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Kings at Sixers open thread 11/03/08

Sacramento Kings at Philadelphia 76ers, Nov 3, 2008 4:00 PM PST


The last time our Sixers took the court they blew a 23 point lead to the lesser (at least we thought so) Atlanta Hawks. Tonight we return to Philly to face the Sacramento Kings and with three games under our belt we (me) need to stop making excuses like, "Oh, we're still developing team chemistry", "Our offense is a little rusty", "Elton Brand is the answer to all our problems" and just play some quality basketball. 1-2 on the season without playing a real powerhouse of a team has been extremely disappointing, but the best thing about the NBA is we can still go 80-2.

If we are ever going to be considered a good team, we are going to A) Win at home and B) Beat the teams that we're supposed to beat. Tonight the winless Sacramento Kings come to our place and there's no reason we shouldn't be able to accomplish both of those things and turn our season around. Check out Sactown Royalty for all things Kings.

Here some are some of our many problems that we need to fix. Soon.

Problem: We're only getting four steals a game and averaging 18 turnovers.

Solution: Simple. Steal the ball and take care of it on offense. No more stupid lob passes.

Problem: Andre Miller taking 15+ shots a game.

Solution: Stop shooting so much and run the offense. There's a reason we paid Andre Iguodala this summer. Get him the ball.

Problem: 70% from the line.

Solution: Shoot better, especially Elton and Iguodala who are both shooting under 67%.

Problem: Lou Williams cannot run the offense.

Solution: Have Miller run the offense and when he's off the court let Iggy run it. The offense is completely stagnant with Lou at the point.

Problem: Too much Reggie Evans.

Solution: Marreese Speights please. I don't care how experienced he is, or that Mo wants him to earn his time. M16 is a much better option at this point.

TV: Comcast SportsNet

Record: 1-2

Prediction: 101-89 Sixers

This is an open thread.

 

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Kings are conceivably the worst team in the nba right now – so this should be an easy win

of course – the hawks game should have been a win as well

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 9:37 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Dude A.I. to Detroit

interesting.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 10:02 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

veery… i thought everyone was playing with my head when i heard that lol

http://www.libertyballers.com

by Remis on Nov 3, 2008 1:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I hope he gets a title … but I don’t see it happening in Detroit

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 3:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I see no reason that REggie Evans should be getting more minutes than Speights unless Speights did bad things to that little girl that Mo saved singing the national anthem

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 3:25 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

According to kings tv

homecoming for Jason Thompson

But not for John Salmons?

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 4:12 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Just got home

missed 36 seconds.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Thaddeus needs to stop fouling.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:14 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

2-2 at the line

nice

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:15 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

haha 100%

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow Martin just owned

whoever was guarding him

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Spencer's a beast.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

that was a horrible oop

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:16 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Seems to be a theme this season.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The broader theme of poor possessions and ball handling – and crappy passing – yes

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I miss Johnny Sal

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:17 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Not to be confused with John Salley

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t ‘miss’ him but would rather have him on the roster for 5 years than willie green

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Definitely

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And that was the decision (it seemed) that off season – willie green or john salmons

Even if Green made less money

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 4:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Billy King for ya.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

75%

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Kevin Martin is going to destroy us.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

And his mohawk makes me like him less.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Where'd Jason Thompson go?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

NVM

Rider.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Kevin Martin is gonna get what Kevin Martin is gonna get

Stop everyone else

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 4:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Wow

Kevin

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Nice tip in by mikki moore – Dalembert credit for the basket

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 4:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Sammy D!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Here’s an idea – FOUL HIM on one of those shots and maybe throw off his rhythm?

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 4:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Would you rather have Iggy or K-Mart?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Kenyon Martin?? … or has he lost his nickname?

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I just got tired of typing Kevin lol

K-Mart is definitely the original.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Kevin Martin is a beast.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Andre Miller needs a shape up … I mean it’s not like your broke dude.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:25 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Wow nice Thad.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:26 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Nice dish.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:26 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Beautiful sequence of plays.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:27 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

We've been having some trouble with zones.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:31 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Why is Willie in so early?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:32 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Mo knows best…

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 4:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Elton. What a beast!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:33 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Uh oh

Lou, Reggie and Willie are in.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:34 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

10/11 free throws

nice.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:34 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Even though we're scoring

I hate our possessions with this lineup.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:35 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

We have a 67% shooter

taking our technicals.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:36 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

And he misses.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:36 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This looks eerily familiar…

by FuquaManuel on Nov 3, 2008 4:36 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

lol seriously

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

OMG

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:36 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

There is M16

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:37 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

M16

SPEIGHTS IS IN!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:37 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Lou-Will nice.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:38 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Solid first quarter.

