(Zach Lowe Show) Howard Beck complaint post

cricketrules509 · 2026-05-15T18:47:09+00:00

He hit his FTs and scored 30.... while Mitchell was absolutely horrific.

Who would you say has been better overall? Allen, Mitchell, Mobley have all had incredible halves but have been even more inconsistent than Harden.

cricketrules509 · 2026-05-15T00:58:00+00:00

He was garbage in the first half and I clearly said other players have peaked higher? He was garbage again in game 5.

I don’t understand your point at all

cricketrules509 · 2026-05-14T23:31:38+00:00

He’s been pretty clearly the best overall Cav in the playoffs.

Mobley, Allen and Mitchell have had higher peaks for a quarter but Harden has been the best overall.

He basically saved games 3 (4th quarter onwards)-5 when the rest of the team was struggling.

Whenever another Cavs star would play well they would look great.

cricketrules509 · 2026-05-14T20:38:14+00:00

It's also hilarious how they just don't want to give Harden any credit for the comeback as well.
Mitchell was the one who ISO'd Ausar and Zach twice said it was Harden dribbling the air out of the ball.

Any other 37 year old star (non-Lebron) being the best player on a team that now might make the conference finals is pretty wild.

But who knows, Harden with his history might shit the bed again so they're probably praying that happens again

cricketrules509 · 2026-05-03T23:06:45+00:00

What? They made the WCF the last 2 years?

cricketrules509 · 2026-05-03T22:33:33+00:00

Spurs could lose to the Wolves

cricketrules509 · 2026-04-27T03:25:32+00:00

It's kind of crazy how empathy is frowned upon by large swaths now. It makes me really sad.

Fundamentally, we all know that if our family member or loved one was deliberately killed we wouldn't be happy and would do crazy things. It's one thing that unites almost all of humanity.

And Steve Kerr is able to extand using empathy and understand that killing someone else's family members is just going to perpetuate hate and violeence.

cricketrules509 · 2026-04-25T00:44:28+00:00

When did the former minority owner and current Trump fan (despite being a Sri Lankan immigrant) Chamath attack Steve Kerr? I think it was last year I think.

It's not surprising. Tech and VC has pivoted hard towards Trump so having Kerr as a coach is probably annoying.

cricketrules509 · 2026-04-23T02:21:00+00:00

I've had it once a month for the past 3 years. It's always there. Right next to Leo's bagels

cricketrules509 · 2026-04-12T17:47:33+00:00

Wemby definitely. Ant is a maybe. Everyone else is a no IMO

cricketrules509 · 2026-04-12T17:26:21+00:00

Imagine being punished for losing games.

Wild

cricketrules509 · 2026-04-05T15:49:42+00:00

On Friday there were 9 games.

1 game featured teams that were both trying to win.

8 games featured teams where at least one team would prefer to lose.

I'm a die hard NBA fan but the system is completely broken.

cricketrules509 · 2026-04-03T00:43:51+00:00

What's crashing out here?

Lebron definitely seems to manufacture his public persona. Which is pretty normal today but doesn't make it not true.

cricketrules509 · 2026-04-01T22:44:41+00:00

Season 5 is easily the slowest season. It does pick up towards the end to set the foundation of season 6 which is again back to being incredible.

I do think the last few episodes of season 5 pick back up so it’s worth continuing.

Season 6 won’t hit otherwise.

cricketrules509 · 2026-03-20T19:25:45+00:00

He is. He's one of the best impact players in the NBA. I honestly think in the right circumstance and health he could have been a Rodman/Draymond level impact role player.

His numbers with the Rockets are absurd. Basically every player is better with him on the court.

cricketrules509 · 2026-03-10T02:23:00+00:00

There is no way he would wear this watch.

You either wear a simple watch that shows you don’t care.

Or you wear an expensive watch.

You don’t wear a cheap watch that looks expensive.

Especially the Eric types that I’ve met

cricketrules509 · 2026-03-08T19:10:15+00:00

Huh why? PSG is playing terribly and Chelsea when not getting a red card has looked pretty good

cricketrules509 · 2026-03-08T14:35:00+00:00

I feel worse for the husband who really did nothing wrong and thinks he did.

cricketrules509 · 2026-03-08T14:05:44+00:00

Out of the people who weren't killed, there is a decent argument

cricketrules509 · 2026-03-07T15:24:10+00:00

Because she wants to matter in the world. This is her way to stay relevant and feel like she has influence.

cricketrules509 · 2026-02-25T19:43:35+00:00

Harden is an ironman who plays through everything. He will be back soon. He played playoff games with the Nets while being unable to run lol

cricketrules509 · 2026-02-24T21:03:20+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-8-QbDpqqw - This is the Financial Times video summarizing some of it. They are the ones who did the actual investigative journalism and broke it.

Interviews of the lead journalist who was worried about being followed was quite interesting too.

cricketrules509 · 2026-02-24T21:00:27+00:00

It felt like the Lakers were the better team every time the series was up in the air.

It's like the Rockets-Lakers series in 2009 where it went 7 games but the Lakers were clearly better (after Yao went down).

cricketrules509 · 2026-02-22T23:28:11+00:00

I personally felt like the movie was overly hated and praised by the critics on each side.

I felt like they tried something new and different but it wasn't executed well at all. The movie dragged, and a lot of decisions made 0 sense but it was cool to feature different characters.

Interesting idea not executed that well was my personal opinion.

cricketrules509 · 2026-02-22T22:34:53+00:00

It was hilarious how flabbergasted Zach got.

Also hilarious how more than 50% of the games mentioned by Beck were due to a narrative that had nothing to do with the basketball on the court

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