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1801  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2020 Philippine Basketball Association betting discussion on: July 18, 2022, 07:49:25 AM

One example is Ray Parks, IIRC, his reason for leaving the TNT is because he wants to take care of his sick mother, but look where he is now, he is already playing with the B League.

He was caught lying because of the picture circulating that he was in the Philippines at that time. He left TNT, not in good faith, so probably he will not be able to come back in the PBA again, he needs to play well so his contract in a team that he is playing with in B League will last longer.
1802  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Kazuto Ioka vs Donnie Nietes II on: July 18, 2022, 05:48:51 AM
He may think of retirement after this fight. He's not getting any younger so better enjoy his remaining years with his family.

That's not the case. It's been reported that Donnie Nietes wants to have another run in his career. I just don't know against whom since he's just lost his biggest title shot recently. I also like him to see him hanging his gloves but we can't control his desire to come back to the ring even though he is now considered old to do it. We need to respect his decision.

Maybe he needs another fight to confirm to himself if he still can win a fight. Well, we all like to see him retire but he is the one who will decide in the end, if he feels he still has left on him, then probably he will have another shot and try to win, but hopefully he will be convinced to retire if he fails again.
1803  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: In the next couple of years you will regret not taking bitcoin ✈️ flight on: July 17, 2022, 11:11:38 PM
Investing without having knowledge could make us easily got fall into the wrong investment. Like choosing coins to invest, research is a must not because having someone suggest it we also have to invest as well not giving the time to check it and this is the reason why many people had to lose their money instead of multiplying it.

As for me, investing in altcoins isn't a bad idea as long as it can be trusted and much more it was legit and has a working product as this is the only way it gives us some assurance that it will grow.
1804  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Least promising project of those 5 on: July 17, 2022, 01:28:08 PM
How are we going to determine worse projects?
 * no used-case
 * questionable developers
 * not back-up with a reputable exchanges
 * no market volume

If one of them had fallen into such a category of mine, don't dare to invest and even have the plan too as for sure you will just lose your money. Choosing coins for investment really matter as this will affect the results of it.
1805  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Teofimo Lopez vs Pedro Campa - Aug 13 on: July 17, 2022, 11:35:13 AM

I agree the fight against Campa is a test for him if he can absorb heavy punches from 140 lbs, the same way if his power is effective enough to KO the regulars of that weight category. I believe this is a great test for Teofimo Lopez since Campa aged 30 is still in his prime.

But this isn't a real test, you can tell by the betting odds alone that Lopez is the heavy favorite, therefore we can assume that majority of the fans believe that Lopez will easily win the fight. he is not fighting a champion, so it's not a big deal if he win this fight, but if he will, he should be ready for a bigger challenge agains a champion.
1806  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2020 Philippine Basketball Association betting discussion on: July 17, 2022, 11:14:18 AM
Meralco defeated SMB 89-86.

Great win by Meralco, I thought SMB would just dominate them but they played hard and upset the number 1 team.
SMB now is 9-2 but still number 1 in the standing, with this win, the ranking of Meralco has improved.

No matter what's the outcome of that game, SMB will remain at the top and the twice-to-beat advantage going into the quarters so I stay away from that game mate because of a fan of SMB, and in my mind, I have a feeling that they will lose and lose they did hehe.
Of course, they will have a twice-to-beat advantage and will enjoy that in the elimination.
I'm pretty sure they will win and will easily get to the 2nd round, but I'm not sure if they will still be a champion since we have Ginebra and TNT who are also a good contender.



About the issue with Matthew Wright, there are a lot of speculation going out on social media, some said he will be playing in Japan while I also read an article saying that he is open to playing back in the PBA but with a new team, championship team to be exact so I won't be surprised if he will be donning a TNT or SMB jersey when he is back playing in the PBA.

So what would happen to the salary cap? I believe Matthew Wright considers himself as a superstar so he would demand a high salary.
1807  Economy / Speculation / Re: How do we spot the crypto bottom? on: July 16, 2022, 10:50:43 PM
The market has not recover yet and crypto prices are still declining. Well, what can we expect from a bearish market than to see everything in the market falling apart. And assume that the whole market will even face future crashes if the bear market remains. But regardless how deep the market right now, still we can’t predict the bottom of this price declining. The crypto market remains unpredictable as it is.
Until now, we can't still say that we have already reached the bottom. It was still an assumption of being there as we are not really sure about the incoming. But, I'd rather keep being positive and never think about that thing as it won't help us instead it only drags us down. Buying during the dip is still a great idea and we have to keep that mindset rather than being bothered if there is a huge dump to come. Dealing with the current market condition is somewhat the best thing we can do, not this bottom.
1808  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: SHIB, DOGE and BabyDoge: How Do Community Favorites Perform? on: July 16, 2022, 10:26:09 PM
Dogecoin and Shiba Inu got huge support from the community, that is what I only see. In fact, even without Elon Musk Doge will still exist and that is because people see this valuable than the other meme coins. However, people had thought and made it general that they are useless and are just shitcoins which gives less attraction to the market. But despite the negativity, they still survive and compete in the market.

