Tribe chain studied by the S.A. Spurs

by JulioBernazard on Feb 10, 2008 10:20 PM EST

Yes, you read that right. According to TrueHoop, the Spurs studied our beloved Tribe's minor league system before implementing their D-League team.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-30-40/Lots-of-Smart-People-in-Boston.html

No word in the article on whether they've created a computer database called... CourtVision?

Quite a feather in the organization's cap when teams from other sports are emulating what you've done. This makes the Cavs being swept in the Finals a bit more palatable.

Go Cavs! Go Tribe!

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Re: Tribe chain studied by the S.A. Spurs

www.letsgotribe.com/comments/2008/1/20/122922/189/42#42

by supermarioelia on Feb 10, 2008 11:14 PM EST 0 recs

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Let's try that again.

by supermarioelia on Feb 10, 2008 11:15 PM EST up 0 recs

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Thanks. I gave up on that thread once we got onto Anna Benson.

by JulioBernazard on Feb 11, 2008 10:26 AM EST up 0 recs

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Ooh, whopped by 30 points at home by a team with a 9-13 road record - impressive! I can hear the sweet sound of those trade demands now.

"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Feb 11, 2008 9:46 AM EST 0 recs

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I love the ongoing "mine is bigger" here. You guys need to take pictures of the six pack exchange at the end of the year.

I swear, next year is it.

by fwembt on Feb 11, 2008 10:13 AM EST up 0 recs

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Your voodoo skills are amazing. You've knocked out just about half the team!

(I think LBJ's trade demand was not joining the team huddle at the start of the 4th.)

by JulioBernazard on Feb 11, 2008 10:27 AM EST up 0 recs

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Somehow I knew you'd be gloating that loss last night.

That was an ugly one for sure, but if they somehow pull off a win tonite in Orlando, that would be a 2-2 record with 4 of their normal 8 guys in the rotation out with injuries. I'll take it.

Anyways, that game last nite was depressing .. Eric Snow should just be cut. He cannot hit the rim on a wide open 18 foot jumpshot. Just pathetic.

by talonk on Feb 11, 2008 11:24 AM EST up 0 recs

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How about a 7-point win on the road against the current #3 seed? We're only 2 games behind them now.

Larry "Smooth" Hughes goes for 40, after being properly motivated by LeBron.

by JulioBernazard on Feb 11, 2008 9:44 PM EST up 0 recs

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I thought ESPN had a typo when I saw the scroll of Hughes, 40 points. What a complete shock. Hope this is a kickstart for him for the rest of the season.

by talonk on Feb 12, 2008 1:39 AM EST up 0 recs

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Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then - just a statistical anomaly. Don't worry come play-off time Larry'll be chokin' like a tear-gassed hippie.

"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Feb 12, 2008 7:16 AM EST up 0 recs

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Smooth cannot be stopped.

by JulioBernazard on Feb 12, 2008 12:40 PM EST up 0 recs

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Here you go chuck, another reason to hate LeBron.

Just because he hasn't teamed with Progressive is another reason to hate on him, right?

<sarc>

by talonk on Feb 13, 2008 3:09 PM EST up 0 recs

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Justin Kubatko, who is mentioned in that article, teaches statistics at OSU, I had him in the spring. The guy is a dead ringer for Sasha Pavlovic, they could be twins.

by mikebrowns26 on Feb 11, 2008 10:47 AM EST 0 recs

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Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, or if anyone's interested, but Athletics Nation launched the new SBN format... so a peak into our collective future:

http://athleticsnation.com/

by kwoog on Feb 12, 2008 11:14 AM EST 0 recs

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time machine alert.

by Brick. on Feb 12, 2008 12:06 PM EST up 0 recs

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I saw this on Southsidesox, actually. I visit their site regularly and have for a while. Living here during the progression from 05 (our collapse, their [lucky] ascent) to now (we're primed to contend, their luck has run out) has been extremely, extremely pleasurable for me.

by kwoog on Feb 12, 2008 1:49 PM EST up 0 recs

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we fear change

by hans on Feb 12, 2008 1:14 PM EST up 0 recs

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especially half-dollars...what good are they!? And they really hurt when someone throws them at you...

by APV on Feb 12, 2008 2:40 PM EST up 0 recs

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The new platform enables "universal" user ID's for all SBN sites -- and you can "claim" your old site ID's and merge them into a single new one.

Those of you who cherish your specific ID might want to go claim it via the link in that article. There is no seniority system, it's first-claim-first serve.

Kos, if you're reading this, I somehow think you won't be able to keep yours ... though who knows, maybe "the big Kos" hasn't registered in the non-beta site yet.

by Jay on Feb 12, 2008 3:14 PM EST up 0 recs

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but the new universal one doesn't work here till LGT upgrades, right?

by Brick. on Feb 12, 2008 3:33 PM EST up 0 recs

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Cheat, from SSS seems to think there will be some kind of "seniority" or "legacy" system, Jay:

http://www.southsidesox.com/comments/2008/2/12/02637/8638/10#10

by kwoog on Feb 12, 2008 3:43 PM EST up 0 recs

AN also mentions the idea of some type of

system, according to this site "fanpost" (the new word for "diary") from Trei:

"We tried to be as fair as possible about deciding who gets to keep which name using a formula that takes into account length of membership, amount of activity and how recently you've been active."

May the Tribe be great in 2008! :-)

by indiansfan on Feb 12, 2008 4:10 PM EST up 0 recs

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Well if I lose my name I may adopt LeBron as my nom-de-blog.

"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Feb 12, 2008 4:15 PM EST up 0 recs

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No, yours should be vehementYankee-hatingguy

-Erik

by drerikbrady on Feb 13, 2008 10:37 AM EST up 0 recs

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I was able to keep my name on all of the sites. I am guessing that means that someone else already tried to claim indiansfan.

I swear, next year is it.

by fwembt on Feb 12, 2008 5:51 PM EST up 0 recs

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is the site down?

by Nat on Feb 12, 2008 9:37 PM EST up 0 recs

Question about registering!

I just tried to register "indiansfan" at AN for the new SN network, but supposedly, that name has already been taken. Or is it because my old account is still active? Not sure.

If I need to change it, any suggestions on what my new username should be? :-)

May the Tribe be great in 2008! :-)

by indiansfan on Feb 12, 2008 4:20 PM EST 0 recs