NBA March N/V: Ja strode confidently towards the Chuck-E-Cheese entrance

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kingcobweb: Apr 16, 2005

Fixing Ja Morant with the same eight-hour training course they give cops to tell them not to be racist. Problem solved

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Salvor_Hardin: Sep 13, 2005; I want to go protest.; Nap Ghost

leftist heap posted:

They reserve the CBT that actually works for rich people

read as CBD, also would have made sense

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:18

Papercut: Aug 24, 2005

Ja marching into the commissioner's office with his "does not have donkey brains" certificate

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:20

Aye Doc: Jul 19, 2007

Papercut posted:

Ja marching into the commissioner's office with his "does not have donkey brains" certificate

Ja got unzipped in florida

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:22

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

WhyteRyce posted:

lol wonder if Ja bailed early on therapy so he could get his suspension done asap

Can always do more therapy while at home without pay?

Or more likely it was just a pr stunt I guess

Maybe it was just PR , but yeah it's not like people don't go to therapy and get help while also doing their jobs.

If he keeps on moving that stupidly then yeah going to be extremely liable to lose everything up to and including his life.

I at least hope this has been a wakeup call for the dude.

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:26

slave to my cravings: Mar 1, 2007; Got my mind on doritos and doritos on my mind.

He needs Jesus in his life

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:27

Tokyo Sex Whale: Oct 9, 2012; "My butt smells like vanilla ice cream"

Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1636078844414238723

No need to overreact, the gun he brandished while drunk was a found gun

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:27

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

bleh

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:34

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

A 2-day intensive in-patient followed by a more typical program for someone who has a traveling job isn't that unusual. The "Spend weeks in a live in facility" is way more rare in real life than it is in movies. So there's nothing so far that screams it's just a PR stunt or anything.

I also think 8 games is a little harsh though the string of events is probably a big factor. And it's probably nice to have a firm date.

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:35

slave to my cravings: Mar 1, 2007; Got my mind on doritos and doritos on my mind.

They did say he possessed the gun while intoxicated

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:35

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

IcePhoenix posted:

I feel like I'm being questioned as if I doubt the validity and seriousness of the injury when my ~~t-shirt~~post clearly stated that I trust the team and KAT about the seriousness of the injury

Oh sorry, that wasn't aimed at you at all. There's been a bunch of people including media members who are all "It Seems Fishy" but I think a lot to do with media folks who don't like to be shut out of injury/health news (and I'd always side with a player wanting to keep that private if they want to).

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:37

DeimosRising: Oct 17, 2005; �Hola SEA!

leftist heap posted:

They reserve the CBT that actually works for rich people

drat they did stuff to his cock and balls?

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:39

toggle: Nov 7, 2005

DeimosRising posted:

drat they did stuff to his cock and balls?

Strip club therapy

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:42

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

toggle posted:

Strip club therapy

That�s what many wise patrons use it for

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:51

Marklar: Jul 24, 2003; Ball is Love
Ball is Life

WhyteRyce posted:

lol wonder if Ja bailed early on therapy so he could get his suspension done asap

Can always do more therapy while at home without pay?

Or more likely it was just a pr stunt I guess

I think someone posted here that if he doesn't get All-NBA this year, he loses tens of millions or something.

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:59

morestuff: Aug 2, 2008; You can't stop what's coming

Therapy gave him some laminated flash cards reading �do not pull a gun on people� and �let your friends punch teenagers for you,� problem solved

# ? Mar 15, 2023 20:59

Ratios and Tendency: Apr 23, 2010; MURALI

I'm glad Ja has been cured.

# ? Mar 15, 2023 21:39

Inside Outside: Jul 31, 2005

WhyteRyce posted:

I�m not a therapist but I think Ja was at the strip club longer than this

I am a therapist and I agree with this

# ? Mar 15, 2023 21:57

mistermojo: Jul 3, 2004

instead of a gun he should pick up a book. the playbook that is. and study it

# ? Mar 15, 2023 22:02

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

LeBron James Thirsts After Wife Savannah in Stunning Red Carpet Photos: 'DAMNNNNNN'
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lebron-james-thirsts-wife-savannah-170730493.html

Steph Curry wants another Warriors game at Oracle before NBA career ends
https://sports.yahoo.com/steph-curry-wants-another-warriors-140000097.html

pentyne posted:

What's the lowest number that doesn't sound insane? 50? That's basically 2/3rds of the season.

