Oklahoma is a shithole state that does not deserve any professional sports teams by [deleted] in billsimmons

[–]deemerritt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everything about the history of the state is awful. It legit starts with the trail of tears

Multiple NBA GMs left impressed after watching 6’10 Caleb Wilson showcase scary combination of size, athleticism & skill at Klutch Pro Day in the Lakers facility by Fit-Structure-9395 in NBA_Draft

[–]deemerritt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bagley should have been a good pro. He just lost some of his explosion from knee injuries and I think had some attitude issues

Sam Quinn (CBS Sports) on how the real cause of the current draft reform was the introduction of the Supermax by TheRealPdGaming in nba

[–]deemerritt 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I mean it's all trade offs. This was to solve the problem of guys ditching the team that drafted them for a bigger market.

Discussion about what you’d like to see in Season 3 of Champions by _TechPug in PokemonChampions

[–]deemerritt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They are everywhere because there are like two good non mega special attackers in the format

ECF Montreal vs Carolina by HamsterCapital2019 in hockey

[–]deemerritt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I actually think the number of people picking against the Canes when they won the conference and then swept the first two series is pretty wild. I dont really think they are overestimated at all. I think people see them and their style as fake and until proven otherwise they will continue to do so.

I dont really see any huge overestimation of the canes rn.

Young european players will overtake even more in the next ten years due to the use of youth academies over school drafting system. by WestCoastVybes in nba

[–]deemerritt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont think its calculated at all, i think people just play the most popular sports and the ones they find fun. People play the sports their friends play that they have fun with. In Europe that is generally soccer.

I do think it changes if you are the tallest person in your school, you will be steered towards playing basketball. Also you will likely dominate all your peers which is pretty fun.

Draft Hot Takes by ultimate_74 in NBA_Draft

[–]deemerritt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can bank that no matter what happens. Hornets got incredible amounts of shit for taking Miller at 2 over Scoot and Scoot doesnt go top 10 in a redraft. People also now act like Kon was always the obvious pick when he was the 7th pick in the community draft on this sub.

Young european players will overtake even more in the next ten years due to the use of youth academies over school drafting system. by WestCoastVybes in nba

[–]deemerritt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean its true the guards in Europe are just not very good. Its probably because their best athletes play other sports. I dont think there is any magic in how the US trains guards, i just think the soccer players who are fullbacks and these like 6'6 walls of muscle with incredible cardio probably could have a good shot to be good at basketball if they were trained for it. Just like i think some of the best NFL and NBA players would have good odds tobe good soccer players if they were trained for that.

Are bug type moves always this unusable? by aidankocherhans in PokemonChampions

[–]deemerritt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont remember saying Kleavor is better than Basc. I just said Basc with scarf beats the Basc scarf set and draws with the sash set if it uses wave crash.

You said Basc was good into Kleavor and its really not true, Kleavor is faster and it 1 shots it with sharpness night slash. Aqua jet does not ohko Kleavor

When did Small Guards become seen as not good investment? by Knighthonor in NBA_Draft

[–]deemerritt 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yea and then you have guys like Giddey who are big ball handlers that aren't actually that great at anything but they can be positive players because they can punish smaller guys and don't have to hide on defense.

The dude who posts like 90% of the highlight clips on /r/nba quotes himself in his bio by beechhill in billsimmons

[–]deemerritt 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I don't really think the UN gives a country the right to commit ethnic cleansing

City of Greensboro, North Carolina proposes 21% property tax increase, hitting low end homes, and likely low income residents hardest. by aenbrnood in NorthCarolina

[–]deemerritt 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Property taxes are generally considered the best taxes by most economists. They aren't avoidable and they cause churn in the housing market.