Although the Denver Nuggets are a good team, the Spurs are a team that knows how to win. They have a winning culture under Coach Gregg Popovich but only lack talent because they are composed of young guns who, at the same time, play hard.
No offense to San Antonio Spurs fans but I don't take that win against the heavy favorite Denver Nuggets. It's just another usual upset game this season. Spurs won not because they know how to win with the influence of the winning culture you are referring to about Coach Pops, but rather just play the usual basketball and give their best. The Spurs are currently in tanking phase and somehow in the process of rebuilding the team mostly by their own draft players and not by getting a big fish in free agency. In my own honest view though, Coach Pops should let other coaches he can consider and trust, handle the new San Antonio Spurs. Not that he will totally leave the organization but rather it's just that the new generation should be handled by a new generation coach too. I know others will disagree with it but Coach Pops' system is really just effective during the prime years of the team when he handled it. I think it's more on the mindset of this young guys, a positive reinforcement for them that they can win games against the best teams out there if they will just put the effort, so I guess this is a what we call morale booster win for the young Spurs. Yeah, same view here, respect for Coach Pops to stay this long in the NBA, however, it seems that maybe, this era is very different from what Coach Pop use to be and so his style might be outdated, just saying. |
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We cant really make out some conclusive approach that Inoue does have a huge advantage on here, we should really be thinking that this is a different weight division which means
that it is really that different but we know that changes in weight isnt really that much of an issue since it is really that impossible that Inoue wont really be making out some adjustment.
Both camps wont really be that confident considering that there's too much hype on this fight considering that Inoue is the favorite.
Not much adjustment is needed for Inoue here as he doesn't increase in weight a lot, and I'm pretty sure he's still comfortable with the super bantamweight division. Maybe in a higher weight division we should be concerned, but not here. It's just peanuts for Inoue, as his power is going to destroy Fulton if he wants to prove that he can beat Inoue and will go toe-to-toe. I agree, the weight difference between bantamweight and super bantamweight is very slim, and since Inoue is a natural bantamweight, it's his first time moving up, so there should be no significant problems. I'm sure he can manage any minor issues and be 100% fit once the fight is scheduled. It's just 4 pounds to be exact and I reckon that the weight difference is the least of their problem for now because if that is the case then I bet we are already hearing some news about it. There's two ways, first is he might add to his weight to become more buffed and there's no need to add because 122 is his original and natural weight. Frankly that's one the reasons why Inoue had to leave 118 because knew that the time will come where Inoue is not anymore fitting at 118. Well it can be muscle mass or just water weight, all Inoue will do is drink water and that's it, won't be a problem for him making weight. And with that it will be his advantage to be real, as there will be no problems on his side making 122 lbs. And then once he is fully rehydrated, all the leverage and power will be in full display here. So no need to be concern on his weight at super bantamweight. |
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but I'm no longer sure about Shiba, I see Shiba Inu as playing with all its holders, besides that I see Shiba Inu as needing investors who have the most wealth like Elon Musk, without any tweets from Elon Musk then this Shiba doesn't mean anything. well, thus in my opinion the shiba inu is not worth holding for a long time
This is a DOGE thread btw though both of them are just depending on a hype and without it we cannot expect them to pump that much. DOGE might find its utility by being accepted by many merchants especially with Tesla, I don’t think its enough to pump its price though it is still possible in the next bull run since everything can happen in an instant and we don’t know how the whale works. Yup, anything can happen, especially if there's money that flowing around. We can't conclude what the future will bring as we witness the pump when the bulls how it's dominance before. It can be a repeated scenario inside the market or maybe it won't happen again, but the fact that there are still investors and traders who support Doge. We really can't tell if we may see it going to the moon or it will remain the same. And there is only one person that can pump Doge and that is Elon Musk. We've seen how powerful his influence to the Doge market during it's huge run in the bull run. Actually not only Doge but Elon put a lot of buying pressure on Bitcoin as well. But we will have to see, it seems the Elon is very quite now as far as his support to Doge. And who knows, maybe when he starts to shill again this coin, many are going to follow him and repeat what had happen before. |
