The NBA Released How Many Home Games Each Team Would Play Against Every Opponent

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With the 2020 NBA Draft arriving on Wednesday and the league producing a flurry of transactions, there is real buzz for the 2020-21 season. Much of the attention, at least for now, is paid to how teams will be shaping their rosters in the coming days but, on Tuesday evening, the NBA made a formal announcement concerning the schedule and dates for the upcoming campaign.

As part of the release, the league announced that each team will play three games against conference opponents and two games against cross-conference foes, allowing teams to compile 72 games each. From there, the NBA will be releasing the schedule in two distinct parts, with the first half of the season outlined near the start of training camp in early December, with the second arriving during the “latter part of the first half portion of the schedule,” allowing them to reschedule some games that may need to be made up should teams deal with COVID-19 outbreaks.

The NBA also released a matrix outlining the home/away splits for every head-to-head matchup, which could be quite interesting when it comes to heavyweights squaring off within each conference.

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From there, the league made official that a four-team play-in tournament will be utilized in both conferences, with No. 7 through No. 10 jockeying for position in advance of the playoffs. That will take place from May 18-21, with the first half of the season scheduled for Dec. 22 through March 4 and the second half set for March 11 through May 16. In between, the league will have a six-day All-Star break from March 5-10 and, at the end, the playoffs are scheduled for May 22 through July 22.

Because the league exercised its discretion on scheduling, it is a safe bet that certain teams will feel aggrieved with their home schedules compared to others. Still, a 72-game season makes things less simple than usual, and it will be interesting to see how the campaign play outs when it (finally) arrives.

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Washington Post TikTok Guy: Who Is Dave Jorgenson?

There have been so many companies that have tried to take a piece of the social media pie. We’ve seen some come and go (anyone remember Google Plus?), and others have been surprising hits. TikTok is relatively new if we compare it to Twitter or Facebook, and the audience is generally different. 

The app is typically used by people 25 and under, and brands looking to break in don’t have the easiest time. However, there’s a surprise breakthrough star that’s proving even some of the oldest brands can make an impact. Meet the Washington Post TikTok guy, Dave Jorgenson.

Who is the ‘Washington Post’ TikTok guy?

There was some questioning in the beginning if TikTok was going to be a useful tool for brands and journalists. The app was mostly for younger people where they can share their take on the latest viral dance moves. However, some brands are carving a space for themselves. The Washington Post has broken into the scene and has become a surprising favorite. 

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Dave Jorgenson is a video producer with the publication and has taken hold of its TikTok presence since working there. According to Poynter, he oversees the publication’s TikTok strategy, which as of mid-November 2020 has 773,000 followers and has accumulated 27.7 million likes — reaching a whole new audience.

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“I mean, it’s just a crazy, huge, untapped audience of teenagers,” Dave told Poynter in 2019. His videos, which are short 15-second videos, take on a dad-type personality with his humor. Dave has found that this character, which he finds inspiration in through his own dad, has helped keep the younger kids interested in his material. 

He takes what’s popular and trending in terms of the videos he sees populating on the For You Page and puts a slight spin on them to fit the brand. In one of his videos, he recreated the popular “choose your video game character” video and introduced TikTok to his colleagues. 

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Another popular video format that Dave found to convert into a brand-appropriate one is where there are different steps written on stairs. For Washington Post, he had the steps: “Report the news,” “Conduct interview,” “Talk to a source,” and “Pitch a story” and instead, jumped right to the top where it said, “Make TikToks.”

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In over a year, his personality has grown on the site, and he’s been able to keep the publication front-of-mind even during the COVID-19 pandemic where he’s quarantined at home alone. His videos often use humor to talk about serious issues related to the coronavirus. 

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And that’s the company and Dave’s hope. Using TikTok, the brand can become a part of its culture and be something the younger crowd will relate to and trust.