Over 90% of NBA/ABA MVPs have played at least seventy games. And all but one of the other MVPs played in a shortened season. Bill Walton winning in 1978 with only 58 games played was a big outlier.

Imagine if Jokic wins MVP next year while playing only half the season because it's just eminently clear that he's the best player in the league.

# ? Mar 15, 2023 22:16

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

de curry GOAT posted:

https://twitter.com/tiwindisch/status/1635653233786978306?s=46&t=V-1Qym-RnM3cnZFv_cQbQQ

I think Pina�s voting for Jokic

Dejan Bimble posted:

Dokmo or Zogo, or anyone, is there an accepted correlation between midrange shooting % and 3p% in the pros?

I've heard the axiom that guys who shoot well in the midrange can learn to shoot threes. I know people like to combine 3p% and ft%.

At the team level this year the correlation between FG% at 10-16 feet and 3P range is ~.22 And ~.15 for players (who've played a decent amount of minutes). Not very strong.

# ? Mar 15, 2023 22:19

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

kingcobweb posted:

Nugs are Not doing great, losing four in a row. Jamal Murray has been awful, and is clearly playing hurt...

I've been rolling my eyes all year when people complain about Michael Malone, but I'm genuinely confused with a lot of what's going on.

The Nuggets players outside of Jokic and Gordon look really weak. Pedestrian numbers for a #1 seed.

It reminds me of the 1990s Pacers. Many years Reggie Miller had dominant numbers but there was no one to back him up. Just a rotating group of OK players.

Bip Roberts posted:

I could probably lose 4k in a year too easy

Yeah, the average US citizen currently carries a debt of ~100,000 USD. So 4K doesn't seem like much at all.

# ? Mar 15, 2023 22:46

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

Damian Lillard Frustrated With Current State Of The NBA
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/damian-lillard-frustrated-current-state-145707252.html

Felton Spencer dies at 55
https://sports.yahoo.com/former-louisville-standout-nba-center-felton-spencer-dies-at-55-213910618.html

KurdtLives posted:

Matt says to himself "What a stupid bet, he just as well could of set the money on fire, I'm going to pocket it. Come March of 2022, he is panicking because it looks like the Celtics are legit contenders and he executes a complicated series of hedging bets to enable him to mostly cover this 20k. The C's lose and he's off the hook for his buddy but lost the hedges.

This a bad scenario that I could see happening more often than realized.

# ? Mar 15, 2023 22:54

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

Silver coming down harder on Trey Lyles than Ja

# ? Mar 15, 2023 22:58

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

MVP should relate only to financial value that a player brings to the team. Therefore LeBron is the MVP every year

# ? Mar 15, 2023 22:58

morestuff: Aug 2, 2008; You can't stop what's coming

https://twitter.com/jalenrose/status/1636115336503214080?s=46&t=3d9JmXOJWgE8nozHLwUyjQ

Soft focus apology incoming

I hate all this

# ? Mar 15, 2023 23:06

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

Is Oprah retired from apology interviews?

# ? Mar 15, 2023 23:12

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

Dejan Bimble posted:

Dokmo or Zogo, or anyone, is there an accepted correlation between midrange shooting % and 3p% in the pros?

I've heard the axiom that guys who shoot well in the midrange can learn to shoot threes. I know people like to combine 3p% and ft%.

I meant to take a closer look at this. Here's a five year snapshot showing that it appears midrange FG% used to be more closely tied to 3P%:

code:

Year	Correlation between 10-16ft FG% and 3P% at the team level
2000: 	.44
2005: 	.31
2010: 	.30
2015: 	.30
2020: 	.21

# ? Mar 15, 2023 23:19

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

I'm not a therapist but I think Ja's interview with Jalen was longer than his rehab

# ? Mar 15, 2023 23:22

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

Zogo posted:

I meant to take a closer look at this. Here's a five year snapshot showing that it appears midrange FG% used to be more closely tied to 3P%:
code:
Year	Correlation between 10-16ft FG% and 3P% at the team level
2000: 	.44
2005: 	.31
2010: 	.30
2015: 	.30
2020: 	.21

