Kai Sotto is still in his 20 years of age and surely he needs to build up muscles for other teams to notice him that much this he is bulkier than Golden State's Patrick Baldwin jr. and I think if he could acquire faster momentum and get used to his surrounding he can surely play like Kevin Durant in my opinion, and I think my boy Kai Sotto will surely improve so much because he still has a lot of ceiling to fit up too,
Playing like KD will be too much of an ask for the young guy. First, they play a totally different position. Second, you need to have extreme handling skills to be able to reach KD's level. They may be near in height, but KD is a totally different beast. He already improved a lot based on his recent games. He is not sluggish anymore and has better positioning under the ring. Another year of experience and we may see an NBA level of skills on Kai if he does not stop training and improving his game. The body that he needs will naturally follow if he continues to improve and mature. |
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Someone already made a thread about exactly this news. Obviously its a manipulated lottery. There is no way there could have been that many winners. The chance of winning is about 1 in 29 million. And then we have 433 winners? Cmon.
They should look at the 433 winner network and analyse what and who they are connected to. I think they could find the culprit(s) responsible for the obvious scam.
But who knows, maybe all those people won because of some miraculous event that happens once in the entire lifetime of the human species? Nah. I still remain suspicious. I think there is definitely something fishy going on here.
I am not invalidating your suspicion and as I said before I think an investigation should still be done since a lot of people are suspicious about the result, but come on, how was it impossible to have that many winners? even if you say that the chance of winning is 1 in 29 million it still doesn't change the fact that those people chose the same number, which means all of them had the chance of winning with the same odds of 1 in 29 million which means having that many winners are not impossible. 1 in 29 million is the odds that one winner will get the number. You have to raise that again to 433 since there are 433 winners. That is 1 out of 1 followed by 1224 zeroes that 433 people will win a 6/55 lottery. I agree with goldkingcoiner that they should investigate the network of the winners and find out if there are really manipulation happening in PCSO. I believe there are honest winners out there but that would only be just a handful. |
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Kung matutuloy ang trade na yan, panalong panalo ang lakers diyan. Nakakuha na sila ng reliable center at shooting guard, na unload pa nila si westbrook. Pero pinakabunos talaga dito yung round picks dahil kailangan na kailangan nila ito.
Pero dahil nga hindi naman kagandahan ang naging performance ni Westbrook last season, malamang di rin kunin ng Pacers ang trade na ito. Para sa akin lang, tama lang yung 2 players na trade, kahit wala na yung first round pick para maging mas attractive sa Pacers ang deal na ito.
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Anybody manage to catch the grand finals yesterday for ESL Pro league season 16?
It went the distance so I didn't get to the end of it while it was tied 2-2 for each side.
Then I was off for the rest of the night. I think Team Liquid won it last time I checked in on hltv.
Vitality won the Finals yesterday. They have a big early lead against team liquid. Liquid tried to crawl back into the game forcing Vitality to an eco round. That was a very crucial moment in the match. Have Liquid won that round, they could have turned everything around against Vitality. But Vitality was able to win the eco round with a pair of deagle and an msg which put Liquid in a very deep disadvantage. Vitality never looked back and won the Championship. |
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In terms of hiring new Naturalized player, Brownlee is the one that being push to get that position, though unlike Blanche who really have the height and the impact inside and outside but chemistry wise he might bring good lifting help to work side by side with Clarkson, we do have Fajardo, Kai and Aguilar who can run with these two offensive attackers to support the rim and bring offensive rebounds.
Though it might need more time to create a system letting everyone to jive with each other's game, but talent wise if coach will take time to really focus with the nationals we can reestablished the name that we already created as Asia's one of the top basketball athlete.
Indeed we have great pool of talents now that Clarkson and Kai will be able to play with us for the FIBA World Cup. And with the talents that pba have, they can create a very competitive team to compete in 2023. The problem now is only on having enough time to practice and gain chemistry together. We've seen this past year that a roughly put together team, even with great talents, will not be competitive enough. We are being beaten by our neighbouring countries that we used to bully in basketball before. Luckily, PBA is willing to have shorter conference to make way for Gilas practice in route to 2023 FIBA World cup. That should put enough time to drill in to the players the plays the coach will instill and develop chemistry among the players. |
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I think a lot of people are. I'm actually rooting for this kid and hopes he makes it in tes of getting his head together. I like that Nash said he doesn't care if he never shoots. I know he doesn't mean it but shows at least the organization is behind him. With Durant amd kyrie on the court he doesn't need to shoot much at all.
