Austin V

[Austin V @aViolette22]

If God's plan was for you to fail, would you be okay with it?

[Jay McHale @mchale_in_flow]

Roger Federer says he lost the 2008 Wimbledon final at the very first point, not in the darkness of the fifth set.

"But looking back, I feel like I lost at the very first point of the match."

"I looked across the net and I saw a guy who just a few weeks earlier crushed me in straight sets at the French Open and I thought, this guy is maybe hungrier than I am. And he's finally got my number."

"It took me until the third set before I remembered..."

"Some defeats hurt more than others. I knew I would never get another shot at six in a row."

"I lost Wimbledon, I lost my number one ranking, and suddenly people said, he had a great run. Is this the changing of the guard?"

The five-time defending champion, on his best surface, spent two sets playing against a thought he carried onto the court from Paris. The reset, when it finally comes, is worth hearing in his own voice.

The lesson: your attention picks a story before your effort gets a vote. Check the story you are carrying into the first point of whatever you start today.

- Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) at Dartmouth Commencement (@dartmouth)

[Austin V @aViolette22]

West
West
West
East
West
West

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

Teams with most nationally televised games in 2025-26, per ESPN:

Lakers (34)
Thunder (34)
Warriors (34)
Knicks (34)
Wolves (28)
Rockets (28)

[lynk @lynk0x]

My rich friends text me back instantly

My broke friends leave me on delivered for a couple of hours

Thats not a coincidence my guy

[Austin V @aViolette22]

Water off my back 🦆

[Austin V @aViolette22]

Praise Jesus

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

Suns aggressive in pursuit of trading Kevin Durant, regaining control of draft capital, per @KellyIko.

[Austin V @aViolette22]

You’d have to literally torture me to get me to put Brunson above Luka

[NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA]

The best point guards currently in the NBA according to @kendrickperkins 😤

[Tommy Beer @TommyBeer]

Dude

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

Kyrie Irving at Nuggets tonight:

43 PTS
17-22 FG
6-8 3PT

...and lost, because Nikola Jokic became the first player in NBA history to record a stat line of:

37 PTS
18 REB
15 AST

[Austin V @aViolette22]

@HPbasketball Depends how you analyze it
Luka 1/7 = 14.3%
Tatum 5/14 = 35.7%
Mavs less efficient
Celtics more missed opportunities

[Austin V @aViolette22]

@NBA Did he forget of Jokic’s existence? Did he forget that Denver wiped everyone 4 months ago and is just as good this year?

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

ACT test scores fall to lowest levels in 32 years, per Axios:

[Austin V @aViolette22]

@duecedom Let’s run it

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: CNN vocally opposes the release of ‘Sound of Freedom’, a movie exposing the reality of child sex trafficking, calling it a ‘QAnon’ film.

Imagine being upset about a movie exposing child sex trafficking and thinking you’re the good guys.

“These films are created out of moral panics. They're created out of bogus statistics. They're created out of fear. And with something like Sound of Freedom, it specifically is looking at QAnon concepts of these child trafficking rings that are run by the high level elites.”

CNN sucks.

[Austin V @aViolette22]

Seven dolla biggie bag

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

what’s his name gonna be?

[Austin V @aViolette22]

What a crazy concept! They’re playing basketball. Who knew

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Michael Porter Jr. on Miami:

"They're hearing what we're communicating to each other and they're doing the opposite. If we say 'switch,' they're slipping out for open threes. If we don't say 'switch,' they are actually going to set the screen."

(via @Anthony_Chiang)

[Austin V @aViolette22]

@mattwarren__

[Austin V @aViolette22]

@tmb_5star @LakersNation Never seen a “warrior fan” change colors so fast🤣

[NBA Math @NBA_Math]

Through games on May 16, here's how all players have fared on both ends of the floor during the 2023 NBA postseason, per TPA.

[nick wright @getnickwright]

The last 25 years, finals minute of playoff games, on 3s to tie or take the lead, here’s everyone that’s taken at least 8.

I’ll let y’all peruse for yourselves, but, again, the narratives that we’ve been force fed don’t exactly line up with the data…