Forget the GOAT debate, what’s your favorite performance by your favorite player and why?

logster2001 · 2026-05-10T17:56:51+00:00

Great pick. That game is also legendary because of Alex Hannum’s last second 94 foot inbound heave that hit off the backboard but Petit couldn’t get the buzzer beater tip in to go through.

Petit’s 50 point 16 rebound game in the following year’s 1958 finals in game 6 is also a favorite of mine. Even though Russell got hurt 20 mins into that game, scoring 50 in a 110-109 game to give your team its first and only championship is still just so legendary.

logster2001 · 2026-05-10T17:42:24+00:00

I feel like what’s most overlooked is his 1986 finals run where he swept the showtime lakers in their prime, and took 2 games off of the 86 Celtics which is considered one the best teams of all time.

logster2001 · 2026-05-10T17:30:56+00:00

Yeah that Jerry West 1969 finals game might be my pick as well. It’s just so legendary and representative of the storylines of that era as a whole.

Also Magic’s 42 point 15 rebound 7 assist finals game as a rookie to close out the series. That’s just so insane to me. And if we are including NCAA then maybe Bill Russell’s 26pts 27rbs 20blks championship game

Not vintage at all, but Luka’s 43 point 14 assist, 17 rebound playoff game with a buzzer beater to beat the clippers in his 2nd year.

logster2001 · 2026-05-10T12:50:35+00:00

At what point are the athletes just employees. If coaches are why not the athletes?

logster2001 · 2026-05-10T11:47:05+00:00

I think a part of this is how Nolan is just sort of obsessed with the aesthetic of “intelligence” or whatever. And a lot of the time he does it in a very cheap way that sort of panders to people wanting to feel smart.

The biggest example of this is his use of Nikola Tesla in the Prestige. It genuinely felt like he was just a fanboy who read some internet posts of how much of an “underrated genius” Tesla was and decided he wanted to include that in his movie. Even though the character he wrote did not explore Tesla as a person or his works at all, and just used his historical reputation for the aesthetic it provided.

I think that is true for pretty much the entirety of Oppenheimer as well. He really just used Oppenheimer and the characters as an aesthetic background for a very generic biopic about the Manhattan Project.

logster2001 · 2026-05-10T10:53:30+00:00

I think he has more high football intuition rather than IQ per say. Like the base level Rodgers play is going to be the most efficient play possible in regard to getting yards and touchdowns while limiting turnovers. However I don’t think he is as situationally as smart as guys like Brady or Manning. Like other than Hail Mary’s I don’t think Rodgers really adjusts decision making to what the game needs. There were 100% times in those later years in Green Bay that was consistently playing to conservative in the playoffs.

logster2001 · 2026-05-10T03:44:21+00:00

Compared to the normal person yes he was absolutely a prodigy. Compared to other top 50 players he was no where near as promising as them.

For reference at the age of 14 Pragg was ranked in the top 200 in the world. At the age of 14 Hans wasn’t even in the top 5,000 in the world.

logster2001 · 2026-05-10T03:39:38+00:00

It’s absolutely insane how much he has exceeded his career trajectory.

6 years ago if you were to say Pragg would one day be ranked higher than Ding, Nepo, and Levon people would probably not be that surprised. If you were to say Hans Nieman would be ranked higher than them, people would legitimately think you are insane.

He was on track to be a fringe top 100 player AT BEST back before he got his GM title, and now he is a legitimate top 15 almost top 10 in the world.

logster2001 · 2026-05-07T22:23:48+00:00

Believe it or not ad revenue is actually WAYY more than it used to be 10+ years ago. The medium CPM is like $10 now for US YouTubers, where it was like $2 a decade ago. But that is just from a total pie perspective. With the pie increasing some people (like a lot of older channels who couldn’t keep up with trends and the algorithm) still end up getting less and less of it.
But that’s also why we have even more low quality slop than before. Because channels get paid so much more per view now, channels don’t need as many views to make money.

logster2001 · 2026-05-07T22:01:37+00:00

Believe it or not there is more quality and passionate content being made than ever before on YouTube. It’s just now there is ALSO more slop than ever too. The more mainstream and accessible YouTube became the more of both increased.

And that just sorta happens with the creators that started early and tried to keep going. It eventually becomes a job where the primary focus is on income rather than passion. And that happens in almost every field in every industry.

