Official Random Thoughts Thread - Part 3

[Zonkerbl]

Mariota didn't have two of his top receiving threats. That's huge. Not just from a talent perspective but due to the chemistry he had developed and their ability to step up. There were multiple drops that cost Oregon, not Mariota. Yeah, he didn't play a picture perfect game but he was at the bottom of the blame list. I still expect him to work out.

Cardale Jones was amazing. The only thing that concerns me is apparently he hates school. I'm admittedly making an assumption, but if you hate school you usually hate studying regardless of what it is. If he isn't willing to study and learn how to be a QB, I don't see how he succeeds at the next level. Like I said I'm making an assumption here. He might hate chemistry class but love the film room. Who knows other than the people around him.

There is a type of student called the "rebel" that only applies him/herself to topic of study that interest him/her.

As opposed to the "grinder" who plugs away at everything no matter how boring it is.

The other two main types are "vocational" who only take classes that can help gain skills needed for employment (as opposed to, say, English classes - ooh, burn!) and "socializer," people who go to school to network and get married.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

If you are not a fan of Steph Curry and Klay Matthews, you're not a fan of NBA basketball.

Steph Curry comes from good stock ....

(Dave Matthews ... music. Klay Thompson ... basketball. Klay Matthews ... best of both??? I dunno.)

I was a fan of Javale McGee, because I pull for underdogs. Seemed like a nice kid. His moms and his pops played basketball collegiately and beyond. PLUS.... Javale McGee's mom Pam back in the day ... let's just say I lusted in my heart and leave it at that. And she's got a twin sister...



As for Steph Curry, his mom is a school principal. (I have a theory that extremely proficient shooters are generally nerdy smart FWIW). As for Steph's mom also being a hottie ... I respect marriage, so all I'm going to say is Dell Curry married well.



Dayum!

That woman is certainly not unattractive!

[Wes_Tiny_Abe_]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/loca ... her-phone/

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local ... 43661.html

Arlington yup tries to kiss his Uber driver.

Typical yup behavior.
Very common among the countless entitled douchebags I had the misfortune of attending private schools with.
I remember when a douchebag from my school grabbed the ass of a waitress at a restaurant our lacrosse team was dining at on the trip back home from an away game.
She was going to press charges against him until his parents stepped in and paid her to drop the charges.

[TheSecretWeapon]

Yesterday, Brian Mitchell talked on the radio about Golden State's OT loss to Chicago. After wondering whether they could win a title "playing that style," he asserted that the Warriors were fine on offense, but needed to get better on defense if they hoped to make the Finals.

Okay, there are layers of stupid here.

1. The Warriors are the league's best defensive team. They have been all season. In fact, they're currently tied for being the 12th best defense since the league instituted the new hand check rules in 2004-05.
2. GSW had a drtg of 103. The Bulls entered the game averaging 108.2 points per 100 possessions. League average is 105.8. So, GSW held CHI to a below average offensive performance, AND GSW's drtg in this one game would be 7th best in the league so far this season.

So, Mitchell watched a game in which both teams played good defense and came away with the conclusion that Golden State needed to improve on defense.

That's just one example of the incredible suckiness of basketball conversation on DC's sports radio (the national guys aren't any better). Yesterday there was:

- Czaban asserting that Nenê is valuable because he's a skilled offensive big man. But Nenê is below average in offensive efficiency. His value is because he's a superb defender.

- There was Cooley saying he wished Wall would shoot more pull-up jumpers. Wall is shooting 39.5% on those shots.

- There was Cooley saying he played some NBA video game so he could learn who the players are, and then said Seraphin sucking in the video game was making him think Seraphin sucked in real life.

- And, there were the usual raves about how wonderful Seraphin has become. Which would be okay if they couched it as "he's making progress, but his rebounding is still meh, and he still has too many turnovers and too many fouls."

[pineappleheadindc]

^
Your Cooley quotes hurt my head.

