The Last Dance: In Praise of One Lone Gold Hoop Earring

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Wade had an issue with migraines too right?

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link

migraines are no joke. as they said in the doc, they're bad enough without having to match up against young dennis rodman

k3vin k., Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link

this has been fantastic, just thrilling every minute of it

I really enjoyed the Rodman episode, and I'd kind of started to forget the good things about Phil due to his Knicks tenure

but the zen thing, his handling of Rodman is pretty brilliant, just the idea that he is who he is and you can't change it and shouldn't try

it's definitely contrary to the authoritarian mindset of coaching, and yes like Spottie says, First Take and Twitter would be foaming at the mouth today if someone took a Vegas vacation mid season

the only slight comparison is maybe Belichick and Gronk, but I think it's different because it's not so much BB understands what makes people tick it's that he doesn't care and for however long Gronk's positives outweighed the negatives in his mental ledger

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link

also I want Horace Grant to be my friend

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link

horace is funny

lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link

appreciated how much respect jordan and pip showed rodman too like they easily cld been all lol that weirdo but they went out of their way to praise him as a tru baller

lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link

Horace grant is the true mvp

let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link

the man made goggles cool again

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link

Horace grant is the true mvp

Knowing how to play on the same team with MJ, Pippen, and Rodman, and fit in without a hitch is a rare talent itself.

A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:40 (four years ago) link

he's lump

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link

Grant left before Rodman came

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link

I never got the criticism of Scottie for the migraine. Yeah I guess ppl thought oh it's just a headache??? puuuusssyyyy

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link

xp -Not quite as talented as I said he was then. ;-)

A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link

I never got the criticism of Scottie for the migraine. Yeah I guess ppl thought oh it's just a headache??? puuuusssyyyy

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, April 30, 2020 bookmarkflaglink

"mike played through a flu!"

Spottie, Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link

I think of the flu game every time I catch it, still amazed that someone was able to do that in a situation where I can barely get up the stairs

frogbs, Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link

idk I'm guessing the flu hits me harder than guys like say Michael Jordan

frogbs, Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link

it was food poisoning but yeah

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 April 2020 21:03 (four years ago) link

appreciated how much respect jordan and pip showed rodman too like they easily cld been all lol that weirdo but they went out of their way to praise him as a tru baller


Rodman was just a force of nature, and everywhere he went the team won. Hakeem destroying Robinson in that one series made people forget that the Spurs won like 63 games that year with Robinson, Rodman and a bunch of absolute trash

Matt Armstrong, Friday, 1 May 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link

Rodman was the best. Fucking loved him growing up and regularly leaped horizontally out of bounds to save balls at rec center pick up games.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 1 May 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link

https://skepticalsports.com/the-case-for-dennis-rodman-guide/

"Dennis Rodman has dominated Rebounding Percentage more than anyone has dominated any major stat."

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 1 May 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link

URLs you know instinctively are true but still make you feel nauseous
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/michael-jordan-once-turned-down-100-million-for-a-two-hour-appearance-agent-says/

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 1 May 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link

misleading. also had to give his name & likeness.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link

$100 mil to wear clothes that are properly tailored y or n MJ??

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link

you have to also offer him the opportunity to lose $100 million if he misses a golf shot

Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link

wonder what the product was michael jordan beans

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 00:06 (three years ago) link

Rodman was just a force of nature, and everywhere he went the team won. Hakeem destroying Robinson in that one series made people forget that the Spurs won like 63 games that year with Robinson, Rodman and a bunch of absolute trash
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, May 1, 2020 11:15 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

uhhhh they won 62 bc d rob was the mvp, sean elliott had a comeback season averaging 18 ppg on .468/.405/.807, plus avery johnson and vinny del negro each having their best years in their career up to that point. rodman missed almost half the season that year.

methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Saturday, 2 May 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link

Didn't realize there was a thread for this--three episodes in and enjoying it.

