Proud Panican

A man cautiously about town

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

@SonnyBunch @petersuderman @AlyssaRosenberg Buffy is an easy clear since S1 is mostly monster of the week stuff, doesn’t have the narrative arcs that make other seasons great. But Lost? Too far

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

Have some pride for god sake

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

Trump on Soleimani:

"He was a genius -- the father of the roadside bomb."

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

@LingoUnbound Your friends and neighbors. Don Draper delivers Carrie Bradshaw monologues

[Giliann @imissblackmidi]

Guy who refers to the 2016 Hamilton craze as "Linsanity"

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

@ArtMorelli @KuKhahil @Sam_Vecenie It’s not about parity being “easy,” it’s that parity = more winners = more contemporary players getting into the top 50, by Simmons logic. For ex, if the no-repeat trend continues for 5 more years, are the best players on those teams automatically in the top 50?

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

he did a Platnerism

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Man tells @nbcchicago he burned cross to protest Trump — and claims he didn't know it was a symbol of racist hate https://t.co/CKdII7Xu8I

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

@mdotbrown @jaycaspiankang the ring makes him a more important part of NBA history, but it doesn't automatically make him better than all these guys. If OG and KAT flame out and they lose, is Brunson suddenly a worse player?

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

@BenjaminCrew1

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

“I have him above Nash, Kidd, Sam Jones, Harden, Gervin and Luka.”

- Bill Simmons on Jalen Brunson

(h/t @TheNBABase )

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

Weird passion project

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Penn, coming off his third Oscar win for 'One Battle After Another,' has been quietly setting up a passion project.

The currently untitled film will follow the early life of a cop who goes on to be caught up in the January 6th Capitol riots. Penn has scripted and will direct the movie, which has five-time Oscar nominated actor Bradley Cooper in talks to star in the lead role. There’s no deal yet.

The film will re-team Penn with 'One Battle After Another' studio Warner Bros, which has acquired it in a negative pickup.

More details here: https://t.co/YrCxUdGZiD

(Photos: Getty)

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

Gonna be a long, long year living under the hegemony of Knicks discourse. 29 other teams need to make sure this never happens again

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

@DrewMcWeeny the only way "the office is offensive" is even remotely true is if you stop watching after 6 episodes. After that, the show's in sweetheart mode

[brian @brianonhere]

heard someone describe NYC as a city full of sore winners recently & i think there might be something to it

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls are finalizing the hire of Portland Trail Blazers interim Tiago Splitter as the franchise's new head coach, sources tell ESPN. Splitter succeeds Billy Donovan as the Bulls' coach after stepping into the head job and excelling in Portland last season.

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

be serious

[liel leibovitz @liel]

Liza Minnelli’s thoughts on Trump strike @nytimes editors as more worthy of prominent mention than the home team’s first championship in 53 years.

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

@sunraysunray overtaxed in BKN but his pick and roll freq of 27% (80th percentile) was a big reason ppl believed he could be a no 2 on a contender. Fast forward to this season, that freq dropped to 7% (23rd percentile). Not what you trade 5 firsts for but shooting + def = title

[Proud Panican @ruppelsive]

real REAL ball knowers know Bridges was valued at 5 firsts because of the advances in on-ball creation he displayed in Brooklyn, in addition to his defense. That on-ball pop didn't transfer to the Knicks and he wouldn't be worth nearly the same value today

[Bhaskar Sunkara @sunraysunray]

Hate to call this out, but this is an example of not knowing ball. You don't pair Brunson with another star, you pair him with a wing defender who hides his weaknesses and doesn't demand the ball and fits into your long-term cap plans.