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1441  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: August 17, 2022, 10:15:54 AM
Speaking of trades, there seems to be a renewed interest on Donovan Mitchell from the Hornets and the Wizards.

It's going to be interesting to hear as well what will be the package that both teams are offering Utah in exchange of Mitchell.

Backcourt of Beal/Mitchell? or Ball/Mitchell? which make sense?

This was reported by:

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1559604416906272768
I'll go with Beal-Mitchell. Bradley Beal is more experienced than LaMelo Ball. However, Charlotte Hornets seem more eager to spend money than Washington Wizards. But we will see what will happen. I'll be glad for Mitchell to get traded than stay in a rebuilding team. New York Knicks is still interested in Mitchell and they also have very promising young players.    

Are there people here that play NBA Fantasy on either ESPN or Yahoo? If you need another hardcore participant then consider me. I prefer 16 teams though to make it more intense and interesting. Grin

Same here, if I would choose, I like Bradley Beal as he is more clutch compared to Mitchelle who is also a superstar. If a Jazz - Wizards trade would happen, I guess that's more fair as both teams will received a new superstar, and I believe that with Beal, Jazz will improve.
1442  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The government of my country always blame Bitcoin for their failure. on: August 16, 2022, 10:57:04 PM
Blaming is not a new issue especially if they don't really know about Bitcoin and much more about its nature. Perhaps, they are wrong because it was not the fault of Bitcoin as it does nothing with your country but this blame must send to your government which is undoubtedly accountable for this. They are the ones who manage this investment and if they fail to negotiate the price and become panic, losses will be their ends.
They can't just simply throw their blames on crypto, they need to question themselves first.
1443  Economy / Speculation / Re: Is bitcoin bear market over? on: August 16, 2022, 02:29:07 PM
so many people that sold the bottom in the comments, so many that sold and thought btc will hit 10k. wonder what they going to do when btc hits new all-time highs, without reaching 10k.
now it is near 24,000, so it is the time to buy.
$10k is nothing, it is a waste of time waiting for it as this is likely impossible to happen.

Though I was optimistic but can't just say it was over, the market still facing the bear season, and this might be extended until the end of this (or even more). As to analyze the market trend and price, we are still not hitting yet the 50% market recovery, that was still a little bit far which means that we are still below and consider it a bear market. I wasn't longing for this nor did I think about it but I was happy because I can still buy potential coins at a cheaper price.
1444  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Fernando Martinez vs Jerwin Ancajas rematch - Oct.8 on: August 16, 2022, 11:52:56 AM
As the bottom line, Jerwin Ancajas should be prepared physically and mentally for this fight.

Remember what are those mistakes he did and how Martinez pulverize him and try to avoid that situation the next time they will meet.

It's hard to bounce back from a loss but that's the challenge there or else......

Definitely, but he is a warrior and I'm sure he is a tough guy that's why he is asking for the rematch to correct his mistakes and win this fight. As a fan, I will just back him and believe 100% that he will win in this rematch, then maybe wait for the trilogy as most likely that will be the next thing will happen.
1445  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2020 Philippine Basketball Association betting discussion on: August 16, 2022, 11:27:10 AM

I guess SMB will have to adjust their game, they can't just let Meralco takes over just like in game 6. Again, defense will be their key and I think they have the experience to do it, they just have to focus and concentrate on game 7. They can't let the Bolts snatch this series.

If the trend will continue, SMB is going to win in game 7. They wasted the opportunity to close the series in game 6, the big run of Meralco beat them, it cannot happen again in this do or die game for both teams.

That's where the excitement on PBA games is happening, who would expect that Meralco would win, they are a heavy underdog and yet they beat the SMB. I still like the chances of SMB in game 7, they are good in closing out games, but what I like more is the under as for sure it's gonna be a very defensive game.
Once you get to the semis you're no longer the underdog and winning 3 wins against SMB proves that Meralco is also a team to beat and going into game 7, the odds changes and this time many are willing to take risk to place their bet with Meralco. Game 6 is very convincing, Meralco did a great job and yes if SMB wants to be back in the finals they should adjust their strategy or else Meralco will beat them again and their effort will totally be wasted.

You have a point but it will not change the fact that SMB will always be listed as the favorite to win.

IIRC, the spread in game 6 was SMB -5.5, so if that would drop, maybe they will be the favorite by -3.5, but in the end, they are still listed as the favorite and the Meralco as the underdog.

The odds are still the same, it's already out now, you can check on your bookies.

SMB is -5.5 and the over/under is 190.5.
Moneyline for Meralco is 2.70, that's quite attractive.  Smiley
1446  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 15, 2022, 12:48:49 PM
Kambosos already lost all of his belts, so there's no reason either Lopez or Kambosos need a rematch since they're didn't get anything and only risking their good record. It's too soon for the rematch, I think if Lopez is already start collecting a belt and Kambosos move up to light welterweight division, the rematch would happen on the new division. Of course it will be on the same hype since Kambosos will become a challenger again.

