Dave Tran

@EnesFreedom @okcthunder Love and appreciation for you!

To my Oklahoma family; this piece comes straight from the heart. I hope you’ll take a moment to read it and feel what I felt. Thank you for allowing me to be a small part of it. I came to @okcthunder to play basketball. I left carrying 168 lives. When I was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, I was thinking about basketball, nothing more. I didn’t know that before I ever stepped on the court, this place would show me something that would stay with me far longer than any game. Like any player, my mind was on the game. A new team, a new city, a new opportunity. I expected the usual routine when I landed in Oklahoma City. Physicals, practices, meetings, and a jersey waiting in a locker. But before any of that, Sam Presti pulled me aside and told me there was somewhere we needed to go. He didn’t explain much, and I didn’t think to ask. I was focused on the next step in my career. What I didn’t understand was that, before I could represent the place I was about to play for, I needed to understand it. So instead of heading to the facility, he took me to the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. I walked in without knowing what I was about to see, and within minutes, everything slowed down. There are 168 chairs at the memorial, each one representing a life lost on April 19, 1995. They are arranged in quiet rows, each engraved with a name, each standing where a person once stood in that building. Then you notice something that is impossible to process the first time you see it. Some of the chairs are smaller. They belong to children. There is no speech that prepares you for that, no headline that captures it. You simply stand there, and the silence carries a kind of weight that is hard to describe but impossible to ignore. As you walk through the memorial, you pass between two gates marked 9:01 and 9:03. At first, they seem like simple numbers, but then you understand what they hold. One marks the last minute before the attack. The other marks the first minute after. And in between those two gates is 9:02, the moment when everything changed. That minute does not feel like history when you are standing there. It feels present. The reflecting pool stretches across what used to be a city street, its surface calm and still. When you look into it, you do not just see water. You see yourself standing in a place where unimaginable loss occurred, and for a moment, everything else in your life becomes quieter. Nearby stands the Survivor Tree, an American elm that was damaged in the blast but endured. It is not untouched. Its scars are part of what it represents. But it is still standing, and in that, it carries a kind of strength that does not need to be explained. We did not speak much while we were inside. It did not feel like a place for conversation. Some places ask for words. This one asks for reflection. When we stepped outside, Sam Presti looked me in the eye and said, “This is what this state has been through.” Then he said something I will never forget. “Every time you step on that court, you are not just playing in front of fans. You are playing for a state that carries this with it. Give them everything you have. They deserve that.” In that moment, basketball felt different. Not smaller, but clearer. Because what I had just seen was not only about what was lost. It was about what remained. A state that had experienced unimaginable pain and still chose to come together, to rebuild, and to move forward without losing its humanity. From that day on, every time I stepped on the court, I carried that with me. On the nights when I was tired, when I was hurt, when I was dealing with challenges that felt heavy in the moment, I would think about those chairs, about that minute, about the people behind those names. And I was reminded that what I was going through did not compare to what this state had endured. oklahoman.com/story/opinion/…

@N3umu Wild!

フランスの遊戯王ファンさん、7ヶ月をかけ『3Dで遊戯王デュエルができるシステム』を独自開発してしまう ・カード認識する3600種類のチップを作成 →カードを置くと3Dモンスターが召喚される ・召喚時はカメラも自動で切り替わる機能付

@lorekeepersinn 😂 same for my @DisneyParks @Crocs at my clinic

I am thankful I get to do casting for Disney Lorcana because now these shoulder plushies aren’t just toys from the parks, these are bonafide ✨personal business development expenses✨

@zachbivens1 “a little”?!

I went a little crazy on today’s Pokemon pickups 😅

Okay but why are they not like Dalmatian Puppies? I wanna run 48 Aliens, 4 baby webby, 4 shift webby, and 4 sids. 🤣 Or even better, 4 Blast from the past and 56 Aliens 😂

@zachbivens1 Play sheet?

I'm getting a play set of play sets of Iconic Buzz Lightyear

@zachbivens1 oh my

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

@TheGeorgePu I am canceling.

Perplexity users just got nerfed. Deep research was unlimited. Now it's 20 a month. Normal search is gated to 200 a week. No email. No announcement. Nothing. What I subscribed to is not what I got. Asked for refunds. Denied. Complained on Discord. Banned. The moderator called it 'responsible evolution'. You paid for unlimited. You got robbed. And they won't even let you complain about it.

Okay @DisneyLorcana first it was One Piece now Naruto and Pokémon.

@zachbivens1 Nice pickup. But I’ll be honest and say I’m basic and want a Bubble Mew.

This has to be the coolest Mew card ever made ✨

@HarlanSweete Switch out for the Enchanted Hades 😂

A deck idea i've been enjoying recently, putting some new life into Sapphire Steel. It is simply BS but with dwarfs mines added in. Small change that can really spice up your matches. Perfect store champs list that does well in testing! Deck idea created by:Cheeto-loungers

@r_m_bx Well done.

Did it with BS Allys!

@wataminoodles Both!

Choose your pick: 1. One Piece manga 2. Pokemon Ponchos

@gregisenberg lol 😂 literally me

I wonder how many people are using Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Perplexity Computer etc to file their taxes this year

@SkyLorcana Low key considering running this.

My Amber Steel Guide is live! If you want to win that Tinkerbelle mat then it's time to pick up the best deck in the format, that's not a suggestion it's an executive order!!! Guide is 20$ but members get 50% off. metafy.gg/guides/view/ha…

@BritBratTV7 It’s my first OPTCG hit!

This card is under $100 btw 😮‍💨

@LamarMK FSD is life changing

Current Tesla owners, how pleased are you with your Tesla and would you purchase another one? If you're thinking about making the switch, hear it from real owners instead of people who have never driven one.

@DinhKhangPham Hold unless you can trade in your favor. OP17 is when I think it’s going to pop off again.

Pop 1 - CGC Pristine 10 Zoro Flagship Asia What should I do with this card? Hold? Sell? 🤔

@BananainJP You need the gold BLT!

In the same vein as yesterday's post: if you have any extra pins that you don't see here I'd love to get/buy/trade for them! I'm hoping to fill up this bag with every pin! もし余分なピンバッジがあれば、是非もらう/買う/交換したい！全部を集めてバッグに貼りたい！

@rebekahquests @FamilyQuests Congratulations!!! 🎉

Big news over here... altogether exciting and a bit scary, but I can't wait for what the future holds! Full video in the thread to hear more about the journey here, what's next, and the Happy Questing Club!