Lamar Smith

Author of the series Jack of All Trades.
UK and Cronkite School Alum

Follow my podcast account @jackonovan

[Lamar Smith @inside380]

2022 GOALS:
1. Get a car 🚗
2. Make $50k through WFG (watch earner)
3. Make $100k in personal income

[Lamar Smith @inside380]

2021 GOALS:
1. Make $3,000 a month off my coaching business 💰
2. Make $4,000 a month through WFG 📈
3. Publish Book 2 ✍️🏾📖
4. Visit my friend in Europe ✈

[Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 @JoshEberley]

Spurs could get swept, lose the next three by 20 each but trust me when I tell you, this run is nothing but a positive in the book of Wemby. He and the Spurs are ahead of schedule and a finals run is never going to be a negative talking point for me.

[Nekias (Nuh-KAI-us) Duncan @NekiasNBA]

#GoodBigsMatter

[Will Manso @WillManso]

That was damn impressive by the Knicks. To close the game on an 11-0 run on the road. 12 straight wins in the playoffs. This sure looks like a team a destiny.

[Rick Ucchino @RickUcchino]

Danhausen is a man who knows how to hedge his bets. Either the Knicks keep winning and he takes the credit, or they lose and he passes the blame to Stephen A.

[Nekias (Nuh-KAI-us) Duncan @NekiasNBA]

It's hard not to be impressed with Dylan Harper, man.

He's already a stud and he's gonna get even better.

[dank @cptdankkk]

Rob Gronkowski says he lived off $50,000 as an NFL rookie because he understood the NFL meant "Not For Long"

"My agent gave me a $50,000 advance for what's going to come in the marketing world for myself. I just had to pay him back within the first $50,000 I made"

"I was able to purchase my first car, which was a 2008 Escalade, and then to be able to pay rent once I got to New England. And then from there on out, I really didn't need any other money"

"I was getting free meals at the facility. I just kind of needed gas money. You go out, the drinks are free or you pay for one, you get 10 free when you're when you're on the Patriots up in the Boston area"

"So I wasn't really spending much money at all, especially when it got to the season. I mean, you're inside that building and everything's handed to you on a daily basis from breakfast all the way to dinner"

"I just lived off my marketing dollars. I was living a low-level life. I had a condo with a roommate that was on the team as well. We're paying $1,500 a month in rent while in the NFL"

"I was very frugal and that's how I got away with it. Not having any lavish purchases, the first couple years in the league and just banking away what I was making because I truly understood that the NFL stands for not for long"

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

A goodbye from Russell Wilson:

[EliteRockerz 𝕏 @EliteClubS0B]

Roman Reigns was spotted in public, where fans quickly gathered around him and began chanting "OTC."

(🎥 Denis_nutrizionista)

[Tommy Beer @TommyBeer]

Last time Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges played a championship game in San Antonio:

[cam @1cameronj]

Undefeated Wichita state led by Fred Van Vleet runs into a red hot Kentucky team, starting 5 freshman as an 8th seed

One of the greatest tourney games of all time

[Jaguar Paw @sirdibbydukes]

They weren’t a Super team - Rich Paul

[Tristan Pharis @TristanUda]

BREAKING: Milan Momcilovic announces he is transferring to Kentucky!

Averaged 16.9 PPG last season and became the first in CBB history to lead the nation in 3P% (48.6%) & 3P made (136) in a single season.

No. 2 ranked transfer in the portal.

[Michael Redd @MichaelRedd_]

Earlier today I saw the Rich Paul clip about $200M not being, to paraphrase, a lot of money. Some are laughing at it. Other folks see a nuanced reality. I get both reactions.

Forget what he said, though. I'm only bringing it up because it made me want to talk about NBA money, and more timely, WNBA money.

A lot of us reached the NBA with humble roots and suddenly a lot of earning potential, if not immediate $. Some had good advisors they actually listened to, some didn't, and some were just figuring it out on the fly. But we all knew the $ was coming (and going to stop coming) eventually. We had time to get ready, even if some of us didn't use it as well as we should've.

The WNBA situation right now is diffferent, though. The CBA got done fast, free agency moved fast, and a generation of hoopers who spent their careers underpaid, grinding on modest salaries, suddenly became top 5 to 10% earners in this country almost overnight. Their incomes are public. People, from friends to fam to foes, are in their personal business in ways they probably weren't prepared for.

And I'm beginning to hear about it in my hoops network. Talks of anxiety, some real stressful situations, struggles that I think are starting to even manifest for some players on court.

Some of my dearest friends are OG W players. I like this league (a lot) and I'm glad the women finally got what they deserved. More pro$ than con$ to where things are right now, no question about that. But champagne problems are still problems.

I hope agents, financial advisors, and the W union are putting legit hours into this right now, sitting down with these women, answering their questions, making sure they have the tools to navigate their new reality, and are advocates for them, financially but also emotionally.

The women of the W earned their prize. Now let's make sure they're in a position to keep it.

