12-20-2019, 01:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-20-2019, 01:36 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
(12-20-2019, 10:57 AM)fifteenth Wrote:(12-20-2019, 10:23 AM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: I will never accept an intelligence-insulting opinion as a reasonable, conventionally-acceptable opinion. If that makes me a bad poster, so be it. I still like Fif and will enjoy his posts when he isn’t gasl… I mean, shoving intelligence-insulting opinions down my throat.
Why the need to label opinions? And again with the gas-lighting thing. I don't shove opinions down your throat, I type them onto a fan message board.
Actually, several of the opinions that annoyed me were written in direct response to my assertions, calling me out as overly emphatic, etc., when I was most rotundly not.
The "gaslighting" comment was meant as a very strong form of "gimme a break," as in, "you can't expect me to swallow that opinion; you must be putting me on." I accept now from you, Magickian, et al. that it was offensive and over the top, and I apologize for that. It is clear from how they paid Powell that the MBT agrees with you on him, which is far more distressing than anything that you or anyone else types on a message board. The Mavs bid big time against themselves. They gave Powell a contract that none of the other 29 teams would have given him. He essentially has to be traded this year, while he's still a starter, because the Mavs will not be starting him in the near future of Luka-KP contention, and he will have quite negative trade value as an energy bench player. His contract isn't in THJ or Wes territory (partly because simply smaller), but it's not good. It's a mistake almost big enough to cancel out the brilliance of securing DFS for a few years for NBA pennies.
Fif, I like you, and I'm sorry if I got too pushy or even offensive in this exchange. Peace?