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Minutiae for the masses. Sportswriter, author & podcast host (Dunc'd On/RealGM Radio/ #NBACast ) CBA @TheAthleticNBA / @realgm
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I have been fortunate enough to experience so many amazing things in sports. Nothing comes close to this:
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“I have guys who were really good in 2012 down here”
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Before tonight, Russell Westbrook was shooting 30% on jump shots and 24% on threes this season.
Before being shut down, Markelle Fultz was shooting 30% on jump shots and 29% on threes this season.
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@seeratsohi
The final four may be Chris Paul's team, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan's team, Doc Rivers' team and the Clippers
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Makes sense, as Obi-1 is their only hope
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According to SportVU data, Klay Thompson had the ball in his hands for about a minute and a half in his 60-point performance.
#Warriors
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I hope the NBA is selling the Draymond/Cousins Mic'd Up audio for every Warriors game to Showtime or HBO. We need this.
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Pretty sure DeAndre Hopkins knows not to steal a classmate's credit card and use it to buy things for himself, unlike Mr. Gottlieb.
On Texans owner's 'inmates run the prison,' Doug Gottlieb said DeAndre Hopkins "isn't smart enough to know the nuance of what he's saying."
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Just like NBA franchises, in certain circumstances
Quite an opening statement from the Mayor of Oklahoma City: "I suppose we all have to get used to the NBA reality that stars are free agents even when they’re not."
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This Pop quote about the
#Warriors
from
@ESPNSteinLine
's piece is the highest praise I can think of in hoops.
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@AndyKHLiu
I'd move to across the street if they start Curry/Klay/Durant/Draymond/Cousins. In a tent if necessary.
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Person who has spent his entire career leaving employers for superior opportunities rips athlete for desiring to do the same.
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It is an absolute pleasure watching Nikola Jokic play basketball in person.
Every. Single. Time.
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Some news, nestled in an official
@NBA
press release (!!!):
@NateDuncanNBA
and I will be calling one League Pass game a week this season!
Join us Monday nights (and some extras, potentially) on the League Pass Influencers stream.
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Who could have ever thought that bringing a bunch of volatile role players onto the same team with an inconsistent need for their services would cause problems?
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Normal people keep the world going, but those who dare to be different lead us into tomorrow.
Kevin Durant has requested a trade out of Brooklyn, sources tell
@TheAthletic
@Stadium
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Worth taking a second to appreciate that Stephen Curry is about to sign the richest contract in NBA history and first deal over $200 million
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Alex Caruso tonight: 18 points, 9 assists, 4 steals, 4 rebounds, 1 block, thousands of changed lives
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Thrilled to announce that in addition to my Warriors work (which is unchanged), I will be a Staff Writer focusing on the salary cap/CBA for the entirety of The Athletic moving forward. Content coming soon.
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The Lakers' next signing is the broken AC unit in the AT&T Center
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Is Eric Paschall the first player to get MVP chants at Chase Center?
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Brad Stevens calls a timeout to stop a Marcus Morris late-clock iso. COTY.
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"I'M CALLING BOTH GAMES!" is one of my favorite announcer moments in a long, long time
Kevin Harlan called two games at the same time. This man is a national treasure.
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@LindseyGrahamSC
Are you aware of what that "collapse" would mean to everyday Americans?
If so, do you still support it and why?
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Ownership is the biggest competitive advantage in the NBA
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A bunch of Lakers fans are about to learn about the Zydrunas Ilgauskas rule (cannot sign a player you traded then got cut by the team you traded him to for the rest of that league year)
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*clears throat*
*waits*
Ownership is the biggest competitive advantage in the NBA.
James Harden and Russell Westbrook have expressed concerns about uncertainty of Rockets’ immediate future, sources told
@wojespn
and me. No trade requests have been made and Harden in particular remains engaged with front office in personnel discussions.
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Ownership is the biggest competitive advantage in the NBA.
Phoenix has fired coach Igor Kokoskov, league sources tell ESPN.