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Hello everyone! Today bitcoin went below 20k and it will probably go even lower I share my opinion on why it will happen. Not too long ago I wrote a post about the best time to invest in bitcoin/crypto and this moment still didn't come. I was saying this before and I will say it again: bitcoin will go down and it MIGHT even go lower than 15k. Disclaimer: I'm not trying to be bearish or say that bitcoin is bad and you shouldn't buy it. I still think that DCA is the best tactic to choose in any circumstance. So keep buying bitcoin, it is the future of money and great technology. But my opinion is that right now it's not the best time to buy bitcoin and it will go lower because of some reasons. The main reasons for me are that the inflation is still too high, the economy is suffering and rates are still high. There is also a statistical fact that all previous times when FED pivots happened, the economy dipped even lower and found a new bottom. We still didn't see this fallout so it's safe to assume that it's coming. Latest statistics also showed that inflation is higher than expected and FED could start hiking rates once again. My advice will be to wait until FED will start lowering rates which will mean that the economy will start recovering and money will flow into crypto and bitcoin. Anyway, keep safe and don't panic, we will get through it.  The initial prediction of bitcoin price on bearish has not reached, different users with different prediction have been said here and other boards, some predicted that bitcoin will reach as low as 10$ or below. One thing I also discovered in the rapid coming down of bitcoin price more faster than when it is going up. Remember in last year the price was in 15$ for weeks before it climb up again. So reaching 15$ again is not a new thing for bitcoin legends. The best time to invest on bitcoin now and then lower price to come. Then to come is only of the buyer is ready to be patient because the movement of the downward might be slow. We are still much in the bearish state, so we need to take into account that the price "might" go lower or we might see another lower lows. I don't think that we need for the FED and see them pivot some data. It's better to just invest on whatever capacity we can. DCA or buying if you have the capital, then it's all good. And with buying anytime, you have total control of it. What I mean is that we should look in the future, in the next bull run and see how investment right now could grow overtime. |
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^^ Yes, it was very obvious that Loma's ambition is to be ea unified champion ever since he step up in the ring. As for the source, Paulie M? I mean there are a lot of former boxers that have their own opinion on this fight, and for me Paulie is not a good source of info, just saying.
Loma has been telling this to the public ever since he step up in pro boxing, so there is no surprises here. It was just he lost to Teo Lopez and then had a rough time specially with the war in the background in his native country.
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Good player or not, it always have risks. A team might have a developing player, choose to trade because of how long he took to develop himself and when he got traded, that's the time where his skill got unlocked and he became an all-star. For this one, the Suns risked it all, traded Bridges, Johnson and some picks for KD because their door on winning a championship is slowly closing. CP3 is almost past on his prime already. If they will not win a title this season or next season, expect some huge changes with the team and that includes possible trading some of their core players like Booker, Ayton, and even Durant. Well, that's the risk that the Suns took. The only question now is, will the risk that they took be rewarded with a title. The Suns for sure will clinch the playoffs, and we expect him to come back at the start of the playoffs at least, so we will see him playing his debut game on the home during the playoffs.  Absolutely. There is always a chance of a player getting injured regardless of whether him being a really good one or not. The point I am trying to make is when the player is a big one, a team generally tends to spend a lot of money or resources to get him in. So, when any team tries to bring in a really good player the stakes are high. I do have high hopes for the Suns. I believe they should be able to do it without Kevin Durant. At least they can get to the playoffs. They still have Booker and CP3 and Ayton, it's just the question if this trio is enough. They used to have Bridges playing point as well and then Cam as sort of their defensive specialist and in which they exchange to get KD. And to be fair, KD doesn't want to get injured again, not in this way. But it's an accident, no one wanted to see it happen, it's a big blow to the Suns, but they have to accept it now and then move forward, re-assessed the team and make adjustments again. |
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Yes, it could be, but what if both fighters have winning streak as well? Then where we will base out betting? So it's better to look at the age difference or who is it's prime or not. Although it can be negated, but at least this factor should be taken into consideration.