I guess that's the big difference with his previous team, he now have reliable teammates offensive wise. Durant and Kyrie already have enough fire power to overwhelm their opponents. His role will focus mainly on facilitating, slashing, and defending. That is a great relief on his side that there is no pressure for him to hit it outside. But for personal and career development, he should develop that part of his game. It will be useful later in his career when his athleticism starts to decline. 3 points and perimeter shots will give so much value in his game. He will not be a 1 dimensional player and opponents will have a harder time defending him. He would be less predictable. |
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I also love how Sotto played, he scored a double-digit and was effective on the court.
He is given some minutes now unlike his first year on the team. And it is good that he is showing up and not wasting the opportunity to show his talent with the minutes the coach has given him. I hope he continues his good performance since NBL has started its regular season as well. Tomorrow, Philadelphia 76ers vs Brooklyn Nets. Awkward.  Well, it will happen eventually but the big question. Is Simmons ready to face his former team? I heard news that his debut as a Nets will be this preseason game against the 76ers. We will see. Definitely, one of the best pre-season games we should watch and the most awkward one. Ben Simmons needs to do well on this one if he doesn't want to get roasted in the pre-season. Man! if don't do good enough, the roast will never stop from here. That's just one of the pressure he has in his pocket right now, he needs to make it an inspiration to shut down all of his critics and to continue to improve in his own way. anyway, does he really gonna play tomorrow? I do not expect anything from Ben Simmons right now. It's been a long time since he played professional basketball. Heck, I don't even remember the last time he played. It feels like it was ages ago. There is bound to be some rust in his gameplay for not playing so long. But that should go away as the season progress. |
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Tomorrow, Philadelphia 76ers vs Brooklyn Nets. Awkward. Well, it will happen eventually but the big question. Is Simmons ready to face his former team? I heard news that his debut as a Nets will be this preseason game against the 76ers. We will see. Is this for real now? Is he really ready to go back to the court? If this is playing in the sixer's homecourt, it would be nice to see how the sixers fans will react in Simons finally playing. Adelaide 36ers won against the Phoenix Suns in their first preseason.
Wow! Craig Randall II scored an enormous 35 points showing some great skills to the crowd.
What a shame for a title contender to be defeated on that match but this will be good to their organization to know their lapses because having that bad run together with team outside NBA is needed to be correct by their management. There is nothing to be ashamed of. It is only a preseason game. At most, it is just a warm-up and to see how the new members of the roster will play and iron kinks in their play before the regular season starts. |
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Yeah, good job on how he performed. Ginebra is using him just the way that he has been taken by them, a good catch as usual by Ginebra. On Wednesday, it's exciting, Bay Area Dragons versus SMB.
Finally, let see if how the defending champ will take pride against the visiting team. Though it's just the meeting but if I remember it right the format is a single round so it's a must win for them, I would love to see how my favorite team will impress us, the fans are surely waiting for this moment to see if the Dragon is really tough as they are showing according in their current standing. It's SMB debut so expect to see exciting flows coming from the heavyweights, joking here. It's the PH team against China hahaha.. It is SMB's first game of the conference. They will be a bit rusty coming from a long break. Other teams also started rusty. It will be a challenge starting the conference with the unbeaten Bay Area Dragons. But since they are coming from a championship, they will be up for the challenge. They also have a few games to properly scout the Dragons. That is their distinctive advantage over the Dragons. They should be able to capitalize on that. There are no odds out yet, but I am guessing the Dragons are slightly favored in this match up. No matter what, I will be taking the side of SMB though. I trust them to pull a win on this one. |
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Forgot to mention that A'ja Wilson was awarded the Women's World Cup MVP and Alyssa Thomas for the Best Defensive Player.
Well, they deserve it, and congratulations to them.
I really wish there will be better competition in the next World Cup. This year it was too obvious which country will win it and the odds also show it.
