^^ I think Jack Catterall and Josh Taylor can still fight in the future if they are going to win their respective fight. And I think both has a tougher opponents, Teo Lopez might be a good test for Josh Taylor and even if he become the odds favorite, it will be close.
Prograis is a champion and so no easy fight for Jack Catterall. But I wouldn't be surprised if Regis won on a the judges scorecard against Jack here. I think Prograis has the tools to beat Catterall.
They can surely meet each other someday but the point is, Jack Catterall should have only the right to fight Josh Taylor next and no one else. Their first meeting is too close that it needs a rematch right away but the injury got it temporarily delayed. Jack is even willing to wait until Taylor is eligible to fight. Because of the sudden turn of events, Jack now needs to face another challenge before having a fight again with Taylor. The worst thing that can happen is, it's not even sure that Jack will face Taylor next, for let's say they have won both their respective fights. Boxing politics I guess, when Taylor is injured, Jack should still be the priority when he comes back. But Bob Arum has other plans and they skipped the challenger all together and then inserted their own stable fighters in Teo Lopez. Jack might be really feeling mad about the situation, but he can't do anything. So he decided to still chase another championship belt against Regis Prograis. And if by chance he won, they call out Josh Taylor for their rematch. |
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Hey guys! Anybody else think Kevin Love would join the Lakers, after the Cavs buyout?
I think he's a good addition to the current Laker roster. A big man with a good shooting percentage and a good rebounder too. Though the Lakers was playing great against
No. I mean the Lakers now has players that can fill what Love's position is. He's more of a Power Forward and the Lakers have it already. Vanderbilt, Hachimura, Gabriel, Bamba can be if they have a center in the court, Lebron can fill it as well. If he will join to the Lakers, he will just get benched out there. It would be better if other teams will get him, but not the Lakers. Team that is lacking on wing position. He can still be a good role player with his age. Did a quick search on what teams might be interested in getting Kevin Love, and the teams that are interested, or he can be a good fit on are the Pelicans, Thunder, Kings, Warriors and the Suns. https://cavsnation.com/cavs-rumors-pelicans-thunder-interested-kevin-lovehttps://fansided.com/2023/02/16/kevin-love-playoff-contenders/I just hope that Kevin Love can land on team that will utilized him, more than the Cavs is doing before. And with that, Lakers is not a good team for him as you have said, there are a lot of players that has the power forward position. So he has to rub shoulders with those young players for some quality minutes in the floor. He shows his intention to be in Portland because that's where he grows up, so not bad team for him if ever has the chance to go to. Bucks though continue their winning streak with a win against the struggling Bulls. |
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Here is one example of kind of string operation done https://twitter.com/coffeebreak_YT/status/1621581040539033603?t=Vy7hWZYrxK4mob8EeFMeHw&s=19It amplifies the need for investors to do their complete research before investing in newly launched projects. Even the person you had been admiring or following on social media platforms can be just promoting a scam. So apply some common sense next time instead of blindly following the expert financial advice of these gurus. Another platform, where this abuse frequently happens is YouTube where creators promote number of fake projects. This is an opener to would-be investors by avoiding this kind of trick imbibed by scammers, imagine investors having confidence on the personality of the promoter of the said investment unknowingly its fake and Scam, the fact remain that research is the best means of exposing these dubious act of these scammers else new investors will continue to fall for this trick, of course personally I am aware that there are several new methods devised by those fraudulent scammers to scam people, it had been on Twitter for long therefore diligence and public awareness will expose them. For new investors? yeah, this is a good opener for them not to blindly trust or listen to any influencer as they might be part of a bigger scamming group. But for those who have been hear long enough specially 2017-2018, they know this trick already and learn the lessons not be scam. And it's really good for us that there are still people around the crypto sphere that is helping us exposing this kind of fraud personality. I know it's hard to believed it sometimes, but that's a fact, everyone is after the money here to be frank and they will do everything to make them millionaires instantly. |
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Since the beginning of the year 2023 bitcoin has shown some positive outlook in terms of price recovery compared to the previous years 2022, when bitcoin struggled all through the year trying to sustain its price from dipping to a significantly low level when Bitcoin dip down to as low as $16k.
