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  1. I know all that, there's still about $250 million unaccounted for as to where it ended up. Did it all go to the owners embezzling it from the company, or did they use it for other purposes? It's a huge amount, and the Kawhi stuff is only a portion of it. If they did steal that much, what did they spend it on? There's a post on the NBA reddit that contains an investor presentation that looks like something from the show Silicon Valley. The vapid marketing slogans, calling it a movement not a business, etc etc. they were grifting the whole time, but what did they spend their money on? Yachts? Parties? Hookers and blow? Inquiring minds... https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/jApHtE64zm
  2. I would love to know what this company did with the other millions of dollars they received from other investors. Who did they pay? Was it funnelling money to political PACs? Was it hiding or laundering money for other wealthy people? Seems like this is just a small slice of the pie. If they really didn't plant any trees, then you have to wonder what their actual purpose was.
  3. Yeah, he should be in line for a big year. He also won't have Jalen Green in his way either, and will have more team-oriented players around him. His assists should go up by having KD taking passes from him instead of Green. The one issue with this team that I think will be a problem is it lacks in 3pt shooting. They will likely need to make a trade to get someone to help with that, and try to stay under the luxury tax. I'm not sure if that's possible, but we will see. There are a lot of interesting guys that could be available at the trade deadline, and this team has the picks to make an impactful trade without sacrificing continuity.
  4. If you think he's an ass now, just wait until he runs for president in 2028....
  5. Helldivers is basically Starship Troopers as a video game. The game has heavy themes of sarcastic democracy, where you, the invading force on these new planets occupied by sentient bugs, robots, etc are there to conquer them and "spread democracy" as they say. The "hey fascist" line, like many others in the game, is more of a joke as the human invading force using their insanely powerful clone army of space marines is the actual fascist regime. Whether or not the shooter knew any of that, or understood the nuance of the humor built into the games narrative is another question. The 500kg bomb is a popular strategem call-in though, maybe it was his favorite?
  6. I'm listening to this new pod at work and laughed out loud at this a few times. The absurdity of it all being this blatantly obvious and barely attempting to cover their tracks is just mind bottling. These guys are all so fucking unbelievably rich, and they don't have shady lawyers to cover up relationships with shell companies?? What a bunch of wealthy, arrogant, idiots. Fuck Ballmer, fuck Wong, fuck Kawhi and his handlers. They all deserve to be banned, fined, suspended, tarred and feathered. Fuck this shit, you have to drop the hammer on this merry band of dumbfucks or else every other rich owner will do the same.
  7. Weird how it looks like Mar a Lago is depicted in the picture. I didn't think Jeffery did anything at Trump's place?! How could this be??? For reference:
  8. The CBA is very light on the requirements to make a violation. Penalties include voiding any player contract extending or renegotiation and suspension of one year. Kawhi might finally get his comeuppance.
  9. I listened to the Pablo/Mark Cuban conversation, and I have to say I'm not really moved by Mark's assessment of the situation. He gives the example of how he has been scammed in the past in other business deals, how someone you trust may be working with someone else, and it lets your guard down on the due diligence, which may be the case with these Aspiration guys being so well connected. I don't really buy that argument, as Ballmer invested in this company several times, and made them the team's sponsor in a $300 million deal. They had to do some work investigating the people and the business before striking that deal. Mark also says Ballmer is like Warren Buffett in his being a smart finance and investor guy, and that being so obvious with the quid pro quo here would make no sense. It would be unbelievably stupid to do so in such a blatant and sloppy manner, that it couldn't possibly be him involved in it. Basically Ballmer is too smart to do something this dumb. I don't buy it, but whatever. Pablo brings up the Deandre Jordan episode from way back when he almost went to the Mavs, but backed out of the agreement and went to LA to sign with the Clippers at the last minute. Kind of a funny segment, since this was when someone famously claimed "Mark Cuban is driving around LA looking for Deandre Jordan!!!" Mark seems to think Ballmer learned his lesson with tampering with that one, and that he wouldn't do it again. I really don't buy that argument, rich people love to break the rules and use their wealth as a "get out of jail free" card. Mark says multiple times that if you can prove that Ballmer knew about this deal and funded it to any degree, that "He's Toast!" That the league would not allow that, and that the penalty would be severe. He doesn't believe there will be a smoking gun found between them, and I agree with that. I don't think Ballmer has a paper trail to him or the Clippers execs regarding this endorsement, it's just too poorly constructed to be done by anyone that knows what they are doing. It is much more likely to be an Uncle Dennis/Kawhi deal on the side that the team may or may not have known about. But that's the real issue here, linking the Clippers in any way to making this deal happen, or knowing that an absurd amount of money was going to their star player. Hard to think they wouldn't have found out at some point, and just left it alone, but it's possible. Anyways, I hope they all get the book thrown at them, and then Dolan and whoever owns the Nets next.
