I think MAG lacks right now is a second scorer what do you think? Lee is their scorer but he has a right shoulder injury and that leaves Sangalang as their primary scorer but him as well has a back spasms injury. Abueva needs to score more, Barroca needs to score more.
Both needs to score but they are not actually a scorer with the same caliber like Paul Lee who can drop 20 points or more in a game. Magnolia's strength is their defense but they are not effectively using it against the TNT, so they have the problem as TNT knows both (defense and offense). This is the only series that Jason Castro is very relaxed, I mean he does not need to carry the team in scoring as they have guys that can be trusted like Pogoy and Williams, and of course, you can also trust Rosario and Erram. The line movement seems to favor the Magnolia Hotshots here, of course, it's understandable because Magnolia needs to win game 3 in order to be able to be back in the series. A loss here means a 90% chance they'll lose in the Finals, so they should take care of TNT and consider playing as if it's their last game. I have a feeling that tomorrow it will be the Magnolia who will be the favorites. |
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This is so alarming for the LA Lakers, they lose again and it's not even a competitive game.
They had a run in the 4th quarter but it was never enough to get close and had a chance to win the game.
More adjustment is necessary, they can't just keep losing and make an excuse telling people that they are still adjusting.
Congrats to the Phoenix, they have proven that they are still intact and remain a good team.
I think it is about the overall defense of Lakers and their team chemistry that resulted to their 0-7 record. They are still adjusting given that most of their players are all stars. Like what I previously mentioned, individually, Lakers' players are skilled. But as a team, they are still looking for that right ball movement and plays. On the other hand, Nets, while they are also stacked with incredible skilled players, they managed to get their team chemistry and ball rotation consistent. I think it is something to do on how James Harden handles the floor. Their game against Sixers showed on how dominant KD was. The quality of a good team is when they know how to come back even if they struggle in the first 3 quarters, that's what the Nets showed in their game against the Nets when they outscored the 76ers by 11 points in the last quarter in order to take the win. On the other hand, the Lakers did have their own big run in the 4th but it was short and they still lose, plus Davis and Howard seem not on good terms after this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9-m-VRvx6s |
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This is a type of thing that happens randomly, there is nothing like a particular price when bitcoin will pull up altcoins, nah there is nothing like that. During the last trend when bitcoin first reached $60,000, altcoins like Ethereum also increased in price and a lot of them reached their new all time high.
The same thing also repeated recently that bitcoin started being bullish, Ethereum increased and crossed $4000 again and some other coins also increased in price. You can’t tell when it happens, it’s just random thing, but it happens every time that bitcoin is increasing in price, altcoins that their prices correlates with bitcoin will also increase.
Its still following the same pattern as before. When bitcoin is almost reaching its new heights, ethereum too is seen to have a good price increase pushing through to its new ATH. And once they're both bullish, most of the altcoins will start gaining positive price increase too that may lead to their altcoins season once there is no any negative reactions from the market. I think its not really on the price that bitcoin start influencing altcoins. Regardless of the price, as long as we start seeing bitcoin becoming bullish, then it all follows that altcoins too will be hyped by bitcoin. Only then we can witness altcoins season is about to start. |
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^ Yes and I think Casimero understands that, so he took the fight even with a small paycheck because a win here could bring him a lucrative payday against Inoue.
He took the fight because he has no choice, that's the reality. If he will not fight for this mandatory match, he will have to give up his belt and he will no longer be a champion. So I don't understand why people says the deserves more in this fight, this is mandatory, so it's under the governing rule of WBO even the purse of $100k. So there's nothing shady about it, just that we are surprised by the amount of money, but in any case still good in the pocket for Casimero.
