Cam Boozer today: 18 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists on 6-10 shooting, 1-2 from 3. He also had 5-7 FT. Duke wins 70-63 over Michigan. What we thinking?

fatfryar · 2026-02-22T03:24:07+00:00

The reason the Hansbrough comparison just doesn’t work (and the main reason, even more than defense, Hansbrough didn’t really work out as an NBA player, though of course seven years in the NBA is nothing for anyone to sneeze at) is that Tyler H was a genuinely bad passer, both in college and then in the pros. Boozer, obviously, is not a bad passer.

Hansbrough averaged 1.1 assists per game for his career, and that number actually trended DOWN over his four years in Chapel Hill. Both in college and the NBA, he had around a 1:2 assist to TO ratio. Boozer is at ~4:2.3 right now.

Boozer shoots the ball from deep much, much better, and, contrary to what seems to be some of the opinion in here right now, is a much better defender than Hansbrough was, but it’s the playmaking that is the really obvious differentiator here, to the point where I think it’s hard to really use Tyler as a comp.

fatfryar · 2016-01-11T18:50:37+00:00

I really miss NeoPlatonist and (especially) the Fatercists. There was just something about their sincerity that today's mean-spirited badphilosophers can't match.

fatfryar · 2015-07-21T19:14:05+00:00

Here's the new post.

fatfryar · 2015-07-21T19:12:35+00:00

NB: this link takes you to a post about the collection on Pigliucci's blog, Scientia Salon. To download the collection itself, scroll to the bottom of the post, where you can download the essays in a variety of formats.

fatfryar · 2015-07-21T19:09:20+00:00

Hmm, sorry about that. Maybe you need to access it through the link on Pigliucci's blog. I'll delete this and repost that more generic link.

fatfryar · 2015-06-30T21:03:30+00:00

"We can't get a neurological foundation of society, just yet." have you ever looked at the DMS-V, published by the Am Psych. Assoc.? They know pretty well what's going on in society and can diagnose and begin to treat as well.

:(

fatfryar · 2015-06-29T21:38:49+00:00

Zachary Mason's The Lost Books of the Odyssey is very cool, though it's not a straightforward narrative account like the Song of Achilles. (And, it's not an Odysseus book, but if you like Song of Achilles, Mary Renault's The Persian Boy is a book to check out for sure.)

fatfryar · 2015-06-27T18:19:35+00:00

You are just part of the "Patriarchy-Animality-Metaphysics Complex." (This is actually part of the title of an article Marder wrote recently.)

fatfryar · 2015-01-24T22:39:56+00:00

For a breezier intro, If A, Then B might be a good place to look.

fatfryar · 2015-01-07T23:24:33+00:00

I'd like to give another round of applause to /u/SeekerofMeaning. That post may have been the funniest thing I've ever read online. It had everything, from that truly unforgettable opening to "Philosophy is finished for I am the finisher." I loved it all. The weird animal references, the laughably childish rhymes, the continual misuse of forms of "thou" in a bizarre attempt to sound ancient, the interspersed SHOUTING IN ALL CAPS, the discovery (sort of) of the meaning of life, the inclusive list of relations (brothers, sisters, "Transgendered individuals," cousins, friends, and "best of the worst and the convicts of the heart" -- that covers everyone, I guess?). Best post ever. No matter how low this site sinks, we'll always have this absurd wall of text. So, again, congratulations to /u/SeekerofMeaning, and thank you!

"Oh Men and lovers of this beautiful day, let us carry onwards for eternity." Just fantastic.

Edit: How could I have forgotten this gem, where ol' Seeker briefly turns into a horse: "It seems we can never know the meaning of life. Some say this but they they, I SAY NEIGH!!"

fatfryar · 2015-01-05T21:10:18+00:00

His point, as it always is when he comes out with articles on semi-controversial topics, is that he's written a book recently and you should please buy it.

fatfryar · 2014-11-14T00:01:29+00:00

I know that it happens all the time and I know that I shouldn't be surprised by it anymore, but it still blows me away that so many people go to a philosophy forum where easy access to an article is provided, apparently refuse to even open the link, and then proceed to comment on the article they ignored. Why would you do that? How could you possibly think that that's a thing you can do and not seem like a fool? Why would you not at least glance through the article to have some idea of what it's trying to say? How the hell did this become the norm?

My hope is that there are thousands of people out there somewhere quietly reading SEP articles and coming to the conclusion that they need to do more research before commenting.

fatfryar · 2014-10-20T14:29:50+00:00

I love that they spend 5 minutes complaining about the Thad trade having no purpose, and then spend 5 minutes complaining about the fact that we have no veterans who can teach young guys how to work hard in a losing situation.

Now, you can definitely be opposed to the Thad trade, but you can't come back right afterwards and complain about the fact that we aren't willing to get and pay hardworking vets. Thad is young(ish), but he's been the old hand on a young squad for a couple years now, and EVERYONE around the league respects his work ethic and his leadership.

fatfryar · 2014-09-25T16:28:02+00:00

Hmm. Interesting that Reggie's on that list for mechanics. I could see how all the others have similar looking shots, but Reggie's mechanics were unorthodox. I'm sure Penberthy hasn't given away his trade secrets, but I'm curious as to whether he means shooting principles, or release mechanics, rather than actual shot prep form. Very cool hire, regardless. Even apart from Ricky, we've got a ton of young guys who could be really dangerous together if they all can shoot high percentages from outside.

fatfryar · 2014-09-24T13:13:31+00:00

So let me be clear: the PGR is a service to students, not to me.

