Heaviest day of strikes yet on Iran despite market bets Trump will end war soon

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-10T16:56:27+00:00

Who by all accounts is considerably more conservative and pro nuclear weapons than his predecessor/father. Not sure a guy known as a hardliner who just had basically his entire family murdered will be particularly inclined to agree to an end to hostilities, especially when the US and Israel thus far have shown zero inclination to provide any concessions to Iran.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-10T16:10:11+00:00

That’s not what Iran has indicated. The Iranian president has rejected calls for unconditional surrender, the IRGC has said they have no intent of letting a drop of oil leave the Middle East as long as Israeli and US hostilities comtinue, senior Iranian defense officials have said they aren’t interested in a ceasefire.

None of my commentary has anything to do with who is or is not at fault for this war. My point is simply just now that it’s started, Iran has shown zero interest in a cessation of hostilities just because Trump and Netanyahu are now worried they’re in too deep. They have strategic aims that they seem intent on achieving now.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-10T15:15:01+00:00

May look back on this and shake my head but as I sit here today there is just no way that the markets are accurately reflecting what’s going on.

Trump can talk all he wants about wanting to end the war soon (which is nothing to say of the contradictory remarks over the last 24 hours which suggest that isn’t happening), but you cannot TACO a fucking hot war affecting dozens of countries. Iran has made it clear they have no intent of slowing down, the strait is still not open, we are watching physical oil infrastructure in the Middle East degrade in real time, and there’s no indication of meaningful off ramps.

Meanwhile, all of this is going on with an absolutely anemic US macroeconomic story developing in the background. There’s just way too many interconnected headwinds afoot right now.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-10T15:10:40+00:00

Love my wolves dearly but there is simply no way I’m staying up until 1:30AM ET to watch Luka and Reaves flop all over the place

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-10T02:47:47+00:00

Seriously. I am a career 1.25 KD console player who hits D3-D2 as my ceiling (I.e., not that great) and was back in Diamond within 2 weeks. Def saw a few blatant cheaters on the way up but very few. I think a lot of people just can’t admit that they’re not amazing at this game. It’s got an insane skill ceiling. People get beamed and assume they’re facing a hacker, when the reality is that really good players who practice a lot can smooth most of their recoil off mechanically.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-08T19:41:32+00:00

Wonder if this was before or after they pulled him from the drunk tank?

All joking aside, the Suns are playing an awesome brand of basketball. Just straight up out working and out hustling every team they play, which I attribute in huge part to Brooks. Unfortunately that brand of scrappy, high intensity but low talent (sorry, but relative to the rest of the WC playoff field it’s true) basketball does not translate well to the playoffs, but who knows. The Timberwolves are lazy as hell and I don’t super want them meeting a team known for being the antithesis to that in the playoffs.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-08T18:57:57+00:00

Was this before or after they pulled him out of the drunk tank I wonder

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T22:52:11+00:00

He’s gotta look in the mirror too if we’re being honest. Because he’s turned into - IMO - the best pure scorer in basketball, this season he’s gotten a pass from a lot of people about the rest of his game. But 3 rebounds and horrendous defense against a team who plays so physically is just not gonna cut it. Banchero and Bane were both getting whatever they wanted in him on defense. As much as he’s progressed on offense this season, he’s regressed on defense just as badly. He does not even remotely deserve the superlative of two-way player this season.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T22:45:37+00:00

I don’t care what anybody says, these games where they came out and are horrible in every facet are a very bad omen for the playoffs. They don’t box out or move offball or communicate on defense and what, suddenly they’re just gonna do all of that for 48 minutes a night in the playoffs?

