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No. Reed Sheppard backed out. If the best we have to offer are refusing to play then what is the point of this lopsided series? It can’t be profitable is it?

Just saw on twitter that Owen Barnes has transferred from Danville to Mercer County.

So what will it take for this game to be canceled and never played again? At this point discussions need to be had on whether or not to continue this series.

I’m too old now. My body won’t allow me to be as competitive as I would like to be. Lol.

I’ve never understood what he did to make people hate him so much. He’s not my favorite and I’ll rarely defend him. I just don’t understand what he has done to all these people that hate him. I like him way more than I ever liked MJ. That’s for sure. MJ is the 🐐 and I’ll forever take Kobe over both of them.

This is the part of the new era of basketball that I don’t like. I hate seeing guys who are capable of physically and skillfully dominating down low do their best KD imitations.(Giannis, Joel, LeBron) They fall in love with the three and playing on the perimeter when they could crush everyone down low. Instead of taking 6-8 three pointers just take 2-4 and use those other possessions down low dominating in the paint. Drives me nuts to see them keep shooting from deep when their shot ain’t falling at the time. The Lakers went from up 2-3 points to down 3-5 points because LeBron kept shooting threes. Drove me nuts.

I’m mentally prepared for a Nuggets title. I hadn’t been. That reality is slowly settling in. The Lakers have an extremely small margin of error to avoid getting swept. Game 3 is going to be close. The spread is -5.5 Lakers at the moment. If I could gamble legally I’d be betting on Denver to at least cover. The spread at tip will be interesting. LeBron is old. Father Time is whipping him. If he is incapable of being efficient consistently then this series won’t last long. His inefficiency was one of the things that cost the Lakers the game last night. Crazy as it sounds to say but he has to be better immediately if the Lakers still want to have a chance to win the series. I still have hope but my expectations are the lowest they have been for the Lakers this postseason.

As an old head I understand people’s complaints. I have my own. At the end of the day the NBA product is BY FAR the best basketball product on the market. Folks can’t even say college basketball is more entertaining now that the NIL and transfer portal has given us true parity in college basketball. College basketball is garbage nowadays. I’ll always watch the NBA regardless of what they have going on because I want to see the best of the best play and more often than not they put on a show. Especially in the playoffs.

Load management sucks. A causal NBA fan planning to attend an NBA game should plan to go see the team before Christmas and make sure the person you want to see is on the home team. You very well could be wasting money until they shorten the season and make load management useless. As an everyday player of FanDuel I don’t mind load management as much as I used to. Knowing who is going to benefit from people sitting has proven to be profitable.

Great thread. Late to the party but regarding the All Star Weekend and the most views it has ever had. TV ratings are going to be a thing of the past in the newer future. Gauging how popular televised events are going to be measured in social media views more so than TV ratings. As phones continue to reshape the landscape more and more people are using social media to watch highlights and videos of these events. These “views” are now captured as stats and recorded. Mac McClung broke the internet that Saturday night and his dunks from that night alone are some of the most viewed sports clips on social media. So when you hear the NBA or NFL or MLB saying that a particular event was the most viewed ever that is what they are referring to.

For sure. And Yam Yam knows she lied to him about the idol so he’ll be in his feelings about that.

Tough to say because she still needed Carson and without her playing the idol Carson was toast. I did find it funny in the next week’s previews where Lauren is saying that Carolyn is playing clueless when the edit shows that they ignore her immediately when she tries to talk strategy. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Pretty good article with some good shot clock in high school data. “An examination of 137,000 boys basketball scores collected by MaxPreps this season (through Jan. 25) provides little to suggest that scoring and entertainment value go up when the shot clock goes on.In fact, scoring averages are actually higher in states that do not use a shot clock (104.2 combined points per game) than the seven states with a shot clock (101.4 combined points per game).The top nine states in terms of highest combined per game average all play without a shot clock. North Dakota is the highest-scoring timed-possession state at No. 10 on the list.” https://www.maxpreps.com/m/news/pewg4MbmGk6rVQysQMD3dA/numbers-suggest-high-school-basketball-shot-clock-doesn't-necessarily-mean-more-scoring.htm

That’s what I’m talking about!!!!! Cat’s out the bag now. They know she’s a player now.

The world is going to evolve and AI is only going to get bigger, better and stronger. How this affects humans remains to be seen and is a mystery IMO. I don’t feel optimistic about AI leading our futures. It won’t be beneficial to humans IMO.

I read an article saying that up to 300 million jobs could be replaced worldwide by AI. 46% of tasks done by administrative jobs and 44% of tasks done in the legal profession could be replaced. Only 6% in construction and 4% in maintenance. The early numbers support what you are saying.

60 percent of the Girl’s programs in KHSAA voted No to consider adding a shot clock in the 2025-26 season. 57 percent of the Boy’s programs in KHSAA voted No to consider adding a shot clock in the 2025-26 season.

No lies detected.

It used to be easier to filter out what you do and don’t want to see so you don’t get triggered. Once you figure out that part out on Elon’s twitter it’s easier to make your twitter stay more pleasurable.

Man me too. Me too. It lowkey stresses me.

Yeah there is. Bluesky is the only one that has caught my attention. It’s the exclusivity that is driving the attention. Smart marketing tactic. Made by the same guy who made twitter. Jack Dorsey.

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All new puzzles from now on!!! 😂😂😂 Carson has destroyed puzzles like no other!!!

I still have faith in her as long as she has the idol. I feel like at this point they all want to take her to the end because they all still truly ignore her when it comes to strategy.

It’s possible!