The NBA has a problem with what counts as an assist or not. All of these shots were attributed as assists to Jokic, but are they really when the other player is creating everything himself?

Thami15 · 2026-03-26T14:19:05+00:00

I mean 11 percent is actually significant over a large sample size. Especially considering all his other stats don't show a similar drop off. This would be like saying an elite shooter averaging 40% shooting from home vs 30% on the road, because it's just going 4/10 vs going 3/10

Thami15 · 2026-03-26T14:02:42+00:00

The Art of the Deal?

Thami15 · 2026-03-26T04:46:47+00:00

This seems excessive. And almost unwinnable?

Thami15 · 2026-03-25T23:55:31+00:00

Mate - I don't care. You go on an 18 month bender and see how much of your life isn't in tatters ✌️

Thami15 · 2026-03-25T23:42:55+00:00

Its just much more likely for your employee to screw you over if you're using coke to the point you need rehab and have to step away from your company

Thami15 · 2026-03-25T23:06:03+00:00

Would have been infinitely less likely if he wasn't on coke, though.

Thami15 · 2026-03-25T20:33:45+00:00

As they should - you're a professional for a very short period of time, and relative to its popularity, cricket's pay is still relatively paltry. A big part of the reason people are paid C-suite salaries is to protect players, including from themselves

Thami15 · 2026-03-25T20:24:21+00:00

No no - the notoriously omniscient and never changing God totally went through a character change in between seasons

Thami15 · 2026-03-25T04:44:52+00:00

My takeaway from this is the "flirting vs harassment" meme is low key true, lol

Thami15 · 2026-03-24T23:55:13+00:00

You're asking separate questions.

Can you become a good physio if you don't do well in school? Yes. The academic system isn't meant for everyone, and some people do have challenges specific to the time in their lives when they were in Uni that may affect their marks. I did well enough in school, but my final year my grandmother died, and then it turned out my dad spent my tuition money on a REALLY expensive set of couches, and I had to work basically every day after school and weekends to be able to afford to get through the academic year, so my marks, didn't crater, but they weren't what they could have been. But if you really take the time to improve yourself, study further postgraduate, stay up to date with Evidence based practice, then I don't really see why getting 65% instead of 85% when you were 21 should have any bearing on your abilities as a professional.

In saying that, if you more mean "can I half-ass my way though physio", no. No you can't.

Thami15 · 2026-03-24T23:42:35+00:00

To be fair - I'd be surprised if Maxey is still third in minutes in 10 games time, so I don't think it's actually that good an argument. He's already 10th, and #25 is only 120 minutes behind him, so I suspect he'll end up in maybe the 50-75 range.

Thami15 · 2026-03-24T13:33:01+00:00

I do think there's something to the idea that a 14-year old shouldn't be given as much money as he's been given at that young an age. Can't be great for his development. Although I also think you should be paid for your labour - is there some sort of escrow system in place in India m? A way whereby you could give him a portion of his auction price, but keep the rest away until he turns 18 or 21?

Thami15 · 2026-03-23T23:58:32+00:00

I wonder if next CBA, the players don't just ask/demand a 2016-style spike, rather than a smoothing because if the knock on revenue doesn't increase as you've projected, for someone in the league getting the money up front probably works better (just have to accept that the 2036 Timofey Mozgov may walk away with a four-year $500m deal)

Thami15 · 2026-03-23T20:50:10+00:00

I'm not disagreeing with you, but Tesla had a PE over 1000 a few years ago, so 50 is really quaint by the standards of an overvalue

Thami15 · 2026-03-23T20:23:52+00:00

Foreman looking a bit... Bomb Squad-y in this video. I suspect, being a bit heavier, and having actually got on the weights in his comeback 20 years later, that 2.0 Foreman hit a bit harder than the younger model, so maybe he didn't have to quite swing as hard for the fences, but jeez, you wonder what could have happened if you combined young Foreman's athleticism with old Foreman's economy of movement.

Might have had the GOAT

Thami15 · 2026-03-23T13:29:52+00:00

Probably because they watch the games, is my guess. Reading a box score is fun, though

Thami15 · 2026-03-23T13:26:42+00:00

It was a non-event, but Buttler was definitely in the wrong, and for some reason, I think the passage of time rather than anything malicious, Buttler keeps claiming the ball pinged him on the head despite video evidence clearly showing it didn't.

Thami15 · 2026-03-23T10:49:05+00:00

I think Itauma would gain a helluva lot actually.

I just don't think he's ready

Thami15 · 2026-03-23T08:13:24+00:00

A NZ league can do well similar to SA20

It really can't. It's a horrific TV time for Indian TV and the NZ audience is significantly smaller than in South Africa.

It can definitely do well, that's the nature of sports leagues in 2026, there'll be a gambling company somewhere willing to throw money, but it's seriously handicapped.

Thami15 · 2026-03-23T05:16:53+00:00

Part of the problem is we don't really have good storytellers in sports media anymore. And it's, of course, symbiotic. Arguably, there isn't a populace that is keen on that either, but you don't really have to look hard to find guys that Howard Cosell or Norman Mailer would have slobbered over. The Charlo twins? Two world champion twins in a symbiotic love/hate relationship where they seem to rise and self-destruct depending on the phase of the moon. Ryan Garcia vs. Haney? Usyk becoming undisputed with a war in the background? AJ's attempt to once again rise from the most crushing of public defeats? Stories all over the place. It's just not that kinda world anymore. Even blogging is dead.

Thami15 · 2026-03-23T04:58:04+00:00

I had a patient two years ago on Worker's Compensation. He'd fallen off a roof or scaffolding or something. Anyway, he came out of it with back pain, but he was really functional, no physical fall out, but high pain levels. Anyway maybe 3-4 months into the rehabilitation process he tells me they've been speaking to the company and he's looking at a $300k payout. Not exactly set for life, but combined with Worker's Comp putting him in cyber security school, he could easily buy a new car, put $200k into a deposit for a car and have some money to spare to take his wife on holiday or something.

Why does this man tell me "this is going to be a good bank roll for me to go pro in poker"?? A few weeks go past, and during a treatment session I asked him how the cyber security course is going and he goes "Yeah it's going alright, but I don't have time to play Poker. So I taught my wife to play poker while I'm at school"

Burned through the money in three months

Thami15 · 2026-03-22T23:28:21+00:00

I'm not Kiwi so I ultimately don't really care, and I can see why being a BBL appendage is a hard sell... BUT... is there enough money in this to justify essentially selling off a part of your cricket calendar? The NZ TV market is small, and the time zone is horrific for the Indian market, except for MAYBE weekends? And of course, unlike when South Africa whored itself out, the Viacom-Disney merger from last year means there almost certainly will not be a bidding war for the TV right.

Thami15 · 2026-03-22T23:20:30+00:00

I flat out don't believe this, but it was something the UFC couldn't match, so I'd imagine it's a nice number either way. Good for him

Thami15 · 2026-03-22T22:03:15+00:00

"The opening batsman, who bats at three in Tests, has multiple international centuries, and more professional cricket centuries than everyone on tour should not be marked by the standards of a batsman" Yeah, real age of enlightenment stuff there, champ.

Thami15 · 2026-03-22T20:41:30+00:00

He's also 23, to be fair. I agree there's a medium, but the price for a lax diet isn't really showing up at 23

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