[NBA] Comments that don't warrant a thread (JAN)

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Mr. S£im Citrus said:
San Antonio's closing lineup is wearing jersey numbers #1 (Victor Wembanyama), #2 (Dylan Harper), #3 (Keldon Johnson), #4 (De'Aaron Fox) and #5 (Stephon Castle). It's giving:

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The hilarious thing is that within about 15 minutes of the time that you posted this, while watching the UCLA/Oregon game, I noted that the UCLA lineup was ALSO #1 (Xavier Booker), #2 (Donovan Dent), #3 (Eric Dailey), #4 (Jamar Brown) and #5 (Brandon Williams).

Crazy, kinda.
 
Capt. Factorial said:
The hilarious thing is that within about 15 minutes of the time that you posted this, while watching the UCLA/Oregon game, I noted that the UCLA lineup was ALSO #1 (Xavier Booker), #2 (Donovan Dent), #3 (Eric Dailey), #4 (Jamar Brown) and #5 (Brandon Williams).

Crazy, kinda.
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Wild I had both games on for a stretch and didn't notice, I tend to notice things like that.

This semi-inspired me to look up the list of UCLA retired numbers ... They actually retired 31 for Ed O'Bannon before later adding Reggie Miller to the number? Are you effing kidding me?
 
pdxKingsFan said:
Wild I had both games on for a stretch and didn't notice, I tend to notice things like that.

This semi-inspired me to look up the list of UCLA retired numbers ... They actually retired 31 for Ed O'Bannon before later adding Reggie Miller to the number? Are you effing kidding me?
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Looks like they only retired numbers on four occasions. The first was in 1990 (Kareem, Walton). The second in 1996 was coming off their most recent championship which was basically won by O'Bannon dragging the rest of the team up the hill, so I kind of get the enthusiasm. Miller came later (2013), and he remains the only other player to have his number retired who played after the '70s - and, with Don Barksdale (who was involved in breaking the color barrier in the '40s, also retired in 2013) one of only two players with a retired number never to have won a championship at UCLA.

In a way, Miller is an exception to the (apparent) must-have-won-a-championship rule, so that's kind of a testament to how good he was. They broke the rule for him!
 
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In a way, Miller is an exception to the (apparent) must-have-won-a-championship rule, so that's kind of a testament to how good he was. They broke the rule for him!
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Ok that makes sense, Miller got "allowed" in because he entered into the Basketball HoF.

I think O'Bannon being retired looks silly now, but a) I'm not a UCLA fan and b) while I think waiting periods for players like Jordan or LeBron, Wayne Gretzky, Montana or Brady to get HoF and other career honors, in general they are indeed necessary to eliminate recency bias.

I'll admit I have hated O'Bannon ever since his lawsuit lead to the discontinuation of NCAA video games, so it could influence my thought process here beyond the fact he only had a cup of coffee in the Association. Is he held in the same regard as Miles Simon would be by Wildcats fans? He's the first guy on my team that I would ask "did they retire his number solely because of the chip?" as despite being a fringe prospect he was the heart and soul of that team, of course the difference being UCLA has 11 titles to Arizona's 1. I can tell you the first girl I ever kissed's name, I most certainly couldn't name #11. 🤷‍♂️
 
pdxKingsFan said:
I'll admit I have hated O'Bannon ever since his lawsuit lead to the discontinuation of NCAA video games, so it could influence my thought process here beyond the fact he only had a cup of coffee in the Association. Is he held in the same regard as Miles Simon would be by Wildcats fans?
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Yeah, that's probably pretty similar, though I'd guess that overall he was maybe like a tier of player up from Simon. But, yes, when you look at a list that has guys like Kareem and Walton and Wilkes etc., O'Bannon does pale in comparison. I was a bit surprised to see that his number was retired.
 
Cooper Flagg went for a career-high 49, but had a crucial turnover in the final seconds, and then committed the foul that gave Kon Knueppel the game-winning free throws.

Charlotte has now won 6 of their last 7. Hum diddly dee!
 
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