According to @jakelfischer.bsky.social, the Bucks may be going "big-game hunting" ahead of the trade deadline this year. He named Zach LaVine and Jerami Grant as possible targets. As @statcenter.bsky.social said yesterday, it's time to stage an intervention. marcstein.substack.com/p/the-many-m...

Load management is ruining the game I love 💔

Rob Reiner's first seven films: 1. Spinal Tap. 2. The Sure Thing. 3. Stand By Me. 4. THE PRINCESS BRIDE. 5. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. 6. Misery 7. A Few Good Men. Good lord. Even Spielberg included 1941 in his first seven. And that was after playing Michael Stivic. I hope this news isn't true. But...

Knicks were dominant inside the arc - finish 44/64 (69%) on 2PA. Zero blocks from WCJ + Banchero.

Philip Rivers is currently 277 passing yards ahead of Matthew Stafford on the all-time list

New for @theathletic.com - Is the league undervaluing 'dawgs'? Talked to players and coaches about seven of them in my recent travels. www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...

Jonas Valančiūnas currently has the 2nd-highest usage of his career, and 61% TS to go with it. What a luxury to have this guy backing up the best big in the game.

A good reminder that NBA players are not quite like us

Who wouldn't

The legend of Jerry West lives on

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My favorite article of this NBA season so far. Breaking the long-held connection between offensive rebounding and not getting back on defense has changed the game overnight.

Amen Thompson is out-dunking all non-bigs in the NBA this season Also, you think Peyton Watson likes playing with Jokic?

I'm generally a "let 'em cook" guy when it comes to dribbling, but this is preposterous. PS - Suns won this game by 3. A travel call here might've changed the end of the game!

In his rookie season, Trey Murphy shot 42% on 2PA. In the 3+ seasons since: 59% on twos

I'm not really sure what exactly Derik Queen is in the long term, and I don't care. Dude imposes himself on the game.

About time Jokic stopped hogging all the awards, what a terrible teammate

Losing sucks, man. The Jazz can't defend without Kessler, and their offense leads the NBA in to's.

Let's put this another way: Say the Thunder lose a game. (Roll with me here.) Since the start of the last season, after that loss, OKC is *as likely to* lose the next game as they are to win the next 15 games. And, uh, they are currently in line for the Nos. 5, 8 and 17 picks in the draft.

Losing sucks, man. The Jazz can't defend without Kessler, and their offense leads the NBA in to's.

Nobody under 6'6" has ever scored more points than this dude. And he's still dropping 27 a night. Incredible career.

If former players actually know more about basketball than you and I, they're amazing at hiding it.

Shai really has NBA legends big upping him for just being cool! But I love this question from Udonis Haslem as well. Shai is using double teams to attack the sideline and create advantages for himself. He breaks that down in depth here-after he tells UD to chill for giving away the scout 😂 #NBASky

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OH MY GOD LEBRON PASSES THE BALL KNOWING HIS STREAK IS ON THE LINE AND RUI HITS THE GAME WINNER HOW CAN YOU NOT BE ROMANTIC ABOUT BASKETBALL

At the half, Warriors shooting 30% / 23% / 0%. They've scored 34 pts and it honestly feels like less.

Awesome to see that Borrego continues to be a great teacher of transition offense principles

Dude's played 20 games and he appears to care more about winning than any of the vets

Got zero insight on what went down with CP3 in L.A., but I said this many times last season: A young team like the Spurs *absolutely* responded to his tough-love, no-nonsense leadership style. These guys loved him. A veteran team full of All-Stars who have been there, done that? Maybe not so much.

This is what students say to me when their group project is going nowhere

Wemby / Giannis / Harper would be the most "just add shooting everywhere and you're a contender" trio since the Heatles

We've all made bad choices after a 6-hr plane delay. Eating too many Auntie Anne's, releasing your franchise legend, etc

Yeah, we don't know the full story yet, but I can't imagine a context that would forgive doing CP like this. (And Steve Ballmer, it needs to be said, since you're so obsessed with them... The Lakers would NEVER do this to a retiring franchise legend)

The Clippers parting ways with Chris Paul - the greatest player in franchise history - in the middle of the night for no discernible reason and for no real gain is one of the more disappointing and shameful things the franchise has done, and it’s a franchise littered with embarrassments.

Yeah, we don't know the full story yet, but I can't imagine a context that would forgive doing CP like this. (And Steve Ballmer, it needs to be said, since you're so obsessed with them... The Lakers would NEVER do this to a retiring franchise legend)

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1. This is really well-articulated. 2. 90% of this also applies to the Hornets and LaMel-- [cord unplugged by angry mob]

I think giving up team housing in exchange for having the salary cap jump from $1.5M to $5M is kinda ok 🤷🏾‍♂️. The earlier start date messes with the NCAA tourney and other key dates - I can imagine the Players Assoc wants to push back hard on that.

complete list of players to have at least 32 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks in a game while playing fewer than 30 minutes: zach edey that's the list

Great stuff from Molly. The only way any media (not just social) can work for us anymore is if each of us takes control of our info algorithm, instead of passively allowing it to control us. Consume real and you get rewarded with more real.

It isn't *quite* Bron/Wade, but it's the best I've seen since then

Wait, you're telling me Klay Thompson hadn't forgotten how to shoot when he started the season cold? 😲

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Luka Doncic is the greatest #2 option in NBA history

To me, one of the biggest keys vs OKC's defense is crisp, accurate passes to your outside shooters. Guy looks open, but if the pass is low / he bobbles it, Thunder defenders will close it in a flash.

Team fouls per game, regular season 2024-25: 18.6 2025-26: 21.5 (most since 2006-07) Team free throw attempts per game, regular season 2024-25: 21.7 2025-26: 25.2 (most since 2006-07) OKC’s aggressiveness/turnover creation has changed the league-wide landscape.

Joe is an 8-yo trapped in an MVP candidate's body, I love this

You've just died Sixth picture in your camera roll is what killed you (This one actually might)