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dan favale
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professionally inessential. nba at b/r. co-host of 'hardwood knocks' nba pod. listener of sad music that sounds happy. wannabe fitness junkie. shawn kemp dapped me once.
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NAW, when asked if he'd ever seen somebody traded mid-game, "Yeah, me."
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 AM
"they have to hold me back sometimes. otherwise, i go crazy."

-victor wembanyama to jorge sedano on playing a back-to-back
January 8, 2026 at 5:03 AM
back-to-back go-ahead threes off the glass is brain-bending stuff
January 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
[watching egor demin vs the magic]
January 8, 2026 at 3:11 AM
my official trae young trade reaction
a woman with blonde hair is making a funny face in a room .
ALT: a woman with blonde hair is making a funny face in a room .
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
the hawks turned luka doncic into (basically) cj mccollum and corey kispert.
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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shams: trae young has the washington wizards as his top preferred trade destination, sources tell espn.

trae choosing between possible destinations:
January 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM
wemby: *still on a minutes restriction*

also wemby:
Wemby removes the ball from the net with his... foot. Whaaaa... 🤯

#NBA
January 7, 2026 at 4:35 AM
the wizards at this rate will be fined for tanking if they trade for trae young
January 7, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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At Y! Sports: Wrote about the swooning Knicks, vicious cycles and old habits dying hard: yhoo.it/3N8q0ur
The Knicks are in a serious slump since winning the NBA Cup. How concerned should they be?
The good vibes surrounding the Knicks have taken a dramatic and dire turn during their four-game losing streak.
yhoo.it
January 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
one of the "possible solves" that comes up in here is losses count toward lotto odds before the trade deadline, and wins boosts lotto odds after it. topically enough, a team like the wizards poking around trae young was one of our potential unintended consequences of such a move.
‼️NEW POD‼️

📋 The Tanking Talk

Why tanking matters (1:08)
Potential solutions (11:07)
—Limit PK protections
—Limit top-4 lotto appearances
—Lock in lotto odds early
—Wins after trade deadline
—Flatter odds
—Abolish the draft?
—MORE

🍎 apple.co/4aMVyQm
✳️ bit.ly/49nlGif
📺 youtu.be/M9Ie5HMzfNQ
January 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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‼️NEW POD‼️

📋 The Tanking Talk

Why tanking matters (1:08)
Potential solutions (11:07)
—Limit PK protections
—Limit top-4 lotto appearances
—Lock in lotto odds early
—Wins after trade deadline
—Flatter odds
—Abolish the draft?
—MORE

🍎 apple.co/4aMVyQm
✳️ bit.ly/49nlGif
📺 youtu.be/M9Ie5HMzfNQ
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
January 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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The NBA Cup Trophy is the Hope Diamond of sports trophies
It's Players Meeting O'Clock for the NY Knicks
January 6, 2026 at 3:02 AM
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 AM
javonte green is just casually shooting 41.7% from three since the start of december.
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
January 6, 2026 at 2:16 AM
this knicks team doesn't have it ̶to̶n̶i̶g̶h̶t̶
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
the "start deuce mcbride" drum i've been banging:
January 6, 2026 at 1:19 AM
the wizards are 6-5 over their last 11 and said "bring us trae young"
January 5, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Which NBA players had a 50-point game before they turned 21?
January 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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“VJ Edgecombe's immediate emergence as a legitimate difference-maker changes everything for the Sixers. They not only have a Big Three with Maxey, Embiid and Paul George; they now have a Big Four.” - @btoporek.bsky.social on the Sixers being the biggest dark horse in East

www.si.com/nba/76ers/on...
The Sixers Are the Biggest Dark Horse in the East Thanks to VJ Edgecombe
When the Sixers signed Paul George to a four-year max contract during the 2024 offseason, they thought he was the final piece to their championship puzzle. Litt
www.si.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
nobody:

joel embiid:
January 4, 2026 at 2:40 AM