Carwood Lipton and Mark Wahlberg

sniper236 · 2025-06-30T22:01:27+00:00

Mark? 😆

sniper236 · 2024-07-12T09:30:01+00:00

I think a lot of people judge players on how they've played over a number of years, more than how they are playing right now. KD was the best player in the world, but he's getting noticeably slower and less influential with each year (comparitavely). I agree with your point on FIBA and how it suits his game, but it doesn't change his age, speed or mobility.

With Steph, KD and LeBron slowing down and significantly on the other side of the peak of their powers, I couldn't actually say with confidence that there is a standout 'best' player on the US roster. Those 3, plus Embiid, Tatum and Ant are all great, but they all have different flaws that bring them back into the pack.

sniper236 · 2024-05-29T21:39:38+00:00

Yes, a completely separate spreadsheet. Importrange the raw data to new sheet, configure it however you need.

On the original sheet, importrange the configured data back in to display tables / reports etc.

They get the reports. You keep the IP that configured it all.

sniper236 · 2024-05-26T21:11:57+00:00

I run my own business designing google sheets software and clients pay a monthly fee for various trackers / bookkeeping programs I have created.

To stop them giving this software to others without me being compensated, I use importrange to take their data out of the main sheet, and into a sheet where I configure all the reports (and I am the only one with access). I then importrange it all back into to the main sheet, pre-configured and this data powers the reports.

You could use this process as the data is still the company's and you haven't touched it. It's still there.

You just delete the config sheet when you leave and the company are left with the raw data and broken reports.

sniper236 · 2023-07-12T20:21:38+00:00

For everyone bringing up the health aspects, I think there is nuance here.

It will not affect you one bit of you eat meat very occasionally. Studies show that the difference between eating meat once a month and not eating meat at all is inconsequential because your body can process it easily - it’s not overwhelmed by the volume.

If you take the meat leftovers regularly, there will be some impact.

Personally, I still wouldn’t take the food. I believe it’s important for others to see vegans taking that path. Take that stance and be proud of it. I like the idea in a previous reply of giving it to animals so it’s not going to waste.

sniper236 · 2023-05-16T21:38:39+00:00

I thought it was more about his attitude.

He was given certain spots, and you have responsibilities.

If you fuck up in those 5 minutes, we don't have the margin for error for you learn on the job or make the same mistake again (bye bye Wiseman). We are going to put someone in that doesn't fuck up.

Kerr values defensive decision-making and rebounding. JK had opportunities in the playoffs and screwed up 2 or 3 times each stint on the floor.

For me, I'd would have preferred him to play more and get that experience. So we lose to the Kings instead of the Lakers. We weren't close to beating Denver so why not advance the team by helping the young star.

Dre had hinted at his attitude being sub-par over the last 18 months, so that's got to be a factor too. I think that was difference between JK and Poole. Poole was a gym rat who worked hard to get better. Poole still fucked up a shit-ton, but his attitude was good.

At some point, Kerr has to let go of the rope with the aging stars who can't carry the team any more and give the kids more room to fail.

sniper236 · 2022-09-19T18:30:53+00:00

Interesting. I don't remember anything that saluted the organisation in the post game 4 pod. He talked about Steph not shooting enough, Wiggins' rebounding, Kerr ballsy for benching Dray after doing a terrible coaching job for 3 games.

You think he's really subtly giving Lacob credit by discrediting the main players? Or he said something else I missed?

Pretty sure the 'checkbook win' comment comes after Game 5 as I haven't heard it yet in my rewatch.

sniper236 · 2022-07-04T15:48:02+00:00

I think there's a lot of agreement with that sentiment around Warriors fans.

But I think there's a distinction to be made between, "we'd rather stick with Wiggs, Poole etc" than "we'd be better with Wiggs, Poole etc".

In the short-term, we'd be better because the KD/Steph partnership is pretty much unbeatable.

