Neel Chowdri

[Cranjis McBasketball @Tim_NBA]

The 2025-26 Lakers optimization grades

These values reflect how much better/worse each Lakers impact was in each area compared to what you'd expect for a player with their role/usage for having their physical tools and skill data.

[Richard Staple, BSN, RN🇯🇲 @RichStapless]

Generational year for #77.

[litquidity @litcapital]

Trump: “I’m gonna blow up Iran Tuesday at 8pm”

Investors and Iranian officials:

[BBall Index @The_BBall_Index]

Passing volume and quality

⬆️Better advanced on/off numbers when it comes to effecting teammate shot quality

➡️More potential assists

Luka has the largest impact on teammate shot quality in the league

[Cranjis McBasketball @Tim_NBA]

Full year with the trio of Luka | AR | LeBron:

With Smart: +16.9 xNet Rating
No Smart: -0.9 xNet Rating

% of the trio's minutes with Smart on-court:

Pre-ASB: ~20%
Post-ASB: ~60%

[JJ Redick @jj_redick]

I really dislike Ted Cruz and I hope he continues to search for his name on Twitter and he sees this. That’s the tweet.

[Neel Chowdri @ChowdriNeel]

Behind the back split is so filthy

[BBall Index @The_BBall_Index]

Luka's out there warping space and time.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

The Sermon of the Beatitudes, by James Tissot, 1886-96

[Cranjis McBasketball @Tim_NBA]

De'Andre Hunter ranks 115th in Matchup Difficulty this season

Rui Hachimura ranks 116th in Matchup Difficulty this season

[Tyrese Haliburton @Hali]

Alex Pretti was murdered.

[Cranjis McBasketball @Tim_NBA]

Looking at Offensive Talent depth for the Lakers:

#2 among #1 guys in Talent (Luka)
#1 among #2 guys (AR)
#1 among #3 guys (Bron)

Then #25, #24, #26, #30, and #29, #28, & #29 for options 4-10.

It's as front-loaded as a roster gets offensively.

[BBall Index @The_BBall_Index]

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[Richard Staple, BSN, RN🇯🇲 @RichStapless]

Seems obvious to me which one of these two should be starting.

[Neel Chowdri @ChowdriNeel]

@JDVance What did she mean when she called you an assassin though?

[Taylor Wyman @taylormetrics]

Ja has the ball an insane amount and simply is not putting up numbers

[Taylor Wyman @taylormetrics]

Here's how Jokic, Luka, Steph, and SGA impact teammate shot quality

Includes 2024-2026

[Van Lathan Jr @VanLathan]

This is legitimately the toughest tweet I’ve had to send in a while..

When I first started at The Ringer in 2020, I knew I’d found home. The space to create, the utilization of my interests and skills, the bonds, the friends, all of it was perfect.

From shows with Jemele Hill, to getting paired with Rachel, to forming a lifelong friendship with the Midnight Boys, it’s been perfect.

That’s why it really hurts to announce what I have to right now…

The Ringer is hating on Austin Reaves.

Reaves went crazy again tonight, busting ass like his name was Darius Johnson Jr, and I bet we won’t hear a peep from @BillSimmons, @ZachLowe_NBA, @RobMahoney, @jkylemann or any of my other @ringernba peeps.

If he played for the Celtics, we’d get an entire treatise about how he has the killer instinct of Whitey Bulger, the handles of Cousy, and looks like a true American from Brookline, MA.

But because he’s a Laker, he’s treated like “Sinners” on an Outkick top 20 films of 2025 list … not mentioned.

I hope in the coming year my beloved company learns to appreciate Basketball of all colors … including Purple & Gold.

Tonight Reaves scored 44. I beg of you guys to remember that man that wore 42, and what discrimination has do to a society.

Do better.

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.

Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.

The American people need more from their leaders.

[Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA]

Hinted at this on the ZL Show before the season + noted lack of PNRs in their first game. Keep an eye on the Heat -- and whether the league gets a handle on it, as happened to a degree with MEM running similar stuff last yr.