That is the struggle for us bettors because there is no fight that is already guaranteed, we are just basing on their chances and some other factors that we should take into consideration that could somehow play an important role to their upcoming fight. However, in this case, both of them came out from a win but with a different streaks and that could mean something. Yes, it will be a complete struggle to us, because even if Haney seems to be the overwhelming favorite, it's not a guarantee because again, there are outside factors that can be considered too like the mentality or how strong are their minds. And if that doesn't help, then perhaps we could somehow compare their recent performances from their previous fights as we could find something that could help us to figure things out.
And with that, we might have different factors to consider and we as bettors should figure it out, to the best of our knowledge following this two great boxers. Or just be emotional and pick or favorite boxers. |
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On 2017, when Tether keeps on printing, it had made the speculation that it's injecting those printed USDT to bitcoin. And that's why if that happens that it unpegs or depegs to its mother value which is the USD then we might see the sudden correction of the market.
So, that means that bitcoin's price will go down and the entire market will just follow bitcoin then with their prices.
And as for the best strategy to do, that is to buy those cheap bitcoins that's possible to be seen and that is only if you still have that enthusiasm about the market because I'll still have it.
Yeah, there could be a problem with Tether de-pegs, I think the main issues with them is that a bank run. Meaning if many of us withdraw our Tether it might collapse for that reason. And then we have the regulators also in their tail as early as 2017-2018 because of that fears and yet Tether stood their ground. So they can either influence the price of bitcoin negatively/positively. It's not a direct manipulation though, but if the price de-peg, for sure there will be consequences and it's going to be bad, in my opinion. |
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I wasn't able to stay up to watch the press conference live because it's like 3:00 AM here when it started, (I just saw Ryan being interviewed alone and then I took a nap).
Their face-off was something you expected because both of them are full of confidence to be the winner in this fight and they cannot stop their trash-talking because this is badly needed to gather as much support as their need for their upcoming fights. though they don't really need that because they are already popular, trash-talking is the most anticipated thing to watch before they step in the ring to fuel their rivalry and excite the fans. they have been calling each other for a fight and now that they finally have the schedule, it will be a total war for these two, and fans from their both respective countries are expectedly the loudest at the stadium. And the reason why Ryan as just the one person being interviewed in this fight at the supposedly press con time? it's because it was reported that Tank Davis was late for almost 2 hours. Not sure if that is intentional or what or maybe he is trying to play mind games and telling that he is the A-side in this fight. Nevertheless, Lol, rehydration clause? I know that it's becoming the norm for some fight and this could be the contention that fights fall because it's too much. But Ryan Garcia gave to their demands and probably the ring size too could favor or at least the camp of Davis wanted a bigger or small size. |
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The opportunity to touch $ 80k is of course very open because we have only been 3 months this year, there are still 9 months and many things can happen in 9 months, in 2021 prices have risen more than 200% in 7 months and hundreds of percent increase has been happened before so that leaves me in no doubt that this year the price could touch $80k
There is no need to doubt the increase in the price of Bitcoin, but some people still doubt the current market conditions, which are very different from market conditions in 2021. So for this year, everyone hopes that there will be more people willing to buy Bitcoin and hold it so that there is little leverage to push the price up even though it won't go straight to the latest ATH in this year. The price you said is still very far for Bitcoin to reach because now Bitcoin is back in the range of $21K so Bitcoin requires an increase of up to 300% to be in the range of $80K and that is clearly not easy for Bitcoin in the current conditions although I also have no doubts about the potential of an asset like Bitcoin. And now the price is on a decline, making the $80k prediction very hard to reach. Yes, the opportunity might be open as it is too early as we just start this year. But let's be realistic that we are in the bear market, which means the price will still decline no matter what. And that 300% increased? yeah it won't be very easy and again, in cases that we could do that, it should be in the bull run which is very far in my opinion. We need that one event, the catalyst for a bull run which is the bitcoin block halving. And it is schedule to happen somewhere in the last week of April and first week of May, still very far. |
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A couple games to watch tonight on TNT. First up is the grizzlies and the Warriors, which I think without Ja Morant is going to be a landslide victory for the warriors. Then you have the kings versus the Knicks, which is somewhat unusual for a TNT televised game. You don’t get to see the kings on national TV very often so I might have to watch that one.
