(Originally posted on 30 January 2022)
Part 2 ends with games played on 29 January 2022.
All the statistical data I used I found on this site:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/
I described my way of calculating the MVP and the MFP values in these posts:
Comparing NBA MVPs
Most frustrated NBA players
Before the 2021-22 season is over I have to make mathematical projections of the MVP and the MFP values. The assumption behind the projections is that every player and every team will play exactly the same way they have been playing so far (the numbers of projected team wins are rounded to whole numbers).
Because of the pandemic some players have already missed some games due to safety protocols without any fault of their own. It means that the results are/will be skewed and there's nothing I can do about it. Well, some injuries happen also without any fault of the players and it also influences the results. We have to live with it.
With the assumptions described above, the current NBA 2022 MVP race list is this:
1. Stephen Curry: 1957.8 (projected team wins: 61)
2. Chris Paul: 1877.3 (projected team wins: 67)
3. Nikola Jokic: 1850.7 (projected team wins: 46)
4. Devin Booker: 1759.5 (projected team wins: 67)
5. Giannis Antetokounmpo: 1663.7 (projected team wins: 50)
6. Joel Embiid: 1597.5 (projected team wins: 50)
7. DeMar DeRozan: 1528.7 (projected team wins: 51)
8. James Harden: 1506.6 (projected team wins: 49)
9. Kevin Durant: 1447.4 (projected team wins: 49)
10. Ja Morant: 1395.0 (projected team wins: 55)
11. Zach LaVine: 1360.7 (projected team wins: 51)
12. Rudy Gobert: 1333.5 (projected team wins: 49)
13. Andrew Wiggins: 1298.3 (projected team wins: 61)
14. Jayson Tatum: 1293.1 (projected team wins: 42)
15. Miles Bridges: 1291.6 (projected team wins: 46)
16. Trae Young: 1281.1 (projected team wins: 39)
17. Mikal Bridges: 1248.5 (projected team wins: 67)
18. Donovan Mitchell: 1216.3 (projected team wins: 49)
19. Nikola Vucevic: 1214.9 (projected team wins: 51)
20. Desmond Bane: 1207.6 (projected team wins: 55)
Stephen Curry is still the leader of the race. Chris Paul and Devin Booker complement each other perfectly. Nikola Jokic is again awesome, considering especially the number of big injuries on his team. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid are also great, but their MVP values are a little too low for them to be true contenders.
It's worth to mention that there are 3 surprising names on the list: Miles Bridges, Mikal Bridges and Desmond Bane. Respect!
With the same assumptions (described above) the current NBA 2022 MFP list is this:
1. Christian Wood: 924.8 (projected team wins: 23)
2. Franz Wagner: 920.2 (projected team wins: 16)
3. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 917.5 (projected team wins: 24)
4. Domantas Sabonis: 912.3 (projected team wins: 29)
5. Dejounte Murray: 847.1 (projected team wins: 31)
6. Wendell Carter Jr.: 840.8 (projected team wins: 16)
7. Saddiq Bey: 828.1 (projected team wins: 19)
8. Cole Anthony: 779.1 (projected team wins: 16)
9. Jonas Valanciunas: 773.9 (projected team wins: 30)
10. Tyrese Haliburton: 712.2 (projected team wins: 29)
11. Cade Cunningham: 697.2 (projected team wins: 19)
12. Trae Young: 689.8 (projected team wins: 39)
13. Mo Bamba: 685.1 (projected team wins: 16)
14. Jae'Sean Tate: 673.8 (projected team wins: 23)
15. Harrison Barnes: 649.3 (projected team wins: 29)
16. Luguentz Dort: 639.8 (projected team wins: 24)
17. De'Aaron Fox: 635.7 (projected team wins: 29)
18. LeBron James: 624.2 (projected team wins: 39)
19. Brandon Ingram: 618.4 (projected team wins: 30)
20. Josh Giddey: 617.6 (projected team wins: 24)
Currently there is only 1 player in the top-20 both on the MVP list and on the MFP list – Trae Young (16th and 12th). Interestingly LeBron James is only on the MFP list while Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis aren't on either list.
Sunday 30 January 2022
Since when a heart attack and very serious health condition leading to amputation of both legs are linked to Covid-19 instead of the vaccine?
(Originally posted on 30 January 2022)
Since when a heart attack and very serious health condition leading to amputation of both legs are linked to Covid-19 instead of the vaccine? Do they think that people are idiots? Just search for “Claire Bridges” and read how they comment about her illness. Unbelievable!
Since when a heart attack and very serious health condition leading to amputation of both legs are linked to Covid-19 instead of the vaccine? Do they think that people are idiots? Just search for “Claire Bridges” and read how they comment about her illness. Unbelievable!
