sactownroyalty.com - 6/30/2008
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In lieu of losing myself in the spate of excellent FanPosts and FanShots today, let's open up the Open Thread now.
Discuss the picks, the draft, the trades, the rumors. Add links, insight, jokes, laments, poetry (no sestinas, please), pictures of your draft night set-up, recipes for queso. (I was supposed to go get tacos two hours ago! Damn you, Richard Jefferson!)
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The Wisdom of the NBA Crowd
BMac's Blog: The Rants of a Basketball Maven —
After last week's NBA Draft, I read the minute by minute coverage on SacTown Royalty , which was quite funny. Beyond the humor, I was struck by the knowledge of some of the fans, both of the players in the draft and the history of the Kings. Over the weekend, I read the latest issue of ESPN the Mag which includes a small tidbit about the book the Wisdom of Crowds in relation to the problems with NBA officiating. The article says that crowds make better decisions than individuals, and cites Who Wants to be a Millionaire , where crowds were correct over 90% of the time, ...
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