Much appreciated

# ? Mar 15, 2023 23:26

toggle: Nov 7, 2005

morestuff posted:

https://twitter.com/jalenrose/status/1636115336503214080?s=46&t=3d9JmXOJWgE8nozHLwUyjQ

Soft focus apology incoming

I hate all this

pathetic

# ? Mar 15, 2023 23:51

kingcobweb: Apr 16, 2005

Panda dunks are now Apology Shoes

# ? Mar 15, 2023 23:53

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

That person who said Andre I dunked and now would have to miss weeks was dead on.

# ? Mar 16, 2023 00:04

Paracaidas: Sep 24, 2016; Consistently Tedious!

IcePhoenix posted:

I feel like I'm being questioned as if I doubt the validity and seriousness of the injury when my ~~t-shirt~~post clearly stated that I trust the team and KAT about the seriousness of the injury

For what it's worth, I was just elaborating on the seemingly innocuous "calf strain"

# ? Mar 16, 2023 00:12

Red Rox: Aug 24, 2004; Motel Midnight off the hook

kingcobweb posted:

Speaking of injuries, a little Nuggets Talk

Nugs are Not doing great, losing four in a row. Jamal Murray has been awful, and is clearly playing hurt; he had a period where he had most of his quickness and was putting up bubble Murray numbers, but he hurt his other knee and is trying to grit through it. He was questionable against the Raptors, then played 40 minutes in a loss, putting up 14 points on 18 shots. He should've been shut down a week ago, there's no reason to push a guy who's still recovering from injury this hard with the one seed all but locked up. And his bad play is a big part of why they're losing anyway!

As great as he can play, he's sometimes clearly a Kobe Guy in a bad way. Breaking off the play to do turn around midrange fadeaways with 12 left in the shot clock without Jokic getting involved in the play. And without him being able to take advantage of his quickness, he's going to those bad shots nearly every time. Cut it out Jamal.

The big roster moves to improve the Nuggets bench (Reggie Jackson and Thomas Bryant) have been a disaster so far. They were both DNP-CD in the last game, where, again, Jamal played 40 minutes. With Reggie struggling this much, there's no backup for Jamal. Bruce Brown is a good player but he's incredibly miscast when they run him at PG. FVV picking his pocket was a great example of that.

I've been rolling my eyes all year when people complain about Michael Malone, but I'm genuinely confused with a lot of what's going on.

Ah that's a bummer about Reggie, maybe he's lost the will to ball without his buddy. Or maybe he's broken and the Clippers made the right call on letting him go? Although they are making some terrible calls lately.

According to an interview with Isaiah Hartenstein he would have accepted a minimum offer to stay with the Clippers, but they never even offered, so he went to the Knicks, who haven't been using him right. And the Clipeprs went with John Wall instead, who stank. So they could have skipped the John Wall experiment, played Terence Mann more, and had a decent backup center all season. And now they brought on Westbrook, which screws over Mann and Bones.

I think both of those questionable moves - Wall and Westbrook - were made to placate PG13 LOL

temple posted:

Nugs could use a young energetic player for those bench minutes. Maybe a PG.

Poor Bones got double-screwed

# ? Mar 16, 2023 00:25

NickRoweFillea: Sep 27, 2012; doin thangs

leftist heap posted:

They reserve the CBT that actually works for rich people

# ? Mar 16, 2023 00:52

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

https://twitter.com/highkin/status/1636161536468348928

# ? Mar 16, 2023 01:29

i am a moron: Nov 12, 2020; "I think if there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s that Penn State and Michigan both suck and are garbage and it’s hilarious Michigan fans are freaking out thinking this is their natty window when they can’t even beat a B12 team in the playoffs lmao"

That tracks for the guy who removed his rear view mirror so he �can�t look back� or whatever

# ? Mar 16, 2023 01:37

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

looooooooooooooooool so it begins
https://twitter.com/espn/status/1636136379477372930

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 21:41

nikosoft: Dec 17, 2011; ghost in the shell, but somehow much worse; College Slice

Current Jalen Rose looks like a parody version of Jalen Rose

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