Jeremy Lin heavily criticized Mitch Johnson and the Spurs’ fourth-quarter offense in Game 1, questioning the heavy reliance on Wemby isolations and the team's rotation choices:
"The focus for sure is the second half where they were minus-17, but specifically even in the fourth quarter, I didn't love the late-game offensive game plan. It was too much Wemby ISO. It just seemed like everything was difficult, everything was hard, everything was contested. Can we get him in more spontaneous, impulsive actions? Can we get him in some pin-downs? Can he set more screens? Can guards come set screens for him? It felt like every time down the floor they were giving him the ball, and KAT was doing a great job of playing defense, and Wemby was tired. So how are they able to create different actions so that the Knicks aren't seeing the same thing every single time? Another piece that's really important is Keldon Johnson, who played only eight minutes. Sixth Man of the Year, a lot of minutes went to Harrison Barnes. I'm not sure what's happening there, but there is going to be a different level of production that needs to be had from other players stepping in. Dylan Harper obviously had an amazing game, but we need the Keldon Johnsons and obviously De'Aaron Fox to be able to step up. I do think there's a lot to be said for in terms of how big that moment was for the Spurs."
Now we know who in the EU is protecting even Ben-Gvir and Smotrich from sanctions.
At yesterday’s EU ambassadors meeting, according to @destandaard:
🇩🇪Germany insisted on leaving out Smotrich, limiting it to Ben-Gvir.
🇨🇿Czech Rep. alone against sanctioning even Ben-Gvir.
I asked a local councillor if the russian refinery here in Ireland should be sanctioned.
He said yes, if it was supplying Israel.
But Russia? No.
This is Ireland’s sanctions hypocrisy in 90 seconds.
🚨🧨 EXCLUSIVE | FC Bayern and Nathaniel Brown have reached a full verbal agreement on a summer transfer.
The 22 y/o versatile left-back from Eintracht Frankfurt wants to join Bayern with immediate effect. Even after very positive talks with Vincent Kompany. A long-term contract until 2031 has already been agreed.
Bayern and SGE are already in contact. Markus Krösche is demanding up to €60m. The deal could still fail over the transfer fee. @SkySportDE 🇩🇪
Exclusive @TheAthleticFC
FIFA make last-gasp change to World Cup stadium rules: BANNING fans from bringing refillable plastic bottles, so fans must buy water in stadia
As of May, empty bottles permitted so fans could refill amid heat concerns. Not now
https://t.co/OuyjvgPoxN
GoPro says there is ‘substantial doubt’ it will be able to stay in business over the next year 📷
• Sales are down
• Costs are up — particularly memory chips, driven by demand from AI data centers
• Net losses have totaled over $500M in the past two years
Carter Hawkins explains the Cubs' mindset after @MattSpiegs asks him why the club hasn't measured up at the big league level in terms of velocity from its pitching staff.
Travis Kelce on the Bears TE room: "You got two absolute dogs."
Caleb Williams: "I got a third one now. You haven't seen him."
Caleb couldn't hold back his excitement about 13 personnel.
The retired San Francisco firefighter at the center of a bitter insurance fight has lost his battle against stage 4 lung cancer, after pleading with Blue Shield to reverse their decision to deny treatment. He also spent his final months unsuccessfully appealing to San Francisco's Health Service Board to intervene.
Read the story here: https://t.co/aNqtQM0YtW
Browns DE Jared Verse with a bold statement on his first impressions of his new team:
"You can tell how a team is by how they practice. You see losing teams practice terribly. You see great teams practice amazingly. It translates. That's not a losing team out there. The way everybody was moving, I didn't get to get into the team situations today, that's going to be another day. But the way them boys are moving, this isn't a losing team."