Search results

Don't know D about this topic. Just heard a true story recently you might like. Woman on bus in the UK wearing traditional muslim outfit is talking to woman next to her in foreign language. After some time, a proper looking englishman interrupts her and says, "you're in the UK - you should...

How about that!

You inferred my opinion of DHam in the pros based on a general proposition I threw out. Not good!! Regarding your "wrong choice" conclusion, you have no idea what he was thinking. I agree with you that "he made the wrong choice" IF AND ONLY IF his only goal was to make the NBA. But I wouldn't...

Yeah, but, it's possible he would improve at UConn, raising his stock, without that improvement translating to NBA success. Lots of guys are great in college and don't cut it in the NBA, for whatever reason. Once he's in the D-League, his hand gets laid down for viewing, because there will be a...

How many years has he been doing it? 12? Didn't he already win a championship with a team he put together? No more than 11 other GMs can say that in the last dozen years, right? So he's not Isiah Thomas bad (I know he was not a GM).

Re-read it counselor. Some did. I put it in bold and italics to make it easier to find.

Completely true, but completely irrelevant to the main focus of this conversation, which is how to maximize your profit potential, right? Staying another year, for many, will, in fact, be "showing their cards," with "their cards" being the fact that they are not a great NBA prospect. So why do...

Strongly disagree. If he has another season similar to this past one, or not much better, then it may have appeared to NBA scouts that he had reached his potential. In other words, at the end of this year it would have been possible for NBA teams to estimate his trajectory as resulting in NBA...

I'm just trying to imagine that 80s Celtic's team where Bird would have been told, "shoot the 3 whenever you're open, regardless of time of possession, and shoot it otherwise at will if you think you can make it." It wasn't done only because the style of the game was different, and the...

Maybe, but that's not the game, necessarily. The game is getting drafted high. If staying in college will move you into the 1st round, then that might be a reason to stay. If staying won't move you, then why stay? For DHam, staying in school for a year or two may have provided him with a...

Bullsh-t, Mau. How about this quote: "Wow, how awesome!!!! If you can get a D-league slot, how can you NOT leave early? It is an incredible opportunity and a dream come true." If that's not mocking, then there's no such thing as mocking. Or the guy who wrote "25k plus housing." Or "Girls will...

And, based on your phrasing, I'm not sure with whom.

3 observations about the great Larry Bird: 1. I was an 80s Lakers fan, and I hated him bitterly while having nothing but tremendous respect for him. 2. If the guy had grown up in the 3-ball era, and had been coached from a young age to bomb 3s, he'd have been, with his height, high release...

Sad to see some folks who are self-avowed fans of our program ripping the kid. Are you mocking him because it makes you feel better? Is it an "I told you so" for you? Kid gave us two years of effort. The absolute least we can do is not be vicious with the insults. Jesus - it's like these...

Of course, you're right. I'm wrong. Have no idea how I got that thought stuck in my head. ! Doh!

James is a Ray Allen miracle shot and a Kyrie Irving dagger 3 away from being 1-6 in the finals. Instead, he is 3 and 4. The delta he brings to teams is enormous. Cleveland goes from finalist to last, IIRC. Miami goes from finals to out of playoffs or 8th seed, IIRC. Jordan took a year off...

It would probably be disheartening to have a picture of each poster put up next to their name, as then you would know you've been arguing with a bunch of teenagers.

Like I said. You probably just needed one good punch to your face when you were younger and mouthy to give you some perspective. Of course, I'm not convinced you're not young.

I may be the resident troll, but you're the resident clown.

Pippen is 16th on the all time leading playoff scorer list. And that's with playing along side a guy who sits at #1. In his prime he was a 20 point a game scorer on a team where he didn't need to be a top option. He sits at 58th on the all time scoring list, higher than other "mediocre"...

You could give the knicks a package of graham crackers, a bag of marshmallows, hershey bars, and a campfire and they'd f--- up making s'mores. Cannot wait to watch this implode. Dislike Carmelo, used to like Rose, but not so much anymore, and they're going to playing with one ball. Makes me...

Do you have to add an insult to every online interaction you have? Have you ever had a mature interaction, without name calling? Have you ever been solidly punched in the mouth for being like that? It strikes me that you didn't get that lesson early on in life.

No. Just trolling.

Not really. I've seen Jordan's shot % on game winning shots and it's not off the charts. What made Jordan great was the very rare combination of top 1% athleticism and top 1% iron will. Usually when you get a guy with top 1% athleticism, you get a Stanley or a Carmelo or a Ryan Leaf or an...

West>East? Well, at least you still have that.

Or they're just soft. Really.

Cleveland's GDP is roughly 40% that of Argentina, so the whole "country" thing is a bit dramatic. Throw in that Cleveland has fans outside of Cleveland, and you probably have many more people vested in Cleveland sports than in the banana republic of Argentina.

Pure gold. I noticed it to. What made it so good was his use of SAS's catch phrases. "You know this." Too much.

Just saw one from his buddy Skip. Guy's quote after the Browns picked up Manziel was something like, "Manziel will be remembered in Cleveland long after LeBron."

He definitely was the best offensive player. Most valuable to his team winning? I'd disagree. Sure it's up for debate. "ALL" the statistical measures do not support your conclusion. Curry is not a great defensive player, and, as it turned out, LeBron's defense is what won the series.He...

This is not true in my neck of the woods. I've seen some newb lawyers going as low as 1/5 to try to get work. Where I'm at, you have to have a doctor sign something indicating that mal practice likely occurred before you can even file a case. What that means is that you've got an up front...

Great post.

Not my point. But to address that - there are very discernible differences between the two, to be sure, but there is no difference in the amount of danger each poses to individual liberty in this country, which is what I care about most. Either one is completely qualified to drive the bus off...

OMG. Had me laughing out loud. The look on Thompson's face is precious. It translates to, "Really Steph? Are you aware this is a game 7?"

This has been my cold take for two years. Here are the reasonable conclusions you can draw from this year: 1. The GSW had a great team the last two years. Not a historically great team, nor a team that will be remembered with the likes of the 80s Lakers or Celtics or the Bulls, but in the...