You’ve been there? You’ve watched games? Why not 27.8% rather that 19.2%? Ghim actually watched games, talked to players. It’s an era when everyone thinks they’re an expert and dismisses those who truly are, who’ve devoted their careers to a subject, who are paid for expertise.
More significantly, he’s averaged 21.7 ppg and 8.9 rpg OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IN A TOTAL OF 551 GAMES! Who else in the NBA have put up those numbers and averaged 69 games per season.
@jakerobrob@NetsDaily I meant the whole angle of "they arent letting young guys play, but Egor is different". I think thats a bit oversold. He may be playing well and winning respect of some vets, sure maybe. But there doesnt seem to actually be any restrictions on young guys playing
By the mid 1800s, 2 and a half million people throwing sewage into the Thames was becoming untenable. Cartoons from the time repeatedly show the river as dying, people were avoiding it for the dangers of disease, and for the smell.
In the summer of 1858 something unprecedented happened. The build up of all that sewage and the introduction of a little summer heat created a smell in the river so bad that it shut down the houses of parliament. The politicians literally couldn’t take it any longer.
Their policy of ignoring the issue or kicking the can down the road had to be changed. They were Victorians, of course, and their solution came in the form of a smart bit of engineering. They decided it was time to press ahead with plans for a full-blown sewer system.
So, who built London’s sewage system? The man that got the job was a civil engineer named Joseph Bazalgette. He would change London in a way that few of us notice or recognise, but all completely depend upon.
Bazalgette made a set of plans for 132 miles of enclosed main sewers that would take London’s human waste outside the city limits. They would be fed by 1,100 miles of smaller sewers that would replace the old sewers like the one that was leaking into the Broad Street pump, and new ones that would carry sewage from unpiped areas.
The main sewers would use gravity to carry the waste out to the city limits, but they would need to get it up to ground level again. His solution would be to create two pumping stations at the city limits, one on the north side of the Thames and one on the south.
In true Victorian style, he didn’t do this without a good touch of flourish. Abbey Mills and Crossness Pumping stations are magnificently decorated buildings that incorporate multiple styles of architecture popular at the time of their construction.
Bazalgette’s sewers were completed in 1870. By the time of their completion, cholera was virtually non-existent in London. The main sewage lines that drain London’s waste today are still the same ones that he designed over 150 years ago.
Two extra main sewage lines were added to the Victorian sewers in 1910, and the job of the Victorian pumping stations have been replaced by modern units, but Bazalgette’s sewers are still in good working order.
The funny thing is, because Bazalgette’s contribution to London doesn’t get seen or thought about much, the man’s name doesn’t go down in history with as much impact as it should. We all know who Christopher Wren was. We can see St Pauls. But how many of your friends can tell you what Joseph Bazalgette did for London?
He’s only the reason they’re not all dying of cholera.
Alonzo Mourning says he forced out of the New Jersey Nets to chase a championship once he saw the Diesel truck outside of the Miami Heat arena 👀🏆
“It was about winning by any means necessary… When I saw that truck outside of the arena, I said ‘oh bingo,’ time to go home. So I forced that trade out of New Jersey to get out of there.”
71/2 West End Court in Long Branch, the home where Bruce Springsteen wrote the album “Born To Run” survives after an overnight fire destroys the home just next door. No injuries reported but some in the fire home displaced. No word on a cause.
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The NBA’s 2027 Paris and Manchester games have officially sold out after more than 1 million fans registered for tickets. 🤯
The NBA says this is the highest demand ever for games in Europe.
BREAKING: New York Giants’ QB Jaxson Dart is expected to have knee surgery that will lead to a full recovery but end his 2026 season, sources told @RapSheet and @MikeGarafolo.
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The Brooklyn Nets have signed 6’9” forwards Ben Humrichous and Dain Dainja. Both are headed to training camp per source. Humrichaus a shooter, Dainja a big man with 7’7” wingspan.
The ‘other’ NBA salary cap circumvention case is ongoing. The league hired a law firm (not that one) to see if the Bucks and Gary Trent Jr. cheated. Everyone is cooperating. How does this one compare to past NBA cap cheating inquires? @TheAthleticNBA https://t.co/d0I70pYo40