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    Sam the Sheepdog LA Ute's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by UBlender View Post
    I was thinking last night that perhaps the best thing that could come out of this NIT run is it (further?) establishes Sed as the alpha dog on next year's team. I think he's had a tendency to coast at times but having him go into the off-season and next season with the mentality that it is his team and he's going to be the one to get a bucket or get himself to the line when things are tight I think that would be a big deal. Obviously that sort of mentality has to be tempered with smart shot selection but I think he would be well-served to get away from any mindset where he's going to passively wait for the seniors to get theirs first.
    I thought the knock on Sed was his inconsistency. Do you tthink he can overcome that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
    I thought the knock on Sed was his inconsistency. Do you tthink he can overcome that?
    I think it's part of who he is. That's why I'll take the under on Pat's 17.5.

    BUT, at this time last season, I thought Rawson would never have an impact in a meaningful game.

    Next season will be interesting. Lots of new faces. It's impossible to set any kind of expectation right now.

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    The title of this thread jars me each time. I keep reading it as, "My All Time Pure Asian Team". If its that, I nominate Ma Jian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rocker Ute View Post
    The title of this thread jars me each time. I keep reading it as, "My All Time Pure Asian Team". If its that, I nominate Ma Jian.
    Wat Misaka
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rocker Ute View Post
    The title of this thread jars me each time. I keep reading it as, "My All Time Pure Asian Team". If its that, I nominate Ma Jian.
    This deserves a LOL.

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    I think Wat Misaka would qualify; I think he was pure Japanese. He’d be MVP on the All-Time Pure Asian team.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SeattleUte View Post
    I think Wat Misaka would qualify; I think he was pure Japanese. He’d be MVP on the All-Time Pure Asian team.
    I don’t believe you were meaning to use “pure”


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    Quote Originally Posted by Diehard Ute View Post
    I don’t believe you were meaning to use “pure”


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    I meant to parody what Rocker and SoCal said.
    One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

    --Albert Einstein

    The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.

    --Richard Dawkins

    Be kind to all, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
    I thought the knock on Sed was his inconsistency. Do you tthink he can overcome that?
    He'll always be prone to inconsistency, but I think he can get to a point where on an "off night" he can still get himself to the line and manufacture enough points to get 12-15 on those nights whereas this year he was liable to barely score if his three pointers weren't falling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UBlender View Post
    he can still get himself to the line and manufacture enough points to get 12-15 on those nights whereas this year he was liable to barely score if his three pointers weren't falling.
    If he could get to the line, it would change everything. It would also be huge if he were able to finish a little better when attacking the basket.

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