i said we’re going to be sub.500

Thanks- I agree with your concerns but think that the defense should improve (OG is one of the few wing defenders that can be a real difference maker) and I think Thibs will (hopefully) make the rotations more fluid to mitigate losing Quick. Given the easier second half schedule I think they can play a few games over .500 the rest of the way. I don’t think you’re crazy at all but I still think a 6/7 seed is more likely than 8/10 (or worse). Hopefully we’ll have decent injury luck and we’ll see where we are at the end of the year!

i said we’re gonna be a sub.500…

So 40 or fewer wins? I really hope you are wrong, but I do enjoy reading your analyses.

I asked a *lot* of questions!: Brandon? Bogdan? Bojan? Boban? Brogdon? Brogdan? Brojan? Burksan? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

ok so that’s out of bounds got it.. so then what is significant enough to talk about and point out that we can quantify to that extent that would not be construed as bias?

talk about whatever you want. I am engaging your argument that the Knicks offense is propped up by ‘ungodly 3 point shooting’ on the merits. This is what you claim you want. The only Knicks making 3s at a particularly high clip were Brunson (and we have something like 500 attempts over 2 years that suggest he’s become an excellent 3 point shooter) and DDV. DDVs shooting 3s better than his career would suggest he’s going to shoot going forward was not a significant reason the Knicks offense was pretty good.

i assume you’re talking about me…

no no no no no…please stop taking everything so personal…it is not…it is you/me/everyone/people in general dj…

okay whatever, over honest – i worry that you take this bullshit personal and it bleeds over in to your life, where things really matter…

and the fact is – most likely you have people depending on you…why spend much emotional energy on people that do not really matter in your life: us, this, anything reall

that’s not a helpful or healthy thing…

sorry for nagging you…i hope you’re doing well…

i’m going to shut up and go get food now: spaghetti and a calzone…yum 🙂

edit: you do make valid points in your post…heck, make that: posts…

DJ- have you given a prediction for the Knicks final record post-trade?

do you think i’m the type of guy that would ask others to go on the record without doing so himself?

i said we’re gonna be a sub.500… do i have 100% certainty? no.. baseline certainty for any of this is probably in the 70% territory… it’s enough to have some sort of conviction… teh point is not to flog them for getting it wrong.. the point is to get people to clarify their positions especially when someone says something crazy that it could tank the offense and might be a net 1 or 2 win loss…. and everyone else is net 0… (and yes random noise can impact any of these random win totals)…

and we tell everyone to burn the witch… over that…. the fucking heresy to make those claims!

my point, i think a lot of folks relish the opportunity to “compete/debate”…sort of like doc bob likes to run, a “release” of sorts…

i assume you’re talking about me… i talk to people.. a lot of people during the day…. i have to negotiate and look at a number of things.. and i grill people.. i live a pretty fast paced life… and i have a need to get things right… that’s not the same thing as ‘winning’ an argument.. but i don’t like leaving a convo without at least an understanding… how you interpret that is up to you…

i think what you gotta worry .., if you truly are worried about others… are the folks who don’t actually interact with a lot of people.. and don’t know how to… and think that they are and wind up not.. which is why they can’t get along with many and use the internet to have one way conversations with each other…

which is why most folks end up isolated and goto extremism…. which is why the internet becomes a breeding ground for this stuff.. you see smaller versions of it everyday on this blog if you pay close enough attention….