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1 hour ago, BADGERVOL said:

Right?! Omg I’m not even a Lebron fan and if he had been toughened up back then he would’ve been unREAL

I wasn't a big LeBron fan at first. Believe it or not, I started to come around to him when the Mavs beat the Heat in the finals. I was glad to see the super team get shattered, but to me, in a way, that was him paying his dues. Him going back to Cleveland the way he did sold me. Is he perfect? No, but neither was Jordan, Wilt, Russell, etc etc.

Everyone likes to do the Jordan comparison. If you want this era's Jordan, it was Kobe, not LeBron. LeBron was this era's Magic.

8 minutes ago, BADGERVOL said:

Yup. A tech would mean you beat a guy to the GROUND, and maybe sent him to the hospital. Even Lebron would be SO shell shocked. BUT with his frame if he had lived then he probably would’ve been tough and gosh that would’ve made him awesome.

LeBron with Charles Oakley's attitude. That's just scary.

43 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said:

Sometimes I think he's funny but most of the time I do not like him.  Can't really explain it.  

I'm the same. And while I've never liked RWs style of play, I've never found him that unlikable.

7 hours ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

Meanwhile Giannis was attacking the rim better and Horford could not stop him like he did in game 1. It's not just the other guys had a great shooting night, the game was very different.

I think one of those statements is an effect of the other. Because the Bucks were shooting better, Boston couldn't collapse as much, giving Giannis more room to drive and a little more space to use his quickness against Horford.

Domino effect.

17 hours ago, Steubenhoosier said:

Sorry. NBA playoffs are nowhere near as good or exciting as the NHL playoffs.

Just not 

NHL thread? This is the most excited I've been about my Blues in 15+ years.

11 hours ago, BADGERVOL said:

Not taking it disrespectful at all. Logically as far as history goes the Bucks should not stand a chance because every team needs a few years to learn how to get to and win in the finals. So I’m against the eight ball already..but messages boards are about fun so I’m gonna stick my neck out.

 

Golden State didn't. Had never been past the 2nd round when they won their first title.

12 hours ago, rico said:

So you are saying he is NO Magic Johnson?

Senator, I served with Magic Johnson. I knew Magic Johnson. Magic Johnson was a friend of mine.

Senator, RW is no Magic Johnson.

Even if he just continues at the rate he's going, he'll wind up one of the best of his generation. Develop a reasonably good outside shot, and he winds up as a mixture of Dirk and LeBron, both in game and stature/legacy.

23 hours ago, IU Scott said:

To me the main difference in this series is the coaches because Stevens totally out coached McMillian in this series.

Getting outcoached by Brad Stevens isn't exactly something to be ashamed of.  Not that it should be used as an excuse either, but there's a reason he is where he is.

16 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Still the best music video ever

I might be USAF all the way, but even I would tell you the Blue Angels are the best flight demonstration team there is.

Haven't even clicked the link, and can already hear Van Halen. 

9 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

Worked for a company that made Fuel Controls (carburetors on MEGA steroids) for F14, F15 and F16's, we also made brake and wheel components for the same planes as well as several Boeing commercial. One day we had a service order for SR71 brake caliper bodies, needless to say it was quite a step above the F14,15,16 brake calipers!

Gigantic chunk of some titanium alloy, I'm assuming.

My dad was a USAF hydraulic technician during the Vietnam. Spent many hours crawling around landing gears of F111s and F4IIs. And while this wasn't his primary assignment, he did hold both the clearance and the certifications needed, and on two occasions, worked on the SR71 Blackbird. Keep in mind, this was the late 60s and there weren't 5000 people on the planet that knew that plane existed, let alone been able to see the schematics and then the actual aircraft.

One of, if not the greatest achievements in modern engineering. An aircraft that could fly more than 3 times the speed of sound, keep a crew of 2 alive and return to be reused, remarkable on its own. The fact it was designed in the 1950s largely by hand....unbelievable.

What defines a "big market" vs "small market"?

If the "big markets" are LA and NYC, nearly everything is small by comparison.  Hell, the Chicago MSA (as defined by the US Census Bureau) is #3 and is half the size of NYC/NJ. 

Classifying teams purely as "big" vs "small" markets isn't entirely accurate.  To me, there are bands:

1. NY-LA-Chicago (all 10M or over)

2. Dallas-Houston-SF/SJ/Oakland-DC-Miami-Philadelphia-Atlanta (6-7.5M)

3. Atlanta-Boston-Phoenix-Detroit-Minneapolis-Denver (3-6M)

4. Everywhere else (2.5M and under)

And, does that translate to success? Sure, they throw a lot of money around, but what does it get them? The Knicks have been putrid for the better part of a decade.  Chicago has been sporadic since Jordan. 

8 minutes ago, BGleas said:

Are we talking about the play with about a minute left when Horford blocked Bogdonovic? That wasn’t a foul.

Not sure if anyone else noticed this, but this is the most balanced our classes have been since pre-Sampson.  Rather than having one class of 6-7, followed by a class of 2, we're at 3 or 4 across the board.  That's got to be a stabilizing factor in recruiting, since the staff can focus in on specific needs vs trying to just accumulate any and all talent. 

20 minutes ago, mjeze106 said:

I've tried most of these and am the biggest fan of Youtube TV (even though the price is going up to $50/month)

Just because I'm so far removed from it, but holy hell....how much is cable nowadays? I know I'm spoiled when it comes to my municipal utilities, but damn. 

33 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

It should stop at 11 every year.

Limit is 13, isn't it?

Edit: I'm out of it this morning.  More

16 minutes ago, KDB said:

Shouldn't Romeo no longer be included on the grid?

I'm leaving NBA declarees on until they're no longer eligible to return.

Brunkified

10 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

He openly admits he isn't a college basketball expert

Dude is in the pro and college basketball halls of fame. He's more of an expert than 99.9% of the known world. 

9 minutes ago, rico said:

ND's brand got them in the ACC for that....is the B1G, SEC, or PAC gonna do that for the Longhorns?

Given the state of the Pac12 this past year, for getting UT in all major sports save football and 3-4 football games with them a year, damn skippy they would.

1 minute ago, rico said:

I suppose Texas could be a Notre Dame and go the independent route and try to get a TV contract...but what do they do in the other sports?

Same thing ND does. Make a non-football deal with a conference.

30 minutes ago, rico said:

I guess you put more stock in Texas than I do.  I do not view the Longhorns as a national product like I do Notre Dame.  

I don't think they could sustain their own network. But if BYU can sustain for 5+years as an independent, Texas could. They'd be a slightly more regional ND in terms of a media contract. Fortunately for them, they're in a football crazy, highly populated area.

7 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

That money comes from the big ten network and the more teams you add the less each team will get.

Not necessarily. If the team being brought in brings in a new media market, that increases revenue. Overall pie gets bigger, and odds are, the incremental increase will offset the additional team.

50 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

NO thank you, 14 is to many but we are stuck with that amount of teams

17 minutes ago, rico said:

Once again, you are hanging onto the past.  C'mon Scott, look to the future.

If you think about it, it's more or less just two 11 team conferences united under one banner.  The West is more traditional B12/B8/SWC, and the East is remnants of the old Big East/Metro Conference.