That's an excellent explanation. Thanks for bringing that point to such clarity.

You don't watch basketball. Excellent point guard.

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These people truly have no idea what they're doing.

Since when does Drew Magary write for Jezabel? And have a vagina?

I would hope that they're lurking, but dial-up would make this site take forever to load.

I'm not defending Asshole #1. I don't taunt at sporting events because I'm a fucking spectator, not a participant. There's a reason for that: I don't deserve the glory of the win.

I saw a woman bring her two young children, probably 5 and 8, out of Grindhouse: Double Feature. I almost slapped her myself.

Seems to me that antagonistically yelling about how "your" team won is not a crime, but spitting on someone is. That's the major difference, and one that seems to go unnoticed by most of the posters in this here comment section.

On-topic but related to SNL: Justin Timberlake has been looking hot as hell tonight. Damn.

Or maybe he just doesn't suffer the legion of cottage industry drones pumping out mindless, PPG-laden schlock at 5 cents a word. Maybe he's a visionary who doesn't play by the rules because the rules of the "entertainment" industry are fucking stupid, bro.

I have a playthrough of the entire series every couple years. The game is still maddeningly fun. UV is a joy, and never feels cheap. Well, maybe when I'm strafe+running and easily dodging every missile fired at me by a Cyberdemon.

That's an interesting suggestion. Have you ever brought it up to those guys?

I think you're missing the point. Shooting at that clip will not mean the player regresses toward 15, it means his PER will continue to ascend past the arbitrary "average player" value.

Ask yourself that question next time Kobe takes a turnaround, fadeaway 20-footer with 17 seconds left on the shot clock.

No. The principle of conflating higher shooting volume with shooting value is the problem. It's not about the extreme, it's about how to achieve a marginally higher PER. Shoot more. That's it.

No. If you hit the minimum threshold and take 100% of your team's shots, you should lead the league in PER. That does not indicate player value accurately.

Do you really think I'm trolling? Kobe Bryant is overrated, and has been for a long time. Mediocre everything except USG%. Above-average player, no doubt, but not the superstar he's made out to be.

And a career 23 PER is "hating" Kobe Bryant? Get out.

Missing what? That he's overrated and never won a thing without a top-3 big man on his team? Yes, that.