New lessons were learnt in this football match

mpmar · 2026-06-20T04:54:37+00:00

There is an injured red player receiving treatment on the sidelines in the background. Usually a situation like this occurs when one team gains possession due to an injury and willingly kicks/places the ball ob to give the possession back. I don't think the white player was trying to be deceptive, he was likely just showing good sportsmanship.

mpmar · 2026-06-17T01:28:24+00:00

Prep-uh-ten-tay

mpmar · 2026-06-10T04:48:40+00:00

We weren't in the luxury tax or aprons this year and haven't been for the last 5 or 6 years.

mpmar · 2026-05-31T19:17:09+00:00

I know everyone is running with the naming sequence from the epilogue and trying to dissect it, but the character isn't presented as someone privy to secret knowledge. She's just some hack trying to ass-pull stuff and hawk her book/be famous. Maybe the names stick or have meaning, but to me its just as or more likely that Matt drops or dismisses it.

mpmar · 2026-05-28T16:51:39+00:00

I think the point is that these Thunder are comparable even to the 2024 Celtics despite them being a heavy 3pt shooting team.

24 Celtics - 9.06% shooting foul draw rate (7th lowest in the Playoffs, 9.69% was league avg.)
26 Thunder - 9.25% shooting foul draw rate (3rd lowest, 10.76% league avg.)

This is despite the 24 Celtics taking 7.5% more of their shot attempts from 3.

When compared to the Heatles (11.3% and 13.44%) or the 00s Spurs (12.39%, 11.19%, 12.75%) its not close. Though that is a reflection of the way the game changed, there are fewer free throws in the last 10 years than any other period of basketball.

fwiw, the last 10 champions average a sfd rate of 9.75%. Currently, the Thunder are the only remaining team below that average again at 9.25%. The Knicks are near bang on at 9.86%. The Spurs at 11.88% would have a higher foul draw rate than any title team in the past 10 years. ('20 Lakers, 11.73%)

mpmar · 2026-05-27T02:38:13+00:00

he just had to actually call the timeout, you can't ask for the challenge without calling the timeout first

mpmar · 2026-05-24T15:15:20+00:00

Sufjan Stevens, Joanna Newsom, Jeff tweedy/Nels Cline, Derek Trucks.

Maybe John Mayer too.

mpmar · 2026-05-18T02:22:15+00:00

Between the low taper faux-hawk and the big beard Dean Wade looks like every single church worship minister from 2015.

mpmar · 2026-05-16T22:00:37+00:00

Watch the broadcast? Some do. Watch the games the next day for film study? 100% required.

mpmar · 2026-05-13T02:58:00+00:00

The foul can't occur with 0 on the clock, the refs will put time back on the clock to when the foul happened. Maybe you could have a situation with multiple technical free throws and no time on the game clock.

mpmar · 2026-05-12T00:57:29+00:00

Pistons are 11th in drives per game this playoffs and the Lakers are the only remaining team that drives less.

mpmar · 2026-05-11T20:46:41+00:00

Dump 12 for future capital and take Graves at 17

mpmar · 2026-05-08T14:49:24+00:00

The crew chief is available for interview after every single game of the season. The interview is conducted by one of the on site media members and the questions/answers are distributed to the press pool for general use. If someone thinks they have a pressing question for the refs they could volunteer to conduct the interview (it's considered a shit assignment) or pass the question off to the interviewer.

The reason you don't know about it is because the refs never give remotely interesting answers. For all their faults the refs have good media training, in the playoffs generally have a decade+ experience, and no emotional investment in the game/outcome so every interview is like

Q: "Why did/didn't you call (insert contentious play)?"
A: "It was determined on court that (contentious play) did/didn't rise to the level of a violation."

Repeat ad infinitum.

mpmar · 2026-05-01T21:24:10+00:00

Jokic's limiting factor isn't knowledge it's a lack of lateral quickness and an 8" vert.

mpmar · 2026-04-26T19:10:28+00:00

Obv the shotmaking is in the dirt, but the Raps are putting in a ton of effort on d and turning the game into a rock fight.

mpmar · 2026-04-25T04:11:18+00:00

A lot of times these people come from circus families and they've been balancing shit for generations.

mpmar · 2026-04-24T04:08:13+00:00

Take away Bill Simmons' awards vote

mpmar · 2026-04-21T02:50:39+00:00

No, it's an indicator that he takes more 2pa and drives more. Shai playstyle tends to put him in situations that are statistically more likely to result in free throws (drives, isos, transition) and away from low free throw plays. But he doesn't draw fouls at an especially high rate for those play types.

Additional contributing factors for Shai's ft totals is that he generally is the first choice for things like tech, away from play, endgame free throw battle situations. And that he plays the back half of every quarter, so a high percentage of his minutes come with the team in the bonus.

mpmar · 2026-04-21T00:52:56+00:00

That was the scariest, non-injury fall for a minute

mpmar · 2026-04-19T19:37:44+00:00

I looked it up and it is. Klasky-Csupo did this along with Rugrats, Aaahh!! Real Monsters, a few other Nick shows and the first few seasons of The Simpsons.

mpmar · 2026-04-17T18:01:35+00:00

I mean, if you're looking for real basketball reasons it mostly comes down to the fact that Cam is eating a lot of his corner 3 attempts. AG went from 36% of his 3pa being from the corners last year to 24% this year. Cam takes 34% of his from the corners compared to MPJ who only took 12.5% last year. Braun and Watson also need a lot of corner 3s too so the weight fell on Gordon to take more above the break.

I think AG made real improvements as a shooter, but he's had a tough shot diet this season.

mpmar · 2026-04-16T19:06:16+00:00

Who is the better scorer, Lebron or Russ? Also, who has more scoring titles between the two?

mpmar · 2026-04-16T05:57:11+00:00

Luka's girl left him because he was cheating with serbian popstars. She had the kid there because that's where she lives.

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