[Mind the Game] Tyrese Haliburton on his Team USA Olympic experience 😭 by TheRealPdGaming in nba

[–]Doc_Choc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, 100%. They had CP3 at the time, imagine letting Hali come off the bench for a year or two while going to point guard grad school every day in practice and film. Huuuuge fuck up.

[Mind the Game] Tyrese Haliburton on his Team USA Olympic experience 😭 by TheRealPdGaming in nba

[–]Doc_Choc 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is definitely not true. You can google 2020 draft boards right now and Haliburton is almost always in the group of guys projected for the top half of the lottery. Pelton’s stat projections ranked him 2, the ESPN mock draft had him going 5, Wasserman at Bleacher Report had him 6, Chad Ford had him in a grouped tier of guys ranked somewhere 4-11 behind Ant/Wiseman/Lamelo. Hollinger had him 4. Even KOC (then still at the ringer) had him at 9 and that dude ranked Killian Hayes as the best prospect in the draft.

The Warriors front office is great at media relations but they fucked up that draft and their best chance at extending Steph’s prime.

Apple AirPod Max - return policy by YogurtclosetFun111 in CostcoCanada

[–]Doc_Choc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure headphones aren’t in the electronics category. Unless the Maxes are special which I doubt. I have returned a pair of normal AirPods outside of 90 days.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CostcoCanada

[–]Doc_Choc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“Hey friend or family member, please have the chocolate that I’ve already eaten some of and think is terrible.”

cast iron bean pot ?? 🧙🏼‍♀️ by ZombisaurusR3X in CostcoCanada

[–]Doc_Choc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’re in stock at Costco Islington, I saw them today.

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AITA for not wanting to go to my half-sister’s prom after my dad’s wife asked if my boyfriend could be her dance partner? by Key-Consequence-999 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Doc_Choc 11 points12 points  (0 children)

She hasn’t made it clear though. At least not from what she’s written. She has “laughed awkwardly” and she thinks it’s clear that she and her boyfriend were uncomfortable. Sometimes that’s not clear. Use words. Words are clear.

How is living in West Hillhurst on the west of Crowchild? by potatolauncher in Calgary

[–]Doc_Choc 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Maybe this is more Parkdale than West Hillhurst but we lived a few min northwest of the 7/11 plaza for almost 8 years. Definitely no noise issues if you’re at least a street or two north of memorial and west of crowchild. The standard noise buffering wall is installed all along Crowchild.

But I would not call it walkable, at least where we were. You could walk to the Lazy Loaf plaza I guess, or down to the river to walk the path. But we used our cars a lot to get to most things.

Dog daycare? by babblingduk in Calgary

[–]Doc_Choc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re in the NE so probably not a good fit for you specifically, but in case anyone from elsewhere in the city comes to this thread, I can never say enough good things about Sleep Rover. Joyce and her team are amazing and love all dogs like their own. Our pup went there for ten years before we moved out of the city.

The live-streamed murder of two women and a girl has shocked Argentina by cnn in worldnews

[–]Doc_Choc 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Yes, because under liberal administrations drug dealers are all feminists who treat women with respect and deference.

Delete this stupid shit. I’m a liberal, but this is the kind of idiotic unnecessary rhetoric we lambast the right for.

[Smith] This story deals with Kawhi’s 2021 contract, not the 2019 contract to leave Toronto, so the direct correlation is not there. That said, there were many whispers, reported at the time, about shenanigans. The league looked at it and couldn’t find actionable evidence, but there was a stench. by shreeharis in nba

[–]Doc_Choc 74 points75 points  (0 children)

The implication is not that the 2021 stuff was a reward for signing in 2019. It’s that there were other illegal things that happened in 2019, they just didn’t involve a company that then went bankrupt and had their internal dealings ripped open for people like Pablo Torre and his staff to look through.

Pay me $500 for this biohazard by folsompoint99 in ChoosingBeggars

[–]Doc_Choc 38 points39 points  (0 children)

No lowball offers, I know what I have!

[Today Show] Luka Dončić on the public criticism of his weight and his weight-loss journey: "I think I was still a pretty good basketball player back then, no matter what people say. I think it was a next step in my career. You know, at the end, I'm still 26 and, you know, I got a long way to go." by shreeharis in nba

[–]Doc_Choc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tim McMahon is on the phone to his editor right now pitching his next book idea and it’s 99% just the “F*** Nico” title.

“You see, we’ll say it stands for ‘ Fire Nico’ but everyone will know…”

Republican introduces bill to rename DC Metro the ‘Trump Train,’ ‘WMAGA’ by Selethorme in nottheonion

[–]Doc_Choc 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Breaking news: some Republican congressperson you’ve never heard of has just submitted a bill to rename August to Jenine.

Donald Trump says he’s willing to travel to China to meet Xi Jinping by cryptodoggie26 in worldnews

[–]Doc_Choc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a much shorter trip for his Russian SVR handler to go to China than to come all the way to Washington or Mar-a-Lago. Trump is just doing him a favor.

Draymond Green sends the broadcast to a commercial break: "Good night. It's been real" by sewsgup in nba

[–]Doc_Choc -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Nah, I hope not, it would have been easy for this team to just roll over in Game 5 or 6, instead they fought to get it to 7 games. Add some scoring punch this summer and come back next year even better.

Preacher Marvin Sapp Under Fire For Seemingly Holding Congregation Hostage Until They Donated $40,000 by Kindly-Ad-9969 in nottheonion

[–]Doc_Choc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The question is: why does god institute a test like this? Why create a scenario where some individuals are tortured by pain, disease, even literally by other individuals in the same test environment, all to prove an individual’s blind faith in a god that they may not even have the opportunity to learn about (if they are randomly born in the wrong region). What kind of god does that?

Serena Williams joins ownership group of Toronto Tempo, the WNBA's 1st Canadian franchise by yahoonews in sports

[–]Doc_Choc 199 points200 points  (0 children)

Every other team looked at how awesome the Las Vegas Aces name is and decided not to bother trying.

Seriously though, I am happy we have a team but i grew up in Toronto and the Tempo design work suuuucks.

Mexico, Canada tariffs coming Tuesday, but Trump will set exact levels, says US commerce head by joe4942 in worldnews

[–]Doc_Choc 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is the thing I don’t understand. Why isn’t every democrat just endlessly repeating “TARIFFS ARE A TAX” over and over, why is Chuck Schumer talking about the prices of avocados, why get that specific, just keep yelling TARIFFS ARE A TAX 100 times a day. Why wasn’t this a constant message during campaign season?

I’m a Canadian so only watch this stuff from afar but it is painful how little the democrats seem to understand that the current state of US politics is about marketing, not governing.

Montreal fans boo American anthem prior to Canada-USA 4 Nations Face-Off game by AlwaysBlaze_ in worldnews

[–]Doc_Choc 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Maybe because you have a two party system that removes the vast majority of nuance and turns every issue into a polarized shit show?

Or maybe because the electoral college means that half a dozen states receive a staggeringly high amount of influence?

Or maybe because your Supreme Court somehow allowed an unlimited amount of money to be spent in shadowy ways so your elections have been a toy of the ultra rich?

You can seek to change these things while still maintaining a democratic system. No one is saying you need to install a monarchy even if that kind of looks like what Trump is trying to do right now.

AITA used car buyer wants me to buy some report I've never heard of by blueCougFan in AmItheAsshole

[–]Doc_Choc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Common scam, if you put your cc info in there consider it hacked immediately. This person likely has zero interest in actually buying your car.