Best Defensive team is Spurs' history?

[Jimcs50]

Also Shoog, this spelling (Renascence) is known to me because there is a dental composite resin with this name and it is spelled this way.

[Solid D]

Lakers are not number one in percentage(Spurs are), which is the true gage of rebounding expertise, like opponent FG% is truer gage of defense over points allowed.

I also like Jim's nouveau spelling of guage.

[Jimcs50]

I also like Jim's nouveau spelling of guage.

stick with me Solid, you will learn all kinds of new stuff.

[Solid D]

Thankyou Professor Peabody.

Speaking of stream of consciousness....

Does anyone remember Mr. Peabody?



I'm not that old but my dad told me about it.

[boutons]

"This Spurs team shoots a lot faster on the clock"

test the hypothesis: can't somebody find the stats for "total shots/game" for 05 vs 99?

For 05, for the Spurs, 9100/58 shots = 157 shots/game

vs. the Suns (quick-trigger transition jump-shooters with no defense) 10600/59 = 180 shots/game

[Jimcs50]

Speaking of stream of consciousness....

Does anyone remember Mr. Peabody?



I'm not that old but my dad told me about it.

I was wondering if that reference would fly right over everyone's head.

[travis2]

Speaking of stream of consciousness....

Does anyone remember Mr. Peabody?



I'm not that old but my dad told me about it.

I remember...

But Jim's still older than I am...

[Jimcs50]

I remember...

But Jim's still older than I am...

yeah, by only months.

[wildbill2u]

Travis, not true, I have been known as a Renascence Man for years...so I am quite familiar with the word.

I think you mean "Renaissance Man" unless you mean you've been taking Viagra for a renascence of vigor.


Maybe both of you need a dictionary.

[travis2]

yeah, by only months.

Try a few years...:p

[travis2]

I think you mean "Renaissance Man" unless you mean you've been taking Viagra for a renascence of vigor.


Maybe both of you need a dictionary.

not I...:p

[exstatic]

ex, it looks good in the stat sheet holding them to .333 shooting, but it is not good defense if they score on that possession, IMO.

EXACTLY. Even though you held that team to a short term .333, they still scored in one trip down the floor.

I would also submit that it's really not valid to compare any pre-2000 defense to any post 2000 defense, as the rules on hand checking were drastically changed. Between that, and the loss of Sean's versatility, the Spurs were almost certain NOT to repeat.

[wildbill2u]

Unfortunately, Jim is using an accepted spelling, although the purists will spell it in the older French style Renaissance.

Actually not! Renascent means restoring to vigor while a Renaissance man has many talents and enlightened tastes. Too different things entirely

[TwoHandJam]

Speaking of stream of consciousness....

Does anyone remember Mr. Peabody?



I'm not that old but my dad told me about it.

Sherman, set the wayback machine for the year of ed-up spelling.

Renascence? Never seen that spelling. Fugly man.

[Solid D]

I can't believe I'm doing this but Dictionary.com says this regarding renascence:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Renascence

re·nas·cence ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-nsns, -nsns)
n.
A new birth or life; a rebirth.
A cultural revival; a renaissance.
Renascence Renaissance.


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Renascence

n : the revival of learning and culture [syn: rebirth, Renaissance]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

[Solid D]

...and now this regarding renaissance:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Renaissance

ren·ais·sance ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rn-säns, -zäns, rn-säns, -zäns, r-nsns)
n.
A rebirth or revival.
Renaissance
The humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe.
The period of this revival, roughly the 14th through the 16th century, marking the transition from medieval to modern times.
often Renaissance
A revival of intellectual or artistic achievement and vigor: the Celtic Renaissance.
The period of such a revival.

adj. Renaissance
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Renaissance or its artistic and intellectual works and styles.
Of or being the style of architecture and decoration, based on classical models, that originated in Italy in the 15th century and continued throughout Europe up to the end of the 16th century.


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[French, from Old French, from renaistre, to be born again, from Vulgar Latin *renscere, from Latin rensc : re-, re- + nsc, to be born; see gen- in Indo-European Roots.]

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Renaissance

n 1: the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries [syn: Renaissance] 2: the revival of learning and culture [syn: rebirth, Renaissance, renascence]

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[Jimcs50]

Damn, what have I started???

[Solid D]

I guess it's sort of a "rebirth" of the original topic.

[Jimcs50]

All this because I changed the spelling on a word.....we are digressing here.

My point was, it is more impresive now to hold teams scoring down because scoring is up drastically since 98-99.

But both teams are great defensively, so Solid is right too.

[boutons]

"Too different things entirely"

and you're informing us about points of language?

[1Parker1]

Jeez, you men are nerds! You've been arguing for 2 pages about the spelling of some ancient word?

[Jimcs50]

Jeez, you men are nerds! You've been arguing for 2 pages about the spelling of some ancient word?

Slow day in the sports news dept.

[Useruser666]

row-adds hehehe

[boutons]

When the forum can waste 100's of msgs swallowing troll bait hook/line/sinker in cretinous threads started by trolls, anything is possible...

[ShoogarBear]

What are you talking about, this has been the most education thread in weeks.

Although I assert that anyone who spells "renaissance" as "renascence" is a weenie.

(Based on an n of 1.)