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This beef between Harden and Giannis is funny, but they are on a different level. Sorry James.
 
handiman said:
Maths are hard for media peeps.

31-11 = 0.738
29-10 = 0.744

Lakers have a better record during that period.
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True, but if those were the records in the standings, they would technically show the 31-11 team as 1/2 game ahead of the 29-10, even with a lower win percentage.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
True, but if those were the records in the standings, they would technically show the 31-11 team as 1/2 game ahead of the 29-10, even with a lower win percentage.
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That's one way of looking at it, I suppose. Totally meaningless to have "standings since XYZ," but logical if the task were computerized and the gopher unable to grasp that context.

One glance at the numbers should have made them second guess the order of the list. Two teams at 70+ percent...one team is 2-1 ahead of the other...that's an extra 67% in those games...that's lower than each team's base percentage...the team with more games has to have a worse percentage.
 
handiman said:
That's one way of looking at it, I suppose. Totally meaningless to have "standings since XYZ," but logical if the task were computerized and the gopher unable to grasp that context.

One glance at the numbers should have made them second guess the order of the list. Two teams at 70+ percent...one team is 2-1 ahead of the other...that's an extra 67% in those games...that's lower than each team's base percentage...the team with more games has to have a worse percentage.
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Or the list was "who had the most wins since XYZ" and they gave it an inaccurate label. :dunno:
 
hoopsjock said:
But keeping Curry wasn't an option sooooooo....
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adding to the mystery, Curry only had a 1 year deal, while Hezonja has a 2 year deal. I get why Curry probably wanted a 1 year deal, but Hezonja?
 


Man miss this dude. Especially his defense. Basically banking on weak ass Simons to be something.
 
wizenheimer said:
adding to the mystery, Curry only had a 1 year deal, while Hezonja has a 2 year deal. I get why Curry probably wanted a 1 year deal, but Hezonja?
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Well, Hezonja's 2nd year is a player option at basically the minimum. It was initially reported that Curry had a player option for the 2nd year as well but he would've turned it down either way. It does make you wonder if we offered Curry say a 3 year deal say for $13 million or so total would he have taken it or was he only looking to take one year prove it deals since he had missed the entire season prior?
 
On a different note, tonight OKC started Adams and 4 guys 6'5" or less. After the 1st quarter the Bucks dominated the game - but I give the ZombieSonics points for trying something different in a game they were likely to lose anyway.
 
oldmangrouch said:
On a different note, tonight OKC started Adams and 4 guys 6'5" or less. After the 1st quarter the Bucks dominated the game - but I give the ZombieSonics points for trying something different in a game they were likely to lose anyway.
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They tried something different and were down by more than 50 at one point. Can you imagine what this board would do to Terry Stotts if he was down by over 50 and ended up losing by 47? This is a team that just went 14-3 in the last 17 games with wins over the Rockets, Pelicans, Nuggets and one of their losses was a one point loss to the Celtics. Why on earth would you try something different?
 
kjironman1 said:
They tried something different and were down by more than 50 at one point. Can you imagine what this board would do to Terry Stotts if he was down by over 50 and ended up losing by 47? This is a team that just went 14-3 in the last 17 games with wins over the Rockets, Pelicans, Nuggets and one of their losses was a one point loss to the Celtics. Why on earth would you try something different?
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OKC was without Gallo and on the 2nd night of a back-to-back.

If you really want something to compare it to the Blazers lost by 43 to the Bucks in Milwaukee last year on the 2nd night of a back-to-back too. Only difference is that game was in November so no one knew how good they were going to be and they hadn't added Hood and Kanter yet.
 
hoopsjock said:
OKC was without Gallo and on the 2nd night of a back-to-back.

If you really want something to compare it to the Blazers lost by 43 to the Bucks in Milwaukee last year on the 2nd night of a back-to-back too. Only difference is that game was in November so no one knew how good they were going to be and they hadn't added Hood and Kanter yet.
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The point was more about the Thunder winning 14 of 17 but yes they obviously had a very tough game. However it was only their 5th since the All Star break and they just came off wins against the Kings and Bulls.
Lets take that a step further. The Blazers record was 12-6 at that point. They had just won 2 in a row on the road. That game was the 5th of a 6 game road trip and the 3rd game in 4 nights. They were down 7-26 in the first quarter. Biggest take from that game was 9-41 from 3 point and Nurkic only playing 21 mins. They didn't fair much better the next game at GS losing by 28 and actually lost 6 of the next 7 in a brutal stretch of schedule. No question the Blazers had a tough stretch at the end of November last year but they did have a fairly successful December.
 
kjironman1 said:
They tried something different and were down by more than 50 at one point. Can you imagine what this board would do to Terry Stotts if he was down by over 50 and ended up losing by 47? This is a team that just went 14-3 in the last 17 games with wins over the Rockets, Pelicans, Nuggets and one of their losses was a one point loss to the Celtics. Why on earth would you try something different?
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Fatigue, injuries, and a road game against a really good team. Whether they played it straight or took a stab at the Houston game plan they were almost certain to lose. This was the equivalent of throwing up a length of the court shot at the buzzer - no matter how badly you miss, it still only counts as one loss and it just might go in.
 
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