Wizkid

I don't hate players, I don't love the game/I'm the shot clock, way above the game

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

I legitimately thought this was a reference to the Trae Young contact

[LowRes Wünderbred @LowresWB]

$500 for a collection of movies you could buy for $30 on eBay. A pretty but inconvenient housing for 30 discs you’ll never put into your Blu-ray player. It exists to be put on a shelf.

This is the culmination of ‘I’m a film nerd’ letterboxd culture.

It dies with this box set.

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

@aPerfect_System @NateDuncanNBA @macenroe70sfan It is less a matter of what he will contribute and more about evaluation of the dead relative to his current market value. $53M AAV is All-NBA money - do you realize that only one player (KAT) in the conference finals made over $50M this year?

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

@Unc_Approved @NBA He did not

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

@statcenter Absence is a great word for it. When he recognizes it (always too late), he will try to hustle/use his athleticism to make a play, he makes you wonder in real time how he can consistently forget about a threat that has penalized that absent mindedness so many times before.

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

@statcenter I am not sure whether this is empirically true, but I have thought the same to myself. If he hasn't surrendered the most, his have been the most glaring - he gets completely lost and may not have moved his feet or his head before his defender is in the air.

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

Put another way, Nikola Jokic is the first player where if you cut his numbers in half, he'd still have a triple double.

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

Nikola Jokic has just recorded the first 30/20/20 game in NBA history.

[Dean Oliver @DeanO_Lytics]

The Lakers have three players who have at least ten assists on passes longer than 50 ft: Luka, LeBron, and Reaves. That's going to punish transition D. The rest of the league has seven other players.

James Harden has 25 of these to lead the league individually.

[James Plowright @British_Buzz]

Again, how isn’t Williams swatting this to Fort Worth? In position, Simpson does a good job to slow him down and force a contested look.

[Dee4Three Gaming @Dee4threeG]

NBA Live 95 (SNES)

Want to know the definition of a fun video game team?

Tim Hardaway, Latrell Sprewell, Chris Mullin and Chris Webber.

@TheNLSC Co-Op

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Now more of the burden is placed on the consumer—they have to figure out which silhouettes work for them, how a garment should fit, who provides quality tailoring, etc.

Aesthetics come from the heart, and dress codes don't change people's hearts.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Reasonably, coaches are focused on winning games, not looking stylish. If some decide to dress well, then great—they'll do the necessary work and we can then admire their outfits. But fundamentally, the market has changed. The tailors who made those outfits look good are gone.

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

Most salient point in the thread: it's harder to dress well in 2024 because the market has given the consumer too many choices that he is unqualified/uninterested in making. Even a man who thinks he can just "play it safe" will likely be victim of offerings that shouldn't exist

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

On a scale of 0 to 100, let's say it took an effort level of 40 to dress like the people below. Today, it would require an effort level of 90 to achieve the same look. It used to be that a man could walk to a local tailoring shop and get quality clothes and service. No longer.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

On a scale of 0 to 100, let's say it took an effort level of 40 to dress like the people below. Today, it would require an effort level of 90 to achieve the same look. It used to be that a man could walk to a local tailoring shop and get quality clothes and service. No longer.

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

A thread on the decline in sideline coaching attire

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I understand the sentiment, but respectfully disagree. I don't think dress codes do much to improve aesthetics, largely because they don't change what has caused a decline in aesthetics. It is not about lack of personal pride but rather shifts in our commercial system. 🧵

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I understand the sentiment, but respectfully disagree. I don't think dress codes do much to improve aesthetics, largely because they don't change what has caused a decline in aesthetics. It is not about lack of personal pride but rather shifts in our commercial system. 🧵

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

@BlastPascal @dieworkwear https://t.co/vD1l7B1FJy

Look again, he was featured, just not in the color palate or patterns for which he was most remembered

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

The dam still holds in the 1980s, maybe with just a bit more prep—madras, corduroy, and flannel, sometimes accented with turtlenecks and penny loafers. This was the decade that saw the release of The Official Preppy Handbook, so the styles were somewhat popular.

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

@BblueDdream @dieworkwear No stress, my pal. "Crochet-style button through sweater polo" was the exact description, and although it is no longer on sale there, this link shows their current offerings of that style https://t.co/w3OCa3bnW8

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

@BblueDdream @dieworkwear Abercrombie & Fitch S/S24

[The Hood Therapist @OhhMar24]

Watch Trae Young this entire play

[Wizkid @NBA_Wiz]

@DeanO_Lytics https://t.co/SdjL9Jz52f

[Mike Beuoy @inpredict]

For the 411 NBA playoff series played since 1996, here’s how Sixers-Knicks stacks up so far:

Average excitement index: #3 🥉
Average comeback factor: #1 🥇
Average tension index: #11

That’s about as good as you can get. The closest rival is probably 2014 POR-HOU.