Andrew Vollert

4 year NFL Vet turned Multifamily Broker in Denver

[StripMallGuy @realEstateTrent]

Whenever work would pile up, I used to get a ton off my plate on the weekend.

I’d get lost underwriting for hours, and be ready to move things ahead full steam on Monday morning.

That was when I was in my twenties and thirties, and before I had kids.

Even when I convince myself I’ll definitely finish something when they go to bed, the truth is that at 46 years old, I’m just too exhausted when 9pm comes around.

The best kept secret in the world is how much free time you actually have before you have kids.

[TJ Ross @tjross]

After another aimless offseason, Joe Lacob finally got what he wanted.

The Warriors ARE light years ahead of the NBA.

Just not at basketball: (1/12)

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

250th birthday edition

[kuz @kylekuzma]

After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....

The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.

Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.

This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the @TheNBPA has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.

The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.

Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.

The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.

This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table.

[GSW Ball Report @GSWBallReport]

Kevin O’Connor throws shots at the Warriors front office for not wanting to trade Jimmy Butler and picks for Anthony Davis 😳

“ There’s no indication that they’re actually going to trade for Anthony Davis, which I think would be a foolish decision, if you can get Anthony Davis and LeBron James by trading Jimmy Butler, who’s on a torn ACL and is in his mid 30s and is a shell of his former self why would you not trade that guy to get Anthony Davis? all because you’re scared of giving up two future picks, F them picks forget about it who cares? go for it you have Steph Curry still a top 5 to 10 player in the NBA.”

[Nic Agüero @ClawForThatInch]

https://t.co/kLb9eob1dn

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

Iconic Tillman free kick. Favorite USA goal of my lifetime other than the Donovan/Algeria goal. Still reeling from the dubious red card on our best guy…, one team grabbed jerseys for 2 hours to stop advantages, the other team had an awkward collision somehow become a red… what?

[Ryan Hammer🔨 @ryanhammer09]

That’s actually insane.

1. Tah has NEVER taken a pen

2. That other more capable shooters shied away from the challenge bc of nerves. It’s actually kind of selfish to do that when your shooting would be better for the team

Credit to Tah for stepping up when no one else would

[MarzTalksSports @MarzTalksSports]

He still shootin them long ass 2s

[Chris Freiman @cafreiman]

Taking a timeout to avoid a five yard delay of game penalty

[Sam Esfandiari @samesfandiari]

I would care less about new lotto rules if nba didn’t kill FA and trades as viable team building avenues with all the parity CBA bs.

Everything is reactive. No one thinks systemically or bigger picture. awful

[Kevin | Large Fam Dad @LargeFamDad]

My boss's boss is like 42, never married, no kids. Earns $275-300K per year. Goes on a minimum of two international vacations a year w/ his girlfriend. 10+ days, all out.

Eats the best food, stays in top notch accomodations. Excursions, tours, nicest beaches, etc.

Great guy, I'm happy for him.

But what I've realized is that without kids, you end up chasing a lifestyle that has to continually be topped in order for you to be satisfied and find happiness.

What he and others like him don't understand is that when you have children, seeing THEM experience life's most basic things and watching their eyes light up at all the "firsts", brings greater pleasure and joy than any vacation or travel experience ever could.

Seeing THEM try blueberries for the first time is greater than dining at the best 5 star restaurant in Europe.

Seeing THEM learn how to walk is greater than walking the Great Wall of China or strolling along the most picturesque beach.

Watching THEM giggle uncontrollably at "peek-a-boo" tops any A-list comedian act.

Seeing THEIR excitement when building a fort out of cardboard boxes and making a door big enough for daddy is superior to staying at 5-star resorts.

Flying kites with THEM far outweighs excursions like parasailing or helicopter rides.

Seeing THEM perform a recital on stage for the first time is more rewarding than watching a Broadway show or top notch symphony orchestra.

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When you have children, all of a sudden you realize that life's greatest joys are not in the pursuit of things or pleasure or travel, but rather in the LOVE and bond you share with your very own image bearers.

Seeing the beauty and magnificence and wonder of life all over again for the first time through THEIR eyes and expressions gives you something the world simply cannot offer, nor even come close.

[Jason Timpf @_JasonLT]

This guy is out of control

[Joe Viray @JoeVirayNBA]

From 2014-19, the Houston Rockets built a team that was ready to contend for a championship in the West -- only to be stopped in their tracks by Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors. The final nail in the coffin: LeBron James and the Lakers in the bubble, forcing the Rockets to go into rebuild mode.

In 2025, the Houston Rockets built a team that was ready to contend for a championship in the West -- only to be stopped in their tracks by Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors. Probably the final nail in the coffin: LeBron James and the Lakers in 2026, which may force the Rockets to go into rebuild mode again.

Time is a flat circle.

[Soap @NBASoap]

@NBAPR Rescinded his technical foul because it was “improperly assessed,” but still fined him for complaining about it?

[Golden State Warriors @warriors]

#DubNation family.

[Andy Bailey @AndrewDBailey]

You simply cannot watch both teams play and think Stephen Curry is officiated the same way Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is.

I have no theory as to why that is, other than maybe one guy is more willing to sell. But anyone who says this is the same is lying or divorced from reality.

[Jason Timpf @_JasonLT]

I don’t care what happens on Friday or in an eventual first round series.

What a cool “heart of a champion” type of win from the Warriors. Those dudes are absolute legends.

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

The NBA delaying individual award ballots for voters is going to impact the results. It is a regular season only honor, but idk how anyone with a vote watching this isn’t going to be somewhat influenced by these performances. Kneuppel and Jaquez specifically.