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so....... GSW's bench is better than CLE's starters?

man the way game 1 turned out, could be a very bad sign for Cleveland. I'd like to see a 7 game series but.. not looking too optimistic after that. OKC got destroyed by SA in game 1 and bounced back, so it's easy to get caught up in "one game".

if there was any game they needed to steal, it was that one (with Curry/Klay so quiet).

very bad loss.

i might need to watch sunday's game at oracle..

the warriors are not coming back anymore 

lmao.. very possible.

 

i can't read all this shit because it makes me rage blackout. but i caught a couple of things. first, kobe nicknamed himself the black mamba, which is fucking stupid. also the idea that kobe was better than lebron is HILARIOUS. not by any measure is that true except maybe three-point shooting, which, it's not like kobe was a lights-out shooter.

also, i hate the argument about a player not being as good as another because he doesn't have the work ethic. we've had this discussion before about randy moss. couple reasons:
1. do you follow the player around all day and observe how he uses his time? you don't? right, right.
2. granted that the player isn't working as hard as you think he could, are you sure that if the player worked harder he would be better? what proof do you have that he wouldn't burn out or break down if he worked "harder"? none? oh, okay, cool.

in conclusion, lebron james is the best basketball player in the world and has been for most of the last decade. THE BEST. there is literally not a single person on earth better than him, out of 7+ billion. so to say he would be better if he did this or did that or worked harder or whatever is just ridiculous.

short & sweet. well said.

some curry dunks

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6drLn9vJk4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6drLn9vJk4</a>

just creating a thread early.. for all things Rio Olympics.

personal experience:

Kids on my h.s. basketball team (JV) said stuff like that alot.. but the team was mostly white. They didn't grow up playing basketball with mostly black people, like I did. They were always extra-intimidated when we'd go into an "all black school" such as Ely or Dillard. I'd actually get way more playing time during those games because I could break their full court press, lol. So to me it was just normal, and I was always the rarity (because I was white) growing up. When I was younger people would call me white boy, Larry Bird, and eventually Jason Williams. lmao.

I'd just suspect that a sport that is majority x-race, athletes would mention the race of someone who is y-race.. seems common from what i've seen. Usually it's not racist, it's just some kind of distinguishing feature that somehow is used to label someone.. However, i've witness it used in racist ways.

I don't know if I ever mentioned it here, but, that kind of stuff was what actually made me not play varsity my senior year (junior year I broke my wrist). It's one of my few "life changing moments". The varsity coach was giving me a ride home after a summer league game and was criticizing the way I handle the ball. That game he benched me several times for actually driving in and scoring, or getting fouled; because I did it before we made 3 passes. Anyway, he told me straight up, no joke, right to my face in the car: "we don't play black ball here".. I was done after that. He kept asking me to try out/play, he had no idea why I wasn't. I really wish I had actually told him why I didn't care to play for him. That really bothered me & it still does today. That coach really ripped something from me, I really loved the game, but I lost alot of love for it when he hit me with that.

pc

going to post now and update additional stuff (food) later.. because I want to checkout my run data now.



06/01/2016

Bio: Morning

last night's sleep: ~8.5 hours
last night fell asleep: ~3 AM
wakeup = 11:30 AM
bw = 146
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = none
aches = right calf, left heel slightly
injuries = toenails slightly wrekt, right elbow tendonitis barely (always)
standing desk (when on computer): none
feel = good
water = alot



Food

12 PM

- beet + tart cherry juice
- 2 x wheat bread with peanut butter
- banana



Session: Afternoon

3 PM
- shoes: nb 5000 v2's
- temp: ~87F @ 60% humidity

runs:

1. 0.07 mi in 23s
- ~10.7 mph, ~5:36 min/mi

2. 0.17 mi in 53s
- ~11.5 mph, ~5:14 min/mi

3. 0.14 mi in 39s
- ~12.1 mph, ~4:58 min/mi

4. 0.11 mi in 31s
- ~12.2 mph, ~4:55 min/mi

5. 1.0 mi in 5m42s
- 1 KM PR: 3m15s  (-6s over previous PR), 11.45 mph, 5:14 min/mi pace
- first 0.42 mi was solid, pretty much exactly what I wanted to do: not slow down
- mentally shut down @ 0.42 mi (which is the damn small street crossing).. happens every damn time, BLEH!!#!@$@$!@%
- my drop off was pretty huge.. amazing I still ran a 5:42 mile.



the first portion of that graph is what seems to be a glitch.. happens once in a while with my watch.

anyway, I was holding pace pretty good up until that point.. then boom.. went bichmode.. you can see how bad I drop off at that point, eventually running as "slow" as 6:47 min/mi etc. weak.

6. 0.10 mi in 28s
- ~13 mph, ~4:37 min/mi

7. 0.10 mi in 27s
- ~13.5 mph, ~4:26 min/mi

8. 0.11 mi in 28s
- ~13.6 mph, ~4:25 min/mi

9. 0.26 mi in 1m16s
- ~12.5 mph, ~4:49 min/mi
- a little over 400m.. Strava actually says my "best estimated 400m" is 1:11
- i signed up for Strava today.. really nice that they have some 400m (short sprint) stats.
- best estimated 400m: 1:11
- I need to definitely get that under 1 minute!  

10. 0.06 mi in 15.4s
- ~14.7 mph, ~4:05 min/mi

11. 0.06 mi in 14s
- data seems screwed up

12. 0.06 mi in 14.2s
- ~14.5 mph, ~4:07 min/mi


right hip flexor was bugging me a bit after the mile run.. got better during my faster sprints, believe it or not.

ran a bunch of shorter sprints at the end.. need to keep improving my power. the idea here is, just keep pushing my speed up so that eventually (hopefully) running 11 mph is just "easy".. need to keep bumping these up past 14-15mph.



Food

5 PM

- 2% milk



Food

8 PM

- huge stir fry: grilled chicken, 4 carrots, 1 sweet potato, red chili pepper, jalapeno pepper, serrano pepper, garlic, green zucchini, mixed nuts, olive oil, salt/pepper, lemon juice
- brie and crackers
- green tea with lemon

after:
- needed something to squelch the heat
- 2% milk
- biscotti



Food

11 PM

- hot mint tea



ordered another pair of new balance 5000 v2's and another pair of non-friction socks.. need the non-friction socks mostly, a hole is forming in my current ones. figured i'd save some S&H because it's "international running day" and most sites offered free S&H (found this out at 11 PM HEH).

other than that, feel pretty good.

pC!

btw, draymond has been keeping a public diary for the playoffs?

https://theundefeated.com/features/draymond-green-playoffs-diary-part-16/

pretty cool.

Being called Stiff Nash... ( I am in no way play like Nash )  but i am stiff from all the lifting.  Fwd neck and tight hip...
i always wanted to Stretch into sleep...

actually tried to do the following a few time.
but guess it never worked after i fall into sleep.. I just move around

damn why'd you try that (sleep + stretch)?

that's what wrecked my right hip flexor/adductor ^^ (but on the couch instead of on a foam roller)

how did u mange to not move in ur sleep?
and the lying on the side stretch require a pretty stiff bed too.

nah my bed is pretty soft.. just my bodyweight i guess, all smushed into the bed.