We know what's the capability and how McDaniels played during his stint with TNT and NLEX.
When he was in NLEX, he is my top bet for import of the year at that time but because of some personal reasons, he left the league thus, NLEX lost in the playoffs.

TBH, I know how McDaniels play and how he will dominate the league again to the point that I bet them to win against the Bay Area and he didn't fail me as they won and now, they are on a 3-game winning streak. I just don't know why other teams aren't prioritizing him to get as an import where he already proved that he can be a dominate import in the PBA. Now the bottom team Bolts without McDaniels are now at the 7th spot already with him.

SMB on the other hand is now on the verge of eliminating in the regular season as they lost against the Hotshots. I don't know but it might be shameful with the SMB organization if they will not clinch the playoffs this conference.

Carmelo is the kind of player where his ego is more important than any others so I guess I'm leaning to the fact that he will not play any lower league than NBA because that might hurt his ego. I still remember the time where he doesn't want to be a bench player but instead, he wants to be a starter (I guess it was when he was in the Thunder where it happened).

On the other hand though, what Howard did might create a domino effect for some NBA players out there who didn't have an opportunity to play again in the NBA. We might see some veteran players that can still play to play outside the US. I would not be surprised though if Melo will play not only in Taiwan but maybe other league outside US since I guess no team wants his services anymore or maybe... there might be one team who will sign him.

At first place, my friend doesn't have any rights to change my bet because it's my money and not his/hers.
Second, we can't predict the future and that safer bet might be a better choice. It's just that, the riskier bet won and unfortunately because of your stupid friend, you didn't win that money.

These scenarios happen rarely and TBH, I don't know if there are some stupid friends out there who will change the bet of their friend because at first place, it wasn't their own money. Maybe on the next time you will go to a casino, try to go alone so nobody will change your bets. If I'm on that situation, I'll just move on with it, but the friendship will be over .

Just what happened last week is a quick reminder to us investors that don't keep too much money on exchanges because things like this can happen.

Stupid dip or not for some, I always like dips. We always like dips. Intelligent investors like dips for an obvious reason. We know that sentiment plays a big role towards every market. Binance not buying FTX was a positive for some but for most, it wasn't because they thought that it would be a good thing if CZ buys FTX and instead of the sentiment being positive, it went the opposite. This just shows that there are some investors who still can't understand what's happening and what can happen in the future.

Well, the dip that happened is like "another opportunity" to buy at a lower price. We all know what will happen in the next years .

Online jobs are always at the top of my list, and I would rather do online jobs than a regular 9-5 job.

Luckily, I'm on a state where I love what I'm doing but at the same time, earning from it and it is enough to cover all of our expenses and at the same time, I still have a portion of my income to be used to invest into different assets. Being fired by a company isn't good especially if you sacrificed anything from it. We've seen tech companies laying off employees or freezing their job hiring because of what's happening globally.

Finding job that you love is always the choice for me although there are some people who love to go out of their comfort zone so that they will learn more that will help them in getting jobs easier in the future.

You can earn in many ways that is related to crypto. If I remember correctly, there are some freelancing websites that can pay the freelancers cryptocurrencies, right?
Trading alone as your main source of job is very risky because you don't know what can happen to the market.

What your friends did was wrong because they left their main source of income to another thing that isn't sure whether they will get income from it or not. They chose to go for a quicker way to get money but riskier than a slower way to get money but more sustainable and can be for long term. On the other hand, if they are a professional trader and when I mean professional trader, they are earning more than they are losing then maybe they can make it as their income source.

TBH, I almost did what your friends did but I didn't continue because I choose to remain on my regular job because it pays me my monthly bills. My earning from signature campaign is what I'm using to invest into different assets, and it serves as my emergency funds as well (I'm converting it into fiat).

I also heard that bolded text in 2018 when Bitcoin's price is on a freefall.

When people seeing Bitcoin and crypto going down, they often use that phrase and it's pretty common already. Now with regards to investors losing hope, if you are new to the crypto space, it's normal I guess to feel this because I myself as well felt this one. I started in 2017 and in 2018, I saw the huge dip and I thought "it is over already". I always read comments in social media platforms such as "Bitcoin is dead" or "It's over for the crypto space." blah blah blah but here we are still.

What I'm trying to say is that, just trust the process. An investor can't be a millionaire overnight (unless he invested into a shitcoin and pumped miraculously, or he is a billionaire at start ). It takes time for an investor to gain profits and in Bitcoin. If you bought in 2017 at its peak and chose to hold and sold it last year, then you will end up making your money 3x. Patience is virtue like they always say, but not all patience pays off the investor so always do your own research.

Just look at the charts.

