Russell Westbrook will obviously stop making his threes eventually but right now it is extremely fun to watch him cooking.

There has been some really, truly, outrageously bad offense in this Hawks-Raptors game.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker must be shooting like 12% in the games I don't watch because I feel like he makes everything whenever I see the Hawks.

The lame stream media won't tell you this but the Hawks would be better if Quin Snyder always just wore the red glasses.

It feels like clock-related delays are up like 600% in the NBA this year.

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

It's crazy how in four days the Raiders forgot that the guy who just went for 12-127-3 still plays for them.

The Raiders play entirely too many snaps without their best player on the field.

FYI: All stats at LNIB are now live updating for the 2025-26 season. Adjusted Efficiency: www.lastnightinbasketball.com/adjusted-eff... WAADE: www.lastnightinbasketball.com/waade/ Aggression+: www.lastnightinbasketball.com/aggression/ Possession Battle: www.lastnightinbasketball.com/possession-b...

24. Awful.

I distinctly remember Nico Harrison calling the Mavericks a championship contender *before* they won the lottery. How's that going? www.teamziller.com/dallas-maver...

Wemby just sent Bronny into the shadow realm.

Karl-Anthony Towns *commits the most obvious charge of all time* "OH MY GAWD WHERE'S THE FOUL"

My therapist said I need to sometimes do the things I like just for fun and not for work so I am gonna watch some basketball tonight without taking notes. Gonna be weird! I'll let you know how it goes.

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Nobody writes like @tylerparker.bsky.social. www.theringer.com/2025/11/05/n...

I wondered how much playing with Steven Adams may have impacted Morant as those two worked great together. I checked rim frequency & nothing crazy there. In two seasons playing together: Morant w/ Adams 1,422 shots 49% of shots within 8’ 59% fg% W/o Adams 969 shots 56% of shots within 8’ 56% fg%

Really thought there would be at least a few-hour break from the constant political texts after the elections last night but there has been no such luck.

At Last Night in Basketball, @jadubin5.bsky.social tracks adjusted efficiency — how much better/worse a team is than a league-average unit in a given season: www.lastnightinbasketball.com/adjusted-eff... 24-25 OKC: 11.1 points-per-100 above league-average. 25-26 so far: +10.4 — *without* J-Dub.

Ja Morant hasn't been JA MORANT in four years. If he's no longer the indomitable force who can get to the paint at will, should anyone even want to trade for him?

Magic are getting smacked but hey there's been some really nice Tristan Da Silva stuff tonight.

Whatever else happens, the New York Post is going to go on quite a run of front-page puns.

The Magic were having a missed jumper party and are now also having a missed layup party.

This is both 100% true and 100% irrelevant because the Canes are absolutely losing at least one more game.

This could easily end up being a top 10 pick. Somebody needs to step in and tell the old man he doesn't know what he's doing.

The Ringer having Glen Powell on The Rewatchables but not having him do Everybody Wants Some feels like it was designed to trigger me, specifically. (The episode was great anyway but still!)

Absolutely cannot wait to not see any more mayoral TV ads.

This is great reporting but it’s a maddening fucking read

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🙌 Donovan Mitchell, high gathering 🏃 The Heat, on the run 🚦 Amen Thompson, traffic cop Last year, the Heat had just 48 baskets in the first 6 sec of the shot clock after a made basket. This year, they already have 10. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

Extremely noticeable watching the Knicks: Mikal Bridges drives per game Last year: 6.3 This year: 10.0 Some guys are unsurprisingly still adjusting but he's definitely taken to Mike Brown's offense very quickly.

3️⃣ Things I Noticed on League Pass 🙌 Donovan Mitchell, high gathering 🏃 The Heat, on the run 🚦 Amen Thompson, traffic cop Last year, the Heat had just 48 baskets in the first 6 sec of the shot clock after a made basket. This year, they already have 10. www.lastnightinbasketball.com/three-things...

If this is the case, why is he playing instead of getting surgery and hopefully being healthy for the stretch run and playoffs? Seems extremely unwise.

Floe Jacco.

I'm still so mad about that Miami game that I can't even bring myself to watch basketball tonight. I need a TV show or movie to watch. I'll take your recommendations for something to either alleviate or exacerbate my current mental state.

How many times do you re-read an email before sending it? o/u 27.5

It Makes No Sense That This Game Is Close, Let Alone That We Are Losing — The "Being Coached By Mario Cristobal" Story

Canes beat writers/podcasts sold us all offseason on Carson Beck is great, experienced, SEC, good decision making, etc. I heard multiple people say he was gonna be better than Cam Ward. Clowns. (And they passed on even talking to Fernando Mendoza to wait for him!)

At least I don't have to care about this team anymore.

Now Cristobal is willingly going to OT instead of trying to score with 25 seconds left and a timeout. This guy is The Worst.

That was a stupid-ass timeout by Cristobal anyway. What was he even doing?

It Makes No Sense That This Game Is Close, Let Alone That We Are Losing — The "Being Coached By Mario Cristobal" Story

Does Mario Cristobal just not enforce penalties in practice or something? This is insane.

Worst-case scenario, Carson Beck throws a pick and I can't even get mad at him for it.

Welcome back, Jojo Trader. Nice to see you again.

Watching Grizz-Lakers and yes Cedric Coward is my kind of player thank you very much.

Three commercial timeouts in less than nine seconds of game time is ruining this exciting Sixers-Celtics ending.

Hugo Gonzalez, I am intrigued by this defensive intensity and effort.

VJ Edgecombe, yes sir.

Is Dirk-Blake-Haslem the tallest studio show lineup of all time? These are the kinds of things I really do think about.

Another thing not to overreact to early in the season: fouls. They’re usually called more often at the start and steadily decline as the season goes on. Chart below shows average fouls per game over the course of a season for the five seasons before 2024-25, via blog.sradjoker.cc/posts/nba-of...