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cenationarmyleader · 4 years ago

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To my Choices fans, I noticed that it been a rough few days after Pixelbery's news about the cancellations of book sequels and scary how it divided this fandom. So, I've decided to do a little positive post. I'm probably the only one, but I like to find music that fits for pairings. I mean from roleplaying to fanfiction to movies to books. No matter I like to find music that fits the pairing. So I decided to do one for the Foreign Affairs popular pairings. (Going to be honest, but I believe that Foreign Affairs is the only good book that they have going as we speak. My opinion. Especially the book is slow burning to when it starts to get real messy and I believe it's going to start on this chapter coming up with Blaine being expelled.) So I created a small couple soundtrack. (Note: This is from my personal playlist that I listen to. I got a couple of songs that they don't use Boy or Girl but instead saying you since we have non binary folks I want to also represent. It's hard and I tried my best. I know there are good LGTBQ+ music that I never heard and I apologize if it's not your taste in music or I didn't represent good enough. Don't be angry please. 🙏) So anyway...here we go.

Tatum X MC

Say So - PJ Morton feat. JoJo.

All Night Long - SWV

No Air - Jordan Sparks feat Chris Brown

Somebody Just Like You - Teena Marie

If I Had My Way - Chrisette Michele

Let it Burn - Jazmine Sullivan

I Love Me Some Him - Toni Braxton

Walk Me Home - Mandy Moore

M!Blaine X MC

Spoiled - Joss Stone

Best Part - H.E.R. feat Daniel Ceasar

They Don't Know - Jon .B

Complicated - Nivea

Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado feat Timberland

I Want You - Janet Jackson

Touch - Mike Anthony

911 - Wyclef Jean feat Mary J. Blige

Anya X MC

Everything I Miss At Home - Cherrelle

Cosmic Love - Jade Novah

Candlelight and You - Chante Moore & Keith Washington

Anytime, Anyplace - Janet Jackson

Simply Beautiful - Queen Latifah

Sunshine - Coko

Protect My Heart - Tamia

Baby It's You - Jojo

F!Blaine X MC

Funny, How Time Flies - Janet Jackson

Lips Lile Morphine - Kill Hannah

Never Say Goodbye - Jojo

I'm Yours - Brandy

Next To You- Jade Novah

You Put a Move on My Heart - Tamia

Taste Your Fruit - Wicked Wisdom

Slowly - Boyz II Men

#again i'm sorry if it doesn't fit your taste or representing good enough #did it for fun #choices foreign affairs #playchoices #choices stories you play #tatum mendoza #anya seth #blaine hayes #tatum x mc #anya x mc #blaine x mc #choices

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tabloidtoc · 4 years ago

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OK, September 21

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: How Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman make their love last

Page 1: Big Pic -- at the 77th International Venice Film Festival jury members Cate Blanchett and Matt Dillon came together for a photo-call with and without masks

Page 2: Contents

Page 3: Contents

Page 4: Jennifer Aniston was rumored to be pursuing her ex Brad Pitt when Brad was seen with his much younger new girlfriend Nicole Poturalski but Jen wasn’t bothered in the least by the news because she has a much younger love interest of her own -- after a string of hush-hush dates Jen’s zeroed in one handsome suitor in particular and he’s 20 years her junior and a proud beach bum unlike her other ex Justin Theroux who preferred city concrete to sand and surf

Page 6: Miley Cyrus is on a bold new path toward motherhood -- after the rough patch she went through she’s grown up a lot and realized she doesn’t need the perfect partner to start a family and she’s always wanted to be a mom so that’s what she plans to do

Page 7: This Is Us star Chrissy Metz is asking her happily married costar Mandy Moore to play matchmaker for her because she’s been without a boyfriend for nearly two years which was OK at first because she needed time to get over her ex Hal Rosenfield but now she’s finding the loneliness intolerable, Dolly Parton’s inner circle is growing concerned over her workaholic tendencies -- everyone from friends to business associates is coaxing her to slow down and enjoy life more but she won’t listen because she thinks taking a break is the same as letting folks down, though the Great White Way was forced to close its curtains due to the pandemic and keep them closed for the remainder of the year Bruce Willis is hoping to take center stage once Broadway is back in business -- he sold a lot of tickets during his limited theatrical run in Misery in 2015 even though it was a critical disaster -- he’s been itching to get back on the boards and take another crack at it and in a bid to make his potential gig even more buzzworthy he’s trying to convince amicable ex Demi Moore to be his costar even though it would be weird for Bruce’s current wife Emma Heming

