Seamus

Ex-player, coach and ex-agent - Sports thoughts, news and conversation: NBA, NFL, EPL, Champions League, World Cup, rugby ..........GGMU

[Seamus @caplnrfc]

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[Russell Westbrook @russwest44]

Sometimes you don’t even know when you’ve already watched the end.

You had to be there. And now it’s over.

[ALL THE SMOKE @allthesmokeprod]

Grant Hill gets brutally honest about the NBA 75 and the career he could’ve had.

“I had a chance to be really, really special… When the NBA 75 came out, I’m working that night, it hit me then. I was emotional. I was feeling like, ‘F*ck, I should be out there.’”

“When I was there, and no disrespect to these guys… Man, I used to give them the business.”

“You gotta celebrate when we have success. Life’s not guaranteed, and we got to celebrate each other and celebrate yourself. I didn’t do that when I was in Detroit. To me, I was chasing Isiah. Until we won, I didn’t give myself permission to celebrate.”

[Tulane Football @GreenWaveFB]

Packed so much into one uniform 🟣🟢🟡

#UptownFootball

[Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnor]

Mark Walter's timeline as Lakers owner:

•June 2025: Buys team from Buss family for $10B
•July 2026: Feds reportedly probing $16B in undisclosed loans tied to his empire
•August 2026: Sells to Josh Kushner & Bob Iger for record $12.5B

Convenient timing, to say the least.

[“The Great Negro” @tribeoc]

@bomani_jones Under federal investigation and sells the team, in part, to a member of the extended Trump family…

[bomani @bomani_jones]

this is…weird.

[Manolo De Los Santos @manolo_realengo]

The darkness over many parts of Havana is not just a blackout. It's the slow execution of the Cuban people by Trump and Rubio. As I walk through it's streets and I see each unlit window, it's a family forced to live in this terrible heat, for days without water, unable to store food, without sleep under a genocide engineered from Washington. This is state-sanctioned cruelty disguised as policy, a calculated campaign to crush a people into submission and force regime change. The world must stop looking away. The Cuban people deserve to live, not just survive, free from Trump's chokehold. Enough is enough!

[Louis Riddick @LRiddickESPN]

Couple of points to make:
1) This is a perfect example of how to play the eyes and hands of a receiver when you are NOT in phase /in control of the route. Do not listen to people who say “you have to turn your head and find the ball as the defender” in this situation. They are wrong and don’t know what they are talking about.

2) Kaleb Elarms-Orr is a stud. Going to be a great pro.

[montana ☻🍉 @backindacloset]

im in tears cause she gives boujee as fuck

[𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐦 @Malcolm_Pal9]

What a wonderful and touching gesture.

Arianna Hamilton lost her job at Burger King after taking a stand and saying, “Free Palestine.”

The people of Palestine painted a mural in her honor, celebrated her, and thanked her for standing with them.

[jezz @JezziiB]

The only reason the WNBA is being attacked is because it’s a progressive, autonomous, queer, black dominated league that’s becoming mainstream. No other reason.

[Jacob Stinson @predatorsfan97]

Clay Travis made millions whining for years that ESPN was too woke and to keep politics out of sports.

Now ESPN’s highest paid employee is sitting next to the president and he won’t say a word about it.

[Amibailey @amychantle]

Chicago sky finest!!!!😍
Skylar, Rickea, Maddy & Sydney woah

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Tyrod Taylor says you can prolong an NFL career by how you treat people and keeping the main thing the main thing

“What I would tell a younger kid or rookie coming into today’s game is how you treat people goes a long way, first and foremost.”

“And keep the main thing the main thing. Football is what got you here, and football is what’s going to prolong your career.”

“In today’s society, social media is a reality. It’s good in some aspects, but it also can be misleading. You never know exactly where people are, what people are going through.”

“Some people early on, maybe out of ego, may try to fit in or try to keep up. And it reflects keeping the main thing the main thing, which is football.”

