This new “hey, let’s make something we know people want and have been asking for forever” strategy is bold and risky.
Isn’t Xbox worried this will only make $500 million dollars instead of the usual $5 million???
Congratulations to Obsidian Games art director Matt Hansen, who reportedly got what he wanted today when Xbox eliminated 3200 positions, including his.
Best of luck in the woods, Matt.
I hate that game developers these days all think they're untouchable geniuses and that it's a human rights violation to be fired for making dogshit games nobody buys.
@JonathanGuck@viewsceo The levels of hopium I’m getting with all the smoke of LeBron going to Minny will give me the biggest let down when he signs with the Cavs.
The Timberwolves are ramping up their push for LeBron James, sources tell @TheAthletic. The pitch: Team w/Ant, LaMelo, Jaden, Rudy in championship-starved Minnesota to go after a title that could cement his case for the throne.
(Free read)
https://t.co/4rGdAE77AJ
I think Minnesota makes most basketball sense for LeBron
PROS:
* LaMelo, Ant, McDaniels allows you to rarely put foot on the gas.
* Mentoring championship ready talent
* Gobert S tier defensive anchor
CONS:
* No winter golf around Lake Minnetonka
The Wolves:
- Have a spot ready for him
- A lot of youth to take burden off him
- Plenty of defense to surround him
- No concern of it looking like a bald-faced ring chase. Winning in Minnesota would be historic.
Not sayin, just sayin.
Trade Grades for the LaMelo Ball Trade
Timberwolves - A+++++++
Minnesota FINALLY gets an elite playmaking guard to pair with the Rudy Gobert timeline. One of the best passers in the league and a player who immediately serves as a great table-setter for Rudy's long rolls, Ant can play off the catch a bit more and Minnesota is WAY better than they were with Julius Randle. The defensive infrastructure can more than protect LaMelo. McDaniels will continue to defend ball handlers and LaMelo's positional size allows him to hide on wings
Hornets - D
The Hornets FINALLY had a good season and they stripped away the driving force of it. Little disclaimer here, high slips and ghosts to get Kon the ball in advantage won't work quite as well with a 6'0" point guard instead of a 6'7" guard
Unbelievable to me here. There's a good chance Minnesota conveys zero actual swaps in this deal because Minnesota is just simply better than Charlotte.
I like Naz for the Hornets which saves this from being an F, but man. Why.
Just think about all the Learing Centers that Elizabeth Warren could fund with Elon Musk's money— because that's exactly where it would go under a "wealth tax."