Rolando Domínguez

[P/R Football @brfutboll]

🚨🗣️ Zlatan:

“The DIFFERENCE between Messi and Ronaldo is that People tell Messi that he's the GOAT, while Ronaldo tells people that he's the Goat."

[The Fútbol Zone | FZ @TheFutbolZoneX]

🚨 Zlatan Blasts Ronaldo Fans After Argentina’s World Cup Final Loss:

🗣️ "Football has become a circus. Messi loses one World Cup final after carrying Argentina there, and suddenly people call him a failure. Are you serious?

The same man has taken his country to three different World Cup finals and won one of them. Do you understand how difficult that is? Most of the biggest names in football never even reach one final in their entire careers.

Then you have Cristiano Ronaldo. Twenty years with Portugal. Countless opportunities. Five World Cups. And not a single World Cup final. Yet somehow it's always the coach, the teammates, the referee, or bad luck. Never him. That is the difference.

The funniest part isn't Ronaldo, it's his fanbase. Every tournament starts with 'this is Ronaldo's World Cup,' and every tournament ends with a new list of excuses. They spend more time attacking Messi than celebrating their own idol because deep down they know the comparison has been over for years.

And now they want to laugh because Messi lost a final? I would rather lose a World Cup final than spend my entire career wondering what one feels like.

Then there's Lamine Yamal. The kid is still a teenager and has already built an international résumé that many veterans would dream of. He has already achieved more on the international stage than Cristiano Ronaldo ever managed. That is not disrespect, that is football. Trophies, performances, and history don't care about fan fiction.

If your greatest achievement is celebrating Messi's defeats instead of Ronaldo's successes, then you've already admitted who the real standard is. Legends are remembered for what they accomplish. Fanboys are remembered for the excuses they make."

[. @edgeandgonee]

No footballer in history, dead or alive has ever reached this level of greatness. And nobody ever will.🐐♾️

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇦🇷 This video of Argentine fans welcoming their national team home.

Pure emotion.

Win or lose, the love never stops.

Heart of a nation.

Writer: Sol

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

MESSI AND LAUTARO EMBRACE 🥹

[Ferrerinho @Ferrer_FCB]

En el USA - Paraguay ya le sacaron una amarilla por simular a Almirón, es exactamente la misma que hoy a Embolo pero solo hoy se montará un escándalo porque es Argentina https://t.co/wplgxwVlnq

[Álex @LxoMessismoFCB]

En el USA - Paraguay ya le sacaron una amarilla por simular a Almirón, es exactamente la misma que hoy a Embolo pero solo hoy se montará un escándalo porque es Argentina https://t.co/ZBRqqEz8Br

[CRISTIAN GIGLI @gigli_cristian]

El mejor análisis que escuché en los últimos días.
Me asombra que sea de Fox Sports México.
Suscribo cada palabra.

[Rolando Domínguez @rolando10d]

@WhaleHunterReal 2-1 Norway wins

[Rolando Domínguez @rolando10d]

@MrBeast 11738

[Pensare Basketball @PensareBBall]

Jaylen Brown was not traded. Jaylen Brown was salary-dumped. The Celtics canvassed the league asking for anyone who might be interested. They were rebuffed. Repeatedly.

They could not manage to get a Tre Murphy swap with fillers. They couldn't manage to get a Jrue Holiday + picks package.

In the end, the Sixers offer was underwhelming, but it was the best one they had.

And the Celtics learned what many front offices have known for a while. Top 25-30 players who get paid top 10 money become bottom 100 assets, even in their prime.

The Celtics paid Jaylen Brown for the same reason the Clippers paid Paul George. They wanted to max out the contention window for their star by re-signing their supporting caste.

It's a trap many teams fall into when trying to max contention windows. Klay got the bag post ACL injury because the Warriors wanted to help Steph. Myles got paid so the Bucks could help Giannis.

Hell, right now the Raptors are about to pay Kawhi Leonard 170+ million over 3 years to help open up Scottie Barnes' window.

But the reality is grim. 29ppg isn't enough anymore. Not without the impact, efficiency, defense and making your teammates better.

Brown wasn't a great defender this year. He's an aggressive but less than superstar level scorer... And at nearly 60 million a year, with the analytical impact and player profile of an borderline All Star, the Celtics bet that Paul George + picks was worth getting off of one additional year of Jaylen Brown.

It's not a popular decision. But it's reality. Front offices don't value him. Just like they didn't value Ja, BI and Trae Young.

Learn the lesson. If you max out these types of players, you're going to be holding them well past expiration.

Via The Hoop Collective Podcast

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

If Derrick White gets two blocks over the Celtics final three games, he will become the second player 6'5" or shorter to have 100 blocks in an NBA season since the stat became official during the 1973-74 season 👏

If White breaks the century mark, he'll be the only player in NBA history with 200 3-PT FG and 100 blocks in the same season 😤

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

Derrick White Appreciation Post:

He has more total blocks than players like Brook Lopez, Alex Sarr, Isaiah Stewart, Bam Adebayo, Onyeka Okongwu, and Jalen Duren 🤯

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

Joe Mazzulla has racked up four 50-win seasons in just four years.

Meanwhile, Erik Spoelstra has done it four times… in 18 years. 👀

Is Joe the best coach in the NBA?

(h/t @TermineRadio )

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

Derrick White now has 75 steals and 75 blocks this season 🔥

He is the first Celtics player to do this in a single season since Kevin Garnett in 2007-08.

[John Karalis 🇬🇷 @John_Karalis]

I cannot believe they just threw Jaylen Brown out of this game. This league allows so much and he gets tossed in that spot. Absolutely horrible officiating.

[ESPN @espn]

The Anomaly is BACK‼️

[Jayson Tatum @jaytatum0]

40 weeks🙏🏽
I’ve really grown to appreciate this journey I’ve been on and allow time for me to pat myself on the back for showing up everyday!

[NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA]

Jayson Tatum with a message as he reached the 40-week mark in his rehab ❤️

(📹: @jaytatum0)

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

I wish we could play the Bills, Chiefs, Seahawks and the 85 Bears all at once right now. I love Vrabel.