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Thread: Sports Fans in the Playground!
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2018-09-29, 02:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-09-29, 03:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sports Fans in the Playground!
Exactly. In these last Finals, the Cavs had LeBron and no other of the top 25 players in basketball--unless you want to count the Cavs version of Kevin Love, which I do not. The Warriors had two of the best five (Curry and Durant) and two more of the best 25 (Thompson and Green).
LeBron is still a wonderful player and still probably the best all-around player in basketball, if not the best full stop. Any talk of his retirement is incredibly premature.
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2018-09-29, 07:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ha Ha Ha! Il Malocchio is working!
This is the old Wilt vs Russell battle. Yes Russell had the rings, but also played with a team of other Hall of Famers while Wilt looked like Atlas.
Ok we're nerds; if we cloned Lebron James and made him into a five man team, would he beat 5 Jordans? 5 Wilts? 5 Magics? Would any other great beat him?"We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2018-09-29, 08:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-09-29, 03:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think 5 LeBrons would handle any other team of 5 players except for 5 Jordans. That one would come down to whether the LeBrons could make their superior physicality and better court vision tell against the superior dribbling and quicker hands of the Jordans, which I suspect they would. The thing about LeBron that makes him perfect for the clone team is that he probably isn't the best historically at any one skill in the game viewed independently, but he's got almost all of those skills at an elite level (save his free-throw shooting, which is mediocre, and his three-point shooting, which is merely good). That versatility essentially magnifies the quality of all his skills, because opponents find it very hard to exploit a weakness or predict what he will do next. So if you multiply him by five, you have a team of generalists who can fill specialist roles at a very high level of competence, and will be able to pull off a lot of different combinations of play. If you multiply just about any other player by five, they'll struggle to fill all the roles needed and get enough variety in their approach.
On the rings debate, although it's unfair to LeBron the player, who's dragged several teams to the Finals that had no business being there, it may not be unfair to LeBron the person or LeBron the pseudo-GM. He's not a great influence on team chemistry, he's not been great about sharing the limelight or the load with younger players, he's pushed for his teams to sign buddies of his who aren't good enough, and he's held teams to ransom with short contracts and will-he-won't-he drama that make it hard to build a good long-term contender.
In case you can't tell, I find LeBron interesting
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2018-09-29, 11:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Tonight is the first time since I was in high school that the Milwaukee Brewers have been tied for first in their division.
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
Life's too short to be ashamed of how you were born.
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2018-09-30, 10:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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UWW is 4-0 to start the season! Downing their first WIAC opponent in 25th ranked UW-La Crosse, the Warhawks scored 27 unanswered points in a 30-7 win at UWLC.
Senior QB Cole Wilber threw for 244 yards and 3 touchdowns (all to three different receivers), while Soph RB Alex Peete ran for 102 yards and added a late TD to seal the deal.
The turning point in the game came in the fourth, when Junior DB Garrett Purdy intercepted Eagles' QB Ben Schramski on their first play from scrimmage after UWW had upped the score to 17-7.
Whitewater will continue the WIAC schedule by facing the always-tough (and 13th ranked) UW-Oshkosh at Perkins Stadium next Saturday."Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
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2018-09-30, 07:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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For the first time in MLB history, there will be two game 163 tiebreakers.
Colorado will host Los Angeles in the NL West Tiebreaker, while the Chicago Cubs will host the Milwaukee Brewers in theI-94 WarNL Central Tiebreaker."Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
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2018-10-01, 09:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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In other news, the Patriots demolish a divisional opponent and the Browns find new and exciting ways to lose. Seems like the "Hey, let's do it a bit differently this year" experiment has only lasted for about 3 weeks.
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2018-10-03, 10:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Today begins the NHL season! I have no idea what to expect of my Canadiens, but I hope that Kotkaniemi will make a good show and make games pleasant to watch even if we lose.
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2018-10-03, 11:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-10-03, 09:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hey, good luck with Shea as your captain up there. We'd really like it if you could make sure he's still playing for about (checks calendar) oh, maybe 2023 or so?
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
Life's too short to be ashamed of how you were born.
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2018-10-04, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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First match was a good match, even if we lost. Entertaining from start to finish, and Price was pretty damn solid, saving the game at several junctions.
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2018-10-04, 02:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Gameday. Preds at the Rags. May the best team to recently make the Stanley Cup Finals win. ;)
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
Life's too short to be ashamed of how you were born.
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2018-10-05, 07:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Predators Win. Brewers Win. Good day all around.
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
Life's too short to be ashamed of how you were born.
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2018-10-06, 09:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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It wasn't the last one, was it? That was the one I went to. (And I got the A's hat to prove it.)
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
Life's too short to be ashamed of how you were born.
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2018-10-07, 12:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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UWW shut out the Titans, 20-0! Game was won on two long TD passes in the 2ND and 3rd quarters, while the D did the rest.
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
Life's too short to be ashamed of how you were born.
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2018-10-07, 01:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, that was a fight. Too bad for all the antics afterwards but hey, when you bring forty dudes and throw a dolly at his bus you got to expect something in return.
We came to wreck everything, and ruin your life.....God sent us.
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2018-10-07, 02:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-10-07, 03:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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We came to wreck everything, and ruin your life.....God sent us.
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2018-10-07, 08:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-10-07, 08:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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GO BREWERS GO!
For the third time in franchise history, the Brewers are heading to the League Championship Series!"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
Life's too short to be ashamed of how you were born.
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2018-10-08, 05:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-10-16, 01:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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All I have to say is:
#BeatLA"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
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2018-10-23, 06:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Heck yeah, the NBA is back.
Heck no, the Timberwolves are a tire fire due to the whole Jimmy Butler trade drama and practice and shenanigans...
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2018-10-24, 07:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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#$%& ing Red Sox...
"We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2018-10-24, 09:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Apparently not a lot of NFL fans here?
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2018-10-24, 01:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Oh, I'm an NFL fan. I just prefer to focus on one of the 32 teams.
Last edited by jwhouk; 2018-10-24 at 01:45 PM.
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
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2018-10-24, 04:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Sports Fans in the Playground!
I'm a Giants fan.
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2018-10-24, 09:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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