BamBam

Tweet, Tweet, who got the keys to my jeep?

[BamBam @StompyMcDompy]

@barstoolsports Everybody’s so bent out of shape in the comments

[HOVETTE JAŸZ30💕| Carter Cartel 💎 @Hovette4L]

I have NEVER seen anything like this before. The creation of a whole fucking village outside the stadium. The vendors with food & bootleg merch, fans rapping bar for bar as they play Jay’s through the streets, grown men outside the stadium begging for tickets like homeless people

[BamBam @StompyMcDompy]

@Hynek_Maneuver @flea333 They played in the league at the same time for 10 years

[NBA @NBA]

Since 1996–97, no player has made more clutch-time field goals in the postseason than LeBron James (151).

The closest? Kobe Bryant (104).

Tonight… The King added another memorable moment to his resume 👑

[Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnor]

With Victor Wembanyama on the floor, the Spurs generate far more layups for their point guard trio — a trio I spent all summer convinced wasn’t an ideal fit. De'Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, and Dylan Harper are three downhill guards and none of them is a proven knockdown shooter. On paper the spacing math didn’t work. Mitch Johnson solved it by playing only one or two of them together at once. And Wemby handled the rest. Harper’s at-rim frequency jumps 15.5% with Wemby on the floor. Castle, 14.2%; Fox, 9.7%.

More shots at the rim is one piece. More shots going in at a higher rate is the other. Every rotation player sees a jump, not just the guards. Devin Vassell’s true shooting climbs from 55.2% to 60.8%. Harrison Barnes from 58% to 64.7%. Julian Champagnie from 58.4% to 63.3%. Fox is the exception — his true shooting stays the same.

Some of this increase is thanks to transition offense off stops. Most of it is Wemby’s gravity in the half-court.

Gravity comes in different flavors. The first is simple spacing: his shooting pulls a big out of the paint and the guards drive into an empty lane. The more interesting one is what happens when he rolls. When off-ball defenders decide to stay home on shooters, the big man still needs to prevent a lob to Wemby, which means Fox, Castle and Harper can go one-on-one with a full head of steam and walk into layups.

Of the nearly 400 handler/screener duos to log at least 100 pick-and-rolls this season, Fox/Wemby, Castle/Wemby and Harper/Wemby all rank in the 88th percentile or better in scoring efficiency.

None of this shows up on his line. Wemby finishes those possessions with zero points and zero assists and jogs back down the floor, and the box score insists nothing happened. Something happened.

[BamBam @StompyMcDompy]

@JoeSquawk How much of the Covid stimulus from Mnuchin made its way into that 5.2% figure? Genuinely curious on your thoughts

[NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA]

Michael Malone takes us through his checklist on how Victor Wembanyama is making a huge impact on the Spurs' offense ✍️

Watch Spurs-Warriors at 10 PM ET on ESPN and the ESPN App 🍿

[Spurs Culture @SpursCulture]

“I think Jokic is the best offensive player. I don’t think he’s the best player… I think it’s between Giannis and Shai.”

“When I come back on the court, I think it will be me.”

This mf wasn't lying

[LeBron History 🏀 @bronhistory]

In case there was still doubt…

Here are ten minutes of former players and coaches calling LeBron the greatest basketball player of all time 👑

[ClutchPoints @ClutchPoints]

Victor Wembanyama makes a strong case for why he should be the MVP 🤔

"My first one would be that defense is 50% of the game and that it is undervalued so far in the MVP race. I believe I'm the most impactful player defensively in the league. Second argument would be that we almost swept OKC in the season, and we dominated them three times with their real team... My third argument would be that offense impact is not just points."

[Peter Mallouk @PeterMallouk]

“About once every two years the market falls 10%. Every six years the market’s going to have a 25% decline. That’s all you need to know. You need to know that the market’s going to go down sometimes. If you’re not ready for that, you shouldn’t own stocks.” – Peter Lynch

[NBA Shane @Shane00]

LeBron is the clutchest player ever

[NBA Shane @Shane00]

Did you know that in LeBron's very first playoff series the wizards had the "LeBron rules"?

It was far more physical than the "jordan rules" or anything Jordan faced