Still not the greatest D, but I’ll take it.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:39 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Can anyone take Reggie Theus seriously after Hang Time ...

I don’t know if I could if he was my coach.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:39 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

lol

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speights with theblock!

does it all!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:42 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

that was nice

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, let's not blow this lead?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:45 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Are the kings the worst team in the league?

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 4:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

One of 'em

there’s a lot of bad ones.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speights is holding his own.

Not dominating, but not doing anything negative either.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:50 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Nice D from Speights

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:50 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

and spoiled

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

effin Willie

Lou is a man.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Willie Green!

I hate you!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:50 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Andre Miller and Lou-Will

are they having a fro-growing contest?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:52 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I wonder what Don Imus would say …

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

lol

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

btw … is that idiot still employed?

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

Why wouldn’t he be?

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 4:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I would think that some of his unpopular comments might have made it a PR nightmare to hire him

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

M16 takes a sit.

Very solid performance.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:52 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

takes a seat*

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Stupid Passing!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:54 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Man Thad’s shot is looking very smooth

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 4:54 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Very smooth.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Thaddeus

mmmmm

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

What a stud.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 4:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Nice Sammy D

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I think Andre Miller looks way more athletic this year.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Only half watching the game, trying to set up my game and figure out how to write the queries in case anyone is interested, alias queries suck

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

what are you using?

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Your game?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I put it in the fan post for alpha testers it’s basically a basketball pick em

To talk to whoodie – i’m creating a ‘teams’ table and a’games’ table

games has ‘home team’ which is an ID number and ‘away team’ that’s an ID number…i need to pull the teams from the teams table, I think i figure it out but i’ve never written ‘alias’ queries before…i have interest in making this site work but i’m also learning as I go – so alias queries are weird.

Then i have to figure out how to ‘score’ iit, with results, picks, and users…i don’t know if i should have a ‘results’ table or do i just put the winner ID in the game table…i haven’t excatly picked an EASY project to self teach myself on

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

you using ‘alias’ query to refer to the table names?

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I think I figured it out (something like this)

Select H.team, A.team FROM teams as H, teams as A, games WHERE
games.HomeID=h.teamID AND games.AwayID=a.teamID

I’ve done the self teaching thing many times in my life but i’m finally focusing on a real project but god knows i couldn’t pick something easy

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

looks like good syntax … I’m a programmer by trade but I write in object oriented and scription languages not to much in querying other than fun and Microsoft Access

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah well one step at a time – i’m on PHP and MySQL for now – i started my database life on filemaker pro – talk about stepping into databases the wrong way – man ii’d LOVE to use FM PRO but it sucks on the web :)

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How do you guys know all this?

lol

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

my occupation.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dude, i built my first database when i was 10 ( on my apple 2gs) to catalogue my comic books

It’s called being a geek

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It’s not really that hard – honest

Like when i was a major in biochemistry everyone was so impressed – me, i’m impressed with people who can interpret literature and get nuance and imagery and understand what the writer is saying – now THAT is hard to me

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Im more of a closet nerd … got a business management degree but more money in computing.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have a bachelors in biocehmistry and a masters in molecular biology (neither of which i use)

I ran an auction on the internet in 1994 using usenet, and email,k to make money to move out to california

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wow. Not only are you a geek, you are unbelievably anal retentive! ; )

by FuquaManuel on Nov 3, 2008 7:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

nice

sounds confusing lol

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The game is easy

Log in
pick a date
pick the winners

that’s it

I have other ideas for games a ‘suicide’ game like in football (but more than one game) and prediction contets – but i’m doing this one first

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

sounds nice

and this will all be on your website?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Slowly yes :)

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

nice

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

in my experience seperate tables with seperate unique identifiers is always the better way to go.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

For home and away teams?

Really?

