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  1. jarules1185

    5/9: Blanco vs. Stroman

    Wasnt able to see live, but looks like volpe kinda got himself out there. His primary goal should probably have been to get on base for Soto, oh well
  2. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    To be fair also, Anthony Edwards has been better than probably everyone else in the playoffs (including Brunson given his defensive value), so that's not even really a knock on Tatum anyway, despite ESPN's attempt
  3. jarules1185

    5/9: Blanco vs. Stroman

    Excited to see more Wells. xwOBA of .404, Judge's is .383 right now
  4. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    As a Knick fan myself, Knicks fans are generally mouth breathing meatheads and vaguely know it. There's kind of a sweet moronic honesty to it that I like. It's hard to be truly condescending / pretentious when you're shouting amusingly low brow shit like "Fuck you reggie" and "Bing bong" or "We...
  5. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    I think the Hartenstein and OG contracts are going to hurt. I could see Hartenstein leaving just because he's going to get like 3/$60M or something, depending on what the scarcity of free agent starters at C is.
  6. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    I get what you mean here but have to say, by most measures the NBA playoffs are as long as it gets. They're pretty much a full 2 months with the winner typically playing 20-25 playoff games... is any other sport approaching that? 1/6th of the time we are alive, the NBA playoffs are in session...
  7. jarules1185

    5/8: Arrighetti vs. Rodon

    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40109490/yankees-slugger-giancarlo-stanton-drills-hardest-hit-ball-24 He continues to have the highest ratio of how hard he hits it to how hard he appears to swing. Soto, for all his precise control, looks like he's swinging very hard in comparison (and of...
  8. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    As a married new yorker, that was an easy choice for me. The Yankees had been good but slightly boring since 09, and the Knicks had mostly been terrible + embarrassing for 12 years. Lin was young and good looking and made me feel something. Plus I mean it was the baseball offseason at the time...
  9. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    Sure, certainly unfair, but the implied remedy (at least Carlisle's implication) of intentionally screwing up the double dribble call to be consistent seems silly to me. What was unfair was that they got the kickball wrong. It was just a crap call and they didn't expend the energy to fix it.
  10. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    I'm old enough and butthurt enough to still remember a deciding 2nd round playoff game 6 from about a decade ago between these very same Knicks and Pacers. The Knicks lost 106-99, and in the process shot 18 free throws. The Pacers shot 46 free throws. Yes, that was a more perimeter-oriented...
  11. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    Well, clearly they got that kickball call wrong. Maybe no other ref saw it well enough to overturn, or maybe being in MSG caused them to not conference, or maybe they had money on game 1. Why don't they conference and fix every incorrect call? In the end, Hartenstein didn't double dribble, and...
  12. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    Only 49? Are they sure there weren't 1200, counting microaggressions? Carlisle didn't seem to be upset until they conferenced and waived a double-dribble that clearly didn't happen. He immediately went on to get 2 techs after that, which combined with the usual intentional fouls at the end of...
  13. jarules1185

    5/8: Arrighetti vs. Rodon

    Soto, Judge, and to his usual inconsistent degree Stanton are ripping 110 mph liners with unusual frequency right now. This is the potential of the lineup
  14. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    Brunson - McConnell was like 2 ponies in heat. I'd watch that again
  15. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    He can leave Haliburton out there, McConnell should be in for Nembhard anyway
  16. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    Brunson initiates a lot of it but there's usually an enormous amount of contact between him and whoever is defending him. The Brunson / McConnell battle was amazing, they were basically riding each other back and forth across the court. Carlisle being too zen to break glass and use McConnell in...
  17. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    They immediately felt OG's absence there at the end with Toppin basically galloping around untouched. He was fragile even pre-Thibs, so who knows
  18. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    Indy d real bad
  19. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    He certainly contributes to it, but I'm obligated to list the injuries here for the record: - Randle had a shoulder dislocation from being hit on a drive - Bogdanovic had his foot stepped on / tangled up with Batum's while diving for a loose ball in his 1st minute of play - Robinson was...
  20. jarules1185

    (2) New York Knicks vs (6) Indiana Pacers - 2024 EC Second Round

    I personally think it was just the NBA equivalent of a "lazy" call. I was watching that play somewhat distractedly on a small screen, and in realtime I assumed it was probably a kickball just given it had some of the usual makings of one (although honestly the letter of the law means it...
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