I'm not sure how much changing the rules a week before the season starts would've impacted the Sixers' roster.
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This. It's not like a couple of bottom tier free agents are going to help them win, either. The point is that a 2nd round pick or undrafted guy at least has the possibility that he could turn into a Parsons or Ginobili or Asik or Calderon or even a John Starks or Ben Wallace. That 1-in-whatever chance has more value…
There's a pretty good chance they just didn't know for sure - searching for things like combined margins and consecutive game stats is a pain in the ass and easy to miss things or make mistakes.
They weren't the first to lose consecutive games by 40+. The first franchise, yes, but the first team that did it was the '93-'94 Sixers who had a -48 and a -45. Also it doesn't go without saying that they were the largest combined margins of defeat - the '66-'67 Pistons put up a -56 and a -39 on Nov 12 and 13 1966,…
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Pretty sure this is from the same match, just took a couple more days to surface:
FYI, the Bracewells are a well-known family in NZ cricket. Right now Michael's cousin Doug plays for NZ, his uncle John was a long-time player and later head coach for NZ, another uncle also played for NZ, and his Father and a third Uncle played for domestic teams. Fitting that the Brother-in-law gets himself a…
MORE LIKE AARON FLINCH, RIGHT GUYS!?
But even if the article did have an impact on the Lakers, which is pretty doubtful, he doesn't have any responsibility to the Lakers or to helping them be good recruiters or build good teams or have a good lockerroom. He's a sports reporter whose job it is to give his opinion and analysis on sports - you can't…
No, you're getting almost the exact opposite of the point.
Really all I said is that Abbott doesn't have any particular responsibility here. It's an opinion piece with no consequences and no stakeholders and no outcome. He doesn't have any responsibility to anyone. That's all I'm saying. I'm not saying anything about the merits of his opinion and am absolutely the wrong…
Yeah but even if it was dishonest or prejudicial, why is that irresponsible? Are there some consequences that might come about as a result of this article that Abbott had some responsibility to avoid?
Also, FWIW, the article directly addresses the TWC deal and Kobe's impact on it. But he isn't arguing about whether…
I understand not liking the article, but where does responsibility fit in here? What is Abbott supposed to be responsible for? What is a responsible sports take?
(Apologetic) spellcheck: Brie Larson. Like the cheese.
I apologize in advance, but I just can't help but be that guy.
This. Seriously. Every time. They have different numbers of players, a different shaped ball, league has downs (like American Football) while rugby doesn't, rugby has lineouts and 8-man scrums and more positional specialization, tries/penalties/dropgoals give you different amounts of points, rugby has far more…
Pretty good chance the following story (well known amongst rugby players) was running through his mind throughout:
lol, what? This isn't some FIFA finagling. The home nations also compete separately in just about all their major team sports - cricket, rugby union, rugby league, basketball, netball, at the Commonwealth Games, etc. There's no single definition of what entails a country/nation/whatever, and even if there were there's…
What genocide are you referring to?
There are certainly small numbers of Maori people who object to any use of any elements of Maori art or culture by non-Maori, but for the most part it's embraced and even celebrated. It's not quite like the US where you just see little bits of it Native American culture here and…