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was more refering to the results table.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah, ok, that’s what i was thinking – when you are doing “joins” can you concatenate to create an equality (gameid and gamewinner?)

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t see why not … it may depend on the join but I’m a little rusty.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

For some reason i suck at writing joins but when i get to use WHERE it makes more sense to me – i have NO idea why

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

joins are tough you have to be able to see the picture … I don’t like query language because there are to many holes … you can lose shit and not know where or how for the longest time … same with scripting language

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I should focus on joins more but for some reason the structure of writing them always messes with my ADHD in a way using WHERE doesn’t

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I started computing because it helps me with my ADHD … where just sounds right … thats what is good about query language for the most part it sounds like what you want to do … I am learning Python right now … it is pretty nuts but very powerful

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I used to use basic to create my D&D characters – that’s as far as i got in programming :)

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

haha nice

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not sure i could self teach myself programming now

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Did Sam just finish?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Thaddeus

my goodness.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Thaddeus looks incredible.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

yes he is emerging.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And if these announcers say "Spreights" one more time, I'll be pissed.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

IF it’s an unpronounceable name – he’s on the sixers

Dalembert is hard for folks
forget iguodala
speights is tough too i guess

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

haha

it took me forever to learn how to spell iguodala and speights.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

M16 is struggling on offense, but he's still much better than Reggie.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:08 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yet he was in the same time as reggie – i wanna see brand/speights front cout cause speights has more offense than sam

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:09 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Loui Williams with the ‘dagger’ end to the half

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:09 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Wow!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:09 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

That was a nice way to end the half.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:10 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Is it possible to blow two straight 20-point leads?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

If the kings were a better team not on the tail end of a long road trip i’d say yes – but the kings are awful – if it were back to back against the hawks i’d say yes :)

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd like to see us win by 40

and play the second half like we’re tied.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

A good coach is giving a speech at half time about the let down against the hawks and how he wants to see something in this game

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

M16 is 0-3 from the floor but

has 2 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:18 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

If the sixers blow this lead- Mo should be fired immediately – inexcusable

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

+1

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Is Andre Iguodala our 4th or 5th best player in the first four games?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:23 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Two missed free throws by Sammy

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:29 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

And a missed bunnie from Brand.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:29 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I mean there’s one thing much better tonight than the last game – the hawks run started in the second quarter – it felt like it was slipping away – strong second for full quarter and good start to the 3rd already

Let’s get to 100 before the end of the 3rd – that should be the goal

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:30 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah this has a different feel

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Home game and Kings suck

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:33 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Missed layups galore.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:32 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

My biggest problem with Iguodala is that he tries to do the fancy crap too much

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:34 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Thaddeus>Iggy

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:34 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Thad is making a strong bid for my next jersey purchase

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:35 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Speights is mine.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speights is mine – if he switches jerseys after a trade it’s instant throw back like my iguodala #4 :)

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dumb foul Miller

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:38 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Gimme Lou!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Iggy sucks.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:42 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Thad needs to finish that strong

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:43 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yessir

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We're getting sloppy.

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:45 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

yeah but look at how young we are on the floor.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Speights is back!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:47 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Not that anyone really cares but my alias query as written earlier works through the PHPmyadmin access of my database table

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:47 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

congrats

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I’m a dork :)

Now – populating radio buttons and manipulating the stupid date format in mysql to look better and the raw information is set up for scheduling.

hmmm….to make it work properly i need to create a way to determine how many games are on the selected date to automate the creation of the radio choices and inserting into the database.

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Why is Willie running the show?

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:52 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Mo knows best

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Steal in your fantasy league if you need a center

Marc Gasol

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

already got him :)

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I didn’t have him and my centers suck (ok chandler doesn’t suck, but hurt) saw gasols numbers early – picked him up for varejao cause he’s not good

but kaman not good either

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rush for 3!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

yeah that could have gotten him pulled if we weren’t up by so much

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

SPEIGHTS!!!!

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:54 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Speights is just nervous i think

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:54 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah the offense isn't there tonight

everything else is

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 5:55 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

is anyone else thrilled that tomorrow is the election and we can stop seeing these freaking commercials … also both parties have been calling my house repeatedly and that needs to stop too.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 5:57 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I live in california, a lot less campaigning here – though the Prop 8 stuff drives me nuts

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

go up strong young buck

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 6:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I'm still encouraged :)

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 6:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Whoodie – can i pick your database brain for a minute?