[HeatMuse @Heat_Muse]

Bam 83 point game highlights because why not

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

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[JR Levert @JRho_11]

You know how cold you gotta be to be in the NBA at 5'5????????

[Jordan Schultz @Schultz_Report]

I texted Aaron Donald about coming out of retirement and playing for the Rams, alongside Myles Garrett:

“I’m for sure flirting with the idea. Helluva an opportunity with the Super Bowl in SoFi this year. If I can find the fire, it’s a possibility.”

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

THE WIRE premiered on HBO 24 years ago today

"It’s 85 f**** degrees out here and you trying to be like Pat Riley!”

[Omer Osman @OmerOsman200]

For the 18th straight season, a former Toronto Raptor and/or Canadian will be part of an NBA championship team.

If the Spurs win this year, it will be the 5th consecutive season a Canadian player will win a championship.

Here’s the full list of every ex-Raptors personnel and/or Canadian player that was part of an NBA Championship team since the Raptors’ inaugural season (1995-1996):

(Note: Players that have only played in the preseason as a Raptor/was signed to a training camp in any season, or played in the Raptors 905 have been asterisked.)

(I have also not included guys like James Wiseman, Alonzo Mourning, and Devean George, because, although they got traded to Toronto at some point in their respective careers, they have never once played or reported to the Raptors.)

(The ‘08 Celtics are the only championship team on this list that have no past/present Raptors till this day. It also did not have any Canadian players on their roster.)

1996 Bulls -
🦖 John Salley
🇨🇦 Bill Wennington

1997 Bulls -
🇨🇦 Bill Wennington

1998 Bulls -
🇨🇦 Bill Wennington

1999 Spurs -
🦖 *Brandon D. Williams (*preseason)

2000 Lakers -
🦖 John Salley
🦖🇨🇦 Alex McKechnie
🇨🇦 Rick Fox 

2001 Lakers -
🦖 Greg Foster
🦖🇨🇦 Alex McKechnie
🇨🇦 Rick Fox

2002 Lakers -
🦖 Lindsey Hunter
🦖 Jelani McCoy
🦖🇨🇦 Alex McKechnie
🇨🇦 Rick Fox

2003 Spurs -
🦖 Mengke Bateer
🦖 Kevin Willis
🦖 PJ Carlesimo

2004 Pistons -
🦖 Chauncey Billups
🦖 Lindsey Hunter
🦖 Mike James
🦖 Corliss Williamson 

2005 Spurs -
🦖 Linton Johnson
🦖 Sean Marks
🦖 Tony Massenburg
🦖 Rasho Nesterović
🦖 PJ Carlesimo

2006 Heat -
🦖 Jason Kapono

2007 Spurs -
🦖 Matt Bonner
🦖 PJ Carlesimo

2008 Celtics - 
(N/A)

2009 Lakers -
🦖🇨🇦 Alex McKechnie

2010 Lakers -
🦖🇨🇦 Alex McKechnie

2011 Mavericks -
🦖 Shawn Marion
🦖 Peja Stojaković
🦖 Dwane Casey

2012 Heat -
🦖 Chris Bosh
🇨🇦 Joel Anthony

2013 Heat -
🦖 Chris Bosh
🇨🇦 Joel Anthony

2014 Spurs -
🦖 Kawhi Leonard
🦖 Aron Baynes
🦖 Marco Belinelli
🦖 Matt Bonner
🦖 Austin Daye
🦖 Danny Green
🦖🇨🇦 Cory Joseph
🦖 Sean Marks

2015 Warriors -
🦖 Leandro Barbosa

2016 Cavaliers -
🦖 Phil Handy
🇨🇦 Tristan Thompson

2017 Warriors -
🦖 Patrick McCaw

2018 Warriors -
🦖 Patrick McCaw
🦖🇨🇦 Chris Boucher (on a 2-way contract with the Warriors)

2019 Raptors -
🏆

2020 Lakers -
🦖 Danny Green
🦖 Phil Handy

2021 Bucks -
🦖 Jordan Nwora
🦖 *Axel Toupane (*preseason) (on a 2-way contract with the Bucks)
🦖 PJ Tucker

2022 Warriors -
🦖 Otto Porter Jr
🦖 **Gary Payton II (**Raptors 905)
🇨🇦 Andrew Wiggins

2023 Nuggets -
🦖 Bruce Brown
🦖 Popeye Jones
🇨🇦 Jamal Murray

2024 Celtics -
🦖🇨🇦 Oshae Brissett
🦖 Svi Mykhailiuk

2025 Thunder -
🦖 *Branden Carlson (*preseason) (on a 2-way contract with the Thunder)
🇨🇦 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
🇨🇦 Lu Dort

2026 (TBD) -
Either
🦖 OG Anunoby
or
🦖🇨🇦 Kelly Olynyk
🦖 Bismack Biyombo
🦖 Corliss Williamson
🇨🇦 Emanuel Miller (on a 2-way contract with the Spurs)

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