[fishercob]

Yesterday, Brian Mitchell talked on the radio about Golden State's OT loss to Chicago. After wondering whether they could win a title "playing that style," he asserted that the Warriors were fine on offense, but needed to get better on defense if they hoped to make the Finals.

Okay, there are layers of stupid here.

1. The Warriors are the league's best defensive team. They have been all season. In fact, they're currently tied for being the 12th best defense since the league instituted the new hand check rules in 2004-05.
2. GSW had a drtg of 103. The Bulls entered the game averaging 108.2 points per 100 possessions. League average is 105.8. So, GSW held CHI to a below average offensive performance, AND GSW's drtg in this one game would be 7th best in the league so far this season.

So, Mitchell watched a game in which both teams played good defense and came away with the conclusion that Golden State needed to improve on defense.

That's just one example of the incredible suckiness of basketball conversation on DC's sports radio (the national guys aren't any better). Yesterday there was:

- Czaban asserting that Nenê is valuable because he's a skilled offensive big man. But Nenê is below average in offensive efficiency. His value is because he's a superb defender.

- There was Cooley saying he wished Wall would shoot more pull-up jumpers. Wall is shooting 39.5% on those shots.

- There was Cooley saying he played some NBA video game so he could learn who the players are, and then said Seraphin sucking in the video game was making him think Seraphin sucked in real life.

- And, there were the usual raves about how wonderful Seraphin has become. Which would be okay if they couched it as "he's making progress, but his rebounding is still meh, and he still has too many turnovers and too many fouls."

I blame you for listening.

[Ruzious]

Yeah, I learned a long time ago to change the station whenever Brian Mitchell talks basketball. The thing about him that gets me is that no matter how wrong he is, it sounds like he's never in doubt. With most ex-footballers turned to sports analysts - there's no reason to believe they understand sports other than football - other than perhaps some of the psychology parts.

[Higga]

Yesterday, Brian Mitchell talked on the radio about Golden State's OT loss to Chicago. After wondering whether they could win a title "playing that style," he asserted that the Warriors were fine on offense, but needed to get better on defense if they hoped to make the Finals.

Okay, there are layers of stupid here.

1. The Warriors are the league's best defensive team. They have been all season. In fact, they're currently tied for being the 12th best defense since the league instituted the new hand check rules in 2004-05.
2. GSW had a drtg of 103. The Bulls entered the game averaging 108.2 points per 100 possessions. League average is 105.8. So, GSW held CHI to a below average offensive performance, AND GSW's drtg in this one game would be 7th best in the league so far this season.

So, Mitchell watched a game in which both teams played good defense and came away with the conclusion that Golden State needed to improve on defense.

That's just one example of the incredible suckiness of basketball conversation on DC's sports radio (the national guys aren't any better). Yesterday there was:

- Czaban asserting that Nenê is valuable because he's a skilled offensive big man. But Nenê is below average in offensive efficiency. His value is because he's a superb defender.

- There was Cooley saying he wished Wall would shoot more pull-up jumpers. Wall is shooting 39.5% on those shots.

- There was Cooley saying he played some NBA video game so he could learn who the players are, and then said Seraphin sucking in the video game was making him think Seraphin sucked in real life.

- And, there were the usual raves about how wonderful Seraphin has become. Which would be okay if they couched it as "he's making progress, but his rebounding is still meh, and he still has too many turnovers and too many fouls."

Thats the issue with 980. Most of their guys are football guys. The only ones who know anything about basketball are Kevin Sheehan and Scott Jackson. Thom Leverro is pretty knowledgable too but he's more of a baseball guy.

I love Cooley, Doc, and Bmitch but it's painful listening to them talk anything but football.

[TheSecretWeapon]

Thats the issue with 980. Most of their guys are football guys. The only ones who know anything about basketball are Kevin Sheehan and Scott Jackson. Thom Leverro is pretty knowledgable too but he's more of a baseball guy.

