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The middle lane

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Can’t drive in the left lane. Can’t drive in the right lane.

So you suggest every vehicle only drive in the middle lane?

Absolutely stupid.

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I just watch basketball, can do math, and understand probabilities. But that can't match your deep knowledge of your teams construction and their ability too defy logic and statistical norms.

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Green is a chucker, but he played /started 82 games and scored over 20ppg (35+% 3pt). He's not a negative and he produced. To negate all his contributions is petty.

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It's not going to matter if he doesn't play and he can only play one spot. This isn't a referendum on Durant. I'm sure he'll be great and a possible improvement over Green. But that doesn't solve all the issues they have now, that are amplified by the loss of Vanvleet. IMO I think this is a debilitating situation for them and they are going to be forced to make a move to fill those spots in the backcourt, cause it's Championship or bust for them. I can totally see them flipping Eason or JSS for depth or a short term starter. Or do you think they just roll with it?

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They lost Fred VanVleet and traded Jalen Green. Please explain to me what’s going on it doesn’t make any sense!

I think it has spread on the internet. Most people on the internet are not from America, and when the topic of circumcision comes up, foreigners of course are against it because they themselves are not circumcised and so they’re biased. If it wasn’t for foreigners online, this wouldn’t even be a topic with any traction.

They played two really good teams and lost two very close games. Revisit this after 20 games.

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In the 80s, teams averaged 109. In the 90s they averaged 103.

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According to basketball reference, your numbers are off. The 80’s are widely known as the decade with the highest scoring, so I didn’t even bother to verify if 109 is correct, but in the 90’s the average was 100 ppg. And really, that’s only because the first half of the 90s was coming down off the highs of the 80’s. By the mid 90’s, ppg dipped below 100 and hit an all-time low of 91 ppg in 1998-99. The average for the second half of the 90s was 96 ppg, and if you look at the 10 years from 1995 to 2005, the average was 95 ppg.

It was very boring. Offenses consisted of either throwing the ball down to the big man for a post up, or a guard clearing everyone out to go 1 on 1. It was an iso-fest whether it was a big man or a guard. Walk the ball up and iso. The game was slow and boring.

That’s why they changed the rules. They wanted to encourage a faster-paced, more team-oriented game, and I believe they achieved that.

And I don’t see how 3 pointers are boring. An offense breaks down a defense and finds an open shooter… that’s basketball. That’s what basketball is all about.

Ah, yes, everyone loved the 85 to 81 scores and slow iso-fest offense of the 90’s so much that they completely changed the rules to allow for a more uptempo game.

Jordan was incredible. The stars of the 90s were great. But the on-court product was pretty shite. It was so shite that they made major rule changes to liven up the game because it was such a slog.

That felt like a playoff game. Wanted the win but I’m happy with how the Rockets played overall.

I know right and they can also broadcast in 240p

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Let's say it rained 20 inches this month. But the month before it rained 10 inches. Wouldn't saying it rained 200% more this month be accurate? There are times when you have greater than 100% when you have more then you started with.

So that's why the term is used for motivation. To day your giving more.

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That’s not how it works. Something can increase by more than 100% but you can’t eat more than 100% of a pie, for example.

Just because they’re both percentages doesn’t mean it works the same way. It’s two different concepts.

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Milk is the only one I usually go by

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Milk is one of those items that you don’t really need an expiration date to tell you if it’s good or not. If it’s bad you can smell and taste it immediately. And if it’s good it just tastes like milk.

I’ve drank milk a couple days past the date because it still smells and tastes fine. And I’ve had some jugs go sour before the date.

I only use the date as a general idea of when the milk might go bad.