-But the 2023 has brought in a new market wave and hope for recovery of the market price, this has brought some air of relief to bitcoin holders and the price has recovered back to $24,400+ at the moment.
-This new price recovery has opened the door to for new speculations on the benchmarks Bitcoin will touch in this month of February, just as it did in January-February.
What are your markets predictions for the month?
1: Do you think BTC will break the $25k benchmarks in this month even though there will be a lot of pullback and resistance knowing fully well how close we are to 25k at the moment?
There is a huge chance that we can break the $25k barrier, we are almost there, $24,400-$24,600. The only question is how we are going to look at it, are we going to sustain it or not? 2 What are the variables to consider in making future uptrend predictions?
Good and positive news in the market, such as the CPI statement from Feds. I think it's one of the prime movers, because every statement they have to make, the market moves with it, whether positive or negative. Not only crypto but the rest of traditional market. |
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Match fixing is an issue mainly in developing countries. Most of it is organised by mafia that also involves in drug trade, illegal weapon trade etc. This type of things never get old. Its very hard to avoid match fixing if your country permits completely legal sports betting options. I don't call for them making it illegal but sometimes its impossible to detect. I am pretty sure this match fixing issue happened in Brazil is only visible side of "iceberg". Noone knows what happens at other side, in deep.
Not only on developing country but everywhere. Only match fixing is always being caught from developing country since they are easy to spot and their players is doing it too obvious for the money. I believe there’s a lot of same issue in EU that involves match fixing on sports. Big time mobs is behind this kind of operation and they are everywhere. Not the first and obviously not be the last to here this kind of match fixing. And since the sports involves a lot of personalities, from team owners to managers to coach and player themselves, there is some disconnect somewhere that we didn't know that match fixing has been involved if there is no whistle blower. Recently even in the World Cup there are accusations as well with match fixing so this is not new and could be rampant in the sports of football. |
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^ Not sure why Bernard Hopkins throw that on Bill Haney, but it's true, the older Haney has been put to jail when he was younger for crimes and this is one reason why he almost not made it to his son first fight in Australia because the Victorian government is strict with regards to individual entering their country with prior convictions in the US.
Regarding the money, you can't compare era's, maybe in this era Hopkins because a great middle weight champion would have earn a lot more in his career in the past.
They are just doing it for recognition because most of them are not being mentioned nowadays. Still, Haney has done great all these years and his performance is at his own best. That's why he always gets this kind of statement whether from the old era or now. His fight will gonna be a real challenge for him since his opponent is not some common boxer and can really give him hard time this time. Also, his clean record is eager to reach even numbers that will gonna give him more motivation for winning. Yes, Haney as a young age has accomplished a lot, winning all the belts against Kambosos, that is already a huge accomplishment for him. There is no need to compare him to Hopkins or whoever it is, its from a old era. There are haters in any sports, even Lebron does have a lot of haters even if he is the best right now surpassing KAJ record. So just let it be, he should be just thinking of beating Loma next in his fight, that's it. |
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Another triple-double for Nikola Jokic 14 points 13 rebounds 10 assists. That's the 97th triple-double in his career in a victory against the Dallas Mavericks. Big help from Jeff Green dominating the paint with 24 points, it's his night, and the player of the game.
That's it for them, finishing strong before the long All-Star break.
Luka Doncic 37 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds. They are shorthanded without Kyrie Irving and Tim Hardaway. Also their last game and a long rest.
Finally, the Nets got their win after the big trade that happened. This is the first win for both Cam Johnson and Mikal Bridges being Nets. It surely didn't take long and they had an explosive night. Johnson with 18 points and Bridges with a freaking 45 points! A monster game and a career-high for him to snatch a win against the Miami Heat.
