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Time Travel vs. Upgrade: NBA comparisons across era
A topic that keeps rising among NBA fanatics, is comparing players from different decades/eras. I tend to look down on the common way of doing this, which is the “time travel” comparison: For instance, taking a 1980s NBA player and air-dropping him into the present. Or, vice versa. “Past NBA players wouldn’t do very well…
Mark Price Post Move: NBA point guard
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“First to ever do it!”: Stat Padding, Analytics Nerds, Distracted Fanatics
What is the big deal with sports statistics? You’re obsessed with these numbers. At times, you are more impressed with stats than the actual games and athletes. Some fans grow weary of seeing those memes and TV graphics which inform us of “the first so-and-so to do such-and-such.” When someone who simply wants to watch…
Lurv toon #14: There’s no competition
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Old Man at Thirty: The Reality of Sports and Life
One talking head sports media personality said that Tom Brady’s brand is age defiance. We will see how well that works when Brady dies, like the rest of us. “Tom vs. Time.” I wonder who’s going to win that battle? Click Here! In real life, being in your mid-thirties means you are still a…
The Evolution of John Shaft
Shaft (1971) Shaft’s Big Score (1972) <iframe style=”width: 120px; height: 240px;” src=”//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=stufflurv-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=0836212002&asins=0836212002&linkId=b21b4964a8b379ac6d0ef93ec72dd310&show_border=false&link_opens_in_new_window=false&price_color=333333&title_color=0066c0&bg_color=ffffff” frameborder=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ marginheight=”0″ scrolling=”no”> </iframe> Shaft in Africa (1973) Detective John Shaft spends some time in the motherland. Enough said. Kill Point (1984) Richard Roundtree wasn’t actually “John Shaft” in the little-known indie movie Kill Point. But his character was close enough…
NBA Coaches: Becky Hammon and pushing women uphill
When the news of San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich’s wife dying hit the media, all of the kneejerk “thoughts and prayers” social posts started flooding in. A few weirdos even suggested that the Spurs players “needed to win for Pop.” As if Popovich would be comforted by a victory in a basketball game…