Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Players With 7x First Team All-NBA or All-ABA and 5 Top 3 Finishes in MVP

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 For James Harden’s birthday, I noted that he will soon have 6x 1st team All-NBAs and 5x Top 3 finishes in MVP balloting, which led me to th...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Basketball Reference Adds "Adjusted Shooting" - What Does It Tell Us?

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www.basketball-reference.com has added "Adjusted Shooting" s a category in its stats for each player.  As of July 14, 2020, it is ...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

An Old Pre-Cell Phone Story

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I saw a picture of myself from 1982 today and it reminded me of an old story.  My kids often ask me what it was like before cell phones.  I ...
Thursday, January 09, 2020

January 8, 2020 Points + Rebound + Assists Leaders - Over 45,000 total

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10.  Dr. J -- 45, 727 (ABA guy) 9.  Tim Duncan -- 45,812 8.  Elvin Hayes -- 45,990 7.   Kevin Garnett -- 46,178 6.  Kobe Bryant -- 46,99...
Wednesday, September 04, 2019

"Blinded By the Light" - No Box Office Success, But Gold For Me

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I have seen the movie "Blinded by the Light" twice, and I cried for probably 30 minutes both times.  Here is why. I grew up on a...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Updating MVP Stats

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Giannis wins MVP #1 last night, but he has a LOOOOOOONG way to go to reach these names: Most MVP Wins Kareem 6 Bill Russell and Michael ...
Friday, June 14, 2019

Happy Father’s Day 2019

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June 16, 2019 is Father’s Day.  At age 55, here is what I know about being a father: 1) My Grandpa on my dad's side worked 14 hours a ...
Monday, March 18, 2019

Hillary Clinton Just Got Killed In the Rural Areas

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Since I had a "Twitter discussion" about this last week (which consists of me stating facts and someone just replying "false...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Greatest NBA Finals' Performances Since 1984, Sorted by Average "Game Score"

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"Game Score" is a statistic that tries to evaluate how effectively and efficiently a player plays.  So, by plugging in certain sta...
Friday, February 08, 2019

Happy Moses Malone Day

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OK, since it is Moses Malone Day in Philly, let's go through some Moses Malone love. 1) Most importantly, Moses is my #18 player of ...
Tuesday, February 05, 2019

50 Most Rat-Infested Cities 2019. Have I Been? Do I Like Them?

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Chicago  - have been many times, love the city Los Angeles (+1)  love New York (-1)  love Washington, DC (+1) love San Francisco (-1)  ...
Wednesday, January 09, 2019

Tom Thibodeau Fired - My Thoughts.

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Tom Thibodeau was fired and he has been replaced with Ryan Saunders.  I have been a Timberwolves season ticket holder for 30 years now.  I a...
Friday, January 04, 2019

Tucker Carlson's Speech On How America Is Going Wrong

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https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/tucker-carlsons-galvanizing-speech/ This is an interesting speech to give.  Carlson, apparently ups...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

The Weird Trend to Overrate Hakeem Olajuwon in All-Time Rankings

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Look, I have Hakeem in my top 20 players of all-time.  But the recent lists I have seen from younger guys all seem to put Hakeem as a top 10...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

My 9-Day Business Trip -- Top 10 Moments

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I will save my pat-down experience at DFW for another Blog entry.  It didn't occur outside the U.S., and it, in any event, deserves its ...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Ariana Grande Dumps Pete Davidson

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/inside-ariana-grande-and-pete-davidsons-split-he-is-incredibly-heartbroken-exclusive/ar-BBOqqNC?li=BBn...
Wednesday, October 03, 2018

22.5 Plus and 30 Plus "Game Scores" -- Who is the Best?

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The idea of a "Game Score" statistic is basically to determine whether someone had a good game or not (rather than me searching t...