He deserves a better amount of money to receive, it's just that the bid is too low and no one bids higher than the initial bid so the total pot is just very small. Some mandatory fights I think even have a million-dollar pot or more. Depends on what promotional company is interested on the fight and the weight class. Because the lower it is (where Casimero campaigns), the lower the purse initially. This could be a million pot if Casimero will fight a name fighter as mandatory, but in this case, we haven't heard Butler name until this time. Mandatory fights that are worth millions are those probably from 130 lbs and up. Specially in 147 lbs welterweight division, wherein all fights are really good. I think the only big fight that Casimero could get in his current division is the fight against Inoue, that's why he always challenges Inoue to fight him. If Casimero won this fight and he still can't make it with Inoue, then you think going up is a good idea for Casimero? I'm afraid that he will experience what Donaire experience when he tries to go up in weight. |
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However, Steph is unlike any other, when he gets hot, it is not like anything I have ever seen, dude drops bombs from near half court, that is insane. I can't believe how great he could become when he is on fire, it is like we are watching something out of some anime or something, dude is unreal.
Steph is great therefore the defense should be tighter on him as he can shoot in a range that some are not confident in shooting the ball. He will become the greatest 3 point shooter as soon as he surpasses Ray Allen which will likely happen this season. As long as he is healthy, we can always count the GSW to have a spot in the playoffs and a chance to win an NBA Finals. IMO, even If Curry haven't surpassed Ray Allen yet but I already considered him as the greatest 3pt shooter of all time. I mean he changed the game of basketball and encourage so many pro-basketball aspirants to become efficient in shooting 3's. I remember during my younger days, there were only few people who could and willing to shoot 3's, but today is different because everyone can shoot 3's already. One thing that separates Curry from all of the 3pt shooter is that, he can actually pull a 3pt. shoot anytime and anywhere he want even with the defender in of him, even with a little breathing room he'll pull a 3 in front of you. That's true, we can't deny that but maybe let's just wait until Curry will be able to surpass the record of Ray Allen on most made 3 point shots so Ray Allen has nothing to say anymore. Look at his statement here. Allen says Miller, not Steph, is greatest shooter of all time |
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Nothing can stop TNT now, they seem to be playing without pressure, up by 2 in the series and they are the favorites to win, I think the edge is really high. I was thinking that the injury of Williams was a big serious that will not him available in game 2, but we saw him play and he played the same, so great job for TNT for making that possible despite only one day of rest.
Paul Lee here is a major problem, not only he was not able to deliver in points but he also become a liability in defense.
Advance congratulations to the TNT Ka Tropa.
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Elon Musk is often trending on Twitter, whatever he tweets makes people always curious to know, even many media often cover Elon Musk, when Elon Musk entered crypto, many people criticized him for saying he was just gambling but after cryptocurrencies skyrocketed, more and more people get into cryptocurrencies to be successful like Elon Musk.
Elon Musk is already a wealthy man because he is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and so its expected that he can be the richest man one of these days. But i doubt if he can manage to sustain his new spot if Tesla and SpaceX will lost its demand. Because if not, he will be replaced easily which i think he won't let it to happen. I have a feeling that Elon wants to be the richest of all the richest so he will do all things just to accumulate more profits to add on his wealth even if it means making an advantage towards other investors and traders. |
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Depending on your analytical skills, it is better to take a course for trading. This course will give you broader knowledge and skills in trading. Some courses are not provided for free, some are paid. The most important thing in following the course is the instructor, we must look for instructors who really have extensive knowledge.
Well, it can be a great help to you while you are still a newbie in trading. There are lot of things that you really need to know before getting into trading. It won't be necessary as others just learned from themselves but if you prefer to enroll in a paid course because you think you are not good enough, then of course it will be and edge to you, at least you will gain more knowledge and develop your own skills and strategies in trading with the help of a legit and professional instructor. Its okay to spend at the beginning, as long as it will give an excellent outcome. |
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Bitcoin value will continue to go higher in the years to come because in every year there are new people adopting Bitcoin and crypto currency generally and that will make the demand curve higher than the supply curve which simply means price will keep on going higher as years go.
