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

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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.

Saw the cool Jimmy Butler post from the last thread, go Jimmy.

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 09:42

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.

Kibner posted:

# ¿ Mar 9, 2023 08:21

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.

Makes sense if it's a sprain since that seems to be 3-5 weeks for dudes over 30.

Ideally you'd like them to have more regular season games together but also it's KD and if he can get right by that important 3-4 days you have to practice before the playoffs start that should be enough to get them humming by the playoffs.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2023 09:07

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.

I legitimately don't know how someone with a gambling problem watches TV anymore. At least Jalen Rose isn't telling you what beer to drink while the game is going on in a small corner of the screen, but he is sure telling you to bet on a jump shot.

There has to be some societal middle-ground between betting being legal and it being integrated into 90% of live television.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2023 19:46

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.

I had fun penny betting for a while and was pretty drat good at it, but, I am sure it's like poker where I'm a Legendary rated poker player in Puzzle Pirates but in a casino I just end up losing all my money on blinds.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2023 22:03

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.

Veryslightlymad posted:

If anything in person is significantly easier because you have more time to think through your decisions.

EDIT
I somehow missed "Puzzle Pirates"

The order of difficulty from easiest to hardest will be:

Beating the AI in a no-stakes game. -> beating randos in a no stakes game. -> beating your friends in a no stakes game. -> beating randos for money in person. -> beating randos for money online. -> beating very good friends for money in person (but, presumably, they would have the same problem)

An exception to online being a bit harder is, if you can determine someone is multi-tabling, they might as well be a pinata filled with money.

This makes sense to me. I' don't even love playing for fake money that much, it just used to be a very social thing once upon a time before people basically used it to fund their wars and had to take it deathly serious.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2023 00:48

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.

New strategy.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2023 01:40

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.

rivetz posted:

"Oh, she a goose now? Somebody try to tell me she a goose? Y'all ducks, aaaaall y'all ducks but she a goose" *In the background a smirking Davonte Pack quacks mockingly, one hand straying to his waistband*

# ¿ Mar 10, 2023 22:46

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.

R.D. Mangles posted:

THIS IS FOR THE ILLEGAL GOALTEND AGAINST NORTHWESTERN IN THE 2017 NCAA TOURNAMENT

# ¿ Mar 11, 2023 05:02

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.

I wonder if Luka has told me to diff.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2023 06:57

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.

Hand Knit posted:

I see that Scottie Barnes went off for 32/9/7, the Raptors held Anthony Davis to 8 points, and then they got killed by Dennis Schroder and Austin Reaves? Is that right?

Yeah they basically glued a zone to AD at the expense of guarding anyone else, not even allowing an entry pass, and never really adjusted that defense at any point; Dennis is inconsistent but Austin is having one of the best seasons of any second year player this year (offensively). Lakers really didn't have a matchup for Scottie so they just let him rock and dared the rest of the team to beat him. OG tried his best.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2023 23:59

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.

pentyne posted:

The owner also said he was one of their nicest patrons and that she'd get Nuggets and Rockies players showing up and flinging quarters at the girls.

So it's a land of contrasts.

It's funny because when I think of Colorado now, I think of a bunch of blunted out skiers. When I was a kid, though, my stepfater was a Dodger fan and the Rockies were new to the league and a lot of Dodgers people were mad about them being in the league and they would go on rants about how everyone in Colorado were like mega redneck super trashy people. So it's funny is that even with the change of perception I have of people in Colorado when I think of the Rockies I just think all their players are 'the type of person to throw coins at a dancer.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2023 05:09

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.

Dejan Bimble posted:

Ersan Ilyasova 2.0

# ¿ Mar 13, 2023 03:52

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.

There are so few instances of players with few games getting awards that it almost doesn't seem like something to waste time over. Like is all of this over Bradley Beal making NBA third team last year?

# ¿ Mar 13, 2023 18:54

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.

If I had a vote I would've have went from voting Jokic to voting for anyone else after reading that.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2023 19:25

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.

Dejan Bimble posted:

Calling that fan fic is just sour grapes. Let a guy attempt some style. Current sports writing paradigm is extremely dull and anodyne

It's extremely well-written it just is so effusive it feels like I'm being sold an MLM product.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2023 19:37

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.

