@Texas-Hawk-10 it's less than halfway into the first game of the season against #1. If he is at the point where he's conserving energy we are in big trouble.
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We can still win this. Just no more Dave and make our shots.
Why is Marcus off ball
Deep Bench Dave. Mitch Time.
Where are you Dave?
Wow Dave. Just wow.
Screw these guys. Let's bury them.
Man zone?
Mitch is the hero we need!
@nwhawkfan said in Gonzaga Game Thread:
KU defense doing a good job with social distancing.
They're playing in Florida. Social distancing guidelines don't apply.
Wellp we don't have a legit 5 who can play D? Have we ever had a roster without 1? What about Muscadin?
@BShark yeah this looks like a huge huge problem
@BShark bill just wanted a couple dudes
Wow these effortless point blank layups given up. Painful
My 9 year old thinks we have no backbone
Good news is we should get an early peak at all the new guys when we are down by 20
Gonzaga moving the ball really well. Nothing sticks
Nice strong take.
OK I have convinced myself that this game is actually happening.
With 15.1 million Americans reporting in October that they are out of work or have had their hours reduced because of the pandemic, my extended family isn't exchanging gifts this Christmas and are going to donate to a charity instead. We will donate to a food pantry. Please consider donating to a charity if you have the means. This is going to be a very hard Christmas for so many.
A match up 21154 days in the making? Has Bill Self ever beaten Mark Few before? Who is the greatest Dec 27th 1962 Coach? There can be only one!
@Marco the total population of the EU is 447,706,209.
@DanR I like where your head is at!
I think about the reaction to a deadly virus with shutdown as a market force. Those businesses relying entirely on indoor in person experiences have found themselves suddenly at the mercy of a market force that is crushing their business. It doesn't mean that the market force needs to change, i.e. not shut down, it means that the businesses need to adapt if possible. I don't think it just means trying to weather the problem. It means being creative. Are the gyms offering their members trainer led video sessions, that sort of thing. This is like a meteor hitting the earth and kicking off an ice age. A time for evolution. And yes that's not fair, and the rich get richer for sure.
@BeddieKU23 hopefully his trey gun is blazing. Giannis to Frank... Bang!
@nwhawkfan possibly !these two ↗
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Seems like a good landing spot for Devon. Nice! Time to get to work!
I think he's going to make teams regret passing on him. The load this guy took on as a freshman at KU, operating well under pressure, should have been indication. He will see, he will grow, and he will conquer.
Rock Chalk Devon
@benshawks08 that's where the European countries that are locked down stand as well. They are prioritizing keeping schools open over businesses.
Good statistical analysis of the economy during the pandemic discussed on The Daily today.
@FarmerJayhawk true. Still surprised he slipped this far.
Waiting too long for Dotson.
Doke picked 27th by the Utah Jazz!
@FarmerJayhawk if we don't win, it's cool. We got the last guy fired. 2016 still counts as recent right?
After Philly drafting Tyrese Maxey, they asked Doc Rivers about his talented roster. He said "you know what, they are talented. Starting with Joel Embiid". Then later "we need players that play hard like Ben. And Tyrese is like Ben". You think Doc got the memo?
As for the compromise of personal choice during a pandemic, I think we can agree that that many countries are dealing with a second surge. One conclusion I draw is that since we value our freedoms as individuals in a capitalist country, we need leaders that act with a conscience and are willing to work together with the country's best interest at heart. If you look at the countries in the EU, they've been actively looking at what works for their neighbors and they have pretty uniformly adopted lockdowns to combat the new surge. As far as I see it, we have a choice. Either lock down again or let the virus rage out of control well before a vaccine is available. Unfortunately when your people aren't equipped with adequate ppe and also believe it's a personal choice whether they want to use it or not, there aren't any good choices, but there is a least bad option.
While liberals typically find themselves on the side of explaining more complicated solutions to more complicated problems, here they find themselves aligned with a "simple" problem and a simple solution (lock down and don't die) and simple usually has an easier time capturing the hearts and minds. However, I do think there is merit to all of the problems you enumerate that come from the lockdown. They are just much harder to quantify than a higher death toll.
