No team worse in basketball than the Lakers with an early big lead lmao. Constantly playing down to the level of the opponent. You can kinda understand a team like the Dodgers going through the motions coming off a championship run. This Lakers team, on the other hand, hasn't done anything yet.

The Lakers are playing with their food again. They barely squeaked by in that last game in Utah. You give a bad or shorthanded team this much leash, it can come back to bite you. This happened for the Lakers in that big win in Portland, and happened against them in the loss at Atlanta.

We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked

Enjoyed the discussion on the LA's big three. You not only have to gameplan for those three as individual players, but you also have to account for the different combinations (e.g., Bron/AR, Luka/Bron, all three together). This has to both mentally and physically exhausting for opposing defenses.

“They should do it the right way”

Donald Trump is doing fat-shaming the right way. —Ezra Klein

That CBS poll from yesterday having Trump down 20 had him down 69-31 among Hispanics. I’d think even worse for him is that among his disapprovers: 57 of the 69 disapprove strongly. Among his approvers, only 17 of the 31 strongly approve. Seems like the hate is deep and the love is shallow.

Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker

This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.

Redick about to trot out a Luka-AR-LaRavia-Kleber-Timme lineup like it's a TPUSA conference

Setting aside for a second the lunacy and authoritarianism surrounding the Trump/Hegseth threat to court martial Mark Kelly, it is also politically moronic. No military court or jury would uphold this, and you only do Kelly a tremendous favor by making him more popular than ever.

Tonight is the polar opposite of a moral victory. Even though they won, they did so in spite of themselves. LA's looking to take shortcuts on D. On offense, they're squandering easy fastbreak chances. Worst of all, every halfcourt possession they waste 18 seconds before jacking up a contested 3.

Really impressive Kleber minutes - particularly on the defense end.

The Lakers hemorrhage so many easy points in transition. It's insane.

It's kind of remarkable how plodding and lethargic the Lakers can be. Showtime? More like SLOWtime, amirite?

I'm catching up to this game (3 mins left in the first half), but just gotta say again that the Lakers can use a guy like Thiero in a low energy game like this. And not to pick on Gabe, but he's just doing cardio so far. Would rather have Thiero's size/athleticism out there.

X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand. The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.

It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.

Simmons and especially Lowe cackling about Bron finally defusing the situation by publicly stating he can fit in with any team was insufferable/disingenuous. If they had eyeballs, they'd know Bron wanted AD to take the reins, he gave AR the green light, and he played the Draymond role w/ Luka yr.

The breakfast burrito lived up to the hype. Also, the cilantro crema sauce is the way to go.

Net worth pre-Congress: $700K Net worth post-Congress: $25 million

TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that? We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to

What in the Ezra Klein is this post

For those who don't really follow the Dodgers, think of Andrew Friedman as baseball Sam Presti. Obviously, I hope Walter pursues the actual Presti (or a Brad Stevens). But I would actually trust Friedman to run the Lakers over Pelinka. That's how much smart/adaptable he is.

Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.

ICE is thug trash, chapter eleventy www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

the one part of this awful video I found inspiring is the moment when the cam pans back and you see an array of upstanding Americans with their smartphones out filming these gutter thugs. that's really the symbol of the opposition. the smartphone and its embedded video cam.

Here’s some insight into the obvious lack of training and discipline for federal agents at Broadview and as part of Midway Blitz

The Department of Homeland Security falsely claimed people were firing fireworks at them. Instead, it was their own flashbacks on video, the judge said.

Federal officials claimed protesters had shields with nails in them, but they actually just had cardboard. They claimed a protester threw a bike at them, but they actually threw the bike. And they claimed that a protester ripped a man’s beard off but … no proof

This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents

So glad I get to WFH

The Trump admin's case to the Supreme Court that the situation in Chicago justifies a National Guard deployment rests partly on the actions of two motorists. Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Walter/Guggenheim was eventually going to clean house - though it stings seeing Joey and Jesse go. My main concern now is there's a power vacuum for Jeanie, Pelinka, and Rambus to fill. I'm worried about how much leeway Walter gives to Pelinka/Rambus in building out the new scouting department.

Me when one of the kids eats all the leftover kalbi

damn -- Jason Crow demolished Martha MacCallum to the point where she had to get extremely defensive before wrapping up the interview

i first heard this argument in my high school history class. it didnt go well for the people making the argument.

The NBA will do literally anything EXCEPT reduce/shorten the NBA schedule.

It's hard not to see these "SGA > Kobe" takes coming from a place of dishonesty/contrarianism... not to mention kids that were born after the year 2000. Just keeping it real here.

Underrated thing that's been flying under the radar: ICE's hiring spree, by necessity since there are so few others willing and able, has been hiring away local cops, which infuriates the departments by causing manpower problems and is, ironically, removing the worst of the worst from their ranks.

ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say. "When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."

<4 weeks later, that long period of static polling seems firmly over. The shutdown and Epstein, presumably, have finally made a dent. After months at a stable -10, now at -15.

It's not often when Luka looks so pedestrian as a playmaker, but LeBron was on something else today with his passing. Oh, and Reaves definitely is on *something* when it comes to throwing lobs on fastbreaks. Damn nearly got Luka hurt early in this one lmao.

Thiero/Kleber enter the game and LA plays nearly flawless defense (Trent hitting a tough shot notwithstanding). Then, on the other end, Theiro chases down a nice offensive rebound which leads to an open three for Kleber.

Going to be real NOICE when Bron is back. Just look how quick the ball zips with Luka, Bron, and AR all out there.

“There are calls with Miller, where everyone is being screamed at,” the official told The Beast. “The targets he is setting for them are ridiculous, and it is a case of them just spending any money they can to increase the number of officers and deportations.”

Some good news for your Monday. Remember this kid? A federal judge just ordered him to be released!

Going to be real NOICE when Bron is back. Just look how quick the ball zips with Luka, Bron, and AR all out there.

I'm waiting for any excuse to give Vando's minutes to Thiero.