@funakistats Explains the second resurgence he’s saying right now. Imo he has a very strong case as Houston’s second most valuable player
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Steven Adams describing the connection between the stretch-5 era and the resurgence of offensive rebounding…
“The people they were drafting, they’re not used to what I call trenchwork… all the stuff that’s not sexy - they’re really not good at it at all.
A lot of the techniques I use wouldn’t work on dudes back in the day. But now I’m versing people that don’t know any of that stuff”
Steven Adams Stats@funakistats
Steven Adams explaining his offensive rebounding strategy to maximise available angles when players try to box him out…
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@JonSchweppe That’s not how that works. FanDuel has SAS at 95% and Minnesota at 8% while Kalshi has it at 91% vs 11% so betting Minnesota on Fan Duel gets the bettor a better payout. Not commenting about what’s better just calling out a clear mistake.
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I’m fascinated by the industry-funded attack on the prediction markets. To be clear, I’m not pro-PM. Regulate it all.
But PMs are an objectively better product for consumers.
Less exploitative. Less vig. More winners. And unlike sportsbooks, PMs let winners keep playing.
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@StorgaardMikkel @william_fitz Of course not. Luckily I still benefit a lot more if the global leader in AI is an American company and not a Chinese company.
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@SamK115706 @william_fitz Do you think they're doing it for your benefit?
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Jesus christ. Palantir and OpenAI execs got caught real bad here. They hired an agency to try get left wing creators to shill for big AI industry. Some creators refused (good on them) Any time you see an IG video from a creator saying they love AI, it's probably paid content.
Taylor Lorenz@TaylorLorenz
SCOOP: A pro-AI dark money group backed by a powerful super PAC funded by execs tied to Palantir and OpenAI, has been secretly paying influencers to push pro-AI, anti-China propaganda on TikTok and IG. wired.com/story/super-pa…
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@k_macC_ @william_fitz Also the phrasing in that thread was clearly very biased and hyperbolic so I take it all w a grain of salt. If a kid harms themselves there will be complaints about lack of oversight on kid’s data and if they collect the data it’s mass mandated harvesting.
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@k_macC_ @william_fitz Yes. I might have an overly cynical view but the way things are going right now everyone isn’t disclosing they have been paid for all sorts of promotions. The info harvesting will happen anyways. Again I don’t think there’s a conspiracy w ppl being caught real bad
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@LebronisonPEDS @Tuff__Crowd …but I don’t think playing or not playing AAU in 4th grade is why a kid goes to play D1. My take is fundamentals and instinct are king and a 4th grader can get that playing at the park with older kids
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@LebronisonPEDS @Tuff__Crowd You’re talking about them competing for D1 spots. That’s less than 1% of all players. When a kid is in high school if they’re actually really good they’ll be taken care of. That’s what he’s saying. If we’re talking about a 4th grader then yeah it’s tough…
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ELITE KIDS don’t pay for youth sports. It’s a lot of kids from the trenches not paying.
11yrs old I never paid to play, everything paid for or they paying me and I was from the trenches!!!
Parents gotta realize your kid just not that good.
Young Prince 👑🎤@YoungPrince_
This why we don’t see anyone from the trenches make it to the league anymore . It’s actually very sad .
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@Tuff__Crowd No one wants to say their kid isn’t top 10% but Brandon is on point. When I was in HS my neighbor he was really good (top 2%) teams asking him and his parents to play for them, coaches wanting to train them so that the coaches get to say they trained a D1 player to other kids.
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@Tuff__Crowd AAU teams and the trainers they’re scamming kids (and their parents). If someone’s not good enough to play at at least a top 10% level when in 7th grade onwards then they need to be practicing on your own and playing pick up not paying for coaches and AAU
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Official account of the biggest sports league posting betting odds this is beyond jarring
NBA@NBA
Check out the odds for today’s game on Prime courtesy of @FDSportsbook and tune into the action starting at 7:00pm/et! More Info: tinyurl.com/4mrcwf4z
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@talks_michael Here’s an example from the NBA fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-s…
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@talks_michael Rage bait? Every single pro team is using some sort of AI to directly impact their tactics and day to day operations. AI is a great tool for preventing injuries due to computer vision not everything is ChatGPT
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Wolfsburg tried to save money and instead are paying the ultimate price for relying on AI.
Can't only blame AI for the relegation battle but its funny they are suffering after partnering with Chatgpt.
Let's see if Chatgpt can give them some tactical advice on facing Bochum 🤷♂️
Zach Lowy@ZachLowy
Whereas Wolfsburg have descended into a relegation battle after entering a partnership with ChatGPT, Real Sociedad are thriving thanks to their president’s decision to reject ChatGPT advice and hire Pellegrino Matarazzo. My latest for @FotMob:
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@SarAllyce There’s something interesting in how the data sometimes is just counter to how you feel. I like my wearables/data tracking to see my progress over time and there would be times where I feel great running but then I check my numbers and it ruins it all
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@WillGuillory “Hey Reed, win the game make no mistakes” Inexcusable to throw the ball into the back court to the smallest guy on the team and not even give him an outlet to pass to.
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Ime Udoka gave a blunt assessment of his team's late-game collapse. Said youth and inexperience is no longer an excuse. Most of the guys on the floor late have 4-5 years of experience.
Udoka said guys were instructed to do certain things in the finals seconds and just didn't do them. Major, major Yikes.
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🚨 Do you understand what happened?!
Perplexity has launched Personal Finance
> connects with Plaid
> links to your bank accounts, loans, etc
> creates custom dashboards, finance tracking tool, and more.
Every single accountant student is cooked.
Perplexity@perplexity_ai
Computer now connects with Plaid to link bank accounts, credit cards, and loans. Track spending in detail, build custom budget tools, and visualize your net worth alongside your investment portfolio.
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@matthewstoller ..something structurally wrong with how it’s being rolled out and even advertised. I use AI a lot in work and I see the measurable difference but when I talk to friends and family I think there is a misuse and bad implementation procedure leading to headlines like that ^^^
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@matthewstoller I like the perspective of AI skeptics because it tend to actually reflect reality and I try to listen so I don’t get swept away in the bubble. But here in this specific case I do think there is a general education problem about how to use and interact with AI and it’s something..
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Gee I wonder why the 'AI is now God' narrative went into hyperdrive last week.
Tom's Hardware@tomshardware
Over 80% of companies report no productivity gains from AI so far despite billions in investment, survey suggests — 6,000 executives also reveal 1/3 of leaders use AI, but only for 90 minutes a week tomshardware.com/tech-industry/…
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