JJ Schaller

NJ

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Russell Westbrook retired today with the most triple-doubles in NBA history. The name written on his wrist for all 18 seasons belongs to the kid UCLA actually wanted. That kid died at 16, and Westbrook spent two decades playing for both of them.

Westbrook was a 5'8", 140-pound freshman that no college recruited. The call UCLA's head coach made to his high school in 2004 was about Khelcey Barrs III, Westbrook's best friend from across the street in Hawthorne. A 6'6" phenom pulling scholarship offers as a sophomore. The two had a pact to play at UCLA together, then the NBA.

In May 2004, during a pickup game at LA Southwest College, Barrs collapsed on the court. An undiagnosed enlarged heart.

Westbrook walked across the street every morning after that to do his friend's chores at his grandmother's house. Then he grew 7 inches, averaged 25 a game as a junior, and took the UCLA offer they were supposed to accept together. From that point on he played like a man carrying two careers.

The numbers he put up look like typos.

209 triple-doubles is the most in NBA history, and it took breaking Oscar Robertson's record that stood for 47 years. In 2017 he averaged a triple-double across an entire season, something no human had done since 1962, then did it three more times. 27,176 points, 14th all time. 10,351 assists, 5th all time, behind only Stockton, CP3, Kidd, and LeBron. He did all of it at 6'3" in a league of giants, and outlasted the franchise that drafted him. Seattle picked him 4th in 2008 and stopped existing before he played a game.

And in every one of his 1,301 games, he wore two wristbands. One said KB3. The other said "Why not?"

People spent 18 years asking why he played every possession like the building was on fire. He was playing for two.

[beauty🤍 @beautyskillz]

I think Pokémon needs to give us what we really want. One massive game that has ALL of the regions and Pokémon. Allow us to start in Pallet Town and literally go through the entire Pokémon journey, all in one game.

[George Kittle @gkittle46]

Grass looks great at MetLife! Can we keep it that way @NFL ?? Would appreciate it thanks

[The Hood Therapist @OhhMar24]

J Cole starting off his concerts for The Fall Off tour sitting in a random part of the crowd and performing 39 intro there.

Man of the people always and forever 👏🏽👏🏽

(🎥: thetonyseven)

[Giannis Antetokounmpo @Giannis_An34]

❤️

[Whole Lotta Celtics☘️ @WholeLottaCelts]

Jaylen Brown has gotten more criticism from the media for being intelligent than Miles Bridges did for being an abuser

[TeeJay @_TJNYG80]

I would legitimately kill for my kids to grow up just like this.

[starsnstripesfc 🇺🇸 @starsnstripesfc]

This aged like milk. Everyone is having the time of their lives 😭🇺🇸

[𝐍𝐒𝟗 @NorthShoreNine]

Paul Skenes 2025 vs Paul Skenes 2026

K%
29.5% / 30.6%

BB%
5.7% / 5.1%

AVG
.199 / .196

WHIP
0.95 / 0.93

Hard Hit %
40.1% / 36.5%

Barrel %
5.8% / 5.9%

Ground Ball%
44.3% / 43.7%

xERA
2.65 / 2.60

Folks, I can't tell you enough: THIS DEFENSE IS GARBAGE!

📸 @eddie_p_412

[Grayson S @MortisFM_]

Top 4 episodes of Star Wars animation (imo)

[mαrts @vadersparadise]

it's like asking if humans need water.

[mike 🇮🇹 @itsthatboymike]

The kids are starving, Boston

[Bryan Hoch ⚾️ @BryanHoch]

Max Fried abandoned his full windup mid-game. He said his second-inning walk to Andruw Monasterio prompted Matt Blake to say: "Hey, it's not working. When are you going to cut it out?"

“For whatever reason this year, I’ve walked a ton of guys in the windup and I haven’t walked anyone in the stretch,” Fried said. “You’ve got to suck up your pride and just say, whatever’s working, that’s what you’ve got to go and do.”

[Jacob @AndThatsBB]

I miss old lineup construction:
1. Fastest player
2. Bat control guy (he sucks)
3. Best all-around hitter
4. Best power hitter
5. Lumbering power or bust hitter
6. High-OBP guy who leads off now
7. Bad switch hitter
8. Catcher
9. Gold Glove defender (-5 DRS, can't hit)

[Mike Trout @MikeTrout]

Feel grateful everyday to play this game. #year15 #openingday

[Nick Bosa Was Held @BosaWasHeld]

I guarantee this is cropped this way because there's a hostage situation involving Nick Bosa just outside this photo's frame.

[Zach @CryptoZachLA]

The golden age of video games

[Glock9Dorito @Glock9Dorito]

real ones remember wager matches

[kev mahserejian @RotoSurgeon]

they should invent a job where I just play pokemon leaf green and watch baseball all day

[omeo 𖤐 @ihyomeo]

who remembers getting stamped at Chuck E. Cheese?