Yan Gomes is Fixed: Evolutionary Gomes
May 13, 2017Hue Jackson on his starting QB: “They have to take it from [Cody Kessler]”
May 15, 2017On Wednesday evening, the Cleveland Cavaliers will play a basketball game. As of this moments, they have no idea who they will be playing against or where there will be playing it. It will have been 10 days since their last game, and, in the event the Boston Celtics win Game 7 at home, it will be four more since the last time the Cavs played in Cleveland.
Think about this for a second: The last time the Cavs played a game within Quicken Loans Arena, the calendar had just flipped to May, people were still talking about LeBron James pretending to drink a beer, and James and Kyrie Irving combined to score 36 of the team’s 37 third-quarter points.
Snapchat had yet to announce (horrible) earnings.
Corey Kluber had yet to hurt his back.
James Comey was still Director of the FBI.
Marine Le Pen had yet to be shown the door by French voters.
The House had yet to vote on President Trump’s healthcare plan.
Stephen Hawking had yet to give us the news that we only have 100 years left on Earth.
The Cavs, meanwhile, are getting antsy.
“We’re itching to play, literally every time we go through somewhat of a walkthrough we’re ready to compete,” Kyrie Irving said following a recent practice. “You know it’s fun, at the same time, but still we want to get out there and play. You just got to try some new things these next few days in order for us to stay as sharp as we can going into Game 1.”
The team has continued on without scrimmaging since Game 4 against Toronto, focusing on conditioning and film—a delicate balance of both the physical and mental aspects of the game, all while attempting to avoid injury, Ty Lue’s paramount concern. Just this week, in a pickup game following practice, center Edy Taveres suffered a broken hand. It was in practice earlier this year when the team lost Chris Andersen to an ACL, and having a veteran team effectively means shrouding them all in bubble wrap outside of the 48 game minutes they play on a given night. Things are so different right now that Irving took to the post-practice podium while wearing Ugg slippers and socks with strawberries.
Kyrie's casual post-practice kicks. #Cavs pic.twitter.com/ecQ86TFTnV
— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) May 13, 2017
Think off-the-glass alley oops or Dortmunder breaks are trolling? How about addressing the media in slippers while your two potential opponents are duking it out in last-second contests?
While the league may have missed an opportunity to feature a Game 7 instead of 48 minutes of illegal screens from the Golden State Warriors, Monday night’s game is one that not only every Cavs fan should be watching, but one that cannot get here soon enough given the layoff that has transpired since the team’s most recent sweep of a conference opponent.
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Miles run in playoffs on avg by top 5:
17.5 Cavs
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26.6 WizardsAvg player of G7 winner will have run 10+ more miles than Cavs.
— Micah Adams (@MicahAdams13) May 13, 2017
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I missed the Hawking prediction. I’m sure the Browns will be poised to make their big run in year 101.
One of these things is not like the other……
That stat on mileage is fantastic – a prism for understanding the physical toll on players that we normally don’t consider. Either of those teams will basically end up running a half marathon more than the Cavs, which is significant wear-and-tear. And that doesn’t even factor in things like extra travel, not being able to sleep in one’s own bed, the anxiety of close games, etc.
#QuantumAnalytics
Well, he claims asteroids, AI, overpopulation, epidemics, and global warming are all possibilities TO END MANKIND. By the way, did I mention my new books on colonizing Mars? I mean, to put a 100 year capper on it like he did…
He’s coming off like a clickbait marketer lately.
One of the reasons it was such a shame that Kawhi was injured last night as it won’t force another game from GS.
The aliens will return to Sumeria before then. (Yes, I actually read this thing.)
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Yup. My thoughts exactly.
“All these things will end the world immediately! Here’s my book I just wrote on how we continue after those things.”
Yes, the planet will become so uninhabitable we will have to move to another one with no water or oxygen.
The cycle has begun anew.