Warriors though are a bad team on the road, and even if Curry is back on the floor, they have a back to back loses already. On the other hand, without Ja Morant it will be very difficult for the Memphis to win, and probably they suffer mental fatigue as well with all the issues in front of them right now. Knicks vs Sacramento, gonna be a good one, so I think it deserved to be televised as this is two of the hottest team right now. Knicks winning streak has been broken though, while the Sacramento Kings trying to solidify their 2nd spot position behind Denver Nuggets. |
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What new things can we expect from him? I thought he had won all his fights after his defeat against Teofimo Lopez, which means he is still the same Loma who uses technical skills in the ring. Haney should be ready for Loma, although he looks strong, Loma is always prepared to face anyone, whether the favorite to win or the underdog.
He fought worse opponents after his defeat to Lopez probably as a confidence booster but he is not the fighter he was at his prime you can see how slow he is and how he has lost his agility. He used to change the angle of his shots regularly but he fights without that Loma flair he had at his prime. He is still a good boxer but he is not on Haney level. I want Loma to win and I thought he would at first but looking at videos Haney will probably knock him out. I don't think he fought worse opponents, he did fight Nakatani, a fighter that gave Lopez hell in their fight, and even Lopez Sr acknowledge that. But as you pointed out, a out of prime Loma gave Nakatani a beating. And then he goes after a former champion in his next fight, Richard Commey, and then destroy him as well. Maybe he is already shot when he fought a young and upcoming boxer in Ortiz, but he still won that fight. So we shall see if he is no longer in his prime against Haney, and maybe this will be his excuse after he loss the fight. That's a good point. We should examine if he is not in his prime anymore because, from what I can see, he is still fighting like he is in his prime. The thing is, when a boxer is no longer undefeated, people tend to think that he is not exciting to watch anymore or that he is out of his prime. However, later on, we come to realize that his losing experience made him a better fighter. I think that focusing on things like "prime" is very dangerous when betting. People are different, for some their prime starts a few years later and others start their prime a few years sooner. So both fighters could be exactly the same age but one of them has already progressed further into their late-prime than the other. Thats really the reason that I do not like to add age into the equation unless there is a 5+ year difference at the very least. And even then I would be careful. Biology differs for all kinds of fighters. I tend to go on experience and winning streaks. Those two variables fit better into the equation. Yes, it could be, but what if both fighters have winning streak as well? Then where we will base out betting? So it's better to look at the age difference or who is it's prime or not. Although it can be negated, but at least this factor should be taken into consideration. And that's why in fantasy games, we wanted to let's say put a prime X fighter against a prime Y fighter because that will be the perfect fight and see who will come on top because that is their best version. So maybe here Loma but not be in his best version, just saying. |
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^^ Yes, that is only one thing if you started at a weight class of like 168-175 lbs, you have to clean up your division first because you can only go as high as you body will allow you to. Unlike those who have started in much lower class, then can go to 5 division up and become a champion.
Yes, he is taller than Bivol but you can see his body is very different. Bivol seems to be natural 175 lbs, but he says he can go down to 168 lbs. While David physique is somewhat different in my opinion, if he will add pounds to his body, it seems to be more on his "stomach" and not pure muscle. Even at 168 lbs he is more weight around his belly.
