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  1. On 8/10/2020 at 8:08 PM, shadow_operative said:

    yes Trea, that was a fucking bomb.

     

     

    "Anything I can do, I can do better." 

    - Juan Soto

        -Wayne Gretzky

                -Michael Scott

     

     

  2. i really wish they could acquire some more pitching to pair with that young lineup they have. Biggio, Bichette, Vladdy, et al. deserve to play postseason ball, but they need a helluva lot more than a 33 year old Ryu to do that. still a damn fun team to watch. also, Teoscar Hernandez hits bombs, and their new baby blue jerseys are the best in the game. really fun team to root for and watch. 

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  3. Clippers/Mavs is going to be fun to watch. And it's perfect timing for this thread's sake, lol. He couldn't have a tougher matchup in round one with the experienced, lock down, perimeter defenders that LAC will throw at him. Could be a really important series for his growth, either way it goes. 

  4. 9 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

    DeAndre Ayton must be the best player in the league then.

    except that we aren't talking about him, we're talking about two specific guys who we all know can/do play at a near-MVP level. there's no question about whether or not Luka's talent and skill translates- it does. the combine analogy was simply to illustrate that theres really no debate that Luka has more tangible basketball skills/fewer weaknesses than Dirk did, even at his peak. again, talent vs greatness.

  5.  If I were advertising that I was looking for OF help and a guy with Yelich, Merrifield, Rosario, and Luis Robert sent me an offer, i'd probably at least make him a counter. And Teoscar Hernandez ain't bad himself, so. 🤷🏼‍♂️ 

  6. 10 hours ago, NOMAAA said:

    outfield and pitching.  not dh and pitching. 

    dope counter offer. it's not like i have four of the best OF in fantasy baseball or anything. 

  7. I just realized that aggie thought/thinks that TJ Ford was a better college basketball player than Kevin Durant. the night that KD went for 37 and 23 against TTU on ESPN, aggie was sitting in front of his TV going, "Meh. He's still not better than TJ Ford. Can't be; not until we see what he does in the tourney." When he scored 25 in the 1H against KU aggie was nonplussed. When he hit the monster three to win the game for Texas in 2OT against Acie Law and A&M, aggie just shrugged. "Still not the postseason", he said. And then when KD flaked out in the tourney aggie was like, "see. I told you Kevin Durant wasn't better than TJ Ford."

    you might want to rethink your definition of "better", all things considered. 

     

  8. Take 2020 Luka and 2011 Dirk to an NBA combine. None of the scouts or coaches or GM's has ever heard of either player. Run each guy through every drill and scenario possible. Now look at the scout's grades and poll the GM's on which guy they think is a better basketball player. Anyone here who thinks it wouldn't be *unanimous* in Luka's favor is higher than giraffe pussy. And anyone else who doesn't understand that this^^^ is the definition of "which one is a better basketball player" is on some whole other shit that I can't even explain. 

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  9. 21 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

     

    . "Better" to me has always meant who do you want more in a tough playoff series to win and advance. You know, the entire point of the sport.

     

     

    one reply to this silliness obviously wasn't enough for me, because i'd be absolutely tripping to not address this: Dirk's record in the playoffs both before and after his lone title isn't even anything special. the absolute pinnacle of his playoff achievements was leading Dallas *to* the NBA Finals in 2011. he was awesome leading out to the matchup with the Heat, but by no means did he play the role of alpha male in that Finals series, where players like Jason Kidd, Tyson Chandler, Shawn Marion, and Jason Terry were all absolutely instrumental in Dallas beating Miami.

    Stop acting like Dirk is some all-time playoff great, and like it's just TOTALLY out of the realm of possibility that Luka Doncic might himself be good in the playoffs. Dirk's playoff resume is nothing special. 

     

  10. 28 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

    "Better" to me has always meant who do you want more in a tough playoff series to win and advance. 

     

    And you're allowed to have your own interpretation of what "better" means, even if it is a swiss cheese argument that essentially says, "nobody who is young can be deemed "better" than any comparable (or even obviously leas skilled) player who has won in the playoffs before." Better, to me, has always just meant better. But apparently that's just some weird quirky thing about me; using words by their actual definition. 