See the 2017 bull run and the 2018 "year of hell". That alone might be enough to convince yourself but if it wasn't then you might backtrack even more and look at the price of Bitcoin. I always believe that bear markets = opportunities whether it is in the stock market or crypto market or whatever market it is. As long as you invested in long term coins then you'll be fine.

First of all, what is the basis of a country is in a recession?
The experts said that if a country has a negative GDPs for 2 straight quarters, then it's officially in a recession. US already had a negative GDP on both the first and the second quarter which means that they are technically in a recession. On the other hand, their president Joe Biden said that they are nowhere near the recession.

I mean whether a country is in a recession or not doesn't matter. What matters now is how people got affected by all of what's happening worldwide especially those high inflation from every country. Prices of commodities going higher, salaries can't cope up with the expenses that most people are finding a secondary source of income, employees resigning from their job either because it wasn't enough for them to sustain their daily lives or maybe they want to work from home, etc. etc. Whatever it is, people around the world are having a hard time right now and if you expect that we will be better in 2023, I expect the opposite or at least it might continue until 2023.

First, the first letter of all names pertaining to God must always be in a capital letter.

Now to what you said, what's happening now is either a good thing or a bad thing for every investor. Most investor might take this as an opportunity for them to buy because Bitcoin's price went back to where it was last 2018. On the other hand, people who bought Bitcoin at a higher price or worst its peak, will be having a hard time because they will be having an impermanent loss. Well of course if that investor isn't panicking and rather choose to invest more then it isn't a bad thing for him/her.

If you have spare money to use, then better buy Bitcoin first. If you are deciding whether you want to buy things online or buy Bitcoin, maybe this is the time to skip buying the things you only want for some reasons and buy Bitcoin instead.

Forget that coin already. No updates, no developments. I'm a big fan of EOS back in 2017-2018 because of how good they are but throughout the years, they've been forgotten by investors because of lack of developments. There are many other coins out there that are way better than EOS.

If he is the lone superstar of the team, then he might do it more often, but he isn't the only one.
In our current era right now, there are only a few instances where a particular player scored 40 or even 50 in 2 consecutive games and the last one that I remember was Kyrie back when there is still that vaccination mandate.

Embiid did that stat because Harden didn't play in that game, and I don't think that he can still do that if Harden played. He can do that on a semi-regular basis and it's true that it is impressive but having a secondary offensive player is still better than doing it all alone. Still impressive for him and Garland on the other hand scored 50+ points but they lost unfortunately.

Just another year where sh*t happened. Many more might come at the remaining days of the year and for sure, there will be more next year, and next year, and next year, and next year.

I mean we are experiencing this on a yearly basis already. Projects becoming a scam, a thing which will be hyped will go down overtime and those who invested on the top will surely lose money. Hacks happening anywhere because of lack of security of the project. More and more that happened in the past and will still happen not only this year but in the future.

One thing is for sure though. People will lose money investing into wrong projects yearly while people who did thorough research are the ones who will strive. People who choose not to ride the train especially when it is at its highest peak already are the ones who will not lose money.

It's the beginning of an end for FTX exchange both the main one and the FTX.us and also the end for Scam-Bankman Fried (well that's how he's being called right now after what happened).

As for FTX, delisting on different exchanges will happen. Binance already started and some other exchange will do the same. As for the token, it might still have a value but don't expect the confidence of people will return because of what happened. They might still use the token to pump and dump depending on how many exchanges it's still listed.

Too unfortunate for those who have funds in FTX exchange and for those who lost their money holding FTT token, but the one who is most affected right now is the employees who trusted SBF so much that most of their salaries are being put into FTT token. They only didn't lose their jobs, but they also lose months' worth of work because of what happened.

Ball rotation, not too many dribbles. I just hope that they learn on the Jazz are playing because they are playing like they are dancing, and they are in sync. Passes everywhere, that's why they are on the top when it comes to assists and if you are up against them, you will be having a hard time for them (though they lost against the Sixers tonight).

Lakers played well and maybe a thumbs up for them. As for the Nets, what they are lacking is a secondary offensive player that will help KD run the offense. Him alone isn't enough obviously and they need another one. Kyrie can't play still and Simmons being there is still helpful because he can still create a play for his team. Overall, a good win for the Lakers.

Warriors lost again unfortunately. I don't know what's happening with them at this moment. Maybe they are still experimenting but nevertheless, they lost.

The top 3 teams right now are already qualified now for the playoffs. I'm not sure though if they will maintain that spot because the 4th spot right now, Ginebra still has 5 games left. If they will be on a winning streak or best, if they will win all of those 5 games, they might take the top spot. Of course, it still depends on how the top 3 teams will play on their remaining games especially Magnolia that has 4 games left.

