He is not a huge problem, Luka is, and the Lakers are lucky that Luka was out. It's a hard-fought victory and therefore they deserve the credit for beating a good team, but it's good to watch next time if Luka is going to play as he can play head to head with Lebron.
You probably need to edit your reply. By the way, even if Luka was out the Lakers was still struggling to get that win since most are lucky bunch on both teams. That was hell of a good game for both of them raining some threes during the overtime. Sure it will have a different outcome if Luka was playing with the Mavs. Indeed, even though Luka Doncic wasn't on the court the Mavs were playing like he was with them and Lakers were struggling if you ask me. It was indeed a hell of a game to watch. It would have been much enjoyable if Luka was playing, always a pleasure to watch him in the big games. I also think Lakers are the most intriguing team this season, as in what will they do next? Can they win the big games or can they have a strong play off performance this season? I always watch them with high interest. An Irving less Nets would beat them, we saw how Durant played this season and he is carrying the team, so I don't think even if Lebron will man Durant, they cannot stop the production of Durant as the Nets will find a way for him to score and bring enough energy to the team to win. Lebron is the leader of the Lakers, as the Lakers are struggling, which tells us that he is not a capable leader this season. Besides, it's him who probably decides whom he will play with, reasons why these veterans are in the team now. I'm not so confident with that, right now the Nets are playing well as they are in the number 1 spot in the East, but comes playoffs time, things would be different as it's a best of 7 games and adjustment will be made. Since the Lakers are a playoff experienced team and some players especially Lebron had won multiple championships, I think that's an advantage already and I like to see them as an underdog so I will bet on them. I guess we are talking of a possible NBA finals here as it's the battle of East and West teams. Not totally an NBA Finals as I still have doubts if the Lakers would really make it to the finals this season after seeing their inconsistent performance. If I would choose a team to be in the Finals based on my personal opinion, I'm gonna choose either the Warriors or the Suns as by far they are the most consistent team in the West. Anyway, anything is possible though, so I'm not discounting the Lakers chance to be in the NBA Finals though like I said I still have doubts. Everything would have to fall in the right places for the Lakers to get to the finals. They will probably have to go through at least 2 tops teams if not 3 to get there. Beating the likes of the Suns, Jazz, etc will be tough for them given the amount of miles that will be on their legs by then. Building an old team never works let's see if the Lakers can break that trend, my money is against it. |
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I don't think I've ever seen so many turn overs within the 5!
Added: Damn and another one right after I posted this!
Chargers deserve to lose it, forfeiting 6 (or was it 9?) points for no good reason in a game like this gotta be the stupidest thing I've seen this season, and I've watched a few Lions games. This is what happens when coaches follow sabermetrics without using their common sense, this was an important game so I get that the LAC coach wanted to be aggressive but I would have thought that after being stopped for the second time on 4th and goal they should have changed tactics. I honestly don't mind teams that are aggressive on 4th downs near the goal line, especially if they have the personnel to go on 4th downs. Herbert can do things with his legs, Ekeler, even though being a bit banged up, and the other two RBs were getting almost everything they want against KC rush defense. Cook and Williams are endzone mismatches, and you also have Keenan Allen. I mean, you'd be doing your team a disservice if you weren't aggressive with the offensive weapons that you have. The Chargers are top 5 in the NFL in terms of 4th downs and conversions. I believe their conversion % at home (prior to the game with KC) was higher than 70%, which is quite good. The first 4th and short was the D.Parham play, which i thought was well-executed, he was wide open, he caught it, and if he hadn't hit his head on the way down, it would have been a touchdown...just an unfortunate outcome. The 4th and short at the end of the second quarter was a good call, would have made it a two-possession game, plus the Chargers had scored already 2 TDs in that quarter. The one play i didn't like was in the third quarter, at the KC 30, when they should have just kicked the field goal instead.....however, the Chargers have been going on 4th downs all season. Ironically or not, they won the first game with KC converting a 4th and 9 with less than a minute remaining in a tie game, though it was more about their kicker, iirc he was missing XPs left and right. I don't think the Chargers lost because of those missed points/scores on 4th downs. Honestly most teams are gonna go for it on 4th versus Chiefs. Their soft point is their defense. You aren't going to beat the Chiefs with fgs. Hanging up 7s vs 3s is the only way to beat them and their d gambles a lot where you can hit first downs fairly easy against them at times. I like the call, if I'm a head coach there I'd do the same. Now if you are playing Detroit, Houston, etc it's fg city all day knowing you can stop their o fairly easily. |