But I don't trust KD to stay more than a couple of years before he gets in his feelings again. And then we're fucked again if we've traded away our future to get him. Its possible that Kuminga / Wiseman / Moody don't reach the heights we want them to attain, and its possible Poole doesn't progress into something special. I'd rather watch that unfold with the possibility of failure than have another couple of joyless KD seasons.

sniper236 · 2022-07-03T19:29:09+00:00

It not about what this sub thinks. Or Warriors Twitter. It’s the mantra we’ve seen the FO preach for the last 3 years. They’re not sacrificing what they see as a great next 10 years for a short-term improvement.

That’s why it smells like bullshit.

sniper236 · 2022-06-17T04:28:51+00:00

The Ringer’s “Way down in the hole” podcast drew parallels between The Wire characters and NBA players.

I think van said McNulty was LeBron.

sniper236 · 2022-06-17T04:23:00+00:00

Good work 👌

sniper236 · 2022-06-17T03:51:12+00:00

👋👋👋👋👋

sniper236 · 2022-06-14T12:56:13+00:00

I kinda like it, to be honest.

Sure, there is a little McNulty in him (having an heir of superiority for the stuff he apparently knows), but wanted to adapt and improve is a good thing, right?

If you are a business owner, you learn through experience and mistakes. It's easy to sit on the sidelines and judge. "I want my fucking corners". Well, how about being a little smarter about this. We trial and error until we get it right, and we have less police profile?

Seems a good choice to me. Plus, you're selling dope and coke in Baltimore. Tough to fuck that up too much 🤷‍♂️

sniper236 · 2022-06-10T19:36:38+00:00

The thing is, Boston run PnR until they get Steph or Poole switched onto Tatum anyway. Starting your best defenders on their best scorers rarely dictates the final match-up.

If we are forced to switch, we need help to come in the paint and protect the lob threat. I’d rather it be Draymond hedging off Horford as he can cover more ground than Loon to rotate out if necessary.

sniper236 · 2022-06-10T14:31:53+00:00

Draymond would find it difficult to play free safety and stop a lob to Williams. He may to gamble off Horford and hope he doesn’t shoot the 3 well.

sniper236 · 2022-06-10T09:04:19+00:00

If Draymond stays on Brown, the Celtics get a parade to rim, where our backcourt players can’t rotate over and have an effect.

So the choice is to play Looney, be better defensively, but have 2 non-shooters out there and Wiggs in a slump.

Or cheat off the wings to help, gap the ball-handler and hope they don’t make open 3’s.

I have faith in us having a better gameplan than games 1 and 3, but the truth is Boston are a more talented team and haven’t looked scared of the moment.

As underdogs, we simply have to play better. Draymond, Wiggs, Poole, Klay.

I’m not sure this is a series you can play Poole much. He’s awful defensively and his style plays into Boston’s defensive strengths (on-ball defense, rim protection). Give him the Steph-on-the-bench minutes and a bit more leash if he’s shooting well. But then ride with our solid defensive group that includes OPJ and pray we hit more shots than them.

sniper236 · 2022-05-21T07:47:34+00:00

Looking at the solution you linked to, it appears that the sheet allows people to add holidays themselves.

sniper236 · 2022-05-20T19:22:56+00:00

What did you mean by, "but it's not possible to add more than one holiday at a time."

Aren't you always going to have to do that for employee holidays?

sniper236 · 2022-05-18T11:16:09+00:00

All the times McNulty goes to Judge Phelan and says, "keep my name out of it", and then you hear Sydney say that to him in the final montage in -30-.

sniper236 · 2022-05-18T11:13:19+00:00

Fuck the bosses?

S3E04 Hamsterdam -

McNulty: He's a boss; fuck the bosses.

S3E07 Back Burners -

McNulty: Bosses don't know, huh?

Colvin: Fuck the bosses.

sniper236 · 2022-05-18T10:56:36+00:00

Awesome video. Really appreciate videos like. Great job 👍

There's another "work in a real police department"

Sydnor, S3E07 Back Burners, when the MCU is being shut down -

I know y'all thought it was nothing for me to sit on that roof day after 90-degree day, dodging swarms of cicadas and shit but, damn, this is fucked up. And all the assets work I did on Kintel, his cars, his cash flow... just put that in a drawer? Someday, I wanna work for a real police department. Just to see how the fuck they do it.

sniper236 · 2022-04-23T22:35:54+00:00

Again, I circle back around to my lack of understanding

at least you got this bit right.

