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Why 6 Seeds Matter

12/31/2017

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By Daniel Thompson

Today’s series of four late afternoon games are unambiguously momentus for the Buffalo Bills, as well as the three other teams competing for the two remaining AFC wild card spots: Ravens, Titans, and Chargers. As a Bills fan born in 1998, today could shape up to be the best day of my NFL fandom. The odds are slim -- 17% per FiveThirtyEight and 20% from The Upshot -- but a Bills win followed by a Ravens loss or both the Titans and Chargers losing would deliver a generation of Bills fans a sight they’ve never seen before: a 17th Bills game in a season. Titans fans could also see meaningful January football for the first time in 10 years, and if we want to get technical, LA fans could see the LA Chargers back in the playoffs for the first time in 57 years. No one doubts that any of these four teams earning their first playoff game in at least three seasons would be a refreshing change of pace, and anyone can see the significance of the Bills ending the longest postseason drought in major North American sports. Nonetheless, fans cannot help but think of the futility of wild card games, especially in the AFC since Peyton Manning and Tom Brady entered the league.
In the long run, the outlook is bleak for all four of these teams as well as the Falcons and Seahawks, the two NFC teams in contention for their 6th seed (The Panthers are presently the 5th seed but could still steal the 2nd seed with a lot of help). Only 6 of the 51 Super Bowl champions have been wild card teams, with 2 of the 6 finishing the regular season with 10-6 records and the other 4 having won 11 or 12 games each. It’s a certainty that at least one wild card team in the AFC will be 9-7 at best, and as many as three 9-7 teams could sneak in in total. The only 9-7 team to hoist the Lombardi was the 2011 New York Giants, who also won as a wild card team four years earlier. In fact, hosting a wild card game is a heavy lode, as the last team to reach the Super Bowl that didn’t earn a first round bye was Joe Flacco’s 2012 Ravens. If the point of professional sports is to win the championship (it is) then playing in the wild card round is merely an obstacle that hurts draft stocks, injures players, and almost always only prolongs the inevitable. But fans don’t only care about championships. As a Bills fan, I have been waiting my whole life for one measly wild card game and here are just a few reasons why.

​17+ Meaningful Games

I hate rooting for my team to lose on week 17, but most seasons, I have done exactly that unless the Bills have had a chance to play spoiler. Waiting until next year sucks, I want every game to be exciting. Football offseasons are long and football fans get fewer games than just about any other sport. It’s a waste of a season when not every game matters, and the extra playoff game is the icing on the cake of a complete season. Just the idea of a wild card game has made this the best week 17 I can remember. The last meaningful game for the Bills in week 17 was in 2004. To make matters worse, the Bills had a win-and-get-in scenario against a Steelers team that was resting its starters and still lost.
Watching Fan Favorites Reap What They Sew
A fan of any long suffering franchise can tell you that one of the most bitter pills to swallow is knowing that my team has wasted the better part of many careers. The Bill I’ll be the happiest for, if all goes well, is Kyle Williams. The former fifth round pick is the greatest defensive tackle in Bills history and delivers the most inspiring pre-game speeches and post game interviews ever posted to the NFL’s Instagram. He’s spent all 12 of his NFL seasons in Buffalo, more than anyone else on the roster, and will be a free agent this off-season. If the Bills keep wining, he’ll have more games as a Bill for sure and won’t have to worry about leaving for a competitor. The Bills already chipped in on making Takeo Spikes the NFL player to play the most seasons without a postseason appearance (15), and I’ll lose sleep if Kyle breaks that record. LeSean McCoy will have rushed for more yards than anyone in the league since he joined the Bills, assuming he gets the seven yards needed to surpass the resting Todd Gurley. He’s been the Bills’ only chance at having a true superstar on the team during The Drought, and the Bills’ irrelevance has caused him to get less attention than less productive backs who happen to have a star or a G on their helmet. The same goes for the rookie I believe would have Defensive Rookie of The Year locked up if national media paid attention to his team: Tre’Davious White. Tyrod Taylor is probably a top five all-time Bills quarterback (name one good Bills QB outside of Jim Kelly). The two most famous behind Kelly are better known for getting replaced by Tom Brady and running for vice president (Drew Bledsoe and Jack Kemp). The opportunity to see any of their franchises’ unheralded stars shine is not lost on the fan of any long-suffering franchise.
Ending the Suffering
    Getting bounced in another team’s stadium to end the season can’t be fun. But it sure beats 8-8 and no playoffs. The Drought is embarrassing. The Bills are just three seasons away from tying the Saints, and just one loss away from taking sole possession of second, on the longest Super Bowl era playoff drought leaderboard. Perhaps Browns fans and a few other fanbases have had it worse this millenium. But Buffalo fans are the only ones subject to this brand of torture. Year in and year out, seasons pass that amount to nothing. Even the Sabres are on the brink of the longest NHL postseason drought. One good Carolina Hurricanes season could give Buffalo the longest drought in every major pro sport it plays. My last postseason memory as a Buffalo fan is the Sabres blowing 3-1 lead in game 6 on Easter 2011 and then getting blown out two days later in game 7. A playoff berth is far from the antithesis of Wide Right, but for once, I will be able to look back and say that we had a good season.
    A New Hope
    One possibility I’ve ignored so far is that some wild card teams actually can win the Super Bowl. The 2017 Buffalo Bills are not one of those teams, and probably not even a wild card team. For those teams that happened to share their division with a juggernaut or got hot in the last few weeks, there is plenty to get excited about immediately. But for the majority of wild card teams, a playoff berth means a step in the right direction, or in the Seahawks or Falcons’ case, there is still reason to believe in the team. Any AFC team to reach the wild card this year will have indisputable evidence of an improved team. Even if success doesn’t carry over to the next year, the fanbase will see a resurgence of enthusiasm. A 2016 wild card berth didn’t do much for the 2017 Raiders, but I can guarantee that their fans look forward to 2018 more than any season from 2004-2015. The Bills haven’t been contenders since the 90s, making the playoffs can change that narrative. If the everything shakes out in the Bills favor today, a new era of Bills history is born. The 2000-2(?)?? Bills can be history. The Now Bills might be a few hours away.


