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  2. '21-'22 National Hoops Scene

    in General Basketball Discussion

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    6 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

    Without Brooks, UK does not have the firepower to ketchup to the other team when they get down.  

     

    12 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said:

    As for Kentucky’s other injured standout, Keion Brooks Jr., he was wearing street clothes during warmups and appears to be out for this afternoon’s matchup. UK head coach John Calipari previously said the sophomore forward is dealing with a tricky calf injury, with Brooks’ timeline for return shifting on numerous occasions since early October when the injury first occurred.

    Injured standout?
    Averaged 4 and 3 last season.

     

    6 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

    Without Brooks, UK does not have the firepower to ketchup to the other team when they get down.  

    I guest that's true. With his 4 points, they would have won today.

  3. '21-'22 National Hoops Scene

    in General Basketball Discussion

    Posted · Edited by 13th&Jackson

    17 minutes ago, Seeking6 said:

    I'm not piling but maybe I am. If Keion was healthy enough for pro day but hasn't played since....and maybe I missed it but is there an academic issue? Or just trying to protect the kid without saying he's really hurt?

    As for Kentucky’s other injured standout, Keion Brooks Jr., he was wearing street clothes during warmups and appears to be out for this afternoon’s matchup. UK head coach John Calipari previously said the sophomore forward is dealing with a tricky calf injury, with Brooks’ timeline for return shifting on numerous occasions since early October when the injury first occurred.

    Injured standout?
    Averaged 4 and 3 last season.
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  5. '21-'22 National Hoops Scene

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    55 minutes ago, FKIM01 said:

    Good ol' Cal...let's throw the kids under the bus because I'm doing a poor job with this group.  I'm not letting the kid off without blame, but Cal chose this talented youth model.  Ultimately, when it blows up, it's on him.

    Cry me a river, you scum.

    When you have to go to Keion, who was barely a role player last year and hasn't played this year, to provide your team leadership, you have a problem.

    Following Saturday's loss, Keion Brooks spoke to the media even though he didn't play in the game because of injury. Brooks said his teammates weren't "up to" speaking to reporters after the historic loss. He also said he had concerns about his team's "swagger" and "confidence" after the loss.

     

    https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30573544/kentucky-wildcats-coach-john-calipari-asks-freshman-camron-fletcher-step-away-program

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  17. '21-'22 National Hoops Scene

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    Looked at Arkansas' stats through five games. Don't see where Justin Smith gained anything from the transfer.

    ARK shoots a lot of threes (45% of their attempts). Yet, JS is ninth on their roster in 3pt attempts and is 2-7 on the year. He's 12-21 on FTs. He's averaging 12 ppg and 5.6 rebounds per game. Also averages 1.6 TOs/game. Very similar to his IU stats.

    They have two forwards, who've played fewer minutes, who've attempted 22 and 20 threes, respectively.

     

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  24. Investing

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

    Posted · Edited by 13th&Jackson

    18 hours ago, NotIThatLives said:

    Just opened a robinhood account and loaded some money ahead of airbnb's ipo.  

    I know next to nothing.  Almost 40, am happy with my work retirement and investment stuff but want to learn more and be more aware.  

    Who do you watch/listen to or read?  

    Anyone else buying door dash or airbnb this week?  Seems like a no brainier with exponential potential.

    I'm about 20 years older than you, so here's me talking to my 40 year old self, based on experience.

    At age 40 put all of your tax-deferred retirement accounts (401k, 403b, IRAs) in an indexed target date fund (hopefully your employer offers those at a very low fee). Look at the balance once a year and leave it alone. Max out your annual contributions or put in as much as you can and increase it 1% annually until you hit the max.

    Keep three years of living expenses in cash or near cash investments.

    Open a taxable brokerage account (Vanguard, Fidelity Schwab). Allocate to stocks based on 110 minus your age (110-40 = 70) or 100 minus your age if more conservative. Put most in high dividend  and dividend growth ETFs (with low fees, Vanguard, Fidelity, Schwab) and have the dividends automatically reinvest in the ETFs.

    Put about 1/4 to 1/3 of the stock allocation into individual blue chip dividend paying stocks. Limit to the number you can follow (20 is probably a good number). Invest in companies that have paid dividends for a very long time and have a history of increases. Try to avoid highly cyclical companies that cut dividends in a recession. Favor health care and consumer staples. You can mix in a few other well managed dividend payers (JP Morgan, Apple, etc.). Sometimes these companies just get caught in a sell off and you can buy them when their dividend yield is relatively high. By doing so, your total dividend return will be higher than just buying the basket ETFs.

    Put 5-10% in high growth ETFs such as biotech and tech. If you want to play, you can set aside up to 5% to invest in individual potential high flyers but be prepared to lose it all.

    Put the rest in bond ETFs, including muni bond ETFs if you are in a higher tax bracket.

    The goal is to build a sustainable income stream that will support you in retirement without having to sell and take capital gains.

    I have no direct experience with robinhood, but their platform has crashed on high volume days. Not good.

    https://www.fastcompany.com/90545646/robinhood-crashed-again-just-as-demand-for-newly-split-apple-and-tesla-stock-was-heating-up

    Good Luck.

     

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  25. Investing

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

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    3 hours ago, HoosierFaithful said:

    I kick myself for not investing the $20-30k I had sitting around in March.

    I did, however, build a beautiful pool.  An investment into seeing my fiance in a swimsuit is still an investment.

    I heard a comedian say that the definition of success is being able to install a swimming pool by the time your daughter's friends all turn 16.

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