What happened in the Hawks vs Wizards game makes me a little frustrated about the outcome because they just let Porzingis do his thing and have a deep three shot without guarding him intentionally because they didn't care at all even if that shot will go through or not as they will still win at the end of the regulation. Hawks won the game but the spread wasn't covered before of that shot

And then there's the Dallas Mavericks being defeated because McCollum's hands was so hot and can do a three point shot everywhere and the Mavericks cannot keep up at even if Irving can answer it sometimes. The game could've got a different outcome though if Luka played in the 4th quarter but the sore in his thigh became severe in the 2nd quarter which is why he needed to be in the sidelines.

The most unexpected game was the Nuggets vs Bulls where the latter defeated the home team.

Yes, they need more noise to market the fight even more as they are targeting the Allegiant Stadium. GBP already said that he is looking forward to hold the fight in the said stadium as he believes that this kind of magnitude will needed a much bigger place to cater all the people who wanted to see the fight live and in-person, the only thing left to make it happen is the people to show some signs that a much bigger place is indeed needed in this fight. Currently, GBP are choosing between T-Mobile or Allegiant.

I hope Ryan Garcia is really that confident because if it turns out that he is not that ready, he will be heavily criticized by a lot of people for calling Tank Davis to fight him when in-fact he doesn't have what it takes. He needed to prove it and he needed this fight to bring himself in a much higher seed. Forget about the doubters, that is normal because Tank has been on the game first and already proved what he can do.

I know David is a decent boxer who is currently an underrated now but even with that fact, I'm still not that convinced that he can take up Canelo Alvarez who is still at the height of his prime and I think it's not just me but a lot of people around the world as well will be watching him prove himself against Caleb Plant on this fight. By then, people will somehow know if David does have a chance on the undisputed title or not, that depends on the outcome.

The Light-heavyweight division is somehow far from David's reach as of now because even if he defeat Plant on the process, his only option to fight Canelo is if Canelo will get a mandatory defense fight which means he will have to wait for another years because Canelo is not yet due for any mandatory fight.

Yes, they do but it's still much important for Durant and the rest of the roster if he can still play because in that way, they can improve their deepness, be more precise and be more synchronized. Unfortunately, the Suns have no other choice but to rule out Durant in their upcoming games as he needed some time to rest and recover. What happened earlier was just unexpected as that was just a warm-up but that was quite serious as he rolled his ankle while driving towards the paint.

Surely, those names mentioned by the OP got their own history with bitcoin and probably regretted how cheap they sold their coins back at that time but just like what you've said, nobody knows the bitcoin's future at that time. Even now, the future might be bright to think but it is not guaranteed because it if were, I bet there's a lot of people right now who bought their own coins and bitcoin might be scarce already at this point. But that is not the case because we really don't know what will happen in the years to come.

I'm leaning on the side that Nonito Donaire will still keep on fighting even after he is going to be declared as the winner of this fight, just an if for now of course.

I don't think that he will just give up his dreams and passion just like that because he still manage to be a champion at the age of 40. I think that is not their plan as they maintained their position at 118 despite the chance that he could've shrink at 115 just like what he mentioned after his loss against Inoue. But coincidently, the latter also announced weeks after that he will vacate his belts and that's where Donaire changed his mind because there's no one at 118 right now who poses as a threat to him.

Let me ride with you on this two bets @Yugin but I will do handicaps on these as that is much safer for me considering that I got some bad streaks in the recent days. Well, there are some wins though, but the profits didn't recover from the losses I've got on the same day.

Atlanta Hawks -3.5 ; No reason why I will doubt them this time because aside from they got a healthy line-up, they also got a good advantage over the Wizards.
Cleveland Cavaliers -1.5 ; Both teams are on their 2nd winstreak but later, only one of them can continue the streak and I've got a feeling that it's the Cavs.

Well the truth is, the governing bodies are not allowing Dmitry Bivol to proceed with the fight against Beterbiev where there are indeed so much at stake including the fact that he might reign as the undisputed champion at 175 not because they don't like Bivol but because of the current crisis up North.

Even before this fight talks about the unification commenced, almost every sport including the boxing industry is putting heavy pressures to any Russian athletes because of what their president did when they invade the Ukraine last February of 2022 and up until now, Putin is still advancing.

Anyway, this fight may happen though but it cannot be labeled as unification fight anymore as what I've said above, the governing bodies will not allow it.

I don't think they needed Jake Paul on this one as both Tank and Ryan also got their own supporters and have a large fan bases whether if it's online or offline. MGM Grand Garden Arena might be the place where this fight will happen but given the fact that the organizers haven't announced the venue yet, that means that they are still holding on as there's also a chance that this fight might happen in Allegiant Stadium, still in Las Vegas because the place can hold more audience than what the MGM can do.