As always, pro-football-reference was a huge help in writing this article

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Ranking the 13 Movies of 2017 I saw

12/30/2017

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By Alex Drain
As the 2017 year comes to a close, I always like to reflect on different facets of the year. This year I decided to look back at the movies I saw this year and engage in one of my favorite hobbies: ranking things. Now these are not all the films I saw this year, but simply the ones that were released in 2017 that I saw. There are still 2017 pictures that I didn’t get to see for a variety of reasons (I will discuss that at the end), but among the ones I did see, here is a list of them, from worst to best. Full disclosure: I don’t see trash movies, so none of these are bad in anyway, and being ranked #13 out of 13 simply means you were the least of the best. Also, while I justify the rankings using details, I include no spoilers, so feel free to read this regardless of whether you’ve seen the movies or not.

13. Wonder Woman
I, for one, am tired of superhero movies at this point. I’ve never been a big superhero fan in the first place, but when done well, I can really like them (see: Nolan Batman movies). However, we’ve reached a point of just constant bombardment, oversaturation and I just can’t take it anymore. Just this year, we had this movie, a new Spiderman, a new Guardians of the Galaxy, a new Thor, Justice League, and Logan. I could only see two of those and Wonder Woman was one of them. A lot of beautiful angles and shots and I really liked Chris Pine’s performance, and Gal Gadot was solid as well. The World War I reenactment scenes were arguably the best part of the movie and the most impressive film-making. That said, the story runs a bit dry at times, but there are just enough ties to other Justice League characters to make the audience want to see another appearance from WW, which they inevitably gave us a few months later. Overall, this movie is a good, but not great superhero film. There are a lot of worse superhero movies, but it’s also not one that I’d rewatch.

12. Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman’s performance as Winston Churchill lives up to the hype, but the film as a whole is lacking. Let’s start with Oldman. He captures Churchill perfectly, with the mannerisms being excellent, his mumbling and line delivery culminating in a booming oration is brilliant, but he brings another side to Churchill. His emotional side around the King and his wife is also very well done. But boy, if this were not Oldman, then this film might be a 5, because it really has some issues. For one, there is remarkably little character development despite being a BIOPIC. The fact that it’s set over a one-month period constrains its ability to dive deeper into the past and enrich the plot. Additionally, there were a handful of strange and unexplored elements, and parts that just felt sloppy. Overall, a subpar movie that is carried by a masterful leading performance.

11. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
A very similar film to the first, GOTG2 brings back the same lovable characters and interpersonal relationships we came to like in the first film. The soundtrack is just as stellar as in Vol. 1, and I appreciated the inclusion of Looking Glass’s one hit wonder, Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl). That said, the use of it as a major plot point felt forced. Yet, despite the increase in plot holes when compared to the first, the emotional content is more real and Vol. 2 is a funnier film. Not much else to say. A quality sequel, which in film, is often tough to accomplish. Good but not near great.

10. Battle of the Sexes
The tale of Billie Jean King’s famous match against Bobby Riggs, it does a good job of recreating the match and the surrounding pressures. It could have done more to develop the characters involved, but I felt that Steve Carell and Emma Stone both did terrific jobs transforming into the parts they were playing. Some critics of this film felt it didn’t do enough to look into King’s backstory, but I think it had the right balance between the two main players and certainly shed light onto Bobby Riggs, which we don’t normally get. It’s a good but not great movie. Definitely not a waste of time, but not one that I would tell you that you have to see.


9. Baby Driver
On the outside, this movie looks like another boring and bland Fast and Furious type. Guns, explosions, cars, loud music. But it's actually story is much deeper and more intriguing than face value. Like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, this movie is carried in part by its excellent soundtrack, with each track fitting the scene of the moment. The actual action scenes are everything you want from an action movie, with the explosions, blood, weaponry, crime, and cool driving stunts. The heists are fun, the getaway scenes are great. Put simply, it’s a fun movie. The romance aspect could’ve been slightly better, but the directors deserve credit for taking a tired old type of movie (action/cars/crime) and making it original. In the end, there’s not much to dislike about this movie but not much to love either.

8. Dunkirk
HERE WE GO. I know some people are going to come and badger me about this ranking, but I want to start by saying that I’m a big admirer of Christopher Nolan’s work. His decision to shoot on film as opposed to digital video is one I have a lot of respect for and he makes beautiful movies, and Dunkirk is one of those. I’m a big fan of his Batman movies (especially The Dark Knight), I loved Inception, and Interstellar was good but too long. All of that said, this isn’t one of his greatest works. As with most of his movies, Dunkirk lacks extensive character development and that fact is particularly revealing when it comes to a war film. We follow several characters around through the whole movie, yet lean literally nothing about them. I give him credit for taking a new angle on an old theme, but we should know more about the characters involved than we do. But, the creation of the movie is excellent, with breathtaking shots and realism. Not the gory realism of Saving Private Ryan, but fabulous all the same. The use of the ticking in the background was also a savvy brilliant move and these aspects make up for a timeline that’s tough to follow and lack of characters to some degree. If you want to know what the Battle of Dunkirk looked like, watch this movie. If you want to learn about the struggle of soldiers in wartime, don’t watch this movie. A good war film, but not one that can rival those in the pantheon.

7. Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
My childhood was pretty much devoted to being a Star Wars superfan, and thus it’s been hard for me to rank Star Wars movies as objective movies. But, I’ll try to do my best here. Personally, I liked The Last Jedi more than The Force Awakens, particularly because it was far more creative (though still not as much as I want). That said, it was about 20 minutes too long and left a lot of questions unanswered. But the CGI work is fabulous as always, John Williams provides his always stellar score, and it is a beautiful movie to watch. There are no unwatchable scenes, e.g., some of the Anakin and Padme scenes in Attack of the Clones, and overall, as an objective movie, it’s good. As a Star Wars movie, I have a lot of nitpicks and issues.

