Rockets owner Fertitta says “There’s no reason to panic, even when they announce that another 10,000 people have it, ok? Just don’t give it to other people... you’re not going to die from this.”
Where is my big f’ing emoji of an eyeroll that morphs into a hand that slaps sense into Fertitta?
This Season
We can talk a bit about what we might want to see at this site during the season suspension. Certainly there will be regular open threads like this.
Further ideas:
if the NCAA Tournament really happens (really??), we’ll follow along with a creative and Warrior-centric eye
I have this idea that I might cover past wonderful Warriors playoff runs (e.g. 2014-15 run) as if they were happening now, and do some retro-E1Ps
Scouting reports on what we’ve seen from all the new guys this (apocalyptic) season
I also have a bunch of detailed articles that are not available online anymore and I wanted to publish them at LGW so they aren’t lost to history. They are mainly about past GSW playoff runs.
I’ll certainly keep rolling out Honorary Warriors For Life posts, just as a way to remember and honor players.
Once you do the "past wonderful Warriors playoff runs", have a poll as to which was best in various categories, okay? I'm sure you can come up with the categories, but let me know if you need ideas :)
[Wojnarowski] NBA owners are encouraging of commissioner Adam Silver to re-evaluate the league's suspension in 30 days, sources tell ESPN. League is expected to make a formal announcement on an initial timetable soon.
[Vardon] It looks like the Cavaliers are following suit with the Mavs regarding worker compensation: "We are developing a compensation plan to continue paying our event staff and hourly workforce that is impacted with the changes to our regular event schedule."
Rockets owner Fertitta says “There’s no reason to panic, even when they announce that another 10,000 people have it, ok? Just don’t give it to other people... you’re not going to die from this.”
Someone tell this genius that in Italy the alert sounded two weeks ago, we’re all Romero style empty streets but we’re at 10k and adding 2k new contagions per day. The virus’ plan is simple as his DNA: wipe out the whole elderly population and then say goodbye
Seriously, what a jackass. Mortality rate could be over 2%, people are going to die from this. If they announce 10k more people have it, that could mean another 200 people die from it.
Best estimates from PRC and Korea indicate it's on the order of 0.5-1%. It looks higher because of a lack of testing. Deaths are easier to count than infections. An interesting analysis in The Economist says that if 20% of the US is infected (not unreasonable) expect apx. 320,000 deaths. 9x a normal flu season.
20% is very optimistic, *perhaps* warranted now that society has actually started shutting things down. Most of the estimates I've seen have been north of 40%.
Yeah right now it's really hard to lock down a very exact number. There are a number of risk factors that vary from country to country (things like smoking, obesity, population age trends, etc), different countries have been doing different things in regards to testing that cause different levels of bias in terms of recording deaths vs cases, various treatment factors are going to make an impact...not an easy thing to estimate at this point. Michael Osterholm seems to think there's a very real possibility it will be over two here in his interview with Joe Rogan:
Sigh. Sports was what was keeping me positive through tough times. Well, whenever we get through this, I will surely appreciate it all the more. Will be here to read whatever you post though!
Who exactly is isolated? We have dem world wide webs with this most excellent thread to connect to/with like the social spiders we are (no way as efficient as the spiders in my house want to be, but that's another story). Thanks for putting this all together for us to spin on.
"He put himself and everyone he cares about at risk."
Eh, probably not. What put people at risk was him getting infected, which he didn't know about. The joking around part probably didn't impact anything.
What makes this virus such a big deal is exactly the same thing that really means you shouldn't be blaming particular individuals - how easily it spreads before people even know they have it. Gobert got it from someone he didn't even know had it, and he's likely been spreading it without knowing he had it or was even at risk. By the time you know it's too late, and there's not much you can do in terms of preventative measures before knowing you have it.
He acted like an asshat about it though. Karma maybe that he was the first NBA players to test positive for it and maybe he isn't patient zero...but he definitely shaqted the fool suuuuuper hard.
I think its fine to judge him for acting like an idiot but it's a step too far for blaming him for the entire shutdown.
It's the same as on the national level; all sorts of stories today of various nations accusing each other of who is truly at fault for the origin, wasting time on playing the blame game instead of working together on some kind of coordinated message and response.