That would be a blockbuster fight once again because as we saw Lopez with his last Saturday, he is back again and can really compete at his best or even more strong this time. They became rivals in this era, hope they will gonna fight again soon because fans are loving to see it. It's not really a bad idea for them to see each other again in that division since they already went through a number of fights in the lower divisions, and their body will soon adapt to fight in the light welterweight division.

I'm okay with Kambosos vs Lopez rematch, no belts but these two gave a very entertaining fight, so we can expect that many fans will watch this and they'll be able to sell a good PPV numbers. Teo is trying to be a a champion in the new division, but he has not proven anything yet since the last fight was obviously a cherry picked one.
1447  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: August 15, 2022, 11:57:17 AM
Seems like everything has been a bit calm later on the trading front. I think teams may be settling in with what they plan to enter training camp with. The season is just right around the corner so it seems like the Nets aren’t going to be making any deals that don’t interest them. We may see a KD and Kyrie team with Ben Simmons to start the year. Talk about awkward…

Honestly who knows.  There could easily be a situation in which they are working out a deal right now, and on the flipside it can be cold as ice.  I don't think the situation is or will be awkward at all, just normal nba business during the offseason honestly.  Ayers always say it...in the end its just a business.  So if they end up on the court together I expect them 3 to dominate a ton of games together.
I think this trio combo will end in a failure. But who knows? It's time for Kyrie Irving to be serious with the game, play harder and stop his unnecessary antics if he wants a good contract after this upcoming season. The same with Ben Simmons, this might be his last chance to prove that he is still a relevant talent in the league.

 

Depends on how they cooperate with each other since if they continue to act like a moron and want to do stat padding just to increase their stats then they might not go anywhere. But if this trio will adjust and adopt according to what role given to them for sure they can create good chemistry then might they go to play offs next season. The only problem with Nets is their own created drama if they just set aside their pride and play as a team for sure they can compete with those contender teams.

It's too early to judge, Simmons will be playing next season, so most likely the Nets roster will improve having a healthy Durant and Irving. Maybe thats the time the Nets will be able to successfully trade Durant and Irving especially if the Nets will become the number 1 team overall.

They are still a championship contender team IMO despite of the controversy.
However, looking at the NBA Future. https://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/odds/futures/

Nets are now rank number 8 with +1600 odds, honestly, I like it as it's very attractive.
Do you think it's worth a shot?

1448  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: trading more efficiently on: August 12, 2022, 12:40:53 PM
The strategies which you are using and give you better results then its a good idea to trade with the beneficial tool and to be more successful you should make certain trading plan and follow that so you will quickly achieve your plan. Remember one thing that trading is just a business you will face success as well as some times may be failure but do not upset its just a business.
No other tool that brings us success in trading is to focus on what we are doing. Loss is a part of our trading journey but we never think it was a bad sign, yet I consider this as a tool for us to improve. It serves as a warning that there is something without strategies and style, and therefore, we have to correct this and make trading more efficient.
Without understanding how trading works in real life makes us really upset.
1449  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Teofimo Lopez vs Pedro Campa - Aug 13 on: August 12, 2022, 11:38:12 AM
Ok here is the press conference leading up to the fight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZlb_dIyIWE

The usual, both fighters are very confident on themselves that they are going to win the fight.

Going to be interesting the undercard of Xander Zayas vs Elias Espadas for the Junior Middleweight.

Thanks, almost forgot that this fight will be this Sunday in my timezone. Again, I will be waiting for a free streaming link here, who knows someone would give a link that we could watch this fight for free. I'm expecting Lopez will win here as I'm sure he won't waste this opportunity to come back.

I think this is still going to be an entertaining fight, and the supporting fight, Xander seems to be exciting 19 year old prospect from Puerto Rico, could be the next big super star.

Campa though seems not to be intimidated by Lopez's stature, that's good, at least he will fight it out without any pressure whatsoever. Going to be big for Lopez if is he going to win by knock out again, and make a big comeback after that disaster from Kambosos last time.

I'm not so interested with the undercards though, I just want to watch the main event and I like to see if Lopez still has that killer instinct to KO his opponent. It should not be hard for him since Campa will surely go for a toe to toe fight since that's his style.
1450  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: August 12, 2022, 11:10:44 AM
I can see Dame riding with them for a coue years but once he hits 34-35 he will probably want to jump ship to a contender if Portland hasn't done anything to increase their chances of competing for a chip.  One dude I wish the Knicks made a run at.  He is a complete difference maker.  Would be a legend if he was on a better team.