Dejan Bimble posted:

Yeah denver is a mid level market so it makes sense

# ¿ Mar 14, 2023 21:36

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.

Seams posted:

the pelicans dont seem very good without zion. it seems they've been in freefall since his injury.

They were really good last year without Zion and basically the same team but this year there's a lot of other things that also have gone wrong and othe rplayers who have got hurt since Zion went down.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2023 04:04

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.

lmao

# ¿ Mar 15, 2023 04:05

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.

Teams are being much more careful with calf strains now. Unclear of when the change happened but this is consistent with the time missed in recent years.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2023 17:50

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.

leftist heap posted:

They reserve the CBT that actually works for rich people

# ¿ Mar 15, 2023 20:00

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

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.

You know if you don't want to talk about the Lakers you don't have to like literally no one was here.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2023 03:06

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.

R.D. Mangles posted:

i just wanted to post the chain guy again tbh

That is completely valid.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2023 03:08

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.

I'm a grump, don't mind me. Keep posting.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2023 03:27

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.

toggle posted:

that guy is the best

i don't think he is at games any more because he isn't allowed to wave around his home made signs

Nah, doctor has advised him not to go due to COVID.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2023 03:36

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.

humpthewind posted:

I kind of understand holding Davis out of back to backs but even him at 50% would have won this dumb rockets game

I get it with 5 games in 7 days, but I would have probably held him out against the Pelicans instead because to me you load manage players on games that you are probably going to lose or are 50/50 games and you don't load manage on games where you have a strong advantage but the Lakers medical staff clearly don't agree with me since they have shut either Lebron or AD or both down in nearly every single matchup they've had against a team likely to lose 60+ games over the past three years. I guess this makes it easy to understand why they lose these games so often (and also probably makes ABC/ESPN happier than like, the Spurs).

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

Is this guy famous or just a rich rando

He's a rich rando. Nice dude though.

Rick fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Mar 16, 2023

# ¿ Mar 16, 2023 04:01

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.

Metapod posted:

Curry selfishly chucks as clippers win through the power of friendship

# ¿ Mar 16, 2023 17:27

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.

Paracaidas posted:

# ¿ Mar 16, 2023 20:43

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.

Brutal

# ¿ Mar 16, 2023 21:16

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.

Simmons to be traded to OKC this summer and just feasting on assists by driving and kicking to Chet and Wemby all night long.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2023 23:02

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.

drat. My only hope is young guys sometimes completely recover from the gnarliest poo poo.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2023 01:52

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.

Kibner posted:

A ref called it on the Pels earlier this year after seven seconds.

Called it after 9 seconds in college today (where they have 10). Like actually after 4 days of mostly college ball, I actually appreciate NBA refs because they make way fewer anticipation calls.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2023 06:54

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.

nikosoft posted:

Pat Bev willing the Bulls to the post season while the Lakers crash out is a great storyline, this needs to happen

Problem is the Lakers were even farther away from the post season when they had Beverly and he's at least a contributor to why they were in that state, so I'm not sure that storyline has legs.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2023 19:58

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.

Jordan Poole is Sasha Vujacic with consistent playing time.

Lockback posted:

Yeah Bev was awful on the Lakers.

I mean, he's not very good on the Bulls but the Bulls are playing Coby White heavy minutes so

Also the Warriors are old.

Basically it would be Pat Bev finishing the job he started.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2023 21:46

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.

The Puppy Bowl posted:

No need. Maryland is going to win, 21 to 19.

I'm taking the under on this prediction after watching most of this game so far.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2023 03:32

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.

Metapod posted:

Yet everyone kept saying we are tanking

I just don't trust anyone else with Wemby now that the cult of the Spurs has been revealed to me.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2023 00:14

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.

LeBron James trained him to be James Harden 2.0. Only half joking.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2023 05:15

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.

The Glumslinger posted:

With Bamba out, AD is the only guy on the roster above 6'9". We need another backup big on the chance of foul trouble (or they hold AD out for another back to back)

Yeah I don't think people know how dire the center market is out there. Even the G league is a dry well, the Lakers choices from there if they want a big are like Jayce Johnson and Leonard Miller and if they're willing to go small-guy-plays big it's basically Kenneth Faried. Yeah, that Kenneth Faried.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2023 19:08

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 09:42

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 is good news, I'm glad he's starting to get it done.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2023 01:29

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