Devin Hammer

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Assistant Superintendent for Timpanogos Golf Club.

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@espn @ShamsCharania

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Happy for @JordanClarksons! What a crazy series, that was fun to watch!

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What a beautiful half of SOCCER.

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Miami Ohio.

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And this right here, what just happened in Indiana, is why making an example of the Jazz was a short-sighted decision/slippery slope.

1) Zubac returns to action from extended time off, plays heavy 1H minutes. Looks good scoring 8 PTS (4-6 FG).

2) Nembhard drops 23 PTS (!) in the 1H in just 17 mins.

They both disappear at halftime, and dont play a single 2H second in what was a respectably close game for a majority of it.

Pacers (a team with losing incentive) lose.

Sound familiar?

The franchise comms team will likely issue an injury management explanation to avoid the eye of Secaucus Sauron/refute the imminent tanking allegations.

Is it possible both players got sore in the locker room/hurt in the first half? Sure, I guess.

The point here is that by fining the Jazz for conduct detrimental to the league, NOT (⬅️) a Player Participation Policy violation, your games are now going to be under the microscope in the event this type of starter rotation activity occurs again.

You can’t just fine one franchise and hang their reputation from a tree to scare the other citizens from replicating the same behavior.

That selective enforcement is what put you in the spotlight originally, because Jaren Jackson Jr./Lauri Markkanen ended up either getting surgery or having a legitimate hip injury keeping them out for the foreseeable future.

Nembhard/Zubac may end up experiencing something similar to JJJ/Markkanen, they may not, but the inconsistent enforcement WITHOUT knowing their personal medical records is reflective of a business that only steps in when the seat gets hot.

The Jazz ended up winning some of those games they were so highly scrutinized for.

The Pacers lost tonight.

This alone does not justify penalizing the Pacers, because Micah Potter was trying to win just as much as Brice Sensabaugh was for Utah.

Players dont tank.

If you’re not going to fine the Pacers for this tonight, then just give the Jazz governors their $500,000 back, because this hypocrisy is what’s damaging the league reputation more than the integrity of the game.

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WHYYYY does Coach Young insist on playing Ahmed? He is so unbelievably bad at every aspect of the game.

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@MountainDew I'm convinced this doesn't actually exist. Big Dew is lying to us all 😳

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Diomande should have been playing all season long and I don't understand why he hasn't been.

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Never in my life did I think I'd see someone break Kobe's 81 points. Bam Adebayo was not even on the list of guys I thought had the ability to MAYBE do it, but man, good for him. By all accounts, he seems like a genuinely good dude so I am happy for him. What a wild night.

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I would ask if we can PLEASE defend the perimeter but we haven't done it all season so are we really surprised TT has 12 threes in the first half? #BYUBASKETBALL

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Not sure why I was expecting anything other than a double digit deficit 10 minutes in to this game.. #byuhoops

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PULL ALL OF THE STARTERS AND PLAY SOMEONE THAT CARES ABOUT THE DAMN GAME @BYUMBB

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Jizzle James gotta be a top 10 college basketball name of all time

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@SportsTectician @TNTSportsUS @JalenRose @jamalmashburn @coachbrucepearl Miami can have BYU's spot cause they clearly don't want it.

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#byusucks

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This @BYUMBB team is about the biggest disappointment of a sports team I've ever watched in my entire life. No heart, no effort, no pride. Take the starters out and play the bench guys. Send a message that they need to actually show up if they want to play. This is ridiculous.

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@PGATOUR2K Call me late to the party but I love surprises 😊

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@jlinehan9 He is SO bad

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What an absolute embarrassment of a game by this BYU basketball team. How in the hell do you give up 99 points to Oklahoma St? Our defense is garbage, our offense is stagnant and one-dimensional, and our coaching is lackluster. Figure it out or this season is over. #BYUhoops

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Abdullah Ahmed is so bad at basketball.