Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 7922 Location: Lake Forest
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 4:25 pm Post subject:
jonnybravo wrote:
Makes me sick that the Clips have 5 states. Wth is wrong with people?
Not sure what's up with GS in the North West. Other than that, all of the neutral states in the West are Clipper and all of the neutral states in the East are Laker. It's just Laker Haters picking anything but the Lakers.
I'm surprised so many states in the south are picking us to win the championship.
I'm even more suprised that NY state is picking the Clippers.
Probably Knicks/Nets fans who do not want to pick an Eastern team out of competition/spite, but they choose the Clippers over the Lakers because anti-Lebron/AD sentiment. Could also be an anti-Lakers sentiment because winning another championship only adds to the prestige of the franchise history over that of the "storied" Knicks.
This isn't who people are rooting for; it is who they are betting on. The data comes from a sports book.
You almost have it.
Apparently, these guys analyzed Tweets (not bets). They used software to count tweets that made a prediction about who would win the finals, and then sorted what state the author of the tweets lived in.
So, it isn't necessarily teams they are rooting for, but they also aren't necessarily placing bets.
This isn't who people are rooting for; it is who they are betting on. The data comes from a sports book.
You almost have it.
Apparently, these guys analyzed Tweets (not bets). They used software to count tweets that made a prediction about who would win the finals, and then sorted what state the author of the tweets lived in.
So, it isn't necessarily teams they are rooting for, but they also aren't necessarily placing bets.
It's just a fun, meaningless attention grabber.
Well that would make sense why Ohio area states and Florida area states are Lakers.....probably a crap ton of fans follow/followed and didn’t stop following Lebron as Cavs and Heat fans and maybe “retweeted” something from Lebron or one of his Laker followers.
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