    Your interpretation of "better" starts to look especially silly when we look at historically great players. Are you telling me that in 1990 you were telling folks that Isaiah Thomas was better than Michael Jordan? You were saying in 2004-05 that Chauncey Billups was better than LeBron James? You know you've been around here a long time, and yet I don't recall you ever posting about how Kevin Durant, unanimously hailed as the second best player in league for a 7-8 year stretch, couldn't possibly be better than all of those other guys out there who had won in the playoffs before. I mean he had two future MVP's and Serge Ibaka as teammates and he still couldn't win it all for christ's sake! So where was this opinion before now? I mean obviously D Wade was better than KD according your definition of the word. So what gives?! And you say i'm the one who keeps moving the goal posts. Come on man. 

    at this point i expect every one of you to be absolutely floored in the future when Luka Doncic is still good at basketball once he's getting into the postseason. floored. 

     

  11. edit: was gonna add this to the previous post but it timed out.

     

    and before five Mavs fans come storming the thread like angry Mac with youtube videos of Dirk driving with the ball, let me be crystal clear here- we're talking guard skills here. ball handling; having the dribble-drive/taking your man 1 v 1 available to you at all times. having it in one's bag. these things were not a part of Dirk's game; Luka has these traits in spades. He's a 6'7", 230 lbs, deceptively strong and athletic point-forward with guard skills who passes like Magic and scores from everywhere. he is not normal. saying that he's better than Dirk is not a diss. 

  12. for me i don't know how anyone can get past the gulf in mobility between the two players. Dirk is not mobile. He cannot beat people off the dribble, he can't get out and lead the break in transition, he can't slash and get to the rim (where Luka can either finish or kick to a shooter)- I mean that's the most glaring thing about all of this to me.

    There have been plenty of good/impactful/all star/even MVP caliber players who aren't particularly mobile- look no further than my man crush Jokic, or Rudy Gobert, or LaMarcus Aldridge, or Pau and Marc Gasol; all really good-great players who aren't mobile. So don't take this as some huge slight against Dirk, it's just a fact- his lack of mobility (and the  lack of accompanying skill sets, eg the dribble drive, taking guys 1 v 1, leading the break) is a pretty glaring mark against him when you're trying to argue that he's an all around better basketball player than Luka Doncic. 

     

  13. 16 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

    Hard Hit % Leaders By Team:

    1.

    2.Yankees- 40.8%

    3.Cubs- 40.3%

    4.A's- 40.2%

    5.Dodgers- 39.1%

    6.Padres- 38.9%
     

    So, who do you think is #1 with a whopping 46% hard hit balls this season?

    anybody?

    answer:

    The Detroit Tigers(!)

  14. 1 hour ago, ztejas said:

    Lol. Might want to brush up on your NBA history there. Dirk's playoff record is pretty poor. He only played in the WCF 3 times. 

     

    Seems like a relevant hypothetical to me if you're claiming that Luka is already a better player. 

    it's literally a team that was built around Dirk and his specific skill set. it's not a fair comparison at all. For example Jason Kidd is no longer even needed on the team with Luka, and he was a pretty huge part of that title run (and we've already established that Dirk was only just fine, and not spectacular or "the reason" that the Mavs beat the Heat. he needed guys like Kidd to win that title.) If/when the Mavs build a team around Luka and his point-forward skills, do you think that Dirk could just replace him and everything would be the same? of course not. they're different players with different skill sets. but which one would you rather build a team around if you had to pick? the guy with a limited skill and athleticism, or the guy who has better handle, vision, passing ability, athleticism, all around scoring, etc?

     

  15. so many disingenuous hypotheticals/comparisons, you'd think everyone in here is derka. do you think that Trae Young is in the same class as Luka Doncic? of course you don't. and these lofty opinions on Doncic aren't even new- there were NBA people screaming that this was a generational talent when he was at Real Madrid, and guess what? He is. the biggest difference in Doncic and LeBron James is that LBJ was on TV for three years before jointing the league. Well that and athleticism, but even Magic and Bird pale in comparison to LBJ athletically. Doncic is a super elite talent- a Kobe, a LeBron, a Hakeem, a Duncan; I don't need to watch him play any more than I already have to see what's right in front of me. apparently you guys do. i don't. 

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  16. Hard Hit % Leaders By Team:

    1.

    2.Yankees- 40.8%

    3.Cubs- 40.3%

    4.A's- 40.2%

    5.Dodgers- 39.1%

    6.Padres- 38.9%
     

    So, who do you think is #1 with a whopping 46% hard hit balls this season?

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