Duke Bball Alumni

[childress22]

We need some sort of "relieved" emoji.

 

[aiw]

 

[rome8180]

Why 112 exactly? Why not just double it? Still would be a stupid fucking idea, don't get me wrong.

 

[DrKlahn]

I’m worried that Jay thinks 64x2=112

 

[bfactor]

Why play the regular season at all?

 

[sivartrenrag]

Why play the regular season at all?

Don't give Jay any ideas

 

[rome8180]

Boston blows a 30-point lead to lose to the Hawks despite a good Jayson Tatum game. With New Orleans having an absolutely brutal schedule coming up, with Duke playing Houston, and with UNC still alive in the tournament, this could be a very bad week for the cycle.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

 

[rome8180]

The ACC's 5th best team is also in the Elite Eight after beating the Pac-12s best team. The ACC's 10th best team is in the Sweet Sixteen. I'm not sure he thought this through very well.

 

[dukeboy911]

Zion with a 28/5/2 stat line tonight with 10/16 from the line. Up against probably the best defensive frontline. 4 seed now lookin very realistic.

Can he make All-NBA?

 

[rome8180]

Also, wtf is "narratives are hard"? It sounds like typical condescending Twitter-speak, but I have no fucking idea what it means in this context.

 

[Bullettoothtony]

Also, wtf is "narratives are hard"? It sounds like typical condescending Twitter-speak, but I have no fucking idea what it means in this context.

I think he's saying that, despite their zeitgeist prominence, certain narratives are difficult to legitimize by criteria not rooted in confirmation bias.

So in this case, the initial narrative was that the ACC is a "weak" conference.(e.g. fewer bids than 4 other conferences)

Then of course the "new" narrative was the ACC being underrated (e.g. 4 teams making the Sweet 16 supposedly an attestation to its veracity).

And once again, you can counter that narrative (i. "is it really an underrated conference, consider these outcomes, ACC reg. season loses to SEC 3, etc.)

Which is what he's getting at... you can make the case for any of these narratives depending on what evidence/data points you cherry-pick, more or less. Which of course is inherently flawed.

Again, I may be wrong but I think he's saying narratives are difficult because they are often rooted in a fundamentally flawed methodology.

 

[rome8180]

Yes, but he's doing the same thing. "Narratives are hard because of confirmation bias, but I've got the right one."

 

[dukeboy911]

Suns and Clips both about to lose tonight. Pels lookin good for the playoffs.

 

[Slap the Floor]

 

[DurhamSon]

Steward could be playing on this year and next year’s team

 

[dukeboy911]

Zion vs Tatum right now.

And Kyrie was magical last night. 30 pts, with 14 of them in the 4th, on 100% shooting in the 4th. He really is "King of the Fourth".

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

 

[rome8180]

"Got hundreds of chances to develop but squandered them over and over"

 

[bdotling]