Saqib Mahmood insists he “still has ambitions” to play cricket for England, despite moving to a white-ball bid with Lancashire for the next three years.
Mahmood, 27, made two Test appearances in the Caribbean in March 2022, claiming six wickets at 22.83, but has been beset by injuries in new seasons, including consecutive pressure fractures in his back in 2022 and 2023 .
He has not played a first-class match for Lancashire since a wicketless display against Durham in May, but returned to the England set-up to finish the T20I form of a lifetime against Australia, having shown he was back to his best possible level. with a winning haul of three for 17 for Oval Invincibles against Southern Courageous in the Men’s Hundred final in August.
Mahmood played nine Power Burst suits for Lancashire this summer, taking 12 wickets of his growth to the quarter-finals, and will continue his global comeback and then be named for England’s white-ball tour of the Caribbean.
Beyond his three-year offer, which includes “options” to appear in the county championship, the calendar and conditions permit, and thus bet on an England test withdrawal, Lancashire’s priority is to overcome the availability of Mahmood throughout your burst calendar. , with the possibility of him being called up for franchise competitions that overlap with the English season.
“In the ever-changing landscape of cricket, this contract allows greater control over Saqib’s availability during the Vitality Blast blocks in the summer,” said Mark Chilton, Lancashire’s director of cricket efficiency. “This is something we will work closely with Saqib on, particularly around his commitments to the franchise, which may include the PSL in the early part of next season.
“After a difficult few years for Saqib, with two stress fractures in his back, it was better to see him back on the ground this summer performing for us at the Power Burst before earning a hard-earned England retirement.”
A Lancashire academy product, Mahmood joined the club in 2012, aged 15, before making his senior debut in 2015 and receiving his county cap in 2021.
“I am delighted to be dedicating my time to Lancashire in Power Burst for at least three seasons,” he said.
“2022 and 2023 have been difficult years for me injury-wise, but it was great to get through this summer and they are absolutely compatible. I would love to thank the Lancashire science team for their dry work.” Throughout this era and having their lasting support was a key factor in signing this word of honor intact.
“While this is a white-ball contract, I still have ambitions to play red-ball cricket again for England and for Lancashire in the County Championship, which remains the biggest test of skill and fitness outside of white-ball cricket. test, and there are options within this contract to make that happen.”
Regardless of Mahmood’s offer, it does not prevent him from being part of the “stable” of fast bowlers that England manager Brendon McCullum has said he wants to recruit before the year-long excursion to the Ashes, represents a possible opportunity. withdrawing from availability, coupled with his previous injury problems, meaning a stint on the franchise T20 circuit could be a prudent option for his longevity, not to mention a successful one.
Speaking in Multan ahead of this presentation, Richard Gould, the famous ECB government, stated that the encroachment of such tournaments on the English season was a problem for county sport that might require a coherent reaction in the future. He cited concerns raised by Daniel Gidney, Lancashire’s chief executive, that the county’s promises risked being “diluted” unless the board adopted a stricter approach to issuing refusal of objection (CON) certificates for tournaments. outside the country.
“We’re certainly hearing from our clubs and our members that we need to rein things in a little bit,” Gould said.
“Last year there were 74 English players, men, who played in franchise tournaments around the world. The next best was Pakistan with 45. It’s great we have them playing, but we have to protect what we have.
“I think there may be additional protections available. We are having conversations, I noticed Lancashire made some comments a few weeks ago. We should be satisfied with what they have given us and provide protection.”
Fallout: London, the fan-made game-sized mod for Fallout 4 that places indisposed users in Blighty in a location of post-nuclear action, is approaching a notable milestone.
A message posted on Staff Folon’s Discord server mentioned that the mod used to be “VERY close to being redeemed over 1 million times.”
“We are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming support and positivity the project has received,” the Fallout: London team wrote. “Your feedback plays a crucial role in our ongoing efforts to troubleshoot and fix bugs, and we will continue to refine Fallout: London until it is polished to perfection.”
To that end, Staff Folon could now be preparing to leave other regions for its London mod. The video with additional details is expected to be released next year in the evening at 6pm in the UK, so stay tuned for more information. You will find the video below.
The Fallout: London mod from the Folon team was excepted until now after some unexpected delays, by remote control on GOG. It was briefly the “fastest redeemed” competition on the platform.
It got off to a bit of a bumpy start, but shortly after its debut, the team got to work resolving “reported technical issues” and thanked everyone for their perseverance in the meantime.
As for the most common franchise, Amazon’s Fallout television adaptation has gone from power to power. Following its acclaimed debut in April, the show has since been watched by 100 million viewers worldwide. To put this figure into a broader perspective, Fallout is the only alternative show on Amazon Top to surpass the 100 million viewers threshold, that being the alternative show Rings of Power.
