Sports lover. Analytics geek. I set the record straight on the business side of the NBA & CFB.
Mavs | Knicks | Cowboys | Argentina | Longhorns | N. Dame
@CFBRep
The counterpoint to this though is by allowing rematches, you nullify the first game. Why should Washington have to beat Oregon twice to prove they're the best, while Oregon only has to beat Washington once?
@GabrielQuinne16
@_BarringtonII
@jemelehill
In 2019, Trump signed the Republican sponsored "FUTURE Act", which provided $255M in permanent funding to HBCUs & other minority serving universities. Then in Sept 2021, he signed Ex Order
#14041
, which created the 1st ever Presidential initiative to advance HBCUs.
@espn_macmahon
A rescinded tech ought to have consequences for the ref that called it. What those consequences should be, I don't know. But there should be an incentive for refs to be judicious & not grind axes on fake techs.
@_joeyhayden
@dmn_mavericks
I'm convinced the refs collectively hate Luka. There's no other logical reason for the ticky-tack calls that go against him & the blatant fouls others get away with committing on him. There've probably been 12-14 missed or incorrect foul calls involving Luka in this game.
@bellachu10
@mateosfo
I probably agree with you 99.3% of the time, but this post is manipulative. You can see clearly the entire front passenger side of the car was caved in, which means the police car had been hit by something, and eye contact & vests had nothing to do with it.
@RJ_Young
Steve Sarkisian
* Carson Palmer
* Matt Cassel
* Matt Leinart
* Mark Sanchez
* Jake Locker
* Cody Kessler
* Jalen Hurts
* Tua Tagovailoa
* Mac Jones
* Bryce Young
Has anyone coached that many QBs that were drafted in the NFL? Sark's track record with QBs is insane.
@61V1C
@Mavs_FFL
There are ZERO "terrible" players that average 17 pts, 7 rebs, shoot 37.6% from 3pt & 59.4% from 2pt. The only players in the NBA to avg 16 pts, 7 rebs, & shoot 37% from 3 are Wood, Jokic, Turner, Markkanen, Sabonis, & KP. He's a 1-way player, but he dang sure isn't "terrible".
@GoatStros
@Ballislife
Steph is the Warrior's best player, but Draymond is their most IMPORTANT. He is the foundation for their defense, ball movement, spacing, etc. Take him out, even with all the talent, and they're barely above .500. He's the most underappreciated player in the NBA, IMO.
@Zaknoble
Jason Terry was the 2nd best Mav. And w/ him as a sidekick, Dirk beat LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Kobe, Pau, KD, Westbrook, Harden, and LaMarcus Aldridge. I'm sorry, but when you beat 8 HOFers w/o a single other All Star on the roster, you're at the peak of Mt. Everest.
@psychocinephile
@FilmUpdates
You realize the gov't only serves people in public when they have gone out of their way to avoid them in private, right? Being served is the court version of being arrested when you know there's a warrant for you. If you don't avoid the gov't, they won't come looking for you.
@CalMatters
Here's how this'll go:
Whites with a strong knowledge of ancestral research will form companies to market to black Californians. They'll offer their services for free in exchange for a % of the reparations. Those companies will get rich & black Californians will get peanuts.
@CFBONFOX
@OU_Football
Oklahoma
* 23 seasons
* 1x National Championship
* 3x NC Runner-Up
* 4x NC Semi-Finalist
As a Texas fan, I respect a team that can make the Top 4 in 8 of 23 seasons (which is 35% of the time).
@BaigsonAuction
It's not the same girl. For one, those aren't the same glasses. The upper corner of one girl's glasses are rounded. The other's are pointed. And, one girl has a mole to the right of her upper lip. The other girl doesn't. It's an easy mistake to make upon casual observation.
@LegionHoops
@SiriusXMNBA
Redick was spot on with his comment. And nobody would've raised an eyebrow had 93 y/o Bob Cousy not taken umbrage. But, in 1946, when Cousy graduated from HS, 60% of high schoolers dropped out to get a job & support their families. Black players were banned from almost....
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@mgarvey002
@DEADLINE
The amount of out-of-the-rear assumptions you had to make to arrive at "verbal assault" is staggering.
You don't know that Chris knew Jada had alopecia...or that alopecia was the reason for her short hair. You assume the joke was mean-spirted. And, you ignore that...
@AggieFootball
@townbrad
"After 6 star players opted out of the Gator Bowl to prepare for the NFL draft & our starting QB elected to transfer, we have successfully identified enough asymptomatic covid-positive players to back out of a probable season-ending loss to Wake Forest. Respect our decision."
