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Let me guess what bucher said...

Analytics are overrated.... He'd take Rose over Lebron....Go with your gut.... Statistics lie....Eye Test....Watch the games....Heart... Intangibles...blah blah

+ rwb>durant and some passive aggressive shots at simmons for being 3456x more successful than he is

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05-06-2014 , 07:08 PM

#3828

nath

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You think Ric Bucher is mad that he's still not the most famous sports Bucher even though The Waterboy is 15 years old?

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05-08-2014 , 02:10 AM

#3829

wizardplow

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Originally Posted by mcb33f

+ rwb>durant and some passive aggressive shots at simmons for being 3456x more successful than he is

Yes, he is a freaking warriors sideline reported. Daryl Morey doesn't give two ****s about him. Loled when he signed off saying his agent was calling him.

He did have a sizzling take on the Sterling stuff though.

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05-09-2014 , 02:10 AM

#3830

shane88888

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I should really move to LA.

Lynch and Yoshida are really cute. They regard Molly Lambert as an intellectual heavyweight.

I will have zero feels when California falls into the Pacific.

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05-09-2014 , 02:19 AM

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ClarkNasty

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Al McCoy had a pretty good ballot.

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05-09-2014 , 04:44 AM

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mcb33f

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Originally Posted by shane88888

I should really move to LA.

Lynch and Yoshida are really cute. They regard Molly Lambert as an intellectual heavyweight.

I will have zero feels when California falls into the Pacific.

i have no idea what any of the HOODIES look like but tess def acts/sounds the hottest now that i've deciphered their voices

i'm gonna not look up what they look like cos i'm a modern man who values women only for their intellect

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05-13-2014 , 05:24 PM

#3833

shane88888

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Colson Whitehead is on Grantland's Sincerity Hour with Brian Kopplelman talking about his WSOP book.

Has anyone read this guy? He won a MacArthur Fellowship but this guy is a charisma-vacuum and a complete ****ing nerd. He loosens up toward the end but I'm taking nothing away from this interview. I'm not even talking about the inane poker stuff; I'm just not impressed by the thought processes on display here.

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05-13-2014 , 06:21 PM

#3834

vaya

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Originally Posted by shane88888

I usually enjoy that podcast but this one was painful

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05-14-2014 , 04:15 AM

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Yeti

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Originally Posted by shane88888

I'm not even talking about the inane poker stuff; I'm just not impressed by the thought processes on display here.

heh, yeah it's bad. his answer to one of the questions very early on about his homegame was just incoherent. it was the kind of thing where if you were talking to a buddy or someone at work you'd stop yourself and say 'heh sry i'm making this point really badly'. i have 2/3 left and i will finish it tomorrow, but i am not sure why.

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05-14-2014 , 05:37 PM

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Conz

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took me way too long to come to the conclusion that Welsey Morris is absolutely terrible

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05-14-2014 , 06:23 PM

#3837

jonnyd

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Originally Posted by Conz

took me way too long to come to the conclusion that Welsey Morris is absolutely terrible

Yeah he sucks I quit him very early on

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05-18-2014 , 04:45 PM

#3838

Busto Rhymes

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Originally Posted by Das Boot

that slacker Zach Lowe needs to get a second-round podcast up

Agree, love his podcast.

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05-21-2014 , 07:30 PM

#3839

g-bebe

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**** you bill, you jinxed the lottery and gave the cavs #1 with your dumb karma column

could bill be any worse?

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05-21-2014 , 07:43 PM

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Rendle

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05-21-2014 , 08:18 PM

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MediocrePlayer2.0

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Originally Posted by g-bebe

**** you bill, you jinxed the lottery and gave the cavs #1 with your dumb karma column

could bill be any worse?

he could be Rick Reilly

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05-21-2014 , 10:53 PM

#3842

shane88888

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Jane Curtin's daughter really got the least out the Jeopardy piece.

It's the opposite of Lowe at the NBA Lottery.

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05-21-2014 , 11:07 PM

#3843

Biesterfield

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Yeah so many words for so little insight

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06-01-2014 , 05:23 PM

#3844

shane88888

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Billy Boy sure sounds like he'd like to give that Ramona Shelburne a smooch.

I don't blame him but he sure was fired up.

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06-01-2014 , 05:25 PM

#3845

kioshk

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Simmons was too hard on Lance. Lance just needs boundaries from a better coach.

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06-01-2014 , 05:45 PM

#3846

shane88888

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West Coast Sissy Bill aka Billy TMZ is all about perception over content. Everything around the story is more important than the story. Grantland is pumping out a ton of this **** because he's filled that office with shallow, narcissistic snark.

I just don't find a lot of joy in much of what's coming out of Grantland (obviously exempting Barnwell, Keri, the analytics stuff, and the great Zach Lowe). Sports and entertainment are supposed to be fun. Instead there's always something that feels ****ty.

I didn't know it could get worse than West Coast Sissy Bill, but Stodgy Old White Guy Bill is not a good look.

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06-01-2014 , 05:51 PM

#3847

Shark Sandwich

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Originally Posted by shane88888

Good post, agree 100% though I'd never thought about it in quite those terms. I pretty much only visit Grantland for the exceptions you mentioned.

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06-01-2014 , 06:19 PM

#3848

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Originally Posted by Shark Sandwich

Good post, agree 100% though I'd never thought about it in quite those terms. I pretty much only visit Grantland for the exceptions you mentioned.

Thanks. I suffered through many hours of inane thought-processes to come to these conclusions.

Podcasts for Everyone! is not necessarily a good policy.