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- Comment on Lamelo hits an insane off balance three from the logo 4 hours ago:
I swear he and Steph Curry are not actually good at playing offense, they just hacked in an aim bot.
- Comment on After Era of Bloat, Veteran Video-Game Developers Are Going Smaller 3 weeks ago:
Uncharted and Last of Us are first party Sony games. If they were to say that a game can still be enjoyable without cutting edge graphics no one would want to buy the latest PlayStation iteration.
- Comment on GAME THREAD Tuesday 22-10-2024 Season Opening Night 4 weeks ago:
Maybe, but I could see the Celtics falling short due to lack of size. Even when everyone is healthy, the Celtics play only one big and two small forwards. Not that they have much of a choice since their two best forwards are Horford, who is too old to play big minutes, and Porzingis, who is injury prone. In the playoffs last year, the Celtics struggled to contain dominant bigs like Bam.
- Comment on Raptors to retire VC's number 1 month ago:
Why do you dislike Carter so much? What did he do to hurt the team?
- Comment on Rockets buying out AJ Griffin, retiring from basketball at 21 1 month ago:
I don’t follow teams outside of my local, so what is the story with Griffin? From a quick Google, I don’t see anything about a debilitating injury or serious off the court issues, just that he struggled to find a role in the NBA. Normally, I would expect a guy like that to spend the rest of his rookie contract as a bench warmer or playing in the G League and then turning his experience practicing with NBA stars into a career in a less competitive league.
- Comment on With Seattle and Las Vegas coming, what western team should join the east? 2 months ago:
I would say both New Orleans and Memphis should be in the East, since the US regions, as I learned them in school, would say both of those are in the Southeast while, for historical reasons, Minnesota is in the Midwest. Obviously, that would make the conferences unbalanced, so we could move Milwaukee or Chicago into the West.
- Comment on Amazon Contractors can't even sing in their cars now. Unions protect against this micromanagement. 2 months ago:
The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that Amazon was illegally blocking delivery workers from unionizing. arstechnica.com/…/labor-board-confirms-amazon-dri…
- Comment on What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from? 2 months ago:
In regards to SSX, after the success of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater remake, I am surprised that EA did not counter with a remake of SSX Tricky. I love how accessible the SSX controls are while still offering plenty of depth for people who want to optimize their runs. It is too bad that EA Sports seems to be focused on simulationist sports games (and live services).
- Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics? 2 months ago:
I thought that the uproar about horse armor was that it was the first pay-to-win DLC. The armor was not just cosmetic but actually provided a stat boost to your horse. The accusation was that the developers had made it too easy for enemies to kill your horse and decided to patch the game to fix it but made players pay for the patch.
- Comment on Bucks' Khris Middleton recovering from 2 ankle surgeries: Sources 4 months ago:
Hopefully he can recover well.
- Comment on Jeff Bezos may be the next Celtics' owner 4 months ago:
So that is how we get a new Supersonics.
- Comment on Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions? 4 months ago:
Note with Stardew Valley: it is not unplayable without a controller, but if you have clumsy sausage fingers like me, the poor touch controls really took me out of the game.
- Comment on Jimmy Butler will opt out in 2025 and become a free agent. 4 months ago:
Journalists have been arguing whether the Heat should build around Jimmy (by going all in to win now) or Bam Adebayo (by making long term investments). Jimmy decided for them, it seems (or knows that his days are numbered).
- Comment on OG Anunoby Plans to Sign 5-Year, $212.5M Contract After Bridges Trade 4 months ago:
Presumably the Knicks had to make a trade of that caliber to keep Anunoby. That makes the “win now, suffer later” aspect of it a bit more understandable.
- Comment on Knicks Trading for Mikal Bridges 4 months ago:
This is the Knicks. They are probably assuming that every super star is going to be fighting to play in New York. They have been waiting for the last decade for that assumption to be true. It worked for them in 2011 to get Melo and Stoudemire, it is bound to work again, right?
