baseball is good imo, it's football that is the enemy
― k3vin k., Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
i'll watch once we hit the elimination games
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
i kinda wanted to get into the playoffs this year but i did not
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
i'm going to "stay frosty" til i feel that the cubs are in a safer position, i.e. chapman facing off against naquin with an 8 run lead and two out in the ninth and the cubs up 3-1 in the series. or until the victory parade.
― nomar, Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, October 27, 2016 12:32 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
certainly wasn't much to get into from a red sox perspective :/
― i've watched a lot of cats do weird and interesting things (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:35 (seven years ago) link
this felt wrong to me so i checked the lineup finder and for the one game vs GSW pau/lma had the spur's second worst two man +/- rating at -13 in 16 minutes.
+/- is just noise when minutes is too low (especially so for multivariate)
― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link
baseball is good imo, it's football that is the enemy― k3vin k., Thursday, October 27, 2016 9:21 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― k3vin k., Thursday, October 27, 2016 9:21 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Spottie, Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:55 (seven years ago) link
as NBA fans in 2016 we should all be in agreement on this one
― Spottie, Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
baseball and hoops have the best most entertaining players, NFL has some guys.
― nomar, Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
Re: pau, his defense was atrocious. Feet glued to the floor while Steph ran actual circles around him
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link
the only excuse any ILHers have is that they are patritos fans since they are still dominant and have one of two actual superstars in the league + gronk
― Spottie, Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
stephen runs circles around everyone tho
― Spottie, Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link
kevin love that one time
― micah, Thursday, 27 October 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
mean, u r
― Spottie, Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
i dont really "care" but football is objectively a better game to be a casual fan of than baseball
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
demonstrably wrong imo
― marcos, Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
baseball is no good unless you know what pitches diff pitchers have and so forth, i used to have that level of knowledge and it was good now i dont know who the players are and its bad, where as football theres really nothing required to understand that a sick leaping touchdown catch is awesome
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
i think that's true but it's an argument in baseball's favor imo xp
― k3vin k., Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
basically unless youre really dialed in on the pitcher-batter matchup baseball is a sport where nothing much happens most of the time
did you watch cards vs seahawks y/n
― Spottie, Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
hah no but i wish i had
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
biggest prob w baseball (also a prob w football but not as bad) is that you have to invest too much time to just watch one game. playoffs average has got to be 4+ hours a game.
― Spottie, Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
ya like 95% of baseball is *batter steps out of box kicks the dirt adjusts his junk spits takes a couple swings steps back in pitcher leans squints waves off pitch batter decides this is taking too long steps out of box etc*
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
baseball was the most perplexing north american sport to get into when i moved here, but it's now my favorite. nfl was the easiest to follow and enjoy immediately, but it's been diminishing returns
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 27 October 2016 18:49 (seven years ago) link
my wife sent me an article that said a baseball game contains only 18 minutes of actual shit happening. the rest is standing around.
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 27 October 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
football is 11 min iirc
― marcos, Thursday, 27 October 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
xpost let's not forget the ~35 minutes of spitting.
― schwantz, Thursday, 27 October 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link
i don't really have a stake here but the "minutes of action" thing is so incredibly inane.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 27 October 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link
alt theory - the reason why basketball is so #1 is the guarantee of (at least) 48 mins of action every game
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Thursday, 27 October 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
they all complement each other very well imo.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 27 October 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
nba players also allowed to have fun and even encouraged to showcase their personalities. plus they don't wear helmets/hats so everyone knows what they look like.
― Spottie, Thursday, 27 October 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
baseball is extremely chill--good sport
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 27 October 2016 21:30 (seven years ago) link
otm re: chillness
Hate all the whining about pace of game
clips/blazers should be fun tonight. I was actually at the last game of that series when Austin rivers got his face pulped
― brimstead, Thursday, 27 October 2016 22:18 (seven years ago) link
does the NBA app lag for anyone else, like when you're trying to check box scores sometimes it's blank for a minute before it loads?
― k3vin k., Thursday, 27 October 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
also was there not an update? last night i went into the app store to see if they were gonna update it but it doesn't look like there is one
― k3vin k., Thursday, 27 October 2016 23:11 (seven years ago) link
wasn't lebron complaining about it
― k3vin k., Thursday, 27 October 2016 23:13 (seven years ago) link
yeah hasn't happened yet i don't think
― Spottie, Thursday, 27 October 2016 23:17 (seven years ago) link
observation: kawhi leonard is a better offensive player than last year
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Friday, 28 October 2016 02:54 (seven years ago) link
love dewayne dedmon. he's an athletic C who blocks shots and rebounds and is doing a nice DAJ impression. manu is finding him for all kinds of easy looks. 1Q numbers: 4-4 for 8 pts, 2 oreb, 2 blocks.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Friday, 28 October 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
ya i was skeptical of his mvp contender status but if he can create offense like he did in that first game its legit xp
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 October 2016 03:15 (seven years ago) link
also the spurs starting 5 is gonna need some tweaking. the bench just looks so much more cohesive and dynamic, more ball movement, slashing, fast breaks, 3 pt shooting. pau+lma cant really play long minutes together. kawhi is p much the only starter with legs (tho kyle anderson will not start when danny green comes back from injury).
i know he's no one's idea of a strong defender, but im impressed with david lee's contributions so far. he's still quick on his feet and gives the spurs a guy who can board and shoot and pass well. he's not as creative as boris, but he's already an upgrade over david west.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Friday, 28 October 2016 03:18 (seven years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, October 27, 2016 10:15 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he worked with kobe this summer and it shows. some of the looks he's creating for himself have been ridiculously kobe-esque
goon why do you hate guys who are good at defense
― k3vin k., Friday, 28 October 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link
like if he's averaging close to 25, 8 and still defending at a crazy level and the spurs are winning a shitload of games, its def a good chance for him to win it
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Friday, 28 October 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link
boogie is eating pau's lunch. im read yo trade pau, fuck this guy.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Friday, 28 October 2016 03:22 (seven years ago) link
ready to. estoy listo
oh wait he just hit a 3. he can stay.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Friday, 28 October 2016 03:25 (seven years ago) link
can you still do hack-a stuff i forget if they changed that or not
― Clay, Friday, 28 October 2016 03:27 (seven years ago) link
bc if you can i'll go ahead and guarantee stotts trolls doc and hacks deandre every quarter despite it being game 2 of the season
― Clay, Friday, 28 October 2016 03:28 (seven years ago) link
defense is bad xp
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 October 2016 03:29 (seven years ago) link