{"id":101245170,"date":"2023-02-08T13:31:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lazyandentitled.org\/?p=101245170"},"modified":"2023-02-08T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:31:22","slug":"nba-trade-deadline-dispatch-from-the-french-riviera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lazyandentitled.org\/?p=101245170","title":{"rendered":"NBA Trade Deadline Dispatch (From The French Riviera)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” – Santiago, ‘The Old Man And The Sea’<\/h2>

Kyrie Irving, a casual basketball player and passive absorber of words, demanded to be and got traded from the Brooklyn Nets this past weekend. It\u2019s a hilarious development, coming on the heels of his non-apology for encouraging Holocaust denialism, which came on the heels of him missing half a season because he refused to get vaccinated against COVID, which came on the heels of forcing out a future All-Star in Jarrett Allen so the Nets could start DeAndre Jordan\u2019s corpse at center, which came on the heels of<\/p>

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Huh. Dunno who put that there. Anyway, Kyrie got traded. and did the best writeups I read, KD for speculation on Kyrie\u2019s probable produce storage habits<\/a> and Ziller for the prose poetry<\/a>. Dan Devine had a correctly brutal read of the last few years of Mavs decisions<\/a>. Speaking of, I got some stuff I wanna get off my chest about that vile capitalist Mark Cuban and the clown shit coming from Dallas the last few<\/p>

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Who keeps doing this? Is that Monaco? Man, I\u2019ll never be able to afford Monaco. There\u2019s a special kind of bummer, realizing specific places you\u2019ll never be able to travel to. Time, money, circumstance\u2014I didn\u2019t necessarily <\/a>desire<\/a><\/em> a trip to Miami<\/a>, but it could\u2019ve been cool. Anyway, <\/p>

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A gif of the Mavs getting scored on, sure. Get us back on topic. Wait, that looks like an old clip\u2014<\/p>

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Holy shit Boris Diaw! Cool! How\u2019s retirement, Boris? <\/p>

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HOLY SHIT BORIS DIAW\u2019S ON A 13-YEAR CIRCUMNAVIGATION<\/a>!<\/p>

Congrats, Boris. I am so jealous. I too \u201clove water-based activities, like diving and fishing, and then also being on the water and enjoying the calm of the ocean.\u201d Well, I can\u2019t dive yet, but I love snorkeling so much I once kept snorkeling<\/em> mid-panic attack<\/em>. Shoutout to my wife for guiding me through that. Anyway, SCUBA is on my bucket list. I see that the transatlantic crossing was on your bucket list, and now it\u2019s on mine, too. Man. Congrats, Boris.<\/p>

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To address the elephant in the room (the one that didn\u2019t play for the 7-59 Bobcats), I don\u2019t know how I missed this. James Dator was on this at SB Nation in 2019<\/a>. That Simpson Marine article is from 2020. I don\u2019t know how I missed this. In fairness, a lot<\/em> was happening in 2020, and if<\/em> I was told this information, \u201cBoris Diaw is sailing around the world,\u201d I probably reacted with \u201cI know.\u201d Because I always knew<\/em> this. Leigh Ellis and I joked about this<\/a>. <\/p>

Okay, fine, I don\u2019t follow many athletes on Twitter. I\u2019d say something principled, like \u201cgive them their privacy,\u201d but the real answer is that\u2019s not what I use Twitter for. Athletes are always posting stuff like \u201ctough loss tonight, but we keep it moving! #SeeRed.\u201d Or this with no context:<\/p>

Right, we\u2019re avoiding current events. We\u2019re not talking about how Kyrie Irving deleted his apology for anti-Semitism the second he was a member of the Mavs<\/a>. We\u2019re talking about the sea. <\/p>

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Boris is also GM for the French national team. He seems confident Joel Embiid will play for them soon, so he must be doing a good job. While also sailing for six months out of the year. What a retirement. What a dude. Congrats, Boris. Hey, in case you\u2019re somewhere without cell service, allow me to tell you that on NBA French heritage night, Nic Batum hit a game-tying three at the buzzer.<\/p>

Le basketball ne s\u2019arr\u00eate jamais. Mais la mer elle fait signe. Take me with you someday, Boris. Until then, <\/p>

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Sorry you got an email, <\/p>

Chris<\/p>

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