the new ownership is willing to go $30-40M into the tax to build a championship roster, that makes all the difference.

Better Call Saul's final season is as good as Breaking Bad's. The courtroom scene in Season 6 where Jimmy becomes Saul is heartbreaking. Bob Odenkirk was robbed of an Emmy.

The defensive improvement in playoffs tells you this is an effort issue in the regular season. They CAN defend when it matters. They choose not to for 82 games. That is frustrating.

No first-round pick hurts but the Mavs have found value in the second round before. Jalen Brunson was pick 33. It can be done with good scouting.

Miro Heiskanen is going to be the best defenseman in franchise history when it is all said and done. He is 26 and already one of the top 10 defensemen in the NHL. The ceiling is Norris Trophy.

Sergei Zubov being in the Hall of Fame was long overdue. His skating ability at 6-1, 200 pounds was mesmerizing. He could carry the puck through an entire team and make it look effortless.

The mythological Odin hanging himself on Yggdrasil for nine days to gain wisdom is infinitely more interesting than "stern father who sits on a throne." Marvel has barely scratched the surface of how weird Norse mythology actually is.

lol nah

The wrapper problem is real. I have evaluated 15 AI startups for my company this year. At least 10 were just UIs on top of OpenAI with no defensible technology. When OpenAI adds that feature natively, those startups evaporate.

Parsons 58.4 run defense grade is alarming but also expected. You do not pay a guy $28M to set the edge. You pay him to get sacks. The roster around him needs to handle the run.

Making the Team has been my guilty pleasure show for years. The fact that it has run for 16 seasons tells you everything about the brand power.

The STARS chant during the anthem is one of the best traditions in professional sports. Visitors are always caught off guard by it. The entire building screaming in unison before the game even starts sets the tone.

DFW LAN events are how I found my competitive team. Showing up with your rig and playing against strangers who become friends is old-school internet culture IRL.

At least acknowledge that without the sell-on fees this club probably doesn't exist. MLS economics are rough.

The 0.3-second faster pass delivery from Luka is the detail that separates him. That fraction of a second is the difference between the rolling big catching the ball in space versus catching it under duress. It is the invisible skill that makes Luka elite.

The safety pick in round 2 is going to help the corners more than people realize. Having a reliable safety over the top changes how aggressively you can play at the line of scrimmage.

lol nah

The new kickoff rules have made kick return more important than it has been in a decade. Dallas needs to invest in a dynamic returner. CeeDee should not be fielding kicks.

The fact that he stayed in Dallas after retirement tells you everything. He could have gone anywhere. He chose Texas. He IS Dallas Stars hockey.

Firefox + uBlock Origin is the real hero here. I cannot believe people still browse the web without an ad blocker. The internet is unusable without one.

Splitting with Philly is fine but the Week 6 red zone interception still haunts me. You have CeeDee one-on-one and you throw into double coverage. Decision-making under pressure is still a question mark for Dak.

T Bar M in Dallas has a great tennis community. Good place to start if you want to find a doubles partner.

561 goals as an American. That record has stood for over a decade and nobody is close to breaking it. The combination of speed, skill, and longevity was remarkable.