when demand increases, the price of bitcoin will automatically rise by itself, so in the years to come the development of bitcoin will continue to be in demand, basically bitcoin is an investment that people expect, it's just that people are constrained by the purchase price, so making bitcoin is an upper middle class investment , and this condition is a scientific pattern that society continues to practice, when demand increases, bitcoin adoption is increasingly valuable. The price of bitcoin in my view will be higher in the future and I've read several tweets and information circulating in recent days that bitcoin continues to be in demand by institutional investors who used to invest in gold ETFs now switch to BTC. btc looks better and the market is getting busier. With fiat continue to lose value because of its inflation, then its not surprising that people and big institutional investors will find another option that will give them profits instead and that is bitcoin. I know even if the price is already high, it will get even higher in the following years as its massive adoption has already started that comes with more demand in the market. And the more its demand, the more valuable bitcoin becomes. Although bitcoin will certainly experience price drops when there is market crash or price correction, it will always recover after that. |
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Off-topic a bit, Japan B-league is eyeing PBA players to be in their league and rumors have it that Japeth Aguilar and Christian Standhardinger have lucrative offers to play for them. Japeth is offered 3M Php a month, far from that 900K Php (including bonus) that he currently receives.
Also, they are closely monitoring Junemar and might offer the biggest money to him as he is dominant and popular. This could be the beginning of the end of PBA, what do you think guys?
I saw this news, it's not actually a rumor anymore but an actual offer that B League tries to snatch these two Junemar and Japeth. Only two of them I've seen that's about being offered to play for B League. AFAIK, for Japeth's offer it's around Php 2M per month for the first year of his contract, and next year it will be around Php 2.9M so yeah around Php 3M. That doesn't include the perks and bonuses. If I want to settle as soon as possible since I'm getting old, I'll take that offer but maybe he's too thankful to RSA as Terrence Romeo has said too. The case of Japeth is far from what Romeo has. He's already aging and has injuries that may trigger while playing inside PBA. The offer is very alluring, considering that he's no longer in his prime. I see though the difference if B-Legue will offer Fajardo, not by far SMB are capable to offer the same though it will be on the under the table deal. Future wise, Japeth should take this one into consideration. His career is no longer on the hype. PBA might be the best league if you don't want to leave the country, but if you are thinking widely B-League can be a good milk and butter. They may have a different case but I'm talking about being indebted to their team, to the company and management that has taken care of them. There's also another news that there's a network that tries to deal with B League to broadcast it on national free TV. IIRC, that's GMA network. Well, PBA has to be alarmed on this matter. Well, I guess that would be awesome if we can see a live game in our local channel, maybe if more PBA players will play with the B league, we can make a thread and we can also start betting. Japeth fits in the B league, look at Kobe Paras and the Ravena brothers, they are doing well fo their respective teams and they really play like a real import. |
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I can’t believe the Suns didn’t give Ayton a max deal. The one good player they draft in years and they’re going to let him slip away while giving 90 million to a backup and keeping Chris Paul around. Sometimes you have to wonder what management is thinking. Does this mean we’ll see an Ayton trade sometime in the future?
I'm surprised as well, with what Ayton showed them in the playoffs, I think it's enough to prove to the management that they can help this team to achieve their objective to win a championship, Ayton is still young and healthy if they can offer a max deal to an aging playing, why is it not possible for Ayton. Well, if a trade will happen it will be the recipient team of Ayton will benefit from his talent. |
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I love to handle this contest but just too many constraints for me here as I'm very busy with other stuff IRL but there are guys who can handle this contest like @mirakal and Russlenat and they already know the mechanics as they have done this before. I will just support and participate in this event.