@RockkChalkk said in so looks like Covid starting to cause problems with basketball already:
Good morning Bucketeers, thanks for not beating me up too bad. I've been following this site for a loooong time and its part of my daily ritual to check in and read about our beloved Jayhawks. Even though the responses have been mostly civil i really don't enjoy having any disagreements with posters on here that have become some of my favorites to read each day.
At the end of the day, this whole C-19 debate comes down to each individual's perspective and whats most important to their family. Mine is from a middle ageish person with young kids and a family circle focused in the medical field. While i could continue the back and forth about why coronaviruses are a classification of viruses considered one of the causes of the common cold, its not worth going down this hole. I hold a lot of people on this site in high regard and don't want my perspective on the issue to be taken as though I am diminishing the significance of the pandemic.
There is always a second side of the coin. Lockdowns save lives (C19; flu; fewer car accidents) but also destroy lives (Jobs; Businesses Lost; Stunted Education, Divorces; Drugs). America being the land of the free has always let you choose what side of the coin you want to be on until recently. NFL and MLB let the players decide, several decided to opt out and keep themselves away from greater exposure potential. That was their choice and nobody should fault them for it. But now government decides for you which can be a slippery slope. You may like what side the government chose for you this time but you might not like it the next time. Once we relinquish our decision making power its tough to get it back. I mean, haven't we all seen what happened with Skynet in The Terminator?
Great post! It's funny that your perspective is as a middle aged person with young kids and relatives in the medical field. Thats where I'm coming from as well! And while our perspectives differ I think we are probably feeling a lot of the same things. I sent my youngest back to daycare last week and he promptly got me sick bringing a crusty nose home from daycare. Sending him back was a relief that he was getting the attention he needs (it's a nice day care with lots of outside time and attention) and dread that I was putting the whole family at much greater risk. And I realize that I'm lucky to even have this choice, as hard as it may seem. With infections back on the rise we are going to pull him back out. For just a couple weeks he got a chance to experience normal.
@RockkChalkk you are right that there is a debate to be had about whether destroying the economy and the livelihood of many is worth the lives lost to stay open. But by falsely representing the mortality of the disease while belittling it, you are framing the debate in a way that is ugly. If you ease up a little on trying to frame the argument for lock down as being people who don't want to lose their sense of taste, I think the conversation will be more fruitful. You have to recognize that your opposition comes from a place they think is valid if you want to change their mind.
@FarmerJayhawk hope your mom is OK. Scary.
@jayballer67 glad she's ok. Quick shop employee looking out! When people are put to to the test there still are a lot of normal people with heroes inside of them.
@Marco its already here. The best we can do is try.
How hard do you think it was to convince people that jaywalking was bad and cars were good?
If we had manditory mask ordinances everywhere, had ramped up manifacturing and distribution of n95s to every American and had a unified public voice condemning abuse of the mask ordinance I'd be inclined to discuss avoiding lockdown policy. You can't really discuss one without the other.
@Crimsonorblue22 I did. Enjoyed Chappelle's monologue.
I hadn't read up on the Four Seasons snafu yet @BShark. Between a dildo store and a crematorium. That's the stuff of magic.
@jayballer67 I'll move further Trump commentary to a different thread.
I don't think Trump will check out. It's not in his nature. He's going to do some stupid stuff.
And if Biden is saying what he is going to do to combat the current problems Trump will not be able to stfu when he sees he's being cast as a do nothing president.
You guys think we will hear Biden addressing the nation more than any past President Elect for the next 3 months?
I do think this presidency and its enablers have pushed the non-right media hard. It's exhausting dealing with these assholes in a factual manner. You have to be able to provide a narrative along with facts, because of the right media. Even if that narrative is centrist. At that point you've got two competing narratives and it takes diligent focus to make it clear the centrist is not the leftist narrative. I think during this election the msm has done a good job of telling the facts and that they are coming from a place based on facts.