Converge might stay with the top 3 spot, I guess. The 2 losses of Converge are against the current top 2 teams right now and the current 4th spot, Ginebra have only 5 wins against them who has 8. On the other hand, Ginebra still has 5 games left and their way in getting the 3rd spot is to win 3 out of their 5 games (4 wins for a higher chance) and one of their wins is against Converge while Converge will lose on their remaining 2 games. A win for Converge means sure 3rd place and them securing the 3rd spot is higher if they will defeat Ginebra.

Ginebra is well-known for their strong performance when it comes to an import-conference Cup so I will not underestimate them even though Converge is on a 7-game winning streak

It will all come to you being a disciplined person.
I believe that a disciplined person will not fall into some ads from different gambling websites are there. Even a particular website is full of banners of gambling sites, you as a gambler if being disciplined will just simply ignore it or just exit from that website.

On the other hand, this is hard to do especially if you are an addicted gambler because they tend to have a harder time quitting on what they really want to do. Maybe not visiting too many websites will help. Spending your time into different things like playing online games might help you. As with the habit one, it will be hard because if you always see banners of gambling ads on a daily basis, you will feel the urge to gamble, and it will keep going as long as you see gambling website banners.

Staying away from the internet? It might help but the question now is can you live without internet.
For me, it isn't necessary to stay away from the internet but spend your time in other things on the internet. Watching videos, watch movies or play online games. Anything that will entertain you might do but just stay away from websites that has many ads of gambling sites.

Many people lose money in LUNA and now many people lost money again in FTX (particularly investing into FTT token).

Hacked or whatever it is, FTX is f*cked up right now and I just hope that only few here lost their money in that exchange. I personally don't use that exchange and I'm only using Binance, but seeing investors lose money makes me sad for a bit but I guess it's normal in crypto already. Many also lost money in the past for different reasons and people just move on with it and be careful with their next investment.

I just saw a Facebook post a while ago saying that SBF is trying to escape using his private jet. No links though and no articles being released yet so maybe this isn't true. Just forget about FTX at all.

I also think that he isn't thinking of another championship anymore.
TBH, it's hard to know what he really wants to do right now. Surpassing Kareem's career in points is achievable already so let's remove it from the list. Maybe I'll agree with what you said that he just wants to play, teach these young players in the Lakers while waiting for his son Bronny to enter the NBA.

With the current era, you need at least 2-3 superstars or all-star players in order for the whole team to win. Just look the past teams who won a title. Most or probably all of them have all-star. We can say that LBJ, AD and Russ are all all-star players but that was a few years ago and now, they aren't the same anymore.

I think the best thing to do right now is to just support LBJ and the Lakers instead of bashing him because in a few years, he will retire and will not play anymore, and we might not see another Lebron James type of caliber again. Also, don't expect too much with the Lakers even you're a fan of Lebron.

The Bear Market is your friend "only" if you took the opportunity and bought at the bottom.
The problem is most of the investors right now are scared. Most of the investors are afraid to buy because they believe that if they will buy at this moment, there is a high chance that it might go lower even more. What a pessimistic mindset these investors have.

Always think of this quote. "Most of the profits are being made during the bear market." Bear market is like a flash sale where people have the opportunity to buy top coins especially Bitcoin at a lower price. I'm curious why there are some investors who aren't taking the opportunity. Maybe because they don't have any spare cash to begin with but for those who have and bought at a lower price, just be patient and profit will come to you .

I'm just happy that I have an opportunity to buy Bitcoin at the lowest price possible.

It's because the Bucks are a well-rounded team that's why they are playing great at the start of the season.

They have defenders, they have rim protectors, they have a dominant big like Giannis, an army of elite three-point shooters, they also have good role players. I mean what else do you find with the Bucks right now. Maybe they need Middleton but even without him, they are very good already.

Maybe let's add the fact that they are playing well in their first games because they are up against teams that aren't that great, and some are below 500 as well. Bucks almost got in the NBA Finals last season if only they didn't lose to the Celtics and they are the defending champions at that time. There aren't that many changes in their roster either. They are good as a whole team and will be a title contender this season as well

FUD's can be either beneficial or harmful depending on the investor.

Let's not forget that every market is heavily moved by emotions. Sentiments play a big role in every market and it's more on the crypto market. What happened in the past few days is a proof that a single negative news can wipe out your whole profits for months in only 1-2 days.

CZ is the kind of businessman that you shouldn't mess up with if you are into crypto. That's how powerful he is right now when it comes to crypto. FUD can be beneficial if the investor will take the opportunity to buy when the market is down and on the other hand, FUD can be harmful when you already holding tokens and it went down significantly but more harmful if you panicked and sold it all at a loss.