Michael Pina
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Senior staff writer, The Ringer Be better tomorrow
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After watching the second episode of Celtics City, I bought and read a copy of Bill Russellâs first memoir and wrote this piece on how the absence of anything resembling his voice is felt in todayâs NBA, and throughout the country:
www.theringer.com/2025/03/11/n...
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The NBA Is Desperately Missing a Voice Like Bill Russellâs
While history repeats itself in this country, modern NBA stars have stayed silent. Maybe itâs unfair to ask so much of athletes, but it wasnât too much for the greatest champion in NBA history, who do...
https://www.theringer.com/2025/03/11/nba/bill-russell-boston-celtics-city-go-up-for-glory-book
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that jericho sims foul was the worst foul i've seen this entire season
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the "i'm attorney general" correction absolutely killed me đ right, sure, totally, whatever you say lady
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what the fuck is she talking about
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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Why would he bring his wife and kids to a convicted pedofileâs rape island for lunch?! This is fucking gross. Howard Lutnick needs to resign.
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GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship? LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one? LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
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just a devastating win for the utah jazz. it's unclear where they go from here. lost franchise.
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losing a home game against the jazz when they're desperately doing everything in their power to get pummeled in every 4th quarter is not the greatest look
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will hardy might have to sub ace bailey out of this game. he's too good right now.
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tuck rule?
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kenneth walker is going to win mvp but bad bunny definitely has a case
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okay
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the seahawks should just take a knee on every play from here on out
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timberwolves offensive rating with anthony edwards on the court is 69.5 right now. grotesque stuff.
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this is a special performance by kawhi leonard
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ant alert
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Chris Murphy
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. Heâs referenced 38,000 times.
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bam dunking on ware might be the greatest play in nba history?
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Ken Tremendous
4 days ago
"I'll have meat and yogurt," said the Health Secretary, his voice box rattling like a decaying wooden roller coaster. "It's healthier," he added, as his forehead skin exploded into black and maroon flowers of biotic rot and his nose slid off his face into his plate of raw chicken pieces.
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nikola jokic just passed oscar robertson on the nba's all-time triple-doubles list. he's now in second place and needs 26 to top russell westbrook
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the chicago bulls are basically an entirely different team, and almost every new face comes from a title contender who officially gave up on them a few day ago. the ultimate "nobody believes in us!" roster.
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if there's such a thing as a discouraging win, orlando had one tonight. utah's tank is rolling strong.
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Houston's offensive rating has been 127.6 with Sengun and Durant on the court today. All their other minutes have been dreadful
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they still boo kevin durant
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man âpurposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.â What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldnât remember he had a daughter.
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Lastname, Firstname Middlename
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The section on the Wiz-ards! encapsulates my feelings about the Davis and Young trades, in a way I've not seen anyone else do. I do not, and cannot, understand any front office reasoning behind Avdija. Especially timeline considerations, hard enough to take before, but impossible now.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistâbecause the person felt she did didnât deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00254-z
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it was always and forever will be thanks to racism
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Good post! Read it! Now I complain about one thing. Pina gets this right first and then wrong. Those players would not be on the C's if the aprons didn't exist because Problem 1 is the luxury tax rates. The aprons are cover for cost-cutting, not the #1 reason for it.
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winter term at the bill kennedy school of the performing arts
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ARP (Always read Pina): "the [CBA] has encouraged a warped incentive structure. More and more attempts to build the best team possible have either been postponed or short-circuited by transactions that only look shrewd because of the stringent parameters under which they are made."
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nba trade deadline winners and losers!
www.theringer.com/2026/02/05/n...
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2026 NBA Trade Deadline Winners and Losers
From Giannis Antetokounmpoâs non-move to a surprising amount of real ones, we sort through a chaotic and confusing trade deadline
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/05/nba/nba-trade-deadline-2026-giannis-antetokounmpo-rumors
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life in prison
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AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
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Reposting from The Ringer: Some teams that probably shouldâve showed more urgency sat on their hands. Some teams that probably shouldâve sat on their hands decided to pick up the phone and make some strange decisions.
@michaelvpina.bsky.social
's trade deadline winners and losers:
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2026 NBA Trade Deadline Winners and Losers
From Giannis Antetokounmpoâs non-move to a surprising amount of real ones, we sort through a chaotic and confusing trade deadline
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/05/nba/nba-trade-deadline-2026-giannis-antetokounmpo-rumors
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nba trade deadline winners and losers!
www.theringer.com/2026/02/05/n...
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2026 NBA Trade Deadline Winners and Losers
From Giannis Antetokounmpoâs non-move to a surprising amount of real ones, we sort through a chaotic and confusing trade deadline
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/05/nba/nba-trade-deadline-2026-giannis-antetokounmpo-rumors
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Brad Stevens with an Executive of the Year worthy trade deadline
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all i know is that if the clippers get the fifth pick and draft caleb wilson he will immediately become my favorite player
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moving giannis before the deadline never made sense for him, the bucks, or whichever team landed him. milwaukee now gets to make the most obvious pivot in nba history: trade for ja morant
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by my count, the bulls have acquired 9 second-round picks in the last 24 hours
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The Athletic
7 days ago
The NBA trade deadline ends at 3 p.m. ET today â° Our crew is LIVE all day to break down the final deals. WATCH:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8oP...
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NBA Trade Deadline Extravaganza
YouTube video by The Athletic NBA Daily
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8oPXByYcsI
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CapSheets is fully updated to reflect all of today's trades and draft pick exchanges
www.capsheets.com/charlotte-ho...
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Charlotte Hornets Cap Sheet - Capsheets.com
Charlotte Hornets Cap Sheet Guaranteed Salary Non-Guaranteed Salary Estimate Salary Player Option Team Option Unrestricted Free Agent Cap HoldRestricted Free Agent Cap Hold VIEW 2026/2027 SEASONâŠ
https://www.capsheets.com/charlotte-hornets-cap-sheet/
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watched this clip and it sounds like the buzz is definitely not heating up?
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the dallas mavericks having marvin bagley on their roster instead of luka doncic is a plot twist that would get an entire writer's room fired
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after trading lonzo ball, we're now about $3.9 million away from cleveland ducking the second apron and being allowed to aggregate contracts. the cavs are out of second-round picks but have a few swaps to offer:
www.theringer.com/2026/02/01/n...
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Did the Cavaliers Just Enter the Giannis Conversation?
The Cleveland-Sacramento trade might not seem like a big deal, unless it is
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/01/nba/giannis-antetokounmpo-nba-trade-rumors-cleveland-cavaliers-trade-keon-ellis
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lonzo ball would be a very good fit in boston
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There was (and remains) a real journalistic opening for a super-robust news operation that isn't doing false equivalence. That's what's needed in the Trump era. That could have been the Post. Except its owner doesn't want that.
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
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The Washington Post Is in Freefallâand Thereâs One Person to Blame
Todayâs layoffs at this once-great newspaper were nowhere near inevitable. But Jeff Bezos was never committed to the paperâs best traditions.
https://newrepublic.com/article/206136/washington-post-layoffs-jeff-bezos-blame
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Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section. This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry.
www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/m...
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Death of a Sports Section
The Washington Post sports department was dismantled before its leaders gave it a chance to change
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/media/washington-post-sports-department-death
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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I am officially obsessed with the Utah Jazz
www.theringer.com/2026/02/03/n...
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Why Iâm Obsessed With the New-Look Jazz
The Jaren Jackson Jr. trade transforms Utah from a strange rebuild into one of the NBAâs most fascinating teams
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/03/nba/jaren-jackson-jr-trade-utah-jazz-lauri-markkanen-2026-nba-draft
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