Saturday 29 January 2022
“You suck Canada” must be sprayed also in French
(Originally posted on Saturday, 29 January 2022)
Recently I have been on a spree of watching movies with John Candy. I have loved Spaceballs (co-starring with Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis) for a long time, but recently I have also watched Planes, Trains and Automobiles (co-starring with Steve Martin), The Blues Brothers (a small role), 1941 (a small role) and Canadian Bacon (co-starring with Alan Alda, Kevin Pollak and several other fun actors).
The movie Canadian Bacon is AWESOME! It's hilarious on so many different levels that it's hard to describe! I picked some Youtube videos, but they are taken out of context, so they are even more funny while watching the whole movie.
By the way: I didn't know that Dan Aykroyd (a small role) is a Canadian and I learned that John Candy was a Canadian only recently. It makes their roles even more hilarious! There are many other references to Canadian customs or people which are really funny.
And this double-performance is simply awesome!
The movies with John Candy I am going to watch in the near future are: Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, Armed and Dangerous and Who's Harry Crumb? (all starring or co-starring John Candy; in The Great Outdoors he is co-starring with Dan Aykroyd).
Recently I have been on a spree of watching movies with John Candy. I have loved Spaceballs (co-starring with Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis) for a long time, but recently I have also watched Planes, Trains and Automobiles (co-starring with Steve Martin), The Blues Brothers (a small role), 1941 (a small role) and Canadian Bacon (co-starring with Alan Alda, Kevin Pollak and several other fun actors).
The movie Canadian Bacon is AWESOME! It's hilarious on so many different levels that it's hard to describe! I picked some Youtube videos, but they are taken out of context, so they are even more funny while watching the whole movie.
By the way: I didn't know that Dan Aykroyd (a small role) is a Canadian and I learned that John Candy was a Canadian only recently. It makes their roles even more hilarious! There are many other references to Canadian customs or people which are really funny.
And this double-performance is simply awesome!
The movies with John Candy I am going to watch in the near future are: Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, Armed and Dangerous and Who's Harry Crumb? (all starring or co-starring John Candy; in The Great Outdoors he is co-starring with Dan Aykroyd).
My previous New Year's resolution (for the year 2021)
(Originally posted on Saturday, 29 January 2022)
My previous New Year's resolution (for the year 2021) was to exercise twice a day. That would give me 730 sets of exercises in the whole year. I described is my own set of exercises here:
My previous New Year's resolution
With 5 reps (repetitions) of each kind of exercises it would give me 3660 reps of each kind of exercises! In reality in the year 2021 I managed to do only 16 (SIXTEEN) sets of exercises, which is only 2.2 % of the plan. Abysmal result, but it still means that during the year I did 80 push-ups, 80 knee-bends, 80 “leg-ups”, 80 dumbbells lifts and 80 reps of every other kind of exercises I do during every set. Better this than nothing.
My New Year's resolution for the year 2022 is less ambitious – to exercise once a day. And I also allow myself to do two sets of exercises in one day in order to catch up my “days off”. On 29 January 2022 I have already done 10 sets of exercises, which is 65.5% of all the sets of exercises in the previous year! Yep, to me the year 2021 was even worse than the year 2020.
My previous New Year's resolution (for the year 2021) was to exercise twice a day. That would give me 730 sets of exercises in the whole year. I described is my own set of exercises here:
My previous New Year's resolution
With 5 reps (repetitions) of each kind of exercises it would give me 3660 reps of each kind of exercises! In reality in the year 2021 I managed to do only 16 (SIXTEEN) sets of exercises, which is only 2.2 % of the plan. Abysmal result, but it still means that during the year I did 80 push-ups, 80 knee-bends, 80 “leg-ups”, 80 dumbbells lifts and 80 reps of every other kind of exercises I do during every set. Better this than nothing.
My New Year's resolution for the year 2022 is less ambitious – to exercise once a day. And I also allow myself to do two sets of exercises in one day in order to catch up my “days off”. On 29 January 2022 I have already done 10 sets of exercises, which is 65.5% of all the sets of exercises in the previous year! Yep, to me the year 2021 was even worse than the year 2020.
Respect for Evangeline Lilly!
(Originally posted on Saturday, 29 January 2022)
Evangeline Lilly is 100% right as far as anti-covid vaccines are concerned!
“I was in DC this weekend to support bodily sovereignty while Canadian truckers were rallying for their cross-country, peaceful convoy in support of the same thing.
I believe nobody should ever be forced to inject their body with anything, against their will, under threat of:
-violent attack
-arrest or detention without trial
-loss of employment
-homelessness
-starvation
-loss of education
-alienation from loved ones
-excommunication from society
…under any threat whatsoever.
