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Eric Shaw

@ericbshaw

Dad, Data and IT Guy, Poker Player, 🏀 Coach, Educator, Sports Jeopardy! S1E42 Champ, Connoisseur of fine and not so fine food. #adopteevoices

Orange County, CA Katılım Mart 2009
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Eric Shaw
Eric Shaw@ericbshaw·
@Pennys2Vegas Twin Creeks was my spot in the early to mid 10s. Happy hour was amazing. I haven't been in forever. Still solid?
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Pennys2Vegas@Pennys2Vegas·
The Lobster & Shrimp Roll was solid at Twin Creeks.
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Technically Joe
Technically Joe@Artdemon323·
@ericbshaw @whateverbs99 Correct. I could’ve added more 3’s but I ran out of characters. Lol. That’s how close they were to each other. But one is considered a layup merchant and the other is considered one of the greatest pure scorers ever. These shameless people will see this and double down too. 🤦‍♂️
Technically Joe@Artdemon323

@FactCheckerNBA @MenaxeSione @Stats_N_Facts I excluded 10-16ft. Bron don’t take that shot. It’s the lowest IQ shot in hoops. That’s the true separator between Bron and Kobe. LeBron takes his most efficient shot most of the time. Kobe takes his least efficient shot most of the time. 3-10, 16-3pt, and 3pt Both are .3893333

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Eric Shaw@ericbshaw·
@Hinshul0 @aallssuupp @whateverbs99 Sounds like an MJ problem. Reggie is from the same era as MJ and made 2500 3s. Also eFG% doesn't give 3s "extra credit". It gives it proper credit in relation to 2s. Shooting 40% from 3 is the same as shooting 60% from 2.
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Hinshu@Hinshul0·
@aallssuupp @whateverbs99 My guy efg% gives more points to Bron because he shot way more 3's than Jordan. It's a stat that gives volume 3-pointers more credit. Lebron dropped 2400 3's while Jordan dropped 582.
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Eric Shaw@ericbshaw·
@Artdemon323 @whateverbs99 Shows the difference in basketball IQ between the two. LeBron took the bulk of his shots from the spots he had the highest PPS. Kobe's most taken shot spots were his least efficient.
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Technically Joe
Technically Joe@Artdemon323·
@whateverbs99 If you take 3-10ft, 16-3pt, and 3pters, which combined is 55% of his career FGA’s, he shoots 39%. It’s the same exact FG% as Kobe from those distances. The only real difference in their shooting efficiency is the 10-16ft distance. A shot Bron has taken less than 10% of his career
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Eric Shaw@ericbshaw·
@Babylakers2021 @whateverbs99 Yep. Trying to flex individual season scoring titles on the All Time leading scorer is goofy anyway. 20 seasons of 25+ppg along with being the All Time leading scorer is at the worse an equal scoring achievement to 10 individual season scoring titles.
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Mitchell Lehman
Mitchell Lehman@Babylakers2021·
@whateverbs99 The scoring titles are the difference. Now show how many times Jordan/bron/KD led the league in FGA per game and the scoring titles Jordan has on them make a lot more sense. Now show the gap in numbers…I guarantee there is a HOF careers difference between MJ and Bron
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Eric Shaw@ericbshaw·
@whateverbs99 The 10 All NBAs MJ is short of LeBron on is a HOF career as well. Goes both ways.
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JBR
JBR@JBRBracketology·
2026 National Championship Contenders, using pre-Tournament KenPom data since 2001: -22/24 were Top 15 overall in KenPom -20/24 were Top 15 in Offense -23/24 were Top 37 in Defense -20/24 were Top 10 in Offense -OR- Defense Notable Omissions: 2 UConn, 2 Iowa State, 3 Michigan State, 3 Gonzaga
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Eric Shaw
Eric Shaw@ericbshaw·
@NotASportsBrnr @JBRBracketology It's literally the opposite of arbitrary though. He didn't pull top 37 out of thin air. It's where the champions actually finished.
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Not A Burner@NotASportsBrnr·
@JBRBracketology But the point is that we are using arbitrary numbers...like top 37 in defense.
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Eric Shaw@ericbshaw·
@SportsJunky94 Feels more top 10 than 5 to me for centers all time but he had a good run as the premiere big during his prime.
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Eric Shaw@ericbshaw·
@JohnBluR_ @shpillo_ Yeah and over a third of those shots are 3s. He's in the mid 40s effective outside of 3 feet which is fine.
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1st stint Cleveland LeBron genuinely makes zero sense. this highlight reel is just a testament to the absurd quality of player that he was. majority of these shots are absolutely GAWD awful & Bron made a living off of them cuz he had no other choice. heavily contested pull-ups, long 2s, fadeaways galore… & LeBron was efficient with it 🤣 shooting 50+% from the field taking the nastiest shots possible by force is just insane
LeBron History 🏀@bronhistory

2010 LeBron frying the league with pure skill 👑

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Eric Shaw
Eric Shaw@ericbshaw·
@BartelJeff @SethDavisHoops There two main schools of thought for the "play-in". Bottom 8 auto qualifiers play for all the 16s. Drawback: They are auto qualifiers. Bottom 8 at-large teams play for all the 11s. Drawback: Overall field is weaker Tournament went with half and half.
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JEFF BARTEL@BartelJeff·
@SethDavisHoops Seth I live, eat and breathe basketball but I still don’t understand why two 11 seeds are playing in the play in game? Can you please explain it to me like I’m a 5 year old! #NCAABasketball
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Seth Davis
Seth Davis@SethDavisHoops·
A lot of people would prefer only at-large teams in the First Four but keep in mind that teams earn a unit of $2 million (paid thru conferences) for every game they play. So the winner of these games earn a second unit, which is a LOT of money for low-major schools.
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Chad Wheeler
Chad Wheeler@ChadWheeler777·
@darrenrovell I’m drinking one now and can’t tell the difference. Love a good N/A!
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Matt Matthews
Matt Matthews@gr8tixx·
WRONG. The loophole wasn't created by the state — Doug created it. Texas law prohibits gambling for profit, so he structured the rake as a "membership fee" and "time charges" specifically to circumvent that. The state didn't write a law saying "charge a membership fee and you can run a poker room" — Doug's lawyers engineered that structure to exploit the gap. There's a difference between a law having an unintended loophole and someone deliberately constructing a business model designed from day one to skirt the law. That's exactly what's being investigated right now — whether the structure was legitimate or manufactured to avoid prosecution. The fact that the IRS is involved alongside TABC suggests they think it's the latter.
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Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway@ChadAHolloway·
I have read Search and Seizure Warrant against The Lodge in full, and it does appear to be a witch hunt. Essentially, they're deeming poker in TX illegal and therefore classifying what we'd consider normal banking transactions as money laundering because it's proceeds from what they say is illegal gambling. All the undercover operations outlined in the affidavit describe a normally functioning, well-run poker room. To me, nothing in it suggests what we in the poker world would consider scandalous/nefarious, but rather authorities simply taking a stance on the grey area/loophole that they consider illegal. If the TABC ultimately prevails that poker at The Lodge constitutes illegal gambling, it’ll shut down every room in TX. More on @PokerNews here 👇 pokernews.com/news/2026/03/t…
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Scott Van Pelt
Scott Van Pelt@notthefakeSVP·
Been at ESPN a long time - this one was an all timer. Before social media, it was as viral as a story can be. I watched it on a tape in the news room. I couldn’t stop watching his teammates.
Dr. Lemma@DoctorLemma

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

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