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  1. 8 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

    I meant at times they have looked like guys who could become a top 5 player.  At various points in their careers you certainly could have made that statement and  not been laughed out of the room.

    Gotcha. 

  2. 2 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    Cheaper than you'd pay if you sat and consumed six at any restaurant, though. Gotta think of it that way -- it's helping these places out during a really, really fucking bad time. I'm sure you can find that bottle of pinot for less than $25 at Total Wine too.

    But I'm not sitting and consuming them at the restaraunt... You know who else is having really, really bad time? Everyone else in the country. I've seen much better takeaway booze deals than $20 for a six pack of something I would never order outside a restaraunt setting. 

    Is $5 for a Mexican coke reasonable?

    Why don't we meet in the middle and I'll give you a good tip since I know that is more likely going to the servers that are being affected the most from this ordeal. I don't feel bad for owners that knew what they were getting into before covid happened. A lot of us are having to pivot and find different ways to make a living. 

    They know their demo and I'm sure people will pay that much for the drinks they are offering, just not this customer.

  3. 7 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

    Philly got two guys who at times have looked like they might be one of those players.  

    I have never seen Embiid or Simmons play at a top 5 player in the league level. Maybe if Embiid was able to play more minutes. Top 10-15 is more where they fall. 

  4. 1 minute ago, Neonmoon said:

    That argument can be made, but it is an strawman. Yes, the athletes could contract Covid in a regular student setting. One could argue more likely because of the testing, safety protocols, etc, that the players are safer than regular students. But it is ignoring the little fact that one is required to contact another person to play the game of football. You are breathing heavily around people and physically touching them during the game. 
     

    Even though most students will likely try to physically touch another student during the semester because sex, no one is forcing you to physically touch another student. It is possible to not contract Covid if you follow safety protocols and social distance. It is not possible to social distance during football. 
     

    Don’t get me wrong, I’m in favor of playing. Any player that wants to opt out should, and any players that wants to play should. 

    Regular students aren't going to be getting tested multiple times a week. That is a huge difference with a virus that creates millions of asymptomatic carriers. 

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  5. Those of you that are not at risk or have preexisting conditions, would you rather be hit like this or rather catch covid?

    What about this one

    Or this one

    Does that look more fun or safer than a very, very low chance of having any complications due to an illness? Or even showing symptoms?

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  6. 2 hours ago, Landomatic said:

    Nick Badovinus’ new “ghost kitchen” pizza joint working out of OG Lovers Lane Neighborhood Services location.  Delivery and pickup only.  His pizza was pretty good at Perfect Union (actually it was fantastic when they first opened, but fell off considerably as time went on).  I imagine this will be a lot of the same recipes.

    https://www.pizzaparmproject.com/

    I know Nick has a pretty big cult following (even somewhat on surly), but damn his schtick gets a little more out there with every new concept.  Some of the names on this pizza menu are just...

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    I dont know. That menu looks too fucking good for me to make fun of anything. $20 for a 6 pack of Peroni is criminal, though.

  7. 2 minutes ago, d2o said:

    Fox sports in general is fucking terrible.   They take all of the "contrary just to be contrary" guys and act like those takes are legit.    They finally had to cut ties with Whitlock, but Skip, Cowherd, Rob Parker, Acho and more are all full of shit.

    Acho is maybe the least likeable former Horn.

  8. 3 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

    I think the daytime games are great, if you have time to watch. So they are probably losing some folks because of work.

    I don’t get the China thing, because it’s not our country and none of our business. But apparently it does matter.
     

    Marcellus Wiley is a fucking hack. And sfy is a show on Fox. I'm not buying it.

  9. 8 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    Once upon a time some of them did. You aren’t talking about an all or nothing situation. You are talking about bleeding some people here for one reason and some people here for another. 
    my dad used to be a season ticket holder. After the Morey/China thing he said he was through and hasn’t watched another game. 
    Some people might stop watching bc if the advent of the 3 point shot being all encompassing. Some bc the knicks suck and they are knicks fans. Lots of reasons can all work together. 

