General Sports Talk

Knicks might be having best postseason in NBA history. Blowout after blowout. Balanced scoring. Landry Shamet can’t miss a 3 pointer. Towns and Robinson cleaning up the boards. Bridges can’t miss. Brunson unguardable.

It will be a highly anticipated final no matter who comes out of the west.

They are on one hell of a run. I have not followed them in years and am surprised that Jimmy Dolan seems to have taken a step back.
I've only seen them play since the playoffs began, but they look darn good. I think I'll be rooting for the Spurs if they make it, but the Knicks have impressed the heck out of me.

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a new sporting event called "The Enhanced Games" is allowing athletes to use performance enhancing drugs that are typically banned in traditional competition

the goal is to see how far human performance can be pushed to

from the link:

"Athletes who elected to compete on PEDs received a custom drug regimen crafted by the games’ medical staff and could pick from drugs across five approved categories, “including testosterone esters, anabolic agents, peptides and growth factors, metabolic modulators, and stimulants,” according to the company. The most popular category of drug taken? Testosterone or testosterone esters, which 91% of the doping athletes used,"

testosterone esters are a class of anabolic-androgenic steroids.

there has been a lot of criticism of this event

from the link:

"The World Anti-Doping Agency has called the Enhanced Games “a dangerous and irresponsible concept” that “sends a dangerous message to young people around the world who may wish to follow in their footsteps,” WADA President Witold Bańka said in a statement.

“To the few people who are choosing to participate in the Enhanced Games, athletes, coaches and the medical personnel, I question why they would risk forever tarnishing their reputations by being associated with doping in sport,” Bańka said. “The beauty and popularity of sport is based on the ideal of clean and fair competition. Athletes are meant to represent these values, which must be protected.”

The Australian swimmer James Magnussen has said he joined in part believing it was “the first time that there has been a level playing field and I can compete against other ‘drug cheats.’”


https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/track-field/new-sporting-events-controversial-pitch-performance-enhancing-drugs-we-rcna345709


imho this post could belong in a new thread which I didn't start called "Has the World Gone Mad - ?"

also, in that thread should be posts about Prediction Markets which allow betting on issues which many Government employees know the correct side to bet on since they have inside information

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Didn't we already try this?

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Jalen Brunson's 2 pt. field goal % lifetime is .530 which is higher than Steph Curry's lifetime 2 pt. %

that is extremely impressive for a small guard

Curry is widely regarded as the greatest shooter in NBA history (in terms of accuracy)

Curry's 2 pt. % this year which is his highest ever is .584 is fantastic and astonishing for a small guard

that is higher that Wilt Chamberlain's lifetime % and higher than Chamberlain's in most of his years - and Wilt shot probably 80% dunks or finger roll layups

Curry's 3 pt. % was only slightly higher than Brunson's this season

this season Jalen got the same no. of p.p.g. as Curry and got 2 more assists per game than Curry__________very niche

Knicks have now won 11 in a row

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Three Astros pitchers combined for a no-hitter yesterday. Of the last eleven no-hitters in the Majors, the Strohs have five of them.

Scottie Scheffler was playing the last par 5 on Sunday. To that point, he had birdied EVERY par 5 that week. And bogeyed NONE of the par 4’s. So not a single 5 or higher on his scorecards for the first 68 holes or so. No player has ever finished a PGA tournament without a ‘5’. Scheffler parred the hole for a 5. Oh well.

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Jalen Brunson's 2 pt. field goal % lifetime is .530 which is higher than Steph Curry's lifetime 2 pt. %

that is extremely impressive for a small guard

Curry is widely regarded as the greatest shooter in NBA history (in terms of accuracy)

Curry's 2 pt. % this year which is his highest ever is .584 is fantastic and astonishing for a small guard

that is higher that Wilt Chamberlain's lifetime % and higher than Chamberlain's in most of his years - and Wilt shot probably 80% dunks or finger roll layups

Curry's 3 pt. % was only slightly higher than Brunson's this season

this season Jalen got the same no. of p.p.g. as Curry and got 2 more assists per game than Curry__________very niche

Knicks have now won 11 in a row

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Nicks'll will be the 2026 NBA Champs





When Victory is Absolute
Think of the Red Sea crossing.

When the walls of water parted and the dry ground appeared,
it proved one undeniable truth:
when God is on your side, you win all the way.

There is no partial victory, no room for defeat, and no obstacle too massive to be torn wide open.

Your opposition is temporary, but the triumph is absolute.

Quote: Armagedden

Nicks'll will be the 2026 NBA Champs

I would bet against that at even odds.

Nicks will beat Spurs/Thunder...

Look...
Spurs and Thunder have played around like girls, They are PUSH and tug-a-war like pussy-cats



Nicks will beat'EM both

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Golden Knights sweep Colorado and only give up 7 goals t in four games o the best team in hockey this year. Their defense and goaltender really had a good series..

Who would have thought that a team that fired their coach with 8 games to go would be in the Stanley Cup?

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the Thunder's MVP Gilgeous- Alexander is extremely quick and fun to watch
he, incredibly shot .602 from the field on his 2s - which is a higher % than Curry got this year - really fabulous - not to mention all of his other talents
he trailed Curry on 3 point % by only a slight amount
players trying to guard him sometimes fall down - he fakes them out so bad





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