…Doc y no Ousmane Dieng?

It's literally never EVER been this bad in Kings history. Not with John Salmons. Not with Jimmer. Not with George Karl. Not with Pete D'Alessandro. Not with Nik Stauskas or Quincy Douby. Not with the original Arco Arena. Not with the Maloofs. Not with relocation saga. Never.

The cowards in the WI state GOP finally got out of the way of progress for once.

Outstanding.

One of favorite running bits is the absolute disconnect between the WSJ’s news and op-ed sections

What a 1-2 headline combo.

I’m obviously a Giannis Stan but Wemby is absolutely That Guy, or at least he Carrie’s himself as such.

Basically I’m trying to get my Johnny Weir on and Adam Silver needs to make it happen.

If you can score a triple axel differently from a quadruple salchow, you can score a windmill alley oop differently from a between-the-legs off the bounce.

With the Winger Olympics going, the NBA might take a note from figure skating for NBA All Star Weekend. Why have the judges be the only arbiters for the dunk contest when you could build in certain scoring elements based on degree of difficulty?

It’s been years since I’ve been here but the Milwaukee airport is NICE now, omg

A lineup featuring Giannis AND Cam Thomas AND Kevin Porter Jr. is somehow going to result in exceeding 100% Usage. If you’re a role player on the Bucks, you better hit your open threes or else you’re never seeing the ball again.

Cam Thomas? … Look there’s plenty of talent there, but there’s also plenty of reasons why he didn’t get a deal *and* got waived after *not* getting a team to trade for him. He’s a bucket, no doubt. What else does he offer? What else does he take away? I guess the Bucks will find out firsthand.

Kofie is 100% right. This is an awful look (at best). Giannis himself isn’t even the root problem; he’s responding to the incentives available to him. Remove the incentives and people stop doing nonsense like this, which presents a real risk to a great many people that can’t afford it.

Quick check on Ryan Rollins (who’s quietly putting up 16/5/5 on OK shooting with 1.5 steals) — he’s on track to play 2x his minutes from last season (and might crack 2k total) and his usage has increased by 5 points…but his efficiency has mostly stayed the same. Rollins is a real piece.

To be clear, Ousmane Dieng might not be an NBA player. 3.5 seasons,< 2000 total minutes played, advanced stats say he’s a net-negative on O and neutral on D (all in OKC). But Bucks are taking a flier on a 6’9” forward who has a lot of tools and might be a late bloomer. For 2 min guys, I’m satisfied

Ousmane Dieng is MUCH more interesting for the Bucks.

Anthony/Coffey for Nick Richards while giving up no other assets is perfectly fine. At best, Richards could be a better backup C than Sims, especially useful if Bobby Portis moves on in another deal.

The Bucks continue to disappoint me in new and exciting ways. It’s comforting, like an old robe that’s riddled with ticks.

This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

Giannis Antetokounmpo is the greatest Milwaukee Buck of all time and he’ll forever be appreciated by the city. It would take a tremendous heel-turn to ruin his legacy, even if he is headed elsewhere. He’s not perfect but he’s my GOAT. The MIL franchise though? Hooooooo boy do not get me started.

Welp.

The 2021 NBA championship was worth all the hassle and drama swirling around the Milwaukee Bucks. We got one. Could’ve been more, but we got one.

Pro Football Hall of Famer John Randle posted a statement about ICE as text overlays on various portraits of himself and I kind of love it

lol good. This is the sort of backlash that needs to keep happening. The epitome of FAFO.

As we watch horrors unfold in Minnesota, I reflected on the importance of politics in sports open.substack.com/pub/mollyhmo...

Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.

And the Bucks get *more* sad???

When it rains it pours.

The United States was originally founded as a result of people standing against unlawful searches and seizures. It was, like, a huge deal.

Making his 10th NBA All-Star appearance after finishing with the most votes in the East... Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks. Drafted as the 15th pick in 2013 out of Greece, Giannis is averaging 28.8 PPG, 9.5 RPG and 5.5 APG for the Bucks this season.

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Block instantly.

I think that the Milwaukee Bucks should no longer employ Glenn Rivers as their head basketball coach.

Also, if you want to really go there…

Manifesting what must come to pass. @brewhoop.bsky.social knows what’s up.

I know our nation is facing some serious problems right now, but the Bucks’ offense refusing to get the ball handler to place a foot in the paint is giving me nightmares. (Yes, this is a joke tweet. Yes, it’s a bad joke. I’m doing my best.)

Bucks are spending an awful lot of time pounding the air out of the ball on offense. This team has got to aim for 30 every quarter in order to win games. Gotta work hard to get easy points, not work hard to get hard points.

“Win” what exactly? This take is a failure in both critical thinking and debating a quote-unquote unpopular opinion. Load of nonsense.

Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers called the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a federal agent in Minneapolis “straight-up murder” on Friday, hours after fellow NBA coach Steve Kerr commented on federal officials’ response to the incident. www.nytimes.com/athletic/695...

I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."

May Jonathan Ross know NOT A SINGLE MOMENT OF PEACE EVER AGAIN for his disservice and betrayal to both the core tenets of our country and basic human decency. And may all his enablers find nothing but shame and derision in society, which is a far better fate than they deserve. I am sickened.

May Jonathan Ross know no peace for the rest of his days.

Get organized. Get involved. Get active. Being MadOnLine and doomscrolling solves nothing. www.mobilize.us

Apropos of nothing, if you bet me $100 that I couldn’t guess how old (within 2 years even) Kevon Looney is, I’d be out $100.

Another successful pilgrimage.