I don't think anyone here expected Donaire to lose, but it turns out the opposite happened. We thought Santiago would be a good match for Donaire's target to KO his opponent, but Santiago has matured and knows how to play the game well. He clearly knew how to beat Donaire, resulting in a unanimous decision win.
What can I say, I guess it's time for Donaire to hang up his gloves. He is already old, and it's evident he doesn't have the same activity he had in the past. To think that Santiago isn't even a top contender, and he still defeated Donaire via UD, that's enough to conclude his boxing journey is over.
Congratulations to Santiago! It was a good win for him, and now he is the champion.
A back-to-back loss might be a good sign for him to hang his gloves. He doesn't have to prove anything anymore. He got his chance way back from his prime years. Now it's time to give way to the ring for those who are well-deserving aspirants. Congrats to Santiago even it's really un-expected, but he played well, his strategy to stay and finished the fight strong, UD win is far better than losing the fight. |
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Jaylen Brown has extended his contract with the Boston Celtics for 5 years and $ 304 Million.
Jaylen Brown will earn $60.8 Million annually.
TBH, I didn't expect that this contract will push through. Maybe the impact of Brown towards the success of the team for the past few years is just that big that they give him that huge contract. I wonder how will Tatum respond to this one knowing that he has more impact than him in terms of success. Anyway, congratulations for him for getting the richest contract in NBA history. I just hope that his performance in the future will be better now than what it last season. That's almost x2 of Tatum's contract, as per report, his projected salary next seasons is $32,600,060, way lower than what Brown would receive, but it should not change the chemistry of the team as the management could decide to give Tatum a big contract as well once he will renew, but of course, he has to give the expectation of the team management so they will give him a bigger contract. Might be, but for sure Tatum might have this in his mind next season about that huge contract that Brown is getting. And we think that he is the franchise player of the Celtics, however, if he is also going to be offered a huge money, then what will happen to the rest of the contract of their players? They still need to find decent players to surround this two, a good center, a point guard and other role positions and they still need to offer them good to decent money. So the Celtics need to balance out everything, or it could be true that they are shifting everything to Jaylen Brown now? Only Tatum and Brown are considered the best players on the team, so others would understand if they do not get a huge contract like these two are getting. Tatum is an all-around player; he might be better than Brown, but it's just that the timing favored Brown. However, as I said, when Tatum is extended, let's expect that he will get a good contract. I think the trend is going to be that way, as not even the top 10 players in the NBA are getting huge contracts now. It's very clear that Tatum could be on par with the status of players like Irving, LeBron, and KD now, so he deserves a huge contract, probably even bigger than Brown's. Tatum's contract will end in 2026, so by then, if he remains healthy, he'll get a good amount of money. Agree to that, if he will maintain his health and still be as competitive as he is right now, No doubt that he will get that amount of better than what Brown is getting. Tatum is considered as the alpha of this team and if he will manage to continue that statue, that contract extension will be expected to be more unless there's an injury that will cause to change his performance, though future is not ours to conclude r to dictate. Let's wait after his contract expired. |
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Going to the big event tomorrow this is the result of the poll for this super fight
Terrence "Bud" Crawford - 24 (88.9%)
Errol "The Truth" Spence - 3 (11.1%)
Draw - 0 (0%)
Total Voters: 27
They have their final face-off both fighters did not trash talk each other, from all the boxing events this year this one is by far the most exciting because we have three great fights in this event, The Donaire - Santiago title match, the Isaac Pitbull - Cabrera match and the much awaited Crawford - Spence fight, I hope we can watch this fight, I'll be early to check the live feed on social media.
Even outside the forum, Crawford is still the heavy favorite. There have been rumors before that it was Spence who was ducking Crawford, so in the minds of the fans, Crawford is the better boxer. Additionally, if we look at Crawford's boxing record, all of his previous fights have ended in knockouts, so he would be breaking that streak if he does not win here via knockout. Personally, I believe that Spence is strong, but I like Crawford to win by KO because the odds are very attractive. I noticed that, as well, Crawford still shows as favorite with how bookies place the odds. Personally, it will be a tough fight for both fighters, but the winner will be the one who is much hunger for unifying the belts and really wanted that fame to be declared as the best fighter from this division. We will witness who's going to win and claimed all the belts when the announcer declared the name of the winner of this match. |
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I agree with you OP, think twice before investing in any particular altcoins will really help you to go a long way to be a successful investors that will remain in profits making without experience any losses from his or her altcoins investment. Since I started exercise patience to watch the price of altcoins very well before I buy and hold, it has been helping me to grow financially and materially in my investment because it is difficult for me to invest in a coins that will not bring good results at the end of the investment. Now that the price of altcoins is still waving in the market, it will be a good thing to invest in a potential altcoins that will put smile on your face when the price increase higher soon.