Yes, it's really more of a win base on the trade, Cam Johnson and Mikal Bridges could be the new franchise look for the Nets + Nic that will be great. And it just solidify Jokic and Luka as forefront for the MVP race with this kind of performance. Luka though might have the advantage since the Nuggets are on the top of the standing. And we also have Tatum and Giannis and Joel Embiid for the MVP race that could be very close. Big win by the Lakers as well against the Pelicans. |
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I think introducing crypto currency into any of our personal blogger page will be a welcome development, because we can tell our follower's more about crypto currency in the way that can understand more about the bitcoin investment platform where we have our owned group on different social media platform taking this to our blog can help reach people in the rural areas for them to know more about crypto space in the global world today
Yeah, why not, it's someone has a personal blog or something then it's good to introduce bitcoin to his audience to at least educate them and know what bitcoin is. But don't expect something big though, I mean it's just your little help for the world to know what it is and the benefits. Let the imagination of your audience play and maybe they will invest, maybe not. At least you do your part spreading the world and that is good already. Don't force or blame yourself if they are not going to invest or buy bitcoin. |
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Giannis and Jrue Holiday went off for the Bucks tonight. If they’re playing like that I don’t think any team in the league can beat them. Tonight they got the better of the Celtics in overtime. The Clippers were able to beat the Warriors with Steph. Fox played great for the Kings but it wasn’t enough to beat the Suns. When KD comes back that is going to be one hell of a team.
It was a win, but it was in OT for the Bucks, and they almost lost to a Celtics team who doesn't have their star players like Tatum, Smart and Jalen Brown. The Bucks should have blown them up in the beginning, but they allow the Celtics to almost break their winning streak. If not for Holiday's clutch 3 in the OT and then Giannis getting the steal and sinking both free throws, it might be a different outcome, just saying. Do you mean the Clippers beat the Warriors without Steph in the lineup? Curry is still sideline. |
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Avoid ending up like a friend, who used all the money he has to invest in bitcoin and also took a loan, promising the lender that he will pay back when he gets paid in a month, after a month he never received the salary, I warned him doing this, because he has no doubt mixed investment with 'whatever it takes', is it safe to call this greed? I don't know.
Now he wants me to lend him some money to at least pay the loaner back and later settle me, there is more, now I have to send him some money to buy some food.
You don't have to use all your money to invest, even if you are not married yet or have other responsibilities, the best approach when planning to invest in Bitcoin is to buy with some percentage of the money you earning, maybe through business or a job.
If you do this weekly or monthly you won't feel any pressure, always remember that health is wealth.
I know that he is your friend, but you have to set limits as well. I don't know if your friend knows the old adage in bitcoin invest, "Invest what you can afford to lose". If not then you have to remind him that. But if you want to stick with him, it's up to you, but you should advise him on what to do and not just rely on your good deeds as a friend, just saying. |
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How about the Bucks with 10 winning streaks already. They are not getting enough attention just because they didn't move at the trading deadline.
Sure, they got Jae Crowder and they attempted to get Fred VanVleet of the Raptors but they are actually a team that doesn't need a reconstruction.
The consistency of Giannis Antetokounmpo is all they need and they are no doubt to win their games.
But later, they will be up against one of their greatest rivals, the Boston Celtics. Although one of their duo Jaylen Brown will not play, they are not to be underestimated especially White who had been racking up points to help them win. I will absolutely not miss this game.
And if we have noticed, those top teams, the Bucks and the Celtics and even the Nuggets didn't get any move in this trade and that is why the are on the top of the game. Bucks though is the favorite, a huge one as far as the odds goes, not sure why the line is like that, maybe it's because some of the Celtics players are injured and this is a game away from home for them. But who knows, this could be a trap for bettors, so let's see. |
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I assume most gamblers are aware of the saying. The popular theory on beginners luck. But to some extent most people don't believe that their is such thing as beginners luck. I certainly to some extent believe on this because i experienced mine in the first time i tried dog racing in a local casino house am gambling with. I had a massive win of about of 800$ at my first stake on dog number 4 which was having a high odd for them winning and i was very happy but the cashier told me "you just had beginners luck ". But my second thoughts on this was that, its like a trap set for newcomers into the gambling world  . Some gamblers certainly get overwhelmed by the first time win and go all in the habit of gambling. So whats your take on this guysNot sure sure if there is a what we call a gamblers luck, but for sure at one point in time, when we start to gamble, we had experience this kind of phenomena and yes, it really feels good to win a huge amount of money at the start and then it becomes a thing to us gamblers. We started to chase this kind of feeling again, so we gamble what we have won and later on, we lost. But still we will continue playing and then the habit has kick-off, we began to slowly become a compulsory gambler and then an addicted one. |
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It could be bad for Monero to switch to PoS, PoW has been their bread and butter for being a privacy centric coins, if they move on that algorithm they will lost everything in my opinion.
