Sam Elgin

Abide. Follower of Jesus. Hoops lover. Former Upper Iowa Men's Hooper. Owner of #FormulaBasketball @formulahoops 🧪🏀

[Sam Elgin @ELELkoolaid33]

2 Timothy 1:7" For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, of love, and of a sound mind."

[Savannah Bananas @TheSavBananas]

Couldn't go to Kinnick Stadium without the Back in Black tunnel walk😎

[Santa Decides @SantaDecides]

nvm

[Sam Elgin @ELELkoolaid33]

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[Sam Elgin @ELELkoolaid33]

@AndrewBolis YT

[X Games @XGames]

Day 1 is in the books... get ready for day 2! ⚡️

Doors are open at @moonpay X Games Sacramento, let's have ourselves a Saturday.

[J @JayTC53]

Mauricio Ruffy after winning has a message for everyone!

"John 3 :16 says For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Jesus saved my life, he wants to save your life too. Give your life to Jesus"

Incredible at UFC Freedom 250 🙏 🇺🇸

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

🔥 NOW: INSANE FLYOVER OVER THE THE WHITE HOUSE!

[Sam Elgin @ELELkoolaid33]

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[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In America, a warehouse store. A fully roasted chicken costs five dollars, the raw chicken beside it costs seven, and I stood between them like a man between two truths.

Golden. Hot. Seasoned. Spinning in glory under the lights, in a line of its brothers. Four dollars and ninety-nine cents.

I checked the raw birds. Seven dollars. Pale. Cold. You must do everything yourself.

This is not commerce. Commerce does not move backward. Somewhere in this building, mathematics lies defeated.

I asked the man at the counter. "How is the cooked bird cheaper than the raw bird?"

"Been five bucks forever. They keep it that way."

"But the store loses."

"Yep. On purpose."

On purpose. I held my receipt with both hands.

In my land, a lord who lowered the price of rice in a hard winter was remembered for generations. They built him a small shrine. This store does it every day, with chicken, and tells no one.

A woman behind me grew tired of my reverence. "It's just a chicken, sir."

It is not just a chicken. It is a wound the merchant takes on purpose, so that anyone, on any day, with five dollars, eats like a lord. The bird is the message. The price is the vow.

I will confess: I bought two. I did not need two. The second was not hunger. It was gratitude, and it was delicious.

Some prices are not prices. They are promises.

I return every week now. I take one bird. I bow toward the deli, briefly, so as not to alarm the staff. They have begun nodding back.

The vow holds. The bird turns. Five dollars.

Long may it spin.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

Stateside, a gas station. I drank a frozen blue beverage too quickly, and was struck down by a punishment this entire nation knows, and accepts, and has named.

The drink is called a slush. Ice, sweetness, and a blue that does not occur in nature. The day was hot. I was thirsty. I drank like a soldier at a river.

The pain arrived in my skull like a war horn.

Behind the eyes. Above everything. Total. I gripped the roof of my car. I may have made a sound.

"Brain freeze," said the cashier through the door, with no urgency whatsoever.

It has a NAME. The affliction is so common it has a household name, like a cousin.

"Tongue on the roof of your mouth," called a man at the pumps. He did not look over. He prescribed the remedy mid-pump, casually, the way one mentions weather.

I pressed my tongue to the roof of my mouth. The war horn faded. The healer nodded at his pump, finished, and was gone in a Chevrolet.

In my land, punishment follows crime by way of courts and seasons. Here, the sentence is instant. Drink with greed, and the ice strikes the mind directly. No trial. No appeal. Perfectly fair.

And here is what moves me. EVERYONE has felt it. The cashier. The healer. Children. Elders. An entire nation united by the same small lightning, all taught the same cure, all passing it on to strangers at gas stations, free of charge.

You cannot fully distrust a country once you know it shares one pain.

The freeze does not punish thirst. It punishes haste.

I finished the slush slowly, like a scholar. Blue tongue. Clear mind.

Then at the door I forgot everything, drank deeply, and was struck down again.

"Tongue, hon," said the cashier, without looking up.

Discipline is a journey.

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

The official Nike championship commercial for the New York Knicks has arrived 🔥

(h/t @RTNBA )

[Rupali Chadha, M.D.🩺 @RupaliChadhaMD]

Ok this is cute.

[Nicky The Good @nickythegood]

This is the best edit. No commentary. Just the sound of The Garden.

[QBgami @QBgami]

Just realized the Europeans will be present to watch Joey Chestnut inhale 84 pork pistols on live television in honor of our nation’s independence.

That one will break them completely.

[John Calipari @CoachCalArk]

What an unbelievable night at The Garden! It’s hard to even explain the feeling in that building. Two unbelievable teams, high-level competitors and a building pulsing with emotion and passion.

It was so great to see Karl, De’Aaron and Keldon, as well as two of my other great big guys - Marcus Camby and Dakari Johnson!

I am so happy for my friends Leon Rose and William Wesley and the staff in New York for what they have built.

I got to spend some time with all the Knicks Alums, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock but I was too nervous to introduce myself to Taylor Swift! LOL!

Watching those two teams, with their guards showing incredible fight, focused on winning and and MAKING OTHERS BETTER, I couldn’t help but think about two guards in this upcoming draft who do the same things. Darius Acuff and Meleek Thomas along with Trevon Brazile are going to make a couple of franchises very happy!!
CANT WAIT TO START COACHING MY TEAM!!!!
Now back to recruiting!!

[Sam Elgin @ELELkoolaid33]

Best follow right now for hoop fans! Oh and for any young pups Redd was like that!!! 🔥

[Michael Redd @MichaelRedd_]

Lot of new followers lately, so hey. I'm Michael Redd.

Some of you know me from a Final Four run at Ohio State almost 30(!) years ago, some from my stint with the Milwaukee Bucks (and Phoenix Suns), and some from my place on the 2008 Redeem Team. That said, many of you likely have no idea who I am, and that's cool too!

Since I retired from the NBA, I've been building. Ventures, investments, startups. Trying to find the next good idea and the people brave (crazy?) enough to build it. I've also been hanging with my family, been active in select charities and foundations, and been getting good (humbly, ha!) at golf.

Recently, I've been sharing sports takes on here and other platforms.

NBA, WNBA, college, some NFL and MLB. The welcome's been warmer than I expected and the internet clearly has a lot of hoops takes...and knowledge. Having a blast with it at the moment, honestly.

There's no real end goal or play in joining social after all these years. No agenda or item to sell. Ideally, I really just want to share what I know, tell some old stories, show love for the players out here doing it now and the OGs who did it before, and just talk ball with good people.

Glad you're here.

And if you made it through all of that writing and stream of thoughts, I think you might like it here, ha.

[Iowa Chill @IowaChill]

All 99 Counties in Iowa have a Freedom Rock created by artist Ray “Bubba” Sorensen to honor veterans

[Polymarket Hoops @PolymarketHoops]

Caitlin Clark through 57 career games:

— More points than Diana Taurasi
— More assists than anyone
— More threes than anyone

We’re witnessing a legendary run.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

That time Kyle Busch saw one of his fans wearing his hat while driving

RIP to a legend

[WembyMuse @Wemby_Muse]

Same exact miss by JDub and Westbrook.

Same exact shot by Wemby and Curry.

The resemblance is uncanny 🤯