I love Cooley, Doc, and Bmitch but it's painful listening to them talk anything but football.

Agreed on Jackson and Sheehan, though Sheehan is a bit "conventional wisdom" in his approach. Their "insiders" have been terrible. I'm not convinced any of them even regularly watched the Wizards.

I used to enjoy Czaban, but somewhere along the line his act has gotten old for me. I'd rather listen to Galdi and Cooley and just leave Czaban out of it. Czaban has become a master at saying stuff that's racist or misogynist in a way that's just coded enough that he can play the "Who me? Y'all are just too sensitive..." card if anyone complains.

The best sports radio segments I've ever heard are Cooley's film breakdowns when Czaban has the day off.

[Wes_Tiny_Abe_]

Only 3 months away.

[Higga]

Thats the issue with 980. Most of their guys are football guys. The only ones who know anything about basketball are Kevin Sheehan and Scott Jackson. Thom Leverro is pretty knowledgable too but he's more of a baseball guy.

I love Cooley, Doc, and Bmitch but it's painful listening to them talk anything but football.

Agreed on Jackson and Sheehan, though Sheehan is a bit "conventional wisdom" in his approach. Their "insiders" have been terrible. I'm not convinced any of them even regularly watched the Wizards.

I used to enjoy Czaban, but somewhere along the line his act has gotten old for me. I'd rather listen to Galdi and Cooley and just leave Czaban out of it. Czaban has become a master at saying stuff that's racist or misogynist in a way that's just coded enough that he can play the "Who me? Y'all are just too sensitive..." card if anyone complains.

The best sports radio segments I've ever heard are Cooley's film breakdowns when Czaban has the day off.

I like Czabe but I do agree sometimes he just goes out of his way to be the controversial guy. I think he fits in well with Galdi and Cooley though, I like that trio. And yeah Cooley's Redskins film breakdowns are awesome. Unfortunately he's kinda dumb when it comes to every other sport.


Man it's way too damn cold...

[Wes_Tiny_Abe_]

Carmelo Anthony wearing his wife's pants & his 8 year old son's t shirt during All Star weekend?

Or is he trying to bring back the tight trousers/tight pants Menudo look of the 1980s?

[Wes_Tiny_Abe_]

It's a sad day for the mighty city of Baltimore.

[pineappleheadindc]

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Woo! It's a Washington DC snowball fight!

[DMVleGeND]

Carmelo Anthony wearing his wife's pants & his 8 year old son's t shirt during All Star weekend?

Or is he trying to bring back the tight trousers/tight pants Menudo look of the 1980s?

Slim fit pants/joggers are the style now.

[AFM]

Only 3 months away.

I'll be there bro. We gonna do it big and heckle hipsters? We can go to Hampden afterwards.

[Wes_Tiny_Abe_]

Only 3 months away.

I'll be there bro. We gonna do it big and heckle hipsters? We can go to Hampden afterwards.

I am still undecided as to whether I am attending this year.
My hor$e almost won the Triple Crown last year.

[Wes_Tiny_Abe_]

Carmelo Anthony wearing his wife's pants & his 8 year old son's t shirt during All Star weekend?

Or is he trying to bring back the tight trousers/tight pants Menudo look of the 1980s?

Slim fit pants/joggers are the style now.

Fair enough.
Now explain why the t shirt he is wearing is 3 sizes too small for him?

[DMVleGeND]

Carmelo Anthony wearing his wife's pants & his 8 year old son's t shirt during All Star weekend?

Or is he trying to bring back the tight trousers/tight pants Menudo look of the 1980s?

Slim fit pants/joggers are the style now.

Fair enough.
Now explain why the t shirt he is wearing is 3 sizes too small for him?

Again, slim, fitted clothing are the style now.

[Higga]

My cousin saw RG3 and Trent Williams balling at Lifetime Gym in Ashburn.

Wish I lived there so I could show those dudes up on the court.