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@dan-cook.bsky.social

Bassist/singer/songwriter for The Scriveners. Liquor store grunt. NBA historian. NBA dynasty fantasy degenerate. Fledgling graphic designer. Uncle.

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@kevinoconnornba.bsky.social is absolutely correct on his latest podcast. Top seeds should get to pick the opponents for first round of NBA playoffs. One small change that would make a huge difference in raising the stakes of regular season games.

14.03.2025 18:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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5pm: doors open
6pm: S.O.W.
7pm: Softie
8pm: The Scriveners

03.03.2025 05:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My plan to fix the NBA All-Star game It probably won’t work. But I’m yet another man with a plan.

@adamsilvernba.bsky.social

Best solution I’ve heard yet for NBA All-Star fix came from Nate Silver…

open.substack.com/pub/natesilv...

21.02.2025 17:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Go Birds

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‘Crisis communications’: emails show how NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans helped New Orleans church spin abuse scandal Unearthed emails detail how the sports franchises’ owner and PR team counseled archdiocese on how to respond to unfolding clergy-abuse case

Absolutely insane story in New Orleans, where senior Saints and Pelicans officials (under the aegis of franchise owner Gayle Benson) appear to have been involved in covering up and minimizing child sexual abuse by Catholic Church clergy

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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How to make up the lost $$?

Knockout rounds of NBA Cup won’t count (a la Cup Finals).

Add a 2nd cup, single-elimination, w/ inter-league play (Euro, NBL, G-League…).

Play-in round could expand w/ all-inclusive knockout play for the 10 seed (*nod to B.S.).

That’s 3 more spots for extra games.

20.12.2024 18:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

NBA season should be reduced to playing every team twice, once home and once away.

20.12.2024 18:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

NBA post-expansion, regular season should be reduced to playing every team twice, once home and once away, with NBA Cup knockout play not counting on the schedule (xtra games). Add another in-season tourney, with at least some games not part of regular season (xtra games). And we’re almost there.

13.12.2024 03:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@adamsilvernba.bsky.social
Post-expansion NBA Cup rules will need tweaks. I suggest: abandon all conferences and divisions. Replace with 4-team pods based on geography. Each year your 4-team pod gets paired with a different 4-team pod to create a division. 4 division winners, plus 4 wildcards.

04.12.2024 20:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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