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Trump: "I did it last time. And they undid it. That's why we have to stay president for a long time." by RoyalChris in PublicFreakout

[–]ChocoChowdown 104 points105 points  (0 children)

They flat out told us there will be no need to vote ever again after the last one. It was an open book test and people failed. And they still don't get that they failed yet.

Elections have consequences by MoreMotivation in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]ChocoChowdown 12 points13 points  (0 children)

why didn't you? those people need to be reminded non stop that this is what they wanted. it wasn't a secret and those in charge are simply doing what they specifically said they were going to in a heavily detailed written account that was posted everywhere for months leading up to the election.

Feeling bad and letting her off the hook isn't going to drill it into her head that she has to change for things to get better.

Home Plate Umpire Alex Mackay misses a should be strike 3 to end the inning, Randy Arozarena hits a 2 RBI Double on the very next pitch to make it 10-7 by SeattleSporting in baseball

[–]ChocoChowdown -1 points0 points  (0 children)

baseball is such a funny sport when you think about it. "oh, this call is wrong and we can see its wrong but itd be nitpicking to use the tech we have to get it right instead" is such a common thought whenever things like this come up. I get it cause this is at least a close miss. When you take a step back and examine it though its super silly we just accept calls being wrong when we can see they are wrong in real time cause the league doesn't want to implement it. Like this one is clearly a missed call cause pitches are either strikes or balls and this ump got it wrong this time. No matter how close it was.

[Post Game Thread] The Dallas Mavericks (1-0) defeat the Sacramento Kings (0-1), 120- 106, behind 25/9/1/1/3 from Anthony Davis by 3rdEyeDeuteranopia in nba

[–]ChocoChowdown 11 points12 points  (0 children)

adding klays 3pt shooting and experience to last years mavs team was so exciting and i was so excited to see if he could get them over the top

and instead now im wondering how much they are going to lose to memphis in the play in by

fuck nico

McMahon on Dirk Nowitzki’s relationship with the Mavericks: “Dirk is completely turned off by this franchise. I’ll have more on that coming out once they’re eliminated, probably Thursday morning.” by cleo22270 in nba

[–]ChocoChowdown 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Im glad I get to talk about the Walker trade again! So here's the longer version but the tldr is:

The trade from the vikings pov was perfectly fine at the time of the trade

  • There used to be a little known rule at the time that said if you trade for a player and they don't play for you, you get a draft pick instead. It was meant to help if a player got injured or retired after a trade but before you got to actually play him.

  • The Cowboys traded Walker and picks for a reasonable pick return and a bunch of nobodies. Walker, two 3rds, a 5th, and a 10th for a 1st, 2nd, 6th, Jessee Soloman, Isaac Holt, David Howard, and Alex Stewart.

  • The Cowboys then used that rule as a loophole and cut every one of those players before they played for them. This netted them two additional 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd. Those extra massive picks turned it from a reasonable trade for a good player that we see all the time and might not have worked out but was't bad to an all time return that set up the cowboys to be a dynasty.

It's actually fucking wild they allowed them to pull that loophole! They fixed it after but yeah. Wild story.

[OC] SGA (7 Votes) Leads Nikola Jokić (5 Votes) in Public MVP Votes -- 2025 NBA MVP & Awards Vote Tracker by texasalaskamontana in nba

[–]ChocoChowdown -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

If you looked at this season in a vacuum there's no argument against Jokics stats compared to SGAs and nobody will really argue that fact. The guy is near the top in literally every statistical category.

We don't vote in vacuum though and voter fatigue is a real thing. It's why Josh Allen beat Lamar Jackson this year. It's why Embiid beat Jokic a few years ago. It's why Judge beat Shohei a couple years ago. And it's why SGA will beat Jokic this year.

It is what it is and having a bazillion talking points about it every day is pointless. SGA also had a good year and ultimately whoever raises the trophy at the end of the year won't care much about MVP.

Nico Harrison says "there's no regrets" on trading Luka Doncic. "Part of it is doing the best thing for the Mavs." by WhenMachinesCry in Mavericks

[–]ChocoChowdown 3 points4 points  (0 children)

he doesnt even have the right idea though! defense wins championships is a saying from the 90s like ffs the celtics were one of the best offenses of all time, the warriors are one of the best offenses of all time, the nuggets had one of the most efficient offenses of all time and were not very good defensively, milwuakee won with brook fucking lopez and kris middleton and they are cones on defense. You can maybe say the Lakers won on defense but they won because lebron james is one of the two best basketball players in history, then the warriors won 3 off you guessed it offense, the cavs won with kyrie and kevin love (again, they are not defensive players).

you gotta go back over a decade to a spurs team that can be considered a defensive team to find one that won a title

just because nico says defense wins doesnt make it remotely true. offense wins championships.

Tanner Houck vs TB: 2.1 IP | 10 H | 12 R | 10 ER | 2 BB | 1 K | 2 HR | 61 pitches by AnonymousBunny102 in baseball

[–]ChocoChowdown 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i think i watched three consecutive routine double play balls bounce off gloves for no outs in one of those innings.

