From a Mike Lorio comment about the Cavaliers over on PFT on NBCSports.com:

**As it turns out, the Browns aren’t the Cleveland-based sports team having the most warped obsession with analytics.

Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson, whose team trails the Knicks 3-0 in the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals, came up with an all-time glass-half-full justification for the Cavs’ struggles.

Via Matt Clapp of Awful Announcing, Atkinson claimed — with a straight face — that Cleveland is essentially winning.

“Analytically . . . we’re two out of three in the expected [score]. . . . We’ve won two out of the three,” Atkinson said.

The remark immediately flopped worse than SGA.

“I know you’re looking confused,” Atkinson said. “But if you believe in process and all that. . . . take that layer. . . .

“I think last night, it was, the expected score was like one point or two. Us shooting way below expected, them shooting way over. I know no one wants to hear that. I think you guys like hearing it. The general public . . . everyone’s outcome-based. Sure. I get that too.”

Yes, the general public is outcome-based. Because winning and losing is based on the outcome.**

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in 2026 KU Season:

Not thrilled to see Arkansas in KU's region given how KU has done against them in the postseason in various sports in recent years.

I keep thinking, "Okay, this time we'll show 'em!" And then, well, not so much....

@RockChalkinTexas-0 Sounds like "she shed" needs to be renamed "warehouse"! I'm very impressed by all the things you've done to keep Mike's spirit alive for yourself and the girls. So many legacies. Not many people do things for released prisoners who need so much help to start fresh.... When I go, all that will be left are a few dusty legal opinions no one will read. Well, that and a thousand plumbing, electrical, and drywall repairs in our series of fixer-uppers that no one will even notice...AND hundreds of posts here on Buckets, of course!

Good luck to everyone dealing with so many challenges. We are dealing with our own accumulated junk: We are getting ready to move and it has been chaotic trying to get the house ready to list on June 15th. Realtor's photographer coming next Saturday. Spent yesterday with her taking everything we love off the walls, evicting chairs and tables, and basically mutating the place into a vacuous HGTV showpiece. I understand it, but geez it is annoying!

Moving from our rainy coastal-SC cozy house to the deserts of the west, most likely Sun City in Las Vegas. The developers around here are putting up about 8,000 new homes within 5 miles or so, plus a new Buckees at the I-95 exit that already is backed up for half a mile every morning with workers going to Hilton Head. Gonna be a mess.... We would be a lot closer to the kids in Hawaii, and we have always dreamed of long trips through the west. Grand Canyon is my favorite spot on earth, and Her Loveliness has a lifelong desire to see the redwoods and other nat'l parks. In LV, maybe we will also get to see a yearly Chiefs game! And our sons will come for hockey.

Just have to avoid that seductive spinning wheel with all those numbers and we should be ok!

moved post to Roll Call

@HoraceZontal Youngster.

@rockchalkjayhawk said in Chiefs offseason thread:

"He's the best part-time stupid receiver KC sometimes has."

Just a little edit for completeness!

@rockchalkjayhawk Chiefs can save $1.6 mil on the cap, with a dead money hit of only $430,000, if they cut him. I'm all for it. Idiots gonna idiot, as they say.

@ROCKCHALK2025 My heart goes out to you. Hospice workers are among the most caring people in the world. Good luck to you in this difficult time.

@crimsonblu22 Sorry, was on a plane. It just got over. KU eliminated by Mich 12-10. Pitchers'duel!

Boo, KU got mercy-ruled 9-0 by #3 Okla, and plays Mich in an elim game tonite.

Meanwhile, KU beat Michigan 1-0 in the women's softball regional on a walkoff hit in the 8th inning. Happened to tune in for the last inning.

Projected at no 2 by a recent Atlantic column.

@kjayhawks2.0 said in Darryn Peterson:

I’m not sure if I know a person that doesn’t believe we need major changes in the healthcare industry.

Being happy with my doctors has no effect on my fervent belief that the health-care industry needs major changes! And even though we are very lucky in the insurance we have in addition to Medicare, we also believe that the system is a disaster for most people and needs to be completely overhauled. There are way too many instances of insurance bean-counters making health care decisions.

@patoh3 said in Darryn Peterson:

One thing I would point out that I find too commonly, is that patients don’t see vitamins or supplements as medicines.

John Oliver's show last week highlighted the dangers of "gas station drugs"--all those "supplements" available in rack after rack promising more energy, better moods, pain-free joints, etc. Some have substances that have the same addictiveness, or more, than opioids (one woman spent a total upwards of 6 figures over several years before getting rehab). And no regulation because those substances have never been named on any federal drug schedules and the states are virtually powerless to address them. Many people assume they must be healthy or they couldn't be sold OTC, and they don't even tell their doctors about them.

Another issue is the packaging: Companies can just buy empty packing material and label, and put anything in that they want. Even dirt. Really scary,

@kjayhawks2.0 @patoh3 Our doctors are great, and the cardiologist ratified our suspicions. Even the NP made an understandable mistake. What this and other experiences tell me, however, is that the internet can be very useful and people should make sure they know what is going on. But like product reviews, you have to be able to separate the crap from legitimate information. I learned about researching medical materials when I volunteered at the medical library at the VA hospital where my wife worked. Not everyone has that experience. More importantly, because my wife's family has lots of instances of drug sensitivity, we always peruse the drug info sheets to look for side effects (Walmart actually stopped giving out the info. Only a QR code to link to it). This time we were caught up in lots of stuff and blew it.

The article sounds like his natural level was very high, possibly unexpectedly so. The training staff likely made assumptions that would usually be appropriate. Five days ago my wife was prescribed a medicine and her NP went over the common side effects. Turns out she didn’t mention an unusual one--tachycardia, happens in less than 1% of reported effects. Her heart rate, usually about 57, has been over 100 for lengthy periods over these 3 days. It is starting to go away but we had a scary time until discovering the culprit. (Thank you, Dr. Google, and all the subreddit members!)

@JoJoAndMe said in Darryn Peterson:

All of us...

...No, some of us did NOT jump on the "he's a pussy" bandwagon, and believed it was a medical issue out of his control.

@JoJoAndMe said in 2025-26 Portal Thread:

@crimsonblu22 Londoners are in the minority, thanks to their open immigration policy. (Sound familiar?)

Pretty sure London is inhabited entirely by Londoners.

Your first sentence included:

"...the many sago cactus that I planted..."
and then later, you said palms.

So I guess it was inadvertent, but I sure had my Master Gardener wife stumped for awhile when I asked her what the difference was! She says the fruits are little berry-like things. Might be a variety only found here in ante-bellum SC--like so many other things.