{"id":13231,"date":"2022-12-17T14:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T20:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=13231"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:41:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T23:41:33","slug":"mexico-city-capitanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/mexico-city-capitanes\/","title":{"rendered":"mexico city capitanes: what their exciting debut in the g league means for mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CmSEWbwJLgE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CmSEWbwJLgE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CmSEWbwJLgE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Richy  Rocks (@richy_rocks)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>mexico city capitanes<\/strong><\/span> made their <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/debut-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>debut<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (first game) in the <strong>g league<\/strong> (the nba&#8217;s developmental\/minor league) last month. <a href=\"https:\/\/andscape.com\/features\/g-league-mexico-city-capitanes-are-the-nbas-road-map-to-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an article by <strong>marc j. spears<\/strong> on <strong>landscape.com<\/strong><\/a> details not only the excitement of the capitanes first game in mexico city, but what it represents as a step <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/towards-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">towards<\/a> eventually having an nba team in mexico city.<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/capitanes-logo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13318 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/capitanes-logo-300x200.png\" alt=\"mexico city capitanes logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/capitanes-logo-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/capitanes-logo.png 492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>g-league president and former nba all-star <strong>shareef abdur-rahim<\/strong> talked to the media about the effort to bring capitanes to mexico city&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>three <em>or so<\/em> years of planning&#8230; it\u2019s finally here. a lot of work and planning and <em>struggle<\/em> <em>comes to fruition<\/em>, the excitement of the community and then <em>ultimately<\/em>, it\u2019s history. <em>u haven\u2019t had<\/em> a north american professional league that has had a team in mexico or in latin america. so, the fact that we, from the g league <em>standpoint<\/em>, can do that \u2014 we can continue to work with the nba in latin america, possibly learn more about the market if there\u2019s possibilities of the nba being here in the future \u2014 is <em>outstanding<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/or-so-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>or so<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>about<\/em>, <em>approximately<\/em>,<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/roughly-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <em>roughly<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/struggle-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>struggle<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means<em> an intense effort in the face of difficulty<\/em>. <strong><em>come to fruition<\/em><\/strong> means <em>become real<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/ultimately-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>ultimately<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>at the end<\/em>.\u00a0 when abdur-rahim says <em><strong>u<\/strong><\/em> he isn&#8217;t directly speaking to u (or me &#x1f638;). he&#8217;s using <em><strong>u<\/strong><\/em> to say <em>anybody<\/em> or <em>the public in general<\/em>.\u00a0<strong><em> haven&#8217;t had<\/em><\/strong> is <strong>present perfect<\/strong> (auxiliary have + past participle [had]). the use of present perfect here means <em>until now<\/em>. <strong><em>standpoint<\/em> <\/strong>means <em>perspective<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/outstanding-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>outstanding<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>means <em>magnificent<\/em>, <em>exceptional<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/outstanding-move.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13321\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/outstanding-move-300x200.webp\" alt=\"meme of leontxo garcia next to a chess board the text reads: what an outstanding move--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/outstanding-move-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/outstanding-move-768x511.webp 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/outstanding-move.webp 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>a famous &#8220;outstanding&#8221; meme<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>abdur-rahim presents a vision of what the mexico city capitanes can be for young basketball players in all of latin america&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>it\u2019s <em>pointless<\/em> to put a team here and then have a bunch of american <em>dudes<\/em>, <em>right<\/em>? there\u2019s enough talent <em>throughout<\/em> latin america, where as a league, being a development league, it <em>should be<\/em> an opportunity for young latin players, mexican players to find, <em>live out<\/em> their dream and represent mexico city. so, definitely i could see a future where latin <em>draft<\/em> prospects \u2026 the team here in mexico city could be their <em>pathway<\/em> to the nba.<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>pointless<\/em> <\/strong>means <em>stupid<\/em>, <em>it doesn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/make-sense-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">make sense<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0 it&#8217;s a great example of <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/less-suffix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the -less suffix<\/strong><\/a> that means <em>without<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/dude-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>dude<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>guy, man<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/right-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>right<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is confirming the previous comment. it can be used to replace EVERY type of <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/tag-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tag question<\/a> &#x1f640;. \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/throughout-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>throughout<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>in all parts<\/em>&#8211;from tijuana to tierra del fuego.