@notsstann Demin camp were sure he would go 8th after knueppel went 4th. At the combine they met Knueppel, Demin, Fears day 1. This year they met Mbj, Acuff and Burries. Acuff and mbj are also the earliest reported prospects they visited/worked out. Could it be acuff if mbj is gone?
@GlightyearV2 I feel like Keaton might fall a couple spots. He is consistently mocked 5th to clippers. But the intel is not that great according to Finkelstein.
Nobuo Uematsu is one of the greatest composers of all time.
His work made an entire generation fall deeply in love with music, and inspired countless people, like myself, to become musicians and composers.
I met Uematsu-san and had a short chat with him, and I'm so grateful to hear that, even after all this time, he's still on the very same mission:
Writing beautiful music for the sake of those who come after.
Thank you, @UematsuNobuo !
I just want to take a second and share some things with you:
This is my family: my wife Emma and our (ALMOST 1 YEAR OLD??) daughter Riley. Em and I have been together almost 8 years and married for a little over 5 years. I wanted to give you a little glimpse into our lives.
People always tell you to REALLY make sure you pick the right person when you get married - and of course everyone always thinks they did. Well I REALLY did.
The past 18-24 months have been tough at times. Not always in a bad way, life has just challenged me in a way that it never could have before to this point in my life. And I can honestly say that I would not have made it through it all without Em.
We welcomed our amazing daughter, Riley, last spring and she has been the biggest blessing of our lives. But again, it was challenging. Em had a variety of health issues for a large portion of her pregnancy and although she fought through it like a champ - it was scary! Multiple unplanned hospital visits, a lot of surprises, and ultimately a longer than expected hospital and NICU stay once Riley got here (and a variety of health issues in the early part of her life). I could probably write 3 full pages on how crazy that experience was... but I’ll just point out the scariest part: we had to leave the hospital without bringing Riley with us at first. Fortunately, she just needed 1 more night in the NICU once Em was discharged and then we took her home. But to that point in our lives, that was the hardest thing either of us had ever been through.
But then we brought Riley home, and she truly is (I know everyone says this but) the best baby in the world. She is so happy, loves to sleep and eat, and makes me never want to do anything other than hangout with her and Em... and I really can’t take much credit for that because it is truly all because of my amazing wife. She teaches her, loves on her, helps me through my guilt of being away from them while working, all while navigating her own challenges.
I really can’t even describe how proud I am of her and what an amazing job she’s done as a Mom.
And the thing that has stuck with me throughout this period of our lives is: Em is MY person. I have made it a point in my life to not rely on people too much, but life has made sure lately that I didn’t have a choice. And Em was there every time.
Perfect example: without getting too much into the personal details, my Mom passed away unexpectedly last year. My relationship with her was complicated, I hadn’t spoken to her in basically a decade, and I hadn’t seen her in even longer than that. But one day I got a text that she was gone... and I lost it. I couldn’t control the decade of emotions that I had built up... and the only thing that calmed me down was Em. She didn’t say or do anything special, but just her being around me brought me back to normalcy... and if there is anything I take away from the last year and a half - it’s that.
When you get married, you choose a person. A person to go on dates, on vacation, to have great memories and build a life with... but you also choose a person to help you through what will for most people be the most challenging experiences of their entire lives. You choose a person to be alongside you while navigating the scary parts of early parenthood, the loss of your parents... the most dramatic changes in your life will happen right alongside this other person that YOU chose.
And I made the best choice I will ever make in my life.
Egor Dëmin was a controversial pick, panned by eye test and analytics communities alike.
@100guaranteed believes the tide has shifted too far.
This is his case for the Brooklyn Nets' contentious lottery pick.
Link below:⤵️