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Stabledash

16,388 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

Giannis says guys are being "selfish", teams like OKC/MIN/SAS are "better roster wise" and reminisced a little about Jrue Holiday, Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez and Pat Connaughton: "We're not playing hard. Not playing hard. We're not doing the right things. Not playing to win. Not playing together. Our chemistry is not there. Guys are being selfish. Guys are trying to look for the wrong shots instead of looking for the right shot for the team. Guys try to do it on their own. At times, I feel like when we're down 10, 15, 20, we try to make it up in one play. It's not gonna work. We just gotta keep chipping away. One possession at a time. Especially when you play a team like OKC, Minnesota or San Antonio. Overall, roster wise, they're better than us, so you gotta know you gotta compete for 48 minutes and try to get the best shots available for 48 minutes and if you don't do that, then you try to get the first shot available. One best shot is not going to work against those teams." "I've been those teams. 3, 4, 5 years ago when we played a team that came down and shot the first shot, we took the rebound and went the other way we were like, 'you're not going to win'. You gotta move us around, you gotta move me around, you gotta move Khris around, you gotta move Jrue around, you gotta move Brook around, like, you gotta move Pat around, like you gotta move us around in order for you to find the opportunity to get a good open look. Like if you come down, and you pass the ball and you got Jrue Holiday on you and you shoot it, good luck. Like I've been in that position. But right now I think we just don't get it. We just don't get it."
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Giannis says guys are being "selfish", teams like OKC/MIN/SAS are "better roster wise" and reminisced a little about Jrue Holiday, Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez and Pat Connaughton: "We're not playing hard. Not playing hard. We're not doing the right things. Not playing to win. Not playing together. Our chemistry is not there. Guys are being selfish. Guys are trying to look for the wrong shots instead of looking for the right shot for the team. Guys try to do it on their own. At times, I feel like when we're down 10, 15, 20, we try to make it up in one play. It's not gonna work. We just gotta keep chipping away. One possession at a time. Especially when you play a team like OKC, Minnesota or San Antonio. Overall, roster wise, they're better than us, so you gotta know you gotta compete for 48 minutes and try to get the best shots available for 48 minutes and if you don't do that, then you try to get the first shot available. One best shot is not going to work against those teams." "I've been those teams. 3, 4, 5 years ago when we played a team that came down and shot the first shot, we took the rebound and went the other way we were like, 'you're not going to win'. You gotta move us around, you gotta move me around, you gotta move Khris around, you gotta move Jrue around, you gotta move Brook around, like, you gotta move Pat around, like you gotta move us around in order for you to find the opportunity to get a good open look. Like if you come down, and you pass the ball and you got Jrue Holiday on you and you shoot it, good luck. Like I've been in that position. But right now I think we just don't get it. We just don't get it."

Bucks Lead

77,646 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

Did you know? As more Africans earn from international clients, receive stablecoins, build global businesses, and participate in the digital economy, many still rely on multiple apps just to manage their money. One app to receive payments. Another to manage crypto. Another to swap assets. Another to withdraw into a local bank account. But what if one app could bring it all together? Over the past few months, the team at EdenFi 🟠 has been working relentlessly—listening to users, refining the product, and rethinking how people should experience money in a more connected world. The result is a simpler way to: • Receive global payments with USD, EUR & GBP accounts • Send and receive crypto • Swap assets across multiple blockchains • Cash out directly into your local bank account If you’ve been looking for a better way to manage your money globally, now’s a great time to see what EdenFi is building. 📲 Download EdenFi: App Store: Google Play:
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Did you know? As more Africans earn from international clients, receive stablecoins, build global businesses, and participate in the digital economy, many still rely on multiple apps just to manage their money. One app to receive payments. Another to manage crypto. Another to swap assets. Another to withdraw into a local bank account. But what if one app could bring it all together? Over the past few months, the team at EdenFi 🟠 has been working relentlessly—listening to users, refining the product, and rethinking how people should experience money in a more connected world. The result is a simpler way to: • Receive global payments with USD, EUR & GBP accounts • Send and receive crypto • Swap assets across multiple blockchains • Cash out directly into your local bank account If you’ve been looking for a better way to manage your money globally, now’s a great time to see what EdenFi is building. 📲 Download EdenFi: App Store: Google Play:

