> 3 notable turnarounds in the NBA West. Dallas started 12-13 and is 15-7 since (with the league’s best defense in that time). Portland started 2-14 on the road and has won 4 of their last 5 (without Lillard). New Orleans has gone 15-12 after a 3-16 start (all without Williamson).
Philippians 2:3-4 New International Version
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
This was my reply:
Borj (changed for privacy), I think it's great you're confident enough in your beliefs to hold them so steadfastly.
The bible verse you quoted is what really bothers me. You know I'm no theologian, and that I don't support organized religion in any form; however, I would like you to really read the verse you posted:
"3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others."
I honestly don't know how someone can read that verse and not understand how complying with public safety measures is living that statement to it's fullest: most of us are accepting personal inconveniences to protect our fellow humans... literally performing minor selfless acts for the benefit of only others. I HATE wearing a mask, but, I understand it isn't for my protection, it's for the protection of others; I don't particularly enjoy all the vaccinations I've had through the years, but, I understand they're used to make our society safer for those who don't have the immune capacity to fight infection (i.e. immunocompromised). Azathoth knows how many hundreds, probably thousands, of immunocompromised people I have encountered in my professional, and personal life...
I've read a bunch of your replies, and I understand you aren't anti-vax (which makes me glad because you were paying attention in Marklar's class!); you've stated you're "anti mandate (sic)," and "anti coercion (sic)." I can only assume you're referring to the <insert health authority> mandates regarding vaccination, and testing. Borj, we went to school together, and I worked at <insert health authority> as an RN, I KNOW what the vaccination requirements are for both; what makes these current mandates less legitimate than any other infection control mandate? If your issue is with being "coerced," there simply isn't any coercion; you are free to choose what you do with your person, but, those choices have consequences.
Coercion: "the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats."
No one is being forced to do anything, and no one is being threatened; choices are being made, and consequences a
... keep reading on reddit ➡Vando was amazing tonight. He had LeBron visibly frustrated numerous times and was an absolute beast on the glass. Looking like the Wolves finally found a 4 to pair with KAT.
Just wondering if we have the pieces to go to a 4-3 D if we get a new DC who prefers that. Would it majorly impact Quinn, Mack or Roquan et al in that area if we had to swap over?
The Broncos feel like they've had a 3-4 defense forever, but I'm wondering if it's a foregone conclusion that they will stay in a 3-4 next season with a new coach.
How do you think their current personnel would fit in a 4-3 defense instead of a 3-4? Bradley Chubb played in a 4-3 in college. Dre'mont Jones I think was a DT in a 4-3 in college. The ILB in a 4-3 is usually more of a run stuffer/thumper/field general type which seems to fit Josey Jewell's skillset well.
Is it likely or no sense in speculating until he hires a DC? Assuming the tweener/mostly useless Striker position is history now too.
For discussion, who are some players already on the roster who may benefit from a switch to 3-4?
I know were only 4 games into the 2021 season but Bucs continue to show their stout run defense. The only team to have the number 1 ranked run defense in multiple consecutive years since 03 are the 06-07 Vikings. No teams have done it 3 years in a row.
https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/opponent-rushing-yards-per-game?date=2021-10-10
https://www.nfl.com/stats/team-stats/defense/rushing/2021/reg/all
Fun Fact: The Bucs rush defense has only allowed 2 100yd rusher in the past 3 yrs against Chris Carson and Dalvin Cook.
Frank Vogel became a bit creative as he should. He started center-less in Q4 with a lineup of Westbrook, Monk, Ellington, Melo and Reeves. All of these guys will hustle and move on defense and try to cover ground horizontally but played 3-2 defense. What? This has potential to be like the Houston defense back in 2019-2020 that was stifling. They would need to do switch everything though.
We only have 4 minutes of evidence, so let's watch every play.
- Covington misses 2' layup - Quick cut by Covington that would've been an easy score with DAJ. Instead, Reeves was able to recover fast and defend the shot
- Forced into Pull-up 3 blocked by Monk - with small ball defense, really the best offense might be posting up the small defenders. Portland didn't go with that tactic and tried to iso pull up 3
- Lance missed 2' layup - Just look how the ball swung and Westbrook, Ellington, were able to cover their man. Melo quickly steps up to help cutter. Ton of bodies in the paint and strips Lance. This would've been an easy layup for Lance if DAJ was at center.
- Missed Covington 3 - Just easy scheme of switch everything. Pick was set, and Russ switched to defend the 3
- Little hits the wide open 3 - I blame this on Russ. In small ball defense, you don't need to over-help that much. Terrible gamble. Looked like Ellington also was playing good defense on the drive. The scheme worked, but Westbrook played it poorly.
- Little missed 3 - Okay
https://twitter.com/kevinoconnornba/status/1401023035608608771?s=21
It’s been a bad showing from Porzingis this season. If the Mavericks stand a chance to move on and/or make noise in round 2, he has to become the all star he was otherwise Dallas won’t win.
I'm so annoyed that UFC 4 is the only UFC game I have played. I wanted to get UFC 3 on PS Store, but it's not fucking there anymore. On disc, it's pretty expensive so I'm not gonna pay so much when I already have UFC 4. That clinch system in UFC 3 for getting takedowns as well as the submission minigame seems sooooo much better and I say that because I'm a jiu-jitsu fighter through and through. My favourite way to win a fight by far is submission and in UFC 4, with online multiplayer it's really really fucking hard to win by submission because the game is so unbalanced in this respect.
Since I can't get UFC 3 now, I'll probably just wait for UFC 5. UFC to me is how FIFA is to a large number of my friends and people from my area. Soccer is a pretty big thing in my local culture. I like soccer also, but I find fighting games to be more fun. I just hope to God that they improve the ground game and grappling aspect of UFC 5 even if that's the only thing they improve on. One thing is for certain, they NEED to do away with this crap bar overlapping minigame for the submission system. That just needs to go.
Thoughts?