Women's basketball seems to still lack a number of skilled players and perhaps it's also because of the lack of support from their respective countries.
Women's basketball is not as supported and as well funded as men's basketball. I think it is the same in every country. Just look how small WNBA is against NBA. US is lucky there is a league for women's basketball. Women basketball players can develop their skills through WNBA. I do not think there are leagues in other countries for women's basketball. I believe we do not have one in our own country as well. And if there is, I am not aware of it. |
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Anyways, better luck next bet! TI is in for next week and I can't wait to get the Dota season started.
I am waiting for that as well. 5 more days to go before the Last Chance Qualifier starts. It will be a good DOTA since all teams will be going full force from the start. This is their last chance to enter TI and I know they will give everything to win the last two slots. So many good teams to watch and hard to choose which match to watch and bet on since the games will be simultaneous during the group stage. I will focus on teams that I am quite familiar with like Secret, Liquid, Polaris, VP, and T1. Hopefully, I'll have a good run this time. Did not have a good outcome in the Regional Qualifiers. |
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It became a thing when there have been topics if Brownlee should be added to the pool and many have said that he's not anymore as strong as he was before.
But on this game, he just proven himself to those doubters and unbelievers of him. He's still what it got to be a good candidate though although, the decision won't be coming from the fans but the usual SBP that many hates already.
This actually depend on the Senate if they will pass a bill to naturalize Brownlee, this has been the topic since then and I think SBP can't handle this thing, they can only endorse this but still the decision will depend on the higher courts. Brownlee did a great job in PBA history, and being with Ginebra I think he can still do more. The game against Meralco was a great one and they will face bigger teams ahead of the competition, they should not be complacent though since this is just their first win. He is aging though, if they still want to naturalize Brownlee they should act now. He still has a few good years to give to basketball and he is a good addition to the pool since he is already familiar with Filipino brand of basketball. There would be very little to no adjustment for him. His game would start to degrade soon so the best time for him to join Gilas is now. But looking at how they are always tentative on this, they might miss this window. |
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Liquid are playing very impressively at the moment. They were the underdog on paper of course because Vitality are normally a stronger team considering the general quality of their roster. Vitality's recent form was also great. However bookmakers underestimated Liquid quite much considering the odds given. It was definitely worth betting on them and enjoying the final series (BO5).
Liquid are in the lead by 2-1 in the series. Now we are on Overpass which is Vitality's pick. However Liquid are the better side currently and they've just ended the first half 8-7 ahead. I still don't think that the series is ending here. Vitality would find a way to win this map hopefully. But the worrying thing for them is that this is a CT sided map normally. If Liquid play CT side stronger than them then they can finish the job by 3-1.
Liquid is up 12-9 and my bet is looking good. 4 more rounds and Liquid will be crowning themselves champions. But Vitality is coming back after they save and went pistol but won the round. They have money now for full guns. Let's see if they can pull a comeback. Liquid's comms game is on another level. Yekindar scouting lots of obvious hits from T-side on Overpass and relaying the info, then an instant CT rotation is impressive. You can tell that this guy can perform like a beast under pressure and it shows. Sadly though Vitality managed to sneak 1 map from Liquid and it's an even score on the board now. Great A hit from Vitality on the last round of OVP to close it off. Apex is on another level on these T-sides lately. I jinxed my bet, didn't I? Vitality was able to come back from that eco round in overpass to force an overtime and win and the map. Then they have a huge lead in Vertigo to open up the second round. Team Liquid was able to crawl back and force Vitality again for an eco-round but Vitality once again won an eco-round and never looked back. Congratulations Vitality for winning EPL Season 16. It was a good Counter Strike. They deserve the win. |
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I don't think that they are done though with the experiment, it's that after Gasol left or those part of their winner team, they haven't seen the perfect fit. There's so much expectation with Howard join, but we all know what happened, they break up. Until Kobe retires and they were able to just get so-so players. Lebron and AD comes, find the perfect pieces, win a ring. Then they let most of their support cast for reason, try to rebuild last year but it was a failure. Now they added new faces they years so let's see if this is a success or another failure.
