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adkindo
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| LongBeachPoly wrote: | | Yup makes no sense to say 35 is the highest since 31 |
you are correct....assume 35 is simply the highest, and the 2nd highest is 31 |
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Don Draper
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| LongBeachPoly wrote: | | LakerLand247 wrote: | | LongBeachPoly wrote: |
35 is the highest since 31? That makes no sense. 35 is higher than 31 |
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Yup makes no sense to say 35 is the highest since 31 |
Sounds like a misunderstanding of how "since" is used.
You're thinking of it in this form:
"Kobe is the best thing since MJ."
This implies the first is lesser than the second, which I'm guessing is the angle you're coming from with your critique.
The way the poster used "since" is as follows:
"Kuzma scoring 35 in the Rising Stars game is the most since Kobe scored 31."
In this usage, it is not implied that 35 is greater than 31. Rather, it is implied Kuzma is the first to score something akin to the 31 that Kobe scored.
Is All-Star weekend over yet? |
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Luminous8
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| Well explained Don. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:54 am Post subject: |
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I vote that Chronicle create all topic threads this is hilarious.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| ReaListik wrote: | | I vote that Chronicle create all topic threads this is hilarious. |
How do you know it was Chronicle? And yes, they are very funny. |
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| Haha...the title updates. |
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waterman40
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Maybe we can now debate the true meaning of the Cars song "Since You're Gone:"
Since you're gone
The nights are getting strange
Since you're gone
well, nothing's making sense
Since you're gone
I stumbled in the shade
Since you're gone
Everything's in perfect tense, well
Is His life worse since (because) She is gone OR is His life worse since (after) She is gone?
  
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LakerLanny
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Kuz flying
LG whining
Grammar lessons missing
Lakers need to start winning
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kobe_4_mvp
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| LakerLanny wrote: | Kuz flying
LG whining
Grammar lessons missing
Lakers need to start winning |
but our playoff hopes are slipping
thats why lg is tripping
and when that clocks done ticking
they’ll take kuz out back for a whipping |
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Prized Pupil: Kyle Kuzma Is Out to Prove the Doubters Wrong
| Quote: | On the Sunday that Kyle Kuzma found out he was—maybe, possibly—going to be traded, he chose to view the news as a good sign. This was back at 3 p.m. on Jan. 27. Kuzma was driving his black Porsche Panamera down I-10 toward Staples Center. In three hours the Lakers were scheduled to play the Suns, and Kuzma was officially a game-time decision because of a balky left hip. Prepared for the worst, he had picked out a suitable bench ensemble: skinny gray pants, black blazer, reversible purple pocket square and open-necked shirt, the better to highlight the ink on his chest.
The outfit, like Kuzma, was hard to miss. Ebullient, self-assured and tall, he can seem, as L.A. assistant Miles Simon says, “like he was born to be a Laker.” Kuzma’s game is a beguiling meld of old and new school. He swoops and flips and attacks, deploying hooks and half-hooks and floaters, like some Kareem-Worthy-Bryant mash-up. He’s equally capable of posting up and draining threes and has proved a particularly good fit next to LeBron James, which is no mean feat.
It helps that, though only 23 and never a heralded prospect, Kuzma possesses an abiding conviction that every shot he takes is destined to go in. Miss nine in a row and Kuz is all about getting up number 10. Teammates marvel at his confidence. “Second to none,” says point guard Lonzo Ball. Similarly wired humans recognize the trait. “He’s got it,” says Suns guard Jamal Crawford. “That’s a gift, man.” Says Kobe Bryant, who could go 0-for-January and start February with an iso clear-out, “He understands it’s not about whether you missed or made the last one but about being in the moment.”
Now, only a year and a half into his career, Kuzma found himself in an enviable situation: the Porsche, the All-Star-ish numbers (19.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game), the fashion features in GQ, the fans bedecked in kuzmania shirts, the historic trifecta of sorts. How many late-first-round picks—Kuzma went 27th in 2017—can count Bryant as a mentor, James as a teammate and Magic Johnson as a boss? “I’m tripping out every day,” Kuzma said as he took the route that allowed him to best take in the looming glory of Staples. “Where I came from to where I am now? It’s like a damn movie.” |
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| 32 wrote: | Prized Pupil: Kyle Kuzma Is Out to Prove the Doubters Wrong
| Quote: | On the Sunday that Kyle Kuzma found out he was—maybe, possibly—going to be traded, he chose to view the news as a good sign. This was back at 3 p.m. on Jan. 27. Kuzma was driving his black Porsche Panamera down I-10 toward Staples Center. In three hours the Lakers were scheduled to play the Suns, and Kuzma was officially a game-time decision because of a balky left hip. Prepared for the worst, he had picked out a suitable bench ensemble: skinny gray pants, black blazer, reversible purple pocket square and open-necked shirt, the better to highlight the ink on his chest.
The outfit, like Kuzma, was hard to miss. Ebullient, self-assured and tall, he can seem, as L.A. assistant Miles Simon says, “like he was born to be a Laker.” Kuzma’s game is a beguiling meld of old and new school. He swoops and flips and attacks, deploying hooks and half-hooks and floaters, like some Kareem-Worthy-Bryant mash-up. He’s equally capable of posting up and draining threes and has proved a particularly good fit next to LeBron James, which is no mean feat.
It helps that, though only 23 and never a heralded prospect, Kuzma possesses an abiding conviction that every shot he takes is destined to go in. Miss nine in a row and Kuz is all about getting up number 10. Teammates marvel at his confidence. “Second to none,” says point guard Lonzo Ball. Similarly wired humans recognize the trait. “He’s got it,” says Suns guard Jamal Crawford. “That’s a gift, man.” Says Kobe Bryant, who could go 0-for-January and start February with an iso clear-out, “He understands it’s not about whether you missed or made the last one but about being in the moment.”
Now, only a year and a half into his career, Kuzma found himself in an enviable situation: the Porsche, the All-Star-ish numbers (19.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game), the fashion features in GQ, the fans bedecked in kuzmania shirts, the historic trifecta of sorts. How many late-first-round picks—Kuzma went 27th in 2017—can count Bryant as a mentor, James as a teammate and Magic Johnson as a boss? “I’m tripping out every day,” Kuzma said as he took the route that allowed him to best take in the looming glory of Staples. “Where I came from to where I am now? It’s like a damn movie.” |
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Really good article
Except for the fact he probably was the one who played worst during the trade rumors. So it definitely did affect him somewhat |
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Baron Von Humongous
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He's so bad on defense.
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | He's so bad on defense. |
2nd best player on the team. Chill. |
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Baron Von Humongous
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| lonzobryant wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | He's so bad on defense. |
2nd best player on the team. Chill. |
You mean Lonzo?
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | lonzobryant wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | He's so bad on defense. |
2nd best player on the team. Chill. |
You mean Lonzo? |
Nah the best ability is availability |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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Solid performance on offense. Credit to Kuz.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| *third best player. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | He's so bad on defense. |
Definitely.
But you anti-jinxed him to get a charge  |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuz stepped up this game especially on defense in the 2nd half, he even took a charge! and yelled back at Lebron |
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| epak wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | He's so bad on defense. |
Definitely.
But you anti-jinxed him to get a charge |
*recalling his charge on Cousins before the break*
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuz gave effort on D tonight....that is all we can ask for at this point....but I thought he played good team basketball most of the night, and he deserves credit for realizing he needed to in the situation. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Took a nice charge. |
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| Kuz is the man |
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