Meanwhile, following Staff Folon’s London project, a group of modders have gotten to work on their own world mod for Fallout: Fresh Vegas, called Fallout: New Mexico.
The big Fallout: London update that’s been a little month in the making, Pocket 1.02, finally arrives today, on October 18. It brings with it a host of healings and adjustments as teased above, and falls in the present day. The latest mod has been picked up a million times.
If you haven’t already, Fallout: London is easily a useful test for its fun, post-apocalyptic British culture, plus the fact that it’s an excellent Fallout game in its own right, when it technically plays ball. extreme being one thing this original area aims to help with in a considerable model.
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“An update is scheduled to download on GOG at 18:00 GMT+1,” reads the announcement in reference to Pocket 1.02 within the mod’s Discord server, “This update brings over a thousand fixes to the world of Fallout London. From visual improvements to bug fixes and quests – you’ll notice a big difference right away.”
It looks like a full changelog is still in the works, but as I mentioned above, the FOLON group has already teased the kind of stuff they had in the package for this update, with project manager Dean ‘Prilladog’ Carter writing in that publication. “We’ve brought in outside help to improve performance, Facegen data and LOD and it took us a while to get them up to speed.”
As discussed, the area is about to proceed, we are living in 6 pm BST, which is 1 pm ET and 10 am PT lately, October 18. The group was given a full announcement video scheduled for that presentation, so be sure to check it out below when the presentation arrives, as it will likely run during setup and convey concrete key points that may help answer any questions you have. were given.
The FOLON group also provided some helpful instructions on how to proceed with the update in their Discord post, which would be as follows:
Replace Fallout: London in your GOG library (this may replace the launcher)
Press Refresh in Fallout: London Launcher (follow the instructions from here)
Navigate to your Fallout 4 information folder: C:\Program Information (x86)\Steam\steamapps\usual\Fallout 4\Information – O – C:\GOG\Fallout 4 GOTY\Information
The group has also given an update on how well the mod is doing when it comes to getting sovereign grabs via GOG, writing that it’s “VERY close to being redeemed over 1,000,000 times,” which is great.
“We are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming support and positivity the project has received,” he concluded. “Your feedback plays a crucial role in our ongoing efforts to troubleshoot and fix bugs, and we will continue to refine Fallout: London until it is polished.” to perfection.”
Will you be returning to Fallout: London to try out what this installed area is like? Tell us below and be sure to try out the many features that came out of our interview about the supremacy of the big modding project.
Trailing in the fourth quarter of a Year 2 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk found himself working separately for a potential game-winning landing.
With more than four minutes left, a 52-yard touchdown would have sealed the 49ers’ victory. As quarterback Brock Purdy continued his growth, he saw Aiyuk, prepared to throw to him, but decided against it.
Later, struggling a bit, Purdy settled for a total of 5 yards to wide receiver Jauan Jennings. Purdy didn’t throw it because the Rams broke down a defense, Aiyuk improvised while directing it, and Purdy wasn’t a little sure where the deep defense was as he waited to let it fly.
A lot has been made up of that forgotten opportunity, but there’s one more important takeaway: It might be the only clean, deep ball Purdy has left uninjured in the past.
San Francisco’s offense, long known as the home of Yards Next Catch (YAC), remains one of the most productive and fruitful systems in the league (the red zone struggles to separate itself). Therefore, he will appear in six weeks more this season than in the age.
The offense has uncovered more individual defenses and the defenses have left more defenders on defense. Because of this, Purdy has been forced to try harder and throw deep into tight windows as defenses are crowding passing lanes and sending fewer attackers.
“I feel like there may be an issue of man coverage and trying to play one-on-one football,” Purdy said. “We see it more and more to catch the man. And then for us, what does that mean? We just have to beat the guy in front of us and then for me, as a quarterback, I have to be precise with the ball and “We have to execute. That’s football at its finest.”
The age of six games is not enough to determine whether the way the Niners are performing offensively is additional growth or a twist of fate depending on the opponent, it probably won’t be a surprise to see this decline further afterwards. from the Tremendous Bowl LVIII loss to the Kansas Town Chiefs in February.
“The NFL is a complete copycat league, 100%,” tight end George Kittle said. “And when you have the Chiefs, they had success against us with man coverage. They did a really good job with that on us. And then teams say, ‘Hey, let’s try that too until you can beat us.’…No “Every team can do it because they don’t have the guys to do it, but I’ve definitely seen more male coverage (this year).”
