How about that? Chapter 5 is up and ready to be read! A Gnome's Tale-Chapter 5, by @JoeMoreland5

@KevinOConnorNBA Yes. Because you know so much more than Pop and his veteran staff of coaches. Sometimes patience is the key. I know people of your generation don't like to hear that, but it's true anyway. When you have successfully coached a team to 4 championships-at any level-get back to us.

@SpursReporter Yeah. If they're in the NBA, they're one of the best 450 players in the world (arguably). None of them are terrible basketball players.

@SpursReporter @aisportsimages I'm not sure he'd need to by much, the bulls have not been very smart lately. But no one else is giving him 17m right now, so probably not.

@Aub42 These people these days are so good at taking verses out of context to justify what they do, that I have stopped trying to argue the context meaning of verses. Instead I look to see if your actions line up with what Jesus did. If not, i do not need your Bible verses.

@HannahDCox Best advice I ever got on marriage was to always edify your spouse to the people you know. I took it to heart and always told my friends how amazing my wife was. I wasn't lying, she is amazing. My friends treated her with such respect that she could tell how I spoke about her.

@eschaubz Best decision I ever made was to do exactly this with my kids. There are grown now, but some of my best memories are from reading out loud to all of them together and us all trying not to laugh long enough to read the next line from Junie B. Jones or Calvin and Hobbes.

@SpursCulture That's great, but he also had 13 dimes. Where are those?

@KirkSeriousFace Well, that's a given. He's a generational player and very few teams in the NBA will ever have someone as good as him. That doesn't mean that trading him wasn't the right move.

@mollyhannahm Feels like he's back after a down year last year. Maybe should have just given him the LIP last year?😀

Apparently AI also does not like gym bros.

@CalToul4 @FirstTake379367 @NewbergReport Again how valuable you think Doncic is doesn't matter. Only what he's worth to the Mavs matters. I guarantee you that they firmly believed he wasn't staying another 3+ years. So, three years of fighting & turmoil, or get a superstar that you actually like?

@BenRogers It is really too bad they didn't keep Brunson. I get that he and Doncic had too much overlap, but if you now had Brunson and AD, that would be better.

@CalToul4 @FirstTake379367 @NewbergReport They got the guy they wanted, plus a solid rotation guy and a #1 pick. I honestly don't know how you do better than that unless you're wanting to tear everything down and start over. A couple more #1 picks that are 6-8 years down the road?

@DawnRossAuthor Interesting sales technique by this one. "Let me make an accusation, then offer up my services." I wonder if that has ever worked?

@CalToul4 @FirstTake379367 @NewbergReport You are the deluded one. Acting like AD is not an all-time player who is playing the best of his career. Sure, Luka is better if he ever commits and puts in the work. But he was NEVER going to do that in Dallas where he had already established that he could do whatever he wanted.

@FrancisBakerRaf @bkremps @NewbergReport So...you're saying he doesn't do those things??? Delusional much?

@FrancisBakerRaf @bkremps @NewbergReport Watch him play a few games. He screams at the refs. He screams at his fellow players. He screams at his coaches. And most of the time he's the one to blame for whatever issue he's screaming about. Rick Carlisle, Jason Kidd, Jalen Brunson, Nico. Yeah... it's everyone else.

@jkylemann No???

@FrancisBakerRaf @bkremps @NewbergReport Whatever. The most talented people often get canned because they think the rules don't apply to them. Mavs will be better for not having to deal with him and Lakers will be better because he'll want to prove he's not the jerk everyone says he is. Win-win.