[Daily Loud @DailyLoud]

Walmart sends police to serve Damon Darling a lifetime ban for buying people’s groceries and other items.

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

Democrats should introduce national paid sick and parental leave and call it the MITCH Act. If you can be missing from your job for months as a U.S. Senator and still collect your full paycheck, working Americans should get the same deal.

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Tracy McGrady says he leaned on Kobe Bryant to manage his $5,000,000 rookie contract and the NBA lifestyle at 18 years old

“I never felt like I had it under control. Ever. I was trying to control it the best way I possibly could because I didn’t have the knowledge.”

“I’m young. I didn’t have the knowledge. I’m just maneuvering through this shit by trial and error, just trying to figure it out as I go.”

“But having Kobe at the time, I could pick up the phone, call Kobe, because he’s somebody that I leaned on religiously at that time. Very intelligent person. Very grounded. His structure and my structure are totally two different structures.”

“I needed to have that conversation and learn from him, who had the structure and had the intelligence to help me maneuver through this shit that I know nothing about.”

“I could just pick up the phone and call my man and be like, ‘Yo, I’m struggling with this. What should I do?’ And he was so gracious enough to give me the game. That was through our whole career.”

“Everything, bro. We talked about everything. I stayed with him. At his house in L.A. Just to have those conversations, man, it really got me through a lot. I’m not even just talking about basketball. I’m talking about having money and having to deal with family and maneuvering through all of that.”

“I didn’t know how to deal with that. Kobe grew up in this. He’s got the blueprint. This shit is all a blank canvas for me. And I’m trying to figure it out.”

“Even from a mentality standpoint, how you approach games, how you work out. I don’t have any of this. I ain’t really work out until I got to the pros.”

[zavanté is proud 𑣲. @zavanchy]

Here’s my thing: though the call is coming from inside the house, Stephanie White specifically spoke about not wanting divisiveness within the league.

Yet, when @ESPN covered the situation, they framed it as if Fever players are being harassed after DiJonai Carrington fouled Sophie Cunningham. When, in reality, DiJonai is the one being relentlessly and disgustingly harassed online after a hard foul on Sophie.

It’s especially frustrating because plays like this happen all the time in basketball. Glossing over the harassment DiJonai is receiving and instead centering the Indiana Fever, Stephanie White, and Sophie Cunningham is exactly where “white privilege” comes into play (Well, ONE of the many places it comes into play).

DiJonai’s harassment wasn’t even considered or mentioned. Why not? She spoke about it with media yesterday. She has actually spoken up about it multiple times. Over years.

Holly Rowe only referenced DiJonai as the player who committed the foul, as if she’s merely a piece of the story that sparked harassment rather than one of the primary people being slandered and attacked. Go look at DiJonai'scomments on any social media platform right now.

Whether DiJonai posted “WHITE. PRIVILEGE” or not, she was going to be attacked, just as nearly any player who has a negative interaction with certain players. “Fans” of players who grift, refuse to speak up, or lack integrity are taking over conversations surrounding this league.

I receive racist messages and comments myself simply for being a fan of DiJonai. I see it. I read it. Does it hurt me? No. But what hurts and infuriates me is that seemingly no one who claims to love the WNBA and has a prominent role in the industry can discuss what’s happening honestly and responsibly on national television—or at all.

If you’re going to bring vitriol and harassment into the conversation, then tell the whole story. Don't specifically name a team and certain individuals and then try to frame as if you're speaking about "the whole league," if you're leaving the main one being harassed out. Otherwise, why bring it up? Y'all gotta do better, respectfully.

@sportsiren @RebeccaLobo @RyanRuocco @WNBAComms

[Indiana Fever @IndianaFever]

Stephanie White made the following statement before tonight's game:

[jezz @JezziiB]

The fact that the Black Panther Party was dismantled by the US government but the KKK still exists tells you a lot about this country.