Recruiting Forum Football Talk LVIII

[Glitch]

Hey basketball debaters. Take it elsewhere.

 

[85SugarVol]

You can debate the whole Jordan/LeBron but my goodness there is no way Dennis Rodman could guard KD. Pippen would be on him and even then nobody can shut down Durant even in today's game.

NBA defense today is better than back in Jordan's time.

No prior team could beat the Warriors. They are just too good. They won 73 games in a season...and added a top 10 NBA player of all time. And they play very good defense on top of their offensive machine

That’s just silly. And you’re showing your probable age as well.

Both the Celtics & Lakers from the 80’s could run with these Warriors.

Not sure that the 90’s Bulls would match up well though.

 

[Vols2DaWall]

Rodman was one of the best (if not the best) rebounders to play basketball

 

[Glitch]

No basketball talk allowed in this thread. Please follow the rules. Failure to do so will lead your torture and execution using the cruciatus curse.

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You all leave me no choice. You were warned.

CRUCIO!!!

 

[Brillovol]

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You all leave me no choice. You were warned.

CRUCIO!!!

Oh yeah, well basketb...

 

[lmoore944]

mjvslebron.net

You're welcome

 

[butchna]

You can debate the whole Jordan/LeBron but my goodness there is no way Dennis Rodman could guard KD. Pippen would be on him and even then nobody can shut down Durant even in today's game.

NBA defense today is better than back in Jordan's time.

No prior team could beat the Warriors. They are just too good. They won 73 games in a season...and added a top 10 NBA player of all time. And they play very good defense on top of their offensive machine

Sounds like an opinion! :salute:

 

[BigZiti09]

I feel sorry for people who think anyone other than MJ is the greatest. What a sad existence.

 

[Billy Antrim]

No matter how many times it gets posted, this is still wrong. Every time.

Which part? The baseball part or the movie part?

Baseball is fun to play but has been ruined by the MLB rules (or lack thereof) IMO.

Football has a play clock, BB has a shot clock, even pro golf limits players to 45 seconds (I think), subject to warning & then penalty, if the group is out of position.

Baseball just needs a few simple rules to speed up play so it's fun to watch again:

1) Limit time outs per team per inning, & that includes so called injuries to batter or catcher. (Or injury timeouts could be called at discretion of plate umpire.)

2) Pitcher & catcher have a play clock (45 seconds) to decide what pitch to throw, and where. Penalty is a "ball" call by the umpire.

3) Batter has a limited time (5-10 seconds) to get in batter's box once the pitcher signals he is ready to pitch. Penalty is a "strike" call by umpire.

Under these rules I would actually enjoy watching baseball again. (I'm old enough to remember watching MLB games that played under 2 hours.)

 

[Catbone]

Which part? The baseball part or the movie part?

Baseball is fun to play but has been ruined by the MLB rules (or lack thereof) IMO.

Football has a play clock, BB has a shot clock, even pro golf limits players to 45 seconds (I think), subject to warning & then penalty, if the group is out of position.

Baseball just needs a few simple rules to speed up play so it's fun to watch again:

1) Limit time outs per team per inning, & that includes so called injuries to batter or catcher. (Or injury timeouts could be called at discretion of plate umpire.)

2) Pitcher & catcher have a play clock (45 seconds) to decide what pitch to throw, and where. Penalty is a "ball" call by the umpire.

3) Batter has a limited time (5-10 seconds) to get in batter's box once the pitcher signals he is ready to pitch. Penalty is a "strike" call by umpire.

Under these rules I would actually enjoy watching baseball again. (I'm old enough to remember watching MLB games that played under 2 hours.)

Good call

 

[bignewt]

Baseball is not a sport it is a pasttime. You do other things while watching it or listening to it. That is what it is meant for. At least until October.

 

[BruinVol]

2) Pitcher & catcher have a play clock (45 seconds) to decide what pitch to throw, and where. Penalty is a "ball" call by the umpire.

45 seconds is an eternity.
College is 20 seconds

 

[Jimmy Football]

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You all leave me no choice. You were warned.

CRUCIO!!!

Hey, no Harry Potter in the baseball movie thread!

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I agree with Hank here. Nothing stops the warriors since they added Durant. Nothing except for injuries and age, and that doesn't appear to be happening this year. I'd be interested in seeing the 2013 Heat play them, but I think they'd still win. Just to pile on for all the LeBron haters in here, he and Kyrie beat the 72 win team that season. That's why he is the greatest.

He lost to the Mavericks..that's why he is not.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Jordan would guard curry. Rodman on Durant. Tell kucoc to never leave Thompson alone at the 3 point line and pippen on green. Pippen and Rodman could also switch out.

Sounds like a plan to me.

