[Official] Last Day of the Decade Thread

Technically, 2020, not 2019, is the last year of the decade.

 

OP trying to pull a fast one on us

 

here you go OP . . . you're safe

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/21/us/when-does-the-decade-end-begin-trnd/index.html

We talk about decades differently
Those technicalities, however, don't change the fact that as a society, we seem to have collectively determined that decades begin in years ending in zero and end on years ending in nine.

After all, it makes sense.

When we think of the 90s, we think of the period from 1990-1999. It just doesn't make sense that the year 1990 would be considered part of the 80s.

Plus, it's more satisfying to celebrate big occasions like the start of a new decade in an even-numbered year, a phenomenon that psychologists call "round number bias." Waiting until 2021 to celebrate the new decade would feel anticlimactic.

That's why Konstantin Bikos, lead editor of TimeandDate.com, says that both definitions of when the new decade begins are correct. No need to cancel your end-of-the-decade party.

"There's two different ways of categorizing 10 years," he told CNN. "It could be from the year ending in 0 to the year ending in 9, or the year ending in 1 to the year ending in 0."

It comes down to how we talk about time spans.

Bikos agrees that centuries and millennia always start with years ending in 1. Those time spans are typically referred to as numbered entities counted up from the year 1 AD, as in the "21st century" or the "third millennium."

Decades are categorized by year numbers. Even though the 2020s will be the 203rd decade, no one ever calls it that. It's just called the 2020s, or the 20s.​

 

pretty sure this was @tinman 's highlight

 

come on OP, no Rockets legend T-mac?

 

no dmo?

 

Man this picture makes me sad. Thats a championship squad. Not even an exaggeration. If not for one hammy at the last minute of game 5 they are revered in the same air as the 90s championship teams and all of their legacies change. Moreys legacy changes. Dantonis. Even the Warriors.

Same with the 09 team.

So much of what NBA fans take as truth can change with the whim of a tendon.

 

Tilman is offended by this thread.

 

I.D.I.O.T.

 

We went through a lot of mediocre pointless seasons. I wanted to tank so bad.

 

I'm here to mark myself as present.

 

I’m here, because Shelby is

 

The decade I fell in love with basketball. Some of my favorite faces of the decade on top of the ones already posted.

 

Not just a Hammy though, Luc’s shoulder was also a big issue. But when healthy that 5 was legit.

 

Forever grateful for some of the legends who contributed to the Rockets' second decade of the 21st century.

 

Hell .. . a healthy Luc

One or the other gets us over the top IMO
but
Losing both was killer

Rocket River

 

I agree but we still were up 3-2 on the Warriors without Luc. It's hard to fathom but it was real.