Excerpt from Confessions of an Internet Guru:
I’m not doing previews per se anymore. I feel they weaken the okcthunderground.com brand. There seems to be an infinite supply of insecure young white guys on the internet doing them who basically don’t really know that much. They throw a few metrics around, but it’s clear they can’t beat Vegas, can’t feel the inner game, and can’t come to terms with the nuances of the game.
Sports are human endeavors played by humans, not circuit breakers, computer chips, or robots. I actually spoofed my own metric for the metric Trekkies over at Daily Thunder. I called it my TSN metric—mental toughness, snarl, and nasty. It was my brand. And, of course over the course of time, I basically throttled the DT Trekkies and Vegas with almost boring regularity. Especially satisfying was the throttling of a metrics troll who we’ll just call ‘J’. I own that one….lock, stock, and barrel. Just saying. Kind of like Trump owns Jeb.
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I don’t regurgitate stats. I look at them, but I look at other things as well. Matchups, pace, coaching adjustments, etc. So let’s see what both coaches had to say after Game 2.
I love this Popovich interview. He rolls his eyes even more at Berry Tramel and Dean Blevins than those of us who live in Oklahoma do. Look deep into Pop’s eyes for the disdainful internal sigh. His eyes are saying, “Who are these people?”
Billy Donovan Game 2 Postgame Interview. You can tell Donovan is a rookie NBA head coach. He’ll learn. In time — he’ll be rolling his eyes at Tramel and Blevins just like the rest of us.