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Rex Kramer

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  1. 53 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    They either don't have a great grasp on how to read/interpret data (DUMB), or they're intentionally trying to mislead their readers (PROPAGANDA).

    Funny, this is precisely how I felt about the initial numbers being reported. Anyone should question numbers by the GMO. 

  2. 38 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

    My point, sir, is that she might sadly end up doing things far more questionable for not too much more.

    And most of these folks would struggle to find India on a map.

    Who cares. People need examples of what NOT to be. Shame is a powerful motivator. 

  3. 4 minutes ago, ITHorn said:

    should tell you all that you need to know about how Stern felt about this stuff.

    But it doesn’t. 

    2 minutes ago, Sweetnsourpoke said:

    What's been the biggest surprise of this series so far? 

    For me, one thing that is a surprise is that Jason Kidd is outcoaching Daigneault. 

    Not to me. Kidd, if he has the right personnel, has proven himself to be a good coach. 

  4. 2 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    Oh it’s all speculative of course, but the Donaghy thing is a pretty huge red flag, and can we honestly say it’s been fully addressed? Despite the NBA’s line (which you have accepted and repeat above, and that’s fine), it’s tough to imagine that he was unique, particularly given his background, and there have been multiple investigations by ESPN a d others that suggest it’s not. 

    There’s no equivalent in the last 90 years of pro baseball or 70 years of pro football. And look, people’s motivations and biases can be all over the place beyond money. They may be actively collaborating with mobsters like Donaghy, who made very little compared to his partners, or they could be merely putting their thumbs on the scale for other reasons- Marc Cuban and Robert Sarver (Suns) were both unusually public about calling out uneven officiating and many people have argued they both paid the price for it. You can decide whether that makes sense to you or whether there was a corruption issue beyond bias.  You can decide whether it matters that so many of the same names that always seemed to pop up in poorly officiated games in that era were from  Delaware County Pa, and that they were all longtime friends and associates across generations, or that some of those associations include mob ties. 
     

    All that said, you are correct. No matter how much smoke there is, I can’t point to the fire. But after watching NBA basketball for the last 45 years I don’t think there’s anything stranger to me than the idea that the four people overseeing the development and performance of NBA officials are Mark Wunderlich, Eddie Rush, Bennett Salvatore and Joey Crawford. 

    Honestly I just don’t care enough to think about it. I’ve seen some bad calls this series, but no group of calls in any one game has affected the outcome. I just don’t get worked up by officials and never really have except over the occasional Longhorn football game. I’ve seen one and possible two times Big 12 refs cost us games against OSU and once against Bama in ‘22. All at home. No officiating anywhere else has approached those screw jobs. 

  5. 2 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

    My honest first thought upon seeing this video is true concern for this young lady's future and safety. There are a lot of predators out there and this is like a bat signal to them as someone who is likely very easy to groom. She's attractive and clearly emotionally unstable and expressed a separation between herself and any support structures/family. I really hope, for her, it's just an act and those are alligator tears, but I don't think they are and that really does worry me.

    Maybe she’s a difficult child, and that’s a real thing, but it’s likely her family has allowed her down this path. As a result I have very little sympathy. Once you are old enough in your teens, expressing attention whore behavior fails to garner any sympathy from me, despite her genuine sadness and eye color. 

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  6. 8 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

    Ha, Porterhouse, Dr. Beeper, Jewish Wang.

    We all thank you for not posting in the Ranger thread anymore after getting clowned repeatedly.

    Now we will fuck with you here too. 

    I never post there. Don’t think I have since I left a few years ago. I watch you and ztejas drown out posters wanting to join in on playoff run. He’s the kind of nerd that’ll post his jump shot. You’re likely a fatass living with your mom. That way you both represent Derka well. 

    Next time CY tells me a nugget like “we’re not re-signing Monty” or “Adolis agent is a major problem”, I’ll be sure to share in the baseball thread and not be subject to your fat nerd drivel. Goodbye you twat. 

  7. 2 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

    I have this thread. The difference is I have NEVER claimed I wasn’t someone else. I have NEVER asked for my entire shit to be deleted 3 fucking times.

    You are a fucking zero, hopefully you flip out enough again to beg to be deleted. 

    I haven’t either, and I did that once. 

