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04-17-2009 , 03:47 PM

#45676

dtemp

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THis one is pretty hard.

http://www.sporcle.com/games/heteronyms.php

Mainly because I don't know what the **** a heteronym is.

04-17-2009 , 03:47 PM

#45677

FlyWf

It's the other way

Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 58,090

tbach- I know you hate him but it's Hollinger by a huge amount.

04-17-2009 , 03:48 PM

#45678

Artdogg

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tbach2

Which NBA person covered the NBA the best between 2008-2009?

Here are your candidates:
Bill Simmons
JA Adande
Henry Abbott
John Hollinger
Dave Berri
David Thorpe

and my front runner for the award: Jon Barry

wow, has to be Hollinger by default I think, other than Jon Barry

04-17-2009 , 03:50 PM

#45679

dtemp

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A couple of things that piss me off about the nba sporocles. You can't just type in Hakeem even though you can just type in Shaq. You have to spell Kareems last name correctly. Luckily, Alcindor works as well.

04-17-2009 , 03:50 PM

#45680

Artdogg

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dtemp

yea, prolly the most annoying thing about those, i can't spell

04-17-2009 , 03:51 PM

#45681

NozeCandy

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Dwight's "spin move" comment made me laugh as hard as I have at the office in a really long time.

04-17-2009 , 03:52 PM

#45682

dtemp

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Its like the Jeopardy! game my friends had for the nintendo. You had like 10 seconds to spell out the answer correctly using a ****ing nintendo controller.

04-17-2009 , 03:53 PM

#45683

BobboFitos

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Quote:

Originally Posted by C-Viggity

bump the playoff predictions for the thread if anyone hasn't made theirs yet -- i'll go thru and look for ones i missed

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?k...-1nODKSosI-8Qg

I posted mine a while ago, but that was pre KG news. I'll do it again so I can get on the sheet:
Cavs in 4
Magic in 5
Celtics in 5 (Im staying true to green)
Hawks in 6

Lakers in 5
Nuggets in 5
Mavs in 6
Portland in 7

04-17-2009 , 03:54 PM

#45684

Artdogg

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btw anyone else kinda hate Mark Jackson? Used to like him but he's pretty tiresome now

04-17-2009 , 03:55 PM

#45685

mastin1

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48 / 50 states

04-17-2009 , 03:56 PM

#45686

NozeCandy

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How do people not get all 50 states? I haven't even done the sporcle so I don't know if they give you the map, but I just visualize the map and rip that **** off.

04-17-2009 , 03:56 PM

#45687

Artdogg

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Viggity-

Cavs in 5
Magic in 5
Celtics in 5
Hawks in 7

Lakers in 5
Nuggets in 7
Mavs in 6
Rockets in 6

04-17-2009 , 03:56 PM

#45688

TheUntouchable

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Mark Jackson is pretty inconsistent. Sometimes he's certainly above average during games, and other times he's typical ******ed analyst.

04-17-2009 , 03:56 PM

#45689

dtemp

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I remember David Aldridge being pretty solid when he was writing for ESPN. But that was back when I was an NBA idiot and believed in clutch.

Was he at all decent?

04-17-2009 , 03:57 PM

#45690

tbach2

adept

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Yeah the Donk got really super dope towards the latter part of the season (IE when he stopped saying player x is better than player y because of PER). I think I still take Simmons out of loyalty and because his peak articles are amazing. But the Donk put out PER diem's which is impressive, plus more chats. IDK it's a tossup.

Adande prob next, then Abbott closely following, Stein WAY in last.

Oh and of course Barry wins 1st. Guy is miraculous.

04-17-2009 , 03:57 PM

#45691

tarheeljks

The Dark Knight

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naming all 50 states shouldn't be a problem. i could see people having trouble labeling all of them though

04-17-2009 , 03:57 PM

#45692

FlyWf

It's the other way

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dtemp

THis one is pretty hard.

http://www.sporcle.com/games/heteronyms.php

Mainly because I don't know what the **** a heteronym is.

This is probably my favorite sporcle yet. Each one is like "wtf" and then "oh yeah that was easy"

04-17-2009 , 04:01 PM

#45693

TheUntouchable

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Ok since the Elite 8 matches are basically insurmountable, let's just start the Final Four so we can finish it before the playoffs. Or at least get down to the finals and give both posters a chance to plead their case or something while everyone votes during playoffs games

Final Four Matchups:

1. BobboFitos vs. 2. sethypooh21

2. tuq vs. 6. kbfc

04-17-2009 , 04:01 PM

#45694

NozeCandy

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But I didn't even get to vote for myself!!!!!!!

04-17-2009 , 04:02 PM

#45695

tbach2

adept

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seth

tuq

04-17-2009 , 04:02 PM

#45696

ThaSaltCracka

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KC do the "A" or "B" word puzzles. Those are hard.

04-17-2009 , 04:02 PM

#45697

Assani Fisher

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anyone got any links to good podcasts I can listen to as I play poker? Anything NBA related would be awesome. I rarely listen to any podcasts at all, so I probably havn't heard anything you guys will mention.