Quick reversal of fortune: NBA (also file under small sample size)

A couple weeks ago, the Wolves were the feel good story of the NBA.  They had huge injury problems (Love and Rubio both out) but were still winning games, leading to a flurry of speculation that they might be a playoff team and even that Adelman was making a case that the Lakers shouldve hired him instead of Mike Brown.  Here we are a few injuries later (Barea, Budinger, etc) and with KLove back in the lineup, and now a few losses have people questioning everything from KLove's offense to Adelman's subsitution decisions.  On some level I really enjoy the daily analysis of the NBA, but sometimes it's just ridiculous.  Depending on what day you checked last week, D'Antoni was either saving or screwing the Lakers, the Knicks were the best or more overrated team in the league, the Bobcats were en fuego or the same garbage as usual, etc.  Instant analysis is fun, but everything in moderation, guys!  Not every game is a sign of a permanent trend.

Don't pick up pennies

A fun post at xkcd on the economics of picking up pennies.  Some other issues they might've considered:  germs (bad), keeping the ground clean (good), likelihood that you will use the penny before you use it...

Knicks are going to continue getting Tech'd

An interesting article on Why Refs Hate the Knicks from the WSJ.  The main points:

1) older players get more technicals
2) high draft picks get more technicals
3) the Knicks are old and have the most top 5 draft picks in the league
4) the Knicks are going to continue wracking up the T's