6. Detroit
As a history nerd and a lifelong Michigander, when I heard we were getting a movie about the ‘67 Riots, I was enthused. Then the reviews started rolling in and they were all over the place, which is understandable for a movie with as clear of a statement about politics and history as this movie has. The wounds of the riots are still present in today’s society and in our political discourse and so the controversy makes sense. However, just viewing the movie as a movie, a presentation of events, it is hard to turn away. It’s intense and brutal and seeing it in the theater very much helps the experience. Like with Dunkirk, you are transported into a place and time in history. Kathryn Bigelow whips up an incredibly vivid and realistic image of what it was like both in the riots and specifically the Algiers Motel incident. It is a biting and searing commentary on the injustices in the criminal justice system relating to police brutality and also race relations in the United States. That alone will make it controversial. Your stance on that issue will color the way you see this film, but it’s hard to deny that it’s a movie that makes you think and makes you ask questions. There were some parts that dragged and I’m not sure I liked the ending, but it’s very much worth the watch.

5. The Big Sick
A cute and touching movie. It explores the true meaning of family, but also the ideals of responsibility and self determination within life. It’s genuinely funny and heartwarming, and the type of story that would almost be cliche if not based on a true one. It serves as a good examination of cross-cultural relationships, but also the diverse America and world that exists within the 21st century. A very strong comedy that tugs at the heart, yet never lets itself become too deep. All of that said, this is a very solid rom-com. Not trashy, and one with a deeper meaning, but also not an all time classic. Worth the 2 hours of your time.

4. Get Out
A very well done picture. At its core, it’s a well above average horror movie. But then you have to add in the fact that it has the obvious racial undertones, which elevates it even higher. The beginning half of the movie is not a horror film, it’s a Hitchcockian thriller, with a sense of dread and eeriness going on the entire time. Just enough jolts to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. But by the end of the film, it has become full-blown horror. There are some parts which I would say are a tad too unrealistic, but I was never fully jerked out. Besides the obvious comparisons to slavery, the Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner aspect of racial relationships is intriguing. Enthralling until the last minute, it effectively uses humor to break tension before escalating, which is common for the genre. That said, it was both well done, but also wasn’t funny enough for me to call it comedy as a sub genre. It can be seen as a commentary but also as just a plain horror/thriller movie. It has a strong musical accompaniment, and excellent acting to back it up, especially from Daniel Kaluuya. It doesn’t need excessive gore to cement its place as a good horror movie, but gives you just enough to round out an overall stellar film.

3. The Disaster Artist
A great modern comedy, The Disaster Artist manages to also have deeper meaning as well. The film is absolutely as ridiculous as The Room, which it is based on. It becomes hilarious because of how bizarre it is at times but also has lessons on friendship, and we grow a strange and sad connection to Tommy, especially when the movie fails yet becomes revived. It develops and constructs deep images of the characters and the pressures leading up to the making of The Room. I give it the edge over Get Out because of technical aspects, particularly how the filmmaking crew reshot entire scenes from The Room with near perfection. Additionally, Franco completely transforms to take over his role as Wiseau and should get Academy Award consideration for that performance. Definitely worth the watch, as it’s funny and engrossing while painting a legitimate story.

2. Lady Bird
This was unquestionably the hardest decision on the list. Of these 13 movies, 11 were in one category, and these two were in another. Picking one over the other was extremely difficult. But my best guess places the #1 film a tiny bit ahead of Lady Bird. That said, this is a phenomenal film and it’s hard to stop gushing about it. It’s funny, relatable, enthralling, emotional, beautiful, and deep, with a near perfect ending. It also explores a mammoth amount of themes, including friendship, love, parental pressure, religion, homosexuality, income/social status, and college. It offers a commentary on the joys and trials of life. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf both have terrific performances that should earn them Academy Award nominations. I’ve spoken to many people who have seen this film and have yet to encounter any who dislike it. A truly great picture.


1. The Florida Project
As is always the case with some of the best movies in a given year, The Florida Project never made it to the big theaters in Ann Arbor and was only at the Michigan Theater for a short time. Luckily, I was able to see it and it did not disappoint in the least. Sean Baker has constructed a true tour de force that is heartbreaking, thought provoking, elegant, agonizing, and beautiful. The harsh story of a young single mother and her daughter in Orlando, it is a masterfully crafted plot to make a message, with great acting by Willem Dafoe, worthy of the awards he will likely receive. Realistic and humanistic, it has some breathtaking shots and camera work that are truly the cherry on top. It makes you think and ask questions, leaving you both painfully aware of the struggles of humanity but also hopeful for the promise of youth. The ending almost certainly ruffles some feathers and it did for me at the time, but it has grown on me over time. This film swept the Detroit Film Critics Society, winning Best Film, Best Director, and netting Dafoe the Best Supporting Actor, which from what I have seen so far, it is totally worthy. If you can see this picture, then do it. And then it will make you want to watch it over and over again. 

2017 movies that I haven’t seen yet but want to
Of course, due to various factors, I haven’t gotten to see all the 2017 movies that I wanted to see and that’s what this section is for. There’s a few of the Oscar bait ones that I haven’t seen simply because they aren’t out in Real America yet. These include I, Tonya, The Post, Phantom Thread, and Call Me By Your Name. Most of those will be released here in Ann Arbor in mid-January, but I plan to see all of those. As for other ones I missed, I would like to see Blade Runner 2049 at some point, but I haven’t seen the original, so that’s probably best saved for a summer binge of both films. I might see Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Shape of Water at some point but I’m not sure if I’ll get around to it. Lastly, while it didn’t get great reviews, I am compelled to see LBJ just to see how Woody Harrelson plays the complex and flawed President.

