I still do have a big problem with the way the Warriors run their offense. Scoring in transition when you have the numbers advantage is a good thing. But dribbling the ball up to the arc, calling for a screen (or not), and chucking up a contested 3pointer is not good offense, whether it takes 7 seconds to do or 24 seconds.

Another negative to having such quick offensive possessions is that it takes the other teams’ defense off the hook. Instead of having to play hard nosed defense for 24 seconds every possession, they’re now let off easy. If we ourselves ran more traditional offensive sets and utilized the clock better, it would give our players more time to rest on offense so we could actually exert some effort on the defensive end.

I know Run-N-Gun is some exciting basketball to watch. But there is a reason why defense and offensive execution win championships time and time again. With the way we’re currently constructed (and coached), we can only beat the good teams when they’re too undisciplined and fall into our trap, which happens often in the regular season but rarely in the deep postseason. That’s exactly why Don Nelson doesn’t win in the postseason and has never won a championship.

I agree about Keith Smart because of the way he coaches these particular players.

During summer league, he talked to players and taught them. The players responded. The summer league team developed a chemistry in just two weeks. So did Ar, Ammo, and Curry. They seemed to have learned each other’s style. They encouraged each other.

Near the end of 08/09 season, when Nellie had given up, KS kept the team motivated and playing strong. They became the “Magnificent Seven”, remember?! During that span, they beat two teams that were headed for the playoffs, and needed to win (Hornets & Utah), and jacked up Sacramento.

These things happened under KS. But give Nellie his due. He gave KS a chance. I wonder if Nellie has enough confidence in himself to basically let KS take over the
 "knitty-gritty" coaching.

By the way, the summer team played defense! I know … it was just SL, but to see any Dubs team play defense, is a joy.

If it is surprising that conservatives have best sellers it is because most of their books are full of crap. Who are best selling conservative authors? Ann Coulter? Bill O’Reilly? Even the supposed intellectuals like George Will and William Kristol are full of garbage. They are best sellers because conservative foundations take out large buys on the books and give them away for free. It started with Nixon buying out Ephron’s unscientific book on how the media is liberal. You are right that the media is failing, but it is not because they are liberal. It is because they are controlled by corporations that are quite happy poisoning our food and electoral process without scrutiny. They don’t even allow real liberals to talk on TV anymore. It is almost always some centrist corporate sellout.

And just cus its funny, bible based marriage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkeKKszXTw

http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/08/recess_watch_a_death_to_obama_sign_at_cardins_town-hall.php

While this isolated incident might have existed regardless of his race, all this Obama is socialist/fascist/anarchist (the Joker? Wtf was that) talk is heading down a dangerous slope.

There is freedom of speech, but there is also ignorance, intentional or not, of reality. People like Glenn Beck who say that Obama has a deep-seated (I’m sorry monk, I forgot and do not want to scroll up, but I will look later) hatred of white people, people that irresponsibly throw out words like Nazi, people that refuse to see the brewing racial backlash that is coming from uneasy, powerful white people that perceive their grip on that power slipping are all feeding something that looks like it will have a violent end. You may not agree with Obama’s policies, that is fine, for one thing, I don’t agree with everything he does, but taking your disputes beyond policy quarrels to race-baiting diatribe or guaranteed to stir intense xenophobic feeling words like fascist/socialist/Muslim/born outside the USA is dangerous. And if you willingly ignore that then you are pretty much a part of the problem in my eyes. You might sincerely believe that he is a socialist, but there are others that are hearing those words and thinking “enemy”. And let’s be honest, no one benefits from a dead President. If Obama is assassinated, all racial hell will break loose.

If you want to talk policies, I would be glad to. If you want to throw around borderline hate speech, then quit getting offended when someone calls you what you are.

(I said I was out but he took another nameless hit and run cheap shot, so that’s not gonna happen just yet.)

Everyone is qualified to talk about race. Everyone is a part of a race. Everyone has different perspectives that only their race provides them. You are trying to restrict it to a few people, and from clues like

I do not recommend whites going on rants about race

You think only people of color should talk about race. It’s their problem, right? You probably honestly believe you are trying to help POCs by saying this. However, by simultaneously only calling out a Latina for ruling on "race and sentiment" (ignoring how white people and the other Justices do this too) and saying only POCs should talk about race, you are putting all of the burdens of race on them. It’s not your problem right? If they want to do something about racism, they should be the ones who bring it up because white people are unaffected by race. And then, if they do express it, you call them racist (talking about Sotomayor).

And if you are not saying white people are unaffected by race, you are admitting you were wrong in our initial point of contention and everything you have been arguing to this point is a lie. If you are saying that white people are affected by race, so then why should they not be allowed to talk about it?

You are making race an issue that only affects minorities, not everyone. And I’m the one who makes it into an other issue?

Naticus wrote:

"Negro"

"Midget"

Yet has the nerve to get mad at me when I write the word "Beaner". If I used the term in a derogatory, or even a casual sense, I could understand his anger. But I am merely quoting it in a way that admonishes it. The same thing Naticus was supposedly doing in his SIGNATURE LINE! It’s okay when he does it though, apparently. He gives way too much power to words that he will not even allow context to be taken into consideration. If that is the case Naticus, I hope that every time a POC says a racial epithet you jump on them and tell them how offended you are. You won’t admit this, obviously, I just want you to think about this and admit that you do not do this before you post an irrelevant couple of sentences. Again, Naticus is making race something that should only exist for POC.

I am the only one who even brings racism up from both sides. Naticus only talks about Barbara Boxer, Sonia Sotomayor, etc. Yet he is the one trying to tell people to not use racism for their benefit. HYPOCRITICAL.

Naticus wrote:

I am not particularly white

Since other white guys are rambling about race, I’m going to make a few comments

SO HE IS A WHITE GUY! HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF A WHITE GUY! YET HE CALLS HIMSELF NOT PARTICULARLY WHITE AND HISPANIC WHEN IT SUITS HIM! People of color do not have the benefit of choosing to be oppressed when it suits them and choosing not to be when it doesn’t. He apparently does.
 
Are you really going to trust someone to tell the truth when they say things like this?

I would read it if it were #1 not so insulting/prejudice and #2 actually was interesting

In fact he (belilaugh) had a few insights I agree with.

Contradicts #2

By the way, if I didn’t read your posts, how did I know about your racially insensitive comments?

Contradicts his entire statement that he did not read it.

The evidence is right in front of you.

Next quarter there will be a Racism as A Political Talking Point seminar…guess who is teaching that one?