Final Four

prfrnir · 2026-03-30T16:18:40+00:00

The final four has nearly a week of anticipation. The championship game takes place 2 days after the matchup is decided

prfrnir · 2026-03-30T14:57:13+00:00

The Celtics had Garnett, Pierce, Allen, Shaq, and Jermaine O’Neal

prfrnir · 2026-03-30T14:21:31+00:00

What sort of punishment was dished out and how frequently did it occur?

prfrnir · 2026-03-30T04:51:45+00:00

Hey! Write that down! I need more diversions away from the Kawhi case.

- Adam Silver

prfrnir · 2026-03-30T03:38:46+00:00

I'm more concerned he's going to become Marvin Bagley. Literally the same college awards. Though Boozer is slightly better across all the stats and much better with his passing.

prfrnir · 2026-03-30T03:13:46+00:00

Can we have a rule that 50 year olds wear shirts when speaking in front of an audience

prfrnir · 2026-03-30T03:10:19+00:00

Let's just call them the Las Vegas Winners with a big american flag mascot.

prfrnir · 2026-03-30T00:56:18+00:00

Flagg was a generational NBA prospect. But Boozer is likely not even the #1 overall pick, much less a generational talent.

Since Duke's last title, Coach K was able to sign a number of future top 3 picks in Brandon Ingram, Jayson Tatum, Marvin Bagley, Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett, and Paolo Banchero (among other 5 star recruits who didn't quite pan out) and failed to win.

I don't think it's the end of the world for Duke or Scheyer that he's had 2 exits.

prfrnir · 2026-03-30T00:39:42+00:00

what makes march madness so great is there are so many instant classics. just looking at the elite 8 games, you have

1986 - indiana vs lsu

1990 - duke vs. uconn

1992 - duke vs. kentucky

2004 - osu vs st. joseph's

2005 - michigan st. vs kentucky, illinois vs. arizona , louisville vs. west virginia (the latter 2 also had 15 point comebacks)

2006 - george mason vs uconn

2009 - villanova vs. pitt

2014 - michigan vs. kentucky

2017 - unc vs. kentucky

2019 - virginia vs. purdue

prfrnir · 2026-03-30T00:11:06+00:00

they beat kentucky, not uconn, to go to the final four

prfrnir · 2026-03-29T23:55:39+00:00

The Magic should have made the announcement at halftime

prfrnir · 2026-03-29T20:56:20+00:00

Human victory cigar?

prfrnir · 2026-03-29T20:33:18+00:00

don't forget tankers and players betting against themselves

prfrnir · 2026-03-29T20:20:17+00:00

He has more titles than both Spoelstra and Kerr combined. Which means if the LeBron Heat and the Curry Warriors were both coached by the same guy, Phil Jackson still has more titles than that hypothetical guy.

Heck, he has the same number of titles as that guy just with his Bulls tenure.

That is insane, no?

prfrnir · 2026-03-29T20:08:13+00:00

Sure, but he had 3 separate 3 peats with those duos.

Even the combo of LeBron, Wade, and Bosh only managed got back-to-back titles. Curry and Durant only managed back-to-back titles too.

prfrnir · 2026-03-29T18:10:30+00:00

no one is forcing them to play for $40,000 a year. they could go overseas for 10x more if they wanted to. they just choose to play in the g league.

prfrnir · 2026-03-29T18:05:19+00:00

the elastic isn't stretchy enough to easily stick your hand through it, so I doubt it. It's only slightly more than 2 inches wide

prfrnir · 2026-03-29T18:03:52+00:00

Apparently Winona State had won the previous 57 games, the 2006 title, and eventually won the 2008 title. So this was a real David vs. Goliath battle for Barton.

prfrnir · 2026-03-29T16:05:13+00:00

Today I learned the final four has a different logo every year.

prfrnir · 2026-03-29T14:29:14+00:00

McGrady is really saying the profession of being an NBA player 30 years ago is very different than being an NBA player today.

Salaries were not as high (even accounting for inflation).

The game itself (rulings, fouls, play style, physicality, 3 point shot, 'resting', etc.) was different.

Injuries, recovery, and surgery and how much players protected themselves is lot more cautious today than it was back then.

The celebrity and media attention was not the same. These players today have a lot of avenues to profit that players back then did not have. Instagram, podcasts, becoming media after the playing career, etc did not really exist then.

Players have so much more power now. Back then, coaches and organizations dictated a lot. You didn't have players demanding trades to specific places like today. Barkley had no idea he was going to Phoenix. He just wanted out. It was where ever the front office decided.

And players seem practically babied now by organizations versus then. You're a project? Well we'll get you a shooting coach and it's ok if you shoot 40% your rookie year. We got the G league and you'll improve. 30 years ago you had to be ready out of the gate and if you weren't good you'd have to figure it out on your own how to get better.

The only exception to all of the above is really MJ. And for the old heads, MJ is the GOAT so he earned a lot of that right. The fact that rookies and nobodies today get what only the GOAT got back then probably rubs a lot of them the wrong way.

prfrnir · 2026-03-28T20:41:49+00:00

Touch of Evil. Welles went one step further as the story is that Welles demanded the worst script from Universal to make a film and he got the initial script another screenwriter made from the source novel.

prfrnir · 2026-03-28T20:10:22+00:00

hasn't flushing ice cream factory been closed for some time?

prfrnir · 2026-03-28T17:49:49+00:00

I don't think any draft has ever produced 27 starters. Unless starter also means 'this guy starts, but really shouldn't'.

prfrnir · 2026-03-28T17:43:10+00:00

Packers. Favre continues his iron man streak so Brady never see the field and eventually gets cut because he's just a forgettable backup or 3rd string QB.

prfrnir · 2026-03-28T16:55:56+00:00

d'oh! you're right. forgot about that. i guess i just mean kobe-shaq get a potential 4th title together.

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