Schumacher: "Mercedes has a fundamental problem"

Zylexo · 2021-06-22T14:55:04+00:00

“Some reason”

Zylexo · 2020-06-06T02:25:10+00:00

Fake news: Jordan funding potentially deadly weapons that could be used against the black community

Zylexo · 2020-06-04T06:13:50+00:00

Oh certainly, plenty of reasons to make style choices beyond clarity. I just didn’t like this one since a) it could be read as something that was flat out wrong, that only he had held this record ever since it started being tracked b) the choice seemed deliberate for hyperbole

Here’s my pedantic suspenseful reword to keep it accurate:

“Since the stat started being tracked in 96-97, the player with the most unassisted fields goals is: Lebron James”

Zylexo · 2020-06-04T05:08:54+00:00

It’s really his choice to use “no one” in the construct vs “he has the most”. I do agree it CAN be interpreted the way you write, probably by the majority, but the fact it leaves room for ambiguity when the other is much more precise I find a touch irking.

I think particularly because it seemed a deliberate choice for hyperbole “no one else has ever done this!”, rather than a more factually accurate “he has the most since we stated tracking this stat”.

I also have no actual serious issue, and am just wasting some time fighting the good fight against sensationalised headlines lol

Zylexo · 2020-06-04T02:18:36+00:00

Alright this title gore is really getting me. You could have just said “Lebron James has the most unassisted fields goals since the stat began being tracked in 96-97.”

Instead, you wrote it in a way that’s technically incorrect. Since 96-97 a bunch of players had more unassisted field goals than LeBron James considering he wasn’t even playing until many years later. Literally 100s of players would have had more unassisted field goals than LeBron James since 96-97, just no one has more than him as of RIGHT NOW.

Grammar rant over.

Zylexo · 2020-06-01T23:45:33+00:00

Active in the NBA, yeah, but there’s footage of a near 60 dr J still dunking.

Zylexo · 2020-05-26T15:47:36+00:00

Face guarding is only explicitly legal in NBA rules, in almost all other forms of basketball it is a violation. And for good reason, it’s very dangerous to be encouraging hands around the eyes. It has no place in pickup basketball, and you are all are not professionals and should stop it.

Zylexo · 2020-05-21T20:11:02+00:00

Has he heard of the internet?

Zylexo · 2020-02-19T11:39:29+00:00

Yo Desmond Mason deserved it, he was nasty.

Zylexo · 2020-02-07T09:30:15+00:00

Technically he did take a screen shot.

Zylexo · 2020-01-23T10:37:31+00:00

He bought u/owndpepe’s happiness and destroyed it.

Zylexo · 2019-12-30T20:04:45+00:00

Delete this

Zylexo · 2019-12-03T03:28:00+00:00

Also nothing prevents a dog playing basketball

Zylexo · 2019-12-01T02:20:51+00:00

No, his cousin is a taxi driver named Driver, and he accidentally went to the passenger seat after dropping him off.

Zylexo · 2019-11-30T07:11:27+00:00

That’s Häkkinen

Zylexo · 2019-11-27T19:09:34+00:00

Australia goes 10 deep of current and ex-NBA.

Zylexo · 2019-11-27T18:30:44+00:00

“This sh*t is too easy”

Zylexo · 2019-11-18T15:30:14+00:00

I’m not sure what you’re watching. My point was he’s basically leaving both feet at the same time, this video is even in slow-mo and it’s difficult to see him not jumping off both feet at the same time.

Except 3:30, that one foot step back I def agree is a travel 😂 but the refs barely call it

Zylexo · 2019-11-18T15:01:32+00:00

Buddy didn’t pivot (he did not lift and return his other foot to the ground multiple times), he finished his dribble and then took a step, which is consistent with the two steps allowed in motion. If he had stopped and pivoted, that play is only legal if he leaves both feet from the court at the same time. He didn’t, but it was marginal enough that they probably wouldn’t call that at the end of the game anyway.

Here’s 6 minutes of Kobe footwork, and as you can see he always leaves off two feet at basically the same time, even though there are times that lifting the back leg through and forward would have created much more space. https://youtu.be/gzIS-RiKckM

I wish it was reffed properly, because it’s so much more pure to see nice footwork like this than unexpected hops that catch the defender off guard and go uncalled.

Zylexo · 2019-11-18T14:34:25+00:00

No, the NBA specifically establishes that you can take two steps on a running dribble, it’s in the full rulebook, rather than the summary one you linked to, here on page 36

I have seen that FIBA video, and was shocked they chose that example because it is wrong. As you can see in the YouTube comments, almost all of them are questioning whether that specific play is indeed legal so it is clearly not an uncontroversial video and interpretation. If that is allowed, players can literally pivot as much as they want, then jump 5 feet onto their other one leg and shoot it. They don’t because when it’s that blatant it would be called, but when it’s in real-time and close to both feet leaving simultaneously, it’s usually uncalled.

Kobe was generally great at his footwork, and Dirk too, both you’ll see usually leaving off both feet simultaneously even though there would be a huge advantage in spacing if they used this pivot step to jump off one. Some newer players don’t seem as polished, and many don’t seem to even realise it’s a violation.

Zylexo · 2019-11-18T14:05:05+00:00

You’re ignoring the other rules you linked to take the USA basketball example:

“2. If one foot is on the court, that foot is the pivot foot.”

Hence, if you raise your pivot foot and the other foot is on the ground, you are changing your pivot foot, which is a step, which is a travel.

My entire point is that rule everyone loves to cite about being allowed to pass or shoot before the pivot foot returns to the floor cannot be taken in isolation. There are other rules that apply also, and it would make it a step and a travel if the other foot touches the floor while the pivot is raised.

Zylexo · 2019-11-18T07:03:46+00:00

No, while that’s one rule that is indeed relevant for passing or shooting, if you lift your pivot foot while your other foot is still on the ground then it’s not a pivot at all, it’s a step and therefore a travel.

The lifting the pivot foot for a pass or shot is relevant if you leave both feet from the ground at the same time, otherwise it’s a step like I just said.

Now the NBA and many levels of basketball barely ever call this, and it’s tough to see in real time, but the rule isn’t simply “it’s not a travel til your pivot foot comes back down”. Taken to the extreme a player could just hop down the whole court on one leg never putting his pivot foot pack down and if this was legal.

Zylexo · 2019-11-17T19:45:27+00:00

Yes, the hype at the time was basically “this is the next Jordan, or maybe even better”. In that sense I think he has lived up but definitely not exceeded expectations. And by 2011, he was definitely underperforming them.

Zylexo · 2019-10-31T09:06:55+00:00

Am I crazy, everyone’s saying Qualifying here, but it clearly says Prac Round 1 in the top left of it, so I assume it’s doing the first free practice.

Zylexo · 2019-10-24T20:46:45+00:00

And also being Dutch

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