So for me, it's a bad move for Monero, they don't have a good image in the first place. Government are regulators are trying to break down them. And so if they move to PoS, it themselves that are going to kill this project.
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Let me be the first to comment on this one, this is a dangerous fight for Stanionis, no doubt that Ortiz Jr has the power based on his record of 100% ratio. But I think if Eimantas will have a good strategy to counter Ortiz and his chin holds against the power, he has a good chance to win, and win it on the judges score card. Both are motivated though, and I agree that this might go on a back and forth war and could be the first big welterweight fight this year. Spence vs Thurman is at 154 lbs, so that is not a real welterweight fight and even there are no belts on the line.
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0.1 BTC good enough or not.
0.1BTC may not be worth much at current prices but if you can hold it for years when each bitcoin is worth 500k or 1 million then your 0.1BT C is well worth it. And during that holding period, you can accumulate even more. It doesn't matter how much or how little BTC, what matters is how long you can hold it. lol , not worth much? let me ask you this, do you even have 0.1 bitcoin in your pocket/wallet? if not then till us how come that it is not worth much? 0.1BTC is already big amount for many of us , and specially if you are a holder? surely you will manage to gain thousands or even million once Bitcoin reached its peak price. for me? i am contented with my holding now , and waiting for a perfect time to sell out . At current prices, 0.1 BTC would be equivalent to more than 2k dollars, which would also be a huge amount if we were in 3rd world countries with low living costs. But according to what he said, it doesn't have much value at the moment and will be very valuable if bitcoin hits 500k or 1 million dollars in the future. He doesn't say it won't be of great value in the future. I think we should know enough with what we have, more or less it is our money. I think if we are going to look at it, at the current price of $20k, and if by chance in the next bull run the price goes to $100k, so that will be a good amount in 2024-2025. His 0.1 BTC might be worth $10k and that is a lot of money in a 3rd world country. And if he goes and hold on it till the next bull run, who knows, $500k-$1 million is possible so the returns is good for him. So really up to us on how we are going to earn and save BTC and how long are we going to hold on it, minimum or maximum years to hold before we sell them. |
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Right, and for those who haven't seen the fight, here are the highlights of the fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voIiJWRqSJkAs I have said, you can see how slick the style of Foster is, typical African-American stance made famous by Floyd, the Philly shell. And it's hard to crack it, only few boxers have known how to fight against that stance. Yes, and again, with this lost by Vargas, it's more intriguing the Magsayo vs Figueroa outcome. And both have seen what happen to Vargas and they know that he will go down to their weight class to insert him name. Nevertheless he is the current champion so both will have no choice but to fight Vargas. Foster has a same reach like Vargas, so Vargas can't use his reach advantage like when he was fight Magsayo. Magsayo is very hard to reach Vargas since his hand is shorter, Vargas can easily duck it. I think Vargas is to late to change his stance, he always got punched in his right face, until sixth or seventh round he's realized about that. If Magsayo will have a rematch with Vargas, it's better for him to being more aggressive and quick rather than looking to knocking out Vargas. I think it's really a nightmare match-up for Magsayo if he will rematch Vargas (assuming that he will win against Figueroa). Magsayo is not a technical fighter, and Vargas weakness is a fighter that is slick like Foster. So he will have a lot of adjustments to make in order to win against Vargas. Both could be motivated though, Vargas trying to bounce back from a lot, and then Magsayo avenging his defeat and the belt. |
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Yeah, just realized that there will be another better team that will take him out. And that with that, he'll be able to move along if ever the rumors are true if he's going to be back in Clippers.
