hope I beat Don Tiny!

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

not sure which is more boring today: my work, this board, or B&B.

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not sure who this basketball expert* is, but he made the point I did earlier, which is you can't play with a center in today's game.

*Kelly Dwyer

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Dan had a great question posed to the Mark Gonzales just now...

Dan: "Have you asked Joe Maddon how hard it's going to be for him not to make moves just to make moves? He's got so much talent, it seems like it may be difficult not to manage every game like a playoff game. Has he been asked about or talked about that at all?"

Gonzales: "No."

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That's incorrect though. While the last 2 championship teams have largely emphasized finesse and guard play, there will always be a role for a strong center and I would say the next evolution of the position is going to be guys who can draw attention down low precisely to facilitate perimeter play (and the best big man of the generation kind of showed the effectiveness of that tactic on the Spurs title run, albeit in a more limited capacity due to his age). Predicting the death of the center is like predicting defensive teams without stars would dominate the game starting in the mid-2000s just on the basis of Detroit's run, and we all saw how accurate that was.

An additional issue has been the absolute paucity of good big men for the last few years but I would say things are looking up. It's a bummer Embiid may never play because I think he would thrive in the current context.

Well it's a valid question. He is managing the most talented roster in baseball history.

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Agreed. It will be the next undervalued position. These things always shift. If a young Shaq came into the league right now, the talk would be about how he's going to change the game back to a big man's game. There just are no young Shaqs or Duncans right now, and the Warriors (as well as other perimeter-focused rosters) happen to be playing their style pretty damn well.

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Any scouts out at Durty Nellies...any peeps in the house?

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GOB: "My God, what is this feeling?"
Michael: "Could it be love?"
GOB: "I know what an erection feels like, Michael. No, it's the opposite. It's... it's like my heart is getting hard."

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

I live right by there. How do you say...

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I can't stand listening to this guy's voice. something about it is very GRATING.

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NO GAY Thursday including sodomy, where else but Pennsylvania: http://www.phillyvoice.com/three-conest ... y-assault/

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