The Chiefs will face the 49ers again this weekend in a Super Bowl rematch (4:25 p.m. ET, Fox). When asked today what the advantages are to playing with so many guys against the 49ers in particular, Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo noted that the offense has been too good against the zone.
“I just think their system is designed so that they can really expose zone coverage, and yet I think they have enough skill that if they don’t have the right people covering their guys, that can be a challenge as well.” .
In the Super Bowl, the Chiefs played man defense on 73.2% of free rushers, the second-most Purdy has faced since taking over as the starter in 2022, second only to last season’s loss to the Cleveland Browns . It was an increase of more than 20% in men’s defense over what Kansas Town played in the regular season.
The multi-man contest plan allowed the Chiefs to clog the middle of the field with defenders, eliminating one of the vital shots the 49ers love. That gave Spagnuolo the opportunity to wait until the fourth quarter to make charges from all angles.
“I thought last year was the best defense we played all year,” 49ers guard Kyle Shanahan said of the Chiefs’ protection. “And I feel that way this year so far… I have a lot of respect for him and his plan.”
So far this season, 49ers fighters (with the exception of the Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks) have adopted the swimsuit.
The 49ers have faced 47.4% man protection on their free backs, up from the 41.8% they saw last season, and the Fighters have asked both outside cornerbacks to put pressure on the scrimmage series, the sixth most in the league.
To make matters even more complicated, Purdy and the 49ers have consistently taken out seven or more defensive backs. That includes a league-high 23 dropbacks in which three or fewer runners were sent to Purdy.
“They are very aware of our team and the threats we have and I think they are doing a very good job of playing very tight and having two or three players on each ball carrier,” Kittle said.
There was a significant drop in YAC for a team that has ranked at or near the league lead in each and every last one since Shanahan took over in 2017. It then rounded out third place in the NFL in YAC/en total in 2023 (6.4 yards), the 49ers have fallen to 30th in the league with 4.2 yards.
What has been accomplished is gathering more opportunities for Purdy to go out and work (26 quick attempts for 127 yards and then complete with 39 for 144 last season) or to keep the ball longer by moving and looking for bulky plays to punt. until the pasture becomes unwell.
“For me it’s more about keeping a work alive,” Purdy said. “I’m not going into a game saying, ‘Okay, I’m going to hold the ball longer and try to make something happen.’ The question is how can I be efficient, help the offensive line, get the ball out of their hands? and do my job?”
That explains why Purdy spends the most weeks in region (2.8 seconds), before throwing (3.17 seconds) and before being sacked (5.93 seconds) of any certified quarterback in the NFL. . It’s also why his 9.5 yards of wind per fight also dominates the league. All of which are a significant increase from the 2.48 seconds in the region, 2.88 seconds to pass, 4.31 seconds to catch, and 8.0 yards of wind/fight since 2023.
It also puts more force into the offensive series to provide coverage for longer, something that would seem easier with fewer pass rushers to deal with, but eventually proves difficult when Purdy attacks and leaves the area.
“There’s just that hole, and… watching a game, we’re like, ‘Yeah, it’s a three-man race. It’s going to take some time,'” offensive series educator Chris Foerster said. “And suddenly I wonder, why does he keep running and why doesn’t he throw the ball?” “That’s what happens.”
Christian McCaffrey’s lack of work (Achilles tendinitis) also contributes. While Jordan Mason has performed admirably in the run competition, he also doesn’t threaten defenses as much when it comes to home run speed or passing competition. McCaffrey averaged 4.2 receptions in the contest last season, while Mason has eight receptions in six games.
“When Christian is out there, it’s easier in everything you do,” Shanahan said. “You know defenses understand how good he is one-on-one, so… you hope there are two people there, which helps you in other places.”
In fact, when teams paid close attention to McCaffrey out of the backfield, he often spread the middle of the field for Kittle and receivers Aiyuk, Jennings and Deebo Samuel Sr. to do damage.
Those opportunities had been harder to find. The Niners pass catchers average just 2.83 yards split in the week the ball arrives, which is close to the league, and is down from the 3.55 yards they averaged in 2023.
That has put the onus on Purdy to put more balls into tight windows, something he has attempted to do at the best possible rate in the league with 7.2 tight window attempts per contest, double what he did last season.
Despite all that, Purdy remains the NFL’s fifth leader in QBR (70.3), passing yards (1,629), yards per fight (8.8) and total ratio above expectations (5.2%). If Purdy continues to put up big numbers and McCaffrey returns, it will be harder to lock down the 49ers and they will return to the YAC.
“There are jobs where we’ve had the opportunity to do YAC,” Kittle said. “We have individual guys that can play a little better and I think we’re going to continue to play better, but I think it’s going to open up… and eventually we’ll get it back.”