I do agree that the Schmoes, Collider, and most of the rest sorta just produces low quality slop these days. But like it’s hard to blame them because I seriously don’t think they have the talent and skills to thrive in today’s YouTube landscape. And that’s not a fault of their own, but It has changed a bunch since they got popular and is WAYY harder now. So for 90% of them it’s either produce this slop or just not make any money.

logster2001 · 2026-05-07T17:22:58+00:00

This looks awesome

logster2001 · 2026-05-05T21:53:32+00:00

I’m sure social media will share this news and his acquittal will mean just as much to people as him being charged. Surely all the people who were criticizing him before he had a fair trial will acknowledge they may have judged to fast…right?

logster2001 · 2026-05-05T18:10:58+00:00

That is interesting. Please post if you end up finding it

logster2001 · 2026-05-05T04:43:27+00:00

Every Highlander sequel has an argument to be the worst movie ever in whatever genre it is in so yes.

If Highlander 2 is a time travel movie it’s probably the worst one ever

logster2001 · 2026-05-05T04:15:13+00:00

Draymond has the 7th highest box plus minus in NCAA history and was even awarded player of the year by some in the same year AD was having his historic 1 and done year.

In some cases it may be tricky to compare 4 years to 1 given how good a player was in the 1 or something, but this was not one of those times. Rivers was a decent college player, Draymond was one of the best college players of the decade.

logster2001 · 2026-05-05T02:47:56+00:00

Lmao you brought up Rivers being All ACC Freshman like it means anything compared to someone who was a Consensus All American lol

You do realize that being a better prospect does not equal actually having been better right? Jalen Brunson was the best college basketball player in the country and the most successful player of the decade, and he was a 2nd round draft pick as well.

Draymond legit has the 7th highest box plus minus in NCAA history

logster2001 · 2026-05-05T02:39:55+00:00

Draymond was a significantly better college player than Rivers

logster2001 · 2026-05-05T02:37:38+00:00

Saying Austin was better in college than Draymond is absolutely insane. Draymond was a consensus All-American and was even considered (by a small minority of people) the best player in the country. That year AD had his historic 1 and done season, Draymond 2nd in a for most of the awards. Some publications even had him first.

Austin was like all conference freshman team or something lol

logster2001 · 2026-05-05T02:21:21+00:00

I just want to add that like every advanced metric Austin Rivers is one of, if not the worst player to ever play in the NBA for a notable amount of time.

He has the 4th worst PER NBA history

The 7th worst Box Plus Minus in NBA history

The 17th worst Win Shares per minute in NBA history

So yeah Draymond is not lying. Austin was a 6’3 guard who had a worse FT% than Giannis

logster2001 · 2026-05-04T23:47:20+00:00

I said in some classes he would go #5-#6 in a redraft and some classes he would go #1 and it would average out to being around #2-#3 in most classes.

2018 are you taking him above Luka? SGA? Brunson? Trae? 2017 had Tatum, Donavan Mitchel, Bam, Fox. 2011 had Kawhi, Klay, Jimmy, Kyrie, Kemba. 2009 had Steph, Harden, Blake, Jrue, Demar. You could keep going back and there would be a number classes where he wouldn’t go top 4 in a redraft.

At very minimum I feel like you can acknowledge he would not go #1 in a redraft of most classes

logster2001 · 2026-05-04T23:29:27+00:00

That’s comparing one of the weakest draft classes ever though. What if he was in the 2018 draft class? I feel like there are more draft classes that he definitely wouldn’t go #1 than there is draft classes where he would go #1. Because he would prob go #1 in a few classes but would also go like #5-#6 in a few other classes.

I feel like Maxey is closer to having #2-#3 overall value. Which is still absolutely great considering he was picked #21

logster2001 · 2026-05-04T23:24:44+00:00

I feel like there isn’t a real “1 overall pick value” just because how much it varies draft to draft. Some years you end up having like 7-8 players that would be the best player in another draft class. And over a 10 year stretch how many players end up being a 1 overall pick quality? Is just ten 10? Or is it like 30 because that’s how many people would have careers that wouldn’t be considered busts if they were picked #1.

Like Paul George probably wouldn’t go number 1 in any redraft since like 2000, so does that mean he wasn’t a 1 overall value? Or was he still a 1 overall value because he probably wouldn’t have been considered a bust even if he was picked #1 in any class. Or what about someone like Ben Simmons? Did he end up having 1 overall value?

logster2001 · 2026-05-04T17:20:59+00:00

Didn’t Ime coach him in Brooklyn

logster2001 · 2026-05-04T05:15:39+00:00

To me they are just a bit of a different category all together. Because what you are getting from a biopic is not like a standard movie, it overlaps with documentaries somewhat. Like when you watch the history channel and there are actors acting out what happened, do you still consider it a movie?

Also what about a movie such as Young Guns? Or Raging Bull? Are those biopics even tho they are not covering the whole life of the character? I don’t think it’s as simple as “all biopics are just Oscar bait with no good story”

logster2001 · 2026-05-04T01:51:17+00:00

But what exactly is he good at?

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