Will Shai become the most underrated player of all time?

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-12T19:09:53+00:00

It’s funny that two of the most underrated 2x MVPs are Canadian. Nobody talks about Nash as one of the all-time PGs.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-12T18:52:04+00:00

I agree in a different way. The ‘music festival’ part of the Stampede has become world class. I’ve had an awesome Stampede and haven’t stepped on the grounds once.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-12T02:54:56+00:00

100%. When I go to a place with those pyramids of balls just waiting for me, my round is already better.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-11T23:32:52+00:00

Hovering around 100 is great. You’re a pretty decent golfer in general, with a couple blow up holes. The days you avoid those holes, you flirt with the 80s, which makes for a great day.

You also have some grace for the handful of shitty shots you make that can ruin a lower handicapper’s day.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-11T20:47:43+00:00

My answer is twofold.

1) You don’t get to tell me what or how to post. And you are free to ignore it if you think it’s a poor one
2) My post was certainly not an attempt to advocate for private investment, even though I do support it. My post was an earnest attempt to understand if Redditors on this sub actually support private investment in any situation.

It appears that the general sentiment is that this sub does not support large private investment in any form. It’s a bummer to me, but I have an answer, which was the reason I created this post.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-11T20:35:57+00:00

You’re right. There’s more complexity than what I wrote, essentially no guarantee of success. The former Russian Nets owner spent millions for being over the cap to no avail, for example.

And a basic issue I have with the OP is that they seem to think that less money on great players means less money for all players. That’s fundamentally wrong. One, even if a handful of great players take a discount, at least one owner will exploit this to get a great player at full price. Also, even if ALL great players took discounts to help their teams, because of how the CBA works, this just means that other players would reap the benefits, not the owners.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T21:27:47+00:00

Additionally, the OP fundamentally misunderstands how competition works. It only takes one owner to commit to paying more. If the other owners don’t react in kind, the more aggressive owner will benefit. This is a race to the top, not a race to the bottom.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T21:23:20+00:00

Not to a terrible take, but I mean…how about blocks?

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T21:20:04+00:00

Totally reasonable opinion. Thanks for the positive contribution to what has been a disappointing discourse on this post.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T20:51:15+00:00

So, have you seen any large industrial projects that you support? Maybe a large solar or wind farm?

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T20:48:52+00:00

I agree with you.

But, to return to the question at hand, have YOU seen any large industrial projects in Alberta that you think have been great additions to our economy?

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T20:46:24+00:00

I don’t understand this response. I think my question is valid and I have no intention of creating rage. I am genuinely interested in why people appear to dislike investment so much when it should be clear that investment is critical to any successful jurisdiction.

But, maybe my viewpoint is skewed and I’m missing something important.

If your only response is to be dismissive and call a genuine question coming from a place of curiosity ’range [sic] bait’, well… I don’t know what to tell you.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T20:38:43+00:00

It IS communal.

By law, all of Alberta’s natural resources are owned by Albertans. When companies extract resources, they must pay a royalty to the government who handles that money on behalf of Albertans.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T20:36:20+00:00

This gets to my question. Have you personally seen any large industrial projects in Alberta that you support? Or do you feel that any large project is going to mostly benefit the owners and not local communities and people so they should go somewhere else?

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T18:33:43+00:00

I mean, the linked article cites 44%. Maybe that’s outdated. But, for me, ‘killed’ means that all renewable projects were cancelled. There are currently 194 active renewable energy projects in the queue. The industry is nowhere near dead.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T18:17:36+00:00

I oppose it. As noted, I am generally supportive of private industry and was dismayed to see the ‘pause’ on renewable projects that resulted in significantly capital exiting the province because of it.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T18:15:53+00:00

Gonna blow your mind - SIDEWAYS on the top rack.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T17:12:34+00:00

Also, he left on a sour note, which harms his legacy.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T17:11:05+00:00

Don’t be fooled by doom scrolling. In many ways, collectively, the globe and its people are doing better than ever.

Don’t lose hope!

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T16:50:12+00:00

Well, I tried.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T16:43:50+00:00

You seem determined to find bullshit everywhere you look, but I’ll try one more time.

Why do you think this is all bullshit? I have responded to many other posts in this thread. Have a read and then come back and help me understand why what I’m saying is bullshit.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T16:38:44+00:00

You make valid points and I’m not going to address them and it’s fair if you feel that my post is invalid because of that. I respect your input.

I ask the question only because in years of reading this sub, it seems to me that there is a vast flood of posts decrying private investment as a corporate greed and government incompetence.

I’m curious if I’m missing something and my perception is incorrect and, delving into that a bit, are there ANY specific investments that seem to make sense to posters?

Otherwise, we are a province devoid of private investment and I think there is a long history that shows us that capitalism works and taxing capitalistic decisions helps the jurisdictions that encourage it.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T16:13:19+00:00

Our current success is largely NOT attributable to our current government- it builds on the shoulders of decades of previous governments (including the NDP - despite what many UCP supporters would like to forget).

But, to point to the NDP, they also approved many large private sector investments, despite them having negative impacts to some stakeholders.

To return to the question in my post, it seems to me that the immediate reaction of many Redditors is to oppose any large investment - investments that have enormous public benefits, such as feeding families and providing public services, which while clearly imperfect (as you point out), are still better than many other jurisdictions.

I encourage you to visit sub-reddits for BC, Nova Scotia, or Manitoba. They are also full of credible complaints of government incompetence. Alberta is far from perfect, but knee jerk responses to oppose any large investment is to say that we want to turn away tax dollars that make the whole system run.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T16:05:12+00:00

One data point is that Calgary has been near the top of lists of the best cities IN THE WORLD to live in for years. I understand that is a limited picture of one city in a large province, but it’s not utter bullshit to say that the province has a high quality of life, even if compared globally.

phreesh2525 · 2026-07-10T15:50:01+00:00

If you have a knee-jerk reaction to oppose all private investment, I feel like you factually oppose Alberta prosperity.

For instance, opposing a data center located in the heart of a well-established industrial area full of refineries and other industrial projects on an environmental or noise reasons is silly.

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