I won't stop people from investing in Doge and Shiba, that was their choice as well nor to urge others to think they are good projects.
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Meme coins are meme-inspired cryptocurrencies. They tend to be highly volatile compared to major cryptocurrencies like bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH). This is likely because meme coins are heavily community-driven tokens. Their prices are usually influenced by social media and online community sentiments. This often brings a lot of hype but also FOMO and financial risk. While it’s true that some traders became rich with meme coins, many lost money due to market volatility.
source: https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-are-meme-coins
1809  Economy / Speculation / Re: BTC Sentiment Poll for July on: July 16, 2022, 02:36:21 PM
I feel like it's gonna be ranging between 18k - 22k from here on out for as long as it could and it'll just wait for something to happen..  A catalyst to put it back in bull mode.  Whatever that may be, I don't think it's coming this year.   And if anything, it's looking like it could get worse.  I remember around Dec 2018 when we all started to think BTC was all stable and out of nowhere it started to go down from 6k to 3k in a couple of days.  Lolol.  Same thing with the drop of Jan 2015, from 300 to 150.

The price of Bitcoin doesn't move far, May, June, and until today we have never seen it surpass $23k. I'm predicting that we still stay in that position and price range for this month of July. And I was also thinking this even be the price we saw for this quarter. Well, I have no problem dealing with this situation as for me even if it reaches back and remains at $18k, that is still far from what we had experienced during the last bear season. I couldn't think that gonna happen again knowing that people had already learn how to control their emotions.
1810  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Crawford vs Spence on: July 16, 2022, 02:06:45 PM

Maybe this fight will break in the top 10 but not going to be in the top 5.

Possibly, so what are they waiting for, they should make an official announcement already so people will start buying tickets for the probable biggest fight of the year. Crawford vs Spence, this is the fight that we have been waiting for, and I can't accept if it will not be realized this year.

But maybe they are just ironing things up that's why they can't make it public yet? And we have seen Floyd's face entering the picture as well because he knows this is a big fight so maybe he is pitching something so that he can be included in the money? The exciting is killing us, and yes, we want positive news and hopefully this all boxing politics or who is getting the most of the purse and split should have been finalized or at least negotiated already.

If Floyd will enter, he might be promoting Crawford and I don't think Floyd would accept a 40/60 share and they will get a lower share. Hopefully, Crawford will play smart here and think that it's not just about the money but the legacy he would make if he beats Spence Jr.
1811  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: July 16, 2022, 01:23:47 PM
^^ Really hard to digest what really happen to the Lakers last season and how it become toxic. Although it was really evident that in the beginning, something is not right as even in the pre-season with all eyes on them and high expectations there were already signs that it might not work and that what happen. And then Lebron injured himself and so is AD, Russ games didn't flourish, the supporting cast is not performing as expected etc etc. There is no single point of failure, just a culmination of bad timing and maybe bad decisions.
They don't have good supporting cast because they traded the ones that were really a big piece of the success of the Lakers. Now, they realize that they don't really need another superstar, in fact, Lebron and AD is enough because both have already won a championship together with the Lakers.
The Washington-Lakers trade really is a bad trade if you will ask me, or it really is a bad trade just because of what happened with the Lakers.

The Lakers traded some of their young and best bench players like Kuzma, KCP and Caruso which is one of the best in defense just to get Westbrook. Turns out that it became worse for them. The players who helped the team get a title got traded to different teams just to get a player where they expect that will help the team get another title again, but it didn't happen.

The good thing now is the Lakers are doing some good things, and they started it to get a new coach in Coach Darwin Ham. One thing more is that they got star-studded players like Pippen and O'neal (you know what I mean with this one Tongue). Well, I just hope that the Lakers will make better decisions this off-season and will be better this upcoming season and will not repeat what happened to them last season.

They cannot go back anymore, all they have to do is just correct their mistake and I hope with the new coach, things will be different for the Lakers. Injury is still a big problem for the Lakers, as long as Davis is prone to injury, the future of the Lakers is not bright.

