Shams reporting Brad Beal is getting bought out and going to the Clippers on a 2 yr $11 mil deal with a second year player option. Would?ve been nice to get him in Boston if he was that cheap, and has the St Louis connection with JT. Although I am by no means a cap expert but I would think we could afford that?

Right now we can't offer that deal, because we're still above the second apron.  I believe that using the taxpayer MLE hard caps a team at the second apron for the rest of the season.

We could offer Lillard a similar deal, but we'd have to clear salary first.  Waiving Davison isn't enough; we'd most likely need to move Niang or Simons.  (I think we'd be alright if we waived Davison and then waived-and-stretched Niang, followed by signing Lillard.  I think we can give Lillard around $5.1 million this year if we stretch Niang, even without waiving J.D.)

New Sunny in Philadelphia came out last week I think and it?s funny as always. Maybe not as laugh out loud funny as when it first came out, but still funny. They start with the Abbott crossover episode which is one of the most random crossover ever. It?s like having a South Park episode with Bluey (not really but pretty random).

That trade has Boston adding long-term salary for mediocre players in Martin and Hardy.  I don't think the Celtics have any desire to clog up their cap sheet with non-building blocks right now.

agreed.  I think it's a safe bet that Simons is traded by the deadline for a big that makes less money and would be a solid rotation player (I don't see them getting a good starting center unless they trade one of White or Brown and I don't see that happening) the following year when Tatum comes back. 

We'll no doubt be disappointed with whatever return Brad gets for Simons and Niang (and any other lesser players on the roster) since he'll be looking to get under that second apron before the end of the season -- if not below the first apron as well.

I was disappointed to see that HBO cancelled Duster after 1 season.

It wasn't an amazing show, but it was a good and entertaining one.  if was fun, cool and nostalgic, and the characters mostly seemed to "pop". 

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I've been pretty entertained with a lot of the summer releases so far.  Squid Game season 3; Sandman season 2; The Bear season 4.  I've finished all of those (with Part 2 of season 2 of Sandman dropping later this month).  I enjoyed all of them.

In terms of ongoing shows, I'm watching Smoke on AppleTV and Dexter: Resurrection on Paramount.  Again, no deep reviews, but I like them both so far.  Then, I just started watching Paradise on Hulu.  I haven't heard anybody talking about that one, but after two episodes I'm intrigued.  Oh, and The Institute on MGM+.  I liked the book, and the series so far seems well done.

Yes, I watch a lot of TV.

I forgot Sandman came back.  Will be checking it out.

There's a lot of consternation about a player that has not figured out how to make an impact in the NBA over two years yet. He's at a make-or-break point now. Why are we upset when the coach is pushing him to make a difference?