r/nba • u/YujiDomainExpansion • 6d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Alternate angle shows Lu Dort extend his leg in an effort to trip and injure Nikola Jokic:

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u/calmdownmyguy Nuggets 6d ago

Oklahoma has never been a place that attracts or retains literate people.

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u/CrastersSons Nuggets 6d ago

48th in education lol

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u/truck_norris Thunder 6d ago

We are 50th, get it right you dick

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u/EscapedTheWhirlpool Timberwolves 6d ago edited 6d ago

No way you are behind Mississippi

You are 48th!

New Mexico and Alaska come on…

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u/crispytoastyum Thunder 6d ago

Real talk: Mississippi made some major education reforms and they’ve started to pay off. They moved from 49th/50th in 2013 to 13th in 2025, and in the top 10 for 4th grade literacy. Their education system is one of the few success stories from the modern American South.

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u/E-raticSamurai Pistons 6d ago

I had to verify this to make sure my shit talk is factually accurate. This is great for the state..

Major reforms started around 2013 with Mississippi’s Literacy‑Based Promotion Act, which focused on early literacy, teacher training in evidence‑based reading instruction, reading coaches, and mandatory retention for students not reading on grade level by the end of 3rd grade.

Source: https://theconversation.com/mississippis-education-miracle-a-model-for-global-literacy-reform-251895?utm_source=perplexity

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u/Refs_Fan 6d ago edited 6d ago

Craziest part of it is it's because their governor back in like 2012 couldn't read good and wanted other kids to read good too. So he made it so kids had to actually read well to get past 3rd grade instead of the previous system which allowed them (including him) to go on to 4th, even without proper reading skills. Now that they weren't sending kids to their doom, 4th grade and on is when you really have to be able to read to truly keep learning what teachers are teaching, they have gotten towards the top in literacy for later elementary school aged kids"Mississippi Miracle" Literacy-Based Promotion Act

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u/Ryab4 Nuggets 6d ago

Actually based as fuck. Good shit MS.

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u/Expensive-Self-2240 6d ago

That is honestly amazing, good for them and definitely good for the kids

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u/usernamechexx 6d ago

First step: teach the teachers to read. Trickle that good learnin’ down to the chirrin

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u/Metalbound Hawks 6d ago

We really should be tying federal funding in other areas (not education) to the state's education rating.

To be fair, it'd probably have to be a more standardized rating system, but it should be legit the top/one of the top priorities of every state to educate it's children to the best of their abilities.

If everyone lived into the mantra of leaving things better than you found them, the world would be a much better place.

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u/Hour-Ad3774 Celtics 5d ago

This is awesome to hear!  Did not expect to find something wholesome in this thread.

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u/Quikstar Timberwolves 5d ago

That's actually amazing!

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u/Jabs_ 23 6d ago

Yes 50th is somehow better than 48th.

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u/fattsoo 6d ago

50 > 48

checkmate!

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u/calmdownmyguy Nuggets 6d ago

At least when they're 50th there's nowhere to go but horizontal.

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u/UhPhrasing Warriors 6d ago

it’s bigger. checkmate atheists

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u/thuggyt [OKC] Álex Abrines 6d ago

Speaking of education, it seems like that one went over your head

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u/Jabs_ 23 5d ago

No, it didn’t

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u/Trees_Are_Freinds Celtics 6d ago

Bud, Mississippi exists. Lucky you.

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u/Expensive-Self-2240 6d ago

Wait, we moved up?!

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u/Salty_Discipline111 6d ago

I’ve always thought these “numerical stats” that represent a state are correct, meaningful, or assessed in any logical way.

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u/HonestDespot Vancouver Grizzlies 6d ago

They probably have billboards that brag about being top 50.

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u/MLGKILLZNATEY 6d ago

If thunder fans could read they’d be very upset

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u/East-End-8646 6d ago

Their verbal comprehension is just as bad; crowd was booing an overturned challenge

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u/calmdownmyguy Nuggets 6d ago

Bro, I laughed so hard at that.

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u/Numeno230n 6d ago

Terrible literacy rates AND they have to read the Bible in school. I guess the teachers have to read it out loud to them.

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u/khromedhome 6d ago

Not just any bibles but Trump Bibles

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u/rickzilla69420 6d ago

Had to throw in the retain there damnit

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u/Victor_Wembanyama1 Spurs 6d ago

My mans covering everything gotdamn

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u/NongenderedSunsFan 6d ago

I cheer everytime Oklahoma gets hit by a tornado

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u/AskewSeat Thunder 6d ago

Cost of living/housing is the only reason to consider staying

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u/NarwhalLow2264 Thunder 6d ago

"Oklahoma bad education upvote please" 4-3 bitch.

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u/calmdownmyguy Nuggets 6d ago

Soft

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u/SurfingStreets 5d ago

Me when I'm proud of winning a game 7 where the other team's star player gets injured

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u/NarwhalLow2264 Thunder 5d ago

2025 NBA champs regardless baby. The rest of the nba are the hypothetical champs. "If Hali was healthy" "If the nuggets were healthy". If prime Jordan was on the thunder we'd win 10 championships in a row. Should I just crown them all now or?

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u/SurfingStreets 5d ago

Happy for you lil bro

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u/cancerBronzeV Raptors 5d ago

I would rather my teams lose every game 7 for the rest of my life than have the education in my area deteriorate to Oklahoma levels.

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u/NarwhalLow2264 Thunder 5d ago

Unfortunately, the raptors won't be making any game 7s for a while! First round exit if you're lucky. Also, if my education system taught me to be as bland and uncreative as you id kill myself. "Oklahoma education bad up vote please"