Los Angeles Lakers forward Dalton Knecht denies. 17 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, entered Thursday’s game against the Phoenix Suns shooting 10 of 37 (27%) from 3-point range in the preseason. This was a bit disappointing, because he shot 39.7% from deep at the end of Tennessee’s season and his teacher, JJ Redick, one of the easiest shooters in the history of the sport, had said that Knecht is “in the 1%” as a shooter in an interview in “The Lowe Post” ending the past.
In Phoenix, Knecht shot from three points and from distance. He scored 35 points, including 18 immediately in a five-and-a-half-minute span that began late in the fourth quarter, leading the Lakers to a 128-122 extra-regulation victory. He shot 10 of 18 from the field and 8 of 13 from downtown. He hit a deep three-pointer over Bol Bol to clinch the game at the end of the law. He made an off-balance corner at the end of the half from a 3-point shot from an out-of-bounds baseline playing games in out-of-regulation time. With an insignificant left in the difference box, he opposed a shot in a shot and converted an and-1 in the alternative. Knecht scored Los Angeles’ first 13 overtimes and then assisted on their final basket.
“It was an incredible performance,” Redick told reporters, via Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times. “Reggie [Miller] And I was talking about it before the game and he said, “It’s a huge compliment to say he’s in the top 1% of shooters.” And I said, ‘No, he’s in the 1% of shooters.’ What happens with him is simply the mentality. It’s been very obvious in recovery before the season, in training camp and so far in games. He is not afraid. He is not afraid of the moment. “That was a show he put on.”
Redick persevered, laughing: “And my assistants tried to tell me not to put him back in the game with four minutes left, so I’m going to look for them. I’m going to look for them later, I’ll tell you.” that.”
There was room for Knecht to step up because LeBron James (the rest, or, as Redick joked, channeling Gregg Popovich, “old DNP”) and Rui Hachimura (calf) were out of the lineup and the Lakers were restricted. Austin Reaves on 22 minutes due to ankle soreness. Anthony Davis scored 35 points…and made four three-pointers in the first seven minutes! — but he was on the bench when Knecht took over, having been substituted on the night with more than six minutes left in the fourth quarter.
The future Knecht won’t always be able to take 18 shots when the real games start, Los Angeles has to pray that this explosion remains significant. If he can consistently find opportunities in various tactics (off-catch, off-motion, off-dribble, in transition) and stay defensive, he will help Redick diversify the offense and combat the team’s long-distance spacing. factor. The Lakers drafted the 23-year-old in part because they believed he could be in the rotation right away. One preseason game didn’t go well for them, but this one was extremely encouraging.
Los Angeles’ preseason finale is Friday against the Blonde Environment Warriors.
The Los Angeles Lakers were once again a play-in team in 2023-24, and their playoff run lasted five games. Given that it was LeBron James’ 21st season, one might assume that the team would have responded by creating a major and now beneficial industry, or perhaps a line of smaller, but important companies. This is not what has happened.
Heading into the final 22, James and his co-star Anthony Davis have returned to a roster that looks largely similar to the one at the end of the season. The Lakers imagine they were given a loan in Dalton Knecht, the Deny. 17 selected in the draft, and they have made history by choosing James’ son, Bronny, with the Deny. 55 select. However, when it comes to this season’s on-court product, converting the coaches may have been the longest path they took. A year after Los Angeles reached the conference finals, the team fired Darvin Ham. He will soon be replaced with JJ Redick, who, in this role, will no longer co-host podcasts with James.
Redick has been very clear about how he needs the Lakers to play, particularly on offense. He needs more ball movement, a sleeker shooting profile (i.e. more three-pointers), and more glass shots from the corners. He needs to give importance to Davis as a transfer center more often, and he needs to give importance to James as an evaluator more often. This all sounds great, but if the worker pool doesn’t trade, there’s only so much room to grow here.
The circumstance of playing games.
12 month closing: The Lakers were the first team to hoist the NBA Cup, then immediately lost 10 of 13 games, prompting James to say, “We just suck right now.” They were 17-19 at the time, but they didn’t continue to be bad all season: They got tough in February and went 47-35 (Negative 15 on offense, Negative 17 on defense), winning. a play-in game at Brandnew Orleans and come away with a gentlemen’s sweep in the first round. It wasn’t a particularly pleasant season, between all the drama over Ham’s lineup picks and rumors about the safety of his project and potential trades.
