Avi Wolfman-Arent

Reading news into a microphone @whyy, Philly's @npr station. Co-host of Studio 2, T-Th at noon. awolfmanarent at whyy dot org. RTs are retweets.

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

Today on Studio 2:

Does pop culture kinda suck now? Or has our nostalgia-tinged pessimism just been sent into overdrive?

We discuss with Spencer Kornhaber from the Atlantic (@skornhaber).

Tune in at noon on WHYY or You Tube:

https://t.co/MW1GSY7Kky

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@mhc_76 when you hear stuff like this it's hard to believe they packed him up. but they did, chat. they did.

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@CoachSpudNova And I believe there's a version of this in Oklahoma, too. Wild.

[Philadelphia 76ers @sixers]

LEBRON JAMES IS A PHILADELPHIA 76ER.

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

With this move, LeBron James makes history as just the second forward in Sixers history who attended St. Vincent-St. Mary HS and has a capitalized third letter in his first name

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

LeBron James has officially signed his two-year, $8 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers with a player option -- plus a full 15% trade kicker, per sources.

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@BroadAndMarket i need the pics

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

Sixers tickets reps watching all the ppl who ignored them for the last five years come crawling back

[Marc Zumoff @marczumoff]

Hang on @sixers fans. We are comin’ in for a landing…!

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@TrillBroDude haha yeah. so far i like him a more as an on-the-ball prospect than mcain...and less off the ball. the way he gets into his shot can look a little rigid. but when he's doing it off the dribble he seems to have no problem creating the space.

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@TrillBroDude yeah i had the same thought about him inside the paint. most rookie guards struggle there. but it could be a steep curve for him. lotta contested floaters coming. i was surpsied how easily he got his own shot from the perimeter tho. created a lot of space. shot a ton of threes.

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@mdelNBA he won't be aware of the citywide special unless someone is brave enough to tell him

[Toronto Raptors @Raptors]

#7 FOREVER

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

me thinking about my favorite spot on broad street if the Sixers convince Nicolas Madelin Victor Andre Batum to move back east and join the squad

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@SixersRANK @mwteller this made me look about their DPM and it's funny how similar they are

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@mwteller @SixersRANK for sure. it reminds me a little of the Towns trade. KAT was/is extremely good. his stats were a little bit of a mixed bag. he had a huge contract. and ultimately when he was traded it was like...wait? that's it? for an all star in his prime?

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@SixersRANK @mwteller yeah i get that. i do think this is the internet feeding us extreme takes. the vast majority of ppl -- even "analytics" people -- think he's good. i do think he's overpaid. but luckily for the Sixers that part doesn't really matter.

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@SixersRANK @mwteller i dunno it makes sense to me. he's the rare guy who's been on one team for 10+ years. the gap between his raw stats and his advanced stats is unusually large. i think there's genuine uncertainty around how good he is because he's always been on this one team

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

Kyle Kuzma is correct. Player movement and parity are good for fan engagement. But when you have too much of each it just feels like chaos. And chaos is alienating...even boring at a certain point.

[kuz @kylekuzma]

After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....

The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.

Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.

This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the @TheNBPA has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.

The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.

Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.

The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.

This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table.

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@mhc_76 Not for nothing...but Maxey is pretty clearly the best young player on the Klutch roster. What's good for Maxey is good for Rich Paul's post-LeBron career. I don't think that will sway LeBron. But it might matter to Rich Paul.

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@TrillBroDude called it

[Avi Wolfman-Arent @Avi_WA]

@TrillBroDude portland has too many guards. trade for Caleb so we can bring back "show ya luv." i want all the slogans