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  • March 20, 2026 at 10:24 am #162947
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    Ok, the NBA has gotten…surreal. ‘Tanking’ is now an APPROVED strategy. Its not a dirty little secret anymore, its a ‘reasonable strategy.’

    Here’s Brian Windhorst, who is a ‘sports journalist’ but essentially is a mouthpiece for the NBA. A celebrity promoter of the sport.

    Post-modern basket ball.

    March 20, 2026 at 10:36 am #162948
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    wv wrote:

    Ok, the NBA has gotten…surreal. ‘Tanking’ is now an APPROVED strategy. Its not a dirty little secret anymore, its a ‘reasonable strategy.’

    Basketball. Is that the one where you take a bat and hit a ball over a net to the other player with a bat who then hits it back? Or is that water polo?

    March 20, 2026 at 10:44 am #162949
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    zn wrote:

    Basketball. Is that the one where you take a bat and hit a ball over a net to the other player with a bat who then hits it back? Or is that water polo?

    Its the one that made Puka into…whatever he is.

    March 20, 2026 at 11:10 am #162951
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    From Google AI:

    Important Distinctions: The word “baseball bat” (a tool for striking) is unrelated to the word “bat” (the winged mammal). The animal name comes from the Middle English bakke, which likely came from a Scandinavian source like the Old Norse leðrblaka (meaning “leather flapper”)

    March 20, 2026 at 12:13 pm #162952
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    Yeah, basketball has a problem. Since it’s 5-on-5, and only 8 or 9 guys typically ever play in a given game, having an extremely talented player is essential in order to be competitive, and you need 2 of them to be in the championship hunt (3 is better), so the top players are in high demand. A draft often has only 2-3 guys like that, and they aren’t all sure fire. A great draft will have a handful. There is never a Puka Nacua found outside of the first round. You can only get a really good player through FA, trading, or by having one of the top 2 picks in the draft. So tanking is going to happen unless the NBA figures out a way to disincentivize it, and I don’t know what that is. And I don’t really care.

    March 20, 2026 at 5:28 pm #162956
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    zn wrote:

    From Google AI:

    Important Distinctions: The word “baseball bat” (a tool for striking) is unrelated to the word “bat” (the winged mammal). The animal name comes from the Middle English bakke, which likely came from a Scandinavian source like the Old Norse leðrblaka (meaning “leather flapper”)

    “leather flapper” is f’ing awesome. There should be an NFL team called the leather flappers.
    I think we should all try to normalize calling bats ‘leather flappers.’

    PS — The word for Bat in Russian — летучая мышь (letuchaya mysh’), which means “volatile mouse.”

    Maltese: frfett il-lejl, or “butterfly of the night”

    German : Fledermaus. “Fleder” is from an old form of the German word “flattern” which means “flutter.” Literally, flutter-mouse!

    Back to the NBA. They have about 6 or 8 teams actively tanking. And the powers that be want to EXPAND the league. Add two MORE teams. I dont really care about the NBA, but i like to keep an eye on insane late-capitalist, end-times, surreal-trends.

    Someday this land will belong to the butterflies of the night.

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    March 27, 2026 at 5:24 pm #163064
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    “prediction markets.” Hadn’t heard that one before.

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    March 27, 2026 at 8:46 pm #163066
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    wv wrote:

    German : Fledermaus. “Fleder” is from an old form of the German word “flattern” which means “flutter.” Literally, flutter-mouse!

    They need to re-do the old Adam West “Batman” theme.

    Da da da da DAH da
    Flutter mouse man!
    Da da da da DAH da
    sock
    pow
    Flutter mouse man!
    Da da da da DAH da

    April 2, 2026 at 7:59 pm #163157
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    Well, they’ve finally ‘killed the Umpires,’ i see. Machines are now calling balls and strikes.

    April 17, 2026 at 7:57 pm #163316
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    “too much science”

    May 18, 2026 at 9:37 am #163992
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    To have the talent AND
    the insane-work-ethic AND
    the body-that-can-withstand-the-insane-work-ethic
    is purty special. Aaron Donald was in that category. I guess Kobe was too.

    May 21, 2026 at 4:39 pm #164027
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    Not normally a dunk-appreciator, but this one….

    May 23, 2026 at 10:06 am #164048
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    May 31, 2026 at 8:51 am #164179
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