michael woods

welcome to another evening of confusion and high frequency stimulation

[Automatic @automaticnba]

@Carsobi 🤔🤔

[𝖏𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖆 @30Betterrrrr]

This shit genuinely means something to me

[Jay King @ByJayKing]

No matter what happens from here, it was special to see the Warriors touch God one more time. Even if it was only for a few minutes at the end of a play-in game, that was very cool.

[PredictTrader @polymarketbet]

A Polymarket trader ran a Wolf of Wall Street–level play overnight - made $233K by drained liquidity from trading bots and it flew completely under the radar.

The setup was brilliant and extremely simple.

A trader known as @a4385 made $233K overnight exploiting 15-minute Polymarket markets.

Saturday night. Liquidity is thin. Binance spot order books are shallow. On “XRP Up or Down — Jan 17, 12:45–1:00 PM ET” he aggressively bought UP at any price. His counterparties were trading bots. Polymarket market making is relatively straightforward, with low barriers to entry for solo devs and trading bots are now very popular. By the 10th minute of the market - XRP was down ~0.3% from the open yet he had pushed UP shares to 70¢. The bots saw an opportunity and walked straight into the trap selling him even more UP.

~77K UP accumulated at an average price of ~48¢.

Two minutes before settlement, a wallet on Binance bought ~$1M USDT of XRP spot, pushing price ~0.5% higher. Seconds after settlement, the $1M spot buy was sold back.

Cost of the manipulation:
~0.25% slippage each way + fees.

With Binance VIP 4 level (0.06%) (quite easy to obtain) and 0.25% slippage on both sides the total cost was ~$6,200; It may be less.

He ran the same play multiple times, cleaning out bot wallets by exploiting thin weekend liquidity.

@a4385 - https://t.co/MA8rivuPvf

Some bots were shut down in time. Others didn’t react fast enough and lost their entire balances - including https://t.co/hDd7sPTfvp, which gave up a full year of profits.

[Polymarket Hoops @PolymarketHoops]

Most clutch 3PM in the last decade:

154 — Steph Curry (38.3% 3PT)
111 — Damian Lillard (30.0% 3PT)
102 — LeBron James (30.5% 3PT)
98 — James Harden (28.5% 3PT)

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

Every Anthony Edwards & Victor Wembanyama bucket from that epic 4th quarter.

[warriorsworld @warriorsworld]

2016 shit

[Automatic @automaticnba]

Games duos each have 25+ PTS, 4+ AST, 65+ TS%, since 2024-25 trade deadline:

8— Steph Curry & Jimmy Butler
7—
6—
5—
4— James Harden & Kawhi Leonard, Jamal Murray & Nikola Jokić, Luka Dončić & Austin Reaves, Damian Lillard & Giannis Antetokounmpo
3— Luka Dončić & LeBron James

[michael woods @michael_a_woods]

@frogmode07 Is that at Frost?

[Josh Billinson @jbillinson]

Did success change the Grateful Dead?

Bob Weir:

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

People die every day, but they won’t mint more Bob Weirs. He was the last of the best, the headlight on the northbound train, the rebellious teen who became the rambling man who became the keeper of the Grateful Dead flame. Weir helped birth the new world, watched its ruination, and spent the autumn of his life rebuilding it. Six full decades ensuring that the music never stopped. He withstood time with grit, soul, and a Boddhisattva’s Zen. And now, he's gone.

Bob, eternally sacred in the no-bullshit Stetson, straight out of a black and white Western, a dead-ringer for the last honorable sheriff in a depraved and sinister county – the last rampart protecting our society from pagan free fall. A cowboy prophet descending from Mt. Tamalpais declaiming outlaw epics about bloody shootouts in El Paso corrals, estimated prophets on burning shores, and lightning trains.

Projecting the Sinai authority of the Old Testament God, he helped birth a mythic scripture replete with winners and losers, wronged heroes and sinister villains, those haunted by death, but who remain determined to cheat the grave.

Goodbye Ace, may there be infinite Saturday nights in whatever dimension you've ascended to, one more big old party where rock and roll music meets the rising planet sun.

[michael woods @michael_a_woods]

@enosarris RIP

[Golden State Warriors @warriors]

Curry range is unlimited. Here are the 10 deepest shots of 30's career 🎥

Send him to All-Star » https://t.co/UJvZISU6rp

[michael woods @michael_a_woods]

@AndrewDBailey Have you considered adding https://t.co/Tun9brujrw? It is the excellent old ESPN Real Plus Minus

[Automatic @automaticnba]

Updated top 30.

[Paisleeyore @TheMichaelShore]

2/4 #HappyNewYear2026 a la @SunRaUniverse
https://t.co/JTTfuiUYCc

[Rick Golfs @Top100Rick]

Tiger Woods giving a 3 minute lesson on hitting 50 yard pitches. With Fred Couples.

“Close the face when I hit a fade”
“Open the face when I hit a draw”

He then demonstrates 5 different ball flights for the pitch.

I’ve watched it 3 times. It probably won’t help me, but man what a genius with the golf ball. Some of the best hands to play the game. (Crazy to think he battled the chipping yips.)

[Emily Kate @emilykatetakes]

This angle of Steph’s legendary shot and the reaction from team USA’s bench 😂🔥 peak basketball

[Andy Bailey @AndrewDBailey]

For example, there's a pretty good argument that Stephen Curry's run of five straight Finals appearances from the West is more impressive than LeBron James' eight straight from the East.

[Fastbreak Hoops @FastbreakHoops5]

This might be the greatest sports highlight of all time.