Everybody's joking about sports betting, but I'll give you a real answer OP: it's because he dipped the ball and slightly hesitated when he caught it. You have to catch it high and keep it high for it to count as an assist on this type of play
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The paper in the OP cites this paper which has been my benchmark for a while on the level of "science" going into studies around Thursday night football and injuries.
Somebody posted a critique of that article where he highlighted two issues. The author replied to that critique basically saying "yeah you're totally right, my bad" but I don't think ever corrected the original paper? Anyways, the two issues were:
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He miscalculated a statistical ratio. This is kind of damning for a study purporting to be statistical in nature, but whatever that's kind of boring to most people.
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For the second, much more interesting issue, I will just quote the critique:
Second, it is also worth noting that there is an explanation for why we might observe a lower reported injury rate on Thursdays even though it is implausible that shorter rest exerts a protective effect. It is a quirk of the way the timing of NFL injury reports work [Citation2]. Teams typically issue their first injury reports on Wednesday of each week: 3 days after a Sunday game but 6 days after a Thursday game. Any injury that resolves to the point the player can fully practice in that 3–6 day period would not be reported if it occurred on a Thursday but would be reported if it occurred on a Sunday. If 20% of reportable injuries resolve in that period, that would fully explain the lower Thursday injury rate.
Gradey Dick kinda stinks. There were multiple times he created contact off the dribble and then just got completely stood up and was left flailing for a bailout pass. He's gotta get way stronger and does not look like an NBA player right now
I have no idea how refs decide when they want to award the timeout or not
Bulls shoulda saved their team meeting I guess
I thought that would be obvious from my tone but oh well. I stand by my shitposting