Sage

Washed up runner

[Grant Certiorari @GrantCertiorari]

Biden understood something fundamental: No American, no matter who they are or where they come from, should ever be forced to speak to Ted Cruz

[The Citizen Times @asheville]

After Helene, federal funds slow to arrive in NC as state presses for more aid https://t.co/IZzizcP305

[John A. Douglas @J0hnADouglas]

Not a fan of Gladiator 2, but I did like Pedro Pascal’s black-and-blue outfit

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

The quest for the NBA Cup begins tonight.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

What good is being the wealthiest man alive if your chatbot won’t lie in support of your rancid politics?

More: https://t.co/aCw8YKVAnY

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[Asheville XC/T&F @UNCAvlXCTF]

Silver & Bronze for Paul & Adam! 🥈🥉

Paul Kiprotich earns a second place finish in the men’s 10,000m with a time of 30:34.96 and Adam Hessler earns a third place finish with a time of 30.37.01.

#ALLinAVL

[Sage @TurnerSage]

The president of the United States is using a photoshopped image to push his dangerously false claim and when he’s called out he complains that his hand picked interviewer is not being very nice.

I hate it here.

Fact check: https://t.co/lxaoWBsTQb

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed!

MORAN: That was photoshopped

TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice.

[Asheville XC/T&F @UNCAvlXCTF]

Mood when you compete at home this week 😎

Asheville Bulldog Invite- April 11-12

#ALLinAVL

[shannon sharpe @ShannonSharpe]

Lou Dort, Airport, Seaport, Taylor Port. Lakers in ✋🏾.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

We think tariffs are about bringing back manufacturing. Talk to small businesses first

[Shaun Johnson @ShyBucketGetter]

You know the economy is in the shitter when the president is tweeting like a wide receiver

[Sage @TurnerSage]

@Andrewbbd Whatcha mean? I thought the outcome was great.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Correct. But this isn’t a corporate turnaround. This is the United States of America.

I don’t think many people disagree with the need to reduce spending and the deficit. I certainly don’t.

What we don’t know is whose interests the people in charge are acting in.

With a corporate turnaround, everyone knows that all actions are for the benefit of the owner(s)

Who are the owners that are accruing the benefits in this turnaround Christopher ?

And over what time frame ?

And who are those who will be worse off and does anyone care about them ? What challenges will come as a result of moving quickly ?

These are all questions that would be answered in front of a board of directors.

In this case, there are 330m “directors “, most , like me, want to see the country succeed with the “new management “, but they also want some answers to their questions

Isn’t that fair ?

[Ballsack Sports @BallsackSports]

I owe it to Bronny to write the truth about him. The truth isn’t sexy.. it’s only worth about 14 likes.

This is a masterful tweet as it showcases the discrepancy in how fans consume basketball vs GMs/coaches/talent evaluators etc.

When evaluating talent, those who are paid to do so have a simple rule: how does this player impact winning? The game is about a bucket—how does that player help our team get buckets and defend buckets—what’s the net impact?

Hence, the increasing utilization of “advanced” analytics.

Scouting isn’t an easy job. The NBA job is largely projection. A lot of it is arbitrary. The 6’8” 240lb kid from STVSM high school may be better than the kid at Syracuse who just won a national championship against grown men.

I said years ago… Bronny James will pass up a lot of his peers on draft night who were/are better isolation scorers as the first options on their HS/college teams. I was right.

Contrary to popular belief, basketball isn’t just players taking turns iso’ing in 5 on 5. It can be—and it often is at LA Fitness—but that there’s so much nuance to the game that the PAID evaluators are obsessed with and the average consumer writes off as “trivial”. Championships are won in the margins—getting that KCP/Reaves/Caruso type player on such a value contract.

You can be great at defense and be an overall bad basketball player. Same goes for the opposite, but it’s not viewed that way by the fans and highlights culture.

Simply (not so simply put), Bronny James does a lot of things on the basketball court better than many of his peers in his draft class. If you’ve followed him throughout AAU and HS you’d see that he’s been doing those things for years.

He’s consistently played with better talent than himself and has found ways to contribute to winning on a basketball floor without the ball in his hands. Every step on a basketball player matters. That’s not hyperbole. One misstep and you’re getting clowned in the film room.

His success in the g league doesn’t surprise me at all. 6’2 210lb with a 40 inch vert, 6’7 wingspan, high IQ, good shot mechanics, high motor, good communicator, great lateral agility, solid transition defense, solid screen navigation, functional handle, solid passing and vision, great weak side help, good on ball defense, raw floater ability, great character, 20 years old.

Are we really still asking why that was worth a 55th overall pick? Because if you know ANYTHING about the draft, there was nothing crazy about that selection. In fact you could genuinely argue that his name being LeBron Jr. ended up hurting his draft position more than it helped. I’m not convinced he shouldn’t have gone a bit sooner than that.

6 players in the second round of the 2014 draft ten years prior never saw an nba minute. 17 never played more than 100 games. It’s so hard to get long term NBA players in the 2nd round. It’s a scratch off ticket. Jack Gholke just went off for 30 against Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham and just watched them go lottery as he went undrafted. Leading ncaa scorers year after year going undrafted. Champions. It’s never been about merit or stats or accolades. For the 2nd round, you’re trying to find some long term nba players. Like a needle in a haystack. For basketball reasons, Bronny James was an obvious 35-60th pick in many circles.

In basic terms, evaluators said this is not currently an nba player, but I’d take my chances on him over a lot of these other guys on being a long time contributor. I can’t believe I’m explaining the nba draft, but the discourse on his draft selection has gotten so mind numbingly shallow and ignorant that I actually have to.

Now for Bronny, his growth has been remarkable. And his floor work (what he does to impact games without the basketball) has continued to improve. There’s a lot of a guys on tanking teams right now that may drop 15-30 points as a 1-2 option but offer less value than Bronny on the court as 4-5 long term. Truth. Stamp it.

[Mina Kimes @minakimes]

And yet.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Walz: I own this. The idea that millions of people stayed home because they didn’t think there was any difference between Trump and Kamala Harris and myself on the ticket— they didn’t and we need to acknowledge that.

[lindsey ok @lindseyyok]

Both bad at their jobs