\u00a0 <strong><em>live out<\/em><\/strong> means <em>actually do what u imagined, fulfill<\/em>. the nba selects it&#8217;s players through a <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/draft-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>draft<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 <strong><em>pathway<\/em> <\/strong>is another way to say <em>path<\/em>, <em>route<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/should-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>should<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means this is the <em>desiarable<\/em>, <em>correct<\/em> role for the capitanes.\u00a0 <em>should<\/em> is used similarly in these two songs by widely popular artists:<\/p>\n<p><strong>saint jhn<\/strong>&#8216;s track <strong><em>god bless the internet<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/praise-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praises<\/a> the internet for always bringing him new lovers. it starts with the chorus that says<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jHqtpA\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">maybe i <em>should not be drinkin<\/em>&#8216;, before you ask me just how i feel<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">maybe i <em>should not be drinkin&#8217;,<\/em> &#8216;fore i speak my mind, that&#8217;s not ideal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">yeah i got a girlfriend, yeah i <em>should be faithful<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jHqtpA\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and i think of u like wi-fi, and i think of her like cable<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SAINt JHN - &quot;God Bless The Internet&quot; (Official Audio)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IA7uyw19ZRA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>god bless the band <strong>the internet<\/strong> too and their cut called <strong><em>stay the night<\/em><\/strong> that uses variations of these two phrases multiple times&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>maybe u <em>should stay<\/em> the night<\/h4>\n<h4>i just think u <em>should stay<\/em> the night<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0JADBJ42q1ab92VOULBh9V?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the nba <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/acknowledge-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>acknowledges<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>(admits) that <strong><em>if and when<\/em><\/strong> (hypothetically) they expand, mexico could<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/land-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong><em>land<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (get) a team.\u00a0 while there are a few <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/challenge-defintion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenges<\/a> including security, transportation in the city, language differences and altitude (mexico city is 2,240 m above sea level&#x1f3d4;&#xfe0f;), the distance between mexico city and other nba cities is not an issue. nba deputy commissioner <strong>mark tatum<\/strong> points out&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 data-paragraph=\"main\">it\u2019s a <em>pretty<\/em> short flight for several of our teams, particularly our texas teams, our florida teams, our new orleans team.\u00a0 arizona <em>actually<\/em> is a <em>pretty<\/em> short flight.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/actually-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>actually<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>in fact<\/em>; NOT<em> now\u00a0<\/em> or <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/currently-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>currently<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/pretty-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>pretty<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means <em>relatively<\/em>, NOT <em>extremely<\/em> or <em>very<\/em>. it is used memorably&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>**in the chorus of <strong>john prine<\/strong>&#8216;s song <strong><em>pretty good<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><em>pretty good<\/em>. not bad. i can&#8217;t complain.<\/h4>\n<p>all three of these\u00a0 phrases\u00a0 are typical and similar answers to questions like <em>how are u\/how have u been\/how&#8217;s it going<\/em>? they mean <em>ok<\/em> or <em>satisfactory<\/em>,\u00a0 but NOT great or spectacular.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pretty Good\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pawMsxhOjIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>**and by <strong>larry david<\/strong> frequently in his series <strong><em>curb your enthusiasm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Larry David feels pretty good\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZUOVRJ4wJ7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>spears says&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 data-paragraph=\"main\">m<strong>exico <em>has proven<\/em> that it has a strong interest in the nba<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>proven<\/strong><\/em> is the irregular past pariticiple of<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/prove-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong> prove <\/strong><\/em><\/a>which means <em>show<\/em>, <em>demonstrate the truth<\/em>. the <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/proof-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>proof<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is in the more than 30 nba games that mexico has <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/hosting-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hosted <\/a>and the various times nba regular season games have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macmillandictionary.com\/us\/dictionary\/british\/sell-out_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sold out<\/a> <strong>arena cdmx<\/strong>, the capitanes&#8217; home court.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/minaya.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13343\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/minaya-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"justin minaya scoring for the mexico city capitanes--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/minaya-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/minaya-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/minaya.