This is not the way. This is not safe. This is not healthy. This is not love. I understand the world is in fear, but I don’t believe that answering fear with force will fix our problems.
I was pro choice before COVID and I am still pro choice today.”
Evangeline Lilly is 100% right as far as anti-covid vaccines are concerned!
“I was in DC this weekend to support bodily sovereignty while Canadian truckers were rallying for their cross-country, peaceful convoy in support of the same thing.
I believe nobody should ever be forced to inject their body with anything, against their will, under threat of:
-violent attack
-arrest or detention without trial
-loss of employment
-homelessness
-starvation
-loss of education
-alienation from loved ones
-excommunication from society
…under any threat whatsoever.
This is not the way. This is not safe. This is not healthy. This is not love. I understand the world is in fear, but I don’t believe that answering fear with force will fix our problems.
I was pro choice before COVID and I am still pro choice today.”
Wednesday 12 January 2022
Sunday 2 January 2022
I won a chess game without ANY deep thinking!
(Originally posted on Sunday, 2 January 2022)
In this post I use the Chesstempo PGN viewer that can be found on this site:
https://chesstempo.com/pgn-viewer/
Today I was playing an online chess game and my almost-7-year-old son asked me if he could watch it. Obviously I said “yes”, but I also started making short explanations of some of my moves. Even my wife got interested. When the game ended I realised that it was a game that I won without ANY deep thinking! A great example for all chess newcomers. I was playing white.
{This is a game that I won without ANY deep thinking! A great example for all chess newcomers.}
1.d4 {I ALWAYS start with 1.d4.} 1...d5 2.Nf3 {This is my second move in vast majority of cases.} 2...e6 3.Bf4 {Fearing ...Bd6.} 3...Nf6 4.h3 {Making a hiding place for my bishop.} 4...Be7 5.c3 {My typical pawn setup.} 5...c5 6.e3 {Fearing ...cxd4.} 6...cxd4 7.exd4 {I prefer the e-file to be semi-open instead of the c-file to be completely open.} 7...O-O 8.Bd3 {My typical setup.} 8...a6 9.O-O {I would have to castle sooner or later.} 9...b5 10.a3 {Preventing ...b4.} 10...Nbd7 11.Nbd2 {My typical setup.} 11...Bb7 12.Re1 {Placing my rook on the semi-open file. A useful move in the long run.} 12...Nb6 13.Qc2 {Aiming at the h7 pawn.} 13...Nc4 14.Bg5 {Threatening to remove the defender of the h7 pawn.} 14...h6 15.Bf4 {Retreating and waiting for the opponent to make a move.} 15...Rc8 16.Rac1 {I want to move my queen to b1, but first I activate my second rook.} 16...Qb6 17.Qb1 {Moving my queen away from a potential threat from the c8 rook.} 17...Rfd8 18.Ne5 {Making things happen one way or another.} 18...Rf8 19.Ng4 {I want to exchange knights and bring my second knight to the same area.} 19...Nxg4 20.hxg4 {Recapturing.} 20...Nxd2 21.Bxd2 {Recapturing.} 21...Qd6 22.Re2 {Making a place for my dark-square bishop.} 22...Bf6 23.f3 {Making another place for my dark-square bishop.} 23...Qg3 24.Be1 {Attacking the queen.} 24...Qd6 25.Rcc2 {Making way for my queen.} 25...Bg5 26.Qd1 {Bringing my queen closer the action.} 26...Bf4 27.Bf2 {Making another way for my queen.} 27...Bh2+ 28.Kh1 {Moving out of check.} 28...Bf4 29.Qg1 {Placing my queen on the same diagonal as my bishop.} 29...Rce8 30.Be3 {I want to exchange bishops or achieve a draw by threefold repetition.} 30...Bg3 31.Bf2 {Offering a draw.} 31...Bf4 32.Be3 {Offering a draw.} 32...Rc8 33.Bxf4 {I was short on time, so my opponent kept playing for the win by allowing me to exchange bishops.} 33...Qxf4 34.Qh2 {I want to exchange queens.} 34...Qf6 35.Qe5 {I want to exchange queens.} 35...Qd8 36.Rcd2 {Making way for my bishop.} 36...Rc6 37.Qe3 {My plan is to place my bishop on b1 and my queen on d3 threatening mate at h7, but I make this move first, so my opponent would realise my plan later.} 37...Bc8 38.Bb1 {As planned.} 38...Qf6 39.Qd3 {As planned.} 39...g6 40.Qe3 {Attacking the h6 pawn.} 40...Qg7 41.Qe5 {I want to exchange queens.} 41...Qxe5 42.dxe5 {Recapturing with my pawn to keep the enemy bishop blocked by his (or her) own pawns.