Wilbur Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Hopefully it will turn out better for W than it did for Zion, the Prince That Was Promised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 11 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Hopefully it will turn out better for W than it did for Zion, the Prince That Was Promised. Talk about different body types... And Wemby is significantly more hyped than even Zion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 1 minute ago, DMC said: Talk about different body types... Wemby also has a team around him that's hyper focused about his health. Zion badly needs that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proudfeet Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 1 hour ago, DMC said: And Wemby is significantly more hyped than even Zion. I can't tell the difference. Seems like every other draft, its the best since x or the next y. It all blurs together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maithanet Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Wemby is the most hyped prospect since LeBron. Zion was probably the next most "hyped" by the media in the intervening years, although I believe Davis was probably a better prospect, and possibly Oden + Durant as well. In some ways I think that Wemby's comparison is better with Duncan (also a fantastic prospect), in that basically the only thing people worry about is his health. He can play - he has dominated a bunch of other great prospects and a league of second tier professionals. Just gotta hope those legs hold up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Suns Exec: We have problems closing out series and we seem to underperform annually. Who’s out there? Other Exec: There’s Doc Rivers… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 5 hours ago, Rhom said: Suns Exec: We have problems closing out series and we seem to underperform annually. Who’s out there? Other Exec: There’s Doc Rivers… The Suns get rid of banker-boy Sarver, and they have a coach who has finally gotten the team playing consistently well in Monty Williams, so local fans start to think, "Maybe the organization has turned the corner?" But being the Suns, they fired both barrels into their feet, trading away the wrong players (Bridges, should have rid themselves of Ayton), firing the quality coach, and now considering Doc Rivers. Herp a derp. Rhom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 I do not get how Tatum seems to get all these cheap fouls in otherwise super physical games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Tonight is the perfect example of why I am tired of our hot take culture. This time a week ago, all I heard on ESPN outlets was how Brad Stevens made a mistake extending Mazzulla and he might need to fire him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 1 hour ago, Rhom said: Tonight is the perfect example of why I am tired of our hot take culture. This time a week ago, all I heard on ESPN outlets was how Brad Stevens made a mistake extending Mazzulla and he might need to fire him. Cause he's not a very good coach. And I hope we can all be honest with what we're seeing here. On the replays Heat players are getting clubbed and there's a lot of no calls. Meanwhile Celtics players get breathed on and it's a fast whistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingintheNorth4 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 It's going to a game 7, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 8 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: And I hope we can all be honest with what we're seeing here. On the replays Heat players are getting clubbed and there's a lot of no calls. Meanwhile Celtics players get breathed on and it's a fast whistle. I’ve seen a few ticky-tack fouls on the Heat, but don’t see them getting clubbed and there being no fouls called. Butler 3-19 shooting so far. Obviously not gonna get it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Ramsay B. said: I’ve seen a few ticky-tack fouls on the Heat, but don’t see them getting clubbed and there being no fouls called. Heat players are on the floor and when you watch the replay they're getting smashed and Boston is getting away with it more times than not so they're able to keep it up. Meanwhile they're getting called for a bunch of junk. Just call the game the same on both ends. Tatum gets all these soft calls while Butler is getting hammered. That affects what a team wants to do and how they players respond. Edited May 28 by Tywin et al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) No double dribble there? Wow! White saves the day! Edited May 28 by Ramsay B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 What an ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 What did I just see?!!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingintheNorth4 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Speechless..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 Crazy. and lucky. and crazy lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) That was as close as I've ever seen a buzzer beater, who makes that call if its even closer, refs on court or via video? Also, I'm sure I asked this last year and can't remember the answer, but are there any stats re success of teams where one team had a long layoff (is too long a layoff a negative) v another team who went to game 7? Edited May 28 by BigFatCoward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 2 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: Also, I'm sure I asked this last year and can't remember the answer, but are there any stats re success of teams where one team had a long layoff (is too long a layoff a negative) v another team who went to game 7? Interesting question. I don't know if analytic people have tried to address this, but even if they have, it's hard to operationalize. Like, are you just looking at teams that went 4 vs. teams that went 7? If so that's still gonna be a really small sample. Or does 5 count for the former -- and where does 6 lie? And shouldn't days off matter more than the technical amount games? In which case that's gonna vary. Maybe making it an ordinal rather than dichotomous variable would help resolve this, but when you do that you're probably not gonna get any statistical significance - it's just gonna be random correlations running any type of regression. Then, of course, there's the inherent difference in the quality of the teams. ...Anyway, sorry for the rambling. Point is I don't think this is something that can really be resolved by a quantitative metric. Just kinda an eye test, ya know. Rhom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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