Sam Duren

Will film and write about athletic events for food. Occasionally have opinions on basketball prospects. More often its opinions about something else. Evertonian

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Almost want to put up a PBS style disclaimer on videos now: "this video was made possible by a parent, high school booster club or aau program"
So people aren't shocked when a video service provided by a person with a decade of experience & using professional equipment isn't free

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@Tronicssystem

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@CoachJohnRoby My tweet was broad & vague enough to be about many different people.
I think that you deemed it worthy to respond to in a personal manner does a discredit to the effort & effectiveness of your actual work.
We need less Crabs in a Bucket mentality, especially on social media.

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*observes Twitter for the last 24 hours*
I see it’s another edition of:
“Oklahoma grassroots adults weren’t loved enough as a child”
If the work is the reward, then why do people seek out praise so much?

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@BMDUBOSE It’s fascinating how the grassroots culture tends to draw adults that seem to crave credit. Social media amplifies the hunger for it too.

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I've watched a lot of disappointing Everton defeats over the last nearly 15 years.
Today was a special brand of ineptitude and calamity that felt like it was made in a laboratory designed to break my faith that good things will ever happen to this club.

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@Liltwin_84 That game is the only time Stevie lost to an Oklahoma team.

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Just two Class of 2015 Oklahomans

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The clutch shot making in Iowa State-Stanford is the best I’ve seen all weekend.

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Gotta love any competition between colleges where Yale and Grand Canyon are celebrated equally.

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Godwin left before his junior year, so there was no overlap for all three. But there could have been two seasons of overlap if he stayed.
Basketball development is tricky and non-linear, all three splitting up to take different paths worked.

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Here's something crazy to think about, originally all three of these current Big 12 players were at Ada.
Sam Godwin, Class of 2020 (transferred to Southmooore)
Jaxson Robinson, Class of 2021 (graduated a year early)
Kaden Cooper, Class of 2022 (went to The Skill Factory)
#okpreps

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@Tronicssystem People are never going to accept it because he’s French

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Happens ever damn time, caught up jn the now and not understanding the longer arc

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The life cycle of basketball classes are funny to watch.
2026 prospects are at the transition stage where kids come out of “nowhere”.
All the previous hype melts away if proper work isn’t being put in
“he’s been the best since 6th grade”
“He’s so strong and built! He’s him!”

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I figure I look like a generic white guy like my father.
But I see the current self branding.
The self aggrandizing.
It’s hard not wonder if I missed a boat or angle by not embracing my native childhood
Because people don’t call out fake energy anymore
It would have been so easy

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Contemporary America often feels like the golden age of scams.
People really don’t identify disingenuous energy and actions.
It’s almost like people want to be pandered to.
It creates an underlying current that people are supposed to use any edge or angle to get ahead.

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For many reasons, Killers of the Flower Moon stands out as an example.
There’s the overarching story it paints about a dark history of Oklahoma
While there’s a personal level that I grew up going to my grandpa’s land in Osage County.
To receiving a headright when my mom passed