  10. I think there will be some significant punishment for this... Now let me head over to ESPN Bet and put $500 down on it.
  11. The person they named said that it's not them, and that they are a Red Sox fan. Not that I would expect someone to own up to it anyways, but trashing someone incorrectly on the Internet is a shitty thing to do.
  12. Fried, Woo and maybe Joe Ryan, but he got shelled his last couple of starts. Hunter has a good chance at it, just needs a couple more quality starts to seal top 3.
  13. Cold storage wallets are an offline version of holding your virtual currency. You can install an app to encrypt and offload your crypto to another device or a USB drive. Then you need to have the login and password to that account to unlock it and access the funds. If you lose that device the currency with it is also gone too. Most people use crypto exchanges now, which are potentially vulnerable to hacking, but much easier to access and move funds. They treat each coin more like a stock that you can buy and sell, but is owned by your account and the actual crypto is held by the exchange on your behalf. They operate a lot like a bank.
  14. Altuve would have caught that...
  15. I think Ballmer will get that 7.5m fine, the largest in NBA history, because that's chump change to him and also makes it look like the league did something. He can cry about how persecuted he was by being fined the most in history for something he didn't really even know about, but it's done and let's move on! I think Kawhi might get thrown under the bus, because he's expendable and doesn't really play much. He's a fucking robot of a human, so I doubt he has many friends in the league willing to cover for him. A 1 year suspension and canceling his current contract should be on the table at minimum, since he stood to gain the most from this bullshit arrangement. Taking away his current contract would be a huge loss to him and Dennis. Uncle Dennis should absolutely be banned from representing NBA players, which is something the league can do in concert with the NBAPA. You can't represent NBA players without their consent and abiding by their rules, which these actions clearly violate. He won't get that 3% commission any more, which would be cool. If they could find a way to send Dennis to Federal prison too, I don't think anyone would mind besides him. Anyways, fuck all these guys, and fuck Dolan too.
  16. No idea who that guy is, but that's cool if he follows through. I didn't realize they gave that Karen the home run ball. Everyone knows if you don't catch it on the fly, it's a free for all. I have never gotten a home run ball, but I would never give it to some random entitled adult if I snagged one. It's a shame that guy gave up so quickly and not standing up to that insanity.
  17. The NBA can void Kawhis entire current contact and ban him for a year. It would cost him a lot more than $28m. Fine the Clippers for the maximum amount per year for several years, with a salary cap penalty of the same amount in each year. Fine Ballmer whatever is legal in their rules. I think it is only like $5 million, but it's the principle of the matter. Fine/ban other Clippers leadership that was complicit if there is evidence. Ban Ballmer from NBA activities and facilities for 1 year. (This would actually hurt him deeply) Ban Uncle Dennis from all NBA facilities, activities and representation of players. Remove future draft picks from the Clippers that haven't been traded yet.
  18. Whew, that was closer than it should have been.
  19. Why is Abreu pitching when we are up 4??
  20. I like how all these runs count as earned runs for Devin Williams.
  21. FYI if you need a free sport stream option, I have been using this site for years: https://v2.sportsurge.net/home5/
  22. Ballmer pledged $315 million to this company in 2021 for it to merge with another company and go to IPO, but that also happens to be about the time Kawhi signed his first extension with the Clips. There's no way Ballmer would not know about the Kawhi side of it, it's mostly his investment propping up the company. More likely is that he already had a relationship with Aspiration and used this company as an avenue to provide cash to his team's player for a modest donation of a few million bucks a year. I think Cuban is jumping to conclusions to defend a guy he likes, but here's the tweet for context. In a later tweet he agreed to go on Pablos show to discuss the situation, which may be interesting if he can bring receipts.
  23. Maybe? I haven't read his story. The company is a non-profit according to their website. It's unbelievable that a company with that mission could take in so much money and end up $170 million in debt. It will be interesting to see where all the funds went as there is more uncovered. Using a non-profit to funnel $28 million to an NBA player sounds an awful lot like money laundering to me. Ballmer could be in for some legal trouble or significant fines beyond whatever the NBA will do.
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