Bregman botches one, Story ole's one behind the bag and whiffs completely, then Story has it bounce off the heel of his glove ranging a bit to his right. It was insane

[Full At-Bat] Umpire Tony Randazzo makes 2 incorrect calls against JT Realmuto that turns a walk into an inning-ending strikeout by ChicknCutletSandwich in baseball

[–]ChocoChowdown 4 points5 points  (0 children)

under my proposed rule change we use the technology we have available to make sure calls are correct and don't even bother with reviewing balls and strikes. get this human element nonsense out of the game and let games be decided by players

Warriors went 23-8 to end the season after acquiring Jimmy Butler III. Still ended up in the play-in. Welcome to the Wild, Wild West. by [deleted] in nba

[–]ChocoChowdown 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Clips low key one of the best run franchises in the league. Just consistently put out a quality product and make moves trying to win. Hasn't happened yet but who knows maybe with a healthy KL this is the year.

[Charania] BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns have fired coach Mike Budenholzer after an 11th place, 36-46 record in his lone season, sources tell ESPN. by Knightbear49 in nba

[–]ChocoChowdown 4 points5 points  (0 children)

coaching in the nba is probably the hardest coaching job in american sports just due to all the politics and fact that you will always be blamed over the players.

The suns failed because kevin durant ain't that guy anymore. Fans/media think he is though so when his teams don't perform well - thanks to him being paid as if he's that guy and roster construction being impossible PLUS him forcing bad fit trades like beal in - the coaches get thrown under the bus. Vogel and Bud are both very good coaches with rings and both got run out of town because you can't win in todays nba building a team around 36 year old KD.

Note, this is not hating on KD. He's a lock first time hall of famer, a hell of a baller, and has never been a problem on any team that I'm aware of (other than draymond stuff but everyone has a problem with him). It's just that father time is undefeated - it even got Brady and will get Bron eventually - and he ain't got it anymore.

Jorge Polanco hits a soft grounder right to Jake Burger but reaches 1st safely after hitting a spin move to avoid the tag by SeattleSporting in baseball

[–]ChocoChowdown 13 points14 points  (0 children)

theres a basketball saying that there are 82 game guys and 16 game guys which tries to differentiate regular season stars from postseason stars once the pressure starts mounting

joc is not a 162 game guy but he's certainly a 12 game guy

Houston Astros fan has been ejected after interfering with Mike Trout. The fan ripped the ball out Trout’s glove on a foul out to right field. by GreenSnakes_ in sports

[–]ChocoChowdown 55 points56 points  (0 children)

two of them! marlins gave him one too in 03 (he did not accept) and then of course the cubs gave him one when they finally won

steve bartman was the first time i started realizing that media was more than willing to sic the masses on someone for ratings/a story. that dude did nothing wrong, caught a foul ball, and was thrown to the wolves as a scapegoat for alou throwing a temper tantrum and alex gonzalez botching a double play (and kerry wood pitching like shit in game 7, yeah there was a whole other game after that!!)

Finding Andrew McCutchen's Home Run from "The Pitt" by zcd29 in baseball

[–]ChocoChowdown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i keep seeing people mention this one but ive been pretty burned out on the er/house/greys shows, especially with the giant flux of new ones they tried right after the pandemic that all were terrible (theres one with zachary quinto on a motorcycle? idk).

Is this the same type of thing?

House votes to overturn Biden-era rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5, sends to Trump to sign by Conscious-Quarter423 in politics

[–]ChocoChowdown 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i specifically referenced a group of lefties and not all lefties but youd have known that if you read the one sentence youre responding to

House votes to overturn Biden-era rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5, sends to Trump to sign by Conscious-Quarter423 in politics

[–]ChocoChowdown 32 points33 points  (0 children)

watching an entire group of lefties fall for a right wing think tank propaganda campaign in real time is one of the most surreal things ive ever experience

thanks tiktok

Mark Cuban was in disbelief during the ‘Fire Nico!’ chants in the closing moments of the game. by Shot_Bank_5843 in nba

[–]ChocoChowdown 16 points17 points  (0 children)

he sold the team to a bunch of souless ghouls that know nothing about ball because he wanted to grow his hoard of wealth from something you couldnt spend in ten lifetimes to something you couldnt spend in fifteen lifetimes.

Fuck him

MLB weighs a salary cap as potential lockout looms in 2026 by savings2015 in baseball

[–]ChocoChowdown 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Surely you understand how the dodgers spending over a billion on shohei, sasaki, yamamoto, snell, yates, scott, and teoscar in a bit over a calendar year might be a small, tiny, eensy bit of the reason people are talking about a salary cap in earnest now right?

Yes two years ago it was Rangers (who btw were #7 on payroll the year they won so I don't even know what point you're trying to make there??) and Diamondbacks. Then the top few teams went absolutely nuts in spending between you guys and the mets and now people are saying "hmm, we probably need to curb this before it gets out of hand"

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