Let me make sure I understand this:
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Let me make sure I understand this:
A basketballl player (Bam Adebayo) beat Kobe Bryan’s record, and the argument is he should have been pulled from the game before he was able to do so? Out of respect for… Kobe? The game? Fans who don't know how to let go?
I'm so confused
@kims I think the guy who wrote the article is just as confused. That read like someone whose editor gave them the assignment, “write an opinion column about this topic in which you have no strong, defendable opinions, and have it done in the next hour.”
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Not only that, but how tf do you get new records then?
Kobe Bryan's 81 beat 1960s Elgin Baylor's 71 pts - or whenever Wilt Chamberlin took #1 with 100 pts.. Think Bryan or his coach or team were thinking, in 2006 in Toronto, "Oh wait, Kobe has 69 pts, one more basket and he'll eclipse the great Elgin Baylor, we can't do that."
Fucking no.
So wtf would you reign in Adebayo that's one of the dumbest hottest stupid takes I'v ever read. And I've read a lot of sports coverage.
@tezoatlipoca @kims Exactly. Imagine having told Kobe, “that’s it, you’ve tied a record, you’re done.”
What a way to foster mediocrity.
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@tezoatlipoca @kims Exactly. Imagine having told Kobe, “that’s it, you’ve tied a record, you’re done.”
What a way to foster mediocrity.
@tezoatlipoca @kims Also, that article shows how far the NYT has fallen. They are now relying on whiny, pathetic, badly-written click-bait to rage-draw eyes?
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@tezoatlipoca @kims Also, that article shows how far the NYT has fallen. They are now relying on whiny, pathetic, badly-written click-bait to rage-draw eyes?
It would be the "participation trophy" mentality taken to an extreme. You scored a point in basketball! Congrats! you have Tied the HIGH SCORE with everyone else who has ever picked up a basket ball: 1. After that we stop counting so noone feels left out except for that one player who strangely has never scored professionally.
Now that I look it up, there are tons of NBA players who never scored but only cause they played a single game or whatever.
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It would be the "participation trophy" mentality taken to an extreme. You scored a point in basketball! Congrats! you have Tied the HIGH SCORE with everyone else who has ever picked up a basket ball: 1. After that we stop counting so noone feels left out except for that one player who strangely has never scored professionally.
Now that I look it up, there are tons of NBA players who never scored but only cause they played a single game or whatever.
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The award however, has to go to #NBA player Ryan Arcidiacono of the #newyorkknicks 23-24 who played 20 games and scored zero.
How awkward must you be dating "yeah, I was a pro basketball player." "oh yeah, how did you do?" "Weeeelllllll, its complicated."
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The award however, has to go to #NBA player Ryan Arcidiacono of the #newyorkknicks 23-24 who played 20 games and scored zero.
How awkward must you be dating "yeah, I was a pro basketball player." "oh yeah, how did you do?" "Weeeelllllll, its complicated."
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Let me make sure I understand this:
A basketballl player (Bam Adebayo) beat Kobe Bryan’s record, and the argument is he should have been pulled from the game before he was able to do so? Out of respect for… Kobe? The game? Fans who don't know how to let go?
I'm so confused
@kims
I'm pretty sports-ignorant but I thought Kobe's record was only for second-most points in a game. So that's even weirder. -
Let me make sure I understand this:
A basketballl player (Bam Adebayo) beat Kobe Bryan’s record, and the argument is he should have been pulled from the game before he was able to do so? Out of respect for… Kobe? The game? Fans who don't know how to let go?
I'm so confused
@kims Oh, FFS. Adebayo is great, and that’s the way the cookie crumbles. Perhaps the Wizards could have considered not being so terrible.
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@kims
I'm pretty sports-ignorant but I thought Kobe's record was only for second-most points in a game. So that's even weirder. -
@Devils_Rancher @kims
They certainly won't if people keep discouraging folks from taking over the #2 spot. -
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