They traded Kuzma and KCP to get Westbrook and went for a 3-superstar lineup without supporting roles and they got punished by that move. They even let go of Caruso who was phenomenal in their championship run. He was good in offense and defense but the lakers tried a cheap offer on him and he walked away. That were 3 good players the Lakers let go that could have meant another championship for them. Now they added new faces they years so let's see if this is a success or another failure.
Hopefully, they got it right this time because the championship year for Lebron is slowly closing down now. |
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Liquid are playing very impressively at the moment. They were the underdog on paper of course because Vitality are normally a stronger team considering the general quality of their roster. Vitality's recent form was also great. However bookmakers underestimated Liquid quite much considering the odds given. It was definitely worth betting on them and enjoying the final series (BO5).
Liquid are in the lead by 2-1 in the series. Now we are on Overpass which is Vitality's pick. However Liquid are the better side currently and they've just ended the first half 8-7 ahead. I still don't think that the series is ending here. Vitality would find a way to win this map hopefully. But the worrying thing for them is that this is a CT sided map normally. If Liquid play CT side stronger than them then they can finish the job by 3-1.
Liquid is up 12-9 and my bet is looking good. 4 more rounds and Liquid will be crowning themselves champions. But Vitality is coming back after they save and went pistol but won the round. They have money now for full guns. Let's see if they can pull a comeback. |
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In many days i see in my port filo 5$ up and 5$ down , what is the best strategy to increase profit?
There is no sure way to increase your profit. But since you are able to see that when your portfolio is in gain or loss, I suggest you take advantage of it. Sell when you are up and buy again when it is down. Also, you can hold on token/crypto that is safe for long term investment. So that even if you hodl for a long time you know that one day it will eventually gain you good profit. |
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Medyo nawala ako ng kaunti brader, sino ba yong Chet na tinutukoy mo?
Chet Holmgren yata ang tinutukoy niya. Rookie siya ng Oklahoma Thunders na 7 footer. Malaki ang potential ng batang ito pero nainjure siya bago pa man siya magsimula sa kanyang NBA career. Nangyari ang injury sa pro-am game habang dumedepensa siya kay Lebron. Nung una akala ko simpleng foot injury lang tapos na announce nga na out na siya this season. |
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Don't forget, Pringle is also back, so Ginebra is still a very dangerous team. I hope they'll have their first win in this conference, they are leading so far, so it's a good sign that they will win this game. It's a low-scoring game, maybe this would favor them.
Pringle by the way has 9 points so far, he is the 2nd leading scorer, next to Brownlee.
It is half time and Ginebra is ahead by 8 points. They are performing well in the first half but usually, there are big adjustments in the second half. In their last game, Meralco was very sluggish in the second half, thus they lost against Northport after not being able to take good care of their huge lead. They are starting slow this time. Hopefully, they have enough energy in the 2nd half to come back from this game. Ginebra though started well after their poor performance in their last game. Ginebra is still heavily favored to win this game. If they continue their momentum to the 2nd half, they will surely win this game. |
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My prayers go to the victims of this sad incident.
I am not really a fan of football, but I understand fans when they get frustrated and rowdy when their teams lose. I think it happens in every sport. It is just that this was handled poorly by the officers.
Hopefully, this will be a lesson for the officers, and they must train how to handle this kind of event. Handling crowds can be a big task especially if it escalates to riots or the like but with proper training and incidents like this can be avoided.
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So I try to research about deaths of boxer inside the ring, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_due_to_injuries_sustained_in_boxingAnd i guess this is what the rounds was readjusted in the 80's. Before boxers fought at 15 brutal rounds but was reduced to the standard that we are using today at 12 rounds. The infamous fight that comes to my mind is Mancini vs Duk Koo Kim who collapsed in the ring and die. Then after several months the one that referee the fight committed suicide and so is Kim's mother. And it still haunts Mancini up to this day. The rules have been adopted a lot too to protect the boxers. I think in the 60's they are allowed to slug it out until one of them drops but these days, when the referee sees that the fight is already one-sided and one player cannot defend itself anymore, it will be stopped and declared TKO. I think the Standing Count rule was introduced because of the death of Kim Duk-Koo. There is lesser death these days but unfortunately, it may still happen because of the nature of this sport. |
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