Wanted to ditch Reddit following all the nonsense around their API changes, but still wanted Reddit-esque news aggregation + discussions from somewhere.
Googling for alternatives initially led me to Beehaw, but they don't have the sufficiently granular niche communities I wanted. Searching for communities I wanted to subscribe to led me here, and after refreshing myself on how the fediverse worked I realised I should just create a login here instead. So far, so good!
From an NZ perspective, it's a real bummer that Steven Adams got injured this past NBA season. It's been one of the big what-ifs of NZ basketball in the past decade to see how much he could elevate the Tall Blacks, and apparently Adams had finally expressed an interest to join the World Cup team prior to the injury.
The Tall Blacks did well in the first quarter, but seeing Canada do anything they wanted in the paint really did hammer home how much we miss having NBA-caliber talent on the team, especially on defense.