Even before the game started, the odds of the 76ers are already pretty juicy for me because they are the underdogs in this game. I don't know why because they are still a good team despite the absence of Harden, they already proved it this season even before this game. So my best guess is because the Sixers are on the road against the Wolves who are hosting the game.

And as you predicted it mate, Maxey did a good job and it is almost unnoticeable that Harden wasn't their because Maxey filled the hole anyway. I hope you did bet in-favor of the Sixers, not on parlay though but just a single bet.

If that is the case then I wouldn't be surprise at all if almost all people in its countries who launched their own CBDCs won't support their government because it has a much larger flaw and it's much more risky for the people who will invest on it. I mean, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are for sure not perfect but nobody can counterfeit it and that's just impossible to do. CBDC's are just like fiat, it's just a digital version of it, no changes at all.

People all over the world chose to entertain bitcoin for a reason despite of its risky volatility and that is because they wanted to own something that the government cannot control, touch, nor prevent them from doing it.

To distinguish the difference between Bitcoin and CBDCs, bitcoin is fully decentralized while the latter is fully centralized as the government controls it.

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.

Yes, we have 8 games later. Quite a lot of good games to be honest but I think I will just filter some of them because some stars players of the Bucks and Knicks are probable to play in their respective games later, so I'll just pass for those teams for now just to make sure especially they got a huge handicaps.

Golden State Warriors -4 vs Oklahoma City Thunders
Memphis Grizzlies vs Los Angeles Lakers -2
Philadelphia 7ers +2 and ML vs Minnesota Timberwolves

Thurman is the one who got nothing more to lose because his career is now on the point that if he will get defeated again, then it's time for him to hang his gloves up. It might be early for his age but there's nothing he can do because if he will continue his career, he will become a trophy for someone else's career and a stepping stone for that same someone to have good fights in the future.
But for Spence, he got everything to lose here and he might not have his belts at stake but his value and reputation are on the line because a defeat from Thurman will seriously decline his value and he will have his first defeat in his career. Furthermore, the governing bodies will probably make him as an example so that they don't have to take the blame anymore and will likely arrange a fight with Crawford or Boots Ennis to clean their names from being affiliated with Spence and Al Haymon.

What Iron Mike did is a pure prediction and it's nothing to do with his biases because if that is the case then he could've choose Ryan Garcia to win instead of Tank Davis, but what happened was opposite as Mike sees Tank's potential and might have a successful fight over Ryan Garcia. I guess we already know why he chose Tank because aside from power, Tank got a massive IQ inside the ring which I think Ryan Garcia didn't have as that is learned throughout training and experience.

Yes mate and I think that is somehow expected as before we can call ourselves as successful investors, we did go through a lot of failures in order to succeed like what we have now. I may not got a lot of coins in my portfolio but I'm already proud of what I've become to this day as crypto gave me a lot of lessons and opportunities to become a better version of myself that is more sensitive about finances.

I'm still on my 6th year of my crypto journey but I'm not having any plans in the future to sell what I have now as I believe it could be a lot more worth in the couple of years to come than the upcoming 2024 halving.

Yes, I agree with that sentiment.

I think our role in the society is to only plant the idea about the cryptocurrencies and its future to their heads but never convince them to try and invest into crypto. That part is really up to them how will they react about that interaction afterwards, some might be curious enough what is it about and what does it do but doesn't have the will to have their own research to know about it.

If it wasn't because of CP3, I'm not that rooting for the Phoenix Suns to win at least the conference finals because I'm not yet convinced that they can survive the series rounds. Remember that the Phoenix Suns are choking at almost every playoffs they run into after having a successful run, they don't have that consistency to survive the whole 7 games if the game will have to take that long just to settle a rivalry.

But with Kevin Durant's presence, the team's chances got a boost as well as their confidence and you can see it in their face that they are not that scared anymore to take a risky shot because they know that they still got a lot of chance.

That's like gambling, how can you bet to a specific team and specific sport if you don't have that first-hand knowledge to know who got more chance in winning, I know that sometimes odds are tempting but that doesn't mean that they got more chances as there are also favorites by people and bookies. The same with investment, it is much better to know the field first before investing into it and I won't really advice that you will place your fate into somebody else's hand.

I totally agree with you. Donaire is now in the right division, and Inoue is giving them a chance to be a champ, so it's a good opportunity for Donaire to win again. He was once a champion in this division; it's just that Inoue took that from him. Now that Inoue is gone, it's time for him to come back.

Changing divisions is usually only good for young boxers. Donaire is not young; he is already old.

At 40 years old, his body will be having difficulty in coping up with the weight changes for sure.