Kind of too late for me if Damian Lillard will just consider going to other teams 2-3 years from now. Even how good the player is during their prime, once they hit 34-35 years old, they might have difficulty being signed at a much contender team that has the chance to take the chip on that season.

Not really. When you're as talented as Dame in basketball, your skills won't just disappear magically in the age of 34-35. Dame is 32 currently, in the next 3 years we won't barely notice any changes to his style of play, vertical, or agility. Unless if god forbid he'll fall into a serious injury. 3 years does not make any differences anyway.
He will not going to have a difficult time signing to any team though when he's 35, I simply don't believe that.
However, chasing for a ring might be a little too difficult as the league has an influx of young talented players.

So it's better for him right now, when he is still in his prime to really chase a ring with his current team or just simply move out and join caliber teams otherwise he might not get that one right he always wanted.

No doubt that he is one of the best that we have, and it's going to be a waste if he even get at least one ring to boot in his NBA career. Let's see Portland's current roster this season, it seems that that best version or the best time for them to enter into the discussion of the championship ring is when CJ was still with them.

They are not a championship team IMO, they are just entertaining to watch because of their great offense but their defense is really bad that's why they struggle against a good defensive team. It's the first time that CJ has no Robin, so if Blazers will succeed, it's solely because of his leadership.
1451  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Can Bitcoin become a global currency ? on: August 11, 2022, 11:10:42 PM
I don’t think it would be easy for bitcoin to become a global currency since not many governments seem to be interested in legalising it. As no country would like to lose control of its financial system, I doubt if bitcoin will ever be made a legal tender. Bitcoin might be doing really well but it has a long way to go.
It cant or never be possible even though it does have huge support from the community or becoming the trend but there are just even on technical aspects which it cant be possible.
For alternative yes but for general or whole scale then it cant really be going to global.Lets just accept that fact or fate of it.

It would really be just fit out on being alternative.One of the things on what it wont make it possible is about regulation plus having that decentralized then it would really throw off the
probability.Lets just leave this to fiat or into those typical ones.

Im not that too negative but lets just realistic into this one and dont hope that much that we would be reaching this point.
Besides, the said creation is not meant to disable Fiat money and stop people from using it but the design was to make Bitcoin as an alternative mode of payment Online. If we think this becomes a global currency, that still remains reasonable however, we can't urge people to use it all the time. The government had imposed some sort of crypto regulations and in some cases, it was banned and considered illegal which hinders people to use it.
10 years, 20 years, there might have a big change but I still believe that the majority are still using fiat money, not Bitcoin.
1452  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Canelo vs Golovkin 3 - September 17 on: August 11, 2022, 11:37:12 AM
I do think people are starting to realise that Cancelo isn't this unstoppable force now. Everyone talks about how his power is the best in the business, but I've never really seen it honestly. I've seen some decent amount of tactical thinking from him, but that's been when he has been losing the fight, which is great. However, his power is only slightly above average I'd say in his division. If like you say, he moves up he doesn't keep that power to weight ratio, he seems to lose a bit of it.

That's the thing, he was an undisputed champion in his division before and we didn't notice his power because he is not a strong starter, he is only a good finisher but sometimes his opponent can survive even if they lose the fight. With this fight against GGG, he has not hurt GGG yet but he won the last fight, so let's see if they can really hurt GGG and maybe KO him which IMO unlikely to happen.

He has not knock down GGG IIRC, but he was more active in the ring so the judges favored him to win, however, there are fans who think that he didn't win, there was a bias judging that's why GGG loses the fight, now is the time to end that speculation, he has to win impressively, KO or not. 
1453  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Fernando Martinez vs Jerwin Ancajas rematch - Oct.8 on: August 11, 2022, 10:51:51 AM
Whatever the reason is, that will not excuse him to get away from that defeat he got in their first encounter and it might be just good for Ancajas if he will just admit that he didn't expect Martinez to be that good that's why he lost the fight and it's somehow clear that his stamina is not keeping up in the late rounds too. Maybe this time they can score a win and bring back the championship belt to the Philippines.

Yes, agree too that it's irrelevant to have such excuses why a boxer loses because of a bad condition.

Take the example of the Featherweight Title match between Gary Russell Jr. who is the champion at that time against Mark Magsayo of the Philippines. Russel is clearly not in good shape as he is suffering from a shoulder injury but decided to continue with the match. After he lose the title to Magsayo, never did he make excuses about him being in a bad shape why he lose but instead, will promise to get back strong to take a chance again on the title.

Anyway, did Ancajas really mention that he loses because of that cramps or whatever reason? If yes, then that's a big problem since he doesn't recognize the strength of Fernando Martinez as he is just pointing out his disadvantage on that night where he loses.


