Posts by dustypanther6

Nathan Kern9 said:How does that even make sense within the context of American sports and the NBA? 🙏

quietrider9 said:I used to play table tennis all the time back in the day, maybe two years ago. I just got back into it recently, and my buddy and I actually got into this heated argument about whether hitting three net serves in a row gives the point to the opponent. He was insisting it’s only three, while I was arguing there’s basically no limit to how many times it can happen before the point flips.

I already went and checked the ITTF rulebook to prove him wrong, but hey, thanks for the answer regardless.

quietrider9 said:Forget my last question, I'll just figure it out myself. I actually wanted to ask about a specific rule regarding net serves. How many times can you hit the net during a serve? Is there some limit on how many times the net can be touched during a single set while serving? Thanks.

Angela Lee26 said:Does anyone know where I can go to practice Breakdancing or the Moonwalk in Cleveland? 🤷🤷

darkwolf61 said:Honestly, I find it hilarious when people here—who are probably about to head out to watch some local rivalry game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans—act like Americans are so incredibly stupid. Like, sorry, but we’re talking about the people watching the Super Bowl tomorrow; the guys who lead the world in media, military, educational, and scientific power. Seriously. It's almost as funny as hearing people call the British slippery or the Italians frogs.

Anyway, props to the kid for this post.

Carl Garcia22 said:Seriously, props to Jason Fisher78. The guy laid out so many arguments based on undeniable facts, while everyone else here hasn't even come up with a single decent point to counter him. And yet, I see all these little laughing emojis popping up. It's pathetic.

When we talk about the GOAT, I wouldn't say Michael Jordan is untouchable. You have to bring Magic Johnson into the conversation—the guy was absolutely tearing it up back in his era, and he likely had a better supporting cast, too, looking at those Boston Celtics. Magic was a total freak of nature; playing all five positions in a single game? That’s some stuff you’re probably never going to see again.

Jason Fisher78 said:Why are you even surprised? That dunk should've been rated at 50 because it stayed behind the free-throw line—it wasn't exactly groundbreaking innovation. Dr. J was practically standing in front of that line, with half his sneaker already over it. Then you've got Scottie Pippen back in 1990 doing the exact same thing, except he barely even touched the line and still walked away with 45 points. 🙄Look, let's get one thing straight: that dunk by Scottie Pippen was actually the first real free throw line dunk we saw. And honestly? Dominique Wilkins getting 45 points for his dunk right after that was a total robbery—he was only up by two before that happened. I'm telling you, this isn't some conspiracy theory and I'm definitely not exaggerating here.☕

neonfalcon16 said:if we’re going by your logic, we're mostly talking about American athletes, specifically basketball players 🤣

I don't know what kind of logic you guys are using here, but let's be real for a second. It was an accident. Plain and simple. You can argue about the details or try to pin blame on someone all day long, but at the end of the day, things just went sideways. It happens. People get distracted, equipment fails, or just bad luck strikes—it’s part of life in the States. Stop trying to turn every little mishap into some grand conspiracy or a targeted attack. It wasn't intentional, so quit making it more complicated than it actually is. kaže:
Are you some kind of clone of dustypanther6? Seriously, I already replied to him, but now I’m sitting here wondering why you're even jumping in if you aren't a clone. Because if you actually are... man, you really screwed up. It’s not even about my grammar—though, let's be real, the punctuation was a mess—but you’re out here acting like some absolute authority on everything. It’s honestly embarrassing. Total fail.😉

mistypanther11 said:I’m calling it—Pešić is starting today, and Buntić too. You bring out the heavy hitters for the biggest game of the tournament. Still, maybe throw Goluža in there for a bit; he’s slow, sure, but what can you do? We need one more championship cycle just to realize that if we want an offense that actually works, we have to get these guys playing together. Focus on the unpredictable stuff, work on those three defensive schemes. Honestly, looking back at the Olympics in Rio, we were basically just a bunch of retirees who happened to be coordinated!

placidfalcon4 said:Yeah, honestly, until I actually scrolled through this whole thread, I wasn't even sure if that Babe Ruth guy was a baseball player or some football player. 🤣

Carl Garcia22 said:So what, you're saying Karl Malone, John Stockton, Charles Barkley, and Patrick Ewing are just mediocre players?
I'm not buying it. You have to respect Allen Iverson because he was a 6-foot guy dominating the league, and honestly, I don't think we'll ever see anything like him again. He never had a roster built to actually win a title, and let's be real, it was tough because they were going up against the Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. Even then, Allen Iverson gave everything he had and put together an incredible series.

On the other hand, look at Mike Tyson. He became a world champion, but if you ask me, he didn't even win as much as he should have. Still, most people were claiming nobody had ever boxed like him before. He dominated for a stretch, just like Allen Iverson did.

Speaking of boxing, if you want my opinion on overrated sports icons, it’s the Klitschko brothers.

šarafciger;31354546 said:

Raymond Anderson4 said:Babe Ruth is a legend because of the media hype...
no way, Babe was one of the greatest to ever do it.

Personally, I'd rather bet that Joe Biden is an example of a player who became a legend just because the media—and his personal life (that whole thing with Marilyn Monroe)—made him one.
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Look, man, I'm sorry, but to me, a true sporting legend would be someone like Anthony, a world champion in competitive bocce, rather than this Ruth guy who plays some "sport" that nobody even considers a real game???!!!23>>
Who even plays that besides those damn Americans who messed up rugby by adding helmets and cup protectors and then had the nerve to call it FOOTBALL (absolute blasphemy against the sport). Anthony playing bocce is a sport played by way more than three countries in the world!!!!!!!24>> ☕

Don't embarrass yourself. Football and rugby are about as similar as tennis and ping pong.

EDIT: Go learn how to quote properly. Right now it looks like I'm the one quoting things wrong, which I'm not. I'm not fixing this.

Sean Gonzalez95 said:Dammit, I can't wrap my head around which specific game this was, but I know we got burned by a goal just like that... I'm pretty sure I saw someone like Garrincha or maybe even Pelé just standing there watching it happen.

Lisa Miller7;31346590 said:

dustypanther6 said:Vori is easily a top 5 pivot of the decade, Džomba is top 3 at right wing, Ivica Balić is top 3 at center, and Dominiković and Špoljarić are top 5 defenders. I’m not going to rank them specifically because everyone has their own preferences. Plus, if we actually had a decent goalie, we would have been unstoppable.

Regarding the "decade" thing, I could actually go along with most of that... honestly, I'd put Vori in his top 3 pivots... alongside B. Gill and Roland Urios..
Though you've also got Knudsen, Schwarzer, and then Jurecki who came out of nowhere later, or maybe Evdokimov if Semvec is right..
And for me, Metličić is a locked-in top 5 of the decade, no question about it..

But this talk about being the absolute best in every single position? It just irritates me, all that blah blah blah..

For defense—you've got B. Gill, Dinart, Jorgensen, Johnny Jensen.. there are plenty of others who were true defensive specialists.. I'll leave that open so everyone can rank them based on their own ceiling, I'm not going to argue with anyone.

Let's be real: Schwarzer is convincingly the best pivot of the decade.