Must-read article from a less-active JFCer

[infection]

I feel like I’ve posted more threads in the past week than I have since I was posting game threads, but this was an incredible article by NBAnerd... can’t even find his account now to tag him — does he have one anymore? There are a number of different discussions here, but I’d recommend reading to anyone, especially because the numbers will become outdated soon:

https://saltcityhoops.com/salt-city-seven-bogey-close-wins-how-much-to-trust-projections/

Obviously the season ain’t over, but it was interesting to think the last time we had two 20+ ppg scorers was back with Karl and Jeff Malone. Lots of other great gems in there. Go check it out.

 

[Jazz Fusion]

What happened to Nerd?

 

[infection]

What happened to Nerd?

He’s active on Twitter and such. Not sure why I couldn’t even find his account.

Fun fact: his father was my 9th grade Spanish teacher. I was a **** student, and though he sometimes gave off a mean persona, he had a couple of us come in to work our grades up. I totally should have failed, but he kept adding points until I got a D-.

 

[Nate505]

I love this stat:

3-1
With three of their last four wins coming by a one-possession margin, the Jazz now have more wins by three points or less than they did all last season. Not that last year’s mark is a hard bar to clear: they were 0-7 in such games last season

Damn was that a depressing stat last year.

 

[NAOS]

Nerd got trolled off this bloody site by a horde of idiots. That’s what happened.

 

[infection]

Nerd got trolled off this bloody site by a horde of idiots. That’s what happened.

Which idiots?

 

[NAOS]

Which idiots?

It was too long ago for me to remember those details.

 

[candrew]

It was too long ago for me to remember those details.

It might have been his pro Matt Harpring views.

 

[infection]

It might have been his pro Matt Harpring views.

As a player or commentator?

 

[candrew]

As a player or commentator?

As a player. Just guessing but this was at least 10 years ago.

Actually I don't recall any specific reason but I can recall in general the situation that NAOS described. There were a few posters back then that would make it a point to bust his balls or mock his long form posting style. I seem to remember at times he would try to pass himself off as some sort of Jazz insider. I guess it rubbed some people the wrong way. Or maybe he was and they were just jealous? I dunno. I've been here forever but I've never been a hard core poster.

Nerd always stuck out to me because he was probably the most prolific poster around here when I first came to this board (2002/03).