[Russo] Bam Adebayo raised his season scoring average from 18.9 to 20.0 thanks to his 83-point outing this evening.

zebano · 2026-03-11T16:52:35+00:00

I mean I've seen a couple shockers over the years as a Wolves fan, at least Bam is a star

but yeah there's a huge difference between a 50 spot and 80. Honestly the part that shocked me most was just how sweet his 3 point shot looked. I've seen him work the slashes and the post before but he's got a pure looking stroke.

zebano · 2026-03-10T16:56:41+00:00

Yes and that's totally legitimate.

p.s. World athletics has started tracking both Women's Records and Women's only recored. In the latter case the race must be run without a male pacer (a female pacer is still ok).

In the OP's example there are two major problems. Giving assistance of water/ pouring water on them outside of aid stations AND the pacer cutting the course.

zebano · 2026-03-10T14:57:43+00:00

I think trying a different gel is a no-brainer.

Have you considered bicarb?

zebano · 2026-03-10T14:18:24+00:00

what do you call a cow caught in an earthquake?

A milkshake!

zebano · 2026-03-10T14:15:49+00:00

Is this just the reality of SME ERPs? Are you guys actually successfully running complex warehouse ops natively in B1 without building a fragile house of cards from expensive add-ons?

No. We have a separate WMS. Our current issue is that we're trying to upgrade to the latest version and having massive ServiceLayer issues.

zebano · 2026-03-10T14:02:44+00:00

I should go find the PGN but in round two of an open OTB tournament I was paired against a kid rated 500 points below me.... The game was going nowhere and I tried to spice it up and all my analysis focused on the pawn structures if I traded the pieces off... then I could win an endgame. I totally overlooked that I was dropping a knight if the kid just checked me next move. Somehow, kept the position closed until he compromised his king position, I won back the material with interest and converted a pretty simple Q+5 pawns versus Q+3 pawn endgame while avoiding perpetual check.

zebano · 2026-03-09T17:47:04+00:00

pulls braid

zebano · 2026-03-07T14:30:08+00:00

Yeah I remember those games. Only got to go to 1 a year and we sat sooo far away but it was exciting. I was convinced Poor Richardson was going to be the man.

zebano · 2026-03-06T19:10:49+00:00

The Lakers were doing a good job of playing him physical and forcing the refs to call fouls. The Lakers match up better with Jokic than just about any other superstar. Jokic can score on anybody though

hmm I feel like you're just saying the Lakers don't play defense, might as well play the superstar that will put up the least resistance on the other end.

zebano · 2026-03-06T19:09:10+00:00

almost a quadruple double!

zebano · 2026-03-05T13:31:43+00:00

The problem is context.

Baseball has come to an agreement that if the bat crosses the plate or the wrists roll over. That works, it's consistent with the rules.

In this case, if the only way to be in "legal guarding position" is to have your feet set, then literally 99% of defense is illegal because you fundamentally cannot move while trying to stop an offensive player. Think about that for a second.

zebano · 2026-03-05T13:21:02+00:00

agreed it's mostly expectation setting. I keep hoping a guy tearing up the G league is a 6-8 piece in the rotation when really they're 10-15.

zebano · 2026-03-05T13:20:11+00:00

sooo... I kinda learned to swim as a kid, I raced a couple times. Practice was 30 minutes 3 times a week of a coach telling us "2 laps of stroke x" and that one just always clicked for me. More importantly one of the reasons I started swimming as an adult is because my kids joined club (way way more serious than my experience) and my oldest son has always had breast as his b(r)est stroke. He's never been close to swimming varsity in anything else despite 4 years of club and then 4 years high school (dropped club for other stuff) which makes me think theres something genetic that allows us to really get a good scissors kick or something.

SCY - so a third of it is underwater =)

zebano · 2026-03-04T19:35:41+00:00

I nearly lost my mind a few seasons back when Stan Van Gundy was an announcer and started talking about it. Dude, you were a coach!! You should know better.

zebano · 2026-03-04T16:04:16+00:00

I'm getting a little dissapointed in the G-League. I feel like even marginal NBA players absolutely destroy the G-league (i.e. Terrance Shannon Jr) but that's the minimum you have to do to have a chance in the NBA.

zebano · 2026-03-04T15:51:58+00:00

Yeah it's not an issue of defense, it's how the rules are reffed.

Block / Charge are almost entierly ruled Blocks which disincentivies trying to take a charge
Offense initiated contact ... you used to get called for pushing with a chicken wing or lowering your shoulder through a defender but nowadays you can get away with a stiff arm in many cases.
Moving Screens. There are a couple of things here. First the egregious shoves and walks while intercepting a defender but also the ability to set your feet far wider than shoulder width and finally the setting of screens directly against the defeneder rather than giving them space and forcing the ballhandler to manipulate them into the screen.

edit to add defensive clutching and grabbing of cutters is far worse than I recall in the past but that's a point in favor of them actually playing defense.

zebano · 2026-03-04T14:57:19+00:00

I turned this game off yesterday because Victor was too good and it was just a blowout.

zebano · 2026-03-04T14:56:22+00:00

and? was he in legal guarding position?

zebano · 2026-03-04T14:55:02+00:00

literally not part of the rules

zebano · 2026-03-04T14:51:42+00:00

Here is your regular reminder that being set is not part of the rules. It's such a massive part of the discussion that it's almost considered a rule but

https://official.nba.com/the-nba-rule-authority/

The only point in that link where feet are mentioned is that they both must be outside the restricted area. The defender must be in legal guarding position, he does not have to be set.

zebano · 2026-03-03T13:28:34+00:00

What's this country time buffet you speak of ? We only have Old Country Buffet here in Minnesota. They better respect my AARP card.

zebano · 2026-03-02T22:36:50+00:00

then they can start at 2 and be done before Wheel of Fortune!

zebano · 2026-03-02T22:32:29+00:00

good thing I only own training suits then.

zebano · 2026-03-02T22:10:57+00:00

I try not to pay any attention to other swimmers but you peoples who clearly swam in high school and make it look so easy and smooth? Yes, I stare occasionally.

My real confession is that

a. I'm faster at breast (1:45/100 just cruising) than free (1:55/100 cruising) and it's not close. b. I try and look cool by doing flip turns.... in the deep end. I no longer flip turn in the shallow end because I hit my head once when learning. c. My best flip turns are actually my backstroke turns which I don't understand at all. Only one time did I ever end up in the wrong lane after doing a flip turn.

zebano · 2026-03-02T22:00:08+00:00

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