Patriotism is romanticized and beat into you at a very young age in this country. Every sporting event has the national anthem from middle-school to the professional level. Every single college or pro event I've ever been to they honor the military in some way. Much of which is paid for by our government. Almost every public speaker acknowledges the military or end's a speech with "God Bless America". Yes the flag and national anthem represent what is actually beautiful about the U.S. but it also represents what ever bullshit we happen to be engaging in at any given moment. It represents the inequalities that we fail time and time again to fix. People need to stop acting like it's some sacred cow and start seeing it for its faults as well.
He is in the bottom three defensive centers in the league, which is an improvement from the prior season when he was the worst by a lot. Kanter absolutely gets torched in space, particularly on pick and rolls. According to defensive +/-, Kanter ranks 62/63 centers with only rookie Jahlil Okafor behind him. You're welcome to pick any defensive metric you choose. Just scroll towards bottom of the list and you'll find Kanter's name. I love Kanter's offensive game and dedication to the team, but his defense limits his overall effectiveness. Kanter's value over a replacement player is only 0.1 and his defensive +/- is -3.1. Donovan used him to perfection last year by limiting his minutes and playing him against less offensively capable back-ups. But, the problem this season is that he doesn't have the defensive big help around him with Serge and KD gone. Let's hope he keeps improving, but he has a long, long way to go to be a passable defender.
Honestly, its not even his on the court stuff(although he did some great things on it). Him answering calls of teammates at the middle of the night, helping adams become a really good center in only a year, and was there to calm all of em down. We will all miss you big Perk!!!
edit: Ammo sent This to him(i know, most of you have seen it) after only being teammates for half a season.really shows you howgood of a teammate Perk really was
4th pick for shai and 6th pick
Also why is everyone saying Shai "wants to win now". Did I miss something and he made some comment? or is it just nonsense? I'm hearing it plenty in our own sub as well so it's not just dumb fans of other teams.
If you are technically inclined, you can setup a home network ad-block using a raspberry PI and pihole software (https://pi-hole.net/)
PI hold does a pretty good job of blocking Ads and pop-ups
I also use an old phone (which does not have personal data) for the sole purpose of accessing streaming sites and then casting them to my TV.
Yes, I did this last year and plan to do it again this year. NordVPN and the NBA app work on computers and Google TV's. You turn on the VPN, connect to somewhere outside the blackout area, then launch the NBA app.
Sling Blue seems to have the Fox Sports channels. It says it includes Fox Select Markets which I assume would include Fox Sports Oklahoma but you might want to verify with them first.
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