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Looks like we will not see Klay in their Christmas games because base on a report that I saw on Facebook (NBA Buzz), the team said that he will return to the court on December 28 and that is the earliest possible against the Nuggets. Well, there is no reason for the team to force him to play because they are at the top of the standings right now. Another report that I also saw from Facebook (NBA Buzz) is this:  We already knew that Coach Thibs removed Kemba from the rotation because they are playing far worse when he is in the court and that is true base on the statistics. Well, it turns out that he isn't the only problem of the Knicks. Just by seeing that picture, am I the only one thinking that Coach Thib might be the problem for the Knicks that is why they are below 500 right now? That's a hard no. Thibs isn't the reason they are below. I am a die hard knicks fan and watch every minute (if not live I record it). They have had early big man issues with injuries and knicks have been susceptible in the paint. Second part of it is that thibs is actually giving the young guys some run. Why you ask? Kembas +/- is -6.8 when he is on the Court. That's terrible, early on guards have slaughtered him and if you can't play d, thibs ain't playing you. I can respect that. All in all knicks lack someone who can punch in points in bunches if Randal is off. One of these kids ( Iq, obi, qg, or duece) has to come up big and be that next star... BTW duece with the most minutes he's gotten this year tonight= 9 assists, 15 pts and 4 steals...iq 7-10 from deep. That's what the Knicks need. Then it takes the pressure off thibs. |
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If Joel Embiid will play, chances they can get a win against Brooklyn Nets. In the latter's last game, they struggle to win against the Toronto Raptors. Kevin Durant did double work to push on a win. A tough challenge for the Brooklyn Nets is Sixers will play healthy in that game.
But I doubt we can expect a healthy Sixers as Joel Embiid still plays last night even with a minor injury and late 4Q on that game, he took a concerning fall but was able to get up with no problem, I supposed. He was listed as questionable on tonight's game.
Game isn't over but the Nets are up 17 in the second. Obviously long way to go but betting against Durant as an underdog in his own house is usually never a good bet. Watched some of it and sixers look lazy and Nets are lighting the score up. Sometimes shaking up a roster isn't a bad thing. Benches come out with energy. |
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Are cryptocurrencies losing their appeal? Where do you see which important crypto money in the future? How do you interpret the sudden fall of cryptocurrencies? Apart from BNB, SOL, BTC, ETH, do you think there are other cryptos that can be popular?
Most are cash grabs. Not saying there can only be 4 but in the end there won't be thousands. Most of these "projects" will be abandoned at some point as the development move on to other scams. A pretty decent little project helium looks like it has a sustainable business model go check that put. |
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Once people was crazy about meme coin. After publishing lots of article, videos Against meme coins as cautioins, and after knowing that such step would be risky but they keep invested on such coins for earn quick money. Doge was pumped after elon tweet but dump again. now it seems people are more careful than before and most of memcoins got flop. so holding meme coins still make you rich or soon it'll be end of meme trend?
This is definately the end cash out now. There is no need or utility of coins based on memes. They are all cash grabs and the cycle has run its course. Look at doge. Peaked at 1200 sats and has already fallen into the 300s. They will slide under 100 and the rest will probably fade into oblivioun as people are left holding untraceable bags of garbage. |
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Another Thursday night football as there aren't very many of them left so put in your picks for your chance to win a freebet. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5376942Chargers and the Chiefs ought to be a slugfest so I would expect Mahomes to turn up the juice on those passes to punch them into the endzone. Chiefs have been hanging 30+ on people and on paper this seems like an easy over pick which is causing me concern. I'm actually leaning on the under side of this one. Go against the grain, most of the money is on the over. |
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My pick tonight.
game : Nets vs 76ers.
Without Harden, I think 76ers would be able to focus their defense on Durant, he is the man that they need to limit as they can afford to see Durant dropping 40+ points again. It's a tough choice for me as always, but I'm leaning on the road team here.
Therefore my pick is ; 76ers ML. GL everyone!
The line has dropped to -2.5 for the 76ers, but I'll stick to the ML @ 1.77 I'm also taking the New York Knicks -4.5 vs Houston Rockets. Best of luck! I took the Nets still. At home with Durant on the floor as underdogs seems crazy even though all the Nets players out. I also got the Knicks. They NEED to win this and think they are gonna come out firing. Don't know if Quentin G is still in covid protocol but if he isn't I hope thibs gives him some run. |
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There is a great game tonight which is between Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers in Barclays Center. But Nets' condition with missing players doesn't seem very good. There are seven players who are ill due to covid-19 as it seems now. Harden is also among them but he might have a chance to play. But still, I don't expect this game to be played tonight. The Toronto Raptors - Chicago Bulls game has already been postponed and this game also seems likely.
