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Catdaddyhorn

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  1. Throughout college and early in his pro career Bird was similar to Kareem in that he was really shy and somewhat surly with the media. It's part of why he left Indiana and Bob Knight. He preferred being out of the limelight. The difference between Bird and Kareem is that Bird eventually opened up and by his mid to late 20s he developed a wry, playful banter with the media and his dry humor was displayed more often.
  2. Lol She's been spouting this shit for years to no ill effect for her professorship at Penn law.
  3. I felt the same way at the time. The funny thing is in today's game you see some of the same elements Penders implemented (3-man weave at the top of the key, open post, high pick'n roll) used frequently, although I don't remember Penders having much else in his bag back then.
  4. Yeah that was detailed in the book @Nivek mentioned up top. I've drank a bunch since reading it so I've forgotten most of it, but the stress and trauma desperate poverty inflicts on some of those kids (particularly those dwelling in dangerous neighborhoods) wreaks havoc on their bodies and minds over the course of their childhood.
  5. Penders had horrible timing in sabotaging himself with the release of Axtel's grades. Part of what led to Barnes' success was the fact that the state's high school talent was in transition towards being among the best in the nation. Penders saw the beginning stages of this process with us joining the Big 12 and the signings of Clack, Mihm, & Axtel, but he didn't stay long enough to see it all come into fruition.
  6. I missed most of the 1st hour. Was there any resolution with Jake or do we expect him to no longer be on the show in another week?
  7. Broad sympathy for some; broader skepticism for others.
  8. Years ago, I read the very same book during my lead up to becoming a new father and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I can't remember whether that book is where I first came across Nikole Hannah-jones or if reading that book led me to her This American Life series on schools, but that book spurred a lot of curiosity in me. Specifically on the cascading hormonal effects of early childhood stress on learning and even the body's capacity to deal with stress later in life.
  9. Like most everything else in today's corporate/efficiency obsessed world, the rest players take today isn't a function how big their pussies are. It's a result of the data driven world we live in and a product of what teams have learned about minimizing injuries.
  10. I'll say this since you're younger than most of us and probably didn't watch the 80s NBA with any real level of perspective, the 80s NBA was the golden age of basketball in the sense that it launched the sport into the American zeitgeist in a fundamental and inextricable manner. Teams were diverse in their style of play and perfectly fit the makeup of their cities. You had teams like the Lakers, Nuggets, Sonics, Mavericks, Warriors, and even the Celtics who pushed the absolute mess out of the ball up and down the court. You had Houston and Atlanta who were perpetual brides maids despite overwhelming athleticism. Then on the other end of the spectrum teams like the Pistons, Utah, Cleveland, and Knicks who would routinely force opponents into rock fights. Also like @longhornmatt mentioned there were true characters back then who weren't obsessively worried about their image and focus testing their every utterance. Plus these guys in the 80s came up before the commodification of basketball so unlike today with AAU and data driven strategy forcing everyone to play within a narrow set of stylistically parameters, players back then had a diverse array of playing and shooting styles. Magic shot the ball like a shot put. Kareem had his famous skyhook. Mark Price had absolutely flawless fucking form. Bird cocked the ball behind and slightly to the right of his head. Dominique shot with the palm of his hand and kicked his legs out in a very specific way. If a kid mimicked a player on the court absolutely everyone knew who he was. Even the announcers were characters. Freaking Tommy Heinson sounded like Fred Flinstone was broadcasting a game alongside Dick Stockton. All this added to the texture and overall enjoyment of the league during an era that essentially introduced the game to the country. Even though the 90s brought us Jordan's peak I'll contend that much like some would argue with Steph today, his success altered the style of the game for the worse and ultimately stagnated the NBA once his star was no longer around to blockout the banality his presence brought upon the league.
  11. This is an anachronistic observation which simply doesn't happen in today's NBA. If you're watching old VHS tapes from the 90s when everyone without the ball went to one side of the court while they watched 2 players go 1-on-1 for 45 minutes a game then you'd be onto something, but what you just described hasn't taken place with even minimal regularity in nearly 20 years.
  12. And his defence wasn't near worth the tradeoff of the offense we lost in Seth Curry. In fairness to him though, he probably needed to be in a system with guards who are less ball dominant than Luka and even Jalen. San Antonio suits his game more in that respect with the way they share the ball more evenly throughout their backcourt.
  13. He'll complete his 4th year on campus in May. It isn't like he's been on campus 5 or 6 years something.
  14. I was wondering what happened to that Dawson Garcia kid and why he hasnt played for the Tarheels. He was a former recruit of ours at UT transferred to UNC from Marquette, but it looks like his family is having medical issues thus he's been out since January. He seems like a pretty big missing piece for them. I wonder if he'll return to UNC next year.
  15. I'd post more of the thread but I can't embed more tweets for some reason. Plus this last tweet has an article that pretty much summarizes the study. https://twitter.com/dbroockman/status/1510607436532510722?t=1d8Y2DjotUMH_mtxqMIiPg&s=19
  16. Not really specific to Fox but interesting thread discussing a study on the effects of partisan media.
  17. Dolphins got a 3rd rounder for 29 year old, no pro bowls Devonta Parker, Cowboys got a 5th for 27 year old 4 time pro bowler Amari Cooper.
  18. We need this kid and Tre Johnson in the 2024 class.
  19. I thought Ramey was great for us last year too. He shot like freaking 41% from 3 last year (on surprisingly fewer 3s than he shot this year) and 83% from the FT line which are all substantially better than he shot this year However, he did improve his 2pt FG% significantly this year.
  20. Especially with the one leg up while doing it. This show is so much fun. Larry Wilmore was on Bill Simmons' podcast and told a few stories from growing up around that time in L.A.. His childhood friend is Bill Duffy ( an NBA agent) and Duffy, who was apparently a stud high school bball player himself, attended a 5 star camp with Magic in high school and came home regaling them with all these Paul Bunyan stories of a 6'9" point guard named Magic doing full court wrap around passes. It reminded me of what it was like back then, before YouTube and the internet, where the feats of some cross the way high school legend seemed beyond belief.
  21. You cut off some additional context to the post of mine that you quoted I'm referring to 2 specific people. Both of whom have 1 black grand parent, yet because of the difference in their socialization they identify as 2 different races.
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