 

[VolGee4]

Which part? The baseball part or the movie part?

Baseball is fun to play but has been ruined by the MLB rules (or lack thereof) IMO.

Football has a play clock, BB has a shot clock, even pro golf limits players to 45 seconds (I think), subject to warning & then penalty, if the group is out of position.

Baseball just needs a few simple rules to speed up play so it's fun to watch again:

1) Limit time outs per team per inning, & that includes so called injuries to batter or catcher. (Or injury timeouts could be called at discretion of plate umpire.)

2) Pitcher & catcher have a play clock (45 seconds) to decide what pitch to throw, and where. Penalty is a "ball" call by the umpire.

3) Batter has a limited time (5-10 seconds) to get in batter's box once the pitcher signals he is ready to pitch. Penalty is a "strike" call by umpire.

Under these rules I would actually enjoy watching baseball again. (I'm old enough to remember watching MLB games that played under 2 hours.)

I went to a minor league baseball game in Tampa a few weeks ago. I think it was Single A. I was visiting, and they are owned by the Yankees and play in the Yankees' spring training facility. They have a 15 second pitch clock. It appears to start as soon as the pitcher receives the ball, and it stops upon start of delivery (not pitch). There were a couple of times where the umpire called a ball because time had elapsed. I had never seen it before.

I grew up paying baseball and am kind of traditionalist. But I can't say that I watch much and understand them trying new things.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

What’s funny is how similar Green is to him early in their careers with Green a slight edge in jump shooting. People forget that Rodman had some great slashing abilities early on in his career. He embraced the role he became, which was one of the best rebounders and post defenders of the modern era. And that’s all the Bulls needed out of him. He was a fantastic team player...on the court.

Rodman is probably the best body defender in Basketball history, and it was uncanny how many loose balls he tracked down.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Suit yourself, but I personally find athletic fast breaks, extra passes for open looks, and fire at will over a grind it out defensive struggle. It won’t go more than 5 games, but at least there’s a lot of action.

I hate this garbage no defense league.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

You can debate the whole Jordan/LeBron but my goodness there is no way Dennis Rodman could guard KD. Pippen would be on him and even then nobody can shut down Durant even in today's game.

NBA defense today is better than back in Jordan's time.

No prior team could beat the Warriors. They are just too good. They won 73 games in a season...and added a top 10 NBA player of all time. And they play very good defense on top of their offensive machine

You have lost your mind, Rodman would beat the ish out of Durant.

 

[VolGee4]

I agree with Hank here. Nothing stops the warriors since they added Durant. Nothing except for injuries and age, and that doesn't appear to be happening this year. I'd be interested in seeing the 2013 Heat play them, but I think they'd still win. Just to pile on for all the LeBron haters in here, he and Kyrie beat the 72 win team that season. That's why he is the greatest.

Lebron got some help with one title from Ray Allen. Ray wore player exclusive Jordan shoes. Maybe that's supposed to be a hint as to who is the greatest.

 

[HankHill]

Crazy baseball Idea: i think baseball needs to totally embrace the 2 way play like the Chinese guy for the angels. Do that by trimming rosters down like 18 tops. Have like 11 primary hitters and 7 primary pitchers. I want it to be a common theme to have to put in a 1st baseman to pitch or having a pitcher have to play RF. It would make subbing way more important. This whole idea of having 8 specialty guys out of the pen is boring and it adds major time to games brining in a lefty for one batter than subbing him back out.

Go ahead and flame me.

 

[LaagerVol]

I've been surprised with some of the comments complimentary of his offensive game. I don't recall any of that...haha! The man averaged 7 ppg over his career.

He was a rebounding machine and extremely tough defensively, but he wasn't much offensively.

HA, I thought the same thing. I was like “was he better offensively than I’m remembering when he was with the pistons?”

 

[LaagerVol]

Baseball is not a sport it is a pasttime. You do other things while watching it or listening to it. That is what it is meant for. At least until October.

And then you get sent to the emergency room because you’re not paying attention at the game and a foul ball sizzles into your grill.

 

[BigZiti09]

Crazy baseball Idea: i think baseball needs to totally embrace the 2 way play like the Chinese guy for the angels. Do that by trimming rosters down like 18 tops. Have like 11 primary hitters and 7 primary pitchers. I want it to be a common theme to have to put in a 1st baseman to pitch or having a pitcher have to play RF. It would make subbing way more important. This whole idea of having 8 specialty guys out of the pen is boring and it adds major time to games brining in a lefty for one batter than subbing him back out.

Go ahead and flame me.

The last sentence of the first paragraph makes sense. The rest is cra.

 

[Ron Swanson]

I say we clone Lebron and he can play all 9 positions in baseball.