Michael A Byrd II

Tech Genius, Sports Guru, God Fearing Family Man, Live Life to the Fullest!!!

[Michael A Byrd II @MaByrd2]

I'm leaning for Paolo Banchero to be the pick for Orlando Magic at #1

[The 407 @The407Podcast_]

I think the Magic will fall in love with Paolo Banchero when they meet

[Daniel Flick @ByDanielFlick]

Another look at the @ajc’s passing chart:

Here’s Jack Strand’s chart from today — all 11-on-11, plus red-zone specific numbers.

Went 6-for-9 passing with an interception and another near-pick at the goal line, but made a few impressive throws, too.

[Michael A Byrd II @MaByrd2]

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[Atlanta Falcons @AtlantaFalcons]

We have made the following roster moves:

- Placed Jawaan Taylor, Billy Bowman Jr., DeAngelo Malone and Troy Andersen on active/PUP

- Placed Zach Harrison and Anterio Thompson on active/NFI

- Released Trevor Siemian with a non-football injury

https://t.co/uxZkZ8dDZr

[Joe Budden @JoeBudden]

Magic in 5 lol

[Michael A Byrd II @MaByrd2]

#ATLHoe #DirtyBirds #RiseUp

[The MMQB @theMMQB]

Kyle Hamilton is the best safety in football, but @MattVerderame says one team has a better safety duo than what the Ravens have to offer https://t.co/6qiET4VF7M

[kuz @kylekuzma]

After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....

The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.

Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.

This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the @TheNBPA has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.

The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.

Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.

The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.

This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table.

[Michael A Byrd II @MaByrd2]

Cam Reddish 👀

[Orlando Magic @OrlandoMagic]

2026 Orlando Magic Summer League roster ☀️

→ https://t.co/s0bZKqvPln

@AdventHealthCFL

[Michael A Byrd II @MaByrd2]

🤣😂🤣

[Josiah Johnson @KingJosiah54]

LeBron and his fans leaving the Lakers

[Atlanta Falcons @AtlantaFalcons]

On this day in 1965, Atlanta Falcons football was born 🎉

[Orlando Magic @OrlandoMagic]

We have exercised our team option on forward Jamal Cain.

→ https://t.co/PYX9dQId2Y

[Atlanta Falcons @AtlantaFalcons]

Philly grown, Atlanta made ✍️

[Atlanta Falcons @AtlantaFalcons]

Got the whole league supporting you, @ChrisJohnson28 👊

[Michael A Byrd II @MaByrd2]

Can the #OrlandoMagic afford Anfernee Simons? That would be a perfect pickup for the squad

[Michael A Byrd II @MaByrd2]

Damn shame how haters are torpedoing this flick. It was actually good.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘SUPERGIRL’ opens with $38M domestically.

• Lower opening weekend than ‘Morbius’ and ‘The Marvels’.

Read our review: https://t.co/FHFT0MsgiL

[Jaylen Brown @FCHWPO]

Nobody has won more combined regular season and playoff games since I entered the league 10 years ago

[Jaylen Brown @FCHWPO]

Analytics nowadays used to discredit and control narratives - Roll the ball out none of these guys better than me on both ends who does he work for

[Michael A Byrd II @MaByrd2]

I liked the movie. I'll watch it again

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘SUPERGIRL’ is now at 56% on Rotten Tomatoes.

• Lowest score in the DCU thus far

Read our review: https://t.co/FHFT0MsO8j

[Atlanta Falcons @AtlantaFalcons]

Us when someone says “W*o D*t”

[Matt Miller @nfldraftscout]

https://t.co/UEybqAKQ8w

[Orlando Magic @OrlandoMagic]

rt to wish Desmond Bane a HBD 🎂

[dank @cptdankkk]

Draymond Green says basketball is no longer a poor kid's game: “It's a rich kid's game”

“I didn't learn how to do a proper individual workout till I got to college. Growing up I'm going to hoop. Where's the nearest run. Drop me off, I'll play all day. That's what we did. We hooped all day. I think there's a huge benefit to that because you just learn to see the game”

“It's different when somebody just putting you in a position to tell you to do this move. How do you use your creativity? How do you learn if somebody just say do this? How do you know what your game is if you never tap into it and just figure it out”

“I think there's a time and place for a trainer and I think with where the game has gone, you need those resources in order to be successful”

“I feel like basketball used to be a poor man's game. Poor kids played it. We were poor. We had nothing and it was our way out. Basketball is not a poor kid's game no more. Basketball is a rich kid game”

“The days of seeing LeBron James from Akron, Ohio, from a single mom, those days are numbered. Because if you don't have the resources these days, you can't make it. But that’s also why you don't see as great basketball as you did before, because there's no imagination”

“Everybody's doing the same thing, playing the same way. I think a lot of that is due sometimes to having trainers. You just become a carbon copy of somebody else the trainer created”