is rose the only mvp that isnt going to get in? did we talk about this already?
― Spottie, Friday, 5 May 2017 22:38 (seven years ago) link
good stuff from dame n crewhttp://bleacherreport.com/articles/2708008-damian-lillard-leads-blazers-in-donating-playoff-bonus-money-to-team-staff?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national
― Spottie, Friday, 5 May 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
steph holds the record for most threes in a season by such a large margin it's crazy.
― Aimless, Friday, 5 May 2017 22:51 (seven years ago) link
nice thats cool xp
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 May 2017 22:59 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8RvgLywz8
travelgate continues
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 May 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
more people playing a sport --> more people >2 standard deviations above the average playerguys like paul pierce just don't make the baseball hall of fame
guys like paul pierce just don't make the baseball hall of fame
Do more human beings on earth play basketball or baseball
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 5 May 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link
in terms of who is eligible for the halls of fame, there are way more MLB players than NBA players. this is not a hard concept bro come on
― k3vin k., Friday, 5 May 2017 23:34 (seven years ago) link
You're acting as if talent is randomly distributed among a player pool and thus a larger player pool means it's harder to be elite.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 5 May 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link
If you contracted MLB the 20 best players would still be there.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 5 May 2017 23:45 (seven years ago) link
elite is a relative thing tho. all the stats we use are weighted vs the average or replacement level player
― k3vin k., Saturday, 6 May 2017 00:04 (seven years ago) link
I don't see how having 40 teams instead of 30 would lower Lebron's PER
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 6 May 2017 00:39 (seven years ago) link
Logically it would be higher because it would mean more mediocre players and more mediocre franchises to pad your stats.
But really that's not Kev point. The point is that is that the elite pool (let's say the top 0,1%) of baseball is larger because there is more players playing. That makes it easier to have marketable hall of fame classes year in year out, perhaps basketball includes the top 0,3% to make sure there is a steady influx of players enshrined. I said ~perhaps, I don't know.
In any case the baseball hof is no model.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 6 May 2017 04:42 (seven years ago) link
Artis Gilmore waited over 20 years to get in the hall and Walter Davis will never make it. Even Gilmore only got in because Colangelo forced the issue. You have to be really fucking good to make the NBA hall of fame.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 6 May 2017 05:51 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_Ls32iU0AAY64_.jpg
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 May 2017 00:45 (seven years ago) link
*since deleted
!?!
― k3vin k., Sunday, 7 May 2017 01:02 (seven years ago) link
i'm not sure there's really a scenario where that would make sense tho
tho with doc you never know
with phil u never know
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 May 2017 01:06 (seven years ago) link
but yeah i dont see any scenarios
It would be funny if it's the lakers and he heard wrong
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 7 May 2017 05:21 (seven years ago) link
thats why he deleted the tweet lol
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 May 2017 06:13 (seven years ago) link
Marc SteinVerified account @ESPNSteinLine 2m2 minutes ago NBA Coaches Association announces Houston's Mike D'Antoni & Miami's Erik Spoelstra as co-recipients of its inaugural Coach of the Year award
kinda a cool award
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 May 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
yeah coach of the year doesn't seem like the kind of award the media needs to be voting on. no one really understands it well enough
― k3vin k., Sunday, 7 May 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
co-winners! that's cool.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 7 May 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
They should do conference awards anyway.
― Spottie, Sunday, 7 May 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
nah, we need to get rid of conferences
― nice cage (m bison), Sunday, 7 May 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
Of course, but until they do...
― Spottie, Sunday, 7 May 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
korver lol
― k3vin k., Sunday, 7 May 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
cavs have gotten away with a lot of fouls
― k3vin k., Sunday, 7 May 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
this is the offseason thread. u r looking for the 'offs season thread.
― nice cage (m bison), Sunday, 7 May 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
it concerns the raptors, who started the offseason as soon as it was announced they'd play the cavs in round 2
― k3vin k., Sunday, 7 May 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
lol well played
― Spottie, Sunday, 7 May 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
rip raptores welcome to the offseason
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 May 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk 2m2 minutes ago Kyle Lowry on free agency priorities: ‘A ring. Nothing else. I just want a ring’
welcome to the newest member of the golden state warriors
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 May 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link
haha
― marcos, Monday, 8 May 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
the spurs need a pg i guess
― ciderpress, Monday, 8 May 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
how many more years will lebron scare all the good players out of the east
― ciderpress, Monday, 8 May 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
I'm uncomfortable with Kyle Lowry being this much of a loser
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 06:43 (seven years ago) link
watching the area 21 thing about ray now and these bros are still super sad :(
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 May 2017 15:04 (seven years ago) link
perkins making some deep points
lol the whole situation is so sad and lame they need to reconcile
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 15:05 (seven years ago) link
big baby seems like he's not as mad as the rest of them and KG and rondo don't seem happy about that lol
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 May 2017 15:06 (seven years ago) link
rondo doesn't say a word the whole time
rondo just sitting there gloating that he manipulated the situation so everyone hates his enemy
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
https://theringer.com/2017-nba-free-agency-glen-big-baby-davis-area-21-blake-griffin-paul-millsap-88f2e2253574
wtf at the end when they start talking about free agents and the show just ends
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 May 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
maybe i need to watch this show
feel like lebron will have a network to do this kinda thing in the future.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 16:31 (seven years ago) link
ugh can you imagine how insufferable that would be
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 9 May 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
no hover boards in the studio