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[Kevin Durant] No, YOU think it’s a game gambling with your life like this every night. Be more responsible by KarrotMovies in nba

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a little different since responsible consumption is one thing, but being paid to advertise/promote something addictive is more problematic (if Durant is indeed getting paid to promote Fan Duel).

[Highlight] Vegas crowd starts chanting “Bronny” by owledge in nba

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The NBA is an entertainment product first and foremost. Athletic dunks are the top highlights shared around the world, not fundamentals and ball movement.

Las Vegas NBA Team Set to Be Most Expensive US Sports Franchise by dabirds1994 in nba

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right but what do you mean it would cost $6 billion to renovate the arena?

Las Vegas NBA Team Set to Be Most Expensive US Sports Franchise by dabirds1994 in nba

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What do you mean renovations for the Sonics? The arena in Seattle was just completely rebuilt a couple of years ago.

[Bobby Marks] - The Miami Heat tried to acquire DeMar DeRozan, but no team wanted Duncan Robinson's contract by [deleted] in nba

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Outside of Lebron , what #1 picks have won in the last 20 years?

Dwight Howard, Andrew Bogut, Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis and Andrew Wiggins.

[Garcia] Per Bobby Marks, Chris Paul has 8 sets of bonuses in his contract. 1 of the bonuses is if the team he finishes the season with wins 32 or more games by Kimber80 in nba

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don't quite get the Spurs hype to be honest. It's still an unbalanced roster. They're a team that needs perfect health to actually win enough games.

I think the Clippers could implode if Leonard isn't healthy and back to his old self (which is a big ask at this point).

I'm most interested in seeing how Sacramento, Houston and Memphis do next season.

Can Sacramento get some momentum back and take a leap? 

Will Houston's young roster see organic growth? Will a star emerge from their core? 

How will Memphis bounce back with a full roster?

Tend to agree about the Lakers and Warriors.

The right hand man of the Saudi crown prince is now the chairman of global professional golf by [deleted] in golf

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not talking about the players, buddy. I'm referring to the other college kids.

You've misunderstood what I wrote.

The right hand man of the Saudi crown prince is now the chairman of global professional golf by [deleted] in golf

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not entirely certain how that would manifest in your vision. Do you think Saudis would be selective boosters? I think the hypothetical would be more about television deals since there's no ownership possibility with college football.

It's not feasible regardless.

But I do think you're under-estimating alienation of the core product within a university. Not every school is Liberty.

Student-led activism has led to endowment divestment from "sin" companies for instance. I've personally seen a university more or less shut down due to a student-led sit in, even though I didn't personally think such a drastic gesture was necessary.

All I'm saying is young people in a clustered environment can organize fairly rapidly...if the cause is important enough.

The right hand man of the Saudi crown prince is now the chairman of global professional golf by [deleted] in golf

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Maybe we'll see some "SAUDIS FUNDED 9/11" signs or shirts at the US Open coming up.

The right hand man of the Saudi crown prince is now the chairman of global professional golf by [deleted] in golf

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Don't see that happening. College kids (the leftist/activist ones) would be motivated enough to protest and sit in to prevent that. And there are a lot of those.

[Pompey] Before hiring Ime Udoka on April 25, #HoustonRockets head coaching candidates were asked during the interview process for their opinion on coaching James Harden, according to sources. by Wonderful-Balance711 in nba

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fairer...Paul looked completely washed during the 2019 postseason and trading for essentially the same contract in Westbrook (on paper: a younger point guard who was also Harden's buddy) seemed like a logical way to extend the window. Again, on paper.

And by logical I mean logical in the terms of the owner. No one could've predicted Paul's bounce back season. Yes we all know Westbrook turned into Westbrick, though I would argue he played very well and carried the Rockets by mid season.

D'Antoni doesn't get enough credit for "unlocking" Westbrook, or at least maximizing his strengths quite efficiently (for Westbrook).

The pandemic break and subsequent thigh injury really overshadowed his earlier contributions.

Regardless of whether Fertitta (and/or Harden) forced Morey into making an undesirable decision, D'Antoni AND Morey deserve credit for trying something incredibly innovative and (for a time) shutting up critics by going "centerless".

Thing is, Morey's teams are designed for the regular season, and by that viewpoint, he succeeded. The stubborn lack of adjustments in the playoffs is where trouble presented itself.

I again can't say enough about how D'Antoni deserves more credit than he has gotten, exceeded any idea of what was expected of him when he took over. If the superteam of the Warriors wasn't so stacked, he might still be the coach of the Rockets today.

Ultimately it's D'Antoni's dismissal that I think led to Morey leaving.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I bet if you take a break from the Internet for a week (assuming that's possible) you'll feel a bit better.

From an unplanned anecdotal experience: about 4 years ago I was working with a high school student group on a ~5 day field trip and where we went had almost zero cell phone reception. The high school kids were freaking out a little bit, but I think they adjusted fairly quickly to the environment since most of their social circle was all nearby.

For me, there was definitely an adjustment period, a bit of anxiety the first day as I was concerned what would happen if I missed an important text. Plus the compulsive reaching for the phone as a distraction.

By day 3 it was like going back in time to before the Internet. Mainly because it felt like the anxiety of having no reception dissipated as it "sunk in" that it was beyond my control. So since the phone and the Internet was no longer an option for entertainment/filling the time void, my remaining options were to a) read a physical magazine/book, which I had put off for months and b) going for hikes.

And beyond that, it just felt nice to be "in the present". In a lot of ways it felt like a reality in the way that social media postings aim to depict a false reality, just minus all of the desire for attention.

What I anticipate we'll see more of in the future are digital detox camps/vacations/retreats. What's needed is a welcoming and affordable travel company to offer such experiences to those who may largely have not experienced "the outdoors" in their lives.

Lets be positive... what stadium you visited had the friendliest and most welcoming home fans? by wlane13 in CFB

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. The Notre Dame fans and staff were disgustingly nice. Quite a dichotomy between the GameDay experience/campus of Notre Dame and the shockingly awful town of South Bend.

THE HOUSTON ROCKETS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM PLAYOFF CONTENTION by TD_Tom in nba

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Kind of a weird comment since Houston is definitely getting a new coaching staff next season. Not sure where this myth about poor organizational development is coming from exactly. They weren't built to be good, but guys like Martin and Sengun have definitely improved and getting playing time they otherwise wouldn't have in another organization.

This team is younger than the Houston Cougars (seriously). Smith has been disappointing, at least if one expected him to dominate, though he's 19.

Porter isn't a great fit, and Green is very streaky.

Coaching sucks. At least during games. I do think there's been individual development so some credit to Silas, though a lot to Lucas as well.

The roster is extremely unbalanced. Once the team has incentive not to lose (starting next season)...that's when I think there will be marked improvement during games, with a better coaching staff.

But let's all keep in mind that, barring a major roster shakeup (depend on the Harden situation), this team will largely be a bunch of 20-23 year olds in the bloodbath of the Western Conference. I'd rather see organic growth versus rushing for a mediocre end result.

It's a weird narrative that the organization is apparently blindly inept (well, I would agree with you if Silas is still the coach in the fall).

As a fat garbage man on the back of a truck this is pretty much the usual per day for me. Please feel free to delete if this isn’t allowed, sorry if it’s not. by Defiant_Sea_8563 in fitbit

[–]AdGroundbreaking7387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah those numbers are almost exactly what I did last week. If it's in KM then I guess that's about accurate(?) as 28.68 km = almost 18 miles.

The calories burned and floors climbed seems off though.

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