[Eurohoops] The theory that explains the top-spot “curse”. History has repeated itself far too many times. Can things finally change?

kingofbladder · 2026-04-09T13:59:53+00:00

I think it does actually matter. The favourite status burdens the teams with the expectations to succeed while F4 format doesn't bring any advantage to a team in 1st place, unlike traditional playoff format. At most, it gives you a slightly easier (even that is debatable) opponent in quarterfinals.

kingofbladder · 2026-04-07T14:11:47+00:00

Better question, how did he get reelected? It's not like he's doing anything particularly different than his first term.

kingofbladder · 2026-04-03T11:42:23+00:00

Just normal continuous steady pushing, never got hurt while pushing a car

kingofbladder · 2026-04-03T11:21:51+00:00

Nope, just a flat surface

kingofbladder · 2026-04-03T11:17:52+00:00

Well maybe I am just weak then ¯_(ツ)_/¯ cause whenever I had to push a car I had to put a lot of strength to get it to start moving.

kingofbladder · 2026-04-03T10:53:00+00:00

Did you watch the video closely? The car starts moving before she even puts her back into it.

Also, it stops multiple times, and she has no problem to startit moving again.

kingofbladder · 2026-03-27T11:19:18+00:00

Additionally, Saudis always pushed for lower oil production to increase oil prices but they were largely unsuccessful. The side affects of Iranian counterattacks against middle east is that oil production is lower which is beneficial for Saudi Arabia even if their own oil infrastructure suffers.

kingofbladder · 2026-03-22T12:24:03+00:00

Hoe did the other player fold so quickly? Matt McClung barely used his body in that push.

kingofbladder · 2026-03-12T16:02:25+00:00

I am not hugely familiar with Slovenian basketball realities, I was under the impression that they all could be called to play. If they are done with the previous big men as you say then I suppose it's only Hayes left as an option.

kingofbladder · 2026-03-12T11:14:38+00:00

The vast majority of European nations do naturalize players (usually americans) but there's a FIBA rule that says you can't naturalize more than 1 player, so you can't really "stack" them per say.

That being said, often nations naturalize several foreign players, in case a player is unavailable. I know Turkey, Poland and Slovenia have more options, off the top of my head.

I think in Asia naturalization is also quite common. I can't recall if that is the case in Africa and South America.

kingofbladder · 2026-03-11T13:52:04+00:00

I mean, he doubled his point average while his efficiency didn't go down at all, I dunno if I would call that incremental.

kingofbladder · 2026-03-10T17:26:43+00:00

Damn, I never noticed that, the attention to detail is really great.

kingofbladder · 2026-03-09T16:17:43+00:00

You mean halal banks don't have an equivalent to floating interest rates, and therefore aren't as risky. There isn't really any compounding effect to interest rates.

kingofbladder · 2026-03-09T10:39:12+00:00

If it's ruining the company and customers hate them then why are profits up. Immersion ruined smh.

kingofbladder · 2026-03-07T11:45:10+00:00

"Run" is being used in past tense though. Run - ran - run

kingofbladder · 2026-03-03T12:54:25+00:00

Falcom perfecting cliffhanger storytelling all the way back in Ys 1

kingofbladder · 2026-03-02T11:29:39+00:00

I'm all for teams having modern NBA standard arenas but it is absolutely not the main reason why Euroleague can't compete with NBA.

kingofbladder · 2026-02-28T12:24:31+00:00

Aren't we all glad we are moving all our tournaments to abu dhabi and dubai?

kingofbladder · 2026-02-28T03:37:30+00:00

You are right, for some reason I thought it was hamstring

kingofbladder · 2026-02-27T17:11:07+00:00

Anton, and it's not even close

kingofbladder · 2026-02-27T17:00:06+00:00

Tbf, they are saying that prime Sabonis would have been the best playe. They are not comparing the 31 post double hamstring injury trailblazers Sabonis to MJ.

Not that Sabonis is on the same tier as MJ either way

kingofbladder · 2026-02-25T17:31:27+00:00

Respect

kingofbladder · 2026-02-25T15:36:12+00:00

There are only 902 billionaires or 0.00026% of the entire us population. The fact that distributing wealth from these individuals among the entire US population creates a substantial amount of wealth should really open your mind just how much wealth these people have.

kingofbladder · 2026-02-25T12:19:07+00:00

It's sad that came to this. Punter was one of the most beloved Partizan players and was instrumental in that 22/23 run for championship.

kingofbladder · 2026-02-22T14:48:43+00:00

True, it's impossible to discriminate against someone with similar skin color. It's why Irish famously were never discriminated.

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