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- Comment on Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter 2 days ago:
Such a great game. God the 90s were amazing for games.
- Comment on Let's get Physical 1 week ago:
You’re only thinking of the morality side of it.
It’s also wrong because they work for a company that probably says subordinate-supervisory relationships are forbidden because of the power imbalance and complications around how a personal relationship–or even the perceptions of one-- might affect workplace decisions. Co-workers–even non-supervisory-- who might even be at the same “level” or their work brings them together for anything can be incredibly problematic. All of this is even at a local, department or site level to say nothing of C-level consequences. This also says nothing of the fact that one of them is in charge of the function, HR, who would be the person most responsible for ensuring this kind of conduct didn’t happen between employees. The hypocrisy and abdication of duty couldn’t be more severe. Both have lost all credibility with anyone in their company, which means they cannot lead others.
- Comment on Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows | Offering a rare glimpse inside the hidden world of rejected insurance claims, new data shows a steady uptick among major private insurers. 1 week ago:
😲
- Comment on Damian Lillard is finalizing a 3 Year $42M Deal to Return to the Trailblazers 1 week ago:
They are barely selling tickets. They’ve been unwatchable for a few years since he left. They will sell speculative, future hope with this contract and that always brings to the faithful back.
- Comment on Wall St. Firms Are Buying Utilities to Tap Into the A.I. Boom; Consumer groups say proposals by BlackRock and Blackstone to buy energy companies in Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas could hurt residents 1 week ago:
Definitely a good sign when VC wants to get into the boring business of utilities. Definitely means the government regulators are on top of it and good things ahead for citizens
- Comment on Agent: Beal OK's buyout with Suns, to join Clips 1 week ago:
Was a stupid move when they did it and worked out as expected. Clippers cementing their poor choice of older players. Getting rid of Powell, who is a rich mans Beal and bringing in Beal who brings no playoff mettle and zero defense is such an acquiescence of their mediocre goals. Kwahi was their terrible albatross and now they have another. PG leaving was proof enough, though Philly is in a damn rough spot with Embiid disappearing.
- Comment on Force is the last refuge of the incompetent 1 week ago:
Was going to ask who made the quote, will have to read up on who that is and the context.
- Comment on Tax pubs on profit not property value, urges Greene King boss 2 weeks ago:
Right, and part of the problem is these hawks (the kind who own 2400 pubs) would then fly in with that much more VC$ and scoop up 5x that amount of something like this passed. I’m all for the idea, but big companies don’t get little guy breaks, they can play with the adults and take the loss.
- Comment on Opinion | Elon Musk’s Revenge Campaign 2 weeks ago:
The moment is definitely Reich for a third party.
- Comment on The Truth About Kevin Durant's Nets Experience | LeBron James & Steve Nash | MIND THE GAME 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for this link. So amazing to get to see real convo not from corporate media.
- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 2 weeks ago:
The US already state sponsors capitalism with tax breaks–only instead of understanding the race for better cars didn’t end in 1983, US automakers have poured most of that into share buybacks, dividends, executive comp and other things that leech long-term growth prospects from the company.
- Comment on Ayton to sign 2-year deal with Lakers 3 weeks ago:
Maybe LeBron can get him to man up and reach his potential…whatever that is. LeBron has an amazing record of getting the most out of the guys on his teams, hoping I can respect Ayton yet. So far has just been disappointing and he doesn’t really seem bothered by it. Every player can’t be KG intensity but man, for what some of these clowns make they should care a whole lot more.
- Comment on The Denver Nuggets are trading Michael Porter Jr.... - ESPN 3 weeks ago:
Porter was pretty streaky, and disappeared for games in the playoffs. if Johnson can be more consistent, especially in playoffs it is a win. What they do with the extra $ saved from Porter is also a good question I’m curious to see how they answer. Denver being out so early was just weird this year.
- Comment on Harden to sign $81.5M deal with Clips 4 weeks ago:
Philly was miserable last year, so PGs numbers reflected that: PG had his most complete season ever 2 years ago and finally showed he was ready to carry and be the man in the playoffs. If embiid hadn’t fallen apart a long with apparently all their team chemistry, they should have been playing and probably beating NY in this year’s conference finals. As it was, they missed that mark by miles.
Anyway, Kawahi has been status quo for as long as he’s been in LA, if he happens to be playing in a given year it’s a surprise. Take PG over that any day, Kawahi hasn’t added much except years to his game.
- Comment on Harden to sign $81.5M deal with Clips 4 weeks ago:
Kawahi such an albatross, Clips completely hamstrung with his contract eating up enormous space when he can’t be counted on to be healthy. Ever. They were fools for letting George go over Kawahi.
2-year deal is smart for clips with Harden; he showed some tread still left on his tires last season but in another 2 years he might finally agree to 6th man money and give clips flexibility to move on a new marquee player.
