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If they don't know your dreams, they can’t shoot ‘em down. HOWARD ALUM | GMU Alum | Licensed Athletic Trainer

[Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah]

MAGAs had to seek refuge in the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

There's a message there.

[Snackolator @snackolator]

Oh my! Nothing Bundt Cakes drops a Cinnamon Roll FILLED Bundt Cake on Monday and it's one of the best flavors they've EVER done! 😲🔥

This will only be available for two weeks starting Monday and it's perfect!

[Covie @covie_93]

It's crazy how the right spent years falsely accusing Joe Biden and his family of profiting off of the presidency and now they have actual evidence trump and his family are doing it and suddenly it's not a problem.

[Johnfre @_johnfre]

The more I try to understand , the less I understand. I just don’t understand.

[Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek]

Literary what Martha Stewart went to federal prison for and he just announces his kids are all guilty.

[𝘼𝙣𝙘𝙖𝙥 𝘼𝙞𝙧 🛫 @AncapAir]

So... A bribe.

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

Jaylen Brown on reports claiming he thinks he's the smartest person in the room:

"No offense to everybody in sports, but the bar is fuckin' low."

[Stacin Goins @LCyance]

Big John Thompson had a great clip about how the sports and business world hated educated athletes...Still seeing this issue showing this with how The Celtics dealt with Jaylen Brown

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Jaylen Brown on his Twitch stream, about “anonymous sources”:

‘I’m tired of these damn anonymous sources, like, anonymous executive — Colin Cowherd, Bobby Marks, Stephen A. Smith — I think yall are the sources”

[Hlovo @hlovo_]

“The evidence of absence is not the absence of evidence” is one of the greatest quotes from Boondocks 😭

[Chris Johnson @ChrisJohnson28]

#cj2kicebucketchallange CJ and Kaden ur up @LeBronJames let’s goooo!!!! #ALS #alsawareness #juicestrong

[Frank Michael Smith @frankmikesmith]

Jaylen Brown is a 76er today, because the owner of the Boston Celtics doesn't really own the Boston Celtics. This is the latest depressing example of Private Equity controlling sports

[Antoine Hardy @Slangdini]

Coded language is wild . They said a black man thinking he smart & questioning things is a disease .

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Imagine if Obama was directly connected to Epstein, made $2 billion off crypto scams, grifted a $400 million plane form Arab Royals, and started and lost a war with Iran.

[Pensare Basketball @PensareBBall]

Jaylen Brown was not traded. Jaylen Brown was salary-dumped. The Celtics canvassed the league asking for anyone who might be interested. They were rebuffed. Repeatedly.

They could not manage to get a Tre Murphy swap with fillers. They couldn't manage to get a Jrue Holiday + picks package.

In the end, the Sixers offer was underwhelming, but it was the best one they had.

And the Celtics learned what many front offices have known for a while. Top 25-30 players who get paid top 10 money become bottom 100 assets, even in their prime.

The Celtics paid Jaylen Brown for the same reason the Clippers paid Paul George. They wanted to max out the contention window for their star by re-signing their supporting caste.

It's a trap many teams fall into when trying to max contention windows. Klay got the bag post ACL injury because the Warriors wanted to help Steph. Myles got paid so the Bucks could help Giannis.

Hell, right now the Raptors are about to pay Kawhi Leonard 170+ million over 3 years to help open up Scottie Barnes' window.

But the reality is grim. 29ppg isn't enough anymore. Not without the impact, efficiency, defense and making your teammates better.

Brown wasn't a great defender this year. He's an aggressive but less than superstar level scorer... And at nearly 60 million a year, with the analytical impact and player profile of an borderline All Star, the Celtics bet that Paul George + picks was worth getting off of one additional year of Jaylen Brown.

It's not a popular decision. But it's reality. Front offices don't value him. Just like they didn't value Ja, BI and Trae Young.

Learn the lesson. If you max out these types of players, you're going to be holding them well past expiration.

Via The Hoop Collective Podcast

[L E F T, PhD ⚫️ @LeftSentThis]

Context: According to StatMuse here’s the truth behind the numbers.

In the 2022–23
season they went 11–4 without Brown. BUT the combined winning percentage of those teams were .373.

In the 2023–24 season Boston went 12–0 without Jaylen. BUT the combined winning percentage of those teams was .338.

I can keep going, but the point is that they’re blowing that dog whistle with biased and dishonest analytics.

[The r/BillSimmons Podcast @rBillSimmonsPod]

Bill Simmons describes hearing about the Jaylen Brown trade from his wife picking him up from a colonoscopy:

“I think I’m dead. The anesthesia killed me. Are there more first round picks?

When this trade happened I had a camera in my ass, and I had Paul George rammed up my ass”

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

"He always acted like he was smarter than us." - Front Office that just traded Jaylen Brown for 36 year old Paul George

[Ol’ Dirty Cabo Verde @Hempsism]

Life imitates art:

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

Fox News will never report this because it destroys their entire narrative.