OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: JULY 2024

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BigGameDamian said:
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Hmm, I was told that starting two 6'3" guards will not work.
And in this case, I think it is true.

I see some similarities between LBJ and Jokic in the fact that their teams tend to do well when the offense is run through them. So I think they are better off surrounding both of them with as many shooters as possible. My guess is Westbrook will be better off the bench.
 
The real question is will Westbrook be finishing games? He does take ill-advised shots in close games.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
The real question is will Westbrook be finishing games? He does take ill-advised shots in close games.
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Agreed. There will be plenty of minutes where they will both be on the floor together, but they need a solid shooter at the end of games. Braun seems like a better option
 
it just seems to me that Westbrook is not the kind of guard the Nuggets need....but maybe their biggest need is a guard who would play for the minimum

wait...is Denver going to sign him for more?
 
I think Jokic and Russ could end up being fun to watch. It is a gamble with house money if they get him that cheap. Though not a shooter, Russ can still impact a game with big plays. Murray has been a bit disappointing imho. Russ won’t solve their problem of miserly ownership but if they can make it work give me them all day over the Sixers for a fun watch.
 
I’m sure most well paying employers want their employees to represent them a certain way on social media. Teachers get fired for posting things that go against the values of their district. It’s not just for athletes.

Humans in general should be taught how to use social media appropriately and the ramifications that are out there for being politically incorrect, controversial or just plain stupid.
 
SheedSoNasty said:
I’m sure most well paying employers want their employees to represent them a certain way on social media. Teachers get fired for posting things that go against the values of their district. It’s not just for athletes.
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Yeah, it's called being a public figure. Don't overthink it. Jaylen always seems like one of those intelligent guys who's looking for ways to demonstrate it, just in case people are unaware.
 
SheedSoNasty said:
I’m sure most well paying employers want their employees to represent them a certain way on social media. Teachers get fired for posting things that go against the values of their district. It’s not just for athletes.

Humans in general should be taught how to use social media appropriately and the ramifications that are out there for being politically incorrect, controversial or just plain stupid.
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Counterpoint: social media is your private life. If you are revealed to be a Nazi cannibal then you should get fired for that, fine. But if you are revealed to be a human being who swears or gets drunk or whatever then fuck off, none of your employer's business. So you're saying in Florida, with "don't say gay" a gay teacher could legitimately be fired for posting pictures of their wedding on Instagram?
 
handiman said:
Yeah, it's called being a public figure. Don't overthink it. Jaylen always seems like one of those intelligent guys who's looking for ways to demonstrate it, just in case people are unaware.
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Defensive much? If this is the first you're hearing of him talking about Foucault, then he's not exactly broadcasting it, is he?
 
SheedSoNasty said:
I’m sure most well paying employers want their employees to represent them a certain way on social media. Teachers get fired for posting things that go against the values of their district. It’s not just for athletes.

Humans in general should be taught how to use social media appropriately and the ramifications that are out there for being politically incorrect, controversial or just plain stupid.
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Imagine posting on a platform….well like THIS one….. and having somebody contact your employer TWICE and try to use it to get you fired. That would be CRAZY huh?
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Counterpoint: social media is your private life. If you are revealed to be a Nazi cannibal then you should get fired for that, fine. But if you are revealed to be a human being who swears or gets drunk or whatever then fuck off, none of your employer's business. So you're saying in Florida, with "don't say gay" a gay teacher could legitimately be fired for posting pictures of their wedding on Instagram?
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Im not saying it’s right, just that it’s the reality. I didn’t watch the video so I’m not sure if his point was that professional athletes are being victimized when, in fact, it carries over to us normal folk, too. Of course, they get more attention because of their platform.
 
handiman said:
You seem to have missed the word "social" in social media. Socializing is pretty much the opposite of private.
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Oh that's great. So what you're saying is there should be no "private" settings on "social" media? If you post at all, everyone in the world should be able to see it because it's social by definition?
 
THE HCP said:
Imagine posting on a platform….well like THIS one….. and having somebody contact your employer TWICE and try to use it to get you fired. That would be CRAZY huh?
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Good thing you have a secret identity! Nobody knows who's behind the HCP mask
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Oh that's great. So what you're saying is there should be no "private" settings on "social" media? If you post at all, everyone in the world should be able to see it because it's social by definition?
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This really isn't as difficult as you're making it. If you do set your privacy to only allow those that you follow to see your posts then they are no longer public and are therefore private... as long as you don't do that and then follow the party you are trying to keep the posts from.

I don't know of one corporation or regular business that hires hackers to hack into private posts. That's not what is being discussed though. What is being called surveillance is companies running pretty routine searches on their employees for public posts on social media. It's a misidentification of being surveilled. It's just due diligence at this point.

So if your employer came to you with a complaint about a DM and that DM wasn't shared with them by you or the other party being DMed then that would be your company going after you for private communication and they would have some explaining to do about how they acquired that information but if you post some shit that your employer doesn't want to be associated with, under your name and for everyone in the world to see on social media, then you can reasonably expect for there to be consequences.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Oh that's great. So what you're saying is there should be no "private" settings on "social" media? If you post at all, everyone in the world should be able to see it because it's social by definition?
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There are, but those clearly have no relevance to the conversation at hand. I'd say nice try, but no, that was about the lamest effort I've seen from you.
 
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