Page 8: Halle Berry may not be ready to reveal the identity of her new boyfriend to the public but her mystery man has already gotten the seal of approval from her pal and personal trainer Peter Lee Thomas, the pressure’s on for Natalie Portman as she preps to start filming her superhero flick Thor: Love and Thunder because they asked her to get shredded and put on real muscle to basically become the female equivalent of Chris Hemsworth on screen but it’s a tall order since she’s been trying to fulfill it pretty much on her own at home due to the pandemic and now that she’s on location in Australia her nerves are really kicking in, Carrie Underwood’s five-year-old son Isaiah recorded a track for her upcoming Christmas album and she pushing for both her sons to have full-fledged careers in the music industry

Page 10: Red Hot on the Red Carpet -- stars are fierce in fuchsia -- Sofia Carson, Isla Fisher, Angela Bassett

Page 11: Idina Menzel, Zendaya

Page 12: Who Wore It Better? Naomi Watts vs. Hilary Duff, Chloe Bennet vs. Martha Hunt, Jessie James Decker vs. Melissa Gorga

Page 14: News in Photos -- Bradley Cooper all dressed up as ‘70s hairstylist turned movie mogul Jon Peters while filming an upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson flick

Page 15: Kristen Wiig taking a hike with one of her twins, WWE star Natalie Ava Marie at the drive-in premiere of Hard Kill, Rachel Zoe at the beach in Malibu

Page 17: Sofia Richie relaxed and waded in the water while on vacation in Mexico

Page 18: Kevin Hart and daughter Heaven wear masks as they grabbed lunch in Malibu, Tori Spelling’s son Finn celebrated his birthday with siblings Stella and Liam and Beau and Hattie, Lucy Hale took her dog Elvis for a walk

Page 20: Gavin Rossdale and his dog hit the beach in Malibu, Taye Diggs during a run in Los Angeles, Cara Santana arriving at friend’s house with a bottle of wine

Page 21: Brooke Shields read Howard Stern’s latest book in the Hamptons, Erica Banks posing for a photo shoot

Page 22: Kristen Taekman picked up pizza for her kids in Malibu, Sarah Jessica Parker swung by her store to help customers try on shoes

Page 23: Gordon Ramsay posed in front of his new pool which has a transparent wall with his son Oscar, Jessie James Decker spent her morning making phone calls

Page 24: Inside My Home -- Emilia Clarke’s chic compound in Venice, California is for sale

Page 28: Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich are working toward a reconciliation nearly four months after announcing their separation but things will be much different this time around: most notably they’ll be allowed to see other people -- the problem Jules had with Brooks was his possessive and controlling behavior and she likes the idea of a looser arrangement and although most guys would have balked Brooks figures there’s no sense in trying to discourage her free spirit

Page 29: A year after tying the knot Heidi Klum is suddenly aching to have a baby with her husband Tom Kaulitz even though she’s 47 she’s taken care of herself her whole adult life and has no reason to doubt it will happen naturally but they’ll consider IVF too, Shania Twain and husband Frederic Thiebaud have grown closer during quarantine and with their 10th wedding anniversary approaching the want to celebrate their marriage by renewing their vows, though Bindi Irwin isn’t due until next year the pregnant star and husband Chandler Powell are already prepping for the big day -- they’re thinking about things like lighting and atmosphere and who’ll be in the room with them and Bindi even created a playlist with recordings of zoo animals and meditation music to listen to during labor

Page 30: Ever since Katy Perry found out she was pregnant Orlando Bloom has been filming her every move so they can one day share the footage with family and friends and fans, Henry Golding wants nothing more than to see his wife of four years Liv Lo succeed as a fitness entrepreneur -- he’s financially supportive and is using his contacts to boost publicity for her company FitSphere because he wants her to be just as proud of her work as he is of his own, Love Bites -- Minka Kelly and Trevor Noah dating, Ed Sheeran and wife Cherry Seaborn welcomed their first child, Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are married

Page 32: Cover Story -- Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban stronger than ever -- after a few bumps Nicole and Keith’s 14-year marriage is back on solid ground

Page 36: Jon Hamm tells all -- love and loss and starting over at 50 Jon is opening up like never before

Page 38: Blasts from the Past -- find out what Hollywood’s former teen heartthrobs are up to now -- Kirk Cameron, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Scott Baio

Page 39: Donny Osmond, Leif Garrett, Andrew Keegan

Page 40: Interview -- Paris Hilton gets real -- the It Girl turned businesswoman is telling all in a new documentary

Page 42: Ballroom Body Blitz -- the diet and fitness secrets of these Dancing With the Stars stunners -- Cheryl Burke, Peta Murgatroyd, Sharna Burgess

Page 43: Jenna Johnson, Britt Stewart

Page 46: Style Week -- Hunter Schafer is the global brand ambassador for Shiseido