Africa Facts Zone

22,905 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

Most crypto wallets make you choose between self custody and real world compatibility 💰 Avici just solved that with Named Virtual Accounts This is the bridge we've been waiting for 1/ THE SETUP You want to hold your own keys But your employer pays via bank transfer. Your contractor only accepts wire payments. Your family sends money through traditional rails Every offramp eats fees and forces you back into custodial accounts That friction keeps most people stuck in banks 2/ THE BREAKTHROUGH Avici gives you real account numbers and IBANs powered by MoonPay 🟣 Anyone can send you fiat through normal bank transfers It auto converts to USDC or EUROC and lands in YOUR self custodial wallet on Solana Fiat compatibility with true ownership 🔐 3/ HOW IT WORKS Receiving: → Someone sends $1,000 USD or €1,000 SEPA to your account number → System auto converts to stablecoins → Lands in your Avici wallet under your control Sending: → You hold 1,000 USDC in Avici → Add payee bank details in app → You send stablecoins, they receive fiat One click. No CEX stops in between 4/ WHY THIS MATTERS This isn't just a better offramp It's the infrastructure that makes stablecoins actually usable in a fiat world without giving up custody Your primary account stays self custodial while working with every business and person still on traditional rails The more this works at scale, the less you need traditional banks at all -- Avici is building what internet money was supposed to look like from day one Named Virtual Accounts are live now. Self custody meets real world compatibility without compromise
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Most crypto wallets make you choose between self custody and real world compatibility 💰 Avici just solved that with Named Virtual Accounts This is the bridge we've been waiting for 1/ THE SETUP You want to hold your own keys But your employer pays via bank transfer. Your contractor only accepts wire payments. Your family sends money through traditional rails Every offramp eats fees and forces you back into custodial accounts That friction keeps most people stuck in banks 2/ THE BREAKTHROUGH Avici gives you real account numbers and IBANs powered by MoonPay 🟣 Anyone can send you fiat through normal bank transfers It auto converts to USDC or EUROC and lands in YOUR self custodial wallet on Solana Fiat compatibility with true ownership 🔐 3/ HOW IT WORKS Receiving: → Someone sends $1,000 USD or €1,000 SEPA to your account number → System auto converts to stablecoins → Lands in your Avici wallet under your control Sending: → You hold 1,000 USDC in Avici → Add payee bank details in app → You send stablecoins, they receive fiat One click. No CEX stops in between 4/ WHY THIS MATTERS This isn't just a better offramp It's the infrastructure that makes stablecoins actually usable in a fiat world without giving up custody Your primary account stays self custodial while working with every business and person still on traditional rails The more this works at scale, the less you need traditional banks at all -- Avici is building what internet money was supposed to look like from day one Named Virtual Accounts are live now. Self custody meets real world compatibility without compromise

DeFi Oracle 🔮

21,340 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

Marcus Freeman says caring for players solely to produce better results is manipulation, and genuine love usually produces better results anyway “It’s why you do what you do. I’m a competitive dude. I want to be the best at what I do. But that’s not why I do what I do.” “I truly want to make sure the young people you coach are better football players and better men because they chose to play football at a place you’re the leader of.” “It isn’t about wins and losses as much as…‘I want this young person to be better because of the time we spent together.’ That means caring about him as an individual. Caring about his family.” “You don’t do that for me to win games. But you know what? It helps.” “At times I’m hard on them. But they know I care about them. ‘I love you.’ ‘Now I’m going to get after your ass.’ ‘I’m going to get after you, but I love you.’” “When you feel that way about somebody… That’s when you’ll run through a brick wall.”
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Marcus Freeman says caring for players solely to produce better results is manipulation, and genuine love usually produces better results anyway “It’s why you do what you do. I’m a competitive dude. I want to be the best at what I do. But that’s not why I do what I do.” “I truly want to make sure the young people you coach are better football players and better men because they chose to play football at a place you’re the leader of.” “It isn’t about wins and losses as much as…‘I want this young person to be better because of the time we spent together.’ That means caring about him as an individual. Caring about his family.” “You don’t do that for me to win games. But you know what? It helps.” “At times I’m hard on them. But they know I care about them. ‘I love you.’ ‘Now I’m going to get after your ass.’ ‘I’m going to get after you, but I love you.’” “When you feel that way about somebody… That’s when you’ll run through a brick wall.”

Josh Chambers

130,649 Aufrufe • vor 29 Tagen

Nick Fuentes on how jews wage war on individual people and how we need to fight back “They wage war on you as a human being…every weakness, every loved one, every everything. It’s like if they tried to kill you, are you prepared for that?” “We have to prepare ourselves for war…if you’re not willing to go to war and fight, then you better just put the shackles on and go to work Goy, because that’s what the f*ck you are. That’s what we all are.” “We can start to think about these things seriously and steel ourselves and get serious about being a free and independent and powerful people.”
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Nick Fuentes on how jews wage war on individual people and how we need to fight back “They wage war on you as a human being…every weakness, every loved one, every everything. It’s like if they tried to kill you, are you prepared for that?” “We have to prepare ourselves for war…if you’re not willing to go to war and fight, then you better just put the shackles on and go to work Goy, because that’s what the f*ck you are. That’s what we all are.” “We can start to think about these things seriously and steel ourselves and get serious about being a free and independent and powerful people.”

Fractured Light

25,969 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten