2025-2026 NBA All-Rookie teams:
First team: Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Kon Knueppel, VJ Edgecombe, Cedric Coward
Second team: Ace Bailey, Jeremiah Fears, Collin Murray-Boyles, Maxime Raynaud, Derik Queen
Honestly every year I get bombarded with questions asking if I’m going to the National…
…and then the videos and influencer content I see coming out of the National makes me happy I say no every year.
99% of all the content I’ve seen is this douchebag, clout chasing, zero self awareness garbage that is made with no purpose other than to elevate the “influencers” creating it and not the hobby or the cards.
Put the cameras down. Talk to some collectors who don’t have thousands of followers on social media. Appreciate the history of the hobby through the cards in that convention and stop being self righteous pricks who think the hobby runs through you. It does not. 99% of you don’t connect with anyone in this industry other than your fellow wannabe influencers who all think having 20k followers makes you some sort of industry celebrity.
Tom Brady is a celebrity. You buy his cards. Nobody buys your cards. Hell, nobody even uses your affiliate link for Whatnot or Arena Club.
Happy to say I went to the five Nationals before it became an influencer circus.
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The Rockets have reportedly offered Jalen Green and the 10th pick for Kevin Durant but have refused to include players like Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Reed Sheppard, who the Suns have interest in, per @BrettSiegelNBA
“Jalen Green and the 10th pick in this year's draft present a clear opportunity for the Rockets to swing a deal, but the Suns have demanded more, sources said. Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Reed Sheppard are among the young talents in Houston that Phoenix has expressed interest in. The Rockets have not been willing to part with any of the three to this point.”
(Via https://t.co/us7aw7gcW2)