I've mentioned my casualness as a fan, so the Jordan-Isaiah stuff--the depth of their animosity--was new to me. (Even yesterday, I saw a current interview where Thomas went out of his way to agitate Jordan.) As I was watching, the not-shaking-hands series in '91 struck me as awful. Thinking about it a few days later, I will say--and this is an irrational, suppressed part of me; I've coached lots of school sports, and always make a big deal out of sportsmanship--I kind of miss that in an era when competitive sports are so fraternal most of the time, the players bound together by their immense wealth. I like reading about when Jackie Robinson and Leo Durocher literally hated each other. (Nothing racial, but as competitors with an unbridgeable divide.) So I do understand the Pistons' motivation for walking off; they'd just been humiliated, and that's a hard switch to turn off for appearances' sake.

clemenza, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:01 (three years ago) link

Let's go with Isiah instead.

clemenza, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:09 (three years ago) link

its crazy how much everyone really hated and did not respect the pistons lol isaiah particularly and laimbeer was just loathed seemingly even by his own teammates considering none of them had his back when he wld start shit

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link

they left isiah off the dream team!

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link

Laimbeer seems like such a vile person, like none of the weird humanness and odd charm of Rodman, just a high school bully

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link

watching Lakers/Celtics game 6 of the 85 finals, and to someone's point upthread it's crazy how unathletic all these guys except Worthy are....so stiff

also maaaaan they shoot so many long 2s haha

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link

the 3pt line was only 6 years old!

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link

*at least for guys who didnt play in the aba

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link

my theory as to what really led to 3pt shooting going crazy is kids growing up with the high school line on every court they encountered, you see that shit when youre 8 and youre gonna try and hoist even if you got to chuck it like a football

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link

Laimbeer seems like such a vile person, like none of the weird humanness and odd charm of Rodman, just a high school bully

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, May 2, 2020 11:10 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

he was a rich kid even

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link

as a kid i didn't know much about laimbeer except that he was apparently a really mean guy, and also this:

https://i.imgur.com/rObYOFf.jpg

let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link

my theory as to what really led to 3pt shooting going crazy is kids growing up with the high school line on every court they encountered, you see that shit when youre 8 and youre gonna try and hoist even if you got to chuck it like a football

― lag∞n, Saturday, May 2, 2020 12:18 PM (fifty-two minutes ago)

I came, I saw, I hoisted

k3vin k., Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link

just curious - how do you all feel about lowering the hoop for kids? how high up did you have it as a kid? when did you put it to 10'? or was it always that way?

let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link

never had an adjustable hoop remember when i was like five shooting by standing right next to the hoop bringing the ball between my legs then yoinking it up there lol

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link

adjustable prob wldve been good lol, but regulation height and ball shd be fine by the time yr 9 or 10

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link

i think we had it at 9 and then raised it at some point

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link

i dont remember if we played w the kids size ball when i was in the lil ymca leagues, i think maybe not, def played full size hoop, think i started that when i was 8 or 9

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link

Laimbeer enjoyed being loathed; it seemed to be his main goal in playing, even more so than winning the game. He succeeded. The entire league and most of the fans loathed him.

A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link

still going at it bird too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTsLSN0-68

lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link

we're gonna have some rules around this beef house

Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTsLSN0-68

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 2 May 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link

just curious - how do you all feel about lowering the hoop for kids? how high up did you have it as a kid? when did you put it to 10'? or was it always that way?

― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Saturday, May 2, 2020 12:23 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

my son has been playing organized hoops since he was 4 or so. the 2-5 league is just for giggles, hoop was 7.5-8' and they played with the mini ball. w few exceptions, you needed kindergarteners on your team or else you had no chance of hitting shots. this made defense v v important, tho kids at that age dont have the abstract idea of "someone else besides the ballhandler might get the ball later and i should not just pay attention to the one with the ball."

he's in the 6-7 league now which is still 7.5-8' but a larger ball. they move up to a 10' hoop in the 8-9 age group.

methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link

I feel lagoon never got to experience feeling cool and awesome dunking on a 7 ft hoop

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link


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