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Pistons Week in Review

12/27/2017

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By: Bogart Lipe

Andre Drummond, who is playing like if a lovechild between Shaquille O’Neal and Steve Nash existed, can shoot free throws now. To celebrate, we’ll have an article every week whose length is based on Andre’s free throw percentage. For example, 0.500 from the line calls for a 500 word article, 0.700 is a 700 word article, and so on. So here we go. Andre Drummond is shooting 0.626 from the free throw line, so here are 626 words on the Pistons’ week.

We’re going to find a great deal about the Pistons in the coming weeks. This past week yielded middling results, primarily because of a reprehensible 17 point loss to the previously 8 win Mavericks a week ago. The Pistons followed the loss up with a vital three point win against the Knicks and a 24 point thrashing last night versus the Pacers. However, looming over the Pistons and their improving 19-14 record are the key injuries starting to pile up.

Avery Bradley is still not ready to return from a groin injury, and is now being evaluated on a week-to-week basis. The current target is to have him back for the New Year, but nothing is clear at this point in time. Last night, Bradley’s backcourt partner Reggie Jackson badly sprained his ankle, and after having an MRI today has been ruled out for 6-8 weeks with a grade 3 sprain. Only after the 6-8 week period will Jackson be re-evaluated, making the true timetable for his return opaque.

The injury comes at an incredibly inopportune time, as Reggie was in the midst of one of his most effective offensive performances of the season. In just 21 minutes, he recorded 8 points and 13 assists, many times finding the right teammate in the right position. Whether it was feeding Andre Drummond near the basket via pick and roll or kicking it out to a scorching Tobias Harris, Reggie was picking apart the Pacers’ defense.

*A note on what should have been a historic night for Tobias: he made all seven of his shots in the first quarter, including 5 three pointers, en route to a 21 point quarter. For the rest of the game, he took 4 shots total, ending with 31 points on 10/11 shooting. It’s an absolute travesty that he wasn’t force-fed, as it was clear he was as hot as a player can possibly be. He should’ve received at least 25 shots and had 50 points but what do I know.*

The Reggie injury could prove to be disastrous, especially if Avery continues to miss time. For a team with aspirations for a middle to high seed in the conference, the Pistons cannot afford to start Ish Smith and Luke Kennard for weeks at a time. The rotation will be stretched, with either Langston Galloway (who just found out he will be a father to a boy by way of a fun gender reveal you should look up) or two way player Dwight Buycks expected to lead the second unit at point guard for the time being. As for Ish, he will need to adapt his playing style with the starters. He tends to dominate the ball even more so than Reggie Jackson when playing with the second unit, and players like Tobias, Dre, and a (hopefully) healthy Avery will need to get their shots up in order for the team to continue to win games.

What this means past the next week or so is also unclear. Stan Van Gundy may feel pressed to make a trade to help the team tread water up until the All Star Break, possibly for a wing player. Trading for a point guard wouldn’t make long term sense, but a prototypical 3-and-D wing player could prove to be beneficial to the Pistons for the right price. For now, the Pistons need to get through the injuries to their backcourt, and build off their 5 wins in 6 games stretch. They only play two games in the next week, with a game in Orlando and a home game against the Spurs. At least one win in Orlando will be key, since for the next weeks, or months, the Pistons can’t afford to drop games against inferior teams.
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Max’s NBA Christmas Day Betting Guide

12/24/2017

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By Max Cohen

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Philadelphia 76ers at New York Knicks (NY -2.0)

For me, this is one of the more intriguing matchups of the day.  Philadelphia comes into The Garden fresh off of five straight losses, four of which were within single digits.  Both teams are expecting their star players return, Joel Embiid for the Sixers and Kristaps Porzingis for New York. The Knicks have been up and down the entire year, but one thing they are able to count on is their home court advantage.  Philadelphia is 7-9 on the road, while New York holds a home record of 15-5 and boasts that same record ATS at home.  I think Kristaps has a huge game and the game ends up close, but the Knicks will pull it out and cover with free throws at the end.

My pick: Knicks

Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors (GSW -5.0)

A rematch of the last three finals is definitely the premier matchup of the day with one glaring missing piece, Kyrie Irving.  Kyrie, in conservative terms, was the Warriors’ kryptonite while on the Cavaliers.  He always showed out against them, both in the finals and on Christmas Day last year.  Less Kyrie and plus Isaiah Thomas, the Cavs will have to overcome a huge deficit in their ability to score the basketball in late game situations.  Steph Curry’s status for Monday is still questionable, but coach Steve Kerr said it would be “irresponsible” to play him so I don’t expect Curry to suit up for this one.  Even without Steph, the Warriors always have an edge against the Cavs, and being in California at Oracle will only add to the intensity.  Cleveland is 6-0 ATS as road underdogs, but I expect they’ll get their first loss in that category on Christmas.

My pick: Warriors
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Washington Wizards at Boston Celtics (BOS -4.5)

A rematch of last year’s seven-game conference semifinals between two teams that absolutely hate each other.  Additionally, this season each team is equipped with a Morris twin of their own so hopefully we get brother on brother crime because who doesn’t love a good sibling fight.  Washington has John Wall back and you know he would love to deliver the Celtics a home loss after a crushing game seven defeat last year.  The Celtics have cooled off since their scorching hot start to the season and Washington is still trying to regain the regular-season consistency that they have enjoyed over the past few years.  The Wizards are 9-3 ATS as underdogs and I am taking them to cover on Christmas Day.  I think they get their revenge and not only cover, but win the game as well.

My pick: Wizards

Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder (HOU -2.5)

Another 2017 playoff rematch with a few more personal storylines.  James Harden, the clear MVP favorite this season, faces off against his old team and former Thunder teammate who took home the MVP title last year in Russell Westbrook.  The Rockets are coming off two straight losses against the Lakers and Clippers, respectively, while the Thunder are riding in on a four game win streak.  In the playoffs last year the Rockets dominated the Thunder but they did not have current weapons Carmelo Anthony or Paul George.  Both players have struggled with their shots this season, but being in Oklahoma City should help them and the team.  ATS, the Thunder are 6-11 after a win and I don’t see that record improving in this post-win matchup either.  I have Houston running away with this one.

