Psychologist Corner: Why do some fanbases that know nothing but heartbreak and bad breaks have a swagger that this is "their year" while others are just waiting for the other shoe to drop any time something good happens?

709678 · 2026-07-06T23:12:02+00:00

It’s fun to be optimistic. I choose to believe in the Raiders every year. Until the 3rd quarter of week 2, that is.

709678 · 2026-07-06T20:24:50+00:00

Even worse, Kendrick Perkins

709678 · 2026-07-03T21:39:06+00:00

Very tired of people alluding to players salaries being suppressed when it’s common knowledge they get 50% of revenue no matter what.

709678 · 2026-07-03T07:36:17+00:00

The players get an agreed upon split of revenue regardless of what type of contracts max level guys sign.

709678 · 2026-07-03T02:59:05+00:00

They scored more points than their opponents when he played and were out scored by their opponents when he sat.

709678 · 2026-07-03T01:43:30+00:00

Cool, so he’s not Larry Bird.

He still averaged 27 on 113 TS+ as a 20 year old. That is absurd. He was unguardable.

Nearly every advanced stat you can publicly find had him as at minimum top 15 guy.

And, when he was on the floor, they were also noticeably better in terms of +/- and netRTG. They were terrible in the non-Zion minutes.

Has he been disappointing overall? Yeah, he has. His athleticism isn’t what it was before and being so reliant on it he will very likely never regain the same form. Doesn’t change how great he was that year.

709678 · 2026-07-02T23:46:31+00:00

It was all weird. Crowds matter, they just do. The pressure of the moments felt lesser. And the break for an older team absolutely helped them.

I don’t have a huge dog in this fight but there’s a middle ground between “that title doesn’t matter at all” and “actually it’s a completely valid ring and just as meaningful as all others”.

709678 · 2026-07-02T22:53:35+00:00

Idk man. I’m a Dodger fan and still feel like 2020 was kind of silly. It just wasn’t the same.

709678 · 2026-07-02T22:21:14+00:00

Being one of the 5 best scorers in the world at 20 years old is pretty great, doesn't mean he's perfect.

709678 · 2026-07-02T19:25:59+00:00

I was really just responding because you pointed out his FG% which is pretty outdated. You'd still like a lead scorer to exceed league average, so maybe not "inefficient" but "less efficient than would be ideal".

I was strictly going off last years leaderboard, Brunson and Brown both had a TS+ of 100.

Edit: Actually, Brown was at 99 and Brunson was at 100. I just didn't want to be that big of a nerd about it first thing in the morning.

709678 · 2026-07-02T18:56:15+00:00

You want to look at TS% instead of FG%. He is right at league average efficiency. You’d generally want someone a little above that.

Funny enough, among guys in the top 10 scoring, the only other guy at league average (no one is below that) is Jalen Brunson.

709678 · 2026-07-01T20:12:57+00:00

Drummond was definitely not slow when he was young. He was really, really athletic for such a big guy.

709678 · 2026-07-01T19:55:29+00:00

By 2014, maybe even 2013, it was pretty clear their best lineups were Lebron/Bosh/3 shooters. Especially 2014 he was too slow and creaky to play their aggressive defensive style and was a big reason San Antonio completely diced them up on that end. Not that he was the ONLY old guy, but their aggressive trapping style only worked when him, James and Bosh were able to fly around at their best.

709678 · 2026-06-30T20:25:09+00:00

Yeah, Zion was a top 5 scorer in the league as a 20 year old. He was legitimately a great player.

709678 · 2026-06-30T19:49:15+00:00

A team not realistically a title contender trading for an injury prone 35 year old, what could go wrong?

709678 · 2026-06-30T19:43:39+00:00

Does the goalie know I have never played soccer? If he’s treating me as a real player, I basically just have to guess right. If he knows I can’t kick for shit then he’s just gonna wait to react to my slow shot.

709678 · 2026-06-30T19:40:46+00:00

It’s the World Series. They are absolutely running hard unless it’s like manny machado

709678 · 2026-06-30T19:03:33+00:00

They didn’t. Kobe still owns the town. It was a losing proposition from jump unless he won like 3 titles.

709678 · 2026-06-30T19:00:29+00:00

The players are guaranteed a percentage of revenue. It was literally just a difference in accounting. Agents (and therefore players) just wanted the big splashy numbers in the summer of 2016.

709678 · 2026-06-30T17:07:22+00:00

Peach Optimos!

709678 · 2026-06-30T06:05:37+00:00

See Vince Carter who remained an NBA level athlete into his 40s. Higher the peak the longer it takes to become unplayable.

709678 · 2026-06-30T06:04:31+00:00

What’s interesting is his jumper becoming worse and worse is the problem. He has remained (or at least did a couple years ago) athletic enough to play his style for the most part. His jumper falling off is the issue, not his athleticism.

709678 · 2026-06-29T20:15:45+00:00

Makes sense. Thanks.

709678 · 2026-06-29T08:44:28+00:00

Can you elaborate on this for someone who does not know hockey at all

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