If I said I did not expect a lot of people to leave after the trade deadline, I would be lying. It's after trade deadline and you can't make trades so the trades are unrealistic while you also can't make any off-season trades cause we are in the middle or the backend of the season so why speculate on something that could change from March to July? It's nothing against anyone who posts trades, CadeAndEm is probably one of the top users on here and post primarily trades. The issue is nobody wants to see them right now and hurts a lot of users confidence when they go from 30 comments, 9 likes, and 6 flames to 5 comments, 2 likes, and 1 flame. It's nothing you have done wrong, it's just the way it is this late in the season and once we get past March Madness, the NBA playoffs will start which means tons of playoff posts and, for the teams who missed out, the off-season plans will be a hot commodity. So for the trade posters, just hang in there for a few more weeks!

As for a handful of users on here that have left like Daxwood, Bobby4MVP, KelelFuckinWare, DeadPoole, to name a few, and for the users who are slowing down or taking a break in Dubta, DWhite4MVP, Flaggszn, Kako, etc, a lot of y'all have echoed my feelings I have had before where you are getting tired of the site, having a hard time trying to find a post idea, it is starting to feel like a chore. I understand where y'all are coming from and reason why I took two breaks back in the fall. Take the time off, find what you like, find contentment in what you do or what you post, come back whenever you like.

Now, even though we are in this dead period of this site, we have gotten new users lately. ScottieB4DPOY has been here for a month or two and has already became a rising star. user999178kuzma and LetJerryCook835 has popped up recently along with AusarFutureMVP, which is good to see. We also got some older users come back in SeattleThunder (now FijianThunder) and Kyrie11BKN (who might just be popping in, but he is here nonetheless).

I am happy and proud to be here to watch a lot of y'all grow and sad to see a lot of y'all leave, but with a lot of y'all leaving we are pretty much changing a new leaf and heading towards a new era of this site and I am excited to be apart of it and am ready to see what this next chapter holds!

As for me, I'm still here. I feel rejuvenated like I got a pack of IV in me and ready to climb a mountain. I have gotten to the point where I don't have to post a lot or everyday for my posts to hit trending, I know if I post that somebody will read it and as long as I get one comment, I'll be fine. I won't be posting a lot the rest of the weekday, if any until the weekend. Not because I am taking a break or anything but because I have another article post that I have been working on since Monday that I want out before Sunday. My Achilles post took almost a month and then I worked on the Dillon Brooks post right after that took like three months so this will be the quickest I have thrown a post together but it has been something on my mind for years. Also expect my NBA draft Big Board and Maxx Crosby potential trade destination posts next week at the earliest and that is all I have planned, after that it is just random posts I usually post.

Thanks for reading! coreynaylor2060