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In order to acquire Westbrook, the Lakers sent Kyle Kuzma, Montrez Harrell, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to the Wizards (plus their 2021 first-round pick). Harrell and Kuzma are subpar defenders by most metrics, but KCP's contributions on defense and his ability to knock down threes in the Lakers 2020 title run cannot be glossed over.
https://www.si.com/nba/lakers/news/lakers-nba-expert-describes-russell-westbrook-acquisition-as-catastrophic-ee21

I think that's what happened.
1812  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Advice from a stranger on: July 15, 2022, 11:55:46 PM
Is it true that new altcoins are the best to invest in right now? Someone said you can easily make better profits from new projects than investing in old altcoins that have already x their values already, what do you think? Good or bad idea.
Perhaps, listening to stranger's advice isn't wrong and even following him. But you need to be careful and never easily trust them especially when it talks about investment and money as most of them are scammers and they target newbies. Never get fooled by someone saying "you can generate more profit from investing in new projects" as they are claiming their projects are good and profitable but in the end, they leave you in regrets. I think that was not the thing you wanted and that is why I encourage to be careful dealing this situation and to the strangers.
1813  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Would you advise a focus on indicators or the market itself for a newbie. on: July 15, 2022, 11:33:02 PM
Traders have never succeeded without using this, that was the reality of having these tools exist in trading as it helps us to make our trades more reliable and profitable. That is why it is recommended to use at least 1 or 2 as old traders already value these things and know how effective it was in the actual scenario. The more we got into trading, the more we realized its importance, especially when creating TA.

I know it was an additional task and burden that newbies must have to know but yes, it was a part of learning trading that you need to consider.
1814  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Crawford vs Spence on: July 15, 2022, 01:34:55 PM

I believe PPV sharing is probably the main reason why they haven't come up with a deal yet. Spence's previous PPV buys are a little better than Crawford's. Spence also has more belts to offer in the division but Crawford is the only ATG of the two.   


There's no other reasons, Crawford here has to agree with a small share because Spence will not agree with a 50/50 share.
he has more belts and he has a better PPV record in the past compared to Crawford.

We get it, Crawford is also a champion but Spence have proven enough based on the numbers he have.

However, Spence versus Crawford might be the biggest payperview revenue in the history of boxing. It might be more than the payperview numbers of Mayweather versus Pacman. It would be very stupid for Terence Crawford's team to not demand a share equal to Spence's share.

I'm not sure about this, Mayweather vs Pacman did 4.6M buys, that is hard to crack. Although that Mike Tyson vs RJJ did a decent numbers in the pandemic reaching around 1.65M.

So I'm guessing maybe around that numbers or maybe it will be as high as 2.0M but nowhere close to even Conor vs Floyd or Floyd vs Oscar Dela Hoya.

Mayweather is a PPV king, period.

The reason why he is the richest boxer in the history of boxing if I'm not mistaken, and I don't think the current era of boxers would defeat him. His era is full of exciting fighters, they have Pacman of course, now, boxers doding each other just to remain undefeated.

Yes, Mayweather dominates in the PPV competition as we can see here; https://www.planetsport.com/boxing/features/floyd-mayweather-mike-tyson-conor-mcgregor-top-10-ppvs-of-all-time

I hope these champions will be inspired and convinced themselves that the only way they can get huge PPV buys is when they will give the audience a big fight, such as this fight.
1815  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2020 Philippine Basketball Association betting discussion on: July 15, 2022, 01:02:56 PM
Magnolia vs Meralco, this is a great game, both are tied in the standing I guess, so let's see who will win.

I am leaning on the Magnolia because of their good defense and more consistent than Magnolia.
It's still a close game, those who like to bet on the game live, it's your chance to do it now.

Magnolia had a good lead in the first half but Meralco came back in the 3rd quarter, they are already tied now, and I like to believe that Meralco has a great chance of winning here, LOL. I actually took the 3.2 ML during the half for Meralco to win.

edit : we are going to OT

Magnolia won in OT with 97-88 score. They did a good defense in the overtime that shutdown Meralco. The technical on Newsome does not help either on the dying minutes of the game. It is a good game. Defense has been the key in Magnolia's victory. Won the bet with Magnolia covering the -6.5 spread.

Congratulations mate, Meralco wasted their effort in the OT, it was pretty evident that Magnolia had really dominated the game. I wonder where you get that -6.5 spread, I believe Magnolia was only -1.5 in the pregame odds.
1816  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: July 14, 2022, 12:37:08 PM
^^ For sure, the commissioner is not going to be happy with that. Yes players have freedom, but in this case, and if I'm not mistaken, this is a super max contract being given to KD and then after a few years and he still has like 2 years in his contract, he suddenly request a trade? It is close to being disrespectful to Brooklyn, after emptying their pockets not just for him but for Irving as well, he will suddenly ditch the Nets because it's not going his way? Yeah, for sure new rules are going to be set in by the NBA to address this kind of scenario.
Obviously they are and rules really need to change regarding to that since NBA is not really good in that side because they give to much power to a player and this really hurt a lot on their organization if the same scenario like this will happen in future.