My pick: Rockets

Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers (MIN -5.0)

The final game of the night features to teams full of young and talented players.  The Wolves have won four of their last five, while the Lakers are coming off a tough stretch of games that has included the Cavs, Houston and Golden State (twice).  Staples Center should be rocking as it is the first time since 2013 that the team is exciting and fun to watch on Christmas Day.  Los Angeles doesn’t have many answers to Karl Anthony Towns’ offense so he should be able to put up some big numbers on that end.  Although KAT may have a big night I still think the Lakers will be fueled enough by their home crowd and play a close game that comes down to the final possession.

My pick: Lakers
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The Enigma That is Russell Westbrook

12/21/2017

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By Max Cohen

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Russell Westbrook is one of the most polarizing players in basketball right now.  Last year was a peculiar one for Westbrook and the Thunder.  Kevin Durant just left Oklahoma City to go play for the team the Thunder lost a 3-1 lead to in the Western Conference Finals the year prior.  Coming into the season all eyes were on Westbrook to carry the team on his shoulders, and this meant possibly averaging a triple double.  That’s exactly what Russ did.  He went out every night playing at full speed and tried to put his team in the best position to win games.  Coming off of his MVP season where he averaged a triple double, and an offseason where his team added two all stars, the Thunder currently have a 16-15 record and sit in the sixth spot of the Western Conference.  The team is underperforming and it is clear to see that their new pieces are not meshing together yet.  Arguments have risen from the Thunder about Westbrook and his playing style, questions that have been asked throughout his career, but this season is different.  Westbrook lead a crappy Thunder team to 47 wins in a brutal Western Conference just to get obliterated by the Houston Rockets in the first round.  After adding Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, one great NBA player and one good NBA player, the Thunder were projected to be a top three team in the West.  Right now they are the opposite and Russ may be to blame.

The 2016-17 NBA season for Russell Westbrook was unlike any season for any player ever.  Every night the game plan was for Russ to get a triple double, leading hopefully to a Thunder win.  That plan worked more successfully than people imagined, but this season is different.  Westbrook doesn’t need to go out and average a triple double because he has another top 15 player on his team.  Currently, Russ is 0.3 rebounds away from averaging a triple double.  Why? I couldn’t answer that, but because of last season Russ probably thinks he has to for the team to win.  Obviously, I am not an NBA player, but as a person who has played a good amount of basketball over my life I can say that if for a long period of time I was told to go out and shoot the ball every time I got, then one day my team said, “change your game,” I wouldn’t be able to do it so quickly.  That’s what the Thunder, and media thought Russ could do.  Completely change his game over one offseason to make new teammates comfortable.  I think changing your mentality is hard for NBA players that have been so used to one thing.  Even when Kevin Durant was in Oklahoma City, it was the Durant and Westbrook show.  After they got rid of James Harden, Durant and Russ were never surrounded with great talent.  For five years now, Westbrook has had a gunner’ss mentality and hasn’t been told to do anything different until this summer.

Although I do think Russ needs time to adjust, it is something to take note that his ex teammates are thriving after leaving the Thunder.  Over a third of the way through the NBA season and Victor Oladipo is the frontrunner for Most Improved Player.  His three point percentage is up from 36 to 42, and he is averaging nearly ten more points than last season.  When you watch Oladipo play, he looks like an entirely different player and, at least looking back at last season, Russ may be to blame.  Other players that have seen tremendous growth from last season to this season are Domantas Sabonis and Enes Kanter.  Both have higher field goal percentages and Sabonis is averaging six more points per game while Kanter averages three more rebounds per game.  All of this points out a particular trait from Russ, which is an ability to make teammates better.  This is an important characteristic for all basketball players to have, especially great ones.  Lebron obviously makes his teammates better (see Mike Miller or Shane Battier),  Steve Nash made his teammates great (see Amar’e Stoudemire or Leandro Barbosa).  For Russ, this doesn’t seem to be the case.  Along with not making his teammates better, Kevin Durant left for some reason.  It may have been to win a championship, but his team was up 3-1 to the eventual champions so Oklahoma City was definitely a viable option to win a championship.  Durant most likely did not enjoy playing with Westbrook and although I do not like Kevin Durant, he is one of the thirty best NBA players ever, and his decision should mean something.  

As Russell Westbrook continues his NBA career it will be interesting to watch what he accomplishes and how he does it.  In a recent article on theringer.com, Justin Verrier compared Russ to Kobe Bryant, and I think this is more on the nose than some may think.  Both players have a shoot first mentality.  Both players are elite scorers.  And both players do not care what others think of them.  Kobe’s talent paired with the deep pockets of the Lakers lead to five championships over his career.  Russ is not on the same talent level of Kobe and his team doesn’t spend like the Lakers, but if he can change his game just a little, like most fans and media thought he would, I think he can win multiple championships.  It all depends on how Russ wants to be Russ.  If he continues to be a shoot first, play aggressive all the time player, he may suffocate the talent around him.  But if he can become a point guard that has a high basketball IQ and knows when to choose his spots, Russell Westbrook can become a revered basketball player rather than one that causes people to ask; Is Russell Westbrook good?
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Pistons Week in Review

12/20/2017

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By: Bogart Lipe

Andre Drummond, who is playing like if a lovechild between Shaquille O’Neal and Steve Nash existed, can shoot free throws now. To celebrate, we’ll have an article every week whose length is based on Andre’s free throw percentage. For example, 0.500 from the line calls for a 500 word article, 0.700 is a 700 word article, and so on. So here we go. Andre Drummond is shooting 0.627 from the free throw line, so here are 627 words on the Pistons’ week.
 