@JustEsBaraheni
Dirk is the answer. Beat the 2-time defending Champion Lakers w/ Kobe & Pau. Beat OKC w/ KD, Harden, & Westbrook. Then, beat the Heat with LeBron, Wade, & Bosh. Was an underdog in every series. Had no All Stars on the team. And lost their
#2
scorer (C. Butler) mid-season.
@BDavisAAS
* Ehlinger - team leader
* Ossai - best pass rusher
* Cosmi - best OL
* Graham - 2nd best DL
* Sterns
* C. Brown
* Eagles
They lost most of the players that were responsible for being even 7-4 last year. Add in new coaches, schemes, calls, assignments, etc.
@guardian
(1) The Mavs don't even have the NBA's whitest team, or 2nd whitest, or 3rd whitest. The Spurs have 50% more white players than the Mavs.
(2) The Mavs invented the concept of advanced scouting in Europe. They were WAY ahead of any other franchise.
@sobreezymyjeezy
@TheSteinLine
Yep. I'm honestly surprised the NBA didn't move to a December start permanently. It gave us sports junkies less downtime in the summer!
@sixfivelando
If you follow the trades, over a span of about 26 months, the Mavs managed to do this via trade:
OUT
* Harrison Barnes
* Seth Curry
* 2nd Rd pick
* 2nd Rd pick
* 2nd Rd pick
IN
* $10.87M Trade Exception
@MarcRyanOnAir
We're turning players into mercenaries who have 0 emotional attachment to or investment in the schools they play for. There has to be a way that players can make $, but not change teams year after year. The teams that develop players are getting screwed by teams that steal them.
@CFBRep
@SSN_ISU
@CycloneFB
@CycloneLarry69
OK State would've played for the National Championship (over Alabama) had they not stubbed their toe against a really mediocre ISU team. They could've totally changed the perception of their program had they made the NCG & won.
@davidubben
@beta_rank_fb
I was really bummed that my Horns had their game @ WVU bumped due to the 4 Big 12 newcomers. I was really looking forward to 1 last game in Morgantown. West Virginia gets a bad rap as a state, but my goodness is it beautiful. And, Morgantown & WVU are a great time!
@ledbyhispower
@Mavs_FFL
LOL. It'll be interesting to see how many people believe your troll....as if a school principal & the heads of all organizations, would/could be apprised of the situation withing hours *ON* Mother's Day, no less, and w/o proof, coordinate to bann him from everything.
@TracesofTexas
That's not a "Texas thing". That's a WTX/Panhandle thing, where ~8% of the Texas population lives. I've never seen a dust storm in my life living in E, N, and C Texas.
@snarkyfinn
@POTUS
You have never taken & passed a remedial econ class if you think forgiving $1.7T in debt (a) "releases" that money into the economy & (b) is free. The gov't could write every American a $1B check & you'd still be just as broke as before. I'll let you ponder how that's possible.
@VPaterno19
@slmandel
Nobody feels that way about Virginia, Michigan, Texas, UCLA, UNC, GA Tech, or any of the other great public universities. There is a price to pay for elitism, self-righteousness, and dysfunction. If you're going to sit on a gilded throne, you'd better have your house in order.
@DanWolken
@dannykanell
Kanell was drafted out of HS by the Brewers, lost 3 games as a starter in college, was the ACC Player of the Year, then played 8 years in the NFL.....and that's your retort? You're taking Ls left & right today. LOL.
@2tigers2rats
@Amy_Siskind
@tastrophy_kat
That'd be a really good point if the vaccines were actually effective at preventing infection. But, if Pfizer or J&J sought FDA approval today using their respective efficacies vs Omicron, both would fall below the minimum standard for FDA approval.
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@4545Venus
@danwentzel
@adamcbest
First, the AR-15 is not used in any military application. Second, the 5.56 NATO (i.e. 5.56mm bullet) is one of over 200 different bullets that the AR-15 can be designed to fire. And there are HUNDREDS of guns not named "AR-15" that can fire the 5.56 NATO.
Quit speaking idiocy.
@LegionHoops
@SiriusXMNBA
.... every college campus in America (including the NBA). And the NBA wage was so poor, many good players opted to get a normal job & bypass the NBA. You want to know what Bob Cousy's era looked like in the '50s? Take all the black players out of today's NBA. Take...
