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As a Cardinal fan I feel your pain. Our starters have been mediocre at best 1 time through the rotation and the "improved bullpen" blew a 4-1 lead in Milwaukee. The team that wins the Central this year will be the team that puts together some semblance of a decent bullpen and/or their starting pitching carries them. I'm really wanting the Cardinals to make a push for Keuchel or Kimbrel at this point.

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I might be interested in something like this. What site do you use?

I think one of the biggest reasons for lower scores is the amount of zone defense that gets played. That and the 3 pointer or layup mentality that is taking over basketball. Lost is the day of a mid range jump shot.

I don't think it is a shot clock issue either. It's coaches that want their teams to move the ball for 30-35 seconds before even looking at the rim instead of running things to get a good look early. Or letting their team get out in transition and get easy layups. i attribute it to coaches wanting to have total control over a game.

To me a high school varsity basketball player shouldn't have to be confined to a set offense or princeton style offense every trip down. Let the kids play through a free flowing style and teach them what they can and can't do within the structure of said offense and let them go. Use film room to teach and correct things. Too many coaches confine their players too much by running offenses that may not put their athletes in the best position to win and be successful.

I work at a facility in Omaha that is connected to one of the Summer AAU clubs so we could have a very lengthy chat about those. The guys that run the one I work at are very knowledgeable and do things the right way. But some of the stories they tell me crazy.

I think the fundamentals people are referring to are kids learning how to play within the flow of a game without having a set offense. Learning how to read different types of screens, different ways to get open, how to be effective without having the ball in your hand. A lot of times if a kid doesn't have the ball in their hand they have no idea what they can do to help the team. Little things like that are taking a hit because I don't think there's enough good coaches both in HS and summer teams that can teach them properly.

I agree with most of this. My brother and I graduated high school 4 years apart and both of our teams were successful given what our high school boys basketball history was. The team my senior year tried to make every game a track meet and to be honest we were terrible at trying to stall. My brothers team walked the ball up the floor every possession. Not sure what caused the coach to completely change philosophies over the years but it was 2 totally different teams. And while fundamentals are taking a hit in HS basketball, one could argue the bigger issue is coaches needing to be too involved in the game. If you have good enough players let them play and let the athletes be athletes. Too much needing to call a set offense every possession. The biggest thing al shot clock would do would is it would force coaches to let the game be more free flowing which would be hard for most.

There 100% needs to be some sort of a shot clock in high school. Some of the shoe circuits in the summer AAU season have adopted a 30 second shot clock. Now not every summer basketball player is going to play in college but lets not hinder the ones that are good enough. The biggest adjustment that could be made to help HS hoops is going to either 18 or 20 minute halves or potentially maybe making the switch to 4 10 minute quarters. I think making a change to one of those 2 options would be more beneficial than adding a shot clock.

You pretty much nailed it. Think of your body as a tree or plant. Your feet are the roots to what we do daily. I have seen many people with back, knee and hip pain have it all attributed back to having weak feet. Now does this mean to go start doing everything you do barefoot? Not really. It's a normal progression just like a weight lifting or running program. But the idea is that if your feet are strong and functioning as they should that it will keep the knee properly in line and functioning, which in turn helps the hips and so on. This deal with Cam is something other than what is going on in the weight room. With the resources UNL has if there was any sort of warning sign I'm sure the proper precautions would have been taken. Especially given the events of last winter with the rhabdo episodes.

Well that went right over my head.

Actually barefoot lifting has shown to be very beneficial for the lower extremity if done and programmed properly. I would guess there's just something genetically weaker with Cam's lower half.

Didn't we recently get a player from his high school?

I guess I completely missed the sarcasm part. My bad. But yes, if they are able to have 3 successful franchises I don't see why Omaha can't support one of them.

You mean like the Milwaukee NBA team that currently has the best record in their conference or the Milwaukee MLB team that won their division and was a game from the World Series? They also do a pretty damn good job supporting the Packers every year. Also Milwaukee is a 90 minute drive from the 3rd largest TV market in the U.S.

I see the bolded part as a positive for Omaha having a major league franchise. Imagine all the people that travel to KC, Minneapolis, Denver and Chicago to see their team play or are fans of teams in those cities. I could easily see a large majority of people taking to and supporting a pro team here. I think an NBA would be the most successful franchise. You have 2 teams in this state that have had moderate to above average success that are in the top 10 in the nation for attendance. Might there be some lesser attended games when the bad teams come to town? Yes, but imagine ticket prices and the downtown area for when the big name teams and players show up to Omaha. I for one would be all in on this deal.

Figured it was something along those lines. Looks like it's fixed now. Just wasn't sure if there was something I was missing

Anyone know why it says Henry in the poll up top?

For me it's the Cardinals. Didn't have much of a choice growing up as that was The only option I was given from my dad and grandpa. Also grew up during the McGwire/Sosa HR battle. And behind Husker football, the amount of time I spend following Cardinals baseball is second. i'm a completely weirdo and will watch probably 120-130 full games of the cardianls each year.

I'll have to see if I can find the tweet but somewhere I saw where Harden averages 500 dribbles per game. I understand CP3 is hurt and he's all they have but he scored 61 and they beat the horrible Knicks by 4 points. Also his streak is at 263 consecutive points that have been unassisted. If I was a teammate of his that had to cover his defensive lapses then didn't get the ball on the other end I would be furious.

The fact that some people (not on here) think he's one of the best offensive talents we've seen to me is crazy. Imagine what Jordan and Kobe would've done with these rules. Also he gets officiated completely different than every other NBA player out there. He shot more FT than 10 other teams tonight. That should not be happening.

Am I the only one who thinks the current style of basketball Harden is playing is very boring? 61 is sweet and all but you missed 15 3's and had to shoot 25 FT to get there.

There are very few players more deserving of being unanimously selected than Mo Rivera. Complete domination for the entirety of his career and there will never be a closer more dominant than he was, let alone with 1 pitch.