Christopher Nolan has long cited Michael Mann’s HEAT (1995) as a major inspiration for THE DARK KNIGHT (2008).
The influence is easy to see in the film’s grounded crime drama, city-scale storytelling, and unforgettable opening bank heist.
Miles Bridges is getting "a ton of interest" around the league, per @ShamsCharania.
"They already got some trade calls in on [Naz Reid], but the plan is right now to keep him. This is a team that could still shift the roster around a little bit if they want."
the Melo trade is interesting bc the early career team often absorbs a guard’s growing pains and volatility, then the next team gets the peak: Nash, Kidd, Billups, Baron, Arenas, Harden, Dragic, Bibby, Lowry, Hali (kinda), Brunson, etc all had this arc to some degree
So when Lamelo Ball inevitably wins 50+ games this season in Minnesota because he’s actually playing with high level vets and a competent front office, is the “he doesn’t play winning basketball” narrative going to die?
"There's going to be a lot of top-10 plays coming out of LaMelo Ball and Anthony Edwards... I don't know if it makes them better than Houston, Denver, Lakers, Spurs & OKC."
@ChandlerParsons says Minnesota has more moves to make 🗣️
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The Charlotte Hornets were doing literally EVERYTHING right in their rebuild, and they just undid all of it with that LaMelo trade
What in the world are they thinking? Lol. Even if you don't like Ball, you just got very little value for him. Awful, awful deal
Hornets really had Melo, B Miller, Kon Knueppel, Miles Bridges and Moses Diabete winning every game after the All-Star break and giving the team culture + identity. The first time in the teams history. This LaMelo trade is just confusing