TrippyFocus

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Think it’s pretty clear they need to go for a full rebuild again. The light the beam year was a bit of an outlier that they then over committed to unfortunately.

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Reasonably to me was ~40-50 games. Expecting 65+ games from him would be “unreasonable”.

I think having a full year of young and half of year of AD is enough to make the playin and maybe playoffs in the East.

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (21 children)

North Korea has consistently had one of the most anti imperialist stances in the world and has been against Israel for decades.

Edit: Removing my first sentence since I came in way too hot and I apologize for that.

Since 1988 they’ve recognized Palestine as the sole legitimate government of the historic Palestinian Territories.

 

If I’m understanding right Houston can swap picks with the Nets next year so they won’t have an incentive to tank.

Could be why they kept MPJ who had a good year last year.

 

Seems like they’re going to make a playoff push next year with the trades for AD and Young. I think they have a good shot especially in the east if AD is reasonably healthy.

 

23/30 owners need to vote yes.

This vote is to allow the league to get bids from Seattle and Las Vegas specifically.

Then once the bids have been received another vote later this year would occur to approve those.

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

I agree! Once peoples basic needs are increasingly met it’s easier to show them that reactionary ideas aren’t an actual solution to their problems.

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 37 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Still disappointed in the anti LGBTQ stuff but everything here is a clear W for the people and I believe they will undo that L down the line as the material conditions of the people improve!

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It has been really exhausting seeing people criticize the government being comprador because they’ve been forced into difficult decisions by the US.

Like is the situation ideal? Of course not but it’s better to retain political power and give some concessions while you bide your time for the empire to weaken and your allies (China) to gain strength.

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 days ago

Yeah that seems to be the case, it left a month ago but last news I found is over a week ago that it appeared to no longer be on its way.

Chinas solar panels continue to be installed which should help and at least we’re coming out of winter so hoping the weather increases power generation.

On some good news the people’s forums fundraising hit their goal but I encourage people to continue to donate if they can!

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 20 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Are the Russian oil tanker(s) still on their way?

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Does this mean the Louisana purchase area is French and now (I assume) USSR or was it its own breakaway colony after WW2?

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

Losing Hali for the year and losing turner was pretty big. They had injuries to start the year too so after that I think they just leaned into the tank.

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Wait how did China and Russia vote? Did the abstain or actually vote for this?

Edit: China and Russia Abstained, still some weak sauce but not a vote for.

Sorry for random link other articles only mention 2 abstained without saying who

 

With their loss to the Kings they are now out of the playoff race.

Not a big surprise I’m sure since this was always going to be a gap year after Hali went down. They’ll be hoping to add a top lottery pick to the roster to regroup for a run next year.

 

Won’t be surprised if people figure out the location based on the depth, boat range, etc. but not sure anyone is going to retrieve it.

 

Only thing I can think of to combat tanking is every non post season team gets the same odds or something along those lines.

The draft lottery is better than just straight reverse order but still has too many situations where it’s better to lose games than win due to better odds. They’ve tweaked it a bunch with some success but flattening the odds as much as they have still hasn’t solved the issue.

It might be too extreme but teams won’t give up making the post season revenue just to get mid odds. Everything else I’ve seen is just going to be a tweak and marginal improvement to the current situation.

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