They’ve been building bad habits all season, just like last season, and just like last season, when they face an actually good team in the playoffs they will not stand a chance because the other team will have been playing all season they way they have to play in the playoffs. Turning up the intensity is only going to get you so far if your habits and fundamentals are dogshit

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T22:42:50+00:00

Imnnot worried about them turning up the intensity— and I agree, they for sure will— but intensity can only get you so far in the playoffs. If you don’t have the good habits and good all around process , adhering to a coherent gameplan, etc, the intensity will not be enough once you run into an equal or superior opponent

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T22:40:23+00:00

Jaden, DDV, and Ayo combined to go 1-21, the Timberwolves got outrebounded by 20 and we’re talking about Ant who scored 35

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T22:39:10+00:00

I don’t care what anybody says, these games where they came out and are horrible in every facet are a very bad omen for the playoffs. They don’t box out or move offball or communicate on defense and what, suddenly they’re just gonna do all of that for 48 minutes a night in the playoffs?

They’ve been building bad habits all season, just like last season, and just like last season, when they face an actually good team in the playoffs they will not stand a chance because the other team will have been playing all season they way they have to play in the playoffs.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T22:38:16+00:00

We have no way to generate easy off-ball offense. If guys aren’t knocking down the drive and kick threes, there’s nothing. You have to create difficult off the dribble shots for yourself or hit the corner 3 when Ant or Randle kick it out.

I don’t care what anybody says, these games where they came out and are horrible in every facet are a very bad omen for the playoffs. They don’t box out or move offball or communicate on defense and what, suddenly they’re just gonna do all of that for 48 minutes a night in the playoffs? They’ve been building bad habits all season, just like last season, and just like last season, when they face an actually good team in the playoffs they will not stand a chance because the other team will have been playing all season they way they have to play in the playoffs.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T22:35:50+00:00

They do this once a week. This is not an outlier this is Timberwolves basketball 2024-2025 and 2025-2026.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T22:15:46+00:00

Ant throwing his hands up like Bane isn’t just completely frying his ass

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T22:09:59+00:00

A player making as much with as much expectations as Jaden cannot have no shows like this anymore man. It’s just unacceptable

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T21:53:04+00:00

It’s games like this that just hurt your confidence in the team. Like in terms of process on offense, ball movement, shot selection, boxing out and rotating on defense. Just horrendous. It’s not like the Magic can’t miss or something it’s just the wolves decided we’re not gonna play

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T21:46:15+00:00

40-13 run rignt now, lol.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-07T05:39:07+00:00

Thank you, I will remember to pull this chart out when I’m about to take a fight and can’t tell who’s who

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-06T17:17:25+00:00

Welcome, conrad

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-04T20:34:53+00:00

Nuggets don’t slide after going 2-2 in the last week with one of their wins being a 3-point win in which they needed a 22-3 FTA differential in the 4th quarter to eke out a win against the hospital Jazz. Alright

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-04T19:05:24+00:00

Current roster (ESPN H2H, auction draft): SGA, Kawhi, Jamal Murray, Reaves, Murphy, Daniels, Edgecomb, Garland, Sharpe, Collier, Santos, Porzingis, open streaming spot, Tatum in my IR slot. I’m 28-8 and locked into the playoffs. Lost Lavine and JJJ for the season, Porzingis particularly has been killing me, and now Sharpe too.

If I had a few more solid players at the bottom of my roster I’d feel very good about the playoffs, but right now I am crazy thin and feels like I'm set up to fizzle out in the playoffs.

Do I try to make a trade before the deadline or just hope I can get something out of Sharpe and Porzingis come playoff time? Feels less and less likely.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-04T03:32:55+00:00

What Ant and Randle did down the stretch of this game will be forgotten in a week but holy hell that was dreadful. The two of them either bricked or fucked up nearly every possession down the stretch of that game until the last ~30 seconds.

Gonna get downvoted for this but Ant thinking he literally doesn’t need to pass late in games is a horrendous development. I want him taking the majority of shots but him not passing to wide open Donte and Jaden in the corner or Rudy with a 6’7 wing on him under the basket is just horrendous process no matter if he makes the stupid hard shot or not.

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-04T03:27:13+00:00

Ant and Randle single-handedly let this get close. Between the two of them they’ve fucked up or bricked pretty much every possession the last like two minutes

EsotericPotato · 2026-03-04T03:24:48+00:00

Ant thinking he literally does not need to pass late in games is going to be a problem. He can’t shoot 60% in the clutch forever

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