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Trump's approval rating in YouGov/Economist is almost as bad as Biden's was after the debate. Worse than any point in his first term, despite starting substantially higher
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Watch the video.
Advocating for liberal values is a 1992 vibe now? Do liberal values no longer matter because Israel is a more liberal society than countries surrounding it?
Ben correctly captures today's Democrat party thinking with his post. It's illiberal.
How did this happen?
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Finger on the 1992 pulse.
Democratic Majority for Israel@DemMaj4Israel
Paul Begala is right. If you're a liberal, there's good reason to stand with Israel.
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@NBA__Courtside LeBron James is a racist and hates white people….
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LeBron James on the first time he saw Austin Reaves play:
“After we signed him, I went back and watched a lot of his Wichita State highlights and games and then a lot of his Oklahoma highlights and games as well. The first thing I noticed, it’s kind of funny. We always talk about this. He didn’t play like a white boy. It was very different. His wiggle was very different. I mean, I grew up in Northeast Ohio, so I know white guys playing like white guys and white guys playing like the brothers.”
(Via @mindthegamepod)
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@NBA__Courtside Jeez. Just imagine this was reversed and it was a white dude being interviewed. “He didn’t play like a black dude”, annnnnd cancelled. Great job on the racism.
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@silen7skillz @richie_bambara @Stats_N_Facts Over a career, that's so many more points because he shot more efficiently on a shot worth more points.
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@richie_bambara @Stats_N_Facts And Kobe shoots 33% from 3 Lebron shoots 35% if you round it, not much difference there either. So what are we talking about.
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Kobe shot 40% outside 3 feet and 64% at the rim.
LeBron shoots 38% outside 3 feet and 75% at the rim.
Shot selection is a skill.
Taking more contested middies to score less efficiently isn’t a flex.
LeBron can make every shot Kobe could make - he just chooses the smarter ones.
Apex Jones@ApexJones22
Remember, when they talk about LeBron shooting, 70% of what they're talking about is layups, which is technically a "shot" but it's cappin. MJ, Kobe, KD, Steph etc actually SHOOT the basketball efficiently Bron's "efficiency" is 70-75% layups, bro 😂
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@Stats_N_Facts @automaticnba Do you have any shooting data that could contextualize this?
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@DMerschbrock @LauraRBelin He barely won in a race Rs put zero resources in to in nationwide blue wave year. Any polls 3 months before the primary are nearly worthless
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@alexski @LauraRBelin It is precisely because of I have paid attention to Iowa politics that I think he is favored to win, though it doesn’t take much of a jump to figure the twice elected guy who doesn’t trail in any polls and is going to have a ton of money to face a terrible opponent should win
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I think Rob Sand is probably able to win anyway, but at this point the biggest threat to his campaign may be his support for Israel costing him a significant chunk of support with voters of all parties under 40.
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@alexski I'm not....I apologize
these Lebron fans enrage me and then I am firing at friendlies
I'll delete my original complaint
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@alexski I don’t need to build up Jordan
He’s built up
But I love shitting on Lebron because of his fan base
The biggest pile of shit fans ever
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@DMerschbrock @LauraRBelin He absolutely should not be favored to win. You'd know this of you paid any attention to Iowa politics in the list 10 years.
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@alexski @LauraRBelin Massively outnumbered????? And to be clear, I think he is favored to win and has built a very strong position. This is just one weakness that could grow and eat away support.
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@DMerschbrock @LauraRBelin It's crazy to believe a Democrat in a state so massively outnumbered by Republicans would actually be favored to win, if not for his obscure views on Israel 🙄
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@LauraRBelin No I think he’s going to win in those conditions. I’m talking a change from the current trajectory, where he is likely to win. Supporting genocide could turn him to a villain for some without a strong opinion now.
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@inpredict @SeecretWeapon @dillonfreed @nbarealist23 I'm really not sure. It seems determining the impact on win probability could be better calculated after the game has happened.
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@alexski @SeecretWeapon @dillonfreed @nbarealist23 Maybe something along these lines? KL divergence is much more sensitive to low win probability situations.
Mike Beuoy@inpredict
New (and 1st) post up on Substack. Creating a better way of ranking games with the help of Claude.......Shannon. Borrowing a concept from information theory, KL-divergence, I create a new version of the Excitement Index that better aligns with how people evaluate the games.
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Clutch time is defined as the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime when the score is within five points.
Jordan Playoff Clutch Shooting
148 MAKES
Better than your False Idol
MORE makes on LESS Shots in LESS games
youtu.be/vzYMOq4FLm8?si…
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@inpredict @SeecretWeapon @dillonfreed @nbarealist23 I wasn't interested in any narrative. Just wanted to see how guys in the pre-tracking era compared. One thing, I was taken aback when I realized a number of Reggie's shots in the 1994 "choke" game didn't qualify as clutch squared shots. Wish there were a way to rectify that.
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@SeecretWeapon @dillonfreed @nbarealist23 @inpredict Jesus what are you talking about? I complimented your spreadsheet and just built on it a little. Jordan looks better with this definition too. Might be time to touch grass.
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@SeecretWeapon @dillonfreed @nbarealist23 Any chance you guys are tracking all makes and misses in clutch and have each detailed out by game and time? Would be interesting to see how many big shots Jordan made that never get talked about
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@SeecretWeapon @dillonfreed @nbarealist23 This is awesome. I used it to help me make this tracker using the @inpredict definition of clutch shooting: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
I also added tracking for Hakeem, Shaq, and Reggie. Shot links are included too!
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@dillonfreed @nbarealist23 & I are just 2x checking the logs
But there is little doubt at this point
Maybe a FGA here or a FT there
Put it in the books
God of CLUTCH
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I’ve watched this shot 20 times this is honestly the coolest thing ever
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Gavin Newsom's wife is mentally ill.
This isn't how a normal person speaks... she reminds me of Tim Walz's wife.
Why are they all like this?
MAZE@mazemoore
Gavin Newsom's wife: There's a lot to learn from same sex couples. Gender is on a spectrum. Evangelicals and conservatives are holding the country back but it won't work because people are woke. She's as crazy as any lunatic white liberal woman out there.
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