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Express_Helicopter93 t1_j7wfoew wrote

Reply to comment by NYC_EDITS in KD to the Suns by Bigpie0u812

That is odd, how the MLB has done very well in that regard. It definitely makes the nba look even worse by comparison, with how little loyalty there is. Both from the franchises and the players.

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Express_Helicopter93 t1_j7wdz58 wrote

Reply to comment by bigloudbang in KD to the Suns by Bigpie0u812

The NFL’s divas are mostly confined to WRs and DBs. I don’t think there’s anyone out there legitimately comparing NFL players to NBA players in terms of diva-ness; it’s just so obviously common in the nba that’s it’s ingrained into the culture of the sport (flopping to draw fouls being common, etc).

Don’t get me wrong, WR’s and DB’s can diva with the best of them. Guys like cam Newton too. But it’s more of an exception in the NFL whereas in the NBA it’s almost expected unfortunately.

The NHL has essentially no personality ever and never has, so, frankly, it could use some more divas. You know you’ve got a problem if the player with the biggest personality in your league is Brad Marchand. Or for fuck’s sakes, the league could learn how to properly market their biggest stars but they haven’t done that properly since the days of Mario I think.

I guess what I’m saying is, it’s about balance

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Express_Helicopter93 t1_j7v98vl wrote

Reply to comment by swimbaitjesus in KD to the Suns by Bigpie0u812

I disagree. There’s no consistency, and players can seemingly just go wherever they want whenever they want so there’s nothing ever built from loyalty, except in a few rare cases. This makes the league harder to follow.

Look at the nfl and nhl. You can predictably know which team most superstars will be playing for the following season, because the players collectively aren’t a bunch of divas. There’s much more loyalty. The athletes/GM’s in the nhl and nba appear to value and appreciate team chemistry more, so you get superstars playing most of their careers in the same place.

Big-name players getting traded in the nba all the time makes it much harder to follow and get into for casuals, and makes longtime fans begin to not give a shit because it’s a fucking carousel of players and teams and nothing means anything anymore.

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Reply to comment by rickylong34 in Western NY death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos by novotlr

Yup. Way less $, way worse infrastructure…and in Winnipeg it regularly gets to -45 with that wind and shit ton of snow. I know it’s being called a “storm of the century” but come on, you know thats just the media. We get these “storms of the century” basically every winter. Rarely do we have people die here as a result of a winter storm, let alone 20+, that is pathetic. Poor planning or something, that shouldn’t happen.

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Reply to comment by kudichangedlives in Women sue Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan over Epstein ties | Women who have accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse filed lawsuits against Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co on Thursday, alleging the banks financially benefited from the late financier's alleged sex trafficking oper by Blood__Rivers

Any time someone tries to sue a bank we should all be cheering them on. For any reason at all. All the banks are terrible.

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Reply to comment by JoeMcDingleDongle in Nosferatu at 100: a silent horror masterwork that continues to chill by Stonewalled89

I dunno. I saw it while taking a film class when I was in uni, I remember it being too cheesy to be genuinely enjoyable. It’s neat to see how they made movies back then, as a novelty, but otherwise the movie’s not very suspenseful/thrilling/scary/funny/anything. I found it simply too old/outdated to be of any entertaining value.

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