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  1. I think I got so burnt out on Maudie's in my childhood that I came to regard it as inferior TexMex. And I've had plenty of average meals there. 

    But it's a classic texmex offering and I was reminded of that tonight. It's not trying to be anything other than what it is - and they really do have cheese enchiladas down to a science.

    Sometimes you have to remind yourself where you come from. 

  2. 3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    If you took a week off from school and worked hard enough over that week and spring break, you'd have enough to buy an IROC-Z back then. 

    Yeah, there's a lot of money in dealing cocaine, too.

  3. 1 minute ago, Chet Steadman said:

    Donovan Mitchell has entered the best-player-of-playoffs chat.  

    Good God. Another 50 bomb. Totally slipped my mind that that game was on.

    Duelling 50s? All of these bubble numbers need to be scratched from the books once we get a champion declared. Toronto scored fucking 150 in regulation tonight. Teams are putting up 115 on an off night.

  4. 10 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

    Kevin Love averaged 26 and 12.5 his final year in Minnesota. Chris Bosh averaged 24 and 11 his final year in Toronto. Porzingis has never put up those type of numbers. You can have your personal preference but in the context of comparing Lebron's surrounding talent, those two dudes are at worst living in the same general neighborhood as Porzingis. 

    Love was a shell of his Minnesota self by the time he was on the Cavs. He turned it around a bit in 2017 and 2018 - but wasn't good in the playoffs in 2018. 

    I'm probably not giving Bosh a fair shake in this debate. I could maybe be persuaded that he was better in at least his first year on that Heat team. Iirc though his playoff numbers were poor - especially in the 2011 Finals.

    8 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

    Kyrie hit one shot.  He’s also a bitch.

    I beleive he had 2 40 point games in the 2016 Finals but I'm just spitballing here.

    Looked it up and he didn't - maybe I was thinking of LeBron. Kyrie went 30, 34, 41, 23, 26 in the last 5 games of that series. That is a massive contribution on a championship team.

  5. 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    That's why I said it doesn't justify it in any way.

    I get that black folks are sick of being fucked with, but maaaan, don't fuck with these dipshits with guns.  First, don't even call em, but if you have to or they happen to show up, be on your best behavior.

    Quit appealing to my conservative sensibilities and let me be outraged.

  6. 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I have been a proponent of disarming cops for a while now.

    But given what we know about how likely cops are to do unto you, it seems prudent for everyone who's not mentally impaired to be compliant.  It's certainly going to be on my mind if/when I next encounter cops.

    Right. It shouldn't matter what he did, though. Even if he said "fuck you I didn't do anything I'm leaving" he shouldn't wind up with 9 shots in his back.

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  7. 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    One thing I keep coming back to and it sucks that I do, but I can't help it.  A lot of these victims just seem to have a knack for doing exactly what's going to get them shot or brutalized by the popo.

    Doesn't justify it in any way.  But I can just see this guy saying "fuck you, I didn't do anything wrong, I'm out" and here we are.

    Do you know how hard it is to get shot and killed in other first world countries? By police or other citizens or mass shooters? It's almost impossible.

    Meanwhile, 1/5,000 people were shot and killed in the US last year. That seems a little high.

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  8. 38 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

    if these cops were packing some variation of a .40, its real impressive the guy is still alive

    .22 and he'd be dead 3 times over.

    Really, really hope he survives so these assholes get their fucking due in court.

    I'll admit, I did wonder "did the cop see him reaching for a gun?" but like was said upthread, even if he was (and I somehow doubt he was), why the fuck do you let him walk around and get in the car? If you were THAT ready to shoot him, shouldn't he be cuffed or tased or restrained to some degree?

  9. 1 minute ago, Firemans4Horn said:


    yeah, I knew I was forgetting someone (Kyrie). I’d take Porzingis over Bosh and definitely over Love. Especially in 2020 basketball.
     

    Bosh was 37-134 from 3 total in his 3 prime years with Lebron in Miami

    Yeah I would take Kyrie over KP without hesitation but I think I would also take KP over everyone else without hesitation. 

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  10. 4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    I’ll say this and then drop it since I don’t think we are far apart as it is...

    in his 4 games he’s had one with too many turnovers- that he also scored 40 with a good amount of rebounds and assists. 
    And he’s had one poor shooting game- in which he had 10+ assists and rebounds in 30 minutes. 
    to me, 3/4 good games shooting and turnovers and 4/4 good games rebounding and assists is pretty consistent. 

    Yeah he's very consistent at making an impact. I think my original point was that he has more scoring games where his shooting numbers are just "good" and less games where they are truly elite than Giannis, Harden and Kawhi do. I'm focusing the discussion on it because things like TS% and turnovers per game and overall defensive impact are some of the nitty gritty stuff you have to get in when evaluating who the best players in the league are. 

    Looking forward to game 5.

  11. 2 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

    Except for the original one of you saying Luka wasn't consistent offensively,

    Right. That's what I said. I thought I said something along the lines of: "His scoring isn't as consistent as some of the other 5 best basketball players in the world" but going back and reading it I definitely said that Luka is a middling offensive talent and should be benched for JJ Barea. You got me.