I wonder when this controversy stop and for sure the team where this two guys landed will encounter the same problem since they tolerate those kind of players.

If there's no rule that will make it illegal, you cannot say it's toleration. Players has the rights as well, that's why they have a contract, and as long as their action does not violate the contrat, it's always legal but not every legal is acceptable in the eyes of the fans and the organization.
1817  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Kazuto Ioka vs Donnie Nietes II on: July 14, 2022, 11:42:38 AM
Nietes did his best but the Japanese is really superior and he did improved a lot during their last fight. And with that huge gap in the score, it was a total disaster for a come backing Nietes, he should have remain semi-retired. Anyhow, the future still looks bright for Filipino boxing, maybe there could be one that they will discover again and maybe be the next Manny, or Ahas or Filipino Flash that will carry the flag for them. The've been successful though in the Olympic boxing and winning medals so I guess it could be a consolidation for a disaster 2022.

IMO, Ioka is not that good in terms of skill, he won yesterday's fight because of Nietes' declined performance-wise.

Ioka is very beatable and if the rematch took place months after the first fight, the result could have been the same as the first fight.

In fairness to Ioka, he deserved that win because of his aggressiveness and being relentless in throwing anything he has last night  Grin.
We can understand that because Nietes is already old, I think his career in boxing is already over, he should have already retired and enjoyed his life after boxing.
His performance has a big decline compared to his past performances, so it's time to stop boxing professionally.

Looking forward to the match between Ancajas and Ioka, this could be exciting because we all know how skillful Ancajas is and for sure he would bounce back from that unexpected defeat.

Casimero and Ancajas are now the bright prospects of bringing glory to the PH in the world of boxing.

I like to see this one, I guess think Ancajas can easily beat Ioka.
1818  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Randomly receive small amounts of TRX on: July 13, 2022, 11:35:28 PM
Upon reading this post, I'd check my wallet transaction but never it appears that I have received any from an unknown person. Maybe I was not a part of their list as the target for something we don't know as it is sure it was intentional.

That could be worrying if you usually use this wallet for major transactions as you are wallet has been known to them and likely being monitored by this group. You gonna be careful or may change your wallet address if possible and let's see if they are still sending you some TRX.
1819  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: July 13, 2022, 12:55:41 PM
Irving and Durant both are leaving the team surely as it seems. They have both wanted their trades as soon as possible. Actually Irving was closer to be traded but the team made a decision and decided to give priority to Durant's trade. I have heard that Miami Heat and Phoenix Suns are the teams Durant want to go now.
Durant going to the Heat would give the Heat a big boost even if they will trade Butler for him.
IMO, I believe that Durant is more clutch and more team player than Butler, so I'm okay with that trade if that will happen.
I don't think that's the right move. Butler created a brotherhood there and taking him out in exchange for Durant will most likely ruin that chemistry.
What I want for the Miami Heat to target is a point guard. Kyle Lowry seems to have lost his touch and is playing lesser minutes at 36 years old.
If they will focus their playmaking with Gabe Vincent and Tyler Herro then aim for a shooting guard. They didn't use Duncan Robinson last playoffs because of his lack of defensive skills.
A strong guard who is capable to do both will be their best choice. Not as expensive as KD.


What if they can sign KD without moving Butler, I think that would make the team better and they'll have a big chance to win a championship. But the question is, who are the players that will be traded for Durant?
1820  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Alt coins are About to pump again! on: July 11, 2022, 01:26:58 PM
As you are posting this 2 months ago, as we can see nothing had changed in the market sentiment, it was still in the major corrections.
I was predicting the market will start to rally next year, not this 2022.

It is good for trader that almost all coins are pump, but this is going so fur or it will dump again. We see that there are many times, everycoins aredump at the lower order, but it will again back it's own position and crypto-trader sees it many times, so, be patience.
It takes a lot of patience at times like this because you are challenged to be able to control yourself, the experience will always repeat itself, so there is no need to worry that everything will return to the way it was before.
But if you are thinking positively, nothing is hard and we can passionately extend our patience if needed.
Those who say "I can't hold" or "It was hard" - these people are weak and much preferred for short-term investment which gonna be difficult like in the current situation.
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