This week was a good week. The holiday season is fully upon us, the time of year we get to spend with friends and family. This is great. Don’t get me wrong. But, the Pistons are winning again. So this was a really good week. The Pistons beat the Hawks, Pacers, and Magic this week. None of the three teams are truly talented or scary teams. The Hawks have been repulsive all season. The Pacers are decent, in the same way that an artificial Christmas tree is decent. The Magic’s season has been similar to a restaurant that brings you an amazing and delicious spinach and artichoke dip appetizer. You get your hopes up. The night is off to a nice start. This should be a filling, maybe respectable, meal. You order your entrée. Then your waiter/waitress brings you what looks like a catastrophic soup of broth and thawed vegetables around a piece of meat when in actuality you were expecting a nicely prepared 9 ounce sirloin with crisp potatoes and asparagus. Or maybe, in the Magic’s case, you actually expected the tragic meat soup to come out of the kitchen. Maybe you didn’t have any expectations, and you were only there for the 2 for $20 deal. I don’t know. The Pistons nearly blew two huge leads to the Magic and Pacers, but were able to hold on for four and six point victories, respectively. But a win is a win, and the Pistons need as many as they can muster, especially following the disastrous and nearly cataclysmic 7 game losing streak preceding this mini winning streak.
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It hasn’t been all good news for the Pistons. Avery Bradley, indisputably a top two most important player on the roster, has missed the last two games due to a groin strain. It was announced yesterday that he will continue to sit out, and be reevaluated in a week’s time. Although the upcoming schedule continues to look favorable (with games against the Mavericks tonight, then Knicks, Pacers, and Magic), the Pistons can’t afford to miss Bradley for much longer. Luke Kennard has started the two games, but Stanley Johnson has played starter minutes in spite of starting the game on the bench.
Now to the good news. First, and it’s surreal that I’m typing this, Reggie Bullock is playing good basketball. The initial decision to start him over Stanley was puzzling to some, including me, but it now appears Bullock has become comfortable and is playing some of his best basketball. Averaging 15 points per game over the last three games, including a team-leading 20 points against the Magic, Bullock has proved very useful on offense. Coupled with Stanley playing better coming off the bench, Stan Van appears to have made the right decision for now. We’re yet to see how the team does with the lineup change against a larger sample size including more capable teams, but it doesn’t look dire and desperate like it did last week at this time.

One thing the team needs to improve on is how they finish games. This is a polar opposite compared to games early in the season, when the Pistons dug themselves huge holes early in games and then forced themselves to try to come back. Recently though, the Pistons have built up large leads against lesser teams, have let up, and allowed the opposition to climb back into the game and make it close and competitive. The team should be able to take the Pacers and Magic games as lessons and be able to close out games ruthlessly. Each of the next four games are winnable, even without Avery Bradley, and hopefully the Pistons can cancel out their 7 game losing streak with a 7 game winning streak.
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Michigan vs Detroit Mercy Halftime Update

12/16/2017

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By Evan Oesterle

Due to WCBN Sports on-air coverage of Michigan women’s basketball today against North Florida, we are unable to call the Michigan vs Detroit basketball from LCA. Instead, I’ll be writing a stream of my thoughts during the course of this game.

Pregame, getting ready for tip-off: Michigan is coming off a big win at Texas. UDM is 4-6 and doesn’t have many great wins yet. This arena is 90% empty. Wagner is out.

19:00 0-0: Neither team has gotten a good look yet. Teske took a long mid range jumper. Wagner being out really disrupts this team's offensive flow.

17:50 Michigan leads 4-0: Charles Matthews is good. These rims don’t like Michigan so far. Teske being in really helps this team’s defense.

17:19 Michigan leads 4-0: Kam Chatman is gonna take a lot of shots in this game. I wouldn’t be surprised if he scores 30. He has a chip on his shoulder for sure.

16:33 Michigan leads 4-2: Brooks-MAAR-Matthews-Livers-Teske is a tremendous defensive lineup- but an awful shooting lineup. Matthews is great going to the rim but not great at shooting. He’s about to shoot free throws…. Missed the first…. MADE THE SECOND. Also, Michigan had two blocks on that last defensive possession.

15:13 Michigan leads 7-2, first media timeout: I’ve counted about 5 shots that have bounced in and out for Michigan. They’ve missed 8 total shots. They’re giving away free pizza right now. Sidenote: LCA charged $8 for the media meal. I have never been to a stadium/arena that does that. (WCBN Sports alumnus Leo Blavin says it's the norm for non-collegiate/NFL sporting events, I’m still pissed). This Detroit team is really bad. It feels like Michigan should hold them under 40. Austin Davis is in the game now for Michigan.

14:42 Michigan leads 9-2: Davis with an easy layup. If Michigan has 3 true centers that are all playable, it will take a lot of pressure of Wagner to stay out of foul trouble in conference play.

14:05 Michigan leads 9-2: Both teams with in-and-out misses. What’s with these rims? Chatman at the line again, he’s the only player with points for UDM. He’s averaging 17 ppg and 8 rpg for UDM. I don’t know how much this program misses him- I think losing Dawkins was more significant.

13:14 Michigan leads 12-4: Duncan Robinson hit a 3. When he was going through his 0-29 stretch, it felt like he should have been unplayable. I still don’t think he should be starting. Livers is a better defender and rebounder. Livers-Wagner and Robinson-Teske frontcourt combinations make a lot more sense.

12:39 Michigan leads 14-4: Jordan Poole is so shifty and creative with the ball. He is going to be good. According to Alex Kremer, “He’s going to be really good.” As I’m typing that, Poole throws down a dunk.

12:24 Michigan leads 16-4, UDM Timeout: UDM looks outmatched. The UDM cheer team is performing to Pitbull right now. I want to take a second to say that Michigan State has a really good chance to run the table and go undefeated in conference. They have arguably the best player in the country in Miles Bridges, and then 4 or 5 other guys who would be the best player on 10 Big Ten teams.

10:55 Michigan leads 21-7: UDM finally made their first field goal, and then Zavier Simpson answered with a 3 pointer. Teske leads all scorers with 6 right now.

