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QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 11, 2012 -> 04:08 PM) They're always a very tough team to play at home, but for whatever reason, they don't play well at all the road. Perhaps it's the quality of opponents they've faced on the road, I'm not sure. edit: Also, claiming it's wrong to use the phrase "lottery team" for a team that would currently be in the lottery seems a little weird to me They're also two wins from not being in the lottery. Usually, when people say lottery teams, they mean teams that suck really badly. If the Jazz didn't play in the West, they'd be a playoff team.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Feb 11, 2012 -> 12:34 PM) If Lin has another solid game tonight, should we dismiss as "it was against another crap team"? I like how people are dismissing the Jazz as a lottery team, even though they're actually above .500.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Feb 10, 2012 -> 11:36 PM) That's such crap. If you wanna play numbers get a blackboard... reason is ruining every good story to come out of sports lately. No, the media is.

QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 10, 2012 -> 11:31 PM) The linsanity and jokes are all fun and games until someone starts taking it all seriously. When comments are made about how he's "definitely going to be a difference maker," someone has to step in and speak with some semblance of realism and a basic understand of what sample size is. It depends on your definition of difference maker. The Lin-less Knicks were terrible. They needed somebody to run the offense efficiently. Not Toney Douglas chucking up 15 shots a game and making only 5 of them. Not Iman Shumpert doing the same thing. Lin doesn't have to score 30 points a game to be a difference maker for New York. All he has to do is run the offense like a real PG, which I think he should be capable of, regardless of the 4 game sample size. Now, when people start talking about MVP, I'll have to start raining on parades too.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Feb 10, 2012 -> 11:26 PM) Steve just owned Felix. Only Jeremy Lin can determine whether or not Steve or Felix won. But Steve's HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA was pretty epic.

QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 10, 2012 -> 11:17 PM) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample_size_determination Let's also calculate some confidence intervals while we're at it. While Lin could very well cool off over the next week, month, year, who the hell knows, I don't think it's nice of you to rain on other's parades like this.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 10, 2012 -> 09:53 PM) I told y'all he passed the eye test a few games ago. Thankfully I added him in both of my fantasy leagues after that performance off the bench. He is awesome. He's been awesome for me this week in a big game in my head to head points league.

I believe in Jeremy Lin. And SMH to people comparing Lin to Tebow. Tebow's stats blew hard. Lin's producing like an MVP over the past four games.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Feb 10, 2012 -> 08:22 PM) Correct me if I'm wrong, but but PER does not take defense into account other than defensive rebounding and personal fouls. It's hardly the end-all. It takes rebounds, steals, blocks, and personal fouls into account. That's about it...

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 9, 2012 -> 09:17 PM) Seeing as the NBA takes team record into account and is the reason why Monroe isn't an All-Star and JJ is, D-Will shouldn't be an All-star when his team is that bad and he's the floor general. Kevin Love last is an exception, as he was an injury replacement and was having historic numbers. Greg Monroe was clearly the second best center in the East. Hibbert's having a nice year, but Monroe's a freaking beast. Joe Johnson also has no business in the ASG. I'd rather see Josh Smith instead of him.

This guy's got a lot of things wrong. The Sox' bullpen, which, even after trading Santos and Frasor (who he included on accident for some reason), is still one of the better ones in the division. I also don't see how A.J. is worse than Salvador Perez, who's a B prospect (if he still was a prospect).

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 06:59 PM) Jeremy Lin: great passer, good feel for the game, can't drive left, no jump shot. He's yet to play against a good defensive team. But when he does, I'll start judging him.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Feb 7, 2012 -> 08:00 PM) I just read an article on CSN chicago about how Rose should move to SG and why its a good idea. Horrible Idea. I'm not even going to link it, it's so stupid. Who wrote the article? That's blasphemy.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 7, 2012 -> 04:53 PM) Stop it. Iverson was an excellent ball-handler (though he got away with carrying a lot) and one of the quickest players the game has ever seen. I'm not gonna pretend to know a lot about Lin. I watched some of the game last night. He certainly doesn't posses the quickness or ball-handling ability that is required to play the point full-time. He'll definitely need assistance (screens, etc) in getting free consistently. And there's no way in hell he can guard anybody. It's nice little Rudy-like story right now. It's not gonna last. I thought Jeremy Lin played some pretty good defense...? If anything, that's one of the things that's kept his pro ball career afloat up to this point.

QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 7, 2012 -> 07:20 AM) Don't worry, he'll disappear into nothingness soon enough. He's not a very good player. You'll get to see just how bad he is at basketball very soon. Rubio vs. Lin.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 7, 2012 -> 12:49 AM) Juan Pierre arguably had a decent season last year. So decent that he couldn't get a major league deal, let alone a starting job.

QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 6, 2012 -> 10:49 PM) http://twitpic.com/8gp27i Ladies and gentlemen, your 2011-12 Washington Wizards I remember an earlier video of McGee not knowing where to set a pick in practice. John Wall had to tell him to move. He's either dumb as rocks or just zones out randomly.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 6, 2012 -> 09:31 PM) China has a little bit more of a history with Taiwan, the whole not recognizing their independence thing. I dont know if it impacts Asian Americans. Just because the governments don't agree doesn't mean that Chinese NBA fans won't like Jeremy Lin. Sure, he won't be anywhere near as big as Yao Ming, but right now, there are no big name Asian players in the NBA.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 6, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) All Asians are not the same. But I guess we cheer for our Mexican neighbors in the World Cup... I should have been more specific...not Asia, China/Taiwan.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 6, 2012 -> 08:50 PM) He already has a cult following. Good year for Harvard. He's great for the NBA. He gets Asian Americans more excited about the sport. Plus, think about how much publicity he'd get in Asia. Lin's Taiwanese too, just look what happened with Chen Mien Wang, he's worshiped in Taiwan (according to my Taiwanese roommate).

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 6, 2012 -> 03:23 AM) Yea that was pretty weak, but nothing out of the ordinary with a fan defending their favorite team and/or player. But I thought Felix was the most objective person in the world?

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 6, 2012 -> 11:02 AM) That boy is high.

QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 5, 2012 -> 11:01 AM) Unfortunately I didn't actually see the game, but I'd imagine Love was heavily provoked before doing that sort of thing. That's pretty far out of his regular comfort range. Upon rewatching it again (and again), I honestly don't think it was intentional. It looks like his foot got caught up in Scola's arms when he was about to go up court and he really had no other place to step. I wouldn't be surprised if he's suspended, but I don't really think he was intentionally trying to step on Scola's face. That being said, it's hilarious that they didn't call any of that play a foul. That's about as obvious as you can get. This almost sounds like a Lions fan trying to defend Suh.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 4, 2012 -> 09:12 PM) Belichick is cold blooded. Patriots cut WR Tiquan Underwood and sign DE Alex Silvestro from the practice squad the day before the Super Bowl. Wow...I feel bad for Underwood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgoXUzIwXk0 Nicccceeee