Rumors are that Kyle Lowry is about to sign a deal with the Miami Heat. This is a bit surprising to me, but I guess that is as close to a contender as he could get. I know he really wanted to win a ring and play with his friend Derozan again (they still talk on the phone daily). Maybe we’ll see Derozan try to make his way to Miami as well, but I’ve heard nothing to indicate that.

I need a new car. I had hoped to wait for the cybertruck but my dodge might not survive that long. I’d probably sell it and buy a low end model 3 if they accepted Bitcoin. Since they don’t, maybe I’ll look around for some fun electric motorcycle or something to bridge my time gap. Would love to toss a coin to my Elon for a 3 though.

OP should throw up a poll on who is the next likely big name to change teams.  I'm curious what people think, although it would probably need to be edited or something as people are actually traded.  A lot of big names on the trading block right now though.  Some of them off the top of my head...

Kyle Lowry
Demar Derozan
Mike Conley
Lonza Ball
Dwight Howard
Chris Paul
Kawhi Leonard
Rudy Gay
Kemba Walker
Victor Oladipo
Spencer Dinwiddie
Andre Iguodala
Carmelo Anthony
Jeff Green
Tim Hardaway Jr
Dennis Schroder

Chris Paul and Kawhi Leonard both declined their player options for the upcoming season. While Kawhi is likely to resign with the Clippers for more money, there is no way in hell Chris Paul will be able to get anywhere near his player option. That basically means he’s leaving probably $10 million plus on the table to leave the Suns. An odd move for a guy who was just in the Finals for the first time. I’m guessing he wants to pick where he plays next… Only destination I see him wanting to go to is the Lakers to play alongside his friends LeBron and possibly Carmelo.

I believe I also have somewhere around 70% of my funds in crypto.  Although this is less by choice and more the result of an ever increasing market rate.  My goal is to end the year closer to 50% of my funds being in crypto, but we'll see how that goes.  Unfortunately, there isn't many good places to park funds these days.  The housing market in the US is crazy overvalued, stocks are at all time highs, bonds aren't keeping pace with inflation, and silver/gold aren't performing as they should be.  When used cars are making the best investment returns, it obvious the entire financial system is messed up.  All you can really do is just keep trying to diversify and hope that when the shit hits the fan some of your assets are able to protect you, or sit in cash and get eaten by inflation in order to avoid missing a chair when the music stops.

Ya, it looks like Demar Derozan, Kyle Lowry, Chris Paul, Buddy Hield & Dwight Howard are all trying to find their way to the Lakers.  I think it's somewhat unlikely for most of them, except maybe Dwight Howard who I thought they desperately missed this year.  I am still in a bit of shock they let him go for next to nothing while signing Harrel to a crazy deal.  That must have had more to do with LeBron's management and the Lakers wanting to keep him happy then it did with basketball.  With Westbrook, I think they have enough to go to the finals, but I'd really like to see them grab Howard and Hield.  

The way the media is inciting fear I think it is somewhat reasonable to expect a lot of people to want to protect themselves and their families by just going along with the norm. Now that a lot of jobs are requiring it, many people don’t even have a choice. I think it’s somewhat important for those of us with a choice to exercise that choice so that society doesn’t get too comfortable with mandates.

Big rumor of the day is that Lonzo Ball is about to secure an $80 million dollar contract from the Chicago Bulls. The Pelicans made him an offer so he’s a restricted free agent, but they’re unlikely to match that in my opinion. All bad news for the Pelicans as they should be trying to keep Zion happy and Zo was good friends with him. Makes you wonder where Zion will end up when his deal is over.

If Cathie Wood says Bitcoin is going up to $500K, you would be wise to listen. She’s got the fundraising ability to drive that price or near it with her investment funds and influence. Between her saying 500 and Michael Saylor saying he’ll buy forever, my $200K prediction is starting to feel mild by comparison.

Lakers looking likely to sign Rudy Gay or Carmelo Anthony soon according to rumors… I can’t deny it, I would love to see LeBron and Carmelo playing side by side on the same team. If only Chris Paul could find his way there…. They could get Wade out of retirement and you’d have the Banana Boys back in yellow. Plus, how many times would we hear the LeBron saving Melo from drowning story?

Over the years I've been asked several times about this book and where to purchase it.  We had to remove it from our shop after losing contact with photonresearch.  This is unfortunate because a lot of these images have gone unseen.  I purchased the images from the shoot and used a few of them on my Bitpic project, but a very limited number of people have seen the entire collection of photos.  In order to rectify this tragedy of artistic excellence, I am considering offering the images for sale as NFTs.  If you are interested in potentially bidding on or viewing the collection, shoot me a personal message and I will attempt to keep you informed.

I’d toss it out there that my username is pronounced like aug-nasty not O.G. Nasty like some of the kids on this forum like to say.    It has led to some funny accusations and confusion in the past. I think a lot of people probably pronounce Casascius wrong as well. I know I did for many years.

I think you’ll be setting the stage for getting vaccinated every 6 months for the rest of your life while simultaneously weakening the human race’s natural immunity response to threats making us as a species less likely to survive coming threats while becoming increasingly dependent on government to keep us alive.

At that price it’s obviously no competitor to Tesla. I saw the last Tesla competitor just had it’s CEO arrested for fraud and ended up losing billions in shareholder value. I think competition from Tesla needs to come from the big boys with deep pockets. Tesla is hot at the right time and taking advantage. As you can see from their stock’s extreme P/E ratio, investors are expecting quite the growth explosion.

You can feel the accumulation happening. The next leg up is going to be a big one. Hold onto your seats ladies and gentlemen. The train is loading up and ready to leave the station. All eyes on 100K for the next stop. I think the next few months are going to be a climax of sorts.

The Lakers are crazy… This Westbrook deal has to make them the favorites again. They need to figure out why Drummond didn’t work and fix that problem in the middle as well as add a shooter, but I think this Lakers team is going to make the Nets wait another year before they get to hoist a title with this lineup if they can all stay healthy.

I identify as vaccinated. That should be good enough to please the liberal coward crowd pushing this nonsense. If anyone doesn’t feel like identifying as vaccinated isn’t good enough then you should be cancelled, lose your job, your reputation, and be terrorized on social media. That’s how it works right?

I like how when asked about the numbers involving how many people have had the vaccine and have gotten sick, the government’s response was, “why do you need that information?” The government is sick. Their actions cowardly, and now they’re hiding the results because it would be enraging to the public to learn the truth…

Lakers are getting close to a deal for Kyle Kuzma. Looks like they’ll have to choose if they want to get Buddy Hield or Demar Derozan. I think Derozan is probably the way to go because he’ll likely bring Kyle Lowry with him, but I think Buddy Hield is a much better fit with LeBron. Still, if you have the chance to add 2 future hall of gamers to your lineup, you should probably take it.

They could start their own pools and reward miners with a unique altcoin or NFTs or something. The question is what demand would there be for such a token/coin? That’s what makes exchanges somewhat special, they bring demand for their own coin by accepting it for exchange fees. I guess a mining pool could rent hashrate using their own coin, but that would be quite a gamble and I’m not sure it would be as utilized or profitable.