#AndStill
Hawking gave us the “news” that we have less than 100 years. Fake news.
100 light years away.
My H.S. football coaches would have said that those other teams are getting stronger than us. I would have believed them. I might still.
Man. What a photo. I might just stare at this all day long. Takes me back . . .
Wait until you see tomorrow’s…
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I’m already shivering.
Boy, is he going to look dumb when humanity is alive and thriving in 100 years. Oh yeah – the ease and joy of predicting things outside of anyone’s current lifespan. There should be a rule against perpetuities in the prediction/book-selling game.
It is far easier to transport humanity to a world where current travel by man is considered near impossible (not to mention figuring out how to live there w/o water or oxygen or a sustainable atmosphere) than it will be for us to engineer a solution on Earth.
Multiple articles have used variations of “Has Hawking ever been wrong?” as their kicker (closing line).
Uh yeah, Hawking has been wrong a ton. If he wasn’t, then he’d be a terrible scientist. Intelligence = Infallible is a dangerous proposition.
Science = infallible is also a dangerous proposition when such “science” cannot be observed, tested, or replicated.
There’s a fine line. If they stay healthy and win, then it can be an advantage to conditioning in the short-term (ignoring longer term ramifications). Cavs have been taking lower risk conditioning routes, which is smart on that scale.
It’s like a double-elimination tournament (common in baseball). If you keep winning, then you can get to the Finals with just a few games. If you lose early, then you have a ton of games you need to get through. But, you will have a ton more “game reps” than the other team you face there, and if you do get there then you’ll have a ton of confidence from winning those games.
“Fine line” is the phrase that was running through my head when I typed that. For a team of 22-25 year olds, running an additional 10 miles might actually be a good thing more than wear and tear. For a team of 28-35 year olds, it’s probably more wear and tear than a good thing. I’d say for the Cavs, best to not risk it.
Yes, same arc there. The very definition of science is that it is supposed to continue to challenge itself constantly in order to better understand things. One of the main principles of being a good scientist is to understand that you don’t know anything and you are just doing your best to describe what you can with the current allotment of facts.
Of course, we have a “publish or die” setting in our current academia world, which shifts those priorities.
The possibility of successfully us navigating a winning season in the next 100 years is approximately 3,720 to 1.
Staying healthy, less chances of an injury, should be the trump card.
Better than Leicester City’s last year!!
Yes, there is a higher risk of injuries, so “given the choice” you don’t pick risking them. But, if you survive without injuries, it might be better for you. That’s the fine line.
He’s just going for money and all of the quantum backstage bettys.
Can we still say “trump card?”
are you taking that action?
(we’re just talking about getting to 9 wins, right?)
Reminds me that big shoulder pads in the 80s weren’t just a style for women.
They got bigger in the ’90s!
Speaking of Champions….
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You will be.
I was watching a documentary on Christian Okoye yesterday. I think he wore the biggest shoulder pads ever.
Exactly what I was going to say. It’s all relative to age/experience.
Hawking. Total loser. Glasses are always on crooked and he’s too lazy to even walk up to the podium.
As a former VP would say, “Stand up, Stephen, let ’em see you! Oh, God love you.”
Dear Lord. Uncle Joe. That was (painfully) the best. Or worst. How does one recover from that? Crawl away? Hop on your motorized podium like Spicey and rife away?https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4c67950c832e06d7ad2ce3792f5ad1a414dd30984f69c5fddf3fe75336d519da.gif
No need to recover when the world gives you a pass! Besides, it wasn’t that big of a f!#$%ing deal.
Eric Turner had to be close
Your theory of a donut-shaped universe is intriguing. I may have to steal it.
To be fair, the articles I’ve read make it sound like it’s the BBC sensationalizing things to promote their new show with him. And “article” is probably not the right word. It looks like these places just took a BBC press release, copied, pasted, and then added a click-baity title.
I thought the universe was on the back of a turtle.
:'(
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