Same here, as much as I love to run this kind of betting contest again but I'm afraid I would not be able to concentrate because I'm busy with my real-life business. I'm putting in a lot of time as you know it's a pandemic and we need to earn to survive in these hard times, anyways I'm still betting on PBA but not much compared to the past. Noted, I guess we just stick with betting on the bookies, that way we are all equal and given a chance to bet on the team that we like to win. Betting on a series is good but it's just unfortunate that our bookies do not offer this kind of market, so it should go with the normal betting which is per-game betting. |
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It's better for him to stay in the weight class where he is compatible and doesn't need to give much effort to defeat his opponents. Boxing is not just to conquer most of the weight division where you are not sure when you increase your weight and still have those power punches to shake your opponent cause most of the boxer only bring heavy body when they increase their weight and easily defeated by their opponents especially when their opponents are has been long compatible in those weight division.
I agree you should fight in your best weight category take the case of Mikey Garcia he loses two fights in the welterweight division because he cannot take the power and the speed from the category where he used to be the champion, Garcia is great but against fighters who are natural welterweight he is having a hard time, Canelo is doing great in his weight category let those who want to take a piece of him to get him in that weight category. Boxers will try to go up in weight if he feels he is not getting good challenge anymore, but the moment they'll feel their power does not belong to a height weight, then they can just go back to where they are dominant as they would just try to win afterall. just like Donaire, he tried to go up but failed, now he is back to bantamweight and he is doing great. IMO, only Pacman is successful enough to go up in weight and still dominate his opponent, that's during the time when he was still younger. |
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I would love to join the betting if someone would set up a contest. maybe biskdak can do this.
I love to handle this contest but just too many constraints for me here as I'm very busy with other stuff IRL but there are guys who can handle this contest like @mirakal and Russlenat and they already know the mechanics as they have done this before. I will just support and participate in this event. Hopefully, they are reading this thread so we can hear some words from them. I think there is still plenty of time, by the way, when is game 1 of the Finals? It should be Abueva this time. Stat-wise, he got this and with the changes in his attitude, I'm sure he would get the votes from other players which is the vital factor in winning this award. I don't look at the stats anymore but I believe that Calvin has a big impact on the team that's why they reach the Finals and I also believe that he is now the most consistent in the team, hence he should be the best player of the team. |
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I though it was already final that they will fight on December 11, but I have to check it myself after you said there's no specific schedule yet, and I'm surprised It really has no scheduled date for it yet. It's a mandatory fight, there should have a schedule released already.
Gaballo is a good fighter he is a solid power puncher and a KO specialiy, however he might going to improve his accuracy especially when fighting a boxer with speed and agility like Donaire. I'm kinda excited what this kid could do and he might be the next face of boxing in the Philippines.
No schedule yet for this mandatory fight but there is a big chance that this will be stage on the same night as Casimero vs Butler fight, that is what Donaire have said n his social media account as both Donaire and Casimero are now under Probellum, the promotional company owned by Richard Schaefer. It would be a big night for Filipino fight fans if the above is true as both Casimero and Donaire are entertaining fighters and not boring to watch. Which fight will be the main event then, and if that fight will happen then there are 3 Filipinos fighting in one night and Filipino fans would choose on who to cheer, will it be Donaire or Gaballo. I'm sure Donaire has a lot of fans but I also believe that there are some Filipinos who will bet on Gaballo to upset Donaire. |
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^They want to start the regular season with a bang! 2 days rest from now and we are going to witness the real game. Who will the Lakers put more minutes for? Will Kyrie ever take the vaccine before even the regular season start? Will the Bucks be as intense as last year? When Klay? I am excited to see how much handicap will be given to other teams whenever they face this 4 hyped teams of the NBA. I'd be willing to take some risks as long as there is a thin possibility of a win and if the price is right.  I'm super excited for the start oc the regular season. It's about time I start enjoying some NBA actions. Well, for Bucks, we shouldn't be expecting anything much from them after the epic season they had and I think what happened to Lakers after winning the title, they'd just relax and get kicked off by another team that is serious. Last season, I was cheering for Bucks, Got this season, I want to see how the teams will fare in the first couple of games. Different from my own view. I'm not ruling out Milwaukee Bucks as one of the best contenders this upcoming season. Giannis is currently playing at his peak. He just needs some consistency from his teammates to make a good run. About the Lakers, they got hit with major injuries last season. They don't relax and obviously, they won't do it. Some part of their roster also didn't seem to step up when the times they are needed. They made some major changes this season, so I hope it's for the betterment of the team. They got Westbrook, DJ, Melo, and Howard, I guess these guys are the key to their success and I have reason to believe that they will not waste this opportunity to win a championship, especially for the 3 players I have mentioned that has not won a championship yet. |
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It's easier for bettors to decide what team to bet on in the Finals as both teams have an equal chance to win (IMO).