    You on the other hand are a message board hero!  You police the Rangers threads like an encampment nerd, yet, you’ll never have anywhere close to the same Rangers inside knowledge I do, directly from the horse’s mouth (that you’ve always been so quick to dismiss). 

    Im putting you on Ignore now so as not to derail this any further. Go Stars. 

  8. 12 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    Of course I’m not. It’s ridiculous on its face. 

    BTW- did I say two referees who were specifically implicated? I meant *four*.  There are four former referees  implicated in *allegedly* rigging games now in senior roles overseeing NBA referees as part of the NBA referee development and performance group (out of four members), but only three of them were specifically implicated in fixing playoff games against the Mavs. And it’s not as though the Mavs were unique- one was  also involved in the notorious Game 6 of the 2002 WCF between the Lakers and Kings, and several other infamous officiating disasters. 
    How silly of me.

    Well at any rate I’m not paranoid enough to think there’s something systemically wrong here.

    I read this and my eyes glaze over. Is there a source for this other than an admitted convicted degenerate’s word for it?

  9. 13 hours ago, Chewbacca said:
    On 5/12/2024 at 9:47 AM, Rex Kramer said:
    I don’t care enough to crowd source you fucking nerd. But I will not shut the fuck up. You’re insist upon yourself. 

    The dude who dips on airplanes is not the one I listen to.

    You’re responding to every post here, including mind, so you very much listen to me. You’re even negging my posts in the Mavs thread.  

    I never had an issue with you, until this thread. You’re trying WAY too hard to fight with everyone. 

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  10. 57 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    Of course I’m not. I mean, it’s not as though *two* former referees specifically implicated by Tim Donaghy in *allegedly* fixing games against the Mavericks (including both games 5 and 6 of the 2006 NBA finals) are now occupying VP level operations roles supervising officials. That would be absurd, right?

    It’d be quite absurd. Thankfully you’re not going there. 

  11. On 5/7/2024 at 11:02 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

    His biggest lie is that he isn’t racist

    I challenge you to link or even repeat one racist thing I’ve ever posted. If my memory is correct, you and I had some Shag battles because I was really critical of Strong and you thought we were dispensing him too early. That’s all I’ve got with you. 

  12. 12 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

    Murray has a calf strain. He needs to be able to get separation off the dribble to be effective. He did it in game 3, but couldn't in games 1-2. KCP has a bad hip and he's the primary defender on Ant.

    Without those 2, the Nuggets are fucked. They looked ok in game 3 but we'll see going forward. They are walking wounded at this point.

    Are you comparing the Mavs injury situation favorably to the Nuggets?  If so, that’s laughably stupid. Please don’t fuck up 2 threads. 

     

    25 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    Wow, if I didn’t know better, I might suspect that a league with a notorious history of officials putting their thumb on the scale for and against marquee players and teams has allowed Dallas, and Luka Doncic especially, to get mauled late in the season and into the playoffs.

    But clearly you know better than to lend your support to an asinine conspiracy theory against Luka. Thank God. 

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  13. 10 hours ago, Chewbacca said:
    10 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:
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    Lol. Crowd source me or stfu.

    I don’t care enough to crowd source you fucking nerd. But I will not shut the fuck up. You’re insist upon yourself. 

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  14. 1 hour ago, ITHorn said:

    It put Mavs into bonus with six minutes to go and they were lucky that Dallas didn’t take further advantage of that. It also completely took away the ability OKC has to create turnovers and score/get to line in transition which is a huge weapon. I would be pretty surprised if we see it again. 

    They were already in the bonus. Dallas takes care of the ball, and was going to milk the clock on each possession. Lively is a terrible FT shooter. It wasn’t a bad strategy at all. 

  15. 2 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    A month ago I wouldn’t be able to imagine saying this, but Maxi would be huge right now. Hold on Mavs. 

    There is no question he’s missed.  Partly because Chet forces our big guys out on D, leaving lanes open for Shai and others, but it’s glaring on O when our bigs can’t do the same thing that Chet does, and Maxi can do just that. As a result Chet fucking Holmgren has proven himself a pretty damn good rim protector. Averaging 3 blocks per game and affecting our bigs converting easy dunks. 

    Also, we have an 8-man rotation with Exum used sparingly, and we are dangerously thin if we get Bad THJ or Green is ineffective. I expect heavy minutes for PJ and DJJ all series. DJJ must play better Monday. 

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