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Twinkle Toes
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cLutZ
United States19573 Posts
On January 30 2020 11:29 Twinkle Toes wrote: Re: height, is it really difficult to lower women's ring height? I know the logistical implications nationwide, since courts all over the country would have to accommodate the new women's standards. But we are fighting with physics. Women's physio, morphology, etc. are different from men. ReL strength, any ideas? I don;t know how this could be done Ironically(?) The reason basketball has dribbling is because Naismith thought football and rugby were too brutal, he would abhor the game of a player like Lebron or Harden. One thing that could help the women's game is enforcing 1950s era dribbling rules. I don't think lowering the nets would substantially alleviate height concerns, a lot of the game's fundamentals just make being freakishly tall a good thing. But that is what barnstorming is for! That's what unscripted college scrimmages run by a volunteer coach is for. That is how you build a sport. People act like the WNBA should just emulate women's soccer and that will make everything work. Well, #1 women's soccer also is failing, the only thing that maintains interest in the US is that people enjoy patriotism and winning, and the team wins. If they ever suck for 2 world cups in a row, bye bye interest. #2 The MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT in women's soccer history is a pretty good looking lady showing the world her bra. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16647 Posts
and speaking of women playing sports... https://streamable.com/h3tjv revised Salary Cap projections to be revealed. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28596920/sources-nba-set-release-revised-2020-21-salary-luxury-tax-projections | ||
GTR
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you can tell this came from the heart, ouch. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16647 Posts
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/opinion/sonmez-kobe-washington-post.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share | ||
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JimmiC
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redlightdistrict
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On January 30 2020 23:03 JimmiC wrote: No it is not, and maybe 1% would agree with you. Hockey is 1000% more exciting watching it in person imo. I rather watch basketball/football on tv | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16647 Posts
Where the caretakers of basketball, at the top of FIBA and the NBA, have succeeded brilliantly ... the caretakers of hockey have failed. The caretakers of baseball are now starting to struggle with managing their game through the 21st century as well. The NBA, Stern et al did such an amazing job that to some they made it look easy. Many of their decisions appear obvious in retrospect. That said, going from financial peril to multi-billion dollar giant requires lots of geniuses and lots of very hard work at many different management levels including the front lines. In 1985, had someone said tthat in the future he NBA stood a chance of having higher revenues than MLB you would've been called crazy. | ||
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JimmiC
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16647 Posts
Recent USA Women v. Canadian Women world title game.. Score... 7-5. USA takes a 2-0 lead. Canada comes back to make it 2-2. USA scores 3 straight..5-2. Canada comes back to make it 5-5. Game ends 7-5. This was a great game reminiscent of the incredible Soviet Union//Team Canada games. Those kind of games no longer exist in the men's game at the top level of play. The NHL needed to evolve its ruleset the way the NBA evolved its rule set. This is not an easy job. The NBA did an absolutely brilliant job evolving the game's rules. The NHL failed miserably. The NBA has earned and deserved all of its current success. The game of hockey is struggling.. and deservedly so. And now, MLB/Baseball is starting to go downhill as well. This shows just how difficult to succeed it is. It shows you how great a job the NBA is doing. We're in the golden age of basketball. Enjoy the games! That Celtics/Heat game was fucking awesome. Enjoy it while you can. There is no guarantee this great level of play and entertainment will be around forever. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16647 Posts