Page 48: The new Sandra Mansour X H&M collection

Page 49: 5 minutes with Jenny Mollen on her style and her beauty routine and book suggestions

Page 52: Fragrant Candles -- Kacey Musgraves

Page 54: Entertainment

Page 55: Q&A with Joyce Giraud

Page 58: Buzz -- 2020 VMAs -- Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, The Weeknd, The Black Eyed Peas with new member J. Rey Soul replacing Fergie, Nicole Richie, Ariana Grande

Page 60: Sound Bites -- Chloe Sevigny on becoming a mom, Kate Winslet on resuming filming for the HBO series Mare of Easttown, Brian Austin Green when asked if he and estranged wife Megan Fox would ever reconcile, Kevin Jonas on Toy Story 4, Jennifer Garner on loosening her parenting rules amid the stressful pandemic

Page 61: Melanie C on never having a #MeToo experience while with the Spice Girls, Channing Tatum announcing he wrote a children’s book

Page 62: Horoscope -- Virgo Jennifer Hudson turned 39 on September 12

Page 64: By the Numbers -- Macaulay Culkin

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junker-town · 7 years ago

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Marcus Smart is a terrible shooter that's somehow essential to the Celtics' offense

The fact is that Smart is one of the worst shooters in the NBA. But on the basketball court, facts don’t always matter.

Here are two factual statements about Marcus Smart:

He is a terrible shooter.

His terrible shooting significantly improves the Celtics’ offense

Through more than a quarter of the season, Smart is shooting 29.6 percent from downtown, 34 percent inside the arc, and 36 percent on shots inside of five feet. Among players who attempt more than six field goals a contest, only Lonzo Ball and (barely) Frank Nkilitina have a lower effective field goal percentage.

This is an especially bad year for Smart, but he’s never been an expert marksman. He’s a career 35 percent shooter from the field, 29 percent from downtown, and 41 percent on two-pointers.

And yet, that terrible shooting is somehow essential to the Celtics’ offense.

When Smart is in the game, the Celtics score at a rate of 109.3 points per 100 possessions. When he is not in the game, Boston scores an average of 101.1 points per 100 possessions. Only Al Horford — and crucially not Kyrie Irving -- has a more significant effect on Boston’s offensive efficiency than Smart.

Most of that difference is made up in the Celtics’ shooting. Boston attempts better shots when Smart is in the game and makes those shots more often. Sixty-three percent of their buckets are assisted with Smart in compared to less than 57 percent with him out. Their effective field goal percentage as a team rises to 53 percent with Smart in and drops to 50.3 percent with him out. They shoot a higher percentage of their shots from three-point range and convert restricted area attempts at a clip eight percent higher than with Smart out of the game.

How can these two factual statements both be true? Because opponents treat Marcus Smart like the player he pretends to be, not the one he actually is.

Fake it till you make it (even if you never do)

Marcus Smart may be a sub-35 percent shooter, but you’d never know it watching him play. When he’s open — and often when he’s not — he’s firing away. He’s attempting nearly five three pointers a contest, and only three Celtics (Irving, Marcus Morris, and Jaylen Brown) have a higher usage rate.

He doesn’t just stand there and take the shots given to him, either. More than 55 percent of his shot attempts come off at least one dribble, a percentage higher than Brown or Horford. And it’s not like Smart only attacks to score; he’s just behind Horford in third place on the team in assist percentage and nearly 13 percentage points ahead of the next player in the regular rotation.

This is not the offensive profile for a 32-percent shooter. Consider a comparison between these two players:

Player 1 is Smart. Player 2 is Washington forward Otto Porter. Their shot portfolios are about the same. Their roles are about the same. The only difference is that Porter actually makes shots.

Smart ... doesn’t. And that should crush the Celtics, because that’s a ton of possessions ending in the hands of a player that converts his attempts to put the ball in the hoop less frequently than Jose Altuve makes successful contact with a baseball.

And yet, it has the exact opposite effect. Why?

You could go deep on this, as CBS Sports’ Matt Moore did last month. But the answer lies in a single sentence from that article:

With Smart, no matter how he performs, they play him the same way: as an offensive threat.

In other words, he’s so good at pretending to be a legitimate offensive player that he cons defenses into thinking he actually is. He has so overwhelmingly thumbed his nose the obvious reality that he cannot shoot that the opponent can’t help but react to his overconfidence in real time.

Because of that, he is defended as if he is a legitimate shooter. And the beauty of legitimate shooters is that the threat of them making shots sucks in defensive attention and opens opportunities for others.

Just look at these clips

Here are a series of Bucks players running Smart off the line and swarming like he’s a superstar.

Here’s Serge Ibaka flying out for no reason.