The low season: The Lakers flirted with UConn schoolteacher Dan Hurley, but on draft night, Redick was drafting ATOs for Knecht. James reportedly offered to sacrifice cash on a separate venture if it would help the Lakers make a significant addition to the roster, but that ultimately didn’t mean much: He ended up signing a two-year, $101.4 million deal. Max made deals with a player prospect in the second season, and the initial job did not achieve any of his goals. The broader information was that James was his son’s teammate and later won a gold medal alongside Davis in Paris. The Lakers quietly re-signed Max Christie to a four-year, $32 million deal and let Taurean Prince and Spencer Dinwiddie travel in separate company.
Best case scenario for 2024-25: James and Davis return to play over 70 games each, proving the Lakers have the most, with Redick earning Past Master honors for presiding over their first top-10 offense of the LeBron era ; Due to a mid-season issue, they entered the playoffs with a true Big 3 and more than a beater’s expectation of earning a call-up.
Worst case 2024-25: Davis starts taking more threes, though he rarely makes them, a microcosm of the best thing about the Lakers: none of the lineups that can reliably make stops can land on the ground in any way; Since they don’t have the same surprising success they had in 2023-24, they missed out on late play-in in the regular season, and were ultimately eliminated from contention in Game 81 by the Rockets. a team whose dazzling age offers a stark contrast to the increasingly grim Los Angeles.
The dialogue
Lakers Believer: I’m in such a position for the Redick era. Most of the time, I’d like to see a schoolteacher with 0 skills make comparisons to Pat Riley, but not in this case. This guy has seriousness. He will immediately gain recognition from his players, who have been watching him for years, first as one of the best shooters in NBA history and then as one of the best broadcasters in the industry. More than all that, it’s very mischievous about where the game is and where it’s going. Yo love that the Lakers hired the guy who, during their previous coaching search, said on national television that he wouldn’t be a good project until they started building a new team. The Lakers finished dead on 3-point attempts in a possession-based final season, and there’s a total denial method happening with Redick working the screen. The only thing I don’t like about this is that it’s outside the sport of podcasting. “Mind The Game” taught me a lot!
Lakers Skeptic: It is telling that you are simply making an appointment with the school teacher. You’re meant to be Mr. Yes, so you won’t start with the humble fact that the top job failed to address the flaws on the roster. Taking a look, aside from the ridiculous Riley comparisons, I don’t know how great of a schoolteacher Redick will be. You neither! It’s entirely possible that he’s the best man to save the LeBron era and whatever comes next, and it’s also entirely possible that he won’t even finish as long as Darvin Ham did. However, if you want your favorite former podcaster to be judged generously, I recommend lowering the bar as much as possible. AD played in 76 games at the end of the year and made the All-NBA Second Team. LeBron played in ’71 and made the third team. Despite those great blessings, the Lakers have been a below average crew. They even had a slightly favorable level differential. Redick can’t be expected to make chicken salad with this.
Lakers Believer: Why do you talk about the Lakers as if they deny the ability on the roster? Have you ever forgotten that they made it to the convention finals two years ago? Have you ever forgotten that they were 18-6 when they started LeBron and AD after Austin Reaves, D’Angelo Russell and Rui Hachimura at the end of the season? Redick wouldn’t have taken charge of a team consisting of 2 stars and a large number of doctors! You took charge of an excellent and attractive team that you can train better by discovering small advantages. If they solve the math problem (i.e. try to make 3) and win the property game more often, they will take a step forward.
Lakers Skeptic: I didn’t say the Lakers had deny ability. I said they were a below average team and I overcame that. If you flat out refuse this overview, you’ll be overlooking a couple of glaring flaws later on. Beyond the visible spacing factor, their protection at the point of attack is a condition, they only have one rim protector and are completely missing 3 and D guys. If any team needed a real shake-up in the summer, it was this one. I assumed the Lakers would prefer Russell, but they usually didn’t. I figured they might hire at least two of the Hachimura-Gabe Vincent-Jarred Vanderbilt trio, but they didn’t. I might have even understood it if they had made Austin Reaves available if they were being honest again. However, I don’t perceive doing nothing. (That 18-6 record, by the way, is a dozen more remarkable if you don’t know that they had a dozen of those wins against truly catastrophic teams. Congratulations on beating the Wizards in overtime!)
Lakers Believer: In a normal offseason, I would be quite surprised if the Lakers didn’t make more changes, but this was a far cry from a normal offseason. The pristine collective bargaining agreement has made trades much more complicated, and the Lakers have been far from the only team to feel the consequences. They tried everything they could to get Klay Thompson, but it didn’t work out. Are you crazy because they didn’t overpay for Zach LaVine or something? In no way should you form a path simply for the sake of forming a path. Let’s just see what Redick can do with this roster; The gateway to work will surely revisit the business market next.
