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Murfdogg21

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  1. Maybe AI will be better at statistical analysis than the frustrated scientist lifers at FDA so Phase II and III clinical trials could require fewer subjects or shorter time points, thus less expense and time to market.
  2. I heard they are installing a splash pad for felons under 18.
  3. Except for one-armed hobo Mace Windu panhandling on Coruscant.
  4. Erskin was still with Mon Mothma in Rebels episodes, so he's alive unless he died in some battle we haven't seen yet.
  5. Olds shitting on jedi and lightsabers are like adults shitting on Santa Claus. Have they forgotten what first drew them in or what kids find entertaining? The Mando S2 episodes with Ahsoka and Luke were awesome. Cassian could've benefitted from some help from a jedi or two along the way if it was available. BOBF was poorly constructed but didn't have jedi/lightsaber action to blame. Acolyte was terrible because the writer was stupid and agenda driven. I'm eager to see how Ahoska S2 and Mando movie play out with Thrawn returning with resurrected zombies and *gasp* force sensitive characters.
  6. It may look that way to the informed audience, but from her perspective she's been fighting the Empire since she was a kid. Mother killed, father taken, raised by Saw, she was in Empire labor prison, father killed in R1. She was the only one with the balls to stand up to the Rebel Alliance leadership about 10 minutes before and inspired that crew to go on the rogue mission. So she is kind of the leader of the mission.
  7. I have my tiny violin out again. 6U rec ball semifinal against a stacked, undefeated team coached by two coaches of the select organization affiliated with the league. Besides about 10 bad judgment calls that went their way (can't argue with terrible judgment), we ended an inning because the umpires didn't know the runner interference rules (6.01(a)(11)) and then called ball game with 8 minutes on the clock when we were trailing by 2 with 2 outs on them. League denied to hear a protest.
  8. ...and she probably went directly to the First Order recruitment kiosk.
  9. There was a lot of smoke before the draft about mutual interest between Kobe and the Lakers and he worked out with their players. NBA teams were a little gun shy still about high school players in 1996 (Kevin Garnett was picked #5 in 1995 was the first high schooler drafted in the 1st round in 20 years). Lakers didn't pick until #24 (drafted Derek Fisher). Jerry West probably called every team before them to see who would trade out. They wanted to dump 28 y.o. Vlade Divac to make room to sign Shaq, so they found a sucker in Charlotte that thought Vlade was less risk than a high school player. Vlade pitched a fit and threated to retire which would have voided the trade, but he agreed to it 4 days later.
  10. Cassian and Jyn Erso should have heisted an Imperial shuttle craft when they got out of the tower and booked it instead of holding each other on the beach (even more so now that we know Cassian just orphaned his kid and Bix is going to have to work at space hooters).
  11. His attorneys conceded to the domestic abuse charges for beating the crap out of her multiple times (at least once on camera). Not a lawyer, but forcing her to perform sex acts with a male prostitute might constitute some crimes. Also charged with sex trafficking and racketeering.
  12. What prompted Galen Erso to send his pilot defector with the hologram within days of the Dedra-Lonni-Luthen security compromise? Both things had to happen. If Erso hadn’t, the rebels wouldn’t have put the pieces together that there was the design defect and to go to the data archives on Scarif for the plans. OTOH, if Dedra hadn’t “scavenged”, Lonni hadn’t spied, and Luthen/Kleya/Andor hadn’t got the info to Yavin before Erso sent his hologram to Saw, Saw wouldn’t been like WTF? and leaders on Yavin would’ve been clueless until the first planet got destroyed.
  13. Damn I started watching 30 minutes too late. Came to post “ON PROGRAM, BITCH!”
  14. Pre-lottery mocks offered Derik Queen (C, Maryland) as a big man with the most ball skills in recent drafts that could play 5 if we want to use bigger lineups.
  15. Rian Johnson is guest director and he has Luthen second guessing himself and crying, when he accidentally gets landed on by an x-wing. Splat. Fin.
  16. I assume it was more likely post-Luka trade and Mavericks landing in the lottery, when the black hats got together they decided to award #1 to Dallas.
  17. I remember the public backlash of Paul to Lakers being more universal across the country (especially with optics of NBA owning the Pelicans) than the recent Luka to Lakers deal. It sat there for a little while, then the NBA canceled it and turned around and sent him to the other LA franchise.
