Steph Curry calls out Nick Young, Gilbert Arenas, and everyone else talking about Ayesha Curry, telling them to keep his wife’s name out of their mouths 😳
“Kind of speaks to a bigger conversation on how you view women in this world and what they’re allowed and what they’re not allowed to do.”
Asked Joe Mazzulla about what the general public doesn’t understand about NBA locker rooms and player relationships:
“That’s a really good question. I think that’s it. And one, I’ll tell you right now, all 30 teams, it’s not Boy Scouts. We’re not all just sitting there getting along, and everyone’s happy-go-lucky. I mean, that’s just not how the world works. So to think that a group of guys are just supposed to be happy with each other all the time. This isn’t camp. We’re going after something that’s highly competitive and stressful, and there’s things at stake, and with that comes conflict. Doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing. You work through things together. Secondly, you got people that are single, married, divorced, kids, no kids. People have been traded four times. People haven’t been traded at all. You just have a plethora of experiences from on and off the court that you have to mix together into a group of guys, and you have to leave space for that. And but it’s not over that. I think the one thing I’d like people to understand is this isn’t supposed to be summer camp where we all just get along all the time. There’s plenty of times within a great culture, good culture, where you have disagreements, you have things where you say, hey, we could have done this better, we should have did this, we didn’t do that. That’s just a part of the competitive journey and going after greatness together. So, but they’re also humans. They’re people. They got guys that have been through a bunch of different stuff, and I think it’s important to highlight that and leave space for that. And there’s different personalities. There’s different opinions. The way they view the world is different. I think that’s the piece that I enjoy, is just getting a group of guys and creating a space where everyone understands each other. And how can we get to the point where we just go after greatness together, but at the same time appreciate each other’s life?”
Looking at the last 2 MVP races through the lens of the best ~300 minute samples near the beginning of the respective seasons.
Made it more legible and added refined samples for Jokic and Shai... gang...
The NBA is really having a moment right now — and not in a good way.
Took down the box score clips
Copyright claims on **some**accounts that share clips — which no understanding of whether those accounts were hit first, or did something specific to get flagged.
Essentially, they’re attacking the same group of fans that provide free promotion for the sport — without replacing that volume of posting on their own league-wide socials.
Just LAST YEAR Adam Silver said the league was a highlights-based sport. Now, the league is killing those highlights out of the blue.
No warning. No explanation.
Clips have been essential to social media discourse about the NBA. From fans debating, to up-and-coming analysts breaking down footage or sharing highlights edits. It’s part of the online ecosystem around the league.
Attacking those fans, who help grow the sport, the interest around it, and keep discussions flowing 24/7, is a bizarre move.
I get the league owns the rights to its footage. However, changing stance like this, with no prior warning, is a sure fire way to alienate large sections of the online fanbase - across all teams.
It lowers the NBAs overall reach. It waters down social media discourse around the league, and it hamstrings creators.
So many people working in NBA roles today came from posting and breaking down clips online. They got hired as scouts. Film room guys. Some even went into lower-level front office roles.
Not only is the NBA hurting its standing with the fans, it’s essentially cutting off a talent pipeline teams have been using for years at this point.
I totally get that the logical next step is for the league to create a paid system where you access clips for a set monthly/yearly fee, but that system will be inherently flawed.
The league only wants to promote its stars. It will control what clips you have access to. In turn, creators will be beholden to making content around league-approved moments — again watering down the discourse and experience.
From the outside looking in, the league is trying to fix something that wasn’t broken, and in doing so, is creating disconnect with a huge - and still growing - section of its fanbase.
Really bad decision from the league here, and one they can walk back at any point.
How weird, self sabotaging and utterly disrespectful to NBA social media accounts and the fans in general. Silver continues to erode the culture and the league
So the NBA has also locked this data now, so all past games no longer have replays available.
It will work during live games, and I may have a fix for all games from tonight and forward, but old games from this szn do not have replay mode anymore.
NBA continues to get harder to follow
I can't hold it in anymore so here's the answer:
With an Offensive rating of 121.0 and a defensive rating of 102.7 for a crazy +18.3 NET rating, the Nuggets' best two-man combo (minimum 100 minutes together) through nine games is....
Christian Braun and Trevon Brazile.
@C0NORMILES Same, same. And since atm we don't have enough info to go on either way, why not relax and give this the benefit of doubt instead of dooming. Dooming is no way to enjoy a sport.
Aaron Gordon: “Physically, I feel good. So I’m less worried about my body out there and now more worried about the wins. … I did a lot of recovery (this offseason) and a lot of lifting, a lot of running, so I can be there come May and June. But we need to pick it up now.”
@RFreemyer@MattBrooksNBA All I'm saying is it might well be exhaustion or a stomach bug from Mexico City for all we know. Too little info and too small a sample size to proclaim he's washed as many people have been doing today.