Lakers Skeptic: Honestly, I’m not sure I’d be interested in paying LaVine $49 million in 2026-27, but in this particular case, trading for him doesn’t have to be the worst idea in the world. It is a crime to basketball that the Lakers have failed time and time again to put together an excellent offense since LeBron arrived. (For reference, here’s where their offense has ranked each year, setting up with 2018-19: 24, 11, 24, 22, 19, 15.) Your wait and see advice sounds good. Seems smart, but I’m guessing the 2025 trade deadline would be the same as those looming, leaving the Lakers wondering, “Should we give up these valuable first-round draft picks in a trade?” Will that make us better, but not good enough to win the title?” In fact, it’s a difficult position to be in, especially since LeBron will be 40 years old by this deadline. He should be playing in games of that theme, not being part of some strange and strange spectacle.
Lakers Believer: I don’t like the way you put this best. For me, just having LeBron and AD you are no longer that At some distance, the 2020 team that was named confirmed what they could do with a pair of high-end position players. And with that word, it’s conceivable that the answers to the Lakers’ problems already lie internally. Sure, the roster matches last year’s, but Vincent only played 11 games in 2023-24 and Vanderbilt only played 29. Cam Reddish and Christian Log also ignored a ton of presence, and if Max Christie and/or Jalen Hood-Schifino makes the jump to “reliable rotation player” and Dalton Knecht is as good a position as they come – you noticed set the Suns on fire in the preseasonTRUE? The second drive may look extremely different. This team is expected to be much deeper than you imagine.
Lakers Skeptic: It’s interesting that you left out the other young man. Just curious: thoughts on Bronny?
Lakers Believer: I was waiting for you to bring it! Focus, I don’t want to give him a different power, but I think he can transform some of the best Deny. 55 selections from all those present… in short. Redick believes Bronny will also be an elite defender at the attacking level. I really like his shooting style and I love his basketball IQ. However, it’s a medium to long-term construction project, so there’s nothing wrong with him spending most of this actual season in the G League. I hope the family goes without saying that he is meant to be a sophomore in school before they try to tear him apart. I’m sick.
Lakers Skeptic: Meant to be in school, huh? It’s practically as if, in a normal situation, a player of his caliber would not have been drafted at all! Anyway, I’m satisfied we’re headed to Bronny. I hope you’ll be watching when he makes his debut alongside his father. It will be a different era and there is a high expectation that it will be the most relevant the Lakers will be all season.
Helldivers 2 just got a new main story line, and I’m sad to say that you won’t get any residue next about the supremacy of the man who came before it. Because? Cleverly, there’s a large horde of robots heading to Matar Bay, supremacy via a different brigade of bad guys.
When you’re out of the loop, the few orders were to take steps to create a station of pristine longitude that players can take advantage of in their Galactic War efforts once it’s complete, with its construction in Gallivare’s orbit currently underway. . So far they have all been victories, but this one seems irresistible and may be especially difficult.
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“The Helldivers have established and maintained a protective border around Acamar IV, allowing the successful construction of the first Terminid Research Reserve,” this new series begins, “Our intrepid xenoentomologists have carried out an inaugural raid to collect specimens and are already reporting major advances in our understanding of E-710 extraction and exploitation.
“But while the Eastern Front has now calmed down, the socialist toasters on the Western Front have unleashed a new fighting force. Automated warships have appeared in massive numbers in the atmosphere of Matar Bay. Several SEAF bases have already They have fallen.
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“Reports indicate the presence of an augmented Automata detachment leading the invasion. This group will be referred to as the Jet Brigade in all communications. All Helldivers are ordered to deploy immediately to defend Matar Bay.”
It seems like that’s the only planet that was given to be defended, and this series is scheduled to max out for a little less than 5 days, so I’d scale it back for a fight that’s nearing its deadline and would almost definitely see multiple pushes by the bots on numerous problems. Or maybe it will be a trip across the ground to defeat the battalion of unused York Jets. Who is aware of it?
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The NBA season begins Tuesday with a usual favorite, a group of hyped contenders and a father-son saga with an absurd betting twist.
This is what the betting world expects heading into the season:
Celtics lead ID odds; confidence within the Knicks
For 0.33 consecutive years, the Boston Celtics enter the season as favorites to win the title and are attracting solid support from bettors. More bets were placed and bets were placed on Boston winning the championship than any other group at most sportsbooks. The Celtics have attracted more than twice as much money as any other team on ESPN BET.
The championship odds, on the other hand, suggest there are a host of contenders in the running. Seven teams have identified odds of 10-1 or less at sportsbooks, the most in a season since 1999-2000, according to ESPN Research.