Ancajas should just admit his defeat and recognize that Martinez overwhelmed him as we could really see the difference if we look back at their fight, he didn't use his own height and reach advantage that's why Martinez was able to move freely towards Ancajas. I hope this time there will be a difference in his performance and that he'll do everything to redeem his loss and the belt because he will be embarrassed again if he will be defeated in their rematch as Martinez camp will surely do everything to improve their boxer.
Jerwin should go back to his basic and not change his style. I noticed that he tried too hard on the first fight against Martinez that it wasn't the Jerwin that we used to know and maybe that is the reason why he lost the fight. But since he will have a rematch, let this be a big lesson for them. Focus on the fighter itself, not the new style that you want to show your fans. He needs to be in control of the fight from the first round and dictate the tempo.
Not necessary that the will KO his opponent, just make sure he would survive and will hit more than getting hit as that's the only way to win. Who knows, if he win this rematch, we might see a Trilogy of these champions. I'm rooting for Ancajas, hoping he will be a champ again.
1454  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: advice for who are witnessing this market for the first time. on: August 10, 2022, 02:08:31 PM
Stay alert and stay calm Wink
Short and precise.
yes, instead of bothering ourselves about why this happened better think about the opportunity that this bear season gives us -  accumulation time.
Some have waited until this moment but some are unhappy, just like how these new timers respond to the market. But likely, they have to adapt to the way the market is behaving and we should be aware of the condition that not all the time we are in bull season or bearish, it changes from time to time.
1455  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What your ideas about bitcoin adoption in the future? on: August 10, 2022, 01:43:08 PM
That was uncertain OP and it remains like that forever.
And I would like to say that adoption will take so long, it was too long to imagine and it was continuous. But the only thing that makes me certain about Bitcoin is that people had enjoyed and benefited from this. Besides, that is what we wanted to happen and I believe that we are never disappointed with the trust we give to Bitcoin.
1456  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: What is this person trying to do on: August 09, 2022, 11:21:08 PM
snipped...

It seems that some scammers are intentionally leaking their recovery seed to trap people, either greedy ones or those who would want to help out, I got this private message on my twitter account and I instantly knew that this is up to no good, what do you think this person is trying to do?.
You'd rather stay away from that person and stop making a conversation with him. Never trust strangers...
This kind of tactic is very known to us and I know you already have some views in regards to this. We can't stop this, however, we can't be fooled by them. There are a lot of scams happening on social media and I see no other intention if someone not known to you will message about things like this, asking for help or offering some services in exchange for money as it obviously a big scam.
1457  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Will you be in favor of Gold or Bitcoin !! on: August 09, 2022, 10:48:12 PM
Well OP, the good thing about Bitcoin has two functions as a currency and as an asset. Not really the most preferred thing because it was a risky investment and not yet globally accepted but as we talk about the future, that is really a big factor to consider and this is why people had left Gold and choose Bitcoin. Though I have both Gold and Bitcoin, as I compared them Bitcoin seems to be more profitable and I'd see the price is growing fast, unlike Gold which is pretty far.  If you are very focused on earning money, Bitcoin is gonna be the best choice.
1458  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Crawford vs Spence on: August 09, 2022, 11:24:56 AM

That's what Crawford should agree, this is a big fight but he is not in the position to demand a split purse, getting 40% is big enough though because if he wins, sure this is not going to be his last fight and he will be having big fights in the future which could potentially bring him more money.

Yeah! is aiming for profit in the future and in this fight, you won't know who could win it until they begin to fight inside the ring and Crawford has the chance to snatch the win Spence as well. If that's what happened, then his plan will be successful because what comes after that is multiple offers and he will call the split percentage earnings in his next fight. Right now, his focus should be on the fight and he really needs to come up with a good strategy to beat Spence.

I'm sure he is capable of beating Spence, but the most important is that he should accept what Spence likes for now because he is at the top. I believe Crawford receiving a lower percentage of the total purse and revenue is the only way this fight would happen.
1459  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: August 09, 2022, 10:48:35 AM
If Kevin Durant wants to leave the team then Nets had better let him go by a nice trade.

They like that, but does the other team who will receive Durant are willing to grant the request of the Nets, seemed like the Nets demanded a lot in exchange of Durant, so the trade is not happening until now. Maybe one more season with the Nets, if Durant will prove himself not getting eliminated easily in the playoffs, then probably some teams will be interested in dealing with the Nets.
1460  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: So we've gone from 1 meme coin to one hundred now ? on: August 08, 2022, 11:37:00 PM
You can compare them to the metaverse, NFT, ICO, IEO - they all keep on growing almost every day, and look, the majority of them are useless.
What I can say is that we have to move one and ignore them if possible as we can never stop people from creating meme coins or whatever it is. Just think about Bitcoin and ETH, and focus on them. I believe this will give peace to your mind.

Well, only potential projects will survive while these worthless projects seem to go dead.
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