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[wavycrocket]

Wonder how many Zach Lowe clips were posted in here compared to Kendrick Perkins Point is Perkins rage baits and people bite and post his clips here so it works

A lot (especially in here)….but the “blog boy” became hated after a while.

So bring in the barbershop takes on steroids 24/7.

Zach made his mark tho, in the mid 10s where it was an appetite for this content. Grantland was HUGE. Bill Simmons doesn’t even have juice anymore.

It’s simply not the era for his type of sports journalism anymore. Reflective of society at large, at this point.

 

[earldagoat]

 

[wavycrocket]

Last dance Russ could be fun

This is my Karma

 

[wavycrocket]

Shoni Schimmel had that “Off the Rez” doc 10 years ago. It was fire. Wonder if related?





Edit* - just googled to see what Shoni was up to….and

Former WNBA’s Shoni Schimmel says at assault sentencing: ‘To Indian Country, this is not who I am and it won’t be who I am’

Schimmel's victim said the 2021 attack was the culmination of monthslong psychological and physical abuse.

www.oregonlive.com

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I hate when people combine womens and mens sports statistics and records. it's obviously silly.

it's two different sports.

What about comments like this?

 

[osh kosh bosh]

What about comments like this?

I find this less dumb than combining records since it's more of a cultural conversation.

But even then I still wouldn't do it, I don't see what it adds.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Hmmm...

 

[elpablo21]

Why do you know about this?

He changed his avy but his previous ones would make this post make ALOT of sense

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

I have a park a few blocks from my house with multiple full courts (full wood backboards, double rims) and it’s like this.

The courts are often busy but not with serious ballers.

this
last time i went to play in the suburbs half the people wearing vans, then i played in the city and half of em are older folks
serious ball players rarely be in the parks anymore, i guess just how things go, i would be indoors all day if i could too, but the competition and games used to be better growing up vs now

 

[rolaholic]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I find this less dumb than combining records since it's more of a cultural conversation.

But even then I still wouldn't do it, I don't see what it adds.

If you ask me I doubt he honestly believes those words.

Like how do you even make a cross-gender comp?

What are you REALLY saying?

 

[pmatic]

Hmmm...

 

[MVP]

 

[lynchpin33]

"They" absolutely HATE to see his dominance. They hate it.

Hating yes, but he does have a point. Having Bron in his portfolio helps out A LOT.

 

[lynchpin33]

Last dance Russ could be fun

Wonder if he gave everyone the new iPhone like he did with Clippers to butter them up before he started stealing rebounds? And people got it confused with fake hustle and playing hard.

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

Wonder if he gave everyone the new iPhone like he did with Clippers to butter them up before he started stealing rebounds? And people got it confused with fake hustle and playing hard.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Last dance Russ could be fun

I love this for addict4sneakers wavycrocket

#GMJokic

 

[pmatic]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[finessence]

Hating yes, but he does have a point. Having Bron in his portfolio helps out A LOT.

That’s how it should go…wealthy folks been skipping the line due to “connections” forever…

 

[B Sox]

ESPN gotta get Pierce back in the fold. He certainly didn’t do anything worse than Shannon, who went unpunished.

 

[pmatic]

 

[ALNotSure]

Rose was a real one

 

[trappedintime]

That’s fair but I grew up in NYC and parks used to be packed all day with people playing ball, and it just isn’t that way anymore. I could believe the top kids get funneled into playing “more” but I don’t think there is the same casual, play all the time culture there once was. It’s more professionalized, driven more by AAU, professional leagues in Europe etc.

I rarely agree with the old heads but someone in here posted a clip from KG & Pierce and pierce said there was a magic to kind of the casual playground nature of youth basketball then that doesn’t exist in the same way today and I think that’s absolutely true. Even if you weren’t very good in NY growing up, you played ball anyway and there was kind of a magic to that. Everyone played and now it feels like sports in general the top athletes get funneled at a younger age toward professionalization. Maybe this is my own nostalgia but do feel this is also the result of an aging population and the rise of screen time.

I had a park across the street in NW Indiana in the late 90’s and we’d get games from middle schoolers to college players there with some non-ballers in the mix too. The games were fun and you got to know the regulars during the spring and summer.

Actually developed a friendship with this 6’7 college player when I was 12 or 13. He liked playing with me just cause he knew I knew the game. We stayed pretty close until he split for the Euros in 98 but he was a big influence on me as a kid.

Definitely don’t see parks full in the evenings like that night after night these days in most places. There’s too much organization around sports year round and hard to find dedicated hobbyist players in their 20’s and 30’s. The internet did a number on that casual love of the game.

 

[DCAllAfrican]