Garrett Bugay

Former Basketball Video Scout @SIS_Hoops / Contributor @TheCenterHub_bb / Host of @DunkinDynasty / SBC18 / NBA / EPL / Film / TV

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

With the Oscar’s coming up tomorrow, I have my final 2025 recap to share.

For my 11th Annual movie list, I watched 100 movies that were released in the calendar year and rank them from 100 to 1. Hopefully you find some movies to check out!

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[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

@ReedWallach He couldn’t attack Wemby because Wemby doesn’t need to crowd him to block his three. If Wemby can lay off and still prevent the three, Chet can’t drive against him either

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

KAT’s strength advantage over Chet is not the main factor.

The difference in effectiveness against Wemby is almost exclusively KAT’s threat as a shooter. He has a quick release and unlimited range. Wemby respects it, which allows a drive by.

Chet has an incredibly slow release.

[Reed Wallach @ReedWallach]

KAT is like 50 pounds heavier than Chet this is obvious

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

How could the Cavs possibly watch Stewart against them in the conference semifinals and thinks he’s going to make the difference for them?

He was largely terrible and was outplayed by Paul Reed.

[NBATRADERUMORS @NBATRADERUMORS8]

REPORT: The Detroit Pistons have had trade talks with the Cleveland Cavaliers on a trade swap that would send Max Strus to Detroit and Isaiah Stewart to Cleveland, per sources.

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

Stockton $5
Hayward $3
Markkanen $4
Bailey $1
Kessler $2

[Josh Url he/him @2REDJUrl]

Conley $3
Bogdanovic $2
Markkanen $4
Millsap $2
Gobert $4

[Tommy Beer @TommyBeer]

Dude

How do 3 refs miss that

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

Couple of poor decisions from Brunson. Has two straight open mid rangers, the first he kicks it out to the wing and leads to the Harper free throws. Then the next possession has an open layup and instead tries for the lob which leads to another transition bucket for the Spurs.

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

Your framing doesn’t make it sound less cruel.

A long serving, hard working assistant asks for a raise, & the richest man in the world’s instinct was, let’s see if I can get away with not paying her at all.

Then, he offers an ultimatum, take a risky commodity over a safe one.

[Race @multiplanet1]

Elon Musk fired his longest serving assistant after 12 years and it reveals something brutal about how he thinks.

Mary Beth Brown had been with him since the early SpaceX days. She handled everything. Scheduling. Emails. Logistics. She once said she worked 80 hours a week for over a decade. By all accounts she was irreplaceable.

After 12 years she asked for a raise. A significant one. She felt she'd earned it.

Elon told her to take two weeks off. He said he wanted to see if he could manage without her. When the two weeks ended, he told her he didn't need her anymore.

The internet destroyed him for this. Called him heartless. Ungrateful. Every article framed it as Elon being cruel.

But there's a detail nobody mentions.

He offered her a significant equity package in SpaceX instead of the salary increase. She declined. She wanted the cash.

That SpaceX equity would be worth over $200 million today.

This isn't a story about cruelty. It's a story about two completely different ways of thinking about value. One person optimized for security. The other optimized for asymmetry.

The hardest lesson in business isn't learning how to work hard. It's learning which form of compensation to accept.

Most people choose the paycheck. The ones who build wealth choose the equity.

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

@2REDJUrl @503Blazerfans If I was a Blazers fan I would not want BOTH Scoot & Sharpe in the deal.

You can’t realistically compete with a backcourt that old and essentially no viable backup guards

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

For how much Atkinson talks about analytics, it’s ironic that he failed to stagger his stars correctly for the entire postseason run.

Mitchell-Mobley played three times as many possessions together as Harden-Mobley.

And the organization’s takeaway is that Mobley was the problem

[David Lee @dlee4three]

Every season Cleveland keeps Donovan Mitchell on the roster further depreciates the 30+% of the cap they allocated to Evan Mobley.

1 of the most glaring examples of incongruence between a team’s two best players in the league, CLE MUST make a decision between them this offseason

[David Lee @dlee4three]

Every season Cleveland keeps Donovan Mitchell on the roster further depreciates the 30+% of the cap they allocated to Evan Mobley.

1 of the most glaring examples of incongruence between a team’s two best players in the league, CLE MUST make a decision between them this offseason

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

This to me is very clearly the Caris LeVert trade.

Either keep those draft picks (one of which became Andrew Nembhard), or offer that exact package to San Antonio to get Derrick White instead (Boston offered far less).

[Cam @RonnieBobonny]

If you could change one roster move the Cavs made over the last 4 years, what would it be?

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

We just saw a team built around Mitchell is not close to good enough.

Mobley is 25. He’s one year removed from an All NBA 2nd team. He dealt with calf issues all year that slowed him down.

Trading Mobley to try another failed run with Mitchell would be a catastrophic error.

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

Why?

Mitchell is CLEARLY not good enough. He shot 59% at the rim, 32% from three, & had 55.8% TS in the playoffs. Scoring is what’s supposed to be his strength!

He can’t play point because he lacks endurance, passing, and reactive ball handling.

He’s a terrible defender.

1/2

[Business Decision Maker @ericj_d]

The theoretical ideal Mobley is not somebody I would be quick to give up on, but the Reality Mitchell should absolutely take precedence over Hypothetical Mobley. There is also the fact that the Mobley fake Rose Rule extension is coming up.

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

The passing regression from Mitchell has been pretty startling. You can say it’s because he was playing in a more off ball role, but even in that context, the playmaking was poor.

GM 7 versus DET was the only positive sample & even those passes were simple dump offs.

[Mike Zavagno @MZavagno11]

Harden had 10.3 potential assists per game, Mobley had 5.5. On near equivalent usage (Harden 23.7%, Mobley 22.4%).
Think your MUCH larger issue is Donovan at 8 potential, 2.3 actual per game with 31.3% usage.
Puts Donovan at 0.45 AST/USG which is in the 0th percentile

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

BAY-PSG was the worst officiating I’ve ever seen.

Ref/VAR miss obvious penalty on Neves/PSG.

Ref, after signaling Mendes for a clear handball, which would’ve sent him off, changes his mind & calls handball on Laimer.

Missed 2 fouls just outside penalty area on Diaz & Kane.

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

@NBALPSupport Thanks for helping get that fixed. I will note that now the same problem is happening with the HOU-LAL game. It says “Watch Live” with no “Watch Full Game” option.

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

@NBALPSupport you need to update the Hawks-Knicks game on the app so it’s not “watch live” and instead it’s “watch full game” please.

[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

The playoffs begin tomorrow! Steven & I dissect this Cavs-Raps first round matchup!

We get into which team has the coaching, bench, half court, and transition advantages, what players might end up as X factors, and give our series predictions. Enjoy!

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[Garrett Bugay @GarrettBugay]

@WorldWideWob I’m pretty sure he could’ve dunked it. If you dunk it on the run and use the rim to balance your momentum, that’s not something that guys directly behind you can stop. Also important to not bring the ball behind your head at all. But ya, he did pass up on an open two here.