Nate Smith

All things Lakers, Rams, #STLCards. Former Mizzou beat writer 🏈🏀

[Nate Smith @NateSmithNBA]

Late night league pass finds ⁦@WorldWideWob⁩

[MFFL @Mavs_FFL]

Not AI

[Nate Smith @NateSmithNBA]

@LakeShowCP Maybe Jerami Grant a few years ago and not on this contract

[Gabe @Hoops_GE]

I don’t really care about the starting lineup, but Dylan Harper should be playing 40 minutes per game and treated like the #2 that he is for the rest of this series.

[Nate Smith @NateSmithNBA]

@Cardinals_Live_ Of course that’s an easy yes

[Evan Sidery @esidery]

The Spurs are outscoring the Knicks by 15.3 points per 100 possessions when Dylan Harper shares the court with Victor Wembanyama.

Needing to win three of the next four to force a Game 7 in the NBA Finals, it’s time to bench De’Aaron Fox in favor of Wembanyama’s long-term option.

[pinkpanther @pinkpanther4056]

you think you’re having a decent offseason then the Rams get Trent McDuffie, Davante Adams, Myles Garrett, Aaron Donald, Saquon Barkley, Victor Wembanyama

[Nate Smith @NateSmithNBA]

@SleeperBrowns @AlbertBreer @SleeperNFL @SleeperThunder @RamsTapes @SleeperRams @Sleeper_Hoops Uhhhh Sam Presti should stick to basketball trades, where he’s great

[Nate Smith @NateSmithNBA]

Great day to be a Rams fan 😈

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

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Bombshell: The Browns are finalizing a trade that will send two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams, per @rapsheet, @TomPelissero and me.

In exchange for Garrett, the Rams are expected to send Pro-Bowl edge Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick and other draft-pick compensation still being negotiated to the Browns.

[NBARetweet @RTNBA]

The last time the Spurs faced the Knicks in the NBA Finals was in 1999.

The Spurs won in five, led by a 22 year old Tim Duncan.

27 years later, San Antonio will face the Knicks in the NBA Finals, led by a 22 year old Victor Wembanyama.

Will history repeat itself? 👀

[The Pettiest Laker Fan 🤫 @ThePettiestLA]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have been eliminated from the NBA playoffs:

[Molly Morrison @mollyhannahm]

the entire world watching OKC lose game 7:

[Nick Perkins @NickyPerkss]

I mean this with all the disrespect possible:
SGA is the single worst MVP any major sports league has ever been forced to endure

Absolute disaster in PR

[Nate Smith @NateSmithNBA]

@PolymarketHoops @Ace_2984 @FOS Proud of you, @UnderdogNBA 🥹

[Polymarket Hoops @PolymarketHoops]

Underdog is REFUSING to end the promotional “foul baiting” campaign they made about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander despite being sent a cease and desist about it, per @FOS. 😳

“Underdog is refusing to bend after an attorney for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sent a cease and desist about a promotional Underdog board game making fun of the MVP’s ‘foul baiting.’ SGA’s attorney wants all promotion of the game to stop. Underdog tells FOS it will not.”

Underdog is refusing to stop.

[Nate Smith @NateSmithNBA]

@Lakerschipp @pc3laker ???? No

[Nate Smith @NateSmithNBA]

Adam Silver is a terrorist

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Breaking: The NBA's Board of Governors has passed new anti-tanking rules that include expanding the draft lottery from 14 to 16 teams, a relegation zone where the bottom 3 teams get penalized with lessened chances for the No. 1 pick, and flattened odds, sources tell ESPN.

[Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball]

I am not trying to pour salt in the wound, but the Kings provided the Knicks with their Finals coach, the Spurs with their second star, after providing the Pacers with their Finals star last year after providing the Nuggets with their Finals coach in 23.

[Nate Smith @NateSmithNBA]

Jalen Duren over LeBron James or Scottie Barnes is insane

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

2025-26 All-NBA teams:

First: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama, Luka Doncic, Cade Cunningham

Second: Jaylen Brown, Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, Jalen Brunson, Donovan Mitchell

Third: Tyrese Maxey, Jamal Murray, Jalen Johnson, Jalen Duren, Chet Holmgren

[Aaron Gordon Advocate @superstackff]

Got curious and looked up the numbers since the anti-flopping rule started in 2023-2024…

23-24 season: 26 calls/fines
24-25 season: 6 calls/fines
25-26 season: 1 call/fine

The league knows exactly what they’re doing

[M @ShowMeZou]

Have been talking about Hopkins for awhile. Was immediately apparent how the coaches viewed him when he passed up the very expensive 5 ⭐️ within a week of them both getting on campus.

Will be the next great pass rusher for Mizzou