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Loch Ness Monster

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  1. The anti-vax people I know are some mix of GED for high school, scared of needles, or skeptical of the government. A few have shared with me some vaccine horror story they saw on Facebook.
  2. New line from the anti-vax crowd is the government rushed the FDA approval. "Do you know most FDA approvals take five years?"
  3. US locks up more of its citizens than any country in the world. FREEDOM
  4. Surprised the states with poor education rank at the bottom.
  5. Was reading the Giannis backstory. His family was evicted four or five times before he was 12 years old. Went to bed hungry a lot of nights as a kid. When Russell Westbrook said he became successful just making it out of the hood it makes you think.
  6. Nah if I was a superstar I would probably do the same thing. 1) Most casuals simply ask how many rings?! Context or surrounding talent goes over their head. 2) Wouldn't have to live in Indiana or Oklahoma or insert other small/medium market
  7. OKC has like 21 first rounders. Will they find the next Kevin Durant? Probably not and after a certain point you are as good as your best player. Even if they do - if he's American he'll go to Southern Cal, NY, or Miami after 6 or 7 years.
  8. Trump freed all the Taliban prisoners, allowed them to arm, promised not to attack them for 14 months, and gave them a concrete timeline for a withdrawal. I don't think he's a culpable as Bush and Cheney, but he F'd up the withdrawal and turned it into an unconditional surrender. Not exactly sure why 5-10k American citizens are roaming around Afghanistan when the Taliban were supposed to take over months ago.
  9. We're American citizens being held for months at gunpoint in Afghanistan against their will? Taliban we're supposed to take over May 1.
  10. Why did we spend over a trillion dollars in Afghanistan again? Another pointless war.
  11. I love Marcus Smart but he's thrown his body around recklessly since he came into the league. Wouldn't be surprised at all if his body starts to slowly break down and that contract looks horrible in 18 months. People in Boston seem to think Brad Stevens is a genius but no idea why. Not like he's in a small market doing more with less. It's a city with 17 NBA championships before he joined in 2013.
  12. J Kidd quotes from Giannis bio: "Naturally a winner. He's a competitive motherfucker," says Chris Copeland. "He was like a professor. Instead of telling you what to do, he engages you, empowers you, by asking, 'What do you see?' " says Jason Terry, Bucks guard from 2016-2018 who also played for Kidd in Brooklyn in 2014. "He'd just brutalize people," says another player. "There's plenty of teammates that I had that didn't like him, not as just as a coach but a person." - No name given "I think he may have had rocky relationships with a lot of players. But one thing he did was laid the foundation of a winning team. Sometimes the way he went about it, he was an asshole, but I think it paid off in the long run." - Johnny O'Bryant Bucks forward from 2014-2016 "I don't want to sound negative. Kidd would embarrass the culprit of an error by making everyone but that person run sprints for his mistake. He had his way of getting his point across." - Brandon Knight "Kidd poured hours into helping Giannis but was less sympathetic with other players. I don't think he could identify with the average player. There's a reason Hall of Famers are Hall of Famers. I think he would take it out on other players and verbally go at them. Why can't you be as good as Jason Kidd? Film sessions were humiliating. He was hard on a lot of guys because his IQ was so much higher than everybody. "
  13. If I heard the Taliban were gonna be running things after May 1st seems like you would do everything in your power to GTFO months ago.
  14. My cousin, who is 42 was in the hospital for two weeks with covid. His wife did get vaccinated recently but his two brothers still refuse to get the shot. One mentioned, "do you know its not FDA approved?"
  15. Patrick Surtain had an interception today. Definitely looks the part. Glad Parsons is flashing as well.
  16. If Josh Green is gonna work out- really comes down to his 3 point shooting. 4 makes out of 25 attempts in his rookie year. Shot it at 36% in 1 college season. Reading the Giannis bio. Haven't got to Jason Kidd talk yet.
  17. Luckily Jaylon will probably be a backup. Yeah, Cowboy fans called the Nahshon Wright selection horrific and he looks like a real player. Most draft gurus had him as an undrafted player. Trysten Hill and Connor Williams = busts?
  18. Just never know even if they hit their ceiling. D Rose won the MVP at 22 and then his career goes off the tracks. Victor Oladipo was amazing for a spell then injuries killed him.
  19. Cade has the higher floor but Jalen Green has the higher ceiling is my thought. Some super athletic guys have an injury and then their career derails but gambling seems like the right move. Usually teams go the safe route ie Suns taking Ayton over Luka.
  20. Fired the GM to appease Luka? Nah its because the GM had done a bad job the last decade outside of recognizing the 18 year old Euro MVP was a player. Signing KP to the max right away with no injury protections killed the Mavs short term championship hopes. Literally stuck until KP's contract comes off the books. Still think they make the 2nd round this season though. Another thing that hurt the Mavs was thinking cap space was the be all end all. Miami and others have proven you can easily create cap space when needed.
  21. At least last week the Bulls were wanting a 1st rounder. Mavs would need to trade one of their big men as well. Mavs could really use Dragic but seems the Raptors will hold him hostage until the trade deadline.
  22. Mavs have to roll with KP at least another year and hope he regains some value. He fell off a cliff on defense last season but was coming off another knee injury. Surrounding Luka with shooters and guys that can play a little defense on reasonable contracts is not a bad move.
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