Feb

27

The amusing dunking contest that was the all star game won 152-149 by the West shows the weaknesses of playing a loose game with no defense and spacing between the players. It reminds one of how the Knicks play under D'Antoni with total inability to defend because of the 7 second and shoot thing that D'Antoni demoralizes his team with.

It also leads one to speculate that similar spacing and high scoring leads to weakness in markets. The big jumps against one, the ability of the other sider to make runs against one. The high scoring against at an early stage. All these must be very bearish in markets and life.


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  1. douglas roberts dimick on February 28, 2012 8:32 am

    V,

    I understand the market and life analogies a la spacing also high scoring at early stage.

    The big jumps in life… The reference draws to social-economic correlations such as cultural mores post advance in technology, such as onset of the nuclear age or globalization of commerce and media post Internet?

    Such are the arguments of the Communist government here in China with owning and controlling the media and Internet as well as limiting when not denying human rights to include speech, press, religion, peaceful assembly, petition grievances against the government as well as the taxation with representation and the right to bear arms.

    If so, then bearish is the appropriate characterization…

    dr

  2. steve on February 28, 2012 10:14 am

    Defense especially in Pro basketball is largely an anachronism. Changes made in rules have eliminated such aggressive behavior thanks in no small part to the czar himself Mr. Stern. Gone are The Bad Boys of Detroit, classic characters such as Nate Thurmond, Wes Unseld, Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn, Dennis Rodman, Karl Malone, Kurt Rambis, Greg Kite Dekembe Mutombo and Clyde Frazier.

    Fans come to watch scoring not defense. They want winners but they also want to see their team and favorite player make the highlight reel on ESPN. You get there though flamboyant play and spectacular dunks.

    Last evening Georgetown demolished Notre Dame 59-42 who wants to go through such a painful experience as watching this. Gtowns stifling defense demoralized ND for the entire game. I got so bored I turned on Daytona.

    Pro basketball need only be watched for the final 5 minutes of a game. This is when the players bring their a game, assuming they have one that evening to contest the outcome.

    Someone said “defense wins championships but offense sells tickets.”

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