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Did I just get my wheels spinning about a double sign-and-trade three-way deal involving both Caruso and Theis? You bet I did
(Bulls and Rockets retain their MLE, Lakers get a trade exception)
Houston still has a $8.28M trade exception from the Victor Oladipo trade. Might be smart to take Theis in a s/t and preserve the $9.5M ML. This would give Chicago a big trade exception.
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About that...
Something I just remembered: Bradley Beal is only six months older than Buddy Hield
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OWNERSHIP IS THE BIGGEST COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE NBA
Free agent Julius Randle has agreed to a three-year, $63M deal with the New York Knicks, CAA agents Aaron Mintz and Steve Heumann tell ESPN.
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Could say he is going to miss Ayton of games
Suns center Deandre Ayton is facing a 25-game suspension for violating NBA’s Anti-Drug policy with a positive test for a diuretic, league sources tell ESPN. The NBA informed Ayton and Suns of looming suspension tonight.
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If the Clippers face the Rockets in the next round, I put the chances of Austin Rivers doing James Harden's pot stirring celebration at 95%.
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I am 100% ready to treat D-Wade’s time in Chicago and Cleveland like MJ on the Wizards.
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Damian Lillard's shot plot from today's game is just ridiculous
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ANNOUNCEMENT: This morning, I submitted the first manuscript (81,213 words) for my first book, which is on Warriors' history from 1962-now.
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Ownership is the biggest competitive advantage in the NBA
Report: Bulls likely to keep Jim Boylen as coach for financial reasons
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No idea why it took me so long but I just realized that KD and Kyrie going to the Nets also means more high-stakes games for their awesome broadcasting crew.
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Running into an enclosed space where you do not belong is the worst conceivable tribute to Harambe.
Red Sox fan in a Harambe jersey, No. 69 -- seriously -- just ran into right field at Fenway.
He made it to center before getting crushed.
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@BillSimmons
The only West team underperforming their expectations without big injuries is OKC, who is 1-7 in close games. But sure, narratives.
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I'm done
Free agent Bobby Portis has agreed to a two-year, $31M deal with the Knicks, agent Mark Bartelstein tells ESPN.
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Alternatively, just play fewer games in the regular season.
New ESPN story: Adam Silver said today that he remains concerned that star players are “not playing in a full complement of games” and that the league may need to create new incentives to try to make that happen.
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The Warriors are going to send huge gift baskets to Ariza and the Suns.
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Vince Carter can kneel all he wants but he just deliberately stuck his arm out and hit the knee of a guy in the air.
Vince Carter was the guy who undercut Patrick McCaw on that layup. Questionable play, but Carter is now down on a knee feet away from McCaw, who is still getting treated.
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Unless, and this is a fun nuance, Iguodala is traded again before getting waived. In that hypothetical, he could re-sign with the Warriors.
Andre Iguodala is sure to emerge as a supreme buyout candidate, but he's ineligible to return to the Warriors at any point next season. The Zydrunas Ilgauskas rule.
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ROLL MOTHERFUCKING TIDE
BREAKING: Democrat Doug Jones wins election as U.S. senator from Alabama.
@AP
race call at 10:23 p.m. EST.
#AlabamaElection
#APracecall
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Current Top-16 bracket:
(1) MIL vs (16) LAL
(8) PHI vs (9) POR
(5) OKC vs (12) SAS
(4) DEN vs (13) LAC
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(6) IND vs (11) UTA
(3) GSW vs (14) SAC
(7) BOS vs (10) HOU
(2) TOR vs (15) BKN
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This is infuriating. In the words of
@SheaSerrano
, fuck Donald Trump and anyone that stands with him.
Trump and Devos—two billionaires who were born extremely wealthy and have never had to deal with student debt—want to end loan forgiveness for tens of thousands of people who chose to devote themselves to public service for at least 10 years
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The NBA is totally fine with a Portland/New Orleans first round series but Portland/Atlanta is a bridge too far.
The NBA estimates an increase of about 40,000 miles of travel in the postseason if it scrapped its current conference format and took the top 16 teams.
