On a recent podcast, Dane Moore equated Julius Randle’s emotional availability with Aaron Gordon’s physical availability. I think Randle affects MN’s ceiling, Gordon DEN’s floor. Will be interesting to see.
Lol! I think it perfectly encapsulated both his confidence and the fact that he's still adjusting. But to me, his mental side seems totally fine, which is the more important thing.
As much as I love your blog, might I humbly suggest you abandon the ancient NY Times Style Guidance and just write numbers as numbers?
"That was the first of 13 straight games with double-digits, during which time he’s averaged 18 points, five assists, and four rebounds..."
There's still a time and place for writing out the name of numbers under 10, but a heavily stat-based sports blog should break free of convention! Just a touch of unasked for advice. :)
Ugh, I hear you and appreciate the thought, but I'm just too brainwashed. My skin crawls anytime I see a non-headline that says something like, "He hit 4 field goals in the quarter."
Maybe I'll meet you halfway by starting to include more decimals instead of rounding to the nearest whole number, as I've been doing to make for easier reading/internalizing. I always struggle with the balance between precision and readability, and I might need to go back to adding decimals ("3.2 rebounds per game" instead of "three rebounds per game"). I'll keep it in mind.
On a recent podcast, Dane Moore equated Julius Randle’s emotional availability with Aaron Gordon’s physical availability. I think Randle affects MN’s ceiling, Gordon DEN’s floor. Will be interesting to see.
That's a thoughtful comparison, I like it.
I'm gonna pretend you chose any other Tatum gif
Lol! I think it perfectly encapsulated both his confidence and the fact that he's still adjusting. But to me, his mental side seems totally fine, which is the more important thing.
You're right, but it did cause me to miss several heartbeats when it happened
As much as I love your blog, might I humbly suggest you abandon the ancient NY Times Style Guidance and just write numbers as numbers?
"That was the first of 13 straight games with double-digits, during which time he’s averaged 18 points, five assists, and four rebounds..."
There's still a time and place for writing out the name of numbers under 10, but a heavily stat-based sports blog should break free of convention! Just a touch of unasked for advice. :)
Ugh, I hear you and appreciate the thought, but I'm just too brainwashed. My skin crawls anytime I see a non-headline that says something like, "He hit 4 field goals in the quarter."
Maybe I'll meet you halfway by starting to include more decimals instead of rounding to the nearest whole number, as I've been doing to make for easier reading/internalizing. I always struggle with the balance between precision and readability, and I might need to go back to adding decimals ("3.2 rebounds per game" instead of "three rebounds per game"). I'll keep it in mind.