Joshua Funk

#MSDSTRONG || Florida State

[Tyler Herro @raf_tyler]

Seven years.

It’s hard to put into words what this city has meant to me.

When Miami drafted a 19-year-old kid out of Kentucky, they believed in me before I’d proven anything. Together, we experienced just about everything this game has to offer.

Two trips to the Finals. Deep playoff runs. Becoming an All-Star. The highest highs, the toughest moments, and every lesson in between.

Through every challenge, every expectation, every rumor, and every setback, I always believed in one thing: put your head down, go to work, and represent the name on the front of the jersey the right way. Every time I stepped on the floor, my goal was to help bring another championship to Miami.

This city gave me more than a basketball career.

It gave me a place to grow up.

I became a man here. I became a father here. I built lifelong relationships here.

Miami became home.

To Spo, Pat, Micky, the entire organization, my teammates, the coaches, trainers, equipment staff, arena staff, and everyone who poured into me over the last seven years—thank you. Thank you for believing in me, pushing me, challenging me, and helping shape the player and person I’ve become.

And to the fans…

Thank you for riding with me.

Through every big shot, every playoff run, every injury, every rumor, and every season—you showed me love I’ll never forget. Whether you cheered for me in the arena, wore my jersey, or simply believed in me, I felt it. I’ll always be grateful for that support.

As excited as I am for this next chapter back home in Milwaukee, a part of me will always belong to Miami.

Miami didn’t just shape my career.

It shaped my life.

Thank you for everything.

— Tyler

[Skip Bayless @RealSkipBayless]

If Scottie Scheffler could putt the way Tiger Woods did, he'd be Tiger Woods.

[Whoz Meech @WhozMEECH]

Respectfully, LeBron going to 8 straight finals is the most overrated feat in recent sports history.

The Cavaliers GM is putting boys on game letting yall know straight up that LeBron was gifted the Eastern conference and it’s the only reason he made the Finals so many years in a row.

But the only thing is that he’s forgetting that LeBron also hand-picked superstar players to play with him while being in that weak Eastern conference. He actually plucked franchise players from the East like Bosh and Wade and other budding stars like Kyrie, and made sure these stars were on his team which didn’t allow for balance in an already weak eastern conference.

Stars like Paul George had to go up against the Lebron/Bosh/Wade 2012, 2013, 2014 Miami Heat team and then the 2017 Cavs team with LeBron/Kyrie/Love in the playoffs 😩🤣

Derrick Rose had to go up against PEAK 2011 Superteam Heat in the 2011 playoffs. What the hell Derrick Rose gone do with Dwayne good-knees Wade/Lebron/Bosh Heatles? Cmon man. (Then he faced Cavs LeBron/Kyrie/Love in 2015 playoffs)

Carmelo Anthony had to go up against peak LeBron/Wade/Bosh in the 2012 playoffs getting spanked 4-1 because well, he ain’t beating that team. It ain’t even close.

Demar Derozen facing peak LeBron/Kyrie/Love in 2016 and 2017 playoffs. Cmon man.

LeBron’s career is very much celebrated but it has these glaring truths that the media NEVER SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT which kind of makes his whole career kind of fraudulent and I hate to say it but it’s the absolute truth. He basically ganged up against all the stars in the weak Eastern Conference. He didn’t want the struggle, he wanted it easy. And he got it.

[The Jordan Truth @TheJordanTruth]

22yo LeBron swept by San Antonio (Champions) 4-0. Lebron 22ppg, 7rpg, 7apg, 1spg, 0.5bpg, 6 TOs. 35/20/69 shooting

22yo MJ swept by Boston (Champions and one of the greatest teams ever) 3-0. MJ 43.7ppg, 6rpg, 6apg, 2spg, 1bpg, 5 TOs. 51/100/87 shooting

“Not remotely close”😂 😂

[💫Hendawg @Alexjakes8]

Calculator boys have ruined the sport. Adam silver literally admitted to making the game easier to score. You Can’t Guard Shai today how players guarded Kobe,Tmac,& A.I back in the Deadball era.Shai & the players that guard him today knows that

He Flops to manipulate the Refs

[Whoz Meech @WhozMEECH]

I gotta do it to this young man again.

@getnickwright everytime you speak on this I will destroy your argument.

Kobe just went to 3 straight Finals and B2B chips with players not nearly as good as Peak Wade. And just to ensure Lebron would make it easy to finally win his first chip, they added a Franchise player in Chris Bosh as a 3rd option. AND HE STILL FOLDED.

Kobe was winning back to back FMVPs with Pau Gasol as his second option. And Lebron was losing the Finals with peak Wade and Bosh as a 3rd option.

There’s no way in Hell Lebron was better than Kobe between 2008-2011. Because 2011 he proved he wasn’t even better than Dwayne Wade.

Go home Nick Wright. And don’t come back outside until you admit you’re wrong. Them Klutch checks making you sound crazy

[The HEAT Realm @WadexFlash]

Never forget how great Dwyane Wade was in the 2011 NBA Finals:

26.5 PPG
7.0 RPG
5.2 APG
1.5 SPG
1.5 BPG
55 FG%

He was one LeBron meltdown away from having 4 championships and 2 Finals MVPs.

[💫Hendawg @Alexjakes8]

Kobe & Jordan averaged 35+ Back in the Deadball Era with this type of Defense.
Keep that in mind when yall do these side by side Stat Graphic Comparisons whenever a star today has a good game on a random Tuesday night in the regular season

[McNeil @REFLOG18]

Mother’s Day:

Divorced Dads today:

[Hoop Central @TheHoopCentral]

“Michael’s the blueprint for basketball in general. In my opinion, the greatest to ever do it.”

“Kobe Bryant was my first big role model, and he was the poster for hard work.”

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

(via @NBA)

[Mark Harris @itismarkharris]

The Catholic from New York.

The quiet family man.

The gold cross dangling over buttons that have never been touched.

The MLB logo on the collar.

The hat hair most men would chop a finger off for.

The FJ Classics.

Cameron Young is America. 🦅

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

Michael Wilbon reveals that Michael Jordan used to tell people at ESPN to take it easy on LeBron when he was being constantly criticized for not winning a championship.

(h/t @awfulannouncing )

[Olympic Bean @olympicbean]

Somebody’s 3rd option

Somebody’s 2nd option

The GOAT debate isn’t close y’all

[Jeff Eisenband @JeffEisenband]

This Scottie Scheffler commercial goes surprisingly hard

[tom stakes @tomstakes]

This is like the Holy Grail of why stat comparisons are useless.

[Jonny Arnett @JonnyArnett64]

It is funny to see LeBron fans slowly becoming the “old heads” 😂

All these years of diminishing MJ and Kobe’s stats while ignoring the context of the eras… Now they’re having to do the contextualizing, lol.

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

THE GREATEST RB ROOM EVER…

The 2001 Miami Hurricanes had the greatest running back room in college football history:

Clinton Portis: 2x Pro Bowler
Frank Gore: 5x Pro Bowler
Willis McGahee: 2x Pro Bowler
Najeh Davenport: 6-year career
Jarrett Payton

🤯 https://t.co/gw2diUGaW4

[Rory McIlroy @McIlroyRory]

Winning a second Masters is incredibly special and would not have been possible without the people who have supported me along the way.

[𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝟚𝟛 @Supreme23_____]

Bwahahaha😭

[Seth Raynor II @RealSethRaynor]

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime
That’s why I watch The Masters on company time
#themasters