9:55 Michigan leads 23-10: UDM is finally having some productive offensive possessions. But Zavier Simpson is playing like late-game takeover Zavier Simpson and maintaining the lead.

9:13 Michigan leads 23-10: Back to back travelling calls go against each team. Thrilling.

8:52 Michigan leads 23-10: That’s 3 travelling violations in 4 possessions. High quality basketball right now.

8:40 Michigan leads 23-11: UDM snapped a 2:08 scoring drought with a free throw. Michigan has 6 offensive rebounds and UDM has 9 turnovers, but Michigan has had 3 straight turnovers now. This is a sloppy game and the 30 fans here must be disappointed.

7:35 Michigan leads 26-13: ANOTHER travelling call, this time against UDM. That’s 13 combined turnovers. Michigan is 11-26 from the field (and has 26 points), while UDM is 3-13 from the field (and has 13 points). MAAR is 0-3 from the field but has 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Teske still leads all scorers with 6 points; Chatman and Allen have 4 each for UDM and Simpson and Robinson each have 5 for the Wolverines.

5:40 Michigan leads 37-13, UDM Timeout, UDM Points 13-UDM Turnovers 11: Robinson, Simpson, and Watson hit consecutive 3 pointers, and this is getting ugly already.

5:28 Michigan leads 37-13, UDM points 13-UDM turnovers 12: This turnover-points battle is getting interesting.

4:16 Michigan leads 42-13, UDM POINTS 13-UDM TURNOVERS 13: UDM is going on 4 minutes without points, they’ve missed their last 5 shots.

3:49 Michigan leads 42-13, UDM Points 13-UDM Turnovers 13: UDM points is about to retake the lead with a couple free throws, but it was fun while it lasted. Robinson (11) and Simpson (10) have keyed this run for the Wolverines.

2:23 Michigan leads 45-17, UDM points 17- UDM turnovers 13: Michigan is on a 22-4 scoring run. Make that 25-4 now that Jordan Poole has hit back to back 3s. And make it 27-4 with a MAAR swipe and score.

1:28 Michigan leads 50-17, UDM points 17-UDM turnovers 15: This game is U-G-L-Y.

0:00 Michigan leads 54-19, UDM points 19-UDM turnovers 15: Michigan got a big boost from Jordan Poole in the last 3 minutes of the half. He has 10 points in 8 minutes. Simpson has 12 and Robinson has 11 for the Wolverines while Kam Chatman has 7 for UDM.

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Update: I won’t be doing this in the second half. It’ll get too boring. Final score prediction: Michigan 92-UDM 43.

-Evan Oesterle
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Pistons Week in Review

12/13/2017

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By: Bogart Lipe

​Andre Drummond, who is playing like if a lovechild between Shaquille O’Neal and Steve Nash existed, can shoot free throws now. To celebrate, we’ll have an article every week whose length is based on Andre’s free throw percentage. For example, 0.500 from the line calls for a 500 word article, 0.700 is a 700 word article, and so on. So here we go. Andre Drummond is shooting 0.612 from the free throw line, so here are 612 words on the Pistons’ week.

A few weeks ago, we agreed the Detroit Pistons were a good team. The Pistons today are a different team. The Pistons today are an objectively bad team. The Pistons today are to basketball as Taco Bell is to Mexican food. This, as you may have guessed, is not a compliment. The Pistons today have lost seven games in a row, and look holistically lost. The argument that this stretch of games has been difficult is tired. With losses this past week to the Bucks, Warriors, Celtics, and Nuggets, the Pistons now sit 14-13. The Pistons are staring mediocrity in the face. Losses to the Bucks, Warriors, and Celtics doesn’t necessarily tend to throw teams into panic mode. However, the overall attitude and apparent lack of heart exhibited is frightening. Everything was encapsulated in an Oh My God Is This Actually Happening 104-83 loss to the Nuggets at home last night. Andre Drummond failed to score in double digits for the third game in a row, Avery Bradley shot 2-12 as Tobias Harris failed to make any of his seven shot attempts, and Reggie Jackson looked tentative and sluggish while making decisions on offense. Compounding the mess, Stan Van Gundy does not seem to know how to steer the team back to its winning ways.

Last night, SVG benched Stanley Johnson in favor of Reggie Bullock. This move was, at the least, intriguing. At the most, it was irresponsible. Not only because SVG saw it fit to start Bullock, who is regularly the 11th or 12th man, but that Stanley did not receive any meaningful minutes with the second unit until Denver had already ran away with the game. It’s an unfair move to Stanley, as he is not a main reason the Pistons have struggled and the move seems to indirectly (or even directly) pin blame on him. This may or may not be true, and we will see what SVG decides to do tomorrow against the Atlanta Hawks. Unless the team starts to put together wins, Van Gundy may start to lose his grip on the locker room.

The schedule does “lighten up”, with upcoming games against the aforementioned Hawks, Pacers, Magic, and Mavericks. However, none of the games seem as easily conquerable for these Pistons, who suddenly find themselves in a 4-way tie spanning the sixth through ninth seeds in the Eastern Conference. If the team is going to start to win games for the first time in two weeks, they must display a will to win. Of course, the offense has been absolutely and positively atrocious, with the Pistons averaging under 93 points per game during their skid. But, as always, this team thrives on itself when each player is playing with hunger and heart. The defense has been decent enough, but there has noticeably been less transition opportunities taken advantage of off missed shots and turnovers. The half-court offense has simply been subpar, which may be a result of the team being their own worst enemy and not believing in themselves, or the rest of the league finally having enough film on the new motion offense orbiting around Andre. If it’s the latter, the Pistons may have a larger, more permanent problem on their hands, but it does not appear we are at that stage yet. The Pistons have to start attacking the basket with more ferociousness and frequency, opening shots up for guys like Tobias and Avery, and hoping they can get back to their previously sweet stroking ways. And it begins tomorrow, with what feels like as much of a must win game as a matchup in December can feel like against the 6-21 Hawks.
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Just How Good is Jimmy Garoppolo?