There are many altcoins in the cryptocurency market that can put a smile on your face, For so long Altcoins has been putting smiles on people faces as it has been giving people profits and also altcoins has been making people go broke. Everything depends on how lucky you're with your investment choices because the same altcoins that put a smile on your face can make another person to cry. Example, Luna and Solana made many people millions in 2021 and also took that million from others in 2022 when it crashed and Solana dumped due to the impact from the FTX collapse. Before investing into any altcoins, do your research properly because some altcoins are just a death trap waiting for who is dumb enough to invest into to, don't invest because if hype do some research. You can only know that an altcoins is a bad investment when you do your research, you look at the teams behind the project, the community to know if it's full of just moon boys, people that are paid to shill the project in their telegram group and on social media. You also look at the road map and tokenomics of the project, if something doesn't look right then the project is a scam. It's simply how the market works. Negative news can provide downtrend charts and positive news can result to an uptrend. With the things that happened on LUNA and FTX are major signs of bear market. You might think it's a death trap but majority of the altcoins during the bear market really falls heavily as we see from the recent altcoins on the bear market. Somehow we can predict where do an altcoin value can go depending on the season and no matter how good that project are. One factor that made altcoin good is the possible large profit you can get from it when the bull season arrives. There are so many altcoins that has a potential in the market, we just need to find and acquire those by doing proper research. Whatever the news brings to the market, there's always a corresponding impact, And you are right about Luna and FTX. There are traders and investors who are holding for a while who being move by that crashedand even they are not just focusing on Luna and FTX, the fear that it will shake everything dominated and made them to sell out with a huge loss, like you said, it's timing and good anticipation, without that, you might experience more losses inside this market. |
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~snip~
The stupid thing to make gambling as a place to find income, I feel often say this and many also say it, but yes indeed in those who are addicted to really pursue victory and profit is not pleasure, so they sacrifice anything to get the victory from gambling. Still investing takes time, but a gambler who is addicted, of course he has no patience, so it will definitely be very difficult for gambling addicts to invest, because they prefer the instant victory. They will always not want to wait for profits from investment and work to work to earn income. Yes, for those of us who already know that gambling will not be able to provide income for most people, we can tell them that and always say that it can lose a lot of money. And it's still not worth it if they even sacrifice anything to get a win from gambling because they will instead lose everything they have. Indeed investing takes time, but it can provide greater results for them, especially if they invest in the right things. But that does not apply to a gambler because it is true that they tend to want results instantly and don't want to wait long. Especially to those who have that in hand experienced with losing a lot in gambling, they can simply share their own stories. It's not a good place to resort for you finances as gambling will always be a big risk and there's none or a guarantee that you can make money all the time. This kind of belief will lead you to make things that are not usual from how you think and with the influence of your desire the outcome is mostly not in a favorable way, better to invest in the right business to have a decent chance of success. |
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maybe by decision or perhaps this fight will go over and last the full 12 rounds.