Hopefully clippers will be able to to have him, and I also read some article that CP3 wants Melo on the team. How realiable is that? I've also read that thing about CP3 telling that Suns should also acquire Melo. It's written in some articles and sports publishing websites. ( https://www.basketballinsiders.com/news/chris-paul-wants-phoenix-to-offer-a-contract-to-carmelo-anthony/) I think Melo's career is over, he averages 13 PPG with the Lakers but he does not give a big impact on the team to win. Maybe if the Suns will acquire him, that will give him a bigger chance to win a championship than his contribution to the team. I have no hate for Melo, but his time being a contributor to the team is already over. If there's someone I think they should sign, it should be DeMarcus Cousins, he'll surely be a good backup Center for Ayton. Well Carmelo is still hoping that one team will get him for this season, there were even rumors that some Chinese team are interested on him. We have seen Dwight move to that country to pursue his love of the game. But I guess Carmelo has that pride in himself, and maybe believed that a team will acquire him for help. However, we all know that every team has settled down already and for me there are no teams right now that will be a perfect fit for him. Same here, no hate for him, but I guess it's time to really retire and he is no longer in his prime unlike Lebron. |
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Exactly, I think the camp of Loma would be alright if the share of Haney is bigger, but not to the point that he will get almost nothing. I mean, it should be a fair sharing, a 60/40 in favor of Haney is already fair IMO. But anyway, I think we should leave that negotiation to the promoters of this fight as I'm sure the camp of Haney would love to have Loma as their opponent since Loma has been idolized by many boxing fans, imagine if Haney will win, that has some positive things to do in his future in boxing.
Yeah since Loma is a challenger, he need to accept if he only get less share than Haney. I'm sure Loma isn't a boxer which only looking to make money, he's also looking for pride. If Haney can beat Loma, he shouldn't be really happy and think to move to the next weight, because there's another next tough challenge he will face, he need to fight with Shakur Stevenson  Even he's recently just move to lightweight, but he was destroy every boxers ins super featherweight, so I don't think he will have trouble in lightweight. Unless he moves to 140 lbs and left the division, then we might not see Stevenson vs Haney. Anyhow, we have to wait for the outcome of this fight, Haney is the favorite but Loma is very ambitious and motivated to win all the belts. And if by chance Loma will win, then Shakur will obviously target him first. So either of the winner, it will be a great match up for the Shakur moving to this division. And if I'm not mistaken, during the amateurs, Shakur and Haney do fight on the same division or at least they've known each other for so long. |
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Nets, Suns Agree On Kevin Durant Trade
The Suns will acquire Kevin Durant from the Nets in exchange for Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, four first-round picks and more draft consideration, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2023/02/nets-suns-agree-on-kevin-durant-trade.htmlI'm quite sure that the Lakers can't afford that kind of trade because they doesn't have that much luxury anymore to give four 1st-round picks and a swap pick, and then giving away 3 players. But at least, Durant was traded to his preferred team as that's what he said last season. Well, this time the Suns has a great chance of winning a championship. They mess up their chance before, but with Durant now, I believe they will b a better team. They have a great point guard who can also shoot, so having Durant and Booker will make them a very dangerous team. Yes, that indeed mean that the Suns won't be the same anymore and the team who used to choke in the playoffs even after having a good run. This time, it will be a lot different because a new Big 4 of the Suns has been formed and the point god will not be having a hard time anymore to use his mastery when it comes to laying the table for the team because they now have a new additional which happens to be a very reliable shooter. I think that will be the latest trend now in NBA, big a big solid big 4 and then see how far it goes. It's already a big roster upgrade for the Suns, it's just a matter of execution and there are no toxic environment with the team, Jae is already out and his situation with the team might be pulling them off for this season. They are now leading the Pacers end of the first half, Booker and CP3 are playing and it seems they have a different aura now knowing that they will have KD maybe after the all star break. |
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Wow,  https://twitter.com/ESPNRingside/status/1623920701349548032I don't think this will sit well with Jack Catterall as they have scheduled already a rematch with Josh Taylor. Unfortunately, Josh got injured again and so the fight is called off. Now this news is circulating that Teo Lopez is not going to fight Josh Taylor next for the title. So I think this is a bitch move from Top Rank to bypass Catterall. Jack losses the first fight against Josh Taylor but it was very close that there are some insiders who think that Jack won the fight. Just makes me wonder why Teofimo Lopez is getting all this special treatment when he moves to 140 lbs. He hasn't proved anything yet in this division, having like 1-2 fights with unknown boxer. And now he will be give the chance to fight for a world title at this division? The only thing that I can think of is that Top Rank wants all money in-house for them and their fighters, so it's easy to make this fight by bypassing Jack. |
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