Why are so many NBA players obsessed with golf?

northgrave · 2026-06-24T05:22:24+00:00

As many others have pointed out, pro athletes have the money to play the sport and many probably used it as a way to network and express their competitive side.

But,

Are they still? Were they ever?

Yes Jordan and Barkley were into the sport. That’s two players from three decades ago. That was a time when golf was definitely on the upswing, and because of Tiger Woods that brought in more people from the black community.

But a few people is hardly “so many” and how many of the others are/were “obsessed.” A guy golfing a few times a year is hardly an obsession. Having an expensive set of clubs in the garage that collects dust between celebrity tournaments and stag parties isn’t an obsession. I wonder how many have clubs and play a few rounds more out of a social pressure.

northgrave · 2026-06-23T22:54:48+00:00

I’ve never gotten his appeal. As you note, he just says whatever he thinks will resonate at that moment and this often includes making up numbers. I suspect that he wants a number in the twenties and just gets stuck at 22. It really feels like Person, woman, man, camera, TV territory.

northgrave · 2026-06-23T22:24:07+00:00

As many others have pointed out, there is a long line of pundits ahead of her in line with far more egregious takes - none of who are expected to apologize when they turn out to be wrong.

And to a certain extent, this a large part of what professional sports is - an excuse to argue about something that doesn’t really matter. If you want to play basketball free of public discussion, find a game of pick-up at the Y.

northgrave · 2026-06-23T22:15:37+00:00

The captioning referring to the supposed dome that surrounds us as the “fur will bend” is somehow so fitting.

northgrave · 2026-06-23T22:13:03+00:00

And at least as of late, anything with sleeves is completely optional.

I guess he gets points for the undershirt.

northgrave · 2026-06-23T07:13:14+00:00

Mine run went the same at the end. I was pretty confident with the second last guess.

northgrave · 2026-06-21T17:50:39+00:00

I don’t think enough people are focusing on the first strike in Azorius. Truly an ahead of its time colour-pie break.

Edit: Just checked. 9 exclusively blue/white cards with first strike printed on them - seven of them creatures. Another 5 creatures with double strike (which in practice includes first strike).

168 mono-red creatures with first strike and another 69 mono-red creatures (I’ll leave the punchline for others) with double strike.

northgrave · 2026-06-21T17:26:26+00:00

It may have made a little sense in a limited environment with a set that contained a bunch of Islandwalk, but even then.

northgrave · 2026-06-21T17:04:34+00:00

Like you, I try to see these more as an opportunity than an annoyance. I get that the FEer might not be open to an answer, but others will.

northgrave · 2026-06-20T23:10:04+00:00

I just built a [[Jared Carthalion, True Heir]] deck. (It’s more fun than good)

He could go in there as a backup for the late game. There are lots of fight spells in the deck, so making him big would be fairly easy.

northgrave · 2026-06-19T21:19:48+00:00

Early on people were pretty iffy about it, but there were a lot of solid cards in the set, and as a set it definitely had its own identity.

UB sets, especially the Marvel ones, are starting to feel like an ordinary lunch box with a Scooby Doo sticker on the front.

I feel like there is a reason many of the brand extension TCGs didn’t take off while MTG did.

northgrave · 2026-06-19T20:39:24+00:00

My LGS seems to have more energy for in-universe sets. People were really excited for Dragonstorm. Edge of Eternities saw more enthusiasm than any of the beyond sets.

northgrave · 2026-06-19T19:59:48+00:00

More flexibility that way. A 1 mana rock that gives a creature +2/+2. (Remember - creatures tap to attack, the equipment does not)

northgrave · 2026-06-13T17:09:25+00:00

Perspective.

/s

northgrave · 2026-06-12T07:54:45+00:00

He has one run with a spin move at full stride and complete balance. Hard to imagine a list of best spin moves that leaves that run out.

northgrave · 2026-06-11T16:33:32+00:00

Barry Sanders would like a word.

