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UpperWestside

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  1. The only two guys I never liked that were on my team were Chris Mihm and Smush Parker. I remember when we got Mihm that I looked at his age 25 season and the stats were almost identical to the one a 35 year old chain-smoking Vlade Divac put up. Mihm was the very definition of overhyped and mostly it was because he spent a summer watching Tim Duncan play basketball. He did not learn a thing.
  2. My sports homepage is the ESPN site for Australia and since their NBL season is over their attention is now focused on the World Cup. I am actually excited that 32 teams participate now. Some of them are obviously going to get blown out of the water, but this will continue to help grow the sport globally by having more teams participate. The article below is from their site. Kinda cool to see how they feel about the Boomers chances going into the tournament. I think they should handily win their group, but Germany should give them a good game if Schroeder plays as well for the Germans as he did at the Euros. Franz Wagner might have a bit of a coming out party in Okinawa as well I think.
  3. That video was cringe-worthy, but more importantly it showcased what hate sounds like while invoking God’s name into the equation. When you meet people like that who espouse the things that absolute cretin said just walk away and realize you just dealt with a hateful religious zealot, because make no mistake, that video was pure hatred for your fellow human beings.
  4. That sounds like the JV team I know and love. Clippers gonna Clip. Kawhi leaving two games at the half on his own is just so on-brand for him and that franchise. I am also still glad the Lakers did not hire Lue.
  5. This will be a cool series to watch. My guys in the Purple and Gold have no real answer to even slowing down Curry. I will be interested to see what patchwork defensive game plan Ham decides to employ against him. I’m hoping to see at least a few matchups with LeBron on him and vice versa on the other end. The entirety of LA’s hopes of winning this series depend on Russell playing above average at the point on both ends and AD not getting injured. As I typed this he probably almost tripped over a sheet of paper. I hope for the best, but if the Dubs win, that’s fine too. I don’t root for other teams or players, but Curry is so unique and his ability to control a game is just ridiculous to watch. Seeing him do well against everyone else except my guys is okay by me.
  6. This is the side of the fence I am on. Believe in whatever you want to believe, but do not bring those beliefs into places where the laws of the land are written. Live and let live and treat people with respect and kindness.
  7. He evolved as a coach. I honestly do not believe he would have if not for his time with the Dubs. He realized the game changed by getting to see it up close and personal every night. He also has a pretty talented group to work with. That always seems to help.
  8. I’d like to hope Levis isn’t beating up teenagers and brandishing guns near them. I try to keep an even keel with most everyone and realize we all mess up, but Morant crossed a threshold with beating up a kid and then showing up to threaten people at a shoe store among the rest of the things he did.
  9. It’s been so long since the Knicks have been in this position that I would think you might want to monetize them as much as possible to your TV audience. It definitely should have been an afternoon start. I feel like a lot of the playoff games back in the 90’s were early starts for them, but I could be remembering it wrong.
  10. I think you will really enjoy it. The movie dives right into things and they don’t hold back, at all, on the fight scenes.
  11. If you have a high school aged boy might wanna keep them away from Morant for awhile. This humiliation could not happen to a better guy.
  12. I should have posted this trailer for anyone who has not seen it yet. Several of my friends want to see this movie so I am probably going back again. Totally worth another viewing.
  13. SISU. Go watch this movie. That was an awesome experience. Whole bunch of Nazis getting roasted by a one man Finnish killing machine.
  14. I would argue that she already looks like that. I am not one to really critique people that often for how they look, but those narrow eyes combined with a face only a quarter horse could love, as well as throwing in the intellectual capability of a clown on acid, makes her less attractive than Mamma.
  15. I had not seen his show in years, but we used to put it on in high school when the government teacher would leave the room. I lived in Stamford, CT for a year and was a 10 minute walk from where they filmed his show, Steve Wilkos and Maury at. I should have gotten a ticket to see him at least once.
  16. These people…These people are the ones who absolutely disgust me and I find myself adamantly opposed to. That is some blatant false teaching going on there and all while invoking Christ’s name. Christ would have ZERO to do with people like that. The next logical step an insane human being like that takes is not only wanting to have control of everything and everyone, but to also persecute non-believers in every way possible. That is some storefront window Christo-fascism. There are other countries with different belief systems that do this to the lesser-thans in their country and it is no more right. Human beings are taught to hate the world over and religion is an easy way to infuse hatred and we are better than others when you hear stuff like that.
  17. That was a great read! Thanks for posting it. It was cool to see how automobiles can bring people together despite their differences in political beliefs.
  18. From an article in SI about his friendship with Gasol. I think he was the only active player to make it to the jersey retirement. I think the persona of him being a jerk is overblown. He has a low tolerance for guys who don’t care about winning seems to be more what irks him.
  19. I think there is vindication on the level of disgust Butler had for his teammates in Minnesota. He was driven by winning and he had a team that was an absolute clownshow around him. The 76ers should have kept him. That was a colossal screw-up letting him go. I said this in 2020, but Butler found an organization driven to win and one where he has guys around him that play the same way he does. Having Pat Riley running your organization should have been a big clue he’d fit in there. Very few superstars wind up in a perfect situation, but Butler found that with Miami.
  20. Most hard-nosed and completely likable player in the NBA. To come from being ranked the 73rd best player in Texas to being the player he is today is just incredible. If you could give me just one guy in the east to build a playoff team around he is that guy. I felt that way about him three years ago and nothing has changed there. If Butler had been able to stay in Philly the 76ers would be the best team in the conference.
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