This fight could last for 12 rounds if both boxers can absorb the punches thrown at them. They are not the kind of fighters who are slick enough; they always want to exchange punches. Since both are strong punchers, honestly, I doubt it will go to the judges' scorecards. With only a few days remaining, I just want to be optimistic that Crawford will win, as I believe he is the better boxer. Terrence may have more belts, but Crawford's wins have been very dominant and convincing. Let's see if Crawford will live up to our expectations. But knowing the magnitude of this fight, for sure they will play defense and could be hesitant to throw punches early. And as you have said, they are slick so they have their hands on their chin always and their ego will say that they don't want to lost and then got knockout as well. You mean Spence might have 3 belts? but Crawford is the complete fighter, although the smaller one, but for me his IQ is just above everyone else at 147 lbs and it might play a big role if this fight goes to distance. Errol Spence may have 3 belts in his possession but certainly that doesn't mean that he is more superior or dominant than Terence Crawford that is yet to be answered this Saturday. Also because of his actions in the past years says different because it's somehow clear that he is ducking the latter and afraid to take the call then proceeds to wait the latter until to be much older. Just like what Mayweather did against Pacquiao at that time. Indeed, we will be able to conclude now who's better between these two champs. A long awaited fight that will unify all the belts in this division, fans will surely love how both fighters will going to execute their respective strategy to win. In that note about the similarity with how Mayweather handles the call in fighting Pacquiao, most of the fans feel that same way but like what happened before, better than never. Let see if the same result will it be.. |
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So the risk is there as the fight goes longer for him and for Santiago he might want to prolong the fight and test Nonito's stamina.
It's the right strategy to be made, considering Donaire is older now; he might slow down as the fight goes longer. However, that's a big task for Santiago, as he needs to prevent the heavy punches of Donaire. Since Donaire is a counter-punching guy, the fight might be boring if he does not engage. I don't see a scenario that will give the fans enjoyment, but if it's the strategy, then there's nothing we can do but watch. In the era that we are in now, boxers are much more interested to have the belts by having the much easier routes without involving themselves in a toe-to-toe confrontation fights which the fans wanted as that is much more entertaining. Some of these boxers now are not really inclined to be named as one of the strongest boxers in their era because boxing industry nowadays became more and more business instead of an entertainment sport. That said, it's understandable if Santiago will resort into a boring fight where he will just fight to survive and will settle for the points instead because confronting and challenging Donaire is not really a good idea because only few managed to do that and had a successful run afterwards. Keeping up with him is another thing, so most probably, Santiago will start his gameplan in the mid rounds. You are right, more on winning no matter how you take that win,what is important is you win the fight. If Santiago will execute that kind of fight plan, the chance of winning is better. Considering Donaire's age, there's already limitation on his movements, and pushing the fight to the decision calls, he can surely manage to hit and run and make some good points and reserve those in his favor to win by UD to earn the belt. |
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maybe by decision or perhaps this fight will go over and last the full 12 rounds.
This fight could last for 12 rounds if both boxers can absorb the punches thrown at them. They are not the kind of fighters who are slick enough; they always want to exchange punches. Since both are strong punchers, honestly, I doubt it will go to the judges' scorecards. With only a few days remaining, I just want to be optimistic that Crawford will win, as I believe he is the better boxer. Terrence may have more belts, but Crawford's wins have been very dominant and convincing. Let's see if Crawford will live up to our expectations. But knowing the magnitude of this fight, for sure they will play defense and could be hesitant to throw punches early. And as you have said, they are slick so they have their hands on their chin always and their ego will say that they don't want to lost and then got knockout as well. You mean Spence might have 3 belts? but Crawford is the complete fighter, although the smaller one, but for me his IQ is just above everyone else at 147 lbs and it might play a big role if this fight goes to distance. There's a weight from that statement, both egos will be there and for sure they will protect not to lose via KO, Though on the back of my mind, Crawford may be taking this seriously and will try his best chance to knock Spence down I believe that he's not going to waste this opportunity after Spence sign the contract. He waited for so long and now it is his chance to conclude who's the best from this division and who will enjoy that hype after this fight. |
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This is what I said before the predictions of this fight is end by KO and as we saw their fight Ko is their and I all amaze that inoue can handle Fulton in that match we are all know that Fulton is a strong boxer but the monster inside the body of inoue was released and make Fulton feel too bad. Now in our claim a new title in his career once again and I think he will aim more and more achievements after this.
I disagree. Fulton may be considered good due to his undefeated record, but he isn't as strong in terms of his KO rate compared to Inoue, who has achieved most of his victories by knockout. We clearly saw how Fulton was able to compete with Inoue, but he seemed hesitant to throw punches because he knew he would be open to Inoue's knockout power, and that's precisely what happened. That hesitation cause him that TKO, afraid of being open and trying to extend the fight to a judge's decisions. But even it takes Inoue up to 8th rounds. His patience gives him that opportunity to make that clear punch and bring Fulton to kiss the floor, from that, Inoue did not waste his chance and continue to throw those solid punches, not to allow Fulton to save by the bell, Fulton is the current champ, but that aggressiveness from Inoue snatch that belt out from him. |
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Gambling for fun is good, gambling for income is a fatal mistake.
