The Houston Rockets suddenly find themselves in the middle of a geopolitical controversy that could put their chief front-office executive’s job in jeopardy. After general manager Daryl Morey expressed support in a since-deleted tweet for pro- democracy efforts in Hong Kong, the Chinese government, the Chinese Basketball Association, and various Chinese businesses quickly denounced Morey and moved to sever ties with the Rockets. As a consequence, league sources told [i]The Ringer[/i] that Rockets ownership has debated Morey’s employment status and whether to replace him.

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/10/6/...ontroversy

https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1180918176130965504

Haven't seen this topic spoken about extensively or directly too much. 

We know we have Luka and Porzingis starting obviously. Then we have heard reports that Powell will be next to KP as the 4/5 combo. So that gives us Luka/Porz/Powell as for sure starters most of the time(besides the days of rest for KP, which I will get to soon)I am thinking it has to be Delon in there due to the new contract and recent words said. 

The final roster spot is sort of ambiguous and maybe they are still figuring that out in training camp. 

• It could be Seth Curry as he also signed a similar contract as Delon did, but many would argue he will make a great 6th man. 
  
• It could be THJ as they need to raise his trade stock for a potential move, and/or his contract is so high, the front office/Carlisle seems to like to play the big money guys. 
  
• It could be Brunson... maybe that means Delon doesn't start, which I find to be highly unlikely but maybe Brunson really takes the next step and forces a decision. Granted I think this is highly unlikely as he seems to be groomed for JJB's old bkup pg spot. 
  
• Could it be DFS? He provides some defense and versatility... I guess the same argument could be for Justin Jackson here... I guess it is a similar choice and motivations, just matters which plays better, and who you (the Coach) likes best.
  
• Could it be Lee? unlikely but maybe he blows away the chemistry. Maxi? Unlikely with KP/Powell starting... but who knows... could be a weird lineup
  

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1179511887500726272

https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1179158802081488897

https://twitter.com/dallasmavs/status/11...4200083457

I think Kristaps deserves his own thread like Luka, so we can drop any little tidbit connected to him in one place without cluttering the board.

https://twitter.com/BenRogers/status/117...5217852417

https://twitter.com/tim_cato/status/1178717494116278273
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Edit: how are we supposed to emb twitter post? I'm kind lost.

Hello everyone. 

As you all may know., I am a Filmmaker building a Media Production Company. That company? 

Qabick Cents Productions. At the bottom of the page you can link to it, and at the top in the url, you can see it is the parent site to this. 

I just got my cast yesterday with my first round of auditions and the second round is friday to determine for sure which roles they will play(as a couple of the women each performed multiple characters well, so I am going to find the absolute best one for each.)

I also just got my first Musician/Singer-Songwriter, the amazingly talented Kristen Lynn, on board for my company. We are working out the contract details now and it will be signed soon. 

I am going to re-record this track, Catch Me, and help produce a few singles of hers. I will engineer them, and then publish them and release them as a Qabick Cents Production. 

This song will be featured on my short film, Secret Admirer, that will begin shooting in two weeks. 

Here is a sample of this song and her beautiful voice! I am working hard to accomplish a lot of things and sort of mastermind this all. 

I wanted to share this with you all so you can see what it is I am working on and do with this Media Production Company outside of DallasMavsBasketball.com

I hope you appreciate how cool this song is and great it is to officially have my first musician I will be publishing soon. 

I hope you like it, and I hope this gets you excited to see my upcoming film as well

ENJOY!

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“People are justifiably excited — we’re excited internally,” coach Rick Carlisle told Mavs.com. “A big part of my job is to manage expectations on a day-to-day basis, but I’ll just say that the excitement is justified.