I didn't hear this game would be postponed. I still have the Nets at -1.5 to win the game. So long as durantala is on the floor and the Nets are a small favorite I'm taking them at home. Hopefully the game goes off, all of these postponed games are going to cause an end of year nightmare for back to back and even 3 games in a row some with travel. |
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From the bearish conditions that we have experienced for almost the last month, we can see that the price of bitcoin is almost close to the $40k price level. As long as we don't find a large bearish candle, the bullish scenario for Bitcoin will still occur. The next projected bitcoin price target is around the $74k-$75k level.  If this scenario occurs then the current buy the dip will be very profitable. I'm looking at the same type comparison. Really watching that bottom line because things are a bit bearish or at least pessimistic in terms of pricing. Personally I think it's gonna break through the bottom line. I think a lot of people are gonna sell off crypto in the beginning of the year to pay for some of the taxes they are gonna owe with everything doing so well, especially alts. |
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2021 have bring so much growth to millions of people around the world I'm glad to have believe in this new technology called crypto and I'm sure as time goes on I will eventually get better at my crypto investment skills, I made more money than I lost but
1. Still I ended losing more money than I made, I was sitting on 30,000$ profit last month but I failed to take profit just because of 100k BTC rumour that looks like reality
2. be careful of Crypto YouTubers deceiving people to buy in cryptos where as they are simply predictions, most times crypto market can't be predicted correctly
3. Follow your heart and nothing else cos if I've done that I would have pull my 30k profits and now I'm left with 5000$ in usdt
Well the race isn't over yet, one day I will look back and laugh hard at all this, stay safe
On #2. Most of those people are paid shills anyway. If someone is pitching anything you should be weary. Use that as a resource but not THE source you use to put money into things. Another good lesson is to not go all in on a wierd position, if you are gonna buy some fridge coin, cost average up and down so that your risk isn't overly heavy on relying something to pump imedeately. |
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Hi everyone, I really need to know your opinion about the tweet from A Dogecoin and Tesla LORD, Elon Musk.
He said that he thought about quitting as a CEO and become an influencer, Full time.
Can some one tell me your opinion about this, it can be from crypto side, or another.
I need that because usually Elon Musk tweet and his actions so far, cause anything significantly, e.g. SHIB & Dogecoin. So, If we know what'll be happen in the future, We can start earlier to invest right now
If banking on elon musk dropping his life's work and becoming a dogecoin influencer as your investing strategy then you my friend will be broke rather quick. In the end elon musk tweeting doesn't mean anything and will be a footnote in doges history. Put money in doge because you like where it's going not because of someone, even if it's elon, is going to become an influencer lol. |
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LA Rams hit hard. 13 players are on COVID-19 protocolsThat means that the LA Rams training facility has been shut down and the team will conduct all business remotely over the next two days or possibly longer. The NFL/NFLPA have agreed to enact enhanced protocols for situations like this. Right now, the LA Rams are enacting all required protocols. https://ramblinfan.com/2021/12/14/la-rams-now-face-11-players-covid-19-protocols/ And the Browns are not in a much better shape, in total there were almost 100 players on the covid reserve list as of Tuesday, it is going to be interesting if Goodell actually fulfills his promise of not moving games and force teams to forfeit the game if they cannot play due to covid issues. The NFLPA wants for daily testing to make a comeback as under the current rules only those that are unvaccinated have to go through it while the vaccinated only have to be tested once a week, and taking into account the state of crisis the NFL is in I think they will get their way. Yeah fantasy football might now come down to who can field a competent team lol. On top of crazy injuries this next month a lot of guys will probably be going into protocol this month. Whatever happens can the football gods please look over Jonathan Taylor for me. If he goes I will be bent lol. |
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A bad loss for the Rockets. I stopped watching at the 3rd quarter when there's just no chance they could regain from a deep deficit. Cavaliers are going stronger at each game they play with a healthy roster. They might even take that 3rd spot in the East if the Bulls won't find a good player that would carry the team as a lot of their stars are under the health and safety protocol and will miss two games.
1/2 as the Hawks covered the -7.5. Thanks for the tip Jating. Cheers to the winners.