Mar 12, 2020Liked by Eric Apricot, punk basketball
Maybe a subscriber perk could be: being allowed to submit (for review by Eric, Dubby, etc first) 'guest columns' on scouting, personal warriors memories, etc. that would be too long for comments and/or deserve their own thread/post. This would reduce the content-producing burden on Eric, etc.
some segments about behind the scene crews how they prepare the players for the games. Like the medical staff; the duty of the video guys; the kitchen staff and even the coaches...
"I have this idea that I might cover past wonderful Warriors playoff runs (e.g. 2014-15 run) as if they were happening now, and do some retro-E1Ps"
It would be awesome if this is what the cable channels did while basketball was out and you could match it up. Hell, you can show me game 6 against the Thunder every day.
Mar 12, 2020Liked by Eric Apricot, punk basketball
Hey this couldn’t have come at a worse time for LGW as you guys try to get this off the ground. I just want to say I’m still here supporting this site through the tough times, kind of like how I supported the Warriors from 1977-2010
You are a champion! And we promise that we, like the 1977-2010 Warriors, will make frustrating draft picks and eventually choke each other during practice.
Sorry, I meant, we WON’T choke each other. No guarantees about the draft pick though
Once you do the "past wonderful Warriors playoff runs", have a poll as to which was best in various categories, okay? I'm sure you can come up with the categories, but let me know if you need ideas :)
Now Barkley is self-quarantining (not feeling well, test results not in yet)
I wonder how much it would cost to just shut down the U.S. and pay everyone to self-quarantine for 14-days?
Vintage stuff? Articles and videos about Run TMC, we believe etc.
Some memories of Sarunas in the other thread... and more to come
There it is:
[Charania] The NCAA has canceled the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and March Madness.
[Wojnarowski] NBA owners are encouraging of commissioner Adam Silver to re-evaluate the league's suspension in 30 days, sources tell ESPN. League is expected to make a formal announcement on an initial timetable soon.
[Vardon] It looks like the Cavaliers are following suit with the Mavs regarding worker compensation: "We are developing a compensation plan to continue paying our event staff and hourly workforce that is impacted with the changes to our regular event schedule."
Lacob . . .
Grocery stores in the Bay Area are madhouses right now (at least as of Thursday morning). People are preparing for the zombie apocalypse.
I just left Safeway and farmer joe this afternoon in Oakland.. it was normal there.
We'll also post a lighter basketball post at noon, but feel free to keep most commentary over here.
Updated with report that NBA season will be suspended 30 days MINIMUM
Rockets owner Fertitta says “There’s no reason to panic, even when they announce that another 10,000 people have it, ok? Just don’t give it to other people... you’re not going to die from this.”
https://twitter.com/rocketsnationcp/status/1238134411238883329?s=21
Where is my big f’ing emoji of an eyeroll that morphs into a hand that slaps sense into Fertitta?
Someone tell this genius that in Italy the alert sounded two weeks ago, we’re all Romero style empty streets but we’re at 10k and adding 2k new contagions per day. The virus’ plan is simple as his DNA: wipe out the whole elderly population and then say goodbye
The right owner for the right team. [1st post]
Rockets PR must be like "F- this I quit..."
Seriously, what a jackass. Mortality rate could be over 2%, people are going to die from this. If they announce 10k more people have it, that could mean another 200 people die from it.
Even if mortality rate is around 1%, with enough infected that could easily be hundreds of thousands that die.
Currently the mortality rate is over 3.5%. This will definitely get worse before it gets better.
Best estimates from PRC and Korea indicate it's on the order of 0.5-1%. It looks higher because of a lack of testing. Deaths are easier to count than infections. An interesting analysis in The Economist says that if 20% of the US is infected (not unreasonable) expect apx. 320,000 deaths. 9x a normal flu season.
20% is very optimistic, *perhaps* warranted now that society has actually started shutting things down. Most of the estimates I've seen have been north of 40%.
Yeah right now it's really hard to lock down a very exact number. There are a number of risk factors that vary from country to country (things like smoking, obesity, population age trends, etc), different countries have been doing different things in regards to testing that cause different levels of bias in terms of recording deaths vs cases, various treatment factors are going to make an impact...not an easy thing to estimate at this point. Michael Osterholm seems to think there's a very real possibility it will be over two here in his interview with Joe Rogan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3URhJx0NSw
Sigh. Sports was what was keeping me positive through tough times. Well, whenever we get through this, I will surely appreciate it all the more. Will be here to read whatever you post though!
