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    2024 Playoffs Eastern Conference First Round: (3) Milwaukee Bucks vs (6) Indiana Pacers

    I think you're missing the first throw that connects with a woman's noggin in the row behind the guy who gets hit with the second throw. I don't think it's pearl clutching to acknowledge that "collateral damage" from incidents like this could be really bad. Those men are surrounded by women...
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    Derrick White, playoff alpha

    But what happens if they keep winning? Let's say - huge if - they win it all this year, have another great season and maybe make it to ECF/Finals next year... how can Wyc tell the fan base "We're going to make this trade to save money despite being a championship quality team"? How many teams...
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    Jayson Tatum's Rise to the Top

    He was making some incredible left-handed handed bounce passes out of double teams to cutters. I wouldn't call them "flashy", but they were really impressive in terms of imagination. If he can consistently compromise the defense from that kind of coverage, I feel really good about this team.
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    Celtics vs Da Culture - Round 1 (FIGHT!)

    At its most basic, it says “the team outscored the opponent by this much when this player was on the floor” which has some value to show they were apart of lineups that worked or didn’t work. It doesn’t detail the amount of the impact or if it’s repeatable, but it tells a part of the story
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    Celtics vs Da Culture - Round 1 (FIGHT!)

    Isn’t the +/- an issue of whether we view as predictive vs descriptive? +/- in a single game pretty clearly says what happened while that player was on the court, but a full season sample of +/- more accurately says how much of a role they played in that performance and what their expected...
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    2024 Playoffs Eastern Conference First Round: (3) Milwaukee Bucks vs (6) Indiana Pacers

    NO ONE is better at gloating during a series loss for his team than Pat Bev.
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    R1/3: Drake Maye QB UNC

    And the underlying issue here is... Mac Jones shouldn't be in a position to be compared to a fringe backup/starter. Brissett is what he is, while Mac was expected to be much more than that and somehow he's less.
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    2024 Playoffs Western Conference First Round: (3) Minnesota Timberwolves vs (6) Phoenix Suns

    I don't really have an issue with this, and I don't think it's simply a product of social media. Sure, social media and messageboards give people a bigger microphone to speak through, but this is basically no different than the guy at the sports bar calling the athletes on the screen bums. This...
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    Barmore stays a Patriot: 4 years/up to $92 million extension

    What is the cap impact of the extension this year? Curious if they’re getting the brunt of it on this year’s books when we have a lot of space and and making it less impactful in future years when we’ll be more likely to aggressively add to the team.
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    2024 Playoffs Western Conference First Round: (3) Minnesota Timberwolves vs (6) Phoenix Suns

    IDK - maybe? Maybe not? I think you're calling out something different. People are more likely to call out the Suns or the Sixers because they're kind of unlikeable franchises. They've both, at times, played a part in a star basically extorting their way off another team. I'm not saying that...
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    2024 Playoffs Western Conference First Round: (3) Minnesota Timberwolves vs (6) Phoenix Suns

    Kind of a strawman. The Magic and Pacers have bright futures in comparison to where they’ve been. Either franchise would be happy to replicate what the Sixers and Suns have done recently. Some teams, like the Pistons and Wizards of recent years, aren’t even at the point of dreaming yet. Thats a...
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    2024 Playoffs Eastern Conference First Round: (2) New York Knicks vs (7) Philadelphia 76ers - The Danse Macabre

    But isn't the whole point that Championships are decided on these narrow margins, and that's what differentiates the greats from the truly GREATS? People aren't saying Embiid is a loser in comparison to Lamelo Ball, they're saying he's a loser in comparison to Nikola Jokic, which, BTW, is a...
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    R1/3: Drake Maye QB UNC

    FWIW, Ben Solak of the Ringer with an optimistic outlook on Drake Maye starting year 1 in the "Zag" portion of this article: https://www.theringer.com/nfl-draft/2024/4/28/24143622/the-nfl-hot-read-why-did-offense-dominate-the-2024-nfl-draft Polk and Baker win downfield in different ways—Polk...
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    Celtics vs Da Culture - Round 1 (FIGHT!)

    Maybe we just think that 1-6 from Jrue is good because we’re so used to Smart having that same efficiency on twice as many shots.
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    2024 NFL Draft 4th through 7th round gamethread WITH SPOILERS

    Dude, look at the post I'm responding to. I'm not shifting anything. You're nitpicking some of my response to another poster to start a disagreement about something I don't care about. Yes, it's really hard to find incredible corners. No, it is not hard to find corner depth if you choose to...
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    R4/110 Javon Baker WR UCF

    Pretty sure this is a joke referencing Baker saying that he wants to "kill" whoever is lined up across him.
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    2024 NFL Draft 4th through 7th round gamethread WITH SPOILERS

    But to have this opinion, you have to assume that they didn't see Polk as the BPA there, and that's a huge assumption with no basis in anything.
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    2024 NFL Draft 4th through 7th round gamethread WITH SPOILERS

    The entire post I'm responding to is about Dejean v. Polk and being forced to reach for a top 10 CB next year for vague reasons. I'm well aware that you need good corner depth to contend, but you also need good WR depth, so I don't understand why - if you have Polk and Dejean fairly equal on...
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    2024 NFL Draft 4th through 7th round gamethread WITH SPOILERS

    1. Who is saying that the Patriots reached for Polk? Where is this defined? Some people thought it was early, some people think he's a round 1 prospect. I don't know why you're fixated on Polk vs. Dejean outside of one guy was commonly mocked in round 1. 2. Why would this team really need a CB...
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    2024 NFL Draft 4th through 7th round gamethread WITH SPOILERS

    Why is it that the Eagles - ostensibly a contending team - can wait and take Dejean at 40 this year, but if the Patriots are a contending team with a need at CB, they'll have to reach? Players drop every single year. It is not a unique circumstance for a player like Cooper Dejean to be...
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