Don Lipsy

Dad to Cat & Jackson, husband to Elizabeth, and @uarizona Wildcat. Always innovating, never duplicating. And if you don’t know, now you know . IG: @uofadon

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@ErikRuby This is the best take I’ve seen so far. Alternatively, leave him on the team and make him medically inactive for the year.

The crazy part is what Tech and its head coach are doing to the rest of the team with bending over backwards for Sorsby to play.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@kirbyhocutt You’re correct, two things don’t have to be in conflict.

1) Brendan Sorsby can and should get any treatment help he needs on his journey for recovery.
2) Texas Tech can commit today to proactively making Sorsby ineligible to protect the integrity of its program.

[Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh]

OK I did it. I tracked over 1,000 shots for SGA, Brunson, Harden, Spida and Wemby in the playoffs. Here's how often they fell: https://t.co/0Vgr3ibDyP

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@WorldWideWob I love this. Part of what made throwback jersey so cool was revisiting both the player and the team history.

I wonder how many fans in their teens/20s are going to be nostalgic for the 3rd alternate jumpman edition from 2026? It’s a bummer.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@ironmikeluke Other than you getting off a bad joke, what’s the purpose of this tweet?

How about you “Back the A” and its players?

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@FastbreakHoops5 Steve Nash. But the exceptions prove your point.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@jasonscheer It’s going to be interesting to see the tipping point between NIL $ and playing time.

Some guys will stay for the payday, some will want a faster path to PT and that NBA $.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@Sam_Vecenie This makes way more sense if it’s a stop-gap solution meant to address optics vs systemic issues.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@KevinOConnor What’s good about this? You’re still going to get terrible games from October-February and then either a scramble to tank more or win just enough to not be in the bottom 4. It’s like a plan written to sponsor mediocrity.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@ShamsCharania This is the definition of insanity. Of course GMs support the idea because it creates a new set of rules to tank under. The simplest fix would have been to inversely assign picks from the worst record up and do away with the useless play-in games.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@AZDesertSwarm Airport would be a problem for travel logistics. Not enough direct flights and not enough terminals to handle added volume.

SLC isn’t great but it is a major airline hub.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@jasonscheer The only thing it means now is not signing an NBA contract.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@NickDePaula The JA design team at @nikebasketball deserves a shoutout. Consistently pushing the design boundaries and evolving.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@NBAPR @Mishbia15 you should pay this for @DevinBook in pennies. Being fined for honesty is absurd behavior by the League.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@jasonscheer Would love to know what this will do to team budgets from NIL/rev share through housing, scholarships, etc.

For 🏀, it’s early enough that you can adjust and incorporate. For 🏈 and non-revenue sports it might be a nightmare.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@jasonscheer Arizona’s PR department telling everyone that there’s nothing to see is only gonna make people look harder.

This feels a lot like the dreaded “vote of confidence” before an inevitable firing

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@notthefakeSVP @SethDavisHoops There’s no player’s association or owner’s group to collectively bargain so it’s a wide open labor market of independent contractors that can demand what they want and the market will pay or not pay those demands.

I don’t like it but labor should be free to seek the best deals

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@KicksFinder Or, maybe we don’t need another signature shoe from Nike until they discontinue 2-3 other signature lines and focus on making really great shoes with unique designs and tech again.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@TheNBABase @WindhorstESPN @hoopstonite Or, maybe, not every player needs their own signature shoe. Producing a line for Bron, KD, Book, Giannis plus their take-down models plus protros , plus Jordan’s EVERY YEAR taxes the design teams and depresses the buyer market.

It’s supply > demand.

[Don Lipsy @UofADon]

@crichouesly @RockChalkBlog Because I wasn’t concerned about being precise. The same sentiment applies to the top 3 of the Big East and, I guess, the new P-12. The point is it’s the big timers and the feeder schools now.