- Comment on A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill | Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said he would withdraw his proposal after it faced intense intraparty opposition. 4 weeks ago:
And where is the political opposition using this silver platter delivery of pissed off voters to siphon them for future elections? Where are the tall radio slogans? The bumper stickers? The slogan getting repeated in the news until even the left starts using the language? The black and white TV ads showing a rich jerk building a 4th mansion at a pristine waterfront lake?
The right is effective because their PR and media game is on point. Dems keep appealing to the “principles” and “better nature” that has unfortunately shown to be effective. Progressive parties (e.g. not Dems) need Dem money so they can actually run effective campaigns.
Don’t give to Dems!
- Comment on Buss family agrees to sell Lakers 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, 6 for Celtics seems low to me too for many of the same reasons for the Lakers. The league doesn’t exist as it has or will without those two teams, they are farm more valuable than 2x or 3x the Grizzlies, for example.
- Comment on BREAKING: The Boston Celtics have traded Jrue Holiday to the... - ESPN 4 weeks ago:
PDX looking to dump salary and commit to the tank it looks like. Holiday probably retires in a year or two? Portland got nothing from this except salary dump.
- Comment on Emotional Haliburton helped off with leg injury 5 weeks ago:
Dudes Achilles lasts for decades but couldn’t make it 40 more minutes to get him through the series. Just brutal for him and team.
- Comment on Thunder win NBA Finals in Game 7: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads OKC to first title, Pacers falter without star 5 weeks ago:
Especially a few minutes into the 1st quarter. So deflating for the poor guy, his team and the series. Damn Achilles man, just hang on for like 40 more minutes dude, could have had a ring! Maddening.
- Comment on BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns are trading two-time NBA Finals MVP... - ESPN 5 weeks ago:
No. He hasn’t made a good team win yet. He’s played on a bunch of good teams and hasn’t taken them to a chip. He rode coattails in GS on a multi-time champion of course, and then bailed to do nothing with the nets, nothing with phoenix and will do nothing with the rockets.
This, he may raise the floor of a team, but won’t raise their upper limit of potential to winning it all, hence not a ceiling raiser.
- Comment on BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns are trading two-time NBA Finals MVP... - ESPN 5 weeks ago:
Shockingly he exits like a tool after not providing them the lift they need. Durant has always been a floor raiser, never a ceiling raiser. He’s never wanted to be the guy, the leader. Hope rockets aren’t hoping for much out of him. We’re at “Scottie Pippen in Portland” time.
Good on Phoenix for moving on, I’m sure they’d move Beal as well if NJ hadn’t given him a no trade clause lol…PHX still screwed.
- Comment on Haliburton's no-look pass sets up ferocious Siakam poster 5 weeks ago:
Thanks, forgot I have “read” posts hidden.
Hopefully as we grow we’ll have enough participation for a comment thread for each game. One of the things I miss a good deal about the media site that must not be mentioned was the quality, speed and variety of content for NBA. They pretty much became the news cycle themselves
- Comment on Haliburton's no-look pass sets up ferocious Siakam poster 5 weeks ago:
Where is the game thread?
- Comment on Buss family agrees to sell Lakers 5 weeks ago:
It’s weird but $10B for the Lakers sounds frankly low? If the Grizzlies are worth 3.5B, the Lakers are 10x easy if you’re taking the super-long-term ownership perspective. When the NBA finally sells internet games direct to the public, when they get to set ad prices instead of legacy TV folks, as internet media and entertainment and sponsorship and athletics continue to evolve, the future seems very bright in an increasingly global world as the #2 or 3 global sport behind soccer and maybe cricket/F1.
I guess it’s one of those things; LeBron is worth way more than he makes relative to other players but due to the structure of income and payments etc. he can’t really be paid what he’s worth. It makes the league overall stronger, and the wealer teams in the league benefit from income resistribution from the big market workhorses like la, Boston, Miami, etc.
Still…$10B? In 2025? Especially given the tax advantages…
- Comment on The Grizzlies are trading Desmond Bane to the Magic for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony, four unprotected first-round picks and one first-round pick swap, sources tell Shams Charania. 1 month ago:
So grizzlies get worse, except in the distant future and magic don’t get anything that will take them to the next level. Grizz werent going anywhere with this core but appear to have thrown in the towel as they should have, but still looking waaaaay out now. Lose/lose.
- Comment on Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine 1 month ago:
- Comment on Sources: OKC's Gilgeous-Alexander wins NBA MVP 2 months ago:
That’s how 20/20 perspective works.
TbF, I think George has played his best basketball with the clippers. Kawahi ruined the team before it got started, though that was on the clippers. Should have moved him years ago.
- Comment on Severance’s Skin-Deep Critique of Capitalism 2 months ago:
Found the anti-feminist! /s
- Comment on Celtics star Jayson Tatum has surgery on ruptured Achilles; no timetable for return 2 months ago:
Yeah cavs have yet to show mettle with a few good chances in their recent runs so they’ll probably look to mix it up. Where does Giannis end up? The East seems like it’s all falling apart.