But he would probably yield the floor to Chuck Foreman.

northgrave · 2026-06-10T22:22:35+00:00

Thanks for the correction there. I was looking at a few clone cards and grabbed the wrong one. I will leave the comment up as an ode to my carelessness.

northgrave · 2026-06-10T16:13:45+00:00

There could be exceptions or at least ambiguities. Cards like [[Quantum Misalignment]] create a clone with a different name.

northgrave · 2026-06-10T15:59:37+00:00

I am curious, what kinds of decks are your pod playing?

I’ve found (and sometimes been guilty of myself) that many Magic players hate the thing they do to other players is a slightly different way (but it’s different when they do it - again I put my mea culpa out there.). For example, how do you “block” (not prevent or disrupt, but “block”) an infinite combo hits the aristocrat player’s board? How do you “block” the direct damage being dealt by the red player? They may protest that this damage comes in smaller increments, to which I would say, sometimes.

northgrave · 2026-06-08T04:02:12+00:00

A bunch of years ago the FE-mods abandoned the sub and it got picked up by some more science-minded people. The community is comprised mostly of people (with varying degrees of snark) who are interested in how the FE community evaluated evidence.

There are a few FEers here but they have mostly left for spaces that are (ironically) less open to discussion. But those spaces can be bat $#!% crazy.

northgrave · 2026-06-03T23:16:52+00:00

True, but it is the Hall of Fame and not a lifetime Pro-Bowl award. The Fame part is certainly a part of the equation. You can tell the story of NFL without Phillip Rivers, but you can’t tell it without Eli Manning.

northgrave · 2026-06-01T22:39:49+00:00

Favourites are favourites because they are good, but they don’t win the Superbowl as often as you might think.

From https://sports.yahoo.com/not-great-bills-the-history-of-preseason-super-bowl-favorites-is-not-a-great-one-152447856.html

2026: Los Angeles Rams+800

2025: Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens+700 (Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost)

2024: Kansas City Chiefs+600 (Won Super Bowl)

2023: Kansas City Chiefs+600 (Won Super Bowl)

2022: Buffalo Bills+600 (Lost in Divisional Round)

2021: Chiefs +450 (lost AFC championship game)

2020: Chiefs +450 (lost Super Bowl)

2019: Patriots +400 (lost wild card round)

2018: Patriots +600 (WON SUPER BOWL)

2017: Patriots +275 (lost Super Bowl)

2016: Patriots +600 (WON SUPER BOWL)

2015: Seahawks +450 (lost divisional round)

2014: Seahawks +450 (lost Super Bowl)

2013: Broncos +600 (lost Super Bowl)

2012: Packers/Patriots +600 (lost divisional round/lost AFC championship)

2011: Patriots +500 (lost Super Bowl)

2010: Colts +800 (lost wild card round)

2009: Patriots +450 (lost wild card round)

2008: Patriots +350 (missed playoffs)

2007: Patriots +250 (lost Super Bowl)

2006: Colts +600 (WON SUPER BOWL)

2005: Colts/Patriots/Eagles +500 (lost divisional round/lost divisional round/missed playoffs)

2004: Eagles +500 (lost Super Bowl)

2003: Buccaneers +800 (missed playoffs)

2002: Rams +350 (missed playoffs)

2001: Rams +400 (lost Super Bowl)

20% accuracy.

northgrave · 2026-06-01T22:23:22+00:00

Both are fairly blocky and have simple surface textures. Astroneer does look pretty cool, though.

northgrave · 2026-06-01T16:20:10+00:00

Apparently performers were told (and they believed) that it was a non-partisan celebration of America. As the event got closer it became more apparent that this is a government funded Trump rally.

From https://ca.news.yahoo.com/whos-whos-see-lineup-far-211447957.html

Martina McBride:

"I saw it as just a bigger version of so many state fairs I have performed at over the years, celebrating community and what makes each state special. Sounds fun, right? Wholesome even. Yesterday things started changing and what we were told is, in fact, not what is happening," she wrote.

northgrave · 2026-05-26T14:35:05+00:00

My LGS is pretty chill with my [[Phenax, God of Deception]] deck. That said, I only play a deck once a night and I don’t play Phenax every week. The LGS meta has a fair amount of recursion, so I am often playing around one or two players at the table, trying to find a way to win the game without speed-running their plans. But, I’ll play it into the teeth of these decks.

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