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@TheAthleticCFB
@AriWasserman
Cooper & Arch have said, both publicly & privately, that development is their
#1
goal. And in conversations w/ Sark, it has been understood from the get-go that TX believed Ewers was the real deal & would leave for the NFL after the 2023 season. So, it's Arch's team in 2024.
@Mavs_FFL
@ColinCowherd
It would be *VERY* Mavs-like to trade a talented, but oft-injured F/C for a PG, to then trade that PG & picks for a world class PG, to then trade that world class PG for a talented, but oft-injured F/C. ๐คฃ
@LegionHoops
@SiriusXMNBA
...white guy on planet earth to not only start in the NBA, but be an All NBA PG beating out Luka, Ja, Curry, Dame, Trae, etc?
7/7
@CABDTX
@jj_redick
Hurt. He's talked about it in his pod. He felt really guilty his body wouldn't cooperate, b/c the Mavs gave up assets to get him & he could barely move. It's why he retired at the end of the season.
@All_Things_Mavs
23.8% - Oct
38.7% - Nov
27.5% - Dec
28.2% - Jan
41.2% - Feb
39.6% - Mar
If Luka can get to 38%+ per season from 3, he's going to be impossible to stop. He's shooting 40.8% (109-267) over the last 28 games, dating back to Jan 25, while avg'ing 31.1 pts, 8.5 assts, 9.6 rebs. ๐ฑ
@dklimke
@bookreadtea
@scarucci777
@washingtonpost
You think a masters in biochemistry, a masters in biology, an MD from Northwestern, a post-doc from Harvard, 4 yrs of school for virology, & 2 yrs of residency are "dubious credentials"? This entire thread is about Dr. Robert Malone, whom the 270 "experts" took issue with.
@CFBRep
The dude backstabbed the program that handed him a perennial Top 5 team, made him the youngest P5 HC, made him a multi-millionaire, then made him kne of the highest paid HCs in CFB. They have every reason to be forever hate-filled.
~Texas grad
@Brett_McMurphy
@ActionNetworkHQ
Of the G5 schools, the only I'd considered (at this point in time) would be Memphis. They're geographically sensible, have been good at football & basketball, have a rivalry with Cincy, improve travel w/in the conference, and are embarking on a significant stadium remodel.
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@LegionHoops
It's interesting to me that playing basketball in China for Chinese money is OK, & playing soccer in Russia for Russian money is OK, but playing golf in America for Saudi money is villainized.
@llanier67
It's amazing how many people just want to live in an echo chamber. I'd rather listen to those w/ whom I disagree than those I agree w/, b/c it forces me to think & mentally defend my assumptions. There's nothing gained being spoon fed your already established opinions.
@alelapazza1
@townbrad
@redditmavericks
@dfwticket
There is a difference between mocking (i.e. shaming) someone & holding someone accountable for failing to meet the responsibilities of the job they're paid to do. Luka is paid to be in shape, just like you're paid not to show up to work drunk or too exhausted to do your job.
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@LadyLlamaPeanut
@Variety
SMH. You people want so desperately to make Chris Rock's joke something it wasn't. If you were actually in the black community, then you'd know a significant % of black women either wear a wig or a weave. Very few have a full head of long locks. As such, a black woman....
@RossDellenger
@SInow
6 Aggie starters announce they're skipping the Gator Bowl to prepare for the NFL draft. The starting QB announces he's transferring. A&M then backs out of the Gator Bowl 9 days before kickoff citing a covid outbreak.๐ค
@sixfivelando
@mcuban
Want to hear something funny???
I talked to Mark yesterday. He told me the Mavs wouldn't trade for a guy like Kemba, who has bad knees, is underperforming, and is on a bad contract.
Today he traded for Dinwiddie. ๐คฃ
@Mavs_FFL
The Mavs' lineup in the last game of the season, when tanking, has no bearing on whether it make sense to give up the assets required to get LeBron. It's akin to justifying buying an overpriced, money-losing caviar farm b/c you ate Beanie Weanies last night for dinner.
@MethodzzReport
@All_Things_Mavs
@TexasLegends
Burke would add 35 pts/gm in the G-League. You way overrate the talent level in that league. It's 98% players who'll never sniff the NBA, let alone have a 9 year NBA career like Burke. He would absolutely BLISTER that league.
@CFBRep
I truly cannot believe you just played the "it's not fair" card...as a grown man...talking about college football, while also possessing the knowledge that CFB isn't supposed to be neutral or fair Never mind that you just contradicted yourself MASSIVELY in your tweet.
