" James nearly averaged a triple-double -- 32 points, 11.3 rebounds and 7.5 assists -- as the top-seeded Cavaliers breezed through the first round of the playoffs, ... "
OK, we can agree LeBron James is the class of the NBA this season. Just named MVP of this 2008-2009 season and having already finished second in the race for defensive player of the year, no one is the equal of Lebron right now.
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So is the hyperbole of Associated Press writer Tom Withers quoted above really necessary..?? 'Nearly averaged a triple-double'..?!? Uhmm ...7.5 assists per game is a long way from the 10 assists per game that would earn that 'triple double' note.
If a NBA player scored 30 points, would you say he nearly scored 40 points..?? I do not think so. If a horse lost the Belmont Stakes by twenty lengths, would you say he nearly won the Triple Crown..?? Even if the horse had won the first two races..?? I do not think so.
No matter how you want to look at it, 7.5 is a long way from 10.
LeBron is good enough to not need overblown hyperbole to note his level of performance. Tell us what he did, not what he almost 'but really did not come close' did.
That said, I am looking forward to watching him continue at a high level through the Cleveland Cavalier's playoff run.
...tom...
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NPR's Morning Edition recently noted that the first 100 days are 10% of a President's four-year term.
((3*365)+(1*366)) = (4*365)+1 = 1460+1 = 1461
...which is something like 46.1% more than 1000 days.
100 days is 6.84% of a President's term. The Morning Edition hosts laughed off the correction.
Maybe they all learned their math skilz in the same class.
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hey there D.B.
"The Morning Edition hosts laughed off the correction."
I am sure if they were promised 10% interest on a bank deposit and only received 7% . . .I am sure they would not be laughing.
Skilz iz skilz is skilz.
...tom...
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