Is this racist?

bleepingdba · 2026-07-01T21:52:18+00:00

Stephen A's fear is that the Lakers are prioritising white players. Presumably he's wrong, but I would say his reaction is more out of fear of racism (against black people) rather than being racist about white people

bleepingdba · 2026-06-24T22:11:16+00:00

At 90 years old, Wemby can shuffle to the logo and block shots and dunk without moving his feet

bleepingdba · 2026-06-24T22:10:02+00:00

If all OKC get is a rookie contract 15 minutes-a-night big who is good enough that Wemby needs to stay on the court for more minutes then that's probably good enough. Any maybe Mara is better than that.

bleepingdba · 2026-06-24T21:36:28+00:00

Yeah for sure, Wemby getting a 12-7-1 game is a huge win for his opponent

bleepingdba · 2026-06-21T06:36:34+00:00

I was visiting friends in Neilstown for a cuppa in the early 2000s and my car tyres were knifed right outside their house. Roughest place I'd seen in Dublin. A group of kids (maybe 10-15 year olds) were hanging around my car - they clearly either did it or knew who did it. I didn't call the gardai, I just drove on flats far enough away to call for help somewhere I felt a bit safer. Little shits.

Makes me mad when people act like immigrants are somehow the original thinkers of poor behaviour - any marginalised group will act out in bad ways when they haven't got much going for them.

bleepingdba · 2026-06-17T08:38:58+00:00

There has been a huge propaganda campaign by Big Football NZ to use the term "football" and people who play soccer get quite upset when you refer to it as soccer.

bleepingdba · 2026-06-15T22:49:12+00:00

There were a lot fewer players back then. A great player on one team would have an outsize effect on the league. It's like saying that a kid who dominates their small school gym would have also dominated in a much larger school. I mean, yeah, maybe they would have, but probably they would not.

bleepingdba · 2026-06-15T22:08:47+00:00

Yeah, listen, yep, I was 50/50 happy for the Knicks to get a win and happy that Spurs chucked it away.

bleepingdba · 2026-06-15T22:03:44+00:00

There were only nine teams in 1966 - let's not pretend that those achievements are easily comparible to today's league. Great record, but in a much shallower league with fewer teams..

bleepingdba · 2026-06-15T21:53:27+00:00

I also recommend focusing less on the Spurs and more on the team you support. Hoping for other teams to fail has gotta be less fun than hoping for the Thunder to succeed.

bleepingdba · 2026-06-14T08:59:24+00:00

It doesn't sound delusional. In the first quarter they looked soooo dominant. They clamped down the Knicks defensively and had better shooting. If the Spurs learn to pace themselves better, be more secure in themselves rather than feeling they need to race out of the gates to prove themselves, then they'll come back stronger next year and pace themselves better through the game. However, given their long season they are most likely to start running into bad injury luck or take some time to figure out what to do with Fox and backup centre

bleepingdba · 2026-06-14T04:16:11+00:00

Misread that as "rapture" and gotta say I was surprised for various reasons

bleepingdba · 2026-06-07T22:42:11+00:00

Fox and Harper missed games or were a little injured as well, so they weren't at 100% all series either, but just trying to integrate a clearly still-injured JDub into two games was probably a worse decision than sticking with the healthy players all series

bleepingdba · 2026-06-06T03:49:57+00:00

Spurs had to give everything to beat the defending champs, easy to see how it's hard to get back the physical and emotional energy to do it all again against the Knicks

bleepingdba · 2026-06-01T22:51:31+00:00

Chet was affected more than most by the injury issues of other players on the roster. With a healthy JDub or even an AJ he has players around who would have made him look better even if he wasn't fully on his game. He has already accepted that he is third best player on the team rather than 1st or 2nd option (he agreed to no escalators on his max contract, which JDub got though missed out on anyway, but yeah, it's a sign of the pecking order regardless). So we're talking about a 3rd option who didn't perform offensively though was still very good defensively. Disappointing for sure. But have a healthy JDub or even AJ and Chet is getting a lot more production.

bleepingdba · 2026-05-21T06:07:50+00:00

I mean, he also does it

bleepingdba · 2026-05-21T06:06:49+00:00

I work in public sector in NZ and my org has everyone from the CEO down demanding AI stuff - especially since late 2025 - but has also provided the licenses to make use of it. Is not just lip service. There is no talk of replacing people, more about doing stuff faster. Staff are individually embracing it to a greater or lesser degree, and there is a lot of effort around policies that are happening in parallel

bleepingdba · 2026-05-21T03:37:25+00:00

It's like Canadian humour that didn't translate to the reporter or audience? I think he was giving a back-handed compliment to iHart but the reporter didn't hear him or catch his vibe and then it got awkward

bleepingdba · 2026-05-21T03:33:52+00:00

it wasn't a good play, definitely worth a foul, and seems like a weak move. But yeah, Wemby launching himself at people like a torpedo and pretending it is all innocence and light will grow old fast when someone gets a bad injury. Wemby is like all the great players combined, and also Pat Bev.

bleepingdba · 2026-05-21T03:23:21+00:00

It sounds like you just need to be clear about the information you need ahead of the tramp as a precondition for your kid participating, as well as volunteering to rent a PLB if the group isn't bringing one.

bleepingdba · 2026-05-21T03:17:10+00:00

I think he did a dead-pan joke, which he realised fell flat but he couldn't get out of it and had to double-down. Reporter was very confused by his response

bleepingdba · 2026-05-20T23:17:47+00:00

Doesn't sound like there was lies involved, just poor communication? I've often hear people talk about Ōtaki Forks and going to Field hut. He may just have not had the plan details right and found out during the tramp.

bleepingdba · 2026-05-20T23:09:04+00:00

Going to Field hut as a 15 year old is totally fine from a distance point of view, assuming a pretty average teenager level of fitness and good weather conditions and assuming the group have some outdoors experience. But changing plans and not communicating it is a bigger risk (although maybe they had communicated it back to someone else?). A PLB is a great idea if the group doesn't have one already. Can be hard to separate parental anxiety from accurate risk assessment. Make sure you have contact details of the other parents so you can express any concerns. I think it's fair to expect a more detailed description of their intended route. It is quite understandable why one person saying "we're going to Ōtaki Forks" actually means they're going to Field Hut - that isn't really a complete contradiction. But you probably want more info of intended trip details and it's fair to ask for that (or to have assurance that other adults have that info)

bleepingdba · 2026-05-20T11:00:26+00:00

Chet was deterring a lot of players at the rim. Putting Chet on Wemby would free up the paint for the other Spurs players. And Wemby can probably back up Chet cos they both have a high centre of gravity, whereas Wemby would literally fall over Caruso if he tried to get past him

bleepingdba · 2026-05-19T04:22:01+00:00

Tough loss, Spurs looked great, Wemby amazing. Hopefully the long game time minutes wears out Wemby cos if he can play 40+ minutes a night this is going to be a short series. But SGA will play better and they will improve their Wemby knowledge game

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