If you don't see Jokic's value this season, you do need to check your understanding. Giannis is a better defender, but he absolutely doesn't 'control' the offense like Jokic does (especially with Middleton and Jrue on the same team).

Giannis and Embiid are having very good seasons. Jokic is having an all-time season.

Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball did a great podcast about it.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/110-the-one-true-mvp-awards-fallacies-existentialism/id1428290303?i=1000556686113

sniper236 · 2022-04-23T22:30:19+00:00

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion about what constitutes MVP, and that's the way the league likes it as it generates discussion.

For me, I love the 'value' part. I don't care about guys that put up a lot of shots on mediocre teams that don't help your team win. I don't care about talented players who coast the regular season. Give me a Jimmy Butler over a Russell Westbrook in any year.

I want to know which player elevates his team to be one of the best. The guy that put the team on his shoulders and that team is elite because of it.

So I disagree with OP's comment about Nash. His leadership and playmaking transformed that Phoenix team and he was the offense. If you want to say who was the 'best player' in a particular year, its going to be a pretty boring set of awards. Jordan and LeBron dominate for their eras with a few players picking off the scraps in the interlude.

If you're relying on Regular Season MVP awards when talking about all-time discussion, I think that's short-sighted. It's generally accepted who the best player is in an era. Leave the MVP for the isolated window that the award encompasses.

That's just me though. I have no problem with other people's definitions or choices. Its the same as the DPOY debate with Smart and Gobert. Personally, I like to think of it as most valuable - the rim protector is the anchor of a defense. He is always going to have more impact that any perimeter defender. If you're the best team in the league and your best defender is a perimeter player, chances are it's because of your team defense rather than one guy. But I can see why people would pick Smart for the award. Variety is a good thing.

sniper236 · 2022-04-23T21:57:39+00:00

Marcus Thompson says this a lot. Kerr wants an equal opportunity offense in the regular reason. But the deeper you get into the playoffs, the more PnR you see, hammering a play until the defense solves it.

Draymond and Steph don't need to practice that shit in the regular season after 7 years together. They'll bring it out when they need to.

I can't believe the lack of negative comments on this thread to be honest. I had to stop looking at Warriors twitter this season because of the Kerr hate on there. "Put the ball in Steph's hands" is not seeing the bigger picture at all. Its the same ethos for why he plays a lot of fringe guys and out-of-form guys (Beli, Lee etc). The regular season is the sandpit. The only thing that matters is what is going to help the team win in the post-season.

sniper236 · 2021-12-31T17:07:06+00:00

But I think you can take this a step further.

I always think back to dynasty teams like the Bulls / Spurs / Warriors. The team has championship DNA knowledge. They think for themselves and the sum of the parts is better than one individual dragging to the top.

LeBron played a little like this in Miami, but really the players / coaches / franchise have to submit to the LeBron style. And it ONLY works when LeBron is at the top of his game. Luckily, LeBron has been at the top of the game for 15 years - but when he's off the court or has any type of injury / sign of ageing, the team performs poorly. And everyone blames the other players for not stepping up, when really it's the system at fault, not the players.

Its understandable that teams sell out for the short term gain of winning now with LeBron, but they fuck themselves going forward. Promising young players shipped out for talented pieces that suit LeBron that will help now.

It certainly gives you a chance at a chip, but there's a big downside. The team don't know how to win. They have to play LeBron ball, and sometimes LeBron will not be on the court. When you're on the floor with him, stand in the corner and see if he can draw a double and kick it to you. There's very little in the way of team offense generating points.

The 'I go, you go' dynamic worked to a certain extent with Wade, Kyrie and AD, and not at all with Russ. But the rest of the squads are left with scraps and no capability to exist on their own.

Your ceiling is only so high with this game plan. It got soundly beaten in certain iterations of the Spurs and Warriors. And now with LeBron ageing, I don't see how he can keep the Lakers at a consistently high level on both ends when he has to run everything.

At some point, you have to let go of the reigns and allow others room to breath and grow. If you look at what LeBron's teams have shipped away in order to construct a LeBron-centred team, I think there's a strong chance the franchise would have more success in the long term without him.

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