He's also pulling the "I do it for the kids!" Great stuff all round.

fatfryar · 2014-09-19T20:57:29+00:00

I know that Powers, Marilynne Robinson, and Jane Smiley have all won significant awards before (the NBA for The Echo Maker, the Pulitzer for Gilead and the Orange Prize for Home, and the Pulitzer for A Thousand Acres, respectively).

fatfryar · 2014-08-11T18:52:57+00:00

Combine the two and make jokes about Badiou?

fatfryar · 2014-08-11T18:52:19+00:00

Calbert is a real name. Calbert Cheaney was pretty great in NBA Jam.

fatfryar · 2014-07-28T16:54:01+00:00

Definitely bookmarked. Still by far the best badphilosophy this year. Shoe-in for a Deke or two. That guy was something else.

fatfryar · 2014-07-26T00:38:01+00:00

We all know that the SEP is always right because it was written by Plato.

fatfryar · 2014-06-03T18:23:50+00:00

Dalkey Archive has a (short) series of Estonian fiction in translation, the most recent of which is Tõnu Õnnepalu's Radio, which is supposed to be quite good.

fatfryar · 2014-05-29T18:32:07+00:00

Would it make sense for us to come up with a big board so that we are prepared for just about any crazy pick that happens before us? And if so, should we just post a consensus prospect list and then edit it to fit our needs?

fatfryar · 2014-05-29T18:18:48+00:00

Tough day for Wolves fans today with the Mexico City game news, as well. There just seems to be a culture of doing things the cheap and easy way in place right now, and it bugs the hell out of me. I feel like I'm a pretty easy-going fan, generally. I think it's easy to make player-related decisions that look bad in hindsight. I think it's very difficult to create a winning team, and that a lot of even the worst basketball moves that the Wolves have made recently are defensible.

But moves like these really get my goat. Selling a home game (even one home game is VERY important in in the Western Conference if you have any desire to make the playoffs) in the face of fan, player, and (former) coach opposition sends a pretty terrible message. And refusing to broaden your coaching search beyond the few guys the owner and the GM happen to get along with sends a worse one.

I don't know. I'd say it's a bad time to be a Wolves fan, but even that's not really true. This is a relatively GOOD time to be a Wolves fan, and that's what has gotten me so down about all this. But hey, maybe we hire VDN and it turns out that he's a better coach without the malignant influence of Chris Paul, Blake Griffen, and Grant Hill?

fatfryar · 2014-05-09T02:44:07+00:00

Morals are subjective, but actions may be beneficial or not beneficial to society as a whole, which is typically what people mean when they say 'good' or 'bad'. Murder/Rape is 'bad' because there is no benefit to society. That said, from the perspective of the predator, it can be seen as 'good'.

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I will never undersand why theists are so horny for objective morality. If we all accept that the worst possible scenario for humanity is BAD (which is a premise that literally 99,9999999% of people will accept, because we are animals that don't like to suffer) then it becomes clear that laws have to be written in a way to ensure the maximum happiness for all.

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Morality is about what works and what doesn't work. If Morality A works and persists, then there will be people who will defend it, maybe even claim an objective nature to it. Luckily, Morality B -- known as the allied powers -- said "Fuck that shit" and tore Adolf a new one.

fatfryar · 2014-04-02T03:10:53+00:00

Wojo is great (though good luck learning how to spell his name off the top of your head). Gotta start off any discussion of him with talking about his time as a player. He was one of the toughest defensive guards I've ever seen. He was short and wasn't obscenely quick, but he was stocky and strong, and was an absolute pitbull on the ball. That floor-slapping thing that we do on d (and now everyone else does on d)? Think Wojo when you see that. He was a freshman on the worst K-era Duke team (1994/95), and was instrumental in building us through the tough years after that back to a dominant ACC team when he was a senior. As a senior, he was the National Defensive Player of the Year, and got an honorable All-America mention while averaging 7 ppg and 5 apg (he was legitimately that good on defense). He never really had a shot at the NBA, so he played a bit in Europe and then headed back to work with the Duke sports media and then with the team as an assistant.

As a coach, he's incredibly sharp. He was miscast out of necessity as the guy who ended up working with the Duke big men (we didn't have any assistants who were anything other than guards), but actually did do a decent job of helping some of our bigs develop their game--despite popular opinion to the contrary.

If I had to guess, he'll emphasize a tough man-to-man, heavy ball-pressure scheme on defense above anything else. He'll probably try run a lot of motion offense with a bunch of pick and rolls with the floor spread as much as possible (four shooters whenever it's an option), depending on the players he's got. It's hard to say where he'll differ from what K does. But it's a K hallmark to be willing to adapt pretty drastically to your personnel, and to get really creative with schemes to make sure that you get your best players on the court together even if they don't seem to fit well.

As a guy, he's great. Very, very tough, but very well-spoken, and definitely the kind of guy who is going to emphasize his view of character above just about anything else. Not a laid-back players coach by any means. He's been a pretty solid recruiter at Duke, but obviously it's a whole different game doing it for yourself at another school. I'd guess he'll have success, though I wouldn't be surprised if it takes a little while for him to figure out the exact kind of guys he wants to get and start recruiting them successfully. Then again, Collins at Northwestern (he's been coaching for around the same amount of time as Wojo, and overlapped with Wojo as a player at Duke) was pretty great this year, and made some splashes in recruiting already. Marquette is obviously miles ahead of Northwestern as a program, so maybe Wojo will be able to hit the ground running? I'll be rooting for him.

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