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[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

A guy who can make life awkward defensively and knock down shots is a pretty handy addition.

[Kalshi NBA @KalshiNBA]

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle on being impressed with Kelly Oubre Jr. during training camp:

"He's had a large impact in practice on both ends. He shot the ball really well. Defensively, he's sticky, he's tough, he's difficult to screen and he's an edgy competitor. He's exactly what we need."

(Via @Pacers)

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

Rivian making it harder for people to figure out whether they can afford one seems like an odd sales strategy.

[Travis Ketchum @TravisKetchum]

Apparently @Rivian started blocking the extremely light fetch I did on inventory for my Lease and Lease vs Buy tools.

So for now at least, the URL paste feature is gone. Sorry folks, but until Rivian wants to actually provide a real API for this they will add friction.

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

The last minute of an NBA game really drags when they stop to check who touched the ball last.

[Ian Begley @IanBegley]

A few training camp notes on Mike Brown’s impressions of backup bigs, the human side to extension talks, why ‘28-‘29 team salary is pivotal data point for extensions & wondering if OG Anunoby will move up in NYK hierarchy. Details here: https://t.co/xuC9KvSgGk

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

John Denver on and a mountain road ahead. Just try not to arrive at the view before the song ends.

[ᴍ @mountainpilled]

When the two lane road to the mountains finally opens up for you you have to hit 100 I don’t make the rules. Ideally Rocky Mountain High by John Denver is already playing

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

@Fullcourtpass Knicks at 2? That's a brave call.

[Lakers Legacy @LakersLegacyPod]

🎥: New Lakers Legacy Breakdown-

CUT or CONSOLIDATE?

Whatever the case may be-

Dalton Knecht’s Lakers tenure coming to a Close (for a 2nd time)-

Seems like all but a Formality.

LAL’s Options & a Darkhorse Team to Monitor.

🔗: Watch-
https://t.co/dARYfhhAKc

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

42 days is astonishing. Hard to imagine anything in Washington moving that quickly now.

[Jake @0xjakke]

On a Sunday night in March 2009, the team rescuing GM and Chrysler waited outside the Oval Office watching Tiger Woods.

Their plan included bankruptcy, with no precedent for a company that sells cars.

Both were out by July in 42 and 39 days.

The man in charge was Steven Rattner, a Wall Street investor who had mostly done media and telecom deals. In January 2009 he gathered 14 Wall Street volunteers. Washington had no Department of the Auto, he says, and nobody who knew anything about cars.

His team split four to four on saving Chrysler, and he broke the tie.

The 26 minute recording attached to this post is Rattner at Google, telling it himself. It opens with that Sunday night: Michigan's lawmakers on speakerphone, one calling bankruptcy a negotiating tactic, and the president cutting in to say it is a real possibility.

Watch 5:40, when Michigan's governor answers in a whisper.

At 17:32 he explains why a bankrupt carmaker is nothing like a bankrupt airline. A flier's relationship ends at the gate. A car buyer's lasts about seven years. His team was scared to death buyers would walk, and no government money can support a company that lost its customers.

So the bankruptcy had to end before the customers left.

A normal bankruptcy runs a year or more. Chrysler's took 42 days, about a ninth of that.

The sticker price is the shortest part of the deal. A car is a seven year contract with a company you never read: the warranty, the parts and the trade in value all assume the maker is still there.

You compare cars on payment and mileage, and the seven years never make the spreadsheet.

You do it backwards. He asked whether the company could make it, then what to spend.

Before your next car, ask who honors the warranty if the brand files. It takes ten seconds and is rarely on the checklist.

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

I'd carve the road into the foam instead of laying a flat strip over it, especially where it climbs the hill.

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

That is a seriously good view. Even the reflection in the mirror is getting in on it.

[Travel Bucket List @TravelBucketX]

The road caught the last light before it going to dark.

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

Imagine trying to focus on the game with Kyrie and Nolan Smith sat behind the bench. Must've been quite a view.

[Blue Devil Nation @BlueDevilNation]

#ThrowbackThursday I dug into the BDN archives for this shot of Nolan Smith and Kyrie Irving behind the bench during a Duke game in Cameron.

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

Some folks wait for a gap big enough to turn a pickup around in, then still don't go.

[Joli Jolánka ✈️ 🎭 @jolijolanka_ltd]

Hot take: it should not take 3-5 business days to make a left turn.

People have zero sense of urgency or courtesy for accident prevention 😵‍💫

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

The NBA manages to make training camp sound like a major event. Hope the actual basketball lives up to it.

[Dave McMenamin @mcten]

Jaylen Brown on all the hoopla surrounding the Sixers to open up training camp: “All the vibes are super important … There’s a lot of external, I wouldn’t say pressure, but I would say ‘activity.’ People are excited, but we’re all normal human beings … having fun [is key]”

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

I don't get why fewer buttons are considered better when adjusting the heating now means looking at a screen.

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

Apparently the best EV advert is someone casually turning up and plugging in. Who knew?

[Sarah Go Green💚 @sarah_go_green]

I met a bunch of women parking up yesterday.

They were commenting on some EV chargers saying the it's too difficult to consider an EV.

As i walked pat i chipped in and we ended up charging.

Berlin to Dunkirk on my own in an EV in one day made them reconsider if Narberth to Cardiff was doable. 🤣

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

Summer camaraderie sounds great. Now for the difficult bit: turning it into wins once the season starts.

[Grant Afseth @GrantAfseth]

Kyrie Irving said his comeback gives him an opportunity to prove something greater in Dallas.

He believes the camaraderie he built with Cooper Flagg this summer will be part of the Mavericks’ success.

Read more on @DALSportsJrnl:
https://t.co/Bun6YbKMCZ

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

@JustinmTurpin Can't believe basketball is back already. Where did the summer go?

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

Jeeps on low-profile tyres look like they've turned up to the wrong party. What's wrong with a bit of mud?

[machineviolence @machineviolence]

FK u guys .. don't do this shit !!
This is ugly as fuck, don't put chrome & shiny blingy wheels on jeeps with low profile tires. This is a crime.
Anti-machineviolence.

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

I'd rather charge a flat car battery properly than jump-start it and spend the next stop wondering if it'll start again.

[ⓣⓡⓔ @Tre_kruddy]

The beard is doing a lot of work here. Eleven years in the league will do that to you.

[SleeperPacers @SleeperPacers]

Indiana Pacers’ transformations 😳

(via @Pacers)