games like this duke/carolina game make me really miss theo john. what an absolute DOG he was on defense, just brash and in your business and in your head before you even know it. can we get him back on the squad before the NCAA fixes the rules or

Oh hi, been a minute. My bad. We are back, and starting the comeback with a rousing GTHC 😈💙

Still alive, just always traveling 😎

Happy draft day to all who celebrate. If the Mavs don’t handle Cooper Flagg’s career perfectly, I am considering it an act of war.

I am never going to emotionally recover from watching Hali scream and pound the floor after his injury last night. I have many complaints about the game itself, but the top one is that it just sucks to lose the brightest star of the playoffs in the biggest game of the season. Get well soon, Hali!

The Pacers/Thunder game last night was honestly incredible. A superstar coming back while actively injured after he and his team slept through the last game only to play the tightest, most beautiful game of the series was absolute cinema. God bless basketball.

I know the Lakers are perhaps the most valuable franchise in history, $10 billion is just an unfathomable amount of money to me.

Cooper Flagg is ready for the league. I know people have high expectations for him, but I really think with the right team and right situation, he’ll surpass them all. @ Dallas Mavericks, do not fuck this up for me.

It’s nice to know it’s not just normal markets that are inflated, it’s also the NBA trade market. Bane is NOT worth all of this wtf

I love the Magic rebrand in every way, EXCEPT the font. Soulless corporate loser ass font.

This is also my fault, I turned the game off for a bit to get cute videos of my friend’s baby and clearly that canceled out my good juju.

Casty’s slutty little unbuttoned jersey will always be my favorite thing.

Phillies just needed me to watch in order to play correctly, apparently.

Go Pacers 🫡

Wearing an Eagles jacket while I travel today. The woman next to me on my flight tapped me on the shoulder to say she loves my jacket, because even though she’s a Cowboys fan, “Jason Kelce is the best human to ever touch a football.” Adorable lol

TGIF.

Hearing rumblings of Scheyer adding a member of the brotherhood to the coaching staff, and I am hoping with all my heart that it’s Quinn Cook. One of the best humans to ever wear a Duke jersey, he embodies everything about what the brotherhood stands for and I would LOVE to have him home.

A Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals is the ultimate “Do you know ball?” litmus test. If you are excited about said matchup, congratulations! You know ball. If you are too preoccupied with TV ratings to enjoy said matchup, sadly, you do not know ball.

Every time I see people use AI generated art, especially of themselves, it gives me the ick SOOO bad.

I had one of those super boring and realistic dreams last night where I was digging through a pile of my clothes and came across a couple of Celtics shirts that I bought because they were on sale, and the only way I knew it was a dream and not real life was bc I hadn’t cropped the shirts. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Man. Haliburton is SO likable. He started the season rough, but I feel like he’s really found his groove on the court and I LOVE seeing how his confidence has evolved and how he now looks for the shot just as much as, if not more than, he looks for the pass.

Cedric Coward is staying in the NBA draft and you really can’t blame the kid, he’s set himself up for success and there’s no guarantee he’ll get enough minutes at Duke to put him in a better position next year. Would’ve loved to have him, but will root for him in the league as if he had come anyways

I know the Warriors will be fine, but reading this has me GUTTED. Steph loves this so much, man. I would do anything for him to be healthy and be a god in the playoffs.

Good morning, Dub Nation 😌

Thinking about how on Friday night this guy was being utterly relentless about hitting on me for hours... until he made the mistake of bringing up basketball and said Steph is overrated. Let me tell you, that man will have no fond thoughts about me now. 😌💙

As a Harden hater, all I can do is giggle nefariously.

James Harden with a classic James Harden game tonight eh? Disappearing in the playoffs is quintessential Harden.

Seeing Turnover play Peripheral Vision in full at Red Rocks was a spiritual experience.

I will be missing the Dubs game tonight but I am begging them to just close this shit out PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Submitted my final project for grad school, and now I just need the Warriors to come through for me today and I’ll be happy 🙏🏻

Listening to Cedric Coward talk about why he chose Duke makes him instantly a favorite for me going into the season. He’s so thoughtful and intentional, and he really sees the vision. LFG.

Seeing Jimmy Butler happy, praising his teammates, hitting clutch shots. Mah heart.

Agonizing diagnosis. Dame’s had a rough go the last few years and I hate to think that this could be the end of his career.

I went to San Diego this weekend and went to a Nic Cage themed birthday party. Sometimes life is cool.

What does it MEAN 😭

My hotel has a bathtub in the bedroom and it’s the deepest tub I’ve ever seen. I would love to talk to someone who designs to hotel rooms one day just to ask them WHY.

I would watch a hundred games of Clippers/Nuggets when Kawhi is out there looking this sensational. What a series this is shaping up to be!

Nico Harrison looks even worse after this. He’s seeking a complete yes-man culture, toxic positivity to the extreme, and it’s moronic and unnecessary. Fuck that guy forever.

Cooper was everything I hoped he would be and more. Exemplary human, incredible player, committed to his team and his growth in a way that made him loved and respected by literally everyone. God, I’m going to miss him. I’m in mourning.

Ahhh, the Warriors blowing a 20 point lead. Hello darkness my old friend

NBA Playoffs predictions. Apparently I am riding (and dying) with the dream of Steph getting #5. 🫡

I would like the Heat to stop pulling a Duke and close this game out, thx.

RESE NO. Ughhhh, I really really wanted Proctor to come back. I understand why he declared and I love and support him, but one more year would have been incredible for him and us.

I am afraid of the possibility that we’ve seen the last of Pop on the bench. He’s an all-time great coach, and the idea of him going out not on his terms really and truly sucks.

Your new music recommendation today: Superheaven. If you took Citizen and Title Fight, and mixed them with Stone Temple Pilots and Soundgarden, you would get this band. open.spotify.com/album/3PAgZa...

Henderson decommitting from Duke is a drag, but also understandable, especially if we get Rese and Slim back. He’d be FIGHTING for those minutes. I like him, think he’s got wicked potential, but gimme returns over freshmen any day.

Caleb Foster coming back for Duke is huge. I think a vet presence is critical for championship teams, and Caleb has seen it all. I’m so excited and so proud he’s ours.

I want the Mavs to lose tonight mostly so we can get all the tea that’s being held back until their season ends.

Welp. Had a feeling Sion’s post yesterday might be the start with each guy getting a day to have their moment. So long, King Kon. The Knueppel Clamps. K2. Thank you for a wonderful year at Duke, rooting for you always.

The transfer portal closes in 6 days and the NBA draft deadline is in 10, and there are still no announcements from my Duke boys. Nervous to the point of delusional hope does not even begin to cover how I’m feeling.