That got me curious too because I'm thinking what is David's natural weight these days, it seems to me that he is just forcing his body to shrink at 168 even though it looks like that he is more suitable at 175. At 168, he is already bloated and not that fit like the guys who got a natural weight at 168 like Canelo and Plant. But anyway, too much on the speculation side as we will probably get the answers on our mind soon enough. Now, let's focus on David vs Caleb fight. I know there are many people rooting for David and that includes me, but I cannot really disregard Caleb's talent in the ring as the guy also got a good IQ what to do once he's inside dancing with a foe. Yeah, with how he looks like right, not sure if he can bulk it up to 175 lbs without losing any power or at least he can still punch as he might shows some of being slow already. But let's see, he has a lot of ambitions and it seems his first take is against Canelo. So most likely, if he win this fight against Caleb he will insert his name against Alvarez again. He doesn't have the control though, Canelo is not keen on fighting boxers who doesn't deserve a paycheck against him, specially if he will be a threat to his 168 lbs. So it might take some time for David to have his time against Canelo, as he have a schedule tune up with Ryder and then maybe Bivol next. |
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In this fight,I expect to see something new from Loma.He has been appearing in the media quite a bit lately and I hope that he will prepare a big surprise for his fans, Loma knows how to surprise in the ring.He needs a resounding victory to talk about him again and I I think he will succeed.
What new things can we expect from him? I thought he had won all his fights after his defeat against Teofimo Lopez, which means he is still the same Loma who uses technical skills in the ring. Haney should be ready for Loma, although he looks strong, Loma is always prepared to face anyone, whether the favorite to win or the underdog. Good point, if everything that we should expect, it might be that he will be better that his last outing. I mean with the Ortiz fight, we says that it was a different Loma that we have saw, and we have our own speculations as why he performed like that, specially the effects of the war in him, in his psychology. Nevertheless, he took the win and most likely knows what the people is saying specially his critics after that fight. So he must prepared 110% against Haney because it's going to be a different fight, specially that the unified belts is on the line here. But we all know that great and elite boxers rise to the occasion in this fight of high level fight and that could be the case of Loma here. |
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That Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns game might have been the best game of the year. Entertaining down to the wire and I’m glad the Suns got the win. Booker talking smack to Luka with 3 seconds left when they secured the sun was pretty weak, but still a great game.
Funny that Giannis gave himself a rebound at the end of the Bucks game for a triple double.
In any case though, still a good game between the two, superstars in both side carry their team, but in the end it was Durant and Booker for the Suns, 37 and 36 respectively. And then that Luka missed, as they could tie the score that time. As for the trashtalk, Booker has been trashtalking everyone I guess. And maybe he can forget what Luka did to them last year in the playoffs that he took it personally. And when he see that they are taking the W, then he has to make Luka pay for it. |
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Regardless if there is controversy on the score, I think Mark Magsayo lost this one in our eyes
- he didn't fix the issue on his stamina
- bad strategy of keep on holding, first time to see him doing that
- distance, he try to counter but it seems he can't find the distance, majority of his shots are not hitting when the try to counter and that could really led him to being tired late in the rounds
- we said that weight is not an issue when he scale more than the desired weight, but it seems it has affected him as well
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That specific fight made Thurman waste a couple of years and if only he didn't get inactive, he could've been a champion and redeem his loss towards another boxer. But it is what it is, now he is up against a man whom he did rejected few years back.
