Anthony

Nordonia Class of 2020, University of Akron Class of 2023

[Jordan Zirm @JordanZirm]

love that Rich Paul has "no Garland" as a negative for the Cavs despite him telling Garland, as his agent, that he had no future in Cleveland. what a very weird/uncomfortable podcast

[Jackson Flickinger @JacksFlickinger]

Rich putting a minus by the Cavs for not having Garland after he tried to get him traded for years is something.

[Anthony @APswish13]

I’m sure negotiations to restructure James Harden to stay under the hard capped first apron would be a helluva lot easier if LeBron James was the player you used your full MLE on. Heck, Draymond Green could even get the bi-annual and really turn this into the unction

[Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham]

With Harden opting out of his deal, the #Cavs can now operate as an "over the cap/non-tax" team. They are currently $42.1M below the second apron and $29.1M below the first apron.

[jack @TheCavsJack]

Evan Mobley’s top suitors being the Celtics & Thunder should tell you everything about his value lmao

[Anthony @APswish13]

Spurs offense has evolved to the point that NBA defenses have to gameplan what they are willing to concede each possession. This is now the fourth straight playoff series the Spurs opponent has chosen to leave a guy open who shot 38.1% from beyond the arc this season(Not working)

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

Offense has evolved to the point that NBA defenses have to gameplan what they are willing to concede each possession. This is now the third straight playoff series the Knicks' opponent has chosen to leave a guy open who shot 41.3% from beyond the arc this season. (Not working).

[Steak F @steaakfriend]

Adding James Harden to win a championship is like marrying a stripper because you want a family.

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

I see we have some new players in the NBA jersey arena. Its ethos, and our fight, has been centered around one key principle: home basketball teams wear white at every level of the game, in every league in the world. It is quite simply a basketball tradition, without it being a written requirement.

What Nike has done has not only oversaturated the market with mostly unpopular designs, but uniforms that get left behind after just one season. The constant turnover has one goal: sell as many jerseys as possible, at any cost, even at the expense of the franchise’s brand equity. It is a statistical fact and focus group tested/proven that children like new jerseys, and their parents buy them.

Non-white City Edition/Classic uniforms are often worn at home, it has a minimum appearance mandate because of the NBA’s partnership with Nike, forcing the away opponent to have to wear their home whites when they’re chosen.

Every NBA game that’s played where the home team is not wearing white is a papercut to the sport’s tradition. Not the NBA’s, but basketball’s. It won’t be a tradition that’s destroyed overnight, but as children grow up and it becomes more-and-more accepted because it was never something they cared about or understood, the home whites will eventually be perceived to be just another option.

You will rarely, if ever, see an NHL home team in their away white sweaters. Even though it’s the opposite of basketball, NHL/hockey have always maintained the tradition of the home team’s fashion look.

I like to think they do this because it is something their paying customers appreciate and continue to support with their wallets.

What the NBA doesn’t understand is the sales spreadsheet may suggest that this new jersey strategy is working because so many people are buying them, but what they are sacrificing to achieve these short-term results is the legacy of the sport that made them so cool in the first place.

This business strategy, undoubtedly, will lead to apathetic fashion, market dilution, and diminishing returns with no ability to revert back — because that culture, both literally and figuratively, will be dead.

[𝚘𝚑𝚒𝚘’𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 @OHsVeryOwn]

when the cavs made the trade i was pissed but my cope was that harden was durable and garland spent most playoff games in street clothes. i never considered that garland in street clothes and having schroeder start would’ve actually been better.

[Channing Frye @channingfrye]

Sooo we Minutes fucking managing the CLE starters in the 2nd round of the playoffs??????? Like what am I watching??

[Marq @MarqsJO]

The dude was wrapping Mobley up for the intentional foul and they called it out of bounds instead 😂

[Brett @blouiszel]

Truly insane that the NBA is reposting this when they said the refs blew the call lmao

[the thicc husband & father @lukeisamazing]

very stupid. the NFL doesn’t have a tanking problem bc it doesn’t listen to this nonsense. every year NFL teams openly tank, even for 1 spot lower in the draft. week 18 is 1/3 unwatchable bc of it but no one cares bc Goodell isn’t dumb enough to change rules for gambling apps

[Automatic @automaticnba]

Longest active playoff win streaks:

12 — CLE vs TOR
12 — CLE vs DET
12 — CLE vs ATL
10 — GSW vs POR
8 — BOS vs IND
8 — PHI vs BKN

12 is also the highest in nba history, so if cleveland wins next game they'll have the all time record for consecutive playoff wins against a team.

[Chris Fedor @ChrisFedor]

For all but the final 2 minutes, when #Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson emptied his bench, one of James Harden or Donovan Mitchell and one of Evan Mobley or Jarrett Allen was on the floor at all times. That is the plan going forward. Opponents will have a hard time dealing with that.

[Leesi ☽ꨄ︎☾ @LeesiBB]

i’m no fan of RFK jr. but can we stop pretending that swapping out dyes like red 40 and yellow 5 for healthier options is some sort of travesty. america is so addicted to being fat.

[Anthony @APswish13]

Lakers 2026 playoff run in a nutshell

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Lakers' Austin Reaves is expected to miss four to six weeks with the Grade 2 oblique injury, sources tell ESPN. Devastating run of injuries to L.A.'s two leading scorers. Reaves and Luka Doncic are expected to be sidelined to begin the NBA playoffs.

[Mick @DBGyt_]

The Lakers should just treathen to have Luka stand in the corner and play 4v5 in a meaningless game 82 for 20 minutes...

The NBA would get rid of the rule on the spot

[JoyeuseVT 🗡️ | SUMMER HIATUS @joyeusevt]

Remember kids, Xbox was charging for online while the PS3 had online for free, then Sony realized you can charge people online for no reason, the Nintendo realize you can do the same thing

It does not go towards "upkeeping the servers" it goes to robbing you blind

[Roberto Shenanigans @Rob_Shenanigans]

Vivek Ramaswamy doubles-down on his plan to close universities in Ohio. He specifically references University of Akron, Kent State University, and Central State University.

I wonder how the Akron & Kent State communities feel about this? The 2 schools employ 13,000+ Ohioans.