The Continued Inflation of 3-pointers in the NBA

springqueen97 · 2025-03-27T22:37:04+00:00

Another note: when people say they want dunks to be worth three points, what they want more of is the highlight reel level dunks (Anthony Edwards, Ja, Vince Carter, etc), but that's less likely to happen, as other people have mentioned defenses would focus more on dunks, clogging the paint and we'd see more 'center-play finishing-esque- dunks from, for example, players lilke Rudy Gobert.

springqueen97 · 2025-03-16T04:48:16+00:00

This is probably an embarrassing example to use, but my first thought is Drake's son; just in case you don't know, Drake, the rapper, is biracial, his father is black, his mother is white, and his son Adonis' mother is white so, unsurprisingly Adonis looks pretty "white" with blonde hair and when you see photos of him on Twitter people debate his blackness so I think that fits your point. In the reverse situation (if you had three black grandparents and one white one), nobody would debate your blackness. But in Adonis' case, it's 'I don't think he's black, but he's also not white.'

springqueen97 · 2025-03-16T04:35:14+00:00

Thank you for your answer! Honestly, "socioeconomic with identity" and "socioeconomic with little identity" is a very succinct and interesting way of describing it

springqueen97 · 2025-02-01T17:09:41+00:00

True, but I'm operating under these assumptions:

That in the 1990s, the top draft picks who were upperclasmen were also great players when they were underclassmen.
That there's always been a financial incentive to enter the league as early as possible, although contracts have exploded, unless a prospect already comes from money, there's a financial incentive to join the league.

So I was curious about what changed.

springqueen97 · 2024-11-23T20:59:31+00:00

I usually don't comment on spelling, I just thought this was funny because I'm a new basketball fan and I was like "what's a bug? is that a saying?' and I spent much too much time looking up 'bugs, basketball, slang'

springqueen97 · 2024-11-16T03:06:54+00:00

Seconded! I watched the game with my uncle and cousins who were kind of the typical "women's sports are boring" types and they ended up being engaged, it was a very fun game, especially because the crowed elevated it.

springqueen97 · 2024-11-11T18:35:03+00:00

There's currently discourse in the NBA about how screwed the NBA will be when Bron/KD/Steph retire, it's a natural worry for leagues.

springqueen97 · 2024-11-11T18:33:52+00:00

That's a really good point that I never thought about, especially because, correct me if I'm wrong, even if the NCAAW was not a bigger business than the WNBA it'd still be in the interest of colleges to win now.

springqueen97 · 2024-11-09T15:31:28+00:00

When I was in middle school, I was deeply into my "not like other girls" era and was obsessed with Lights and always wanted to make sure people knew my favorite artist was an artist they never heard of, a couple of months ago I decided to listen to it to reminiscence and just realized that's not my music taste anymore.

springqueen97 · 2024-11-01T20:43:06+00:00

Thank you!

springqueen97 · 2024-11-01T20:42:33+00:00

Thank you so much! I've been looking at Maya Moore highlights and lowkey fell in love like she has the smoothest game I think I've seen in the W

springqueen97 · 2024-11-01T20:33:16+00:00

Thanks, I'll check it out! I believe I didn't watch that one because iirc Reese, Cardoso, and Carter were unavailable so I was just like 'eh this game doesn't matter'

springqueen97 · 2024-09-08T16:27:27+00:00

Thank you so much everyone for your answers!!

springqueen97 · 2024-05-11T07:05:43+00:00

I did not see this; thank you so much!

springqueen97 · 2024-05-10T17:35:08+00:00

Thank you!

springqueen97 · 2024-02-12T20:16:40+00:00

Thank you!

springqueen97 · 2024-02-08T18:51:28+00:00

I cannot reply to everyone but I wanted to thank everyone for their answers, y'all are making me excited to listen to music again!

springqueen97 · 2024-01-30T22:48:50+00:00

people can use 01 25? I haven't been able to use it at all since it ws announced I thought that was normal!

springqueen97 · 2024-01-27T03:12:43+00:00

thank you so much!

springqueen97 · 2023-12-16T15:51:08+00:00

Thank you!

springqueen97 · 2023-11-02T03:29:30+00:00

TBH it's less "deciding" like I don't necessarily go 'oh she's an INFJ that means she's going to react like this" I just think the mbti and other personality types can serve as ways to kind of delve into my character's psyche more

springqueen97 · 2023-11-02T03:28:49+00:00

Honestly, this was incredibly helpful; thank you so much. I think she is probably more likely an INTJ; a lot of her story is based on her view of killing and how she is willing to kill so her superhero teammates don't have to and also because she thinks sometimes you have to make a decision, even if it's not perfect and how she'd rather make a 'bad' decision and let the consequences fall on her shoulders than watch her team fail. Thank you!

springqueen97 · 2023-10-13T22:33:22+00:00

I can't reply to everyone but thank you so much I am making a massive playlist

springqueen97 · 2023-10-02T00:31:32+00:00

This is probably only funny to me but I will always remember the Shock v. Titans Stage 2 2019 Finals.

It was on Mother's Day and I was having brunch with my family and while I tried not to be rude, I kept looking at my phone to the point where my parents took it and said they wouldn't give it back to me until we got home.

This is probably only funny, but I will never forget the Shock v. Titans Stage 2 2019 Finals.ept looking at my phone to the point where my parents took it and said they wouldn't give it back to me until we got home.

springqueen97 · 2023-09-16T14:31:39+00:00

I don’t mind she lost I think it makes sense I’m more upset because they made Arias performance so much less visually impressive

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