Zac Truman

[Rit Holtzman @BenRitholtzNBA]

The worst moment of OG Anunoby’s career was tearing his ACL crashing the offensive glass in college.

The best moment of OG Anunoby’s career was a tip-in crashing the offensive glass in The Finals.

It is downright eerie how similar the plays are. His route. Where he lands.

Perseverance personified in the craziest way.

Hoops as poetry.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

The crazy part, is that no matter what the WNBA does with salaries, every star college player will take a pay cut to play in the WNBA

I asked a few ADs what the going rate is for the star player on a power conference WBB team -$500k to $1.2m.

And, you are always a free agent with the portal. You get your room and board paid for. And you can get a good education if you work at it.

It’s all subsidized by donors and shared school revenues. Which makes it more similar to Europe, where companies subsidize teams , than to the WNBA

In the NBA, a team can’t go to a sponsor and negotiate a direct payment deal for a player. In college they effectively can with NIL money. When I have written checks to IU, I knew which players were trying to get with the money (although I never tie the money to specific players. It’s up to them )

The WNBA needs to look at allowing the same thing. Let the teams go to local sponsors and work out payments to players as part of sponsorship packages.

The big name players have agents to do this. The rest make minimal amounts. With or without an agent.

Let WNBA teams pay “NIL” money to its players.

It’s counter intuitive for NBA folks, but here is the issue. WNBA teams don’t have the margin dollars from tickets, sponsors and shared revenues like tv to pay bigger salaries using their own cash flow.

With help from the league , they could create NIL deals with sponsors that go directly to the players. From the sponsors.

Make it legal. Create a cap per player, based on years of experience.

Yes, some teams will suck at it, that’s where the wnba comes in to help. They will suck at it as well for some period. But like collegiate NIL, the sponsorship packages will supplement player salaries without undermining the economics of the teams and league itself.

The next question will be competitive balance issues. The big markets can do this better. They have a great addressable market for sponsors. The wnba could require that some percentage of the NIL money deals go into a pool for a version of revenue share.

This is effectively what happens (or did ) with jersey ads. I remember advocating that the jersey ads be split with all teams, because the greatest value to sponsors comes not from local tv or games, but from national tv, playoffs and jersey sales.

This would be similar.

Obviously I’m just spitballing this , but if they came on shark tank , that’s what I would suggest !

What do you think ?

[J. Cole @JColeNC]

The Fall-Off back cover plus some insight. 2/6/26

[Hoops @Hoopss]

INSANE: Derrick Rose was the fastest player in NBA/NFL history

He reportedly ran a 4.18 in the 40-yard dash.

For reference:
🏈 Tyreek Hill — 4.29
🏈 Chris Johnson (NFL record, 2008) — 4.24

[Hoodie Cam @camhashoes]

CADE CUNNINGHAM IS A TOP 10 PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE

GIVE THE DETROIT PISTONS MORE NATIONAL TV GAMES

[John @iam_johnw]

The fact that Lavar ball is still smiling after having his foot amputated is wild . People love to hate him but he’s done nothing but care about his sons and bring positivity to everyone

[nick @nick__xo]

The league really needs to start propping this guy like he went #1 overall in a draft

[mikey @eraofmikey]

If the nba knows what’s good for them they will start promoting Cade Cunningham

[The AI Investor @The_AI_Investor]

Jensen explaining Nvidia in less than 30s.

Everyone must watch. $NVDA

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Nike’s new CEO may have the best LinkedIn profile ever — 32 years with the same company, from intern to CEO!

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

BREAKING: The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the first time since the start of the pandemic, cutting rates by 50 basis points.

The Fed says it has "greater confidence" that inflation will return to a normal level.

The cut was more aggressive than what many expected. 105 of 114 economists expected a cut of 25 basis points.

"The move will have a major impact on the finances of Americans across the board, making borrowing cheaper, though the golden days of high-yield savings instruments may be over," Forbes reported.

Video: @YahooFinance

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

David Beckham, who retired, shared images from his farm life.

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

Auroras seen from the ISS last weekend! 🤩

[Fintwit @fintwit]

When stocks fell in 2008, Warren Buffett wrote an article called "Buy American. I am."

It's worth a read today:

[LakeShowYo @LakeShowYo]

LeBron leading his army to battle (2024)

[Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker ♟ @pelositracker]

Love him or hate him

@VivekGRamaswamy 's pro America speech is one everyone should watch

[PistonsThoughts @PistonsThoughts]

“Why would the Pistons sign Tobias Harris? He sucks, did you see him in the playoffs??”

Last season, Tobias Harris averaged

17.2 Points
6.5 Rebounds
3.1 assists
35% from 3

He’s exactly what the Pistons need right now. He’s perfect to help the young core grow

[Zac Truman @truman_zac]

@MrORuns

[Zac Truman @truman_zac]

@MrORuns What’d you make this on?

[Pistons Talk @Pistons__Talk]

The only correct answer