The intact York Knicks made the biggest splash of the offseason, with the additions of Karl-Anthony Cities and Mikal Bridges, but the roster moves resulted in small changes to their odds. Still, the Knicks’ over/under win total is 53.5, the highest in 30 years, and they have the third-best title odds (+750) behind the Celtics (+300) and Oklahoma Town Thunder (+675), the favorites within the Western Convention.
Teams at 10-1 NBA identify odds or less (as of Thursday, via ESPN BET)
Memphis Grizzlies’ impeccable center Zach Edey emerged as the consensus favorite to win Rookie of the Month after an outstanding summer and preseason league. Edey, who opened 10-1 to win the award later in the draft, is now the ROY favorite at 3-1 on ESPN BET. But it is no longer necessarily the most common choice for bettors.
There were more bets on Bronny James of the Los Angeles Lakers to win Rookie of the Month than any alternative candidate at a couple of sportsbooks. At BetMGM, Bronny, son of all-time great LeBron James, accounts for just over 20% of all bets placed on odds to win Rookie of the Month. Bronny has attracted seven times more bets to win Rookie of the Month than his father had interested in winning MVP.
Bronny James is indexed around 300-1 in rookie of the year betting markets, but can also be found as high as 1,000-1 at the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas. Jeff Sherman, who oversees NBA odds for the SuperBook, said they had a “six-figure liability” if James won Rookie of the Month.
“[Lakers coach] “JJ Reddick said the other night that he would use a nine-man rotation,” Sherman said. “Bronny won’t be one of them.”
The hobby in Bronny James is clear, however. Sportsbooks have posted a slew of season-long prop bets on Bronny, including “Will he score more than 20 points in a regular-season game?” at 12-1 in the SuperBook.
“Nice handle on that,” Sherman said.
Luka, Wemby and SGA lead MVP odds
Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is the consensus favorite to win the MVP with the sportsbooks, but other contenders have come out earlier with a betting hobby. More money has been bet on Celtics forward Jayson Tatum than any other participant in ESPN BET’s MVP odds. San Antonio Spurs heavyweight Victor Wembanyama and Oklahoma Town’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander also earned early support from oddsmakers within the MVP odds.
Awards Favorites (as of Thursday; via ESPN BET)
Most Valuable Player: Luka Doncic +350 Rookie of the month: Zach Edey +300 Defensive Participant of the Month: Victor Wembanyama -160 Maximum advanced participant: Victor Wembanyama +750 Sixth boy of the month: Monk Malik +600 Educator of the month: Tom Thibodeau
Load control continues to influence betting tension
Philadelphia 76ers shortstop Joel Embiid recently told ESPN’s Tim Bontemps that he would “probably never play back-to-backs” for the remainder of his career. For the 2023 MVP, the reasoning is modest.
“I have achieved everything [individually]”said Embiid. “But one thing is missing, which is winning a championship.”
For bettors, on the other hand, Embiid’s observation complicates betting hourly and day by day, and not just for Embiid or the 76ers. Many famous players used automatic sitting for part of a consecutive tournament or even a tournament against an inferior opponent as a load control method.
“Teams are going to position themselves to be healthy and in the best shape possible to win an NBA championship, at least [teams with] older guys,” DraftKings director of sports betting operations Johnny Avello told ESPN. “For us on the betting side, we have to be very aware of the win totals and everything else that’s going on to the year.”
Avello says that after load control became commonplace a few decades ago, books had trouble keeping up with unexpected absence information and were frantically generating huge changes at the distribution level. Now, he says his NBA team is much more aware of the phenomenon and is trying to wait for superstars to take the nights off.
It also has strong ramifications down the road, especially on win totals and individual awards. This has become very true at the time of the 65-game rule, which dictates that a player must play at least 65 games in order to be eligible for All-NBA awards or teams.
Because of this, of the top eight players on the ESPN BET odds board (not including Embiid), the average generation is 25.75 and each contestant has less than 30 years of use.
“The younger guys who are in the league for the first time and maybe after a couple of years, they have a different mentality about what they’re trying to accomplish,” Avello said. “Young people will want to play all the time.”
SuperBook’s Sherman says tier spreads are typically adjusted between 1.5 and 2 points when a tournament includes a team participating in its second consecutive tournament rather than a team at least one age younger. The fit seems correct. For one hour of three years, the teams in the second consecutive tournament are very even 446-464-16 in the distribution.
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• Wembanyama is 12-1 for a quadruple-double in the regular season and +130 for 50+ tournament points on FanDuel.
• The SuperBook reported accepting bets from prominent NBA bettors on the season’s win totals:
Atlanta Hawks over 35.5
Knicks below 54.5 and 53.5
76ers below 53.5
Utah Jazz under 30.5
Orlando Witchcraft about 46.5
• Doncic has the highest individual tournament over/under this season (33.5) of any player indexed on ESPN BET. Embiid (31.5), Gilgeous-Alexander (30.5) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (30.5) are the only alternate players indexed in more than 30 numbers.