12/10/2017

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By Max Cohen

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49ers win again, which begs the question: Is Jimmy Garoppolo the best QB in the history of NFL?

The San Francisco 49ers have won their last two games.  Jimmy Garoppolo has started for the 49ers their last two games.  Coincidence? I think not.  What I do think, however, is that he is the best quarterback in the history of the NFL.  What did Tom Brady do Sunday? Nothing.  Jimmy G? Won by ten and picked apart the Texans defense throwing for over 300 yards, all while being the handsomest quarterback in the NFL.  James Garoppolo has thrown for over 600 yards in two weeks and has a winning percentage of 1.000.  The bum also known as Tom Brady hasn’t even cracked 500 yards his last two outings, and although he has won both, his opponents were the Dolphins and Bills.  Not to mention Jimmy has never lost a Superbowl while Terrific Tom has lost two, to Eli Manning for crying out loud. Handsome James G has faced the daunting defensive duo of the Bears and Texans and hasn’t shown any rust.  The dude flies cross country and gets thrown into a new system and boom, #winningonly.  I think it’s safe to say that NFL fans have been graced with the presence of the best quarterback in NFL history, so sit back and enjoy James Richard Garoppolo tear apart NFL defenses for years to come. ​
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The Leaders and (Not So) Best

12/8/2017

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Michigan fell in devastating fashion to Ohio State in Columbus last year.
by Evan Oesterle

I want to be clear before I get into this. I have been a Michigan fan since I could walk. I knew I was coming to this school since I knew what college was. The pictures on my walls, the jerseys in my closet, and the license plate on my car all bear the block M. I will always be proud to be a Michigan Wolverine. That doesn’t mean I can’t be critical of the football program at the University of Michigan. So I am going to do just that.

While I've been alive, Michigan and Ohio State have played 20 times in football. Michigan is 5-15. Michigan won 3 of the first 5 meetings before I could read or ride a bike, but the Buckeyes have won 15 of the last 17. Currently, Ohio State has their second win streak of at least 6 games in the series in the that same time span. (Actually, the two streaks were sandwiched between Michigan’s only win in the last 14 years, when Luke Fickell was the interim head coach and the Buckeyes were in the midst of their tattoo scandal. I only count this as a win in the series out of respect for the players who played their hearts out on that field, to eek out a single digit win over the worst Buckeye team of this century.)

Michigan and Michigan State have also played 20 football games in my life. The series is currently 10-10. After Michigan won 8 of the first 11 before I could do algebra, MSU has won 7 of the last 9, some in humiliating fashion, some in heartbreaking fashion. Losing to rivals hurts at any school. But at a school that starts every football game by hearing, “We are the greatest University in the world” from the tantalizing voice of James Earl Jones, at a school that has won the most football games in the history of the sport, at a school that has the biggest football stadium in the country, at a school that pays its head coach nearly $10 million per season, at a school that claims to be the Leaders and the Best, it is especially difficult.
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Close losses to rivals have become the norm under Harbaugh.
Since Lloyd Carr retired, Michigan has had 3 head coaches who couldn’t beat their rivals or win the conference (0 conference titles since Carr). Two of those coaches (Hoke and Harbaugh) have had average recruiting classes ranked top 10 or better.

Each of these coaches has either had a good offense (Rich Rodriguez), or a good (great?) defense (Hoke, Harbaugh), but not both. Only one Michigan quarterback who played for these three head coaches has taken a snap under center in the NFL. And he was a 5th year senior grad transfer whose first NFL throw was a pick 6, literally last weekend. The offensive line, kicking game, and quarterback have been constant issues for all 3 head coaches. None of them have solved the quarterback problem for longer than a couple weeks.


I’m convinced there has never been a worse decade of Michigan football. Look for yourself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_seasons

The only comparable decade would be 1959-1968, when Bump Elliott was the head coach. But Elliott’s 1964 team won a Rose Bowl. So I still give the current decade the edge for badness.
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Wanna talk about struggles against rivals? Damn.
How many decades were there in this school’s history where the basketball program was better than the football program? The basketball team was a bad call away from being in a tie game in the National championship. The football team’s best season was 2011 when they won the Sugar Bowl and went 11-2 in a season where they still lost to Michigan State and at Iowa (wait sound familiar) eliminating them from national title contention.
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Had this clean block not been called a foul on Trey Burke, Michigan would have had the ball down by 3 points late in the 2013 National Championship game.
So now what? Harbaugh is about to be in year 4, with a team made up of 95%+ of his own recruits. The team returns 17 of 22 starters, and could be getting a huge boost from Ole Miss transfers Shea Patterson (QB) and Deontay Anderson (Safety). The schedule is difficult (@ND, @MSU, @OSU, vs PSU, vs Wisconsin) but there are no excuses left. Tim Drevno needs to be fired. The offensive coaching staff, or more specifically, the play calling, wasted this season. If the offensive line and quarterback issues aren’t solved over the offseason, I will call Harbaugh’s Michigan tenure a disappointment. I won’t say he should be fired or is a bad coach, those statements are both lies. But I can say that I’ll be disappointed without a conference championship and wins against OSU and MSU. Actually, I'll be devastated. It would take a decade of dominance to offset my entire memory of Michigan football, which starts right around the 2006 game against Ohio State (a 42-39 loss). It would take that same decade of dominance for me to start to have confidence going into games against Michigan State and Ohio State. It hurts knowing that all of those alumni who came before me recognize this as the worst decade of their Michigan fan hood, while that same decade is all I know of Michigan football.

I am proud to be a Michigan Wolverine. In fact, it is great to be a Michigan Wolverine. We are the leaders and the best. My kids will go to this school, and hopefully their kids will after them. Go Blue forever, but I’m sick of losing. 

-Evan Oesterle
Opinions are my own
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