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I think it was a good article in general, but i think it's also flawed.
1) Some of those trades were stupid at the time.
2) A number of those trades were used to acquire old and/or frequently injured players.
3) There are likely ways to front load deals to avoid them being bad for the ...
1) Some of those trades were stupid at the time.
2) A number of those trades were used to acquire old and/or frequently injured players.
3) There are likely ways to front load deals to avoid them being bad for the ...
As @howardbeck.bsky.social pointed out in his column, the recent history of making blockbuster trades for superstars is mostly not great!
He’d obviously benefit any team that trades for him, but it’s fair to be skeptical of the expected acquisition price.
He’d obviously benefit any team that trades for him, but it’s fair to be skeptical of the expected acquisition price.
December 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I think it was a good article in general, but i think it's also flawed.
1) Some of those trades were stupid at the time.
2) A number of those trades were used to acquire old and/or frequently injured players.
3) There are likely ways to front load deals to avoid them being bad for the ...
1) Some of those trades were stupid at the time.
2) A number of those trades were used to acquire old and/or frequently injured players.
3) There are likely ways to front load deals to avoid them being bad for the ...
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
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Going all in for Giannis is tempting, but history suggests it could end in disaster. “The NBA,” says one exec, “is not very good at learning from its mistakes.”
New from me, at The Ringer: When going ALL IN goes wrong
www.theringer.com/2025/12/09/n...
New from me, at The Ringer: When going ALL IN goes wrong
www.theringer.com/2025/12/09/n...
Should You Go All In for Giannis? History Screams No.
NBA teams love going all in for superstars. It almost never works.
www.theringer.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Going all in for Giannis is tempting, but history suggests it could end in disaster. “The NBA,” says one exec, “is not very good at learning from its mistakes.”
New from me, at The Ringer: When going ALL IN goes wrong
www.theringer.com/2025/12/09/n...
New from me, at The Ringer: When going ALL IN goes wrong
www.theringer.com/2025/12/09/n...
Every contending team should be in on Ellis
New Inside Pass:
🏀 Giannis and the Bucks
🏀 Anthony Davis suitors
🏀 Mavericks, Warriors, Clippers latest
and much more on ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47245704/shams-pass-nba-trade-deadline-notes-news-buzz-anthony-davis-giannis-antetokounmpo-teams
🏀 Giannis and the Bucks
🏀 Anthony Davis suitors
🏀 Mavericks, Warriors, Clippers latest
and much more on ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47245704/shams-pass-nba-trade-deadline-notes-news-buzz-anthony-davis-giannis-antetokounmpo-teams
Shams' NBA trade buzz: Why all eyes are on AD, Giannis and Kuminga
As NBA trade season nears, the futures of Anthony Davis and Giannis Antetokounmpo are in focus. Here's everything we're hearing.
www.espn.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Every contending team should be in on Ellis
Best alternatives to Spotify?
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Best alternatives to Spotify?
The other thing is that then not knowing obvious national current events is a sign of them not doing their job. Your job is to be informed, not ignorant of things going on.
Stephanopolous finally doing what every journalist should be doing when they tell these obvious lies. Look how it put this idiot back on his heels so all he could do was say the most idiotic crap.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support the pardon of the former Honduran president?
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The other thing is that then not knowing obvious national current events is a sign of them not doing their job. Your job is to be informed, not ignorant of things going on.
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
Here's my opinion: Teams are likely to tank toward the end of year, and he Pelicans are going to get Murray back. This is probably a top 10 pick, but if you can trade it like it's a top 4 pick right now, they should probably do it.
Usual caveat of depending on the rest of the deal, of course.
Usual caveat of depending on the rest of the deal, of course.
"Personally, I think [the Pelicans/Bucks superpick] is just too valuable to cede in any trade given how young the Hawks’ core is and the growing likelihood of adding a transcendent talent."
Maybe the Hawks feel differently, but PTH has one asset they'd prefer not to give up in any Giannis trade:
Maybe the Hawks feel differently, but PTH has one asset they'd prefer not to give up in any Giannis trade:
What a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade would mean for the Hawks
Will the Hawks shove their chips all in for Giannis?
www.peachtreehoops.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Here's my opinion: Teams are likely to tank toward the end of year, and he Pelicans are going to get Murray back. This is probably a top 10 pick, but if you can trade it like it's a top 4 pick right now, they should probably do it.
Usual caveat of depending on the rest of the deal, of course.
Usual caveat of depending on the rest of the deal, of course.
It's existential for them
The Supreme Court's conservative justices are the most powerful Republican political strategists in the country
The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026
A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's existential for them
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
Well Rand, if you have the video ...
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Well Rand, if you have the video ...
They're is also a decent chance they end up with two more lottery picks from Utah and Philadelphia
"If you don't want to see A.J. Dybantsa terrorizing your team's second unit a year hence while a remarkably refreshed-looking Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams do TikTok dances on the sideline, the imperative is clear. Take action now." defector.com/it-is-a-mora...
