{"id":114968,"date":"2024-11-28T15:19:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skin.club\/community?p=114968"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:23:44","slug":"major-pickem-predictions-banks-analyzes-opening-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/major-pickem-predictions-banks-analyzes-opening-stage","title":{"rendered":"Major Pick\u2019Em Predictions: BANKS Analyzes Opening Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__media y-red-dif-4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sO3osMdwTbM?si=dWsVz1uCgC9Wa8k-\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b>James Banks <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shares his expert analysis and Pick\u2019Em predictions for the <\/span><b>Opening Stage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, exclusively on Skin.Club! 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