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[brian @RunTheJules]

I'll still be on *here* probably, but I did open an account on bsky.

Feel free to add me there!

https://t.co/mRDhnpLP8R

[brian @RunTheJules]

@Maxwell1995Vjjo My thoughts?

1) This is still essentially his rookie year given how many games he has missed... he's gonna need more reps + offseason work

2) Related to #1, NBA defenders take away so more looks than what he was used to seeing in college

3) He's probably not in game shape yet

[brian @RunTheJules]

Obviously, Adou Thiero's calling card is his power + athleticism.

But this sort of "grease the wheel" effort is what will help keep him on the floor.

Sets solid screen, rolls hard, seals NAW on the switch, gets the ball and hits Kessler with the quick pass for the easy basket.

[brian @RunTheJules]

Obviously, Adou Thiero's calling card is his power + athleticism.

But this sort of "grease the wheel" effort is what will help keep him on the floor.

Sets solid screen, rolls hard, seals NAW on the switch, gets the ball and hits Kessler with the quick pass for the easy basket.

[brian @RunTheJules]

Because nothing says "Trump may have learned his lesson" like elevating Stephen Miller and Jim Jordan to higher positions

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING on MS NOW: Far-right conservative Jim Jordan will be the next House Minority Leader.

[brian @RunTheJules]

Honestly, Ziaire Williams getting that steal on the inbounds en route to that clutch time dunk gave me Ariza vibes a bit

[brian @RunTheJules]

The Luka/Kessler P&R is stupid efficient and deadly.

Defenses are routing two on the ball to corral Luka, while a third defender has to tag a rolling Kessler.

Defenses are conceding the wiiiiiide open corner 3s, and LA's shooters are making teams pay.

[brian @RunTheJules]

I appreciate on nights like this (sans Luka) where LA has a 2nd ballhandler like Sexton to lighten AR's load.

But I haven't seen a LA guard who has this low a bball IQ + makes this many mistakes like Sexton since Westbrook.

Ship his ass out next month for a wing or a big, PLS.

[brian @RunTheJules]

NGL, I'd rather have a wing defender in place and be searching for a backup guard now (instead of signing Sexton on Day 1).

Definitely feels like Pelinka saw the Knicks winning with defensively challenged guards like Brunson, Shamet, JC, and is leaning into that path hard.

[brian @RunTheJules]

I've seen enough. Adou is the new backup 'center'.

[Raj C. @RajChipalu]

Adou is the best athlete on the Lakers and it's not particularly close.

[brian @RunTheJules]

If you took a worse version of Lakers Westbrook and divided him into two players, you'd get Grimes and Sexton lmao.

Grimes represents the Westbrick side of things. And Sexton represents the ballhog, driving into a packed paint, out of control side of things.

[Raj C. @RajChipalu]

Adou with the short roll lob to Ziaire

[brian @RunTheJules]

A shame to see Kessler being so soft and bullied near the rim on offense. Also hasn't even taken a spot up three once despite all the talk about his shot this offseason.

And Grimes/Sexton? They look more like the next Gabe/Nunn than anything else. Great job, Rob!

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

#MississippiSenate

NYT: More ballots just dropped and Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,010 votes

[brian @RunTheJules]

Honestly, Trump elevating Miller and putting him front and public does the Dems a favor. They're gonna have a political field day with this.

[Acyn @Acyn]

MacFarlane on Stephen Miller: Everything about this feels like a double down. This feels like amplifying the old ideas, putting them on steroids. But Stephen Miller was a foil for Democrats during this election. He was in the campaign ads as they tried to rally against Trump 2.0.

[brian @RunTheJules]

Trump got blamed for the fire and he immediately promotes his Chief Arsonist

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Trump announces Stephen Miller will become his new chief of staff.

[brian @RunTheJules]

@danielsgoldman You probably don't get asked that as often as you get asked, "why'd you lose your race?"

[brian @RunTheJules]

Bet

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

Despite the speculation, US Supreme Court Justices Thomas, 78, and Alito, 76, are not retiring. The results of the midterms -- with Democrats soon taking the Senate majority, leaving just a short window for the GOP to confirm a potential Trump nominee -- had no bearing on their thinking, and they have not changed their minds, @JanCBS reports.

[brian @RunTheJules]

On offense, Collin Sexton and Quentin Grimes combine the worst attributes of Russell Westbrook.

Sexton, like Russ, is often trying to do way too much - to the point of playing out of control. Also, that usage rate.

Grimes, like Russ, bricks every open three. Just backbreaking.

[brian @RunTheJules]

Okay, Haley, time to go to bed

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

NYT: Moderate Democrats Increase Their Clout

For much of the midterm campaign, progressive Democratic insurgents commanded the spotlight in the fight to wrest control of Congress, defeating establishment incumbents in primaries, drawing enthusiastic crowds and promising to reorder their party’s priorities and remake American politics once they got to Washington.

But the path to Democrats’ sweeping victory this week, when they seized control of both chambers of Congress, was paved overwhelmingly by moderates who had spent months persuading voters in Republican-leaning states and competitive congressional districts that they could be trusted to govern and would deliver dissatisfied voters a practical alternative to President Trump

https://t.co/gWM4N6REwB

[Annie Wu (all socials: @annie_wu_22) @Annie_Wu_22]

the specific name callouts...

[VoteHub @VoteHub]

Per the Mississippi Free Press, Democrat Scott Colom leads incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 1,138 votes, up from 65, with 96% counted. Votes remain in Democratic-leaning Hinds County and thousands of affidavit ballots.

>95% Reported
🔵 Scott Colom – 464,926 (49.0%)
🔴 Cindy Hyde-Smith – 463,788 (48.9%)

Results per AP