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ztejas

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  1. 7 minutes ago, Jack Wilson said:

    Like somebody said earlier, "U Take-Em Points." Clearly, we can cover; Herman just won't. He'll lay it off on, "Well, we have to get the younger guys some PT. With this covid thing, you never know when you'll have to play 'em." Then, if pressed, he'll have more explanatory coach-speak. But the truth is, running it up's just not in his DNA.

    Our backups should be able to run it up on UTEP. 

  2. 1 hour ago, Chapo said:

    538 now has Celtics to be the favorite to win it all. 

    Well that's preposterous. That's just an algorithm that's doing a shitty job right now. 

    +700 is interesting. I was thinking about the possibility that they could win it all during that Toronto game. 

    They have a long way to go, though. And zero Finals experience on their team. (although that probably matters less without playing in front of crowds)

  3. 6 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

    Denver scored 25 points in the final 22 minutes of the game and won. Try and wrap your head around that. 

    15 in the last 14* minutes.

    They straight up didn't score from 1:47 in the 3rd quarter to 7:28 in the 4th quarter. 

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  4. 9 minutes ago, youdunnf'dup said:

    I know it’s a tough call, but I swear to god the block/charge call pisses me off more than any call in sports when i think they’re wrong. More than PI in football, more then balls and strikes in baseball. Something about the charge/block call just sticks out to me. I think they’re guessing sometimes 

    I thought it was a good block call. Ingles was a little late and then leaned into him. 

    And this is one of the best NBA games I've seen in a long time. Funny how it's also low scoring. Maybe it's refreshing.

  5. 3 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

    Yeah, I guess that's sort of what I was trying to say. They have a lot of good talent but you almost always need elite talent to win a ring, and I don't think they have that yet. I was starting to entertain the notion that maybe they could be like the mid 2000s pistons, but it's not looking good for them.

    They don't have anyone on that team as good as Billups or Big Ben. 

  6. 18 minutes ago, Handcruser said:

     

     


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    Yeah. A few things I noticed watching that game:

    1. Roy Williams was really fucking good. Even as a freshman.

    2. Quentin Jammer was really fucking good.

    3. The announcers never shut the fuck up about Chris Simms. (although we got good Simms that day)

  7. 3 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    Today in making fun of shitty press releases

    Good reminder to not send my future kids to Kansas.

    I'm surprised they didn't defend Marcus Morris' flagrant 2 foul against Luka the other night.

  8. 9 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

    Why not? What would you consider musical genius to look like or consist of? Set out your parameters and definitions and allow me to make a case.

    I understand what you're getting at and can probably guess the case you would make. I don't know what my parameters are but Jack Black falls below them. 

    I mean you're comparing him to Jack White who is probably the greatest guitarist of his generation. And I don't think I'd consider Jack White a musical genius, either, although he's a really, really fucking talented guitar player and composer. Actually, he might be one of my last in if I was going to make a list. I think Jack White is similar to someone like Travis Barker.

    My bar is pretty fucking high. Prince is a genius. Jimmy Page is a genius. Brian Wilson is a genius. McCartney, Gilmour and Waters, Lou Reed, Sting, Elton John, Quincy Jones...

    Those people. Not Jack Black.

  9. 15 minutes ago, youdunnf'dup said:

    For as entertaining as it’s been, i can’t take any of these offensive numbers seriously at all. Can’t take the Luka records seriously, can’t take the Jamal Murray records seriously. Clearly no fans is a huge difference. 

    It's not just no fans. The depth perception is different - i.e. they aren't shooting at a basket "floating" in front of an arena crowd - they are shooting on the same rims/baskets every night, they aren't traveling so they are probably sleeping better and have more rested legs.

    I've said it upthread - it doesn't necessarily bother me from a competitive standpoint, since it's not like either team has an edge (although no home court advantage definitely benefits the lower seeds) but as far as the offensive numbers go, I don't think any of this shit should really "count". At the very least it should be asterisked or accounted for when revisiting this season. 

    They just flashed that Murray is the first player since AI to have 3 straight 40 point playoff games. He has the most points over 3 playoff games since MJ in 1988. Before this series, only 3 players had had two 50 point games in the same series. Now 5 have.

    I mean come the fuck on...

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