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Why is the NBA so sloppy?

Posted by gobuxgo5 on 5/16/26 at 12:46 pm
I typically don't watch it but watching the Cavs at least, I feel like I'm watching summer open gym. WIth a chance to go to eastern conference finals, we have 2 on 1s where the dribbler has a wide open 9 foot shot instead he takes another step and lobs a bad alley oop attempt. So many careless turnovers. Is that always a thing? I don't remember the casualness in these moments for protecting the ball.
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It was nice knowing you!


I know right, too bad he didn't accept the bet!
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why watch his YouTube channel? what's entertaining about it? just curious

He goes to random public courses and goes for the record in 1 try. It’s fantastic YouTube content.
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Why a ban? Dudes playing bad golf?
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Sounds fun to me let’s go
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No shot of making the next cut


Oh Lord…Ban bet?

re: Stub Hub / Ticketmaster rip off

Posted by gobuxgo5 on 5/1/26 at 10:56 pm to
Usually not a disparity. But sometimes.

re: Stub Hub / Ticketmaster rip off

Posted by gobuxgo5 on 5/1/26 at 10:21 pm to
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I've used seergeek, ticketmaster and Vivid resell to get really cheap seats to a bunch of stuff.


Me too. The problem is StubHub could have a similar ticket for $18 as Seatgeek has for $300. After fees StubHub could be $28 while Seatgeek is $300 and posters would be like “told you it was a rip off look at these fees!” I’d focus on the total price and less about getting on my soapbox.

TD is hilarious for recommendations. Over on the tech board they are obsessed with YouTubeTV and any Google product. I asked for Recs… stating I watch Cavs and Reds games which are missing from YouTube and they still recommended me YouTube as “it’s the best” well not really if you can’t watch the games lol

re: Stub Hub / Ticketmaster rip off

Posted by gobuxgo5 on 5/1/26 at 10:05 pm to
Typically TickPick is the best app. No fees at all not just “visible” like seatgeek which has high fees.

Sometimes Stubhub and Ticketmaster offer the absolute best seats — even after fees.

Why?

StubHub and Ticketmaster get the average Joe seller way more than the others. This means that an individual gets tickets, can’t go, doesn’t know where to list them and usually chooses TicketMaster or StubHub.

They don’t know how to lower prices properly and panic near game time.

They often drop tickets to nearly zero and FOMO ending up with $0.


I’ve sat floor seats to Morgan Wallen for $18 on ticket master while Seatgeek had similar seats still at $300.


I had screen shots of a buddy getting college basketball tickets for $12 on seatgeek and I got them for $8 on StubHub after high fees. Use multiple apps, you never know.
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bc in travel, reps are spread out so more kids are forced to pitch and get teams through pool games etc (which is good when kids need reps and development). His little rec league is dominated by these LL losers where ironically at rec, none of the shite kids are having opportunities to develop where that's what rec was supposed to be for. kids are learning a lot striking out at 46 ft twice a game.


This is pretty spot on, the pitchers often pitch complete games before maxing pitch counts, low amount of games per week keeps their availability high. You have to face the best pitcher you know at 46 feet multiple times. You see the same kid in travel tournament, he goes 2-3 innings max and survive him. Also, they are not always good at slide step and pick offs so much less effective from the stretch than a full windup every pitch regardless of runners on base who can’t steal until it touches the catchers mitt in LL.
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These kids play 1 day a week, and they treat their 1 day a week like they’re in scrimmages. The other 3 days, it’s nothing but rec ball kids. So what you’re talking about only happens 25% of the time in rec ball. So is rec ball still better than travel ball?
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If that was true I’d agree. Since I coach both LL and Travel, I disagree as I have first hand knowledge. The travel teams schedule around LL and LL has first dibs on pitch counts. The boys enjoy it and only 1 kid on the entire little league team played the minimum which was 75% of the games.
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Say that louder for the rec dads in the back


Boy, I’m not a rec dad. Just explaining rec ball was more difficult to be a hitter than any of these travel games we do.
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All that, and neither one of your bots will do anything after high school. Cold hard facts. Slack off and let them live


You’re an ignorant frick.
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Maybe we do things different down here


That’s weird the “down here” teams have some fantastic LLWS teams too. If you own a tv, check em out.
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My kid played in a 2d tournament. We each paid $50 and played 5 games.


Yea me too. Just played 5 games this weekend and didn’t see any pitchers like the little league ones. 2 threw super hard but wild. Every now and then you’ll run into that. Glad we do both but rec had more consistent and competitive pitching in 12u.
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Play PG in Houston and you'll see it all day everyday. Shoot, just a regular 2D Select Series weekend in Louisiana in Open/Majors


I know and believe it. Isn’t it crazy for $150 you can get 12 games where you’ll see an equivalent of a 76mph pitch in little league from 50 feet mounds? Quite a discount for experience like that.
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jesus christ you have very very bad reading comprehension and critical thinking sklills


I’m working - Looks like these espn teams including the South have similar pockets of talent like us. Simmer down and take a chill pill.
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but your point is trash


My kids are the ones making the claim. He said getting used to the crazy 46 mound made travel until varsity feel like it was on easy mode as he hasn’t had to have a quick of a reaction time until this varsity season. Both of my kids are very good and have had many more travel games than little league so seems like they’d know.
I mentioned in travel you don’t see it 90% of the time. In some cases, you get the ace if the team. But not as long or as many innings usually due to a tournament. Also, 70mph at 46ft is equivalent to 76mph at 50ft. When they move to 13u, they’d need to see a 82mph ball. That’s my point. The unique 46ft mound gives them a preview of most varsity reaction. I bet Florida or South does have pretty elite travel ball compared to Ohio to your point.
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In a lot of areas, particularly in the southeast, rec ball has gone to complete shite and you've got kids that truly don't even know how to play, much less possess a modicum of athleticism or baseball potential. Travel ball has killed rec ball in a lot of places. Good to see it's still alive and well in others though


I never said the other kids could play :). A few but it’s pretty dreadful in other areas. To your point. Great experience though with that pitching.