It Is A Moral Imperative For The Rest Of The NBA To Improve The Clippers | Defector
The Oklahoma City Thunder are 21-1 and the prohibitive favorite to repeat as NBA champions this year; they also might improve dramatically this offseason. That is because the Thunder own outright the ...
defector.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
They're is also a decent chance they end up with two more lottery picks from Utah and Philadelphia
Aliens?
the @washingtonpost.com reports that 80% of aliens arrested in DC crackdown had no criminal record--932 individuals. (DHS spox Tricia McLaughlin routinely asserts that 70% of those arrested have US criminal records.)
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Aliens?
One of the funniest things would be OKC saying fuck you to everyone and sending Hartenstein, Wiggins/Joe, Wallace, and a truckload of picks to MIL to get Giannis. Might not be enough of a headliner without one of the Big 3, but they have a compelling offer to make.
Wrote about Giannis. It looks like the next couple months will depend on just how badly he wants to join the Knicks and just how cautious NY will be if so www.teamziller.com/giannis-ante...
The Giannis crisis has arrived
The question is whether it's a crisis with an interregnum or not.
www.teamziller.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
One of the funniest things would be OKC saying fuck you to everyone and sending Hartenstein, Wiggins/Joe, Wallace, and a truckload of picks to MIL to get Giannis. Might not be enough of a headliner without one of the Big 3, but they have a compelling offer to make.
I feel like an Anthony Davis for Trae/LaMelo/Morant makes sense on a variety of levels for all teams involved, but Davis' age might f that up
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I feel like an Anthony Davis for Trae/LaMelo/Morant makes sense on a variety of levels for all teams involved, but Davis' age might f that up
I don't think this is terrible or anything, but the Hawks are basically just trying to launch their aging window forward like 8 years. And they're still ... not good enough?
Alright Hawks fans: if Milwaukee wants Risacher, Johnson, the New Orleans pick, their own '27 pick, and Kennard for the salary match .... are you doing it to get Giannis?
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think this is terrible or anything, but the Hawks are basically just trying to launch their aging window forward like 8 years. And they're still ... not good enough?
I'll be honest. We do this for my kid all the time, though i get that's different from an adult. But still, seems fine if you pay for it.
On the other hand, whoever took the mini figs from the big dinosaur toy is a monster.
On the other hand, whoever took the mini figs from the big dinosaur toy is a monster.
I just saw a dude my age open up a box of granola bars, take out one, and just start eating it as he walked around Costco like it was a perfectly normal thing to do.
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'll be honest. We do this for my kid all the time, though i get that's different from an adult. But still, seems fine if you pay for it.
On the other hand, whoever took the mini figs from the big dinosaur toy is a monster.
On the other hand, whoever took the mini figs from the big dinosaur toy is a monster.
Watching the Reds continue to not learn their lesson is amazing.
@JonHeyman tweeted
Reds are indeed interested in hometown hero Kyle Schwarber. Would be quite a coup if they could pull it off. Red Sox, Orioles, Pirates and others, including of course incumbent Phillies all in. 56 HR (including 23 vs. LHP obviously plays). @Ken_Rosenthal 1st linked Cincy
Reds are indeed interested in hometown hero Kyle Schwarber. Would be quite a coup if they could pull it off. Red Sox, Orioles, Pirates and others, including of course incumbent Phillies all in. 56 HR (including 23 vs. LHP obviously plays). @Ken_Rosenthal 1st linked Cincy
December 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Watching the Reds continue to not learn their lesson is amazing.
The Rockies are the Rockies, but this doesn't strike me as terribly bad.
Byrnes was unsuccessful a decade ago, but since then, he's worked with the most successful recent front office in the sport. It's not like Podesta leaving the sport altogether.
Otherwise, you're basically saying that ...
Byrnes was unsuccessful a decade ago, but since then, he's worked with the most successful recent front office in the sport. It's not like Podesta leaving the sport altogether.
Otherwise, you're basically saying that ...
Rockies' POBO was with the Cleveland Browns most recently and their GM hasn't been a GM in 11 years
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Rockies are the Rockies, but this doesn't strike me as terribly bad.
Byrnes was unsuccessful a decade ago, but since then, he's worked with the most successful recent front office in the sport. It's not like Podesta leaving the sport altogether.
Otherwise, you're basically saying that ...
Byrnes was unsuccessful a decade ago, but since then, he's worked with the most successful recent front office in the sport. It's not like Podesta leaving the sport altogether.
Otherwise, you're basically saying that ...
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EXCUSE ME WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
before anyone tries to tell me the Foo Fighters are cool:
The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record
By Martin McKenzie-Murray in The Monthly
medium.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
EXCUSE ME WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
Did you read the email?
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Did you read the email?
He's definitely running
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
December 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
He's definitely running
So is he just not the Commander in chief?
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
So is he just not the Commander in chief?