Here’s Devin Booker giving up an easy drive instead of letting Smart take a 28 footer.

Here’s Wesley Matthews reacting as if Smart shooting a corner 3 is as devastating as Steph Curry doing the same.

Here’s Luke Babbitt leaving 50-percent three-point shooter in Jayson Tatum to supply unneeded rim protection on a Smart drive.

But Marcus Smart is a 32 percent shooter. Don’t these players know this?

Maybe they don’t. Maybe they’re actually watching Netflix instead of the curated playlist their video coordinator has supplied. Maybe the coaches don’t know where to find basic statistical information that took me a couple minutes to look up.

Or maybe Smart’s success should remind us that basketball players must make snap decisions on the court incredibly quickly. They don’t get time to hit pause, carefully identify the shooter, and double-check his catch-and-shoot percentage on the NBA’s stats site to determine the precise speed that rotation requires. They have to immediately plot a course of action, usually split seconds after immediately plotting six other courses of action on a single possession.

This is exceedingly difficult, especially as NBA teams push the limits of three-point shooting. With big men stepping out and guards pulling up from well behind the line, defenders have to cover a significantly bigger slice of the court than ever before, using the same number of people as they did 20, 30, 40, and 50 years ago. This is especially true when playing the Celtics, who zip the ball around the court and make defenders dizzy with off-ball cuts.

That means more snap judgments, all while working harder.

When that happens, the best story takes over, not the most accurate

In his landmark book Thinking Fast And Slow, Nobel Prize psychologist Daniel Kahneman introduces two ways in which our brain processes information.

System 1, as he calls it, is how we make instinctual decisions. It is independent, automatic, and often subconscious, but it also can be prone to systemic biases.

System 2, on the other hand, is how we think more deeply. It is more rational and calculating, but also moves slower. It can check the negative effects of System 1, but is lazy and won’t invest the massive effort unless it’s absolutely necessary. (Think of it like a smartphone with an unlimited data plan, but terrible battery life).

In the book, Kahneman speaks of a process he calls substitution. When we are presented with a complicated question, our System 1 replaces that question with an easier one that can be answered quickly. System 2, lazy as it usually is, then rubber stamps the easier question that System 1 has answered, thinking it has actually answered the more complex question. We are especially prone to this process when we are tired or when we’re focused on another task.

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Why does this have anything to do with Marcus Smart?

Because NBA players defending him incorrectly are victims of substitution. As they rotate to cover Smart, they are faced with a complex question: to what degree should they close out based on this player’s catch-and-shoot tendencies and three-point proficiency, as measured by a host of statistics.

That is an impossible question to answer accurately in a split second. So instead of answering that question, they answer a simpler one: does this dude look and act like a shooter?

Marcus Smart looks and acts like a shooter. By constantly firing away and taking the same shots as a great spot-up shooter, Smart has created an easy narrative for his opponent. They’ve closed out on so many players that act this exact way, but actually make the shots. When they see Smart, their System 1 identifies him as one of those players, not a 32-percent bricklayer that could build a mansion with all his misses.

Because of that, Smart is able to take advantage of all the benefits a great shooter has on an offense without actually being a great shooter. He can attack his off-balanced defender, draw help, and kick to open shooters.

He can draw two to him in pick and roll and find the open man, even without being a scoring threat.

He creates enough doubt to cause a help defender to react slowly to someone else’s cut.

He is even treated like a real transition three-point threat, even at the expense of allowing a dunk.

All that activity creates a vision in defenders’ minds, particularly when they are tired from chasing everyone else around and grounded down by the NBA’s unforgiving regular-season schedule.

That’s how the Celtics’ offense benefits from Smart’s hilarious overconfidence.

Perception isn’t always reality, but actually it kinda is

Smart’s unique situation leads to an obvious question: do facts actually matter on the basketball court? (This question could be applied to any number of world concerns, but alas).

We have so many ways to quantify a player’s production these days, down to the most specific game situations. We know what a player shoots on average when he dribbles six times as opposed to four. We can isolate rebounding production by different zones of the floor. We can determine when players create assist situations and even when they create hockey assist situations.

But in the heat of the moment, players’ brains cannot tap into all that information. They have to make too many decisions while covering too much ground on either end of the floor. In those moments, they fall for those systemic biases and clean narratives that seem to make sense, even if they are factually incorrect. They fall for con schemes like Marcus Smart launching jumpers as if he’s actually a good shooter.

Smart is an edge case and it’s likely his positive effect on Boston’s offense will fade in the playoffs when opponents have more time to focus on him. But in the interim, his situation should teach analysts a valuable lesson. The game doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It happens in real time.

And in those situations, what matters isn’t necessarily what a player does. It’s what an opponent believes a player does.

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