“You can’t really talk about YouTube without mentioning some of the users that are on it, or creators, rather, because those creators are part of what makes YouTube’s personality,” Dave told Insider. “We want to be part of that TikTok personality.”

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All of the Spoilers for Matt James’ Season of ‘The Bachelor’

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the current seasons of both The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are filmed entirely on a closed set, meaning these are the first seasons in a long time to not include travel dates.

Clare’s season was filmed at the La Quinta Resort & Club in California. Similarly, Matt’s entire season is set to take place at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, Penn.

According to Reality Steve, this is also where Tayshia’s After the Final Rose Ceremony will be hosted, as she’s slated to appear on Matt’s season as a guest.

Of course, this leads to limited spoilers, as there are no dates open to the public and far fewer chances of fans seeing the contestants out and about, which is usually how the spoilers are discovered.

That being said, this is bound to make for some interesting dates, as the producers have to get creative with their on-location dates.

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You don’t have to wait for an apology to forgive someone who hurt you

Forgiveness is hard for most of us, but it’s harder for some than others. When we’ve been harmed in some way—physically, emotionally, or both—we tend to carry the pain around with us. Anger and resentment are natural responses to being hurt, of course, and the longer or more severe the wounding, the more likely we are to feel those feelings long-term.

What we usually want—or think we want—is for the person who did the hurting to acknowledge our pain. We want them to fully understand what we feel, to know the impact of their words or actions. And we want an apology as proof that the person not only get, but also regrets, what they’ve said or done to us.

Some of us will hold onto our anger and resentment indefinitely, waiting for that all-important apology to come before we even consider the idea of forgiveness. But if we value our own well-being, we may want to rethink that order.

You don’t have to wait for an apology—or even an acknowledgement—in order to forgive. And in fact, we shouldn’t.

To fully understand why that is, we need to understand what forgiveness actually is. And in order to understand what forgiveness is, it’s helpful to clarify what it isn’t. Forgiving someone is not the same as making up with them. Forgiveness is not reconciliation. Forgiveness doesn’t require justice to be done or apologies to be offered.

Forgiveness isn’t an external action, but rather an internal state of letting go of anger and resentment. It’s saying, “I’m no longer going to allow you and the hurt you’ve caused me keep me in a state of unhappiness.” It’s something you do for yourself, not for the person who hurt you.

Think about it. Who is that anger and resentment hurting the most? Who is having their life disrupted by it? Who is having to deal with it day in and day out? You, right? Not the person who hurt you. You.

And there are real physical effects of holding onto those emotions. “There is an enormous physical burden to being hurt and disappointed,” says Karen Swartz, M.D., director of the Mood Disorders Adult Consultation Clinic at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Chronic anger impacts your heart rate, blood pressure, and immune system, which increases your risk of chronic disease. Forgiveness has the opposite effect.

And it doesn’t mean just saying that you forgive the person. Again, forgiveness is an internal act of releasing anger, frustration, disappointment, and resentment. “It is an active process in which you make a conscious decision to let go of negative feelings whether the person deserves it or not,” Swartz says.

That’s why an apology isn’t necessary in order to practice forgiveness. We have to let go of the idea that forgiveness means telling someone what they did is okay or that they are somehow being let off the hook. It doesn’t. It means telling yourself that whatever the person did to you isn’t going to keep you in a state of bitterness. It’s making the choice to stop allowing your own anger to keep hurting you.

Sometimes forgiveness can lead to empathy and compassion for the person who hurt you, but it doesn’t have to. Some kinds of harm are impossible to empathize with, but that doesn’t mean they make forgiveness impossible. There are some incredible stories of people forgiving perpetrators of terrible atrocities, like the genocide in Rwanda, not because those things were forgotten or justified but because holding onto resentment and anger only punishes the victim of harm, not the perpetrator.

So if you’ve been waiting on an apology, try forgiveness first. While it’s easier said than done, letting go can be incredibly freeing, and good for both your mental and physical health.

