Taxes aren't the only relevant math though

You don't need to advocate for it, but the math does

Not if they really let Lauri play every game he's healthy for

A decade plus in the NHL and Morgan Rielly still can’t complete a basic net front coverage that any high school player is taught. Incredible.

I would even take the over on 3.5 if I got some minor plus odds, like +150 or something

I’d take the over on 2.5 total during the SGA era

But everyone else has to deal with the math too, and they’re so far in front

No question. My initial post was meant more as a broader meta thing, less about whether they actually win 2 or 5 titles.

I’m not saying 7 straight titles or anything obviously, but I don’t think those effects hit them as hard as any other typical modern contender because of the pick trove. They can deal with tax issues so much more smoothly because they can keep cycling in cheap young players. And they draft so well.

Yeah this is part of my calculus here. The current system means their leg up on many other teams is even bigger than it looks on the surface (which is huge already). They're better than everyone already PLUS have way more roster flexibility than basically anyone.

Yeah but even if they somehow lost both, they have so many avenues to replacing that lost value. And then continuing to be able to repeat that cycle for way longer than any other modern sports franchise we've already seen win so much.

Has any 2-time defending champion in any sport ever had a future asset trove even CLOSE to what OKC's is?

I may have actually underplayed it. If they win this year, it's already a historically unique position. No one has ever done that.

I considered that sub but can't really justify it given how much of their stuff they put out on a platform I already pay for.

They need to come to SLC again in 26

Ahhhh just realized Goose put out their MSG show from this year! Soooooo good

Lol I'm being a bit sarcastic, I've seen more concerts than that.

Excellent show. Consistently high quality throughout.

Yeah I remember seeing something about that guy and a scandal. But thanks for the tip, I’ll check them out

Gooooooooooose

Just saw them open for DMB at Gorge this year, I am now slightly obsessed

This post isn’t important enough to fix the typo, it stays