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><em>justin minaya scores for the capitanes<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>additionally, the article explains that mexico city is attractive to the nba because&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 data-paragraph=\"main\">m<strong>exico city is the sixth largest city in the world in 2022, with 22 million people<\/strong>, according to ceo world. the nba\u2019s <em>current<\/em> most populous market is new york city, which is ranked 41st in the world with 8.9 million people. me<strong>xico city has an nba-ready <em>venue<\/em> in arena cdmx, which has <em>22,300 seats<\/em><\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>current<\/strong><\/em> is <em>now<\/em>.\u00a0 a <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/venue-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>venue<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is <em>a location where events are <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/hold-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">held<\/a><\/em>. the quantity of seats can be used as an adjective phrase that measures the size of the arena. when this happens in english, the measure (<em>seats<\/em> in this case) should be singular, i.e. <em>a 22,300 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seat<\/span> venue<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/arena-cdmx-e1670519306649.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13328\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/arena-cdmx-e1670519306649-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"arena cdmx--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"443\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/arena-cdmx-e1670519306649-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/arena-cdmx-e1670519306649-1024x437.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/arena-cdmx-e1670519306649-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/arena-cdmx-e1670519306649-1536x656.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/arena-cdmx-e1670519306649-2048x875.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">venue<\/span> where the mexico city capitanes play<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>finally, the nba is interested in mexico city because of its significance nationally and regionally&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 data-paragraph=\"main\">a mexico city nba franchise will be the team of mexico (132 million people) and attract interest from latin america <em>as well<\/em>. capitanes games are shown <em>nationwide<\/em> on star+ and espn mexico (<em>the latter<\/em> of which is in 22.1 million mexican <em>households<\/em>; the star+ streaming network <em>airs<\/em> in mexico and latin america), which make them and the [toronto] raptors the only franchises under the nba <em>umbrella<\/em> with national television <em>deals<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/as-well-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>as well<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>means<em> also<\/em>, <em>too<\/em>. <strong><em>nationwide<\/em><\/strong> means <em>in the whole nation<\/em>. <strong><em>the latter<\/em><\/strong> refers to the second of two things&#8211;<strong>espn mexico<\/strong> in this example. u can refer to <strong>star+<\/strong> in this scenario as <strong><em>the former<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/household-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>household<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is used to consider a house\/home as a statistical unit. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/air-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>air<\/strong><\/em><\/a> as a verb means <em>broadcast<\/em>, <em>stream<\/em>. a <em><strong>deal<\/strong><\/em> is an <em>agreement<\/em>. <em><strong>umbrella<\/strong><\/em> describes\u00a0 <em>an entity that has several elements<\/em>. it is the title of <strong>rihanna<\/strong>&#8216;s beloved song that uses <em>umbrella<\/em> as a symbol of protection or support<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rihanna - Umbrella (Orange Version) (Official Music Video) ft. JAY-Z\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CvBfHwUxHIk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[the reel at the top of the post contains examples of <em><strong>pretty<\/strong><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/dare-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>dare i say<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <strong><em>commute<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>pollution<\/em><\/strong>,<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/either-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em> either<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <strong><em>actually,<\/em><\/strong> <em><strong>football<\/strong><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/slash-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>slash<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/grow-up-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>grow up<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/a-bit-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>a bit<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, <strong><em>growth<\/em><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/fucking-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>fucking<\/em><\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>have u been following the\u00a0 mexico city capitanes? what do u think about the capitanes presence in the g league and a potential future in the nba? share your views under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.249\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View this post on Instagram A post shared by Richy Rocks (@richy_rocks) the mexico city capitanes made their debut (first game) in the g league&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[3,454,89,19],"tags":[716,4302,2845,1367,2659,3907,1858,5052,5065,5046,2693,5064,5050,847,3791,4180,8,251,9,4752,4753,4755,11,4751,10,5067,4502,1815,5056,27,5068,404,5047,5020,3815,5070,2775,1443,5054,1351,5062,3154,4757,5055,472,5053,5066,1085,5058,3648,1280,5060,3287,5061,4336,1804,5069,5057,1288,5049,5048,2537,115,1778,4475,5051,5059,3324,3488],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/capitanes-logo.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13231"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14764,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231\/revisions\/14764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}