• In BetMGM’s make or miss playoff odds, more money has been bet on the Lakers making the postseason than any other group.
• Regular season scoring increased every hour for two seasons. Games averaged 229.4 points in 2022-23 and 228.4 in the final season, up from 221.2 in 2021-22. Both are the highest moderate ratings for the tournament since 1990, according to ESPN Analysis. However, the betting market has remained with a higher score. The average over/under for the season’s overall high was 228.2, just 0.2 points off the average overall score.
• Scoring typically starts and will increase throughout the season. Throughout the three seasons, October and November video games have averaged 221.6 and 223.0 broadcasts respectively. Regular season games in the other months of the season, December through mid-April, have averaged about 227.5 numbers.
• The Thunder have the most productive record when it comes to home development over the past three seasons, topping the number in 59.7% of games at Oklahoma Town. The Brooklyn Nets have the worst home spread record, covering only 39.3% of games in Brooklyn.
• The Lakers focused on more games that took place over three seasons than any other team. The Untouched Orleans Pelicans focused on the most unders over the past three seasons.
• The Nets, with 19.5, have the last season win total in the league. They are the first team to have an overall win of less than 20 since the 2014-15 “trust the process” 76ers.
• The team that has attracted the least bets to win the NBA title? The Washington Wizards, who are 1,000-1 to win the championship at BetMGM.
If unused Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara wasn’t contractually obligated to stay for the entire “Thursday Night Football” game and instead of being a fan in the stands, he would have left before the clock hit all zeros. The Saints struggled in their 33-10 loss to the Denver Broncos and many fans left the Mercedes-Benz Superdome early before the game concluded. Kamara doesn’t blame them.
Kamara, who has been with the Saints his entire career, since 2017, said until last night he never saw the stadium empty before the game ended. The unused Orleans are 2-5 closest to losing in the last 7 and, due to their draft problems, the Saints are also dealing with a long list of surprises, with 18 players indexed in the sport’s eminent record.
“Our game is unacceptable and, two, that the dome is empty or emptying, I think I saw some fans leave in the second quarter, that is unacceptable,” Kamara mentioned closer to the sport. “I don’t blame the fans, it’s up to us. They come to see us play and perform, and when we don’t perform, those are the results you get. But I’ve never experienced that and if I were a fan, I would leave too because it’s not enough good at the moment.”
The Saints’ leading rusher was Kendre Miller, who had just six carries for 36 yards and Cedrick Wilson Jr. was the leading receiver with 57 yards. They struggled to get the ball out of the yard with quarterback Spencer Rattler leading the offense, replacing the injured Derek Carr.
So far this season, Kamara leads the team with 438 yards on 111 carries. Jamaal Williams has the second-most rushing yards on the team with 120.
The Saints will move to Los Angeles to face the Chargers in the round of 16.
The BFI National Lottery Innovation Project has announced it will lend £510,000 to four cutting-edge projects in the UK gaming industry.
The investment aims to support free-to-play games companies in developing knowledge units revealed for their importance in the industry, as well as unused equipment, technology and methods to support underrepresented developers.
The four main tasks that will be supported are:
The video game perception database (Into Video games CIC)
UK Video Game Econometrics (UKIE and Distinguishable Wisdom in Research and Entertainment)
Aurora Industry Construction Accelerator (Code Coven)
Get Access to Marketplace: Self-Publishing Toolkit (Movie London)
Video Games Insights Database is a partnership between Into Video Games, Video Games Jobs Are Living and studio designers and researchers Birds Optical View. Its database aims to support free studios and developers by providing access to information on staffing team, talents, salary benchmarking and investment availability.
UK Video Video Games Econometrics from UKIE and OKRE will provide insight into the commercial, social and cultural value of the UK video games sector and draw together the knowledge “to articulate its value”.
Code Coven’s Aurora aims to build the skills and knowledge of underrepresented developers in business knowledge and funding. It will also support inaugural connections between developers, publishers and investors.
Get access to the Marketplace: Self-Publishing Toolkit is run by Games London as part of Movie London. The two-year project will involve a group of up to 12 free-to-play games companies receiving business development workshops, the insights of which will be compiled into a toolkit.
“We are delighted to support these four projects, which propose innovative approaches to a range of challenges facing the UK games industry,” said BFI director of research and commercial innovation, Rishi Coupland.
“Together, these projects promise to deliver greater creative and commercial success for the video game industry, through a focus on data, insights, market access and diversity.”
