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Post by Crunchums » Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:55 pm

i would still bet on Mahomes winning at least two more super bowls. he's so good. though idk maybe he'll suffer from his contract limiting the team around him. and injuries are always a possibility
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Post by Juri » Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:28 am

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Post by Crunchums » Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:21 pm

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Post by Dantes » Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:18 am

I was just listening to the news and they mentioned that the final report on Kobe Bryant’s death last January is in.

The only thing I could think was, it was just last year?

It feels like that happened four or five years ago.
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Post by seathesee » Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:22 am

yeah, its pretty crazy.

i went to a game that day (blazers vs. pacers), and it feels like a lifetime ago we were able to go to events like that.
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Post by seathesee » Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:22 am

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Post by Skeletor » Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:27 am

Specifically, Kobe's lifetime ago
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Post by drk » Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:46 am

The biggest thing I took out of that game is how singular Mahomes is. Those were some of the most incredible passes I've ever seen - I couldn't even imagine throws like that in an NFL game before Mahomes.

"GOAT" as a colloquialism for most titles is a reasonable interpretation to me.

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Post by Skeletor » Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:32 am

Are individual players as dominating in hockey or soccer as they are in basketball?
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Post by Crunchums » Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:38 am

i would guess not
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Post by Skeletor » Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:42 am

Crunchums wrote: Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:38 am i would guess not
Why would you guess not?
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Post by Skeletor » Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:54 am

Sometimes I think about really simple answers to sports questions nobody asks, and try to come up with something that at least seems plausible to me, a person who knows nothing about sports

The exercise is kinda to make the most correct answer in Idunno less than 10 words

Why are pitchers dominant? They start with the ball

Why are quarterbacks dominant? They start with the ball*

Why are individual players in the NBA dominant? Only one player can have the ball at a time

Why aren't individual players in hockey or soccer as dominant as basketball players? Less direct control of the ball
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Post by haplo » Tue Feb 16, 2021 6:53 am

I would guess it's mostly because it's harder to score in those games, but I would say players can still be domininant. If you watched Luka Modric in the last world cup, he was basically the Tom Brady of his team distributing the ball around the field. It's just that once he makes a stellar pass across the field, they don't get 3 consolation points when the forward's shot hits the post.

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Post by Crunchums » Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:22 pm

Skeletor wrote: Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:42 am
Crunchums wrote: Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:38 am i would guess not
Why would you guess not?
soccer
*the field is so big that any one player isn't going to
*the scoring event is very rare (so more variance / superior skill doesn't translate into better outcomes as reliably)

hockey
*the scoring event is somewhat rare
*an individual player is in the game for a smaller percentage of game time
*actually i wonder if goalies might flip this - if your goalie is dominant that is a big deal

basketball
*it's easy for one player can dominate the ball on offense. the defense can double-team them, but that creates a 4-on-3 for their teammates
*an individual player can play almost all of the game time
*an individual player can also have a big effect on defense
*the scoring event is common
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Post by Crunchums » Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:51 am

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Post by Crunchums » Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:47 am

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Post by haplo » Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:47 pm

In 2015, Peel was removed from officiating a New Jersey Devils home game after being photographed at a bar drinking with a reporter. [Editor's note: The reporter was ESPN's Greg Wyshynski, the writer of this piece.]

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Post by Crunchums » Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:04 pm

why is that a reason to remove a referee from a game?
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Post by Doug » Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:08 pm

I think Washington Football Team is a fine name
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Post by Doug » Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:09 pm

Crunchums wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:04 pm why is that a reason to remove a referee from a game?
If I had to guess, I'd guess that he violated some specific policy about talking to reporters. But I'm just guessing here
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Post by Crunchums » Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:44 pm

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Post by haplo » Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:45 pm

he was actually suspended for giving an in-depth interview to a reporter about the NHL's officiating policies and his experience about it on the ice [Editor's note: The reporter was ESPN's Greg Wyshynski, the writer of this piece.]

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Post by Crunchums » Thu Mar 25, 2021 6:09 pm

NBA trade deadline :panic:
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Post by seathesee » Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:43 pm

im just glad i can stop yelling at my tv about cory joseph.
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Post by Crunchums » Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:42 pm

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Post by Crunchums » Thu Apr 08, 2021 6:51 pm

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Post by Crunchums » Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:38 pm

jokic should win MVP
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Post by Crunchums » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:52 pm

Jamal Murray tearing his ACL is mega-lame : (
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Post by seathesee » Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:28 pm

im getting pretty tired of ACLs and achilleses (pl?). they keep fucking up our sports.
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Re: sports

Post by Crunchums » Fri Apr 23, 2021 11:03 pm

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