Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

DGunns still got it

DGunn doesn't miss.

He's 100x the insider Caplan pretends to be.

2 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Yeah, maybe I overlooked Dr. J, but focused more on Magic and Larry from that era. But he definitely took the game to a new place, and Jordan took it even higher arguably.

And I hate what Curry's impact has done to the league, but we have 4s and 5s shooting 3s now. His impact is undeniable.

Yeah, I see Dr. J as pre-Magic/Larry, though they did overlap.  Dr. J of the 1970s was where he was truly the aerialist versus what he became in the 1980s when those two were in the league.   ABA Dr. J vs. NBA Dr. J.

15 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Haha

 

I actually really like Tyson Bagent.  Fields better hope he doesn’t sprain an ankle

2 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Yeah, I see Dr. J as pre-Magic/Larry, though they did overlap.  Dr. J of the 1970s was where he was truly the aerialist versus what he became in the 1980s when those two were in the league.   ABA Dr. J vs. NBA Dr. J.

Born in 1979, so my only memories are of late career NBA Dr. J. My earliest basketball memories are Lakers v. Celtics every year.

I don't know why, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Roby dresses and we play more man this week.

1 hour ago, RLC said:

Sean Desai actually tries stuff. He'll have a custom-game plan for the Rams.

No idea whether it will work, but it will be different.

I do think, coming from Seattle, they are used to playing the Rams a lot...so there is that.......

12 minutes ago, McMVP said:

I actually really like Tyson Bagent.  Fields better hope he doesn’t sprain an ankle

There was a lot of buzz about his pre-season being way better than his draft status showed. 

4 hours ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I blame the boomer/gen-x'ers for the participation trophies. Bunch of softies caving to their children. 

Not really a boomer thing.  Right at that crossing plate from late boomers to gen Xers.  I am from the late middle of boomers.  My wife is tail end of that generation.  I was usually the oldest parent.  I coached everything except softball.  I remember one year with soccer.  The team won one game.  I was planning on celebrating each girl’s growth at the end of the year pizza party and a group of mom’s (not my wife) lead by the team mom approached me and asked about trophies. I pointed out we hadn’t won anything but the moms insisted there had to be trophies. I responded "for what”.  The response was there have to be trophies.  I asked again, for what. (I was thinking maybe something like most improved, best dribbler, best goalie, that sort of thing.  Nope, everyone had to get a trophy just for showing up.   I said it was a bad idea but said they could do whatever they wanted. Come the end of season pizza party and the Team Mom (yeah orange slices) gives out the trophies.  Almost to a girl, the kids turned and handed the trophy to their parent(s).  A good third of the trophies were left behind or never picked up by the girls that didn’t make the party.  My daughter made me extremely proud, when handed her trophy she asked the team mom what it was for and was met with silence.  My daughter had no interest in a participation trophy.  She left it behind.

Fing Walter white out here lol 

 

What a Fing experience 

 

5 hours ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I blame the boomer/gen-x'ers for the participation trophies. Bunch of softies caving to their children. 

I was born at the start of Generation X in 1966, and thankfully I was raised to achieve.  In school we got gold, silver, or bronze stars for scholastic achievement.  In athletics only winners got trophies.  It was ribbons for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.  If you finished 4th you got a lousy button.  No one wanted that button because you got laughed at for wearing it -- better you finished last than getting that button.

I never heard of participant trophies or medals when I was being raised.  Not sure when they came in; it must have been the losers from my generation gifting their kids for being nobodies, instead of having to face the honest truth.

 

53 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Not really a boomer thing.  Right at that crossing plate from late boomers to gen Xers.  I am from the late middle of boomers.  My wife is tail end of that generation.  I was usually the oldest parent.  I coached everything except softball.  I remember one year with soccer.  The team won one game.  I was planning on celebrating each girl’s growth at the end of the year pizza party and a group of mom’s (not my wife) lead by the team mom approached me and asked about trophies. I pointed out we hadn’t won anything but the moms insisted there had to be trophies. I responded "for what”.  The response was there have to be trophies.  I asked again, for what. (I was thinking maybe something like most improved, best dribbler, best goalie, that sort of thing.  Nope, everyone had to get a trophy just for showing up.   I said it was a bad idea but said they could do whatever they wanted. Come the end of season pizza party and the Team Mom (yeah orange slices) gives out the trophies.  Almost to a girl, the kids turned and handed the trophy to their parent(s).  A good third of the trophies were left behind or never picked up by the girls that didn’t make the party.  My daughter made me extremely proud, when handed her trophy she asked the team mom what it was for and was met with silence.  My daughter had no interest in a participation trophy.  She left it behind.

If we lost we were beaten about the face and neck.  With a second place trophy.  

1 hour ago, Diehardfan said:

Great, idiots in schools will now think Cali is on the Atlantic.

I think you mean NC State students.  

Pretty obvious from the people in here complaining about major airports that most of you haven’t flown to more minor airports.  I have flown to lots of minor airports.  You know, the ones that close up after 6, don’t have vending machines, one rental car company if any and no ground transportation.  Restaurant? Lounge?   I did get to the point that many times I would fly into the nearest major airport and rent a car and drive to the smaller city/town because I could actually get there faster and cheaper and with a better rental car.  I also would plan my drive to see things if an option and avoid the freeway. 

Of the major airports, my least favorite is probably Orlando.  Vegas is another one.  Neither are conducive to business travel and the passenger groups you get to travel with aren’t either. 

