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    Be Gentle With Me, It’s My First Time: A 53 Year Old Footy Rookie

    I'm 37, and have somehow became one of the older players in an indoor league where I used to play on teams of 20-somethings that would run circles around the old dudes. I've had a couple run ins with some really talented (and much younger) players. In my coed indoor league this past season, we...
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    Celtics vs Da Culture - Round 1 (FIGHT!)

    This discussion takes the cake in terms of widest spectrum of possible comps. We've now compared Bam to Xavier Tillman and Kenneth Faried, on the one hand, and Anthony Davis and Kevin Garnett on the other! My two cents - any comp for Bam has to take into account that what makes him such a...
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    Team USA 2024

    Yeah, it's not like they're taking, say, Trae Young over Jrue Holliday or something - an empty calories scorer whose points they don't need, at the expense of a guy who fits the roster better. Kawhi can defend and play off the ball. He can be the world's most elite role player. I agree that...
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    What Was The Red Sox Starting Lineup For Your First Home Opener in Person?

    My only home opener was 2007, and my college roommate and I bookended the season by attending Game 2 of the World Series as well as the opener (Curt Schilling's final Sox game). Lineup for the opener: Julio Lugo SS Kevin Youkilis 1B David Ortiz DH Manny Ramirez LF JD Drew RF Mike Lowell 3B...
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    Watching Luka makes me wonder about LeBron. It's easy to watch Luka and say you can't win with that much heliocentric offense. But it's interesting to think about where the tipping point for an offense is along the heliocentric continuum of James Harden to LeBron. I think Luka falls somewhere...
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    2023-24 Celtics

    That was such a weird game. It was ugly and disjointed. Lots of turnovers, both teams were upset with the refs. I don't even think the Celtics necessarily got the worst of it, but they were calling ridiculous touch fouls and letting hard contact at the rim go uncalled. Refs overturning each...
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    2023-24 Celtics

    On the defense against Lillard, I wasn't watching the game as closely as I could have been, but I didn't see Dame blowing by White very often in Iso situations. Instead, it was Jaylen picking up Lillard at half court. The Bucks would then have Porzingis' man (often Bobby Portis) set the screen...
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    Pritchard Extended

    I think Pritchard's defensive limitations are real, but I also think he has some real off-the-bounce juice offensively that we don't see too often. He can create his own shot against most matchups, he's not just a Derek Fisher-like catch-and-shoot guy. He's usually playing with Tatum or Brown...
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    2023-24 Celtics

    So like a rich man's Guershon Yabusele?
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    2023-24 Celtics

    Xavier Tillman reminds me of Al Horford. Not a young Al Horford, more like a 50 year old Al Horford. But seriously, he does so many things well. He's a great positional defender, he has great hands, and he's a better rim protector than his athleticism should warrant. The ability to mix and...
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    Do we need a Celtics Announcing thread?

    Hasn't Carter already been announced as the Mike Gorman successor? I think he's in line to do every game starting next year. And I like him. It took a little while, some of his early games made me question how much he knew or watched the NBA, but I think it's clear now that he knows the game...
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    2023-24 Celtics

    I think it's only fully dawning on me now how much skepticism there is about the Celtics among the national media and non-Boston fans. Articles like this one from the Ringer, plus people like Ryen Russillo reporting that NBA people continually ask him if Boston is actually good, are finally...
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    All NBA Teams so far

    Not sure why anyone would call LeBron second fiddle on the Lakers. AD has had a fantastic season, and yes, leads them in scoring by a tenth of a point over LeBron. But the Lakers' offense, like every LeBron team ever, is still, "hey LeBron, go make a play". He's still an offensive ecosystem unto...
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    Theo’s back????!!!!

    I love this news. I guess I could be cynical about it, if I really tried. But man, at a time when it looked like the curtain was closing on a golden era of Boston sports, Theo's return manages to crack it back open, just a bit. I'm just going to choose to enjoy that today, and worry about the...
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    I actually think Doc's a bit underrated as a coach. He's not going to elevate a good team to a great one, and he's not going to be particularly innovative schematically, but I think he still connects with NBA players. I think he can still identify the role that guys need to play to be...
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