Tyler Anderson

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Thoughts on officiating: - Fans always feel their team gets screwed, but universally, everyone watching OKC feels like something is off in how they're officiated. That matters. It just does. OKC Fans will claim jealousy or hate because the alternative is untenable for them. But there is a genuine feeling among all fans that the disparity in SGA's whistle to their defensive whistle is incongruous - The next step is the "So you think the league is rigging for a small market team?" and I understand the consequential thinking, but I think it's healthier to just focus on the problem. I think there's no grand conspiracy but there IS an incongruity in officiating. - Last year, we had an awesome first round, in which the players were openly pleading to be less physical because they felt it was dangerous. So now we've gotten a regular-season whistle. And it sucks. As fans, we hate it. I don't know what that balance should be because it's not my body on the line, but it sure feels like there's a way to have a physical contact sport set of officiating perameters that also deters dangerous play - Finch was campaigning to try and politic a win, but he also wasn't wrong when before Game 2 he made the point that the call should be based on what happens at point of contact and not what happens afterward (flop/flail/fall). The contact is what needs to matter and not the sell job after it. - Shai is genuinely difficult to officiate because he IS incredible at driving and controlling where he goes to challenge direct path defense. It's a genuine skill he has. - He also sells because otherwise he doesn't get the call. This is maybe the biggest problem of all: if you legitimately create the contact but don't performatively exagerate it, you will not be rewarded. That's a problem. - We always find something to say is a problem with the NBA, and more so in the playoffs when it's in the spotlight. But this is a genuijne issue for watchability. Fans don't want this. The league needs to listen.

@SamQuinnCBS @NateDuncanNBA So what happens if a team is down 3 and now they are afraid to pressure on D if they accidentally get called for a foul? I don’t like it and understand the reasoning but this would create an unfair advantage for the offense.

I'd just ask anyone who's against this, are these free-throw contests fun? This is an entertainment business. I know some of you old-school folks are into the purity of the strategy or whatever but it makes the end of these games less fun and fun is the entire point.

@ANTIFAldo A+; no notes. Please don’t make me add you to my NBA feed too.

Are you telling me that there were some hiccups with Zion’s landing?

@KVanValkenburg @HashtagChad Definitely best SW property since original trilogy (or Rogue One) - and while it is a prequel to Rogue One/New Hope…I think watching those two movies first provides world-building / sets the stakes for Andor. That said…Andor stand-alone with no context is still incredible.

@HashtagChad It’s so good, dawg.

I guess I should watch the movies now

@shanebacon Tiger/Phil co-captains

Cosign - rolling out the same group of captains hasn’t worked on foreign soil so let’s think outside the box. Phil, Kerr, Saban, Becky Hammon … SOMETHING different for Adare.

@TronCarterNLU NBC still icing LIV players? Have they showed a shot of Brooks/Ludvig since the putt at 1?

@TronCarterNLU Also said union workers on site went on strike 3 hours before tournament started and ticketing system failed this morning

@TronCarterNLU Got this from a friend on site who has the best access you can buy as a spectator.

Ben Simmons: “Kyrie’s gone, but we can win together!” Kevin Durant:

@chopaganda @AATGoosePod And I said that with attendee bias

Goose #GooseTheBand Setlist 10/15/22 South Side Ballroom Dallas, TX Set 1 Everything Must Go

@ry_storm Understatement of the century

THIS IS A VERY GOOD ARROW

@chopaganda Seek out tonight’s arrow immediately

@chopaganda @WShoes300 @heyscottyb Done! Now need to see RR in those rankings!

@WShoes300 @chopaganda @heyscottyb Seeing as how I started this mess (even though Chop produced a much more divisive tweet within 24 hours) I’ll match that $50 and the next $150 pledged to get some more in it.

Worth noting Patrick Reed’s lawyer sued the PGA Tour last month as a fan, claiming the tour’s LIV Golf suspensions would water down his experience at … the Barracuda Championship

... and now he wants $750M from the network where we all watched these things happen for saying that they happened. Comical level of delusion.

To recap ... • Reed did some shady stuff at Torrey/Hero • Threw Cat and Spieth under the bus in Paris • His caddie fought someone in Melbourne • His team dragged Rory (and others) on Twitter • He bounced for Saudi money

@chopaganda Only because I want to know what it’s like when the world burns, can you insert Goose shows you attended into your Phish tour rankings? (I know this violates the objectivity of recording rule, but the reactions will be glorious)

I think a lot of the heartbreak we experience when Rory does not live up to our own expectations is the harsh reality that he is not the same person he was when he was 24. Further confirming the common human experience that we cannot chase the past. (1/12)