Canada, Eh!

[bargainman]

On 5/25/2026 at 7:53 PM, Parsad said:

 

SGA isn't a flopper.  He just gets the benefit of alot of calls just like Kobe did. 

 

SGA never begs for a call unlike Doncic...who is a legitimate flopper, as skilled as he is offensively.  Doncic is so busy arguing for fouls that he never plays any defense. 

 

Like the phantom call SGA received when De'aaron Fox was called.  SGA didn't motion for a call, nor even look at a ref.  The ref made the incorrect phantom call. 

 

You will rarely see SGA call for a foul and he doesn't jump into a defensive player when they are in the air.  He gets them to step back with his forearm, and forces them to jump into him as he is coming down after elevating...unlike other players like Luka and Harden who lean right into the defensive player while they are in the air...which shouldn't be allowed!

 

Anyway, it's really the French who are being represented here...we are witnessing the emergence of the greatest big man to play the game since Wilt Chamberlain!  They probably won't win this year, but we've got 7 games to say we saw Wemby begin to dominate. 

 

He puts on another 20 lbs over the next couple of seasons, perfects his gangly footwork, and there will be no one to stop this guy.  People always wondered what Shaq would have been like if he could shoot free throws...how about Shaq if he could shoot free throws and 3-pointers!  Cheers!

 

 

Yeah I'm not so sure. Actually it's less the random falling he does and more the hard elbows he gives the defenders as he drives into them that bug me.  He's just not a fun player to watch it to root for.  Not really a big fan of Luka or Wemby either.  Wemby is just too tall it seems unfair I guess lol.  I'm almost having to root for NY lol.  I didn't like Brunson last year cause of his ball hogging, though this year maybe he's better.  But it feels like if him and Kat win it's a nice story. 

 

For OKC this whole thing is really Kawhi Leonard's fault.  Dude demanded Paul George and clippers gave OKC everything. Now they're set for years.  On top of the new bargaining agreement which makes it really hard to build a top team any other way than the draft we'll be stuck with these 2 teams in the Western finals probably for a while.  I wish joker had made it though.  Nuggets didn't seem like a great franchise not building around him.  He's super exciting to watch just for the great team basketball.  I also wish LeBron had made it further, dude is incredible doing what he did at 40 plus OMG.

 

 

[bargainman]

On 5/26/2026 at 2:48 PM, Parsad said:

 

Shai's not a flopper...he falls a lot like Steph because of momentum.  But Steph doesn't get any calls unlike everyone else.  Steph and Kyrie Irving have one of the highest ratios of most points per game and least FTA in history.  Can you believe that?  Cheers!

 

 

 

oh I don't know.  A lot of those falls are kind of forced.  Either way, not fun watching, and nba is an entertainment product...  I'll take Nash any day over this guy.

 

[SharperDingaan]

15 hours ago, Viking said:

Very insightful speech and Q&A with Mark Carney. He is increasingly looking like a man of the times for Canada.

 

It's not just this speech ......

 

Also a new partnership with the US that makes America great again. Independent and sovereign approach, not an automatic what the US demands, when it demands it. Trade difficulties limited to the current administration and its fixation on only win-lose outcomes; not the American people. Canada is growing up.

 

The CUSMA review sets up a three-way choice for each country to make in July. They can renew the deal for another 16 years, withdraw from it or signal both non-renewal and non-withdrawal — which would trigger an annual review that could keep negotiations going for up to a decade.

 

All good, and long overdue.

 

SD

 

[Lazarus]

Canada is officially in recession: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/recession-gdp-may-2026-statscan-9.7216352

[SharperDingaan]

3 hours ago, Lazarus said:

Canada is officially in recession: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/recession-gdp-may-2026-statscan-9.7216352

 

But there's also all those billions in US duties illegally collected ... that are now being refunded. Not much chance of ending anytime soon, so long as the refunds are buying mid-term votes 

 

SD 

[backtothebeach]

Posting in the Canada thread because it happened in Canada...but could be anywhere.

 

https://people.com/17-innocent-travelers-were-arrested-for-drug-smuggling-after-bag-tag-switching-scheme-report-11979610

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/airport-workers-swapped-17-travelers-120000345.html

 

Dang, one more thing to worry about? I think I'll start filming my luggage at check-in.

[Xerxes]

Tragedy in Montreal. Three dead: 

 

Dead civilian (a Rabbi) at the hand of an excited police officer, who got jumped during the stand off with the shooter. 

 

Another police officer (An Algerian) killed in action in his early 30s.

 

The shooter, a maniac from Alberta, part of the nationwide “Incel” secret society, or whatever the fuxk that is. 
 

I worked from home Monday, so didn’t see anything first hand. I drive by there often. 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Xerxes

[Marco Van Basten]

17 minutes ago, Xerxes said:

Tragedy in Montreal. Three dead: 

 

Dead civilian (a Rabbi) at the hand of an excited police officer, who got jumped during the stand off with the shooter. 

 

Another police officer (An Algerian) killed in action in his early 30s.

 

The shooter, a maniac from Alberta, part of the nationwide “Incel” secret society, or whatever the fuxk that is. 
 

I worked from home Monday, so didn’t see anything first hand. I drive by there often. 

 

 

Good thing that you worked from home that day, may be work from home 5 days a week?  By the way, still no Jardine transcript.  

[Xerxes]

48 minutes ago, Marco Van Basten said:

Good thing that you worked from home that day, may be work from home 5 days a week?  By the way, still no Jardine transcript.  

Mostly in office every day. 

 

This and next week are different. National holiday tomorrow in QC and then again next Wednesday which is Canada Day. 
 

Quiet week in office. Might as well stay home.