  18. The 1984 Olajuwon/Jordan draft was the last of the "coin flip" era before the lottery. It was Houston vs. Portland (who owned Indiana's pick). It was probably corrupt that NBA said Houston won assuming they'd pick Olajuwon. 1985 was the first lottery with the "frozen envelope" where the Knicks got Ewing. They went to weighted lottery odds after 1990. Some of the most anticipated #1 picks since were: Shaq (Orlando had 15% odds) - Trying to help new franchise/market? Chris Webber (Orlando had 1.5% odds) - Trying to build a powerhouse with Shaq? Tim Duncan (Spurs had 21% odds) - Seemed destined to Celtics. San Antonio is an odd choice to be an NBA darling Yao Ming (Rockets had 9% odds) - Decent Asian population in Houston, uniforms are still Chinese-influenced, but if that was the reason it's odd because Warriors had top 3 odds that lottery. Lebron (Cleveland had 22% odds) - Obvious place to put him, expecting him to be the anointed super star anywhere AD (New Orleans had 14% odds) - Trying to keep Pelicans from folding or relocating again Wiggins (Cleveland had 1.7% odds) - Pairing a star with Lebron so he could win (pick traded for Kevin Love) Simmons (Philly had 25% odds) - 76ers coach was former Australian national team coach Zion (NO had 6% odds) - Thanks to NO for trading AD to Lakers Wemby (Spurs had 14% odds) - Spurs/Pop had become darlings by now, and had a huge French following due to Tony Parker Flagg (Dallas had 1.8% odds) - Thanks for trading Luka to Lakers, need to calm the Dallas pitchforks Definite room for conspiracy theory on most/all of them.
  19. I’m a casual who reads summaries and box scores but only watches about 10 games a year. Has Jalen shown much improvement year to year? He’s an incredible athlete that can go off for a game then disappear for multiple games, while not making his teammates better. That same trend showed up in the playoffs. He seems like the type who should be alpha dog on a shitty team and put up great fantasy stats.
  20. Nick seems to believe that giving players what they want on their contract will translate to better results on the field. I thought it was dumb to restructure Stephon Diggs's deal (Buffalo ate the $21.5m signing bonus, so Texans had him for 4 years @ $18m/yr (but only $3.5m in 2025 guaranteed, so they could've cut him at any time)) and Nick just added that $3.5m from 2025 to 2024 and voided the last 3 years. They gave Joe Mixon an extension after he was about to be cut by the Bengals and he would've been in a contract year in 2024 (expect max effort and results).
  21. It was like a more destructive version of fracking. Sorry your planet’s destroyed, bro.
  22. FVV already got his bag and was grossly overpaid relative to his performance the past two seasons. We overpaid because we had cap space and wanted a veteran PG. Hopefully (LOL yeah right) FVV and his agent can be reasonable based on the money he already got and how much he'd likely bring on the free agent market. The only teams with significant cap space are Detroit, Brooklyn (who may get Giannis?), Philly, San Antonio, and New Orleans. Would any of those teams want to sign FVV for $30m? Would he prefer playing for one of those teams vs. staying with the Rockets? Hit the google and there are multiple articles about how screwed free agents are this offseason, and even the really good fringe-allstar guys may get offers in the $20-22m/yr range. FVV could FAFO if he plays hardball and end up taking some team's mid-level exception. Houston may not be able to trade FVV unless it's before June 29 as salary filler (receiving team would just decline his option), because I doubt any other team will want to pay him $45m+trade kicker and I doubt FVV would agree to a sign-and-trade at <$25m/yr. I guess Houston could lie to him, resign him closer to market value then turn around and trade him.
  23. It would be interesting if someone combined the mature edginess of Andor with Jedi/Sith content instead of cheese dialogue and questionable plot lines.
  24. ESPN or Athletic or someone had an article the day after Houston was eliminated and said FVV’s projected street value would be in the $20-25m/yr range (thus, no way should the Rockets exercise that team option). With extensions to Amen, maybe Jabari and Eason, looming I don’t know if I’d even give FVV 3/$90.
  25. Was the kalkite for a lens? I thought it was an energy source (maybe to get the Death Star to light speed?), and the khyber crystals are to generate the laser, but I'm only a 7/10 on sw nerd scale.
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