    I definitely think you hit on something with the superstar comment. Everyone seems too nice. There needs to be more trash talking on and off the court. Give me some nasty as Pop would say. 

    Curry and Durant drive ratings in large part because they have cut so many hearts out over the years that people can't fucking stand watching them win. It's why LeBron still drives ratings. 

    But like, I'm supposed to get excited when Giannis loses a game?  Or get torn up that Jokic struggled today? Or go nuts over a good Jayson Tatum performance?

    I don't know. A lot of it just seems... dull. Especially when you have things like Mitchell scoring 57 points happen. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to take that number seriously or not within the context of playoff history. Teams are scoring soooo many fucking points every night now. 

  10. 4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    The NBA becoming actively political isn’t a brand new thing. The hit has been even worse for playoffs. Who knows. 

    I don't think it has to do with politics at all. The people that don't subscribe to the NBA's stance on social issues weren't watching the NBA in the first place. 

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  11. 57 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

    Is it just me or is there a very obvious lack of enthusiasm for the NBA playoffs? This thread is dead, and the couple of friend group texts I have going that are usually almost all sports have more pictures of food than talk about the playoffs. Weird, because they've been really nice to have around this week to break up the monotony of Covid and all that. You'd figure people would be all about sports.

     

    10 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    You subscribe to the Athletic?  Ethan Strauss (who can be a big douchebag) had an article on this and said its politics/anti China/anti athletes having an opinion etc. 

    he points to huge ratings for baseball, golf, NASCAR and wrestling as people starved for sports with just the NBA seeing flailing ratings?  Is it true?  I can’t imagine it helps. It’s not like ESS is a neocon or anything, read it if you have the sub, it rang somewhat true to me. 
    I don’t think it’s a problem with the product. I think the hoops have been as good or better than they ever have been. It’s something else. 
    Also- I think all the superstars are decent people, and their heads and hearts are in the right place. MJ said republicans buy shoes too and he wasn’t wrong either though in that regard- this hitting home in ratings?

    they also talk a little bit about this on the everyone gets a trophy podcast today. Great podcast by the way- if you don’t listen you should subscribe (Kevin Dunn and Scipio Tex).  
    yeah- you aren’t wrong. Enthusiasm is way down and that’s with the product being in good shape and viewing numbers way up for all the other sports. It’s a thing. Why is obviously open to debate. 

    Ratings weren't good this season to begin with. Steph and Durant were both out (which is the main reason - the following reasons may or may not have contributed). The Warriors weren't good. The Spurs weren't good. The Knicks are still not good. Kawhi left Toronto and the Clippers haven't done anything compelling. Zion never got to play much. 

    I mean Lillard was basically the most interesting narrative this season and still is. 

    Now, you have a good product but a product that is only 85-90% as good without fans (especially in the playoffs). You also have a bunch of shitty, uninteresting series between teams that don't have playoff history against each other or hold grudges against each other. I mean who the fuck wants to watch Brooklyn and Toronto play? Or Miami and Indiana? Really the only series that is must watch TV for me is the Lakers and Blazers. This will obviously change as teams get closer to winning series and the playoffs progress.

    At the end of the day though the league is just much duller without Durant and Curry. They are two of the three most marketable stars in the league and the league hurts when they are out. 

    Despite that, ratings haven't been awful. Portland/LA drew 3.5 million viewers last night. They are also playing a lot of games during the day on weekdays which is kind of werid.

  12. 3 hours ago, Xian said:

    This could be really good for us. Sam isn’t Likely to be drafted that high. Maybe he loves the game enough for a super senior season.   

    Sam will definitely stay to try and compete in a regular season. 

    Unless this shit doesn't get canned and we run the table and win some sort of thrown together postseason game 

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