DelthaDelthaDeltha

Not actually Deltha O'Neal. Time to join the Cal burner community.

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

Might need to pin this. Welcome to Wokelahoma

[Ghost @GhostofGarbers]

Beautiful. Thank you @DanielMcMorris7

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

@C7ISRpenguin The Peter Millar is a perfect touch.

[Justin Wilcox’s Therapist @nato_base]

I think we can certainly count on the Congo to be on our side

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

Found this in an OKC record store this weekend and couldn't resist.

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

Fourth team is so hilariously disrespectful

[Cal Football @CalFootball]

7️⃣ Golden Bears make the Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC team

#GoBears

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

🗣️ FUCK DONALD TRUMP AND ANYONE WHO STANDS WITH HIM HAPPY OF 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

It's insane to me that smart small market teams that are good at developing their own talent voted for a CBA that would make it harder to keep that talent, all to give their billionaire owners an excuse not to spend money. Looking at you Thunder.

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

I'm convinced this was never about parity but was about increasing player movement which can make a couple of weeks in summer more exciting but risks real consequences to long-term team fandom if your favorite players are leaving your team because there's no other choice.

[kuz @kylekuzma]

After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....

The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.

Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.

This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the @TheNBPA has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.

The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.

Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.

The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.

This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table.

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

@AndyKHLiu You're optimistic

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

@ToshingMyLupoi That's tightwad hill

[kang @jaycaspiankang]

The problem with everyone wanting to be a GM and only enjoy sports through the perspective of management is that you don’t get that it’s actually horrible to not give an honest answer to the dude who busted his ass and won a finals MVP, regardless of what you think about contract

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

@TIMBO_SL1CE Ain't gonna hate if that's true for others but fuck Trump, go USA for me

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

"He always acted like he was smarter than us." - Front Office that just traded Jaylen Brown for 36 year old Paul George

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

This is the same shit they said when he was coming out of college and people said that would stop him from being successful. 10 years later it's the same hits.
But the real geniuses are the ones that signed him to a franchise breaking contract and traded him for so little!?!

[Fullcourtpass @Fullcourtpass]

People in the NBA believe Jaylen Brown has a "disease" where he thinks he’s the smartest person in the room, per @colincowherd

“I had two NBA sources … two people in the league, one an executive, one a scout, say that Jaylen Brown has — it’s a disease. He suddenly thinks he’s the smartest guy in every room he’s in ... You make a lot of money, suddenly you’re absolutely sure, you don’t wanna listen to your bosses, you don’t wanna listen to consultants, you don’t wanna listen to teammates.”

(Via @volumebball, h/t @TheNBABase)

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

@Big_Ursa_ That's the good life right there

[Mike the Hot Dog Mayor @MikeHotDogMayor]

ACAB INCLUDES FIFA REFS

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

@TIMBO_SL1CE It's a whole different world out there. Can't get too high and can't get too low. A lot can and will change for everyone's classes.

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

@savanah2j Mostly left though

[Caitlin Cooper @C2_Cooper]

could always plant some trees to make up the difference

[DelthaDelthaDeltha @DelthaDeltha]

@PresPolo @NilsHeadley Haha. All good.