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Today was the deadline to extend rookie contracts from the 2020 draft class. Obviously we had a notable extension for the Spurs with Devin Vassell which happened weeks before the deadline, but now that all extensions are finalized it's easier to compare and see how well the Spurs did relative to others. Info from HoopsRumors.

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LaMelo Ball (Hornets): Five years, maximum salary. Projected value of $216,953,495, can increase to $260,344,194 if Edwards meets Rose Rule criteria. Includes 15% trade kicker.

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Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves): Five years, maximum salary. Projected value of $216,953,4

Not immediately Spurs centric news, but since we do own Charlotte's lottery protected pick might affect the Spurs peripherally. We don't want Charlotte to be a lottery team next 3 years or else that pick turns into second rounder.

Gallinari's contract was only guaranteed 5m. I'm not sure if they worked out an increase in guaranteed amount to accomodate the extension to allow the trade and waiving to take place. That means the Spurs have around 40m in cap space this offseason.

Most likely the Spurs end up renting that cap space out by taking bad contracts on for draft compensation. It could even be players that might be flipped later on for further compensation. Something like Poeltl for Gordon Hayward + decrease of protection in 2023 pick + additional 1RP. Charlotte strengthens their weakest position at center while offloading Hayward's contract to allow them to re-sign Bridges while staying under tax. Spurs can use

The Houston Rockets (6-16) hold the longest active win streak at 5. The San Antonio Spurs (8-13) are tied with the Cleveland Cavs (13-10 for second longest at 4.

The Spurs have generally had a more favorable net differential than their record suggests, and they went through a very rough patch without their defensive anchor Jakob Poeltl who returned shortly before the win streak.

Haven't watched the Rockets to fully understand the turnaround, but some say it's addition by subtraction after taking Theis out of the lineup.

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TL;DR Expeditions with weapon mat bonus rewards are the most efficient option at the higher WLs, especially if you have Albedo.

Went through the trouble of calculating this because I ran out of resin and figured it might be helpful. Going in, I assumed gold or heros wit might be the most valuable.

For simplicity sake, I assume that the character at each WL is the lowest possible

Have played for about a month now, currently facing the daunting wall of breaking into T6. Wanted to get your advice on optimizing my path towards getting to higher levels.

My current build has total power 206 with main weapons being agility 54 and backhand 42. Unfortunately I did not receive Talon until 3 days ago (somehow...?) and didn't unlock Viktoria or Kaito until the past week so all of them are very underleveled. Currently at ~420 trophies farming T4 for money (roughly 70-80% WR) and T5 for bags.

I have about 1 mil in coins right now, but only 8 specialty strings (I get under 10 to be able to use ads for nylons mechanic to farm). I was currently considering making a run for T6 aft

Looking for shiny LGE exclusives. Specifically, 1 bellsprout/weepingbel, both meowth and persian (or 2 meowths), 1 arbok or ekans, both koffing and weezing (or 2 koffings), and both vulpix and ninetails (or two vulpix). LGPE caught only, premiere ball preferred.

Currently have the following shiny LGP exclusives for offer, all under me OT Willie ID 168417 unless otherwise stated:

Oddishx3 (serious, bold, bold) in premiere balls

Growlithe x2 (1 self-caught adamant premiere ball, 1 OT Matt ID 070987 naughty in regular ball)

Grimerx2 (carefulx2) in premiere balls

Mankey x1 (Jolly) in premiere ball

Sandshrewx1 (adamant) in premiere ball

Also have non LGP shinies for trade including squirtl

They were 11-0 at home and 0-8 on the road. They will likely not have home court advantage in any round of the playoffs barring an unlikely WCF meeting against Timberwolves or a Finals meeting against Heat, Bucks, or Wizards.

[Source] (https://twitter.com/ByJayKing/status/877728710073368576)

Makes it more difficult for the Spurs to create enough cap space to field max offers to guys like Chris Paul or Gordon Hayward. Spurs currently at about 75 mil for everyone they have on contract (LMA, Kawhi, Green, TP, Anderson, Murray, Forbes, Bertans, and the corpses of TD and LJC). That gives them about 24 mil in cap space, but also keep in mind that Pau will still need to be re-signed (probably upwards of 8 m this year) and there's potential for guys like Manu, David Lee, Simmons, Mills, and/or Dedmon to be re-signed too.

Overall I think it makes this that much tougher to grab CP3 even if Danny does get traded. Gordon H

It is very common for star players across all sports to continue to be involved in the sport after they retire from high level play. Who would be better to mentor the next generation and give personal insight to viewers than the players that have played at the highest level?

In tennis, there are many examples of high level coaches coming with decorated playing pedigrees. All Big 4 members have spent some time being coached by former Grand Slam winners. Federer partnered with Stefan Edberg (6x GS winner) for a year, Nadal with Carlos Moya (1x GS winner) starting this season, Murray with Ivan Lendl (8x GS winner) on and off for about 4 years total, and Djokovic with Boris Becker (6x GS winner

Hello all, I am someone that has never really paid attention to investing and would like some advice regarding retirement savings options for this year.

I am a 26 yo single male with no dependents living in Oakland/San Francisco, California that's just about to enter work force as a medical resident. I will be paid around 58,000 over 1 year period starting July, and will average same amount for next 4-5 years after which the salary will likely significantly increase (let's say 250 k). Retirement is a long ways away, but I imagine I will want to stay in California.

My employer has a 403(b) plan that I can put money into, but they have 0 matching so the traditional advice to invest in 401k/4