Really interesting thread. Thanks for sharing Matt.

We got a new number one on the @joinoffside.bsky.social NBA Power Rankings week nine. Talked Pelicans’ run, Rockets failure to launch, Brown powering the Celtics and a new team on top of the rankings.

I don’t think I’ve seen Harden have his shot blocked the way Eason just rejected his step back.

Castle manhandled Joe on that drive before drawing the foul.

Thanks for the questions. Happy holidays to everyone.

I’m on a flight, anyone got questions?

Ant went nuclear: step-back three, huge block on Shai, strip, and *that's* how the Wolves’ snag their biggest win of the season so far @joinoffside.bsky.social

HAHAHA, Brooks got a tech while falling backwards, I don't know why but I find it hilarious.

It’s time for the @joinoffside NBA Power Rankings week 8. We talked Clippers disaster, Cavs falling, Lakers big problem, and Nuggets rising.

Nothing more American than "medical setbacks" forcing a school counselor and her children into: eviction, ruined credit, homelessness, and paying nearly $3,000/month for a cramped extended-stay hotel room. www.usatoday.com/picture-gall...

NEW DOUBLE DRIBBLE POD @modakhilnba.bsky.social and I discuss the NBA Cup, the Knicks' win over the Spurs, the wild Rockets-Nuggets game, Mo's trip to Vegas, and more. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx27... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4p5v... iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

This is a DIME from KAT, I for sure thought it was going to be a turnover when Wemby came over to double.

Caruso is an absolute menace on defense, defends bigs, makes bit plays but he's gotta stop acting shocked when a call goes against him or there is a no call. @joinoffside.bsky.social

Being at T-Mobile yesterday for Spurs-Thunder was so much fun besides being a great game. Watching the crowd react to everything Wemby did was amazing. I really hope the NBA sticks with doing the final four at a neutral site. Was just a fun environment.

Victor Wembanyama made his return tonight against OKC on the Emirates NBA Cup semifinals and made his presence felt immediately. He did so much we had to speed up his first half clips! @joinoffside.bsky.social

Wemby is +20 on 7 minutes. That’s absurd.

Quick, quick thought on Knicks-Magic semifinal with surprise guest Alexis Morgan. @joinoffside.bsky.social

I don't talk much about the Palestinian rights cases that I'm doing. (Yes, I have cases related to the genocide, and discrimination against Palestinian Americans. Most are pro bono. People get evicted and arrested just for being Palestinian.) But I will say this.

We’ve seen four different replays of Dunn catching an elbow clearly in the face. Ryan Hollins said multiple times he got hit in the chest and flopped.

It is a constant struggle.

NEW DOUBLE DRIBBLE POD It's me and @modakhilnba.bsky.social on the surprisingly surging Celtics, the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup, and the total insanity of the Thunder. (And Miami making the CFP!) YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygEa... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7rJ6...

In multiple games, the Pacers have put the clamps on one of the NBA's biggest trends: slide cuts On their unique coverage, zoning up w/ the low man on the full side, & how even w/ a 6-18 record they're still finding a way to find a different way 🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/pacers...

WOW!

NBA walking take with Mo and Luca. It is day two of the Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals. We took a look at the Suns-Thunder game and who we think are heading to Vegas. @joinoffside.bsky.social

Here is the @joinoffside.bsky.social week 7 NBA Power Rankings. The Pacers are getting right, the Raptors are facing extinction, Bane is turning into a magician in Orlando’s offense and the Knicks got Hart!

MNA Walking Take with Mo and Luca, a quick breakdown of the Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals game between the Magic and Heat. Part II has Knicls-Raptors. @joinoffside.bsky.social

It’s time for a @joinoffside.bsky.social Rookie Check In on Derik Queen in New Orleans after his 30-10-10 plus four blocks triple-double.

Anyone know how to fix this issue on desktop? It’s saying I need to provide my birthdate but then not accepting it when I do.

Have we hit players' only meeting levels yet in Cleveland? Woof, that's a bad loss tonight.

A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers. “If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here." Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture. www.wfae.org/race-equity/...

Went from a Warriors sure win to utter chaos in a minute with huge Sixers plays and a Maxey game-saving block! @joinoffside.bsky.social

That game-winning three from Rui, set up by LeBron making the right play after Reaves drew a double team', was absolute clutch, what a way to start this road trip! 🤯🏀 via @joinoffside.bsky.social

That game-winning three from Rui, set up by LeBron making the right play after Reaves drew a double team', was absolute clutch, what a way to start this road trip! 🤯🏀 via @joinoffside.bsky.social

What a sequence to end this LAL-TOR game Ingram with the bucket, looks like half the court thought the Lakers were calling a TO (James went to the bench) Reaves takes advantage of it. Then Ayton with a big stop, then Reaves gets off it with the double coming, LeBron hits Rui for the game winner.

Addressing the claim that America was built by "hard working people" by reminding everyone that America was *actually* built on the backs of enslaved Africans and on the genocide of Indigenous people. Support my advocacy: www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

Week Six @joinoffside.bsky.social Power Rankings have arrived. We talked Bulls, Celtics, Wolves, and Nuggets.

Have you listened to the latest Double Dribble Podcast? Go do it now! If you have, listen again!

So it begins! Giannis has issued a trade demand and everyone is going to line up for his services. I got a crazy dark horse team. @joinoffside.bsky.social

I think that's a foul on Isaac, he reached before Fox went up. If he doesn't reach and is straight up that is a clean block.

Always fun when a podcast gets derailed with breaking news. @modakhilnba.bsky.social and I got into in on CP3/Clippers and the fun Suns, revisited some early-season surprises, and then reacted live to the Giannis reports. Listen and subscribe!

This CP-Clippers divorce story is absurd. There is going to be way more to the story but this is just insane. The season has been a train wreck before it even began and I don't see any end in sight. Just a weird story, I'm looking forward to the notebook dump.

I don't understand how KAT can think this isn't a foul???

JJ keeps dialing up the right playcalls when it comes to working the big three together, Reaves brings the ball up, hits Luka, goes sets a pindown screen for LeBron to get him an iso touch at the elbow against a switch.

50 million people in the US don't have enough to eat while as much as 40% of food rots before being eaten. That's equivalent to 120 billion meals a year, which is more than TWICE as much food that'd be needed to feed 50 million Americans 3 times a day for an entire year.

I don't know how excited I would be to hire a coach that left a team that was heading to the college football playoffs. Yeah Lane is a good coach but damn, he just sold his current team out. Not saying he can't win at LSU but I wouldn't feel right as fan.

Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.

Thanksgiving delayed it a bit but here is the week five @joinoffside.bsky.social Power Rankings with looks at the Mavs, Warriors, Heat, and Lakers.

This moment really gives the game away. Trump openly admits that he’s attacking another immigrant group for no related reason to the National Guard shooting. The logic amounts to “one immigrant bad = all brown immigrants bad & must be deported” Transparent racist scapegoating.

i thought for a second this was a real quote. LMAO!!!

If anyone needs a LA food rec, you got to hit up Donna's in Echo Park, it is one of my favorite spots in all of LA.