  12. 4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Goddammit.  No parent should outlive their kids.  

    Especially not fucking Steve Earle.

    Really sad. Possibly suicide I guess but if he was actually clean for awhile I bet he relapsed and ODed on fent or H.

  13. 3 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:


     

     


    Your exact words were



    Then I said his season average is 28.8 and you said that's not what consistency is and now you're using 1 game out of a sample size of 4 playoff games to make your point? I mean maybe you meant something else other than what you actually said?

     

    What in the fuck are you talking about? Are you following what me and Pato are discussing or are you just inserting random inane statements here and there.

    3 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

    He has more nights like tonight than he does stinkers.

    So do LeBron and Harden and Giannis and Kawhi and Lillard...

  14. I hadn't been in forever and I live a stone's throw away right now so I figured I'd give it a quality check. 

    The Mexcian Special at Maudie's still does the job. For the price, I have no complaints. 

  15. 12 minutes ago, StruggleBus said:

    Was it though? Outside of DJ the scores were fairly standard this week.

    So outside of the guy that just set the PGA tour scoring record over 72 holes? That says nothing about the course to you?

    And the other scores were definitely on the low side for a tourney. 23 guys finished at least 12 under. Scheffler carded a 59 on Friday.

  16. 10 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    You said you wanted to see him burn a team for an entire series. Well 4 games is the length of many entire series so I posted his numbers after 4 games in this series. Has he not burned them for 3 full games and still got to a triple double in the game he missed over a quarter of with an injury?

    I mean you gave me his total rebound/point/assist numbers. There's more to it than that. He was phenomenal tonight, but is he going to play like he did tonight in game 5 or play like he did in game 3? Is he going to turn the ball over 9 times? I want to see more before I annoint him as a top 3 player right now. 

    LeBron was fucking ridiculous last night. Harden is basically doing the same shit as Luka through 3 games. Giannis' numbers are absolutely absurd (but he's the one guy that is clearly better rn imo). Kawhi is still playing like a terminator.

    The fact that he's in top 5 discussions with these guys is a testament to how good he is already. But top 3 is probably a bit too far. 

  17. 31 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

    Averaging 28.8 over an entire season is the definition of consistent. He didn't score 2,000 points one game and then 5 every other.

    I mean in this series he's had 2 40 point games, a game where he went 8/17 from the field and 8/12 from the line for 28 (good not great scoring game) and a game where he went 4/14 from the field (yes he got injured but he still played 30 minutes). And in one of those 40 point outings he had 11 turnovers. 

    I'm not saying he's not a good scorer, but the ability to put up 30 points on .600+ TS% every single night is something that I have to nitpick if we're talking about the 5 best players in the league. That and keeping his turnovers below 5 or 6. Obviously he gets a little leeway there just because of the enormous amount of possessions he uses, though. 

  18. 1 minute ago, gsoda3 said:


     

     


    ? He averaged 28.8 for the season.

     

    That's not what consistent means.

    15 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Well in 4 games against the best defense in the association he has 126 points, 42 rebounds, 39 assists,  two triple doubles and a game winning step back 3 at the buzzer against like 17 turnovers, 4 of which were in the first few minutes of his first ever nba playoff game. 
     

    one of two guys to get triple doubles in his first 4 playoff games (magic), and just posted the third EVER playoff 40/15/10 game (Oscar and Barkley).

    I'm aware of what he's done in this series. What argument are you making? That he's the best player in the league? That he's better than Kawhi or Harden? Tell me your goalposts.

  19. 1 hour ago, Message Board User said:

    Maybe defense is the difference maker, but I don't see much difference between Donic, Kawhi, Giannis, and Lebron right now.

    Key for the Mavs will be to put the right pieces around him and not waste his 20s like the Cavs did with Lebron from 03-10, giving him nothing but scrubs to work with.

    I just want to see more from Luka. He's not as consistent with his scoring and turns the ball over a lot. But he has games like today where he might as well be the best player in the league. I just want to see him burn a team over a complete series like we know those other guys are capable of. 

    Regardless, when you're in the convo with LeBron and Kawhi who was the best player in the playoffs last season and Giannis who is doing absolutely unreal things on both ends you're getting it done. 

  20. 5 hours ago, Uncle Boobs said:

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    And you left out his best album.

    5 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    But they don't always hold up, not because of the genre...but only because the "weak tracks" are more and more exposed over time.  

    Some albums are the opposite I find. The tracks that people thought were overlooked or weak wind up aging beautifully. Appetite is a good example of this.

  21. 10 minutes ago, Message Board User said:

    Luka's a top 5 player in the NBA right now.  Maybe top 3.

    Don't @ me.

    Top 5 he has a very good argument. Top 3 - tougher claim. You're saying hes better than 4 of Harden, Giannis, LeBron, Jimmy Butler, Dame and Kawhi.

    Gun to my head I take him over Dame and maybe Harden. LeBron, Kawhi and Giannis probably not.

    I would put him over AD, Jokic, Embiid, Westbrook for sure.

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