- Comment on Automation 4 months ago:
That reminds me of the time, quite a few years ago, Amazon tried to automate resume screening. They trained a machine learning model with anonymized resumes and whether the candidate was hired. Then they looked at what the AI was looking at. The model had trained itself on how to reject women.
- Comment on Malik Monk to sign 4-year extension with Kings 5 months ago:
Could any other team offer him more?
- Comment on NBA Rumors: Pascal Siakam to Sign $189.5M Max Pacers Contract After January Trade 5 months ago:
It is an obvious move for the team. Siakam is worth a max.
- Comment on How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs? 5 months ago:
Not wanting to work in a crowded home has nothing to do with disliking your family. Kids are loud. They run around the house. They watch TV with the volume set too high. They have excited calls with their friends. Many home builders skimp on noise insulation for interior walls.
- Comment on [Game Thread] 14 JUN 2024 - NBA FINALS GAME 4 5 months ago:
I am a Celtics fan, so my opinion is a bit biased, but I would be cheering against Dallas because I hate Jason Kidd.
- Comment on Report: Ty Lue, Clippers Agree to New 'Long-Term Contract' amid Lakers Rumors 5 months ago:
Of all the coaches in the league, Lue would be high on my list of expected firings. Not that he is doing a bad job, but the Clippers must know that what they have now is not working. It is much easier to bring in a new coach than it is to bring in a new super star, even if a roster shake up is what they need.
Win or lose, the Clippers are going to need to rebuild soon so signing a win now coach to a long term deal seems like a less than optimal decision.
- Comment on [Game Thread] 27-28 MAY 2024 - Conference Finals Game 4s 5 months ago:
The Pacers should have been able to dominate the paint, because they have bigger and stronger players.
If anything, I think the Pacers did a good job resisting doubling. The Celtic’s strategy is to always have many shooters on the court. Normally they would be able to probe the defense to draw a double team and then send the ball around to the uncovered player. To me, it looked like the Pacers kept everyone covered and guarded passing angles. Many of the Celtics possessions ended with the ball handler looking for an opening for 15 seconds and settling for a loosely contested 3.
- Comment on AI is the future 5 months ago:
AI is the future, unfortunately we are eternally stuck in the present.
- Comment on [Game Thread] 25-26 MAY 2024 - Conference Finals Game 3s 5 months ago:
I could see both teams stealing a game or two to get a gentleman’s sweep.
- Comment on Fuck Draymond Green 5 months ago:
Not just losers. Dennis Rodman is in the Hall of Fame. The 90s were a different time. Many of Green’s antics would have ended up with him getting beaten up.
- Comment on Fuck Draymond Green 5 months ago:
In general, I don’t like networks featuring active players as analysts. I always take their critique of other players with a grain of salt because they are all competing for the same roster spots. They can hate on a team all they want, but remember: the reason that an active player is working as a play off analyst is because their team lost and the team they are critiquing did not.
But yes, Draymond is a dirty player. I do think he is not Andrew Bynum (who actively injured other players) but more out of control than Metta World Peace.
- Comment on [Game Thread] 21-22 MAY 2024 - Conference Finals Game 1s 5 months ago:
You have to give them credit for winning despite having Kyrie on their roster.
- Comment on Anthony Davis, Victor Wembanyama, Rudy Gobert Headline 2023-24 NBA All-Defensive Team 5 months ago:
Surprised that there are 4 centers in the first term and 4 guards in the second. Was the list always positionless or is that a recent change?
- Comment on NBA Playoffs: Celtics put away Cavaliers to reach 3rd straight Eastern Conference finals - Yahoo Sports 6 months ago:
It was too bad that the Cavs had so many injuries. They were out-hustling the Celtics. It could have been a much closer series.
I am happy that the Celtics advance, nonetheless.
- Comment on 🚨 SUNS FIRE FRANK VOGEL 6 months ago:
I would hope that he could have foreseen this outcome before signing the deal. He accepted a difficult job knowing that he would likely be to blame if it did not work out. He got a lot of money and (I hope he) knew not to bother moving too much stuff to Phoenix.