Our mindsets decides the formulation of gambling in our daily routines. Gambling for enjoyment does not need a lot of stress or work, and it is extremely simple to deal with. Nevertheless, gambling as a source of income is dangerous, with the consequences always resulting in debt or worse. Gambling as a source of income is absolutely not a good idea because it causes major damages that will liquidate our accounts without warning. gaming addicts are not simple to deal with; they are aggressive in dealing with most gambling circumstances. With that statement, it's true that everything will be going to rely on your intentions. Same with both of you, if you are only playing or betting to kill some time and not really doing as part of your lifecycle, it will be easy to stay away, but if you already take it as your career to make money as source of your finances on your daily life, chances that it will ruin not only your finances but more with your social life as everything will run alone in your gambling activities. |
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I would also bet on the Warriors next season. With CP3 on their roster, it will not be hard for them to score, as he is one of the best passers in the NBA. CP3, along with Curry and Thompson, will likely create plenty of open opportunities for scoring, and Curry won't tire easily since he won't have to carry the ball all the time.
I'm not sure if they will play him as a starter, but if they do, that's my perspective.
I like that factor in how CP3 will help the Warriors, the Splash bro shooting capabilities can be maximized. Knowing how good CP3 is in terms of finding the open man the best fit for the position and adding to that, he is also a big threat when the opponent focus with him only passing the ball as he can also shoot and have that good percentage making the basket. Looking forward to the Warriors run in this upcoming season I don’t know. I guess we’ll have to wait and see. I think Chris Paul will see the lowest usage rate of his career and at his age being inactive isn’t the best thing. While I think he will be big for them in the regular season and give the team a chance to win without Curry on the floor, I don’t think he’ll be able to hold up in the playoffs at his age. He isn’t LeBron. I'm also one of those who doubt the effectives of CP3 in GSW. Besides, they are still undersized, they just can't win championship again with Kevon as their only center, he himself is also an undersized man in his position, I mean he's listed as 6'9. Though he grabs a good number of rebounds but I think he'd be more effective in his natural position. The Lakers exposed how to beat an undersized team last playoffs. IMO, they still need to have a legitimate big man who can complete the starting five for the GSW, who can also play both defense and offense. If they are able to acquire that player, I'd be comfortable to say that the GSW will have another good chances in winning another championship. We don't know if how coach Kerr will adjust as I agree in terms of being undersize, Though I think if Wiggins will be playing without any problem, they've still got that good core when they win the title the last time, we can't conclude yet if how they'll going to perform but hopefully they'll be able to manage what they've got and still be that competitive as how we expect them to be. |
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Unless you don't have other choices, that is their last resort. This is mostly the move of other people that has no savings and their relatives got hospitalize because they don't have enough money they will end up selling their land or lend it to others like making it as a collateral then they will pay back in the future but mostly they cant pay it back.When you really don't have emergency funds you have 2 choices to take out a loan or really sell off your assets which is very not a good move
This happens if you do not take care of savings. I'm not even talking about any investment, you just need to strive to have some kind of cash reserves. I know that there are people who find it difficult to save because their income is too low, but each of us can do something more to improve our lives. You need to prepare for difficult times when everything is fine, if such a situation occurs when you are not ready for this, then this ultimately leads to the fact that people lose their land and property in order to save their loved ones. Part of the worse after-effect is to be forced to sell those properties just to cover your expenses. I like the argument where you should spare some money to save up, it will be used as your emergency funds either to minimize your expenses or try to find additional sources of extra income, it's needed now as we see what happens to most of us during the pandemic, we all got surprise and most are leaning to government support. |
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It's always biased mate because we too have our own preference and standard of which helps us think who got the upper hand between the boxers who will fight in the said match.
But sometimes, we cannot help it because there are some instances that when we are unable to decide which one to bet and that is where these speculations given by the boxers will come out to help us to weigh which is better and do have a much higher chance in winning. We just need to filter which speculations are better.
