Recent content by Schrödinger's Gerbil

Lol, I actually was on the verge of buying tickets for this game, but the wife wasn't feeling well, so I watched a much more entertaining football game instead. Boy, did I dodge a bullet. My heart goes out to the poor saps who doled out hard-earned money for this dumpster fire of a game.

No. Please, no. This is the kind of idea that sounds clever right up until you think about it for more than thirty seconds. Bringing Zion Williamson onto your team doesn’t solve problems; it replaces them with louder, more expensive ones. Zion doesn’t join a roster; he annexes it. Everything...

It was the best of games, it was the worst of games, it was the age of tanking, it was the age of losing, it was the outcome of belief, it was the outcome of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the draft of hope, it was the draft of despair ... Pretty...

I can't believe I'm saying this, but a *#&% must-lose game. Indications are that Dallas is preparing to jettison Davis and go full tank for the rest of the season. We cannot allow them to hit the ground running. Keep it close, keep it entertaining, and then lose on a last-second three-pointer to...

The odds were always against us landing Wembanyama. Even if we had tanked harder, the most likely outcome is that we still wouldn’t have won the lottery. There is no credible “if we’d only tanked harder, we’d have Wemby” argument, and it’s time to stop pretending otherwise. More to the point...

I don't know from whence the popular belief has sprung that the Kings are tanking. They've been trying, unsuccessfully, to win since 2006. One playoff appearance in 18 years is not a tank; it's monumental organizational incompetence and dysfunction. The King's experience is not a cautionary...

I agree 100%. They are in the mix with us, and there's every reason to be concerned about them, as well as the LA Clippers, Sacramento, Portland, New Orleans, Chicago, Brooklyn, Washington, Indiana, and maybe even Milwaukee. That's a lot of bad teams this year. Among this group, I still believe...

LOL, it’s just one game. The Blazers beat the Thunder, so they’re better, right? Inferior teams beat superior teams with regularity over an 82-game season. If you feel confident enough to project an entire season based on a single contest, be my guest. I’m no less confident after this game that...

I don’t disagree. The issue, though, is that veterans are often playing instead of the core young players. Development isn’t just about minutes; it’s about having the latitude to make mistakes and the opportunity to play in meaningful situations, especially closing out games and navigating tight...

That’s only part of the story. The Jazz appear to have three primary objectives this season: (1) retain their 2026 draft pick, (2) develop the young core, and (3) determine which players are part of the long-term plan and what roles they should play. The latter two are intermediate steps toward...

I’m encouraged to see Ace getting more minutes, but I’d like to see the Jazz run more actions specifically designed to get him shots. For both his development and—unfortunately—the realities of the tank, he needs to be carrying a usage rate that is meaningfully higher than it is now. Stationing...

Yeah, this is very reasonable, and you may be on to something. I don't deny, indeed I fervently hope, that he's all that, as people seem to believe. Plus, he deserves a great deal of benefit of the doubt, given that he's been asked to coach a team that's actively trying to lose, and structured...

Reading through this thread helps one understand how we arrived at a point where an unhinged conspiracy crank is in charge of our nation's healthcare, and formerly eradicated childhood diseases are making a comeback. The human capacity to believe BS is unlimited.

It looks like jom2003 has positioned himself on a precarious branch. I feel some sympathy for some of his arguments, but in playing the Ukrainian card, I fear he's sawed off his branch. What I don't get is the apparent predominant unqualified support for Hardy. With due respect, what's the...

Lol, low probability events happen ALL THE TIME. This includes random lotteries like the NBA and millions of other cases where low-probability outcomes, both trivial and significant, are determined by dumb, random luck. While a 1% chance is “rare” for a single attempt, if this attempt is...