On September 15 2019 10:36 GTR wrote: usa finishes 7th. is the gap closing? are american players just shittier than ever? is popovich overrated?
These 1 game elimination tourneys don't prove much. There are many giant upsets in that format. I wouldn't try to read too much into the results of this event.
The US team lost to France and Serbia, and before the tournament they lost to Australia. It wasn't even an upset that they lost. They looked significantly worse than France and I thought they would lose against that team after seeing France - Australia a couple of days earlier.
On September 25 2019 07:19 cLutZ wrote: TBH I think formal salaries would kill whatever golden goose people think is available. Rather, the NCAA should do things like bring back NCAAF the video game and give a % to players, let them get paid for endorsements, etc.
I think schools paying kids will just result in an erosion of fan interest.
you might be right but it makes no sense whatsoever to me that a fan’s interest might be predicated on watching only players that don’t make any money
Ujiri did an in depth interview with CBC. Kudos to Ujiri for being willing to take on a tough interview with tough questions. This journalist isn't from TSN or SPortsNet. TSN and SportsNet are owned by the media giants that own the Raptors.
On September 25 2019 03:53 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Game 7. 0 Seconds left on the clock.
On September 15 2019 10:36 GTR wrote: usa finishes 7th. is the gap closing? are american players just shittier than ever? is popovich overrated?
These 1 game elimination tourneys don't prove much. There are many giant upsets in that format. I wouldn't try to read too much into the results of this event.
The US team lost to France and Serbia, and before the tournament they lost to Australia. It wasn't even an upset that they lost. They looked significantly worse than France and I thought they would lose against that team after seeing France - Australia a couple of days earlier.
Team USA spent so little time together in a competitive environment its hard to gauge how good they are. That said, in a real 7 game playoff series I think Team USA's depth allows them win to over France, Australia, and Serbia. But again Team USA spends so little time together my projection//prediction is more of a guess than anything.
On September 25 2019 07:19 cLutZ wrote: TBH I think formal salaries would kill whatever golden goose people think is available. Rather, the NCAA should do things like bring back NCAAF the video game and give a % to players, let them get paid for endorsements, etc.
I think schools paying kids will just result in an erosion of fan interest.
you might be right but it makes no sense whatsoever to me that a fan’s interest might be predicated on watching only players that don’t make any money
Its kinda like how CBB interest is already way down. The only real appeal outside of the appeal of a minor league is the facade that these guys love your school as much as you. Or are fighting for the school. And the more you make it obvious that is false, the less people pay attention.
Many non-Americans including me just don't get the whole college "Rah Rah" sports culture thing. Americans affinity for baseball... i kinda get that because it is most in line with the individualist ideology core to American values. But, the college "Rah Rah" thing....i don't get it. I thought the purpose of university was to widen one's world view?
The NCAA is scummy and rife with fraud. If its losses lead to gains for the G-League then all the better.
On September 25 2019 20:53 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Many non-Americans including me just don't get the whole college "Rah Rah" sports culture thing. Americans affinity for baseball... i kinda get that because it is most in line with the individualist ideology core to American values. But, the college "Rah Rah" thing....i don't get it. I thought the purpose of university was to widen one's world view?
The NCAA is scummy and rife with fraud. If its losses lead to gains for the G-League then all the better.
The purpose of University is to waste 4 years of your life getting a certificate of competency and intelligence because no one trusts US high schools to certify competency or intelligence.
But its also important for your certificate to be as prestigious as possible, whence the collective love and evangelization for your certificate issuer.
The Clippers want Leonard to play more? ok guys. LOL. Kawhi comes up limping for the last 15 games of the playoffs after only playing 60 regular season games and playing 9 games the previous year. He is still limping around after the season is over.
I think the Clippers should stick to no back-2-backs and keeping Kawhi out of games when he is even has a little bit of tendonitis in either knee. If they try to get him to play with pain from tendonitis during the regular season the finger pointing will be hilarious.
I disagree with Jackie Macmullan here. If anyone's thinking is going to have to change... it'll be Doc Rivers not Kawhi Leonard.
On September 25 2019 22:29 JimmiC wrote: Most of the Canadians I know get it, because it only takes one rivalry game to see the excitement in the crowd and on the court. And that is before we even get to march madness the best playoffs in sport. I dont know any basketball fan that does not at least watch march madness and many non that do. I think the above is true for.you not for most.
Thanks for your reply. i think cLutZ got my point ... but I think you missed my point so I'll be more specific.
I get people enjoying a competitive sport.. piling into an arena and screaming your head off. i get that. it is fun. What I don't get is my gf's 2 nieces and nephews all viewing the quality of the b-ball and football games as an important priority in their decision about which school to attend. I don't get it. my gf is american and she doesn't get it either Her nieces and nephews are american as well.
In the town where I went for post secondary education there are 2 universities. One is a working class school where many of the students paid their own way through. The other is this so-called elite "academic" school that had the great football and hockey games. The students graduated into crappy, low paying jobs under a mountain of student debt. Many of the grads from the working class university graduated under little to no debt into pretty cool interesting jobs that paid well.
Its not like these outcomes were hard to predict. So I don't even get the students that went to the snobby school and partied for 3+ years as their debt mounted higher and higher. its funny listening to 30+ year old people whining about their student debt.
The japanese audience of the Raptors/Rockets game reacts in the same manner as they do in pro wrestling matches. After a great move you hear an "AHHHH" followed by a steady applause right after that. I wonder if its the way the microphones and arena acoustics are set up? fascinating stuff.
Kerr and the rest of them have been exposed as the clowns I always suspected they were. If the DNC doesn't have some talking points for them they got nothing.
The best part of the Raptors winning the NBA title was the stupid look on Steve Kerr's face.
The Raptors played training camp in Quebec. Shouldn't the NBA have boycotted Quebec due to Bill 21? Where is Steve Kerr's expert political stance on Bill 21? Steve? Where are you Steve?
On October 13 2019 22:21 zev318 wrote: are u guys complaining that steve kerr isnt up to date on all the political events in the world?
Not at all. I am sticking to my thought that he isn't up to date on any political events, US or World, and is just a blowhard who loves getting praise from an equally uninformed sorts media.
Also, this is like the weakest defense I've ever seen of just about anything. Who doesn't know China is a Communist authoritarian state? Who doesn't understand the jailing of political protestors? Its not some complex topic. Kerr has always felt happy talking about far more complex and subtle topics so long as he has NBA-approved DNC talking points.
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