Ro Blackman for GM, only half joking.
The RoundUp is stunned. Maybe it was karma. Maybe Ro Blackman was carrying a rabbit’s foot. Or a rabbit named Sfoot. The unthinkable keeps happening around these parts, and below are a few reactions.
We begin with the moment that rocked the NBA world. This time, instead of a Shams tweet, he was there to hold the microphone.
The RoundUp finds it very strange that Cooper Flagg is interviewed as – essentially – an analyst after the lottery. This is a jarring level of weird.
As you knew they would, the Pod Maverick team was right there with an immediate reaction to the latest episode of the Dallas Mavs’ “unthinkable but true” news.
Not so fast, Locked On guys. The Joker is still in charge.
KOC is as shocked as anyone and floats the Giannis idea that became pervasive after the lottery results.
Emergency Pod from Hoop Collective in which Windhorst musters the exact sort of angry snapping turtle yell you would imagine in your mind.
One thing is for sure: being a Dallas Mavericks fan (conflicted or otherwise) is not boring right now. A Finals team subverted, an icon sent packing in unforgivable fashion, traipsing on the edge of salary cap hell…and now this. Did the ecosystem of Mavericks media just get pulled back from the brink of irrelevance? Also, Slightly Biased breaks out the cigar.
The WFAA guys are solid.
Sporting Logically checks in with this entry.
Kenny is not happy. His Chicago Bulls lost a coin flip that he now sees as tied to losing out on Cooper Flagg. Ask yourself as a Mavs fan how you would feel if the coin toss had gone the other way, with Flagg landing in Chicago? Fate is a cruel mistress.
Commissioner Dynamo always entertains.
Rusty Buckets is not happy. He is not alone. The NBA world saw the rank incompetence of Nico Harrison rewarded by the basketball gods in the weirdest way possible.
A video game-driven post-Lottery rebuild of the Mavericks.
Mini Coop lost his mind.
This is a nice time to include this gem. We finally have a reason for hope.