Feeling this.
Updated with news that Duke and Kansas have withdrawn from the NCAA Tournament
Updated the parent post with the suspensions of MLB, NHL, MLS seasons, and a Donovan Mitchell quote.
MLB suspending operations
Good to hear!
Mitchell could have infected Gobert.
Love you all. Please stay safe and embrace your social isolation
Who exactly is isolated? We have dem world wide webs with this most excellent thread to connect to/with like the social spiders we are (no way as efficient as the spiders in my house want to be, but that's another story). Thanks for putting this all together for us to spin on.
Gobert, you idiot!
Go easy.
He made some bad choices but he got the virus from somewhere and that person was probably around the entire team as well.
First detected case doesn't mean first case.
So while I agree that he acted like an idiot, let's be sure and remember that this isn't Gobert's fault, per se.
We should absolutely NOT be mad at, nor stigmatize, folks for simply getting this disease and we can't know where this started...
... but what Gobert did was idiotic. As a public figure, acting like that at a press conference, he deserves to get called out for it.
I hope that's the worst that happens to him, though. He put himself and everyone he cares about at risk.
"He put himself and everyone he cares about at risk."
Eh, probably not. What put people at risk was him getting infected, which he didn't know about. The joking around part probably didn't impact anything.
What makes this virus such a big deal is exactly the same thing that really means you shouldn't be blaming particular individuals - how easily it spreads before people even know they have it. Gobert got it from someone he didn't even know had it, and he's likely been spreading it without knowing he had it or was even at risk. By the time you know it's too late, and there's not much you can do in terms of preventative measures before knowing you have it.
He acted like an asshat about it though. Karma maybe that he was the first NBA players to test positive for it and maybe he isn't patient zero...but he definitely shaqted the fool suuuuuper hard.
That's fine, he acted like an idiot.
Is acting like an idiot really fine though?
We all act like idiots sometimes.
I think its fine to judge him for acting like an idiot but it's a step too far for blaming him for the entire shutdown.
It's the same as on the national level; all sorts of stories today of various nations accusing each other of who is truly at fault for the origin, wasting time on playing the blame game instead of working together on some kind of coordinated message and response.
[Wojnarowski] The NBA has pushed back a Board of Governors call today by three hours -- now set to start at 3:30 PM ET, sources tell ESPN.
Maybe a subscriber perk could be: being allowed to submit (for review by Eric, Dubby, etc first) 'guest columns' on scouting, personal warriors memories, etc. that would be too long for comments and/or deserve their own thread/post. This would reduce the content-producing burden on Eric, etc.
sort of like "fanshots" on the old SBN site, but with more editorial approval?
F*np*sts
some segments about behind the scene crews how they prepare the players for the games. Like the medical staff; the duty of the video guys; the kitchen staff and even the coaches...
Did Iguodala actually soaked in an ice tub after the game?
This is a fantastic idea!!!
Let me push for a formal vote and we can make this happen
"[Wojnarowski] Let's Go Warriors has pushed back a Board of Governors call today by three hours -- now set to start at 3:30 PM ET, sources tell ESPN"
I love this!
"I have this idea that I might cover past wonderful Warriors playoff runs (e.g. 2014-15 run) as if they were happening now, and do some retro-E1Ps"
It would be awesome if this is what the cable channels did while basketball was out and you could match it up. Hell, you can show me game 6 against the Thunder every day.
What the actual f*ckety-f*ck-f*ck...???!!!
I really love the scouting reports idea. Would also like to do some deeper dives into possible draft picks.
Hey this couldn’t have come at a worse time for LGW as you guys try to get this off the ground. I just want to say I’m still here supporting this site through the tough times, kind of like how I supported the Warriors from 1977-2010
You are a champion! And we promise that we, like the 1977-2010 Warriors, will make frustrating draft picks and eventually choke each other during practice.
Sorry, I meant, we WON’T choke each other. No guarantees about the draft pick though
"9 a.m.
The Big Ten, SEC and other conferences have cancelled basketball tournaments because of the coronavirus."
https://abc7news.com/health/live-coronavirus-updates-stocks-down-sharply-amid-coronavirus-concerns/5906450/
pretend it's this game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuvfU2Mfk7c
That's how I felt there last night. Splurged on a bottle of Oban that was not in the budget, lol.
two Espolon blancos in the freezer now, and I don't even really drink...