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yeezus said:
I always assumed you studied accounting considering you, you know, took the CPA and all. So you didn't go to school for that or finance?
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I went back to school for accounting after I didn't like where my career was going in banking. Accounting was a piece of cake because a lot of it is visualizing the math of the entries and understanding what implications they have on the business. Accounting is very math oriented.
 
BRule said:
"Huge piece" lol
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Yes, HUGE piece. I know all you guys can do is look at a stat sheet to try nad understand what he did since you never watched them play. At some point you'll realize that looking at a statsheet doesn't tell you everything.
 
thethe said:
I went back to school for accounting after I didn't like where my career was going in banking. Accounting was a piece of cake because a lot of it is visualizing the math of the entries and understanding what implications they have on the business. Accounting is very math oriented.
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I always tell people it's more numbers than math, if that makes any sense at all. At least, it isn't math like calc or anything. To me, it's reading comprehension of numbers. I was never great at math, but handled accounting very well/easily. I liked all of the stat classes I took, as well a calc techs and apps class I took. Hated algebra, calc, all that, though. I guess I like numbers with context.

edit: I have a lot to learn about you though, I didn't know you were in banking before accounting. I have a lot of questions about banking on top of all the accounting questions I've asked.
 
yeezus said:
I always tell people it's more numbers than math, if that makes any sense at all. At least, it isn't math like calc or anything. To me, it's reading comprehension of numbers. I was never great at math, but handled accounting very well/easily. I liked all of the stat classes I took, as well a calc techs and apps class I took. Hated algebra, calc, all that, though. I guess I like numbers with context.

edit: I have a lot to learn about you though, I didn't know you were in banking before accounting. I have a lot of questions about banking on top of all the accounting questions I've asked.
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It wasn't investment banking. It was just on the retail side but I'm really good with the public so I had a future if I wanted. It just wasn't something that interested me all that much so I change paths.
 
thethe said:
It wasn't investment banking. It was just on the retail side but I'm really good with the public so I had a future if I wanted. It just wasn't something that interested me all that much so I change paths.
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Ah ok, yeah accounting was probably the better choice.
 
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Collision is and has been a barely above replacement level bench player. You don't call easily replaced players....huge pieces.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
You have managed to tell us in at least two different topics (neither is relevant) you are going back to college to pursue a Masters degree. That is skillful.
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You are a miserable human being that adds zero value to any discussion on this board.
 
News is Rose will "only" be out 4-6 weeks. Onviously Chicago isn't going to miss the playoffs, but they could fall a couple spots in the standings. It's a stretch, but they could slip all the way to 6.

Milwaukee has to be the surprise of the year aside from Atlanta. This is all without Jabari Parker too.

What are people's thoughts on Lillard? I think he's good, but vastly overrated. He needs to take a ton of shots to score the ball. Where would you rank him as far as point guards throughout the league?
 
I don't like small players. Height and length are what wins in basketball now. I also think Lillard is overrated but only because people act like he is a top 5 PG. He is still a really good player.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
News is Rose will "only" be out 4-6 weeks. Onviously Chicago isn't going to miss the playoffs, but they could fall a couple spots in the standings. It's a stretch, but they could slip all the way to 6.
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Highly doubt the Bulls fall that far; March includes a tough stretch for them, opponent-wise, but I still think they'll play well enough over that time to maintain a top-four seeding. It helps that Snell's seemingly emerged, Brooks is a nice back-up that improves the long-range shooting of the starting lineup, and—thanks to previous Roseless seasons—Noah is comfortable initiating/running the offense.

NinersSBChamps said:
What are people's thoughts on Lillard? I think he's good, but vastly overrated. He needs to take a ton of shots to score the ball. Where would you rank him as far as point guards throughout the league?
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Though Westbrook's been otherworldly recently, you could say the same thing about him, especially on night's he isn't getting to the line. I watched last night's game, and though I came away justifiably impressed with his individual performance, I was shocked when I checked his season-statistics and noticed how inefficiently he's been shooting the ball (I mean, he's actually making threes at a worse rate than Derrick Rose was this season).

So Lillard's in an interesting place as a player: he's a more efficient shooter (and much more efficient three-point shooter) than a guy like Westbrook, but he's not at an elite Chris Paul / James Harden* level of shooting efficiency; on the other hand, he also can't quite do the elite athletic things on the court that someone like Westbrook, or Wall, or pre-injury-devastation Rose. I think he'll be good for Portland as long as Aldridge remains the guy they go to down the stretch in close and competitive games, as they did last night; but I likewise think Portland would have been in a huge heap of trouble had Aldridge missed the remainder of the regular-season, as initially suggested a few weeks ago.

*(Who should be the MVP if circumstances don't drastically change over the final two months.)
 
Westbrook always gets to the line though now. Excluding the Suns game recently he knows that he sucks at shooting 3's and has drastically cut down on the amount he shoots. The thing is, if Westbrook were more efficient he would be the clear cut best player in the league. Every player will hvae their weakness.
 
If your weakness is missing a bunch of shots, thats a huge weakness.

Lilliard is a stud. If not too 3-5 pG, then damn close. The dude has ice water in veins too. Im not sure what the knock on him is.
 
Lillard is a beast, he seems to outplay Russ or at worst not lose the battle that much.

Clutch player.

Not sure where i'd rank him after Steph, Russ, CP3, Irving and Wall.
 
I dont mind Russ shooting as much with KD out as long as he's attacking the rim and not shooting a bunch of 3's other than trying to get a 2 for 1 at the end of quarters which is fine.
 
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