No, it's more difficult to choose since they are equal. Bettors will mostly base their pick on their favorites regardless of their performance. I'm with TNT Katropa this time. But first I need to watch their Game 1 performance before placing my bet. I will not bet just because I'm with TNT. I'm not a fan of both teams that's why I will use my gamblers' way. You'll miss the fun if you will not bet in game 1, yes this is all about which team is your favorite to win and I think there's no need to overanalyze as this would be a close game. I like to bet on the series but there's no betting line for that, so how about one of our trusted members here set up a betting contest so everyone will have some fun. |
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Not all altcoins will give you the satisfaction you wanted and imagined because not every altcoins will give you huge profits. I myself only consider 3-4 altcoins that I studied before investing and to put in my portfolio and hold it to have profits. Depending on the altcoins, some will only be good for a short-term and some are best for long-term investment like bitcoin and eth or even NFT.
Just be careful OP because there are lots of altcoins today and most altcoins can't give you competitive returns. Don't be fooled and give yourself some knowledge before you invest.
If you keep believing on false hopes, even if you hold those altcoins for 2-4 years, you will never end up profitable. OP, you must know that not all altcoins are capable of pumping, some may live just for short term and eventually die. So you need to choose those coins who are considered solid and well established in the market because no matter how often the market crash happened, they will certainly recover after every dip. So never invest and hold altcoins that have no bright future. Keep gaining knowledge and maybe you'll be successful and profitable in the future. |
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^^ And you can't really compare the 2012/2013 Lakers to the current roster. So that argument is flaw in the beginning. The Lakers of today might be competitive though, majority of them joined just to have that one ring, so for sure they will do everything.
The only point of contention for the Lakers is the chemistry - but that's understandable, the season hasn't started yet and people are bashing them basing on the preseason games, Lol.
If we are in the middle of the season and the Lakers are like 20-20 then maybe there is a problem within the team. But at this point wherein the regular technically has started, we cannot say that they are doom to fail because of the chemistry issue.
Yes, you're right, but this 12/13 Lakers team technically speaking, was an excellent team, as virtually all of the top players were AllStars. But unfortunately that Lakers team didn't have an expected result. So, pre-season is a "warm-up" as I said earlier and fans can't take it off like it's a regular season or playoffs. Does not make sense. Look, if the Lakers team in this season is very well aligned and has a good chemistry between the players and especially without injuries, I even believe that this team was one of the best teams the Lakers ever had, of course behind Kareen & Magic Jhonson, Kobe & Shaq and also behind the 09/10 team. Yeah, but what I see in this season's line up, Lebron will still be the alpha of the team no matter what. Even if there is Westbrook or Carmelo, it will still be Lebron who will lead the team. And as we can see, Westbrook or Carmelo already acknowledge it in public. As compare to the previous Lakers of 12/13, all of them wanted to be the alpha and that's the reason maybe the team crumbles and never make it to the finals even if they look solid on papers. That's good, there should only be one Alpha in the team, and Lebron is not called a king for no reason, so he should lead the LA lakers like he always does when he joined the team. Westbrook will not win an MVP this season as his numbers will surely drop, but in the playoffs, he might have a chance if Lebron will allow him to do the play like his old way, and if it's effective. |
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