^ Had he been more active and not suffered that setback, he may have been able to become a champion and redeem himself against other opponents. As for Thurman rejecting a fight against a certain boxer in the past, that is also a common occurrence in the sport of boxing. Boxers and their teams have to carefully consider their options and choose the fights that make the most sense for them at any given time. It is possible that Thurman made a decision that he felt was best for his career at the time, and there is no way to know if that decision was right or wrong in retrospect. The sport of boxing is full of unpredictable twists and turns, and fighters must be able to adapt and overcome challenges in order to achieve success. We will have to wait and see how Thurman fares in his upcoming fights and whether he can make a comeback to the top of the sport. I am with Thurman anyway. I agree, he was once the top dog of this division, fighting the best in them and beating them all, until he got injured himself, and he was not the same anymore. So we can't blame him not fighting Spence prior, even if Spence call him our not. During that time, Spence is just coming up in the ranks and so just making a name for himself but he had the sight on Thurman as he call him out. But that unfortunate event in Thurman is that he didn't fight Spence when he was in his prime and Spence coming up as a new comer and maybe they treat him as no one that time. But now it's different, Spence is the champion and Thurman is no longer the champion. That's how things went and now they finally meeting each other it's a matter of the name behind no belt to risk but purely for the sake of entertainment and for those fans who are aiming to see who's going to be the best between these two great fighters, I personally see that if ever Thurman make an upset, he will negotiate and maybe a possibility to call for Crawford for a title belt, Else, Spence will be ready to go for a rematch and give Thurman a chance for a title match opportunities. I bet Thurman was disappointed to himself because it took him almost 3 years before he gets active again as a lot of things has happened in the industry mainly in the welterweight division when he got inactive to the industry and one of those things is that the boxers that are holding the belts now are not that easy to defeat especially in his situation where he's still pulling himself together to adjust. Still too early to talk about other the what if's in the future because it's not that yet clear whether he can weather Spence or not. He make a lot of wrong moves, in my opinion, First, he made a comeback against one of the toughest gate keeper in that division, which is Josesito Lopez, it was a wrong between them and Thurman was hurt that time. And I think they made a hasty comeback as well, and second, then he fought Manny, which he think he can win easy. And after his lost, he was gone into oblivion never heard from him again, go back to being a boxing commentator/analyst. And then third, makes another comeback against Mario Barrios, but it was just an average performance. And between those, as you have said, many things have change, the landscape becomes just a 2 fighter belt, held by Spence and Bud Crawford. |
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We are a few days out from UFC 285 and the main event is Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane.
I think Jon Jones is going to win this fight comfortably and is a deserved favourite going in.
Although Jones is 18kg (almost 40 pounds) lighter, he has a much longer reach advantage.
I have watched a lot of Ciryl and to be honest I wasn't very impressed. He struggled against Ngannou and was dropped by Tuivasa.
I think Jon Jones makes a statement and may even submit Gane.
I'm curious on what everybody else thinks.
Please post your predictions below.
I'm surprised by your prediction Jnes makes a statement by submitting Ciryl Gane, it is one of the easiest fights I've seen in the heavyweight division, Jones did not even get a sweat, and Gane did not even offer resistance, not the kind of fight I want to see on Gane, it did not live up to my expectation and I guess all the fans, I'm sure Jones has a huge advantage but I don't think he can win this fight so easily. I love to see UFC make an offer to Ngannou for a one-time fight because Ngannou is the lineal champion. At first though it looks like the choke is not that deep, but replay shows otherwise, you can look at Gane's face and you can clearly see he is on pain with Jones putting him to sleep. And the way he take him down, his just like the LHW version, very agile and yet can take anyone if he wanted to just like that. I do agree, end for discussion as who is the best in this generation. |
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Couple of upsets tonight:
Bucks losing to Philly, ending their winning streak. Joel Embiid put a sensational defense on Giannis in the fourth quarter and then together with Harden, outscored them in the final quarter, 48-31.
Sacramento losing to the Wolves - very close game between the two, but Anthony Edwards and former Utah Mike Conley seal the win for them Wolves.
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As others have pointed out, Solana has been done several times since it's existence. So they are not failure resistant. But there could be projects that runs <100%.
And if I'm not mistaken, LTC for example is 100% and Bitcoin at 99.98%.
Probably there is no perfect blockchain or failure resistance project specially those that are centralized like Solana.
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