Anyhow, I say that the NBA has grown much more than MLB and NHL because they've done a far better job evolving the ruleset than MLB and NHL. Here are my criticisms for MLB. https://tl.net/forum/sports/482317-major-league-baseball-2015?page=11#201 I spend almost no time watching MLB any longer. My decrease in MLB viewing has nothing to do with TL. The game is boring. I think the NBA will eclipse the MLB in revenue within 10 years. To the victor goes the spoils. As good as the NBA is , it is not perfect. A "Sell The Team" chant broke out at the Knicks game last night. James Dolan singled out 1 , single fan to be ejected by security of changing "Sell The Team". https://nypost.com/2020/01/29/knicks-chaos-melee-breaks-out-in-loss-fans-plead-james-dolan-to-sell-team/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site buttons&utm_campaign=site buttons At 935-1032 the Toronto Raptors career franchise winning percentage will be close to equal to the 2791-2979 New York Knicks franchise winning percentage by the end of this year. Had anyone predicted this 10 years ago they would've been labelled a crazy person. On January 31 2020 02:39 JimmiC wrote: this extremely nonsensical and logical fallacy filled discussion here where you try to prove that Women's hockey is better than men's with things like the NBA being more popular or the equipment being being too expensive. None of it makes a lick of sense. i did not say the women's hockey is better than men's hockey. you are misquoting me. the thread veered into a discussion about women's sports in general and i added my $0.02 about 1 specific aspect of 1 women's sport. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On January 29 2020 11:35 cLutZ wrote: Yea, baseball is a classic stumper for some great athletes. It also depends on the size of your school and what defines "being good". Like some of the football players I considered bad at wrestling could be like 30-10 and win conference at a D-3 (small school), but they still would lose match to me (and I consider myself only pretty good) even with a 30, 40, 50 lb advantage. ESPN once did research on athletic skills across different sports. They found out that it is impossible for baseball players to react fast enough to pitches. The top players instead guess where the ball is going to go based on how the pitchers’ arms move. It is something they subconsciously do based on thousands of hours of experience. It is also why they can’t hit softball pitches. The rule differences just throw off all that experience. Basketball just doesn’t seem to have anything like that. Even shooting can be learned more easily. So many NBA players don’t learn how to shoot properly in college and end up great shooters down the road in the NBA. Seems fairly routine for many players to up their free throw shooting by 10% in the pros, for example. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16647 Posts
In baseball people hit that hard ceiling and can never develop beyond that. No practicing will ever help you. In basketball ... almost anyone can develop a decent 12 foot jump shot if they are willing to put in the time. | ||
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KelianQatar
303 Posts
On January 30 2020 02:52 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Jimmy Butler is shooting under 10% from 3 since December 18. He is also taking less 3s. Is he playing through an injury? Butler had surgery on his shooting wrist 2 years ago. He has re- injured it a few times since. He's also been dealing with knee and ankle issues.... Remember, he was removed early from a game last week due to a knee issue. I'm a little confused by your post, but if you mean Butler is shooting 10% less from the 3 point line than he has in the past, I agree. I think he is playing through an injury. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16647 Posts
On January 31 2020 03:15 andrewlt wrote: The top players instead guess where the ball is going to go based on how the pitchers’ arms move. ya,Sometimes they guess. Also, there is a lot of sign stealing in baseball so the hitter knows what is coming before the ball is thrown. Other times the pitcher or catcher or infielders will telegraph what pitch is coming. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16647 Posts
Woj The Raptors , once again, have a long list of injuries. Blake Murphy Gasol, Hollis-Jefferson out. Hernandez out Mccaw questionable. No mention of OG's shoulder. At this point I'd say Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has resurrected a career that was on life support in the ICU. The effort and attention to detail he puts into every play has made him an important bench player for the Raptors. Until this year I don't think I'd ever seen him put forth even 1/3 the level of effort he has this year. He is going to get another NBA contract from someone at the end of this year. Good for him... he earned it. | ||
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Twinkle Toes
United States3605 Posts
On January 31 2020 03:15 andrewlt wrote: ESPN once did research on athletic skills across different sports. They found out that it is impossible for baseball players to react fast enough to pitches. The top players instead guess where the ball is going to go based on how the pitchers’ arms move. It is something they subconsciously do based on thousands of hours of experience. It is also why they can’t hit softball pitches. The rule differences just throw off all that experience. Basketball just doesn’t seem to have anything like that. Even shooting can be learned more easily. So many NBA players don’t learn how to shoot properly in college and end up great shooters down the road in the NBA. Seems fairly routine for many players to up their free throw shooting by 10% in the pros, for example. Interesting | ||
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