Indeed, we need to balance and check the weight of their statements and try to find more about the possibility of their opinions. With that guide, you will be able to conclude your decision and have that good chance to sort or pick the right one in your own interpretations, but then again, there's no accurate opinion all are a base from' the person perceptions it's still you as the one who will going to bet that needs to decide who or which party you will going to place your money. |
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Some traders or investors who get late when the price of that particular altcoin hasn't reach 100% are very lucky though fewer in number compared to the majority who bought at peak when the price is on reversal mode basically it's due to their inability to analyze and made research about that particular altcoin,
And unfortunately this happens very often, where these new investors enter when the market is at the top price, so when they enter, then the price of the new altcoin drops very drastically which makes them no longer have the opportunity to take profits, even to return their investment in these altcoins. While they are only consumed by the hype promoted by certain parties, they themselves do not do any research beforehand because they believe in various influencers and also the promises of the hype project. This is what often happens so that many new investors lose big in new coins from new shit coins projects. this is because when the market is bullish crypto will be hype and this hype will invite many new investors to invest in crypto. unfortunately most of them do not study the characteristics and movements of the crypto market. as a result they invest at high prices without thinking about the risks they receive are also very high. this one is simply called FOMO, where everyone are quite literally in fear of missing out their most awaited chance of turning their life around and become rich. meanwhile thats simply illusion and is not necessarily gonna make them rich. thats the thing with these get rich quick investors they just gonna fall into the same trap their entire life because they just too greedy honestly. if they could spare themselves from being too greedy maybe they could have better investments return but nah they'd just prefer try until they run out of money. The chance of losing is far bigger than making decent profits when you are following that kind of movements, Same deal with Fuds, where investors are fearing with possible bigger losses than to wait for the next market run, the mindset of making quick profits from this kind of investment will always lead you to lose your investment, without doing your proper research most of the time, you will lose as the decision is not appropriate with how the market is moving. |
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I would also bet on the Warriors next season. With CP3 on their roster, it will not be hard for them to score, as he is one of the best passers in the NBA. CP3, along with Curry and Thompson, will likely create plenty of open opportunities for scoring, and Curry won't tire easily since he won't have to carry the ball all the time.
I'm not sure if they will play him as a starter, but if they do, that's my perspective.
I like that factor in how CP3 will help the Warriors, the Splash bro shooting capabilities can be maximized. Knowing how good CP3 is in terms of finding the open man the best fit for the position and adding to that, he is also a big threat when the opponent focus with him only passing the ball as he can also shoot and have that good percentage making the basket. Looking forward to the Warriors run in this upcoming season |
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Most of the time you hear about the time someone won something, very rarely you will hear about the other times they ended up losing, which usually accounts for more than what they won.
You're right, people will only tells you the most interesting aspects of their stories by taking away the difficulty they experienced althrough the process, but i don't know maybe they usually do that to entice others or to push them into having same experience they've been through, i see it that after having both experience on the good and the bad, it is also expected that we take our personal decision base on the level of research we did, people are loosing in gambling but it will not be noised but when they eventually win luckily, the whole gist got aired. Funny, but that's true. If you lose a lot, no one cares aside from those people who are close and related to you. But if you win a lot, almost everyone has that knowledge about it and for some reason those people will also try to ask something and relating that to the topic, gambling addicted person always pretend or mostly pretend that they can win and wanted to have that impression but the reality, they already doing things that are no longer usual just to have money to continue playing. |
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Yeah, and as Paul George, shout out to WB for taking the minimum just to stay with the Clippers at least for this year.
No, he will stay for 2 years as that's what his contract says. Free agent Russell Westbrook has agreed on a two-year, nearly $8M deal https://www.nba.com/news/russell-westbrook-2023-free-agencyIf he cannot make it next season, he still has one more season to help the Clippers win a championship. I think it's possible as long as Leonard stays healthy. Actually, even without PG, Leonard and Westbrook would already be enough to lead the team. Money is not that important to him anymore because it seems to me that Westbrook is on a revenge mode to gain his confidence and reputation again, and I believe that he still got a chance if he will be given an enough time to play as a main role with Kawhi Leonard because being a 6th man in the team was seriously not suitable for him. He just needed some time to take care of his own business to bring back that old version. He needs that playing time to showcase again his talent, this new season may give him that chance if the coaching staff allow him to play more minutes. He may negotiate about the money if he plays well in this upcoming season and make a big impact for the Clippers, but without anything we may not hear anything about that salary, it might be possible that he will end his career and think about it after the contract. |
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LOL, how this turn out to be Inoue vs Fulton thread? Stay on the topic guys, this thread is about Donaire vs Santiago fight.