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@ShamsCharania
More than a little disappointed you did not mention Hibbert's work with Entertainment 720, Shams.
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Ted Cruz liked a better two minute drill than the one the Chargers just attempted.
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The Spurs should not be remotely concerned about what conference Kawhi's next team plays in, as they will not be competing with them for a while. Only the best offer.
Now:
1) If the Spurs grant Kawhi Leonard’s request, they're under no obligation to trade him to a "preferred" team.
2) Their only obligation would be to make the best deal 4 themselves.
3) And it would clearly make more sense for them to trade him east than keep him in the west.
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Oh. Oh no.
Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard tells
@YahooSports
his preference to be the next head coach of the franchise is Jason Kidd: “[He’s] the guy I want.”
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A tradition unlike any other
Boston had been the frontrunner for Aaron Gordon but sources around the league said that started to change over the last 24 hours.
If/when finalized is a playoff move for Denver, a guy who adds playmaking and can help guard the LeBron/Kawhi players in the West.
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So the Jazz are using the Taxpayer MLE in addition to retaining Conley.
Ownership is the biggest competitive advantage in the NBA.
Rudy Gay is signing a two-year, $12.1M deal with the Jazz, with a player option, his agents Raymond Brothers and Sam Permut said.
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I am not mentally prepared to cover the children of players I have covered.
2020 guard Zaire Wade, son of Dwyane Wade, putting on a shotmaking display. Rise and fire lefty shot maker who can create space off the bounce. Good genes.
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Rare to see snowflakes inside a domed stadium.
Vice President Mike Pence said he left today’s 49ers-Colts game over the protesting that took place during national anthem.
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When I put the TH Jr offer sheet in my Excel, I was expecting the paper clip to show up and say "That looks like way too much money for him"
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I did nazi that coming.
White House adviser says people should stop criticizing white supremacists so much
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We cannot normalize the head of the branch of government in charge of enforcing laws believing in the guilt of people exonerated by DNA evidence and someone else confessing.
Trump, asked by
@AprilDRyan
if he would apologize for his remarks on the Central Park Five, does not apologize and adds: "You have people on both sides of that. They admitted their guilt."
Via Fox
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*throws economics degree in nearest volcano*
DOE Rick Perry at coal plant:"Here’s a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow."
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We are a week away from an NBA team playing a box-and-one against the Rockets with the full box on Harden
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We are all ancient
Source: 2019 guard Jameer Nelson Jr. just verbally committed to George Washington, Jamion Christian. Nelson visited GW over the weekend.
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Washington gave up four second-round picks to duck the tax this year and Milwaukee just used four second-round picks to acquire Nikola Mirotic
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The Sixers should clear space (Okafor, Stauskas, etc) for KCP. Would be an amazing fit next to Fultz and their core.
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A stat I have been fascinated by for a while: Shaun Livingston has never made a three at Oracle
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It’s nice to have dreams
Report: Timberwolves offered Andrew Wiggins to Nets in sign-and-trade for D’Angelo Russell
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Yes, not like I have had my own podcast since *checks notes* 2013.
I am thrilled for Nate and John plus this will not affect the output or quality of Dunc'd On- it is an exciting, separate venture.
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Just finished recording on tonight's game with
@NateDuncanNBA
and wanted to thank everyone for supporting us this historically long season. It continues to be a genuine thrill to be able to make a living doing this and my heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who makes it possible.
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Just realized we get Bogdan Bogdanovic against the Bucks in the Conference Finals
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Ownership is the biggest competitive advantage in the NBA.
Jason Kidd has agreed to join Vogel's Lakers staff in a prominent assistant coaching role, league sources tell ESPN.
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Today was yet another reminder that the NBA off-season is still better than just about every other league's actual season.
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This is flying under the radar but the Grizzlies are flirting with a straight A offseason, though there are still moves left to make.
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This was all a well-orchestrated plan to get two LeBron numbers retired in Staples
Yahoo Sources: Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James gifting new teammate Anthony Davis his No. 23 jersey for the upcoming season.
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I am thrilled to see Jalen Duren play for two franchises
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