Who would expect that from the Cavaliers, after struggling for the number of seasons, they are now coming back strong and might qualify in the playoffs. The good thing about this team is that when they have game, they usually are underdogs against a playoff team and that gives us bettors an opportunity to win. as we can see in https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/trends/ats_trends/They are the number 1 team on ATS win with 82.1%. Cavs are doing what is best for the team, the rotation and the chemistry of all the players are really fun to watch. Whatever the coaching staff did to this team, they do it right, and it shows now from the past performances of this team. long way as this season still young and the playoff still far, but it's a good thing for them to keep doing what's best for them to continue to moving forward. The should give a big thanks to Houston for drafting jalen green and not scooping up evan mobley. Now don't get me wrong I think jalen green will figure it out but evan mobley seems like he could end up having a LaMarcus Aldridge type career. I like the cavs big guys and shutting down teams. Vegas still isn't completely respecting them. |
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The game between the Lakers vs Mavericks was a hell of a watch especially the final moments of the last quarter.
Both players from the respective teams managed to score side-by-side, clutching 3s and 2s on the field but the last possession of the Lakers changed the outcome of the game. Though Westbrook avoided to shoot an open 3, he quickly realized that there was still time on the clock on which he drove the defender off and passed the ball to the rookie Austin Reaves who manages to sink in a game winner shot! Unbelievable game and it was a privileged to witness it live on my TV.
Lakers are starting to develop and find their team chemistry. I hope their development continues as I do have high hopes on the team.
Not sure about the chemistry though, they are still in the 6 place in the West but winning 3 straight already. But the big test for the Lakers is to face the top 3 teams and see if the chemistry is there, otherwise they are good only to win games against a low team, just saying. And they almost lost to a team without their best player, so I wouldn't say this is a good gauge about their chemistry. They need to show me more than a week to jump on that banwagon. I still think that they will struggle keeping guys on the court. Time will tell with this team but they are rolling the dice with age. |
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Was 1-2 against the spread last night. Only hit on the Suns, goldenstate disappointed. And especially as a knick fan, they lost AND golden state didn't cover! Oh well them the breaks.
Tonight a bunch of games but just trying my luck with one game. Denver -4 at home is my pick tonight
Lost that one. Poor showing by the Nuggets. But tonight's a new night! Taking 2 games tonight. I like the Knicks-5 against the Rockets. Knicks are sliding and this is a good game they can dig their heels into and pull out. And the next game I like is the Nets-1.5 at home against the sixers. Sixers a re good but anytime Nets are home and only giving a point or 2 I'm taking them. Good luck tonight everyone! |
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Was 1-2 against the spread last night. Only hit on the Suns, goldenstate disappointed. And especially as a knick fan, they lost AND golden state didn't cover! Oh well them the breaks.
Tonight a bunch of games but just trying my luck with one game. Denver -4 at home is my pick tonight
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This what poor people need:
Is poor people fund managets who grow up their capital and reinvest this money for example in IPO on stock market and creating crypto projects to be listed later on exchangers 10x profit at least.
Also fund manager can use this capital to pump up the markets but first b4 pump the poor investors will know first.
It need be some mutual funds trust kind of thing also with insurance as rich bastards have.
All you need to do is copy paste the rich bastards and poor people get same results.
Also need teamwork and wealthy mindset but here is problem if u not with networking making connections and doing ur finances the way how it should be then u cant get wealthy.
So this one is suitable for ghetto people come together invest ur dope money in markets get few good traders and fund managers usually they have good inside info btw anyone who have learned about finances and corporate investment have some pretty decent inside info.
If u guys need more directions how to organize this proper way then ask.
Its time wake up and doing wealth without crime or working bs jobs such us construction or mc donalds.
Time imvest and manage ur wealth proper ways
Aside from this not making much sense, people who lack sufficient addition funding outside of living costs is non existent. Most people who are poor don't have the money to invest. It's a vicious circle that doesn't break without hard work and a lot of sacrifices. It's not that they are poor cause they aren't investing their money. |
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What a moment as Stephen Curry broke Ray Allen’s regular season career 3s record. He came out shooting and made 2 in the first 5 minutes. They shut down play and let Steph have his moment with his teammates, Dad, and eventually made his way to Ray Allen. Of course he had to break the record with a guy in his face and hitting nothing but net. Best shooter ever. Officially.
Yep that is not even debatable. He might not go down as better than LBJ but his impact on the game is by far bigger than LBJs. Before steph it wasn't cool to hit 3s, now everyone including the center can hit 3s. He is the Dr. J of 3 pointers in terms of changing the game. |
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At about 12:00 UTC today, Elon declared that Tesla will start accepting Doge for merch payments
No, doge slid right back after the pump yeah its still higher but after the honeymoon of that announcement wears off its gonna continue the slide down. Sell the news is true here. Was a good opportunity to get put of a bad position. People who held are gonna be upset with themselves once it's back to $.16 and continues the slide back to ~40 sats where this whole thing started. |
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