Dakota Bates

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

@josh111520 Waited until like 8 hours after his son’s contract got fully guaranteed before leaving. Bronny gets like 2.5 million regardless. Lakers could’ve gotten off of it for more cap space if he’d decided a day earlier.

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

Will always appreciate the 2019-20 title because of how amazing that season/team was during an awful time.

But, ready to move on. Even if the Lakers are worse next year, it’s better for the next 5 years to go another direction.

[Dan Woike @DanWoikeSports]

LeBron James has informed the Lakers he is leaving and will be playing elsewhere next season, sources close to James say. He has not yet decided where he’ll be playing next season and felt it was time to move on.

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

Need to cut off the head for anything to change long-term. But, not as though Minasian did anything to warrant being employed anymore either.

[Sam Blum @SamBlum3]

NEWS: The Angels fired Perry Minasian.

John Mozeliak is the interim GM.

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

That is…steep. Obviously stoked for Reaves, but $46 million a year is wild.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves intends to sign a four-year, $185 million maximum contract to return to the franchise, with a player option for the final season in 2029-30, sources tell ESPN. Reaves declined his $14.9M player option for the new max deal.

[NBC Sports Soccer @NBCSportsSoccer]

An absolute BELTER from Martin Baturina for Croatia’s first goal of the 2026 #FIFAWorldCup! 🔥

(via @TelemundoSports)

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

Love rooting for this Michael Myers-ass squad in these tournaments. They will not die, Father Time be damned.

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

CROATIA GOAL! 🇭🇷

It's tied again courtesy of Petar Musa!

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

Danny Ainge is a generational dickhead. Not a shock.

[Sam Amick @sam_amick]

Difficult day for the Jazz on the optics front: Here you have Darryn Peterson refusing to work out for the team with the No. 2 pick, one year after Ace Bailey did the same (when they had No. 5).

Meanwhile, sources tell @TheAthletic that a player who does want to be there - big man Walker Kessler - is at odds with the front office over his lack of an extension offer last summer and the current handling of his restricted free agency.

More to come…

[kang @jaycaspiankang]

Wemby went from esoteric dude who trained w the monks and did things we had never seen before on a basketball court to ‘FUCK THAT FRENCH BITCH’ in the course of a month. It’s what makes America great lol.

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

Wemby getting dog-walked under the basket on the biggest rebound of his career.

Love to see it.

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

MITCHELL ROBINSON OFFENSIVE REBOUND

THE KNICKS CAN TASTE IT

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

@SheaSerrano What about these ones?

[Pranav Sriraman @PranavSriraman]

3/14 in the 2nd half. 27 point lead blown. Victor Wembanyama just authored the greatest single game choke job in NBA history. When the odds were ever in his favor, the NBA’s tallest man shrunk like no other.

[pickuphoop @pickuphoop]

Credit to the Spurs, they somehow did the impossible and blew the largest lead in NBA Finals history

[Jason Gallagher @jga41agher]

Hahahahahahhaahhaahhahhahahhahahahahhahahha SPURS Hahahahahahha

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

@AnthonyIrwinLA Teacher’s pet ass franchise

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

Teacher’s pet ass franchise.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

No flagrant upgrade on the uncalled foul of Spurs' Victor Wembanyama to Knicks' Jalen Brunson on Monday night, a league spokesperson tells ESPN. Wembanyama will stay at two flagrant points in postseason.

[Jason Gallagher @jga41agher]

To be clear. There were zero sanctions to begin with lmao

[Jason Maples @jjmaples55]

2001 Lakers are the best basketball team ever

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

Fuck outta here, Spurs.

Your building got taken over in the Finals.

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

BRUNSON. AGAIN.

[Darius Soriano @forumbluegold]

was just talking about kobe’s games in 2001 vs. the spurs on today’s pod. lol. the number of times he’s dunking the ball/finishing at the rim with one or both of tim duncan and david robinson right there is unreal.

[Dakota Bates @dirtybates]

Kobe was never a Robin.

Kobe and Shaq were Batman and Superman.

[Kalshi Hoops @KalshiHoops]

Players in NBA History with 15+ BLK, 10+ STL & 10+ 3PM in a Single Conference Finals Run:

• Victor Wembanyama (2026)
• Kobe Bryant (2000)