} 42...Bb7 43.Kg1 {Bringing my king closer to action and preventing a possible long-rang threat of ...Rc1+ after which I would lose my bishop.} 43...Rfc8 44.Kf2 {Bringing my king closer to action and preventing a possible long-rang threat of ...Rc1+ after which I would lose my bishop.} 44...Kg7 45.Rd4 {Blocking the d5 pawn.} 45...Rc4 46.Red2 {Fearing ...Rxd4.} 46...Rxd4 47.Rxd4 {Recapturing with my rook and keeping the c file semi-open (instead of opening it completely).} 47...Rc4 48.Ke3 {Bringing my king closer to action.} 48...Bc6 49.Rxc4 {Making my king my main weapon.} 49...dxc4 50.Kd4 {Going for the a6 pawn.} 50...a5 51.Kc5 {Attacking the bishop.} 51...Be8 52.Be4 {Aiming at c6.} 52...h5 53.Bc6 {Good enough, but g5 would be better.} 53...Bxc6 54.Kxc6 {Recapturing.} 54...hxg4 55.fxg4 {Recapturing.} 55...Kh6 56.Kxb5 {Winning a pawn. It's a race now.} 56...Kg5 57.Kxc4 {Winning another pawn.} 57...Kxg4 58.Kd4 {Making way for the c3 pawn AND protecting the e5 pawn.} 58...Kg3 59.c4 {Four moves left to reach a queening square.} 59...Kxg2 60.c5 {Three moves left.} 60...Kf2 61.c6 {Two moves left.} 61...g5 62.c7 {One move left.} 62...g4 63.c8=Q {Reaching a queening square.} 63...g3 64.Qc2+ {I want to check the king for as long as it takes to prepare for another move.} 64...Kg1 65.Qd1+ {Getting closer to the king.} 65...Kh2 66.Qh5+ {Pushing the king in front of the pawn.} 66...Kg1 67.Ke3 {Getting my king closer to the enemy king. It also freezes the enemy king - ...Kg2 would make no sense and ...Kf1 would be met with Qe2+ (pushing the king back to g1).} 67...g2 68.Ke2 {I missed that Qd1+ followed by Kf2 was winning right away.} 68...a4 69.Qxf7 {I want to queen my e5 pawn, but from now on I have to avoid a stalemate AND prevent the g2 pawn from queening.} 69...Kh2 70.Qh5+ {Pushing the enemy king back in front of the g2 pawn.} 70...Kg1 71.Qg6 {Avoiding stalemate while placing my queen on the 6th rank.} 71...Kh2 72.Qh6+ {Checking the king AND aiming at the e6 pawn.} 72...Kg3 73.Qxe6 {Capturing the pawn that was blocking my e5 pawn.} 73...g1=Q 74.Qg6+ {Another point of my previous move - the enemy queen has no chance to act at all.} 74...Kh2 75.Qxg1+ {Exchanging queens.} 75...Kxg1 76.e6 {Going to the queening square. Black resigned.} 1-0
Please notice that it was a blitz game (3m+5s), so there was no time for really deep thinking by definition, but my own thinking was extremely “short-sighted”.
PS.
Recently I changed my chess clock setting (previously it was 3m +10s) and while the games are clearly shorter, my results are actually better. Interesting.
In this post I use the Chesstempo PGN viewer that can be found on this site:
https://chesstempo.com/pgn-viewer/
Today I was playing an online chess game and my almost-7-year-old son asked me if he could watch it. Obviously I said “yes”, but I also started making short explanations of some of my moves. Even my wife got interested. When the game ended I realised that it was a game that I won without ANY deep thinking! A great example for all chess newcomers. I was playing white.
Please notice that it was a blitz game (3m+5s), so there was no time for really deep thinking by definition, but my own thinking was extremely “short-sighted”.
PS.
Recently I changed my chess clock setting (previously it was 3m +10s) and while the games are clearly shorter, my results are actually better. Interesting.
Second day in a row!
(Originally posted on Sunday, 2 January 2022)
Game winning buzzer-beating 3-pointer by DeMar DeRozan for the second day in a row! Wow!
Please notice that it wouldn't be possible without Zach LaVine: 35 points on 11-22 shooting, including 7-12 3-pointers. What a pair of ballers!
Game winning buzzer-beating 3-pointer by DeMar DeRozan for the second day in a row! Wow!
Please notice that it wouldn't be possible without Zach LaVine: 35 points on 11-22 shooting, including 7-12 3-pointers. What a pair of ballers!
Saturday 1 January 2022
What a great way to start the new year!
(Originally posted on Saturday, 1 January 2022)
In my home city it was already past midnight when I saw this:
What a great way to start the new year!
In my home city it was already past midnight when I saw this:
What a great way to start the new year!
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