Speaking of Atlanta,  I hate Atlanta’s one security gate with a passion and how hard it is to get from one flight to your next.  Must walk a mile to get to the Marta.  Traffic is a nightmare there and gods forbid you have a destination on a Peach Tree street.  I have been stranded due to weather more times in Atlanta than all other airports combined (and I regularly flew into O’Hare or Midway at least a half dozen times a year). Fun story, I was flying out of Atlanta after a business meeting one summer pre TSA precheck or CLEAR. There was a huge group of late teen level kids in the security lines. As the line I was in got closer to the detectors, I suggested they start removing all the bling, boots etc. to the group in front of me.  I was ignored.  I repeated my suggestion and on the third time one turns and snottedly suggests I just go ahead of them.  I immediately jumped on it and the businessman behind me said me too.  He and I flew through security and as we headed to our gates we heard the metal detector alarms going off like crazy. I would still be in line today if my suggestions hadn’t annoyed those kids.

As a side note, I hate having to pay a tax to get out of Canada. 
 

 

1 hour ago, McMVP said:

I actually really like Tyson Bagent.  Fields better hope he doesn’t sprain an ankle

 

I'm sure Fields would love to get out of Chicago.

 

3 hours ago, greendestiny27 said:

Zero confidence they do anything majorly different on D. It's been the same crap for years. It's really crazy 

Desai has been doing much more up front. He is also using LB's to blitz more often.  He secondary is playing like trash. He needs to move away from zone coverage to man.  

Question for you Xs and Os folks. Slay mentioned on his podcast about not playing press in a 2 minute offense being up 7 because it invites one on one coverage and risk a go ball and getting beat deep. Why can't you still play press while having 2 deep Safeties to help over the top while still rushing 4? 

4 hours ago, vikas83 said:

Most shocking one for me was Detroit -- actually a nice airport. And the Delta lounge was new and awesome. Got stuck there with a delay, and it was workable.

Unless the tram is down and your gate is at one of the far ends of the mcnamara terminal. Otherwise, yeah it's pretty nice and has some solid food options too. 

27 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Pretty obvious from the people in here complaining about major airports that most of you haven’t flown to more minor airports.  I have flown to lots of minor airports.  You know, the ones that close up after 6, don’t have vending machines, one rental car company if any and no ground transportation.  Restaurant? Lounge?   I did get to the point that many times I would fly into the nearest major airport and rent a car and drive to the smaller city/town because I could actually get there faster and cheaper and with a better rental car.  I also would plan my drive to see things if an option and avoid the freeway. 

Of the major airports, my least favorite is probably Orlando.  Vegas is another one.  Neither are conducive to business travel and the passenger groups you get to travel with aren’t either. 

Speaking of Atlanta,  I hate Atlanta’s one security gate with a passion and how hard it is to get from one flight to your next.  Must walk a mile to get to the Marta.  Traffic is a nightmare there and gods forbid you have a destination on a Peach Tree street.  I have been stranded due to weather more times in Atlanta than all other airports combined (and I regularly flew into O’Hare or Midway at least a half dozen times a year). Fun story, I was flying out of Atlanta after a business meeting one summer pre TSA precheck or CLEAR. There was a huge group of late teen level kids in the security lines. As the line I was in got closer to the detectors, I suggested they start removing all the bling, boots etc. to the group in front of me.  I was ignored.  I repeated my suggestion and on the third time one turns and snottedly suggests I just go ahead of them.  I immediately jumped on it and the businessman behind me said me too.  He and I flew through security and as we headed to our gates we heard the metal detector alarms going off like crazy. I would still be in line today if my suggestions hadn’t annoyed those kids.

As a side note, I hate having to pay a tax to get out of Canada. 
 

 

Like (most?) New Jersey bridges. You get in for free but you gotta pay to get out.

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Fing Walter white out here lol 

 

I only watch this show here and there but what exactly does AJ Hawk do? I never understood why he is even there. He just sit there in his manbun smoking weed and looking confused. 

I'm a million miler on both Delta and American, so have seen lots and lots of airports big and small.  I have no problem at all with Atlanta.  The train makes getting to your terminal easy in my opinion.  I agree that LAX is a bear.  I like DIA the most, but it was built from scratch, so it ought to be good.  I also like both SLC and Minneapolis.  Charlotte isn't bad ... better than Phoenix.  The problem that irritates me with PHL is that they don't have TSA Pre in all the terminals, and I do like the convenience of TSA Pre.

2 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Yeah, I see Dr. J as pre-Magic/Larry, though they did overlap.  Dr. J of the 1970s was where he was truly the aerialist versus what he became in the 1980s when those two were in the league.   ABA Dr. J vs. NBA Dr. J.

I saw Dr J at the Palestra when UMass played Penn, back when Penn was really good. He scored I believe, 30 in the first half. The triple-teamed him in the second half and he only scored 10 or so and Penn won. That was back in the ridiculous period when dunking was illegal. He just laid it up, his hand well over the rim. The Rucker League never outlawed dunking.

 

19 minutes ago, eglz1 said:

Like (most?) New Jersey bridges. You get in for free but you gotta pay to get out.

Actually, it’s PA and NY charging folks to get In isn’t it?  I have no issue with user fees like tolls.  In fact, I am a huge proponent of them as they are an extremely fair way of charging for a governmental service.  But Canada exit taxes bug me because I pay PA’s tolls equally to anyone else using the bridge.  Canada taxes are only for nonresidents.