UCLA Represent
https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/622955315256922112
Source: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2942713-inside-the-turbulent-tenure-of-indiana-pacers-coach-nate-bjorkgren
> Nurse was heavily consulted throughout the interview process, sources said, but Indiana brass never contacted Phoenix executives for insight on Bjorkgren’s time as a Suns assistant from 2015-17.
> Nor did they consult with last year's Orlando Bubble breakout player T.J. Warren—who played under Bjorkgren in Phoenix—according to sources. When news of Bjorkgren's hire became public, Warren requested a trade from the Pacers, according to sources.
> It’s believed that Warren even opted for an elective season-ending surgery in March, both to better serve his recovery from a stress fracture in his left foot and also to avoid playing for Bjorkgren for the remainder of this season.
So... TJ Warren gone. Who's next?
EDIT: Apologize for the title gore lol
Earlier today, a damning article was published by Jake Fischer of BR, detailing how Pacers first-year head coach Nate Bjorkgren has clearly lost trust and control of the locker room and the front office. In it, he detailed how T.J. Warren, who had played under Bjorkgren when he was an assistant back in Phoenix, had requested a trade after learning of Bjorkgren's hiring and opted for a season-ending surgery in March to avoid having to play with Bjorkgren this season.
Seemingly refuting those reports, T.J. Warren tweeted "Don’t use me to push false narratives" as a direct reply to Fischer's tweeting of the article this morning and then tweeted separately There’s a lot of nonsense on this app today....
Not sure what to make of this - there's a lot of sources detailing how Bjorkgren is basically on his own in this, yet now T.J. seems to be refuting what the article is saying, at least in regards to his level of involvement. :\
Lets bring him back as a sixth man.
Neurology; October 1968, 18(9): pp836-40
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.18.9.836, PMID: 5693677, URL: https://n.neurology.org/content/18/9/836
"I'd expect to see your real name and a record to prove it. Buffett-like investing as defined by people like you has been reduced to a set model by people such as yourself. To me, a lot of the thought and intelligence has been taken out of it.
I wrote about this on my web site under "Buffett Revisited." To me, his spirit of investing with intelligence has been lost in a sea of those simply trying to be pure imitators.
When he bought GEICO, AMEX, the Buffalo News, any number of his investments he was being as much contrarian as anything. He saw value in a a market dominance or a brand that others didn't. And the 10-year record of high ROE with earnings not skipping a beat wasn't necessarily there to prove it when he bought. But there was nonetheless a margin of safety.
IMO, the biggest impediment to investing in the spirit of Buffett is the idea that somehow we can be a 100% imitator of him and see the same success. That anyone could be a perfect imitator of his approach strikes me as ridiculous. Try compounding the 10% difference between even your best imitator and Buffett over 30 years.
I don't have it down yet. But in terms of investing in the spirit of Buffett (rather than in his mirror image), neither does anyone else here that I can see. I'm young. I'm reading a lot and continuously reviewing and updating my approach as new revelations occur. Remember I said "Buffett-like stock for me," not you. If it was that easy for you to see, I'd be disappointed. I'm certainly glad I can't find anyone to agree with me on this. If anything, it indicates I'm headed in the right direction."