@BasketNews_com
@BibsCorner
Schrรถder has changed teams 6 times in 7 years. He's a poor leader & teammate, and that's why Nowitzki, Kleber, Theis, & the Wagners have never vouched for him. He should focus on why teams never want to keep him, not why Kleber chose to focus on skill development instead of EB.
@CFBRep
That's nuts. Michigan returner got a 10 yard head start, then Iowa dude had to run thru traffic, and yet he still ran him down. That was incredible!
@myahsmommy0624
So it's your opinion that Rogan shouldn't be allowed to share his opinion....and we should listen to your opinion on his opinions, but shouldn't share our opinions w/ you, b/c you don't care to listen to them?
Who can argue with that well-reasoned approach?
@GabrielQuinne16
@_BarringtonII
@jemelehill
President Reagan created & federalized the holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.
President Reagan also signed into law the Fair Housing Amendment Act of 1988, which made it illegal to discriminate against minorities on the basis of race.
@RickyGarza1987
@Mavs_FFL
That's the unfortunate aspect of mental illness. Your brain doesn't work right. So what you think and what you need aren't necessarily aligned.
@Justice_4All_6
@BaigsonAuction
From a critical thinking perspective, it's obviously propaganda, b/c why would a nurse speak English to warn Palestinians? It's simply not the girl everyone's blaming. Different moles, different eyebrow shape, different glasses, et al.
@RossDellenger
It's disappointing that Presidents that chose to leave, are now trying to steal the money they forfeited, from the very universities they harmed by departing. This is the equivalent of rich people racking up a bill, then insisting that the poor pay for it.
@joshmazr
I feel bad for Dwight, b/c he's such a great guy & representative of the Mavs. At the same time, you can't miss two FTs with the game on the line or shoot 62.5% from the charity stripe in such an important game.
@TheAthleticNBA
@johnhollinger
Whenever I need a laugh, I think back to this tweet from Bones Hyland's sister & buddy. They're taking so many Ls from Denver's playoff run, and Murray's stellar play in particular.
@espn_macmahon
That makes no sense. Bertans is making $16M/yr. His contract is horrible. Dinwiddie is making $18M/yr. His contract is also horrible. There better be twenty eight 1st round picks going back to Dallas.
@RSVPMagazine
"This prompted Will [who laughed at the joke] to storm the stage [after he realized his wife didn't find it funny] and slap Chris across the face [who had no idea Jada's haircut was due to Alopecia or that the joke had unintentionally crossed a line]."
FIFY
@darrenrovell
When a sports media company offers a writer a higher salary, better benefits, etc it's called "good business". When a university-affiliated company offers a player more money to use his name, image, & likeness, that's called "cheating". ๐ค
@ShehanJeyarajah
OU is either the 2nd or 3rd best program of the modern era, and an argument can be made they're the best (in spite of Saban's run). Since the end of WWII (77 years), they've had 60 ranked seasons (best in CFB), won 7 NCs (2nd best in CFB) by 3 HCs (best in CFB), & finished in...
@Mavs_FFL
That's not really a Luka & Jokic thing though. The league has drafted overseas heavily for decades. 10 of the first 30 picks in LeBron's draft were foreign players, most from Europe. Half of the 2016 1st round were foreign. That predates Luka or Jokic breaking out.
@LegionHoops
@SiriusXMNBA
...all of the foreign players out of today's NBA. Use a random lottery to take 60% of the remaining white players out of today's NBA (b/c they wouldn't have graduated from HS).....and THAT is the era Cousy played in. Tell me, now that we've eliminated EVERY....
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@danwentzel
@adamcbest
An AR-15 isn't a gun. It's simply the body style that a gun is then built upon. You are 100% correct that we need to regulate guns. But, the body style of a gun has nothing to do with its lethality. An AR-15 is to weapons what the automobile is to transportation. There...
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@JustEsBaraheni
And if you need further convincing:
Portland All NBA
* Aldridge (3rd)
Lakers All NBA
* Kobe (1st)
* Paul (2nd)
* Bynum (HM)
OKC All NBA
* KD (1st)
* Westbrook (2nd)
Heat All NBA
* LeBron (1st)
* Wade (2nd)
* Bosh (HM)
And the Mavs didn't even have a 2nd All Star. ๐คฃ
@Brett_McMurphy
@ActionNetworkHQ
So no CBS, no Turner, no NBC, Amazon only wants 1 game/wk, Fox Sports' President said they're not pursuing the Pac-12 unless it's *very* favorable for Fox (i.e. buy the rights for pennies on the dollar), & Iger (Disney) says they're going to be highly selective.
