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  1. djbayko

    Everybody Hates Draymond

    That's a classic Draymond. Pretend like it's accidental, incidental contact; meanwhile, he's keeping his muscles taught so that he can do damage. This guy apparently has no ability to consciously relax his muscles (when an opponent is near him).
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    I smell debt to a bookie!
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    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    Welcome to the world of TV editing. I don’t know anyone who’s participated in a TV production who didn’t come away disappointed with how they were portrayed (including myself). Somewhat related, I was recently interviewed for an article in the NYTimes and, based on my experience, I got them to...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    He did it before going in for surgery? Possibly weird. Possibly nothing.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    I'm probably a bit slow right now, but what is the implication of the bolded?
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    Sure, but a few things: In this specific case, the bookie might have known where the money was coming from (if Ohtani was placing the bets) or that this guy had a super rich bestie he could lean on. Illegal bookies have more ways of...um...incetivizing people to pay than legal books do. Even if...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    $4.5M might not be all that much to Ohtani (I beg to differ, but let's go with it for now), but that is a gigantic breach of trust by someone he thought was his friend. Yes, I find it very difficult to believe that he would just let a theft like that slide and try to cover up for him.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    I suppose it’s possible that the bookie knew who this guy was and his relationship to Ohtani, so he was letting him get into huge debt, as a play for him to get bailed out by his uber-rich friend. If the guy was a habitual losing player, then it was of no cost to the bookie to let him continue...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    https://x.com/sloprules/status/1770592578510991776?s=20
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    View: https://twitter.com/jaycaspiankang/status/1770580280631558444
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    Oh, sorry, I misread your post. Hasn't it already been confirmed that this was NOT an offshore bookie but instead an illegal/local bookie?
  12. djbayko

    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    I'm surprised they didn't call out illegal / local bookies explictly. To me, they're several degrees worse than offshores in several different respects, if you're looking to keep the reputation of your organization pristine.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    How does this follow? I'm not getting it. Would one possibly have called Charlie Hustle a "baseball rat" in 1980? MLB has a lot of different personalities -- even guys who get sexually aroused by beating women senseless. By this point, we should all realize that we don't really know the true...
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    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    I was going to suggest that maybe Bill caught Butler sneaking around with a teammate's girl. Sounds crazy, but it would fit the fact pattern, and not many theories do.
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    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    There's no fucking way Butler doesn't know why he was benched. I'm thinking it must be something pretty bad and/or embarrassing if Bill refuses to talk about it, nobody on the team including Kraft know what it is, and Butler pretends it doesn't exist. If it was just a personal conflict between...
  16. djbayko

    2023 Jets: Hello Darkness Retreat, My Old Friend

    Aaron won't have this as a distraction for the team. View: https://twitter.com/nick_field90/status/1769084023702175972
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    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    I haven't watched the 2 most recent eps yet. What??? They didn't even touch upon the science for 10 seconds? The whole thing was a (non) science fuckup, mixed in with a huge amount of jealousy and vengeance. Anyways, I'm loving this series so far, so I'll wait to judge.
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    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    Yeah, but editing can make a world of difference. Relationships between people who spend that much time together are complicated. There are always going to be ups and downs and disagreements. These players might love Belichick overall but still wish he had handled certain situations differently...
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    Sports Cards Mania

    This is just the opposite for me.
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    Sports Cards Mania

    That thought occurred to me as well.