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

sure

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 6:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ok – so the game is pretty simple – you pick a date – each game on that day you pick a winner

Each game has a unique id and ‘away’ team and a ‘home’ team

When you pick the date, populating the radio buttons is easier, the name is the game id and the value is the away team id or home team id depending on which button.

I just ran into a block because I realized that each day has a different number of games – and how do i populate the picks based on that – but i think i came up with a solution that works.

The date that they are selecting for is a hidden field in the form that is passed to the inserting page…when i’m on the inserting page, i query the game id based on the date….oh yeah, to make sure that the orders match, the queries are both ordered by gameID….

So after i query on the gameid – i can do the while loop – but in the while loop i use $_POST and write an insert query for the variables?

That way it doesn’t matter how many games are in a given day – the correct games get inserted (I know i need error checking to make sure all the games are selected…but right now i’m just worried about the complicated stuff)

Does that make sense? Sometimes I suck at explaining

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

so you have X number of radio buttons and you are populating from the game table until no more games exist for that date? $_POST should work because it has no limit.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 6:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes…what i’m worried about is making sure that the ‘insert.php’ file inserts all games properly and i don’t know how to ‘count’ the number of radio buttons – but since each game has a unique ID i can just query the date again and in my ‘while’ loop i can use the $_POST function to get the players pick for THAT game and write the query to insert it….it might not be the ‘right’ way to do it – i’m sure there are fancier ways to loop through it while counting the rows or something – but i’m not that smart :)

I think it works….so this is why i need alpha testers :)

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

can’t you keep the count of radio buttons (maybe divide by 2 since only one will be selected) created and make sure that number matches the number selected? Unique ids will save you plus I’m pretty sure they are a must have or the DB will blow up.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 6:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I signed up to test in the fanpost.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 6:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks….i could count the radio buttons, but I don’t know how to loop through the radio buttons with the query and $_POST function. The problem is that each radio button will have a ‘name’ equivalent to the game ID – not the number of radio buttons.

So there may be 3 radio buttons but they have the name 33, 34, 35….and i NEED that name….and the value because the insert is

INSERT INTO PICKS (UserID, GameID, PickID) VALUES (UserID, GameID, PickID)

So the PickID is defined as $_POST‘GameID’
THe Game ID is the row‘gameid’ from the query
the userID is a hidden value sent through

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

won’t a select count(*) get you the count for the PICKS table

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 6:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

from an Execute SQL task

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 6:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes….that’s true…but I need the game ID as well to be populated in the radio button (I think)

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

the table will still exist but now you will have the count … so eat your cake right?

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 6:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now you lost me :)

I don’t know how the count helps me unless i can somehow set a variable equal to a specific column in a row using PHP/MySQL in combo :)

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah we may be talking about different things … there are some great forums out there where you might be able to get better help than me … sorry I couldn’t help more.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 6:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No it’s alright, i probably explained myself poorly…I think the ‘double query’ and setting the radio buttons names equal to the game ID will hopefully work.

I wish i had more time to focus on this but i got home duties and a full time job :)

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I hear that … good luck … look forward to seeing the product … later

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Nov 3, 2008 6:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good GOD mo williams sucks in fantasy

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:06 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Oh – donyell marshall is #8

He looks old, fat and slow

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:10 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

lol very

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 6:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think we can finally hit a 3.

by Ben16 on Nov 3, 2008 6:15 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

lol

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 6:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Win by 40!

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 6:17 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

At this point i just want to beat a team that has a shot at making the playoffs

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

For sure

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 6:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wasn’t Kevin Ollie #12?

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

yeah

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by jsams on Nov 3, 2008 6:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

i was just about to say it is nice to see #12 and not see Ollie on the back.

by Ben16 on Nov 3, 2008 6:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Is it a rule that if you are the crappy 3rd PG on the sixers you have to wear #12?

by jemagee on Nov 3, 2008 6:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

looks like it.

by Ben16 on Nov 3, 2008 6:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

hahahaha

http://www.libertyballers.com

by Remis on Nov 3, 2008 6:43 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

K guys

I’m out. Happy post gamers later.

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