And with that, this fight is just a few more days, so let's start betting if you haven't done so. I have Donaire here to win by knockout. Odds are very good at 2.95 so my money goes with that.
I'm thinking that Donaire can still pull the trigger and doesn't want this fight to go over to 12 rounds as he might get tired. So it's better for him to start hard like his previous fight and aim for a KO/TKO.
Hehe  I think that it was just an honest mistake because Inoue's name has been always involved whenever we're talking about Nonito Donaire specially after he gave his speculations towards the Inoue vs Fulton fight because surprisingly, Donaire made his own prediction and sided with Stephen Fulton despite the fact that he was defeated twice by Inoue. Anyway, I already pushed my bets on this fight, and I got Donaire to win via KO as well because to be honest, the moneyline wasn't that tempting. And it turns that Donaire was wrong as Inoue beats Fulton via TKO. We can go back to the topic now and forget about what Donaire said about the possibility of Fulton to win the fight, now it's almost the fight day for Donaire, still the ML is sweet and @ 1.61 and over 10.5 @ 2.43, if you are a fan and you are unsure if Donaire may or may not KO his opponent, those two options may suit you. |
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The weigh-in just happened, we had a fight Stephen Fulton 121.9 lbs Naoya Inoue 121. 7 lbs The face-off is so intense Fulton does not even blink in their face-off and Inoue is in his fighting form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er736hc7O7YI hope Fulton is different from all Inoue met in the ring, will he be the guy to stop Inoue's train, let's see tomorrow. Yeah, saw it too, both are serious specially Inoue, and it seems that it didn't have any effects on him weighing 122 lbs. But for Fulton, he might be weight drain but for sure after the weigh-in he can go back and rehydrate back to maybe 126 or higher. Lots of fans are interested to see the fight, so regardless of time zone differences, for sure there will be some of us here who are going to get up early just to see this fight live. Fulton though still a huge underdog. Nothing should change, though, as Inoue is still very popular. If you bet on Fulton, you'll get x3.85 of your bet if you win, but if you have Inoue, it's only 1.25. However, there's even better odds for that, which is for Inoue to win by KO or TKO, currently at 1.93. So it's up to the bettors to decide whether they'll take risk a bit or just bet on the moneyline. Yeah, if you are a fan of an underdog, that juicy odd for Fulton is waiving for you to take. But if you are for Inoue' either to bet with KO or Decision might give you some adjustment to make some decent winnings, though for sure Fulton will not give that easy fight, and some saying that he may upset the challenger here in front of his home crowd, it's exciting to see if what fight plan he's going to execute. |
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The NBA's board of governors approved the sale of the Charlotte Hornets to a group led by Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin.
Michael Jordan sold the Charlotte Hornets for approximately $3 Billion. He bought it for $275 Million in 2010.
Yup. This was a news already a month or two ago but then that's official now if the boards have finally approved the sale of it. IIRC, it's not an entire sale and turnover because AFAIK MJ will still be left and have a small portion of it. Anyway, this is one of the best investment that a person can ever have but it's on MJ. One of the GOAT and now turned into an entrepreneur and businessman, this is one of his greatest wins that none other NBA players haven't reached yet. Great move by MJ; he was able to make a lot of money from his investment, and I'm sure he will not go poor with the fortune he has amassed. This is the kind of player who should be a good role model. After basketball, he focused on investment and used his finances to grow it even more. There might be some big changes now, and I hope the Charlotte Hornets will be able to become a playoff team. Wise decision for MJ, it's huge profits after some years of owning the franchise, Now, he has the money and if I'm not sure he will still have some portion of this team, that will still give him decent profits in case the new management will manage it to be a playoff contender. A good role model indeed, he still winning even he's no longer around same fate with how he manages his share with Nike, until now, he's still making money even he's no longer playing. |
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