Pac 12 = screwed
@JeffPassan
The tomahawk chop has no impact on the lives of Native Americans. It does not prevent studying hard, going to college, getting a job, climbing the ladder, saving $$$, being a good parent, etc. It does not promote discrimination. It is a made up offense over a made up arm motion.
@adamcbest
I'm 100% in favor of gun control. But your tweet is reckless. An AR-15 isn't a specific gun. It's a type of gun body....just like an SUV is a type of auto body. Much like there is a massive difference between a mini Lexus SUV and a military Hummer, there is a massive...
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@TheNBACentral
I love all the casual fans talking about Jalen as a backup PG. LOL. The guy is a starter for the Mavs. He was moved into the starting lineup 18 gms ago. They're 12-6 since, even with Luka missing 11 gms & KP missing 9. Brunson is the Mavs' 2nd most IMPORTANT player.
@IsaacLHarris
@NBAOfficial
This was the FIFTH foul like this from O'Neal. This *has* to be a suspension. HAS. TO. That was intentionally dirty & has been happening from O'Neal all game.
@LegionHoops
@SiriusXMNBA
....SINGLE starter in today's NBA & every single All Star, who are the future HOFers from that era? And would you argue that they'd be stars in any era?
You know who'd be one of the star, American born white boys? JJ Redick. Seriously. Think through every white....
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@espn_macmahon
@MavsFilmRoom
The Mavs really only have 4 plus-level defenders: DFS, Bullock, Maxi, & Ntilikina. You absolutely *CANNOT* get rid of Maxi unless you're bringing in a stretch F/C that also is a plus-level defender.
@SECShorts
@renasant
The video on its own is brilliant, but y'all deserve a standing ovation for penning that script, & managing to create credit cards, hand signal sheets, t-shirts, etc just 48-72 hours after the story broke.
@inkandetch
@DylanBuckingham
The audacity of a coach calmly telling a student, "I graduated from the University of Texas in 1995. I didn't betray Tech. I went home." I agree, the NCAA needs to step in and fine him for such actions. A grown man has no business offering insight to another grown man like that!
@GarnetBees
@bellachu10
@mateosfo
If *you* read the report, then you'd know the police said the officer's front tire blew out, causing him to crash into a wall, then bounce off into the pedestrian...and they don't know what caused the tire to pop.
Regardless, the original tweet is nothing but performance art.
@CheeseyPrince
@Amy_Siskind
@UROCKlive1
That infographic is hogwash. For one, we absolutely have NOT controlled the flu or rotavirus with vaccines. Not even remotely. Second, the efficacy of most vaccines is high enough that herd immunity is achievable. It is IMPOSSIBLE though w/ the current covid vaccines.
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@bookreadtea
@dklimke
@scarucci777
@washingtonpost
You have just hit the nail on the head why 270 nurses, psychiatrists, sociologists, DRs in residency, journalists, etc using their "credentials" to shout down another expert RATHER than producing proof, is idiocy. It is also why we should welcome scientific discussion...
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@darrenrovell
Masters in Applied Econ from UCLA checking in.
"Free market" gets misused greatly. But for all intents & purposes, using the term as it's often misused, NIL is unquestionably a free market. It's unbridled capitalism. Boosters are free to create a fund & license players.
@TDAlabamaMag
The refs 100% handed Bama the Texas game. If not for this blatant miss, it'd have been 1st & 20 at the Texas 47 with 14 seconds left, trailing 18-20.๐งต
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Morning Mavs fans! With the ever-going discussion about players underperforming, I thought we could take a look at how key Mavs are performing relative to their salaries. Luckily, our friends at Sportrac have a formula that does just that.
Here's where our Mavs rank:
@allaboutjoysf
@NBCSWarriors
And what % of the people who died were vaccinated? 0.00183%? Your statement pretends those 600k died b/c of guys like Wiggins, instead of b/c they were unvaccinated.
I'm vaccinated, but the intellectual dishonesty surrounding this subject is off the charts.
@LegionHoops
@SiriusXMNBA
....American born player of the last 10 years & Redick is on the shortlist. Yet people want to argue he's wrong for saying Cousy played in a weak era (which was 10 years before Jerry West entered the NBA, fwiw). The NBA's talent pool in 1950, when Cousy was drafted, was....
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@NationMffl
Guys, let me help you out:
Wiz GM to Woj: "We're getting low-balled on offers for Kuzma. Can you put out something saying we're happy w/ Kuz, he loves the organization, etc? We need GMs to think we *WANT* to keep him in order to drive up the offers."