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Teacher Instructs Students from Hospital so They Don’t Fall Behind

The coronavirus pandemic has presented a uniquely challenging and unprecedented environment for students and teachers alike. With many students continuing their education from home, making sure students are learning and not falling behind has been a real concern among teachers who have to teach from the often cold and unstimulating virtual classroom. 

For one Texas teacher, her students falling behind definitely was not an option—even it meant teaching from a hospital bed.

Garland ISD teacher Stephany Hume has been gaining widespread attention on social media recently after a photo began circulating showing her virtually instructing students from a hospital bed.

A two-time cancer survivor, Hume had to undergo emergency surgery that forced her to miss class time, according to local news outlet NBCDFW-5. 

Hume initially had her mother sub in for her during the operation, but mere hours after the surgery, Hume was reportedly teaching right from her hospital bed. 

“I was asking the doctor, ‘Can I go now? Can I go now?’ And he’s like, ‘You have a temperature of 102. You have to stay,” Hume told NBCDFW-5. 

Even though Hume felt eager to start teaching her students again after the operation, many online felt unsettled at the fact that the elementary school teacher felt the need to teach right out of surgery, with one even calling the circumstance a ”dystopian horror.”

“No teacher in the history of teachers at ANY LEVEL has ever been paid enough to justify going to these lengths. Doesn’t warm my heart at all,” one tweeted in response to Hume’s story.

Others echoed the sentiment that the story “is not heart warming.” “There is absolutely nothing to celebrate about this. In fact, this story is a glaring example of how broken this country is,” a user said.

Hume mother’s and retired teacher Susie Harris told NBC DFW-5 that having 41 years of teaching experience made her understand her daughter’s desire to start teaching again. “I was thinking she needed to rest but being a teacher myself I understood,” Harris said.

Hume has since been discharged and has resumed her teaching duties full-time.

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Chris Paul Didn’t Want To Go To New York Without The ‘Full Knicks Experience’

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Nobody expected much out of the Thunder last season. Oklahoma City was able to land a load of assets in the deal that swapped Russell Westbrook for Chris Paul, with Paul’s future with the team uncertain given that his championship aspirations put the on two very different time lines.

But after a stunning run to the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference and a thrilling seven-game grudge match against the Rockets in Orlando, it became very clear that Paul was still operating an elite level. As a result, he quickly became one of the hottest commodities on the market this offseason.

Several teams expressed interest, with the Phoenix Suns eventually winning the sweepstakes and setting themselves up for a return to relevance after years of futility. It’s hard to gauge just how close he was to ending up elsewhere, but one hypothetical scenario had Carmelo Anthony reuniting with the Knicks and teaming up with Paul there.

On a recent appearance on SeriousXM NBA Radio, former teammate Matt Barnes claims that Paul told him he was actually considering New York, although he was ultimately turned off by the prospect of playing at an empty Madison Square Garden.

“He was saying the Knicks were an option but, you know, if he was going to New York he wanted the full Knick experience, meaning he wanted the fans, he wanted the essence, he wanted the ambiance of that Madison Square Garden crowd. And going there now, you know, we don’t know if that crowd will ever be back,” Barnes said.

Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s unclear when fans might be able to return to arenas. The Lakers have indicated that they won’t allow fans at Staples to start the season, while the Warriors have submitted an ambitious plan that includes rapid testing and would ostensibly permit 50 percent capacity at Chase Center.

Read another way, Barnes didn’t actually clarify that he was referring to the lack of fans because of the pandemic. Attendance at MSG has been down in recent years as the Knicks have struggled to gain much traction and have been left spinning their wheels in a perpetual rebuild.

The Knicks reportedly had some interest in acquiring Paul but ultimately were reluctant to give up too many of the assets that would’ve been required to swing a deal. So now we can go ahead and add this to the never-ending list of the Knicks’ near-misses in the free agent frenzy.

Source: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/chris-paul-full-knicks-experience-matt-barnes-trade-rumor/