Isuru Perera-Somasinghe

| Sri Lankan | Boston Celtics | Views are my own |

[Celtics on CLNS @CelticsCLNS]

Joe Mazzulla on his reaction when he heard the Celtics traded Jaylen Brown:

"There's an emotion that goes into it. There's a processing pattern that goes into it ... he made me a better coach. I know that for a fact, the way he pushed me, the way he pushed himself, the way he pushed the locker room, he made me a better coach and that's what you focus on."
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@CLNSMedia | Q: @RealBobManning

[Jaylen Brown @FCHWPO]

Philly #throwtheballup let’s get it

[BrickCenter @BrickCenter_]

Celtics fan WENT OFF in the Celtics’ DMs after they traded Jaylen Brown 😭

[JT Muse @TatumMuse]

I can’t believe this tandem is officially over…. I’m in tears. 💔💔💔

620 games together, 405 wins, 1 championship, multiple 30-, 40-, 50-point games, 29 teams terrorized. End of an era.

9 seasons. A wonderful 9 seasons.

[CELTICS ☘️ BANNER 19 @BiggLynch]

You’ve literally been trying to get this done for 10 years congrats 🤡

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Champion and Finals MVP.

Jaylen Brown's time in Boston comes to a close ☘️🏆

[Noa Dalzell 🏀 @NoaDalzell]

Jaylen Brown seemingly talking about his “favorite season” quote:

“The leader behind that was ESPN. ESPN is unethical.. Stephen A Smith is the head and face of that. The organization, the players, they were all in agreeaance. They all knew what I meant by that. Our team, it was basically salary dumped. We lost a lot of players. For us to emerge and still be in the same position…”

[Isuru Perera-Somasinghe @iSomasinghe]

Yeah. No thank you.

[Nick Cattles @NickCRadio]

"The Celtics offered Jaylen Brown and two unprotected first-round draft picks...The Bucks wanted more assets. They wanted a couple of young players, Hugo Gonzalez, Baylor Scheierman, potentially others, they wanted more first-round picks, more swaps." - @ShamsCharania

Yeah, I'm good.

[NBA @NBA]

The 2025-26 NBA Coach of the Year is… Joe Mazzulla!

[Numbers.lk @numberslka]

How the SL 🇱🇰 Government Manufactured a Dollar Crisis

⭕ Sri Lanka imposed a temporary 50% surcharge on vehicle Customs Import Duty from May 16, for 3 months.

⭕ The LC opening numbers revealed by Dr. Anil Jayantha:

May 07: USD 2.6 million
May 08: USD 4.6 million
May 11: USD 3.8 million
May 12: USD 4.28 million
May 13: USD 8.36 million
May 14: USD 11 million
May 15: USD 23 million
May 18: USD 17 million

⭕ The government’s intention was to delay vehicle imports by making them more expensive for three months. But the market reacted in the opposite direction.

⭕ Instead of waiting, importers rushed to open LCs. This panic response increased demand for dollars, added more pressure on foreign exchange, and further weakened the rupee.

⭕ This is the problem with shallow policy decisions. A tax or surcharge may look correct on paper, but markets do not always behave the way policymakers expect.

⭕ When secondary effects are ignored, the policy can backfire. In this case, the attempt to reduce immediate pressure may have created even more pressure in the short term.

⭕ This is becoming a repeated weakness in the NPP government’s decision-making process. Policies are announced with good intentions, but without properly considering market dynamics, behavioural responses, and long-term consequences.

⭕ Commercial banks in Sri Lanka are quoting the US dollar selling rate at Rs. 354 today.

#SriLanka

[Jaylen Brown @FCHWPO]

I’ll “be quiet” / stop streaming if you “be quiet” and retire let’s give the people what they want

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

JAYSON MF TATUM. CLUTCH.

[Thisuri Wanniarachchi @ThisuriW]

Today marks seven years since the #EasterAttacks. Remembering all we lost that day, and never forgetting the architecture of neglect that allowed it to happen.

Chapter 11 of The Department of Chosen Ones reflects on the immediate aftermath of the attacks and the government’s response.

Sharing the full chapter here.

[Isuru Perera-Somasinghe @iSomasinghe]

"The advantage of being smart is that you're smart everyday."

https://t.co/cOcVrWV89W

[Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP]

Hang it in Gap Year Louvre...

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

The Celtics, who were supposed to be on a “gap year”, just clinched the No. 2 seed in the East.

Keep doubting them. I dare you.

[Jaylen Brown @FCHWPO]

50 wins in a gap year ☘️

[Isuru Perera-Somasinghe @iSomasinghe]

No gap years in Boston.

[Boston Celtics @celtics]

The league is officially on notice 😤

[Isuru Perera-Somasinghe @iSomasinghe]

Missing KP in Bean town so much!

[Boston Celtics @celtics]

The boys are back 😉

[Isuru Perera-Somasinghe @iSomasinghe]

Sri Lanka is missing a chunk of competent leadership, decency and dedication by not having @kanchana_wij in gov.

[Kanchana Wijesekera @kanchana_wij]

If anyone wants to give any credit to anyone for developing the National Fuel Pass QR based system, it should be to Jayantha De Silva & his team at ICTA, Supun Weerasinghe & his team at Dialog Axiata, Shevan Goonathilake & his team at Millenium IT.

Their teams developed the platform within 2 weeks of our first meeting and rolled it out within a month at no cost to the government. It was implemented with the assistance & dedication of many more stakeholders.