I don’t understand why you think rational people can’t have a rational discussion about politics today.

sadly bob, it is no longer truly about politics, it’s more an identity and idealogy thing…

how do you even explain to someone their identity or idealogy is askew…

people do not want to hear that, they will fight you tooth and nail if you challenge who they are…

kind of like sex and religion, politics is a touchy very personal subject…

plus it detracts from our shared love of the knicks, food, tv, music, books, travel and of course – each and every opportunity to talk about the weather…

also it’s not like anyone can really change anyone else’s mind about that sort of stuff…

so really, what’s the use of going in endless circles on arguments that will never get resolved…

we already have the knicks for that…

I’m inclined to agree but I also don’t really want refs interpreting intent.

Agreed, but in the moment of time the refs should be able to tell what’s going on. OKC was not going to let Minny attempt a 3 to tie. When it’s obvious like that a tech should be handed out.

Semis have been engaging

It is hard to imagine more competitive basketball. Not classic basketball from an esthetic point of view but 4 of the last 5 decided in the last 10 seconds.

I sure hope you have some other stuff you are in to besides for the knicks…TV, music, books, whatever (well except for the politics stuff, too ugly a topic amongst mixed company – which nowadays most likely also includes loved ones, well family members anyways)….

Geo…. I don’t understand why you think rational people can’t have a rational discussion about politics today. My wife is an ultra liberal CUNY finance professor and I am…. well, not. We get along smashingly.

Hand out a tech

I’m inclined to agree but I also don’t really want refs interpreting intent. (Was the foul intentional or in the run of play? It generally seems really obvious, but idk)

Or we could play to a target score and remove the entire motivation for one team trying to stop the other from playing basketball because there’s a clock that’s about to expire.

So its 3 three throws total anyways

Just ruins the endings of games.

Thunder are not my cup of tea.

I absolutely hate that games like that end with intentional fouls and intentional missed free throws, instead of actual basketball plays and shots at the basket from the field, made or missed.

I’m telling you guys, in the year 2125 they’re going to look at old basketball videos and marvel that we used to play on a clock.