@bballbreakdown ehhhh. Job #1 is to keep the ball in front of you. Smart can’t leave strong side shooter on initial drive. Then by the time the rotation happens he has a long way to go to rotate over there. Still would be an open shot.
The halftime show in Spanish makes perfect sense …… we should move towards an Iranian/North Korean collab next year to really double down on woke stupidity
Bill Simmons thinks the Lakers could land Herb Jones
“I would trade Herb Jones right now. The contract he’s at, literally what the Lakers need. And it’s easy, Knecht, Kleber, and a 2031 first. Call it in.”
(h/t @HoopAnalysisNet )
Jason McIntyre says Deandre Ayton is statistically in the same class as Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis, and Joel Embiid… he just didn’t want to be in Portland
(🎥 @TheHerd )
The Pacers brilliantly took the big-game pressure off Haliburton, who routinely no-shows, by planting the "injury excuse" that the media swallowed whole.
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🍿 THE REMATCH 🍿
It was a historic matchup between the East No. 1 Cavaliers and West No. 1 Thunder last week... and tonight they will run it back!
Donovan Mitchell and the 34-5 Cavs visit Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the 33-6 Thunder at 7:30pm/et on TNT.
Joel Embiid on Jayson Tatum’s “Super Team”: “If I go 5-20, we get blown out.”
Embiid also said he’s “probably the most hated guy in the league” and would average 50 PTS if he never got doubled.
(EP1 of @TheCheckBall w/ @DrewHanlen & @austinjmills)
Proposed law: if someone tears down the American flag and puts up another flag in its place, that person should get a free (but mandatory) one-way trip to that flag’s country