Sam

Raise the Flagg baby

[Sam @ShadeNym]

@Yeeeerrrrobi You were?

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@CBAMavs Well you’ve got oil, golf, etc. A lot going on in Dallas! 😂

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@abooker17 @vivafooty There are probably high school teams even closer and more accessible than the pro teams! People want to watch the best, it is what it is.

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@SumTingWong382 @TikiTakaConnor Hey hey, that’s San Antonio he’s talking about! 😂

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@SJBasketbal8 Sharpe spotted 👀

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@GZNYer @BIGDAD539 @Polymarket https://t.co/Xud1OpTgYq

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Your 6-hour flight from LA to New York is about to become a 3-hour flight. And it's legal because engineers figured out how to bend sound.

Since 1973 it's been a federal crime for any passenger plane to fly faster than the speed of sound over American soil. That's why your cross-country flight takes the same 6 hours it took your parents in the 80s. Planes got safer and more efficient. They never got faster. The law made faster illegal.

The original reason was real. In the 60s the government flew supersonic jets over Oklahoma City 8 times a day for 6 months to test public reaction. The booms cracked plaster, broke windows, and generated nearly 10,000 complaints. So the FAA banned the speed itself.

Here's what changed. The speed of sound isn't constant. It shifts with air temperature, which shifts with altitude. Fly high enough and fast enough in the right conditions and the shockwave physically bends, curving back up into the sky before it reaches the ground. The boom still happens. It just never lands.

NASA measured what people underneath actually hear: a faint rumble about as loud as normal street noise. No crack. No broken windows.

So the FAA's new rule flips the logic. Instead of banning the speed, it caps the sound allowed to hit the ground. Stay quiet and you can fly as fast as the plane will go. Boom already proved the tech works in a real test flight last year.

The last time you could fly supersonic, a Concorde ticket cost about $12,000 round trip and only crossed the ocean. The next version flies over land, over your house, and you'll never hear it coming.

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@dalton_trigg We sure he didn’t ask for a trade?

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@SJBasketbal8 Scoot over Sharpe. Sharpe might be better today but I think Scoot is a smarter player and is younger.

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@dalton_trigg Dude was overtasked as a lead guy, but he can fill it up!

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@TheMavsBlog Combine had him at 7’0 in shoes. Tbh watching film he looks way shorter

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@MavsHighlights @MavsStan41 If he was also a good defender he’d still be on Portland lol

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@LAClippersFilm I think it’s possible they’re an even better regular season team this year than last. But when things bog down in the playoffs, that’s when Jaylen’s scoring gets a lot more valuable. I don’t think they have enough creation to be in the title conversation anymore.

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@TheMavsBlog Delete this

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@Glenjr1988 If Denver does that, we can add Jokic to Project 2028!

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Trade is what it is, but honestly I think the Celtics will still be really good so long as Tatum can return to his old self. Creation is probably too much of an issue for them to be a true contender, but if they stay healthy (tough ask with PG and Robinson) people won't want to see them in the playoffs

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@All_Things_Mavs Love it, his shooting will pair super well Lively and Rez! 3 seconds for a legit player. This does a lot to get more shooting on the floor, and he’s actually pretty skilled beyond that!

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@CBAMavs @SnackPr0tein Of course it is, he’d be signed if he didn’t have warts. But dude can score and handle. We’re not signing the PG of the future here!

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@TheMavsBlog I don’t need hope. I KNOW they’ll be great!

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@will_nba_hater Taking Boozer probably takes away some of their leverage too