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padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
I never raced but I was a bike courier for many years and I still ride as my primary means of transportation
I know plenty of people who do, was never interested, it's a huge time commitment and I never wanted to specialize my fitness like you need to
I did think about track racing where you can still - in fact need to - lift weights and be stronger/bulkier, but still a huge commitment
the cult of suffering in cycling is something else tho. not just enduring pain, but intolerable weather conditions, terrifying descents doing 90+ kph down wet Italian mountain roads. there's a whole subset of one-day races - the cobbled classics, mostly in Flanders - that are specifically devoted to being tough - a "Flandrien" is a rider (not necessarily an actual Flandrien) who revels in miserable conditions.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Yeah my friend was a bike courier too back in the day.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
the famous image of Andy Hampsten, only American ever to win the Giro D'Italia, on the Gavia in '88
one of his teammates had to be helped off his bike at the finish line because he was almost entirely snow-blind
linebaugh
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Did not expect such interest on here, good stuff.
@IdleRich theres a cliché that goes only the final two minutes of a basketball game matter. Only the fourth quarter matters is probably closer to the truth, but regardless an attrition based game isn't really the current state, especially with the incredible offensive skill we have where teams regularly evaporate 10 point leads in almost no time. The first three quarters are (usually) stage setting. narrative and dynamic forming- who can and cant guard who, who gets into foul trouble, what sets work and don't work, who is making adjustments, who looks fatigued and etc. Come fourth quarter time the weight these factors usually break one way and a clear winner can emerge in just a few minutes. Not unlike a boxing match where the fighters spend the first few rounds feeling each other out before haymakers are thrown. And theres always late game heroics that can flip the scale on the previous 36 minutes of gameplay dynamics. Its a good system, even just 10 years ago a 10-15 point deficit going into the fourth was damning but now every minute matters.
@IdleRich theres a cliché that goes only the final two minutes of a basketball game matter. Only the fourth quarter matters is probably closer to the truth, but regardless an attrition based game isn't really the current state, especially with the incredible offensive skill we have where teams regularly evaporate 10 point leads in almost no time. The first three quarters are (usually) stage setting. narrative and dynamic forming- who can and cant guard who, who gets into foul trouble, what sets work and don't work, who is making adjustments, who looks fatigued and etc. Come fourth quarter time the weight these factors usually break one way and a clear winner can emerge in just a few minutes. Not unlike a boxing match where the fighters spend the first few rounds feeling each other out before haymakers are thrown. And theres always late game heroics that can flip the scale on the previous 36 minutes of gameplay dynamics. Its a good system, even just 10 years ago a 10-15 point deficit going into the fourth was damning but now every minute matters.
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linebaugh
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being a bulls fan, I assume, cant have helped either.
I think that style is devolving. Last two champions played a markedly more traditional style. Lakers themselves weren't even a particularly good 3 pt shooting team. The rockets have dissolved, and steph and draymond will be well into their 30's by the time Klay is back and in the swing of things. And teams like the mavericks who still run a hyper modern analytics driven offense do it in a way thats fun to watch. Luka looks like a globe trotter out there, lots of ball movement and unpredictability.
Im hoping all the Euro stars end some of the dizzying offseason drama. They seem less interested in teaming up with their AAU buddies whove they've known since highschool. Its not unlikely that 3 of the leagues top 5 guys are Luka, Giannis, and Jokic in just a couple years.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
higher scoring, and specifically the enormous increase in 3s, have significantly increased variance. teams can shoot their way out of holes they couldn't 10 years ago.
that's always been the best strategy for March Madness upsets, higher variance = better likelihood of overcoming disparity in talent.
it doesn't really work as a long-term strategy in the NBA where 1) the season, and individual playoff series, are long and 2) everyone can shoot, but it does make the ends of more individual games more exciting
luka
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Rugby league is the same as a rule. Theyre both turn based sports.
IdleRich
IdleRich
But this is what I mean about cricket. If it's a close game then you could argue that the first four days (of a test) were simply sparring and stage setting.... although equally it can be won in the first couple of days. As, I assume, a basketball team can be out of sight by the end of the second quarter. Not that I know much more about cricket than I do about basketball so this might all be double-bollocks I guess.
linebaugh
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who is michael jordan?
luka
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A decent basketball player but a very dull figure otherwise