"Weird Al"-Farouq Aminu
@emilyadler.bsky.social
full-time in urban planning/housing, online as WNBA, NCAAW, draft reporter and features writer for TheNextHoops.com // PBWA, USBWA member and voter // ✡️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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It's here! The first edition of our 2025-26 Draft Board, more detail than you can find anywhere else on the best #WNBA prospects in this coming class! www.thenexthoops.com/features/202...
The IX Basketball’s 2026 WNBA Draft Board, V1.0 - The IX Basketball
The IX Basketball's preseason draft board, the most comprehensive 2026 WNBA draft class preview available, from Awa Fam to Azzi Fudd.
www.thenexthoops.com
it's Awa Fam szn 😤
all the The IX draft board content you've come to know and love — comps, bite-sized scouting reports, talent projections, wingspans, roles — all new for 2026!!!
all the The IX draft board content you've come to know and love — comps, bite-sized scouting reports, talent projections, wingspans, roles — all new for 2026!!!
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My latest 2026 WNBA Mock Draft is up, with in-depth write-ups on where the class stands right now.
Excited to be doing written draft content for Bleacher Report this year! ⤵️
bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
Excited to be doing written draft content for Bleacher Report this year! ⤵️
bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
February 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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she's just frying Oluchi Okananwa, it's absurd. from "subpar jump-shooter" frosh to "making a top-two defender in the conference look cooked" soph
Jaloni Candidate might be the biggest change in my year-to-year eval ever. depends on keeping up some wild pull-up shooting, but holy crap what a sophomore leap
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
she's just frying Oluchi Okananwa, it's absurd. from "subpar jump-shooter" frosh to "making a top-two defender in the conference look cooked" soph
Jaloni Candidate might be the biggest change in my year-to-year eval ever. depends on keeping up some wild pull-up shooting, but holy crap what a sophomore leap
February 15, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Jaloni Candidate might be the biggest change in my year-to-year eval ever. depends on keeping up some wild pull-up shooting, but holy crap what a sophomore leap
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"Greenberg gave even the most accomplished chroniclers of women’s hoops — as well as newbies such as this reporter — a divining rod."
From one @phillysport.bsky.social legend to another, @mzcsmith.bsky.social salutes @womhoopsguru.bsky.social:
www.inquirer.com/college-spor...
From one @phillysport.bsky.social legend to another, @mzcsmith.bsky.social salutes @womhoopsguru.bsky.social:
www.inquirer.com/college-spor...
Inquirer staffer Mel Greenberg’s poll changed women’s college basketball forever | Claire Smith
Even before the eyes of the NCAA, women's basketball was alive and well, especially here. Greenberg's poll brought cohesiveness to the sport and created a platform for household names today.
www.inquirer.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"Greenberg gave even the most accomplished chroniclers of women’s hoops — as well as newbies such as this reporter — a divining rod."
From one @phillysport.bsky.social legend to another, @mzcsmith.bsky.social salutes @womhoopsguru.bsky.social:
www.inquirer.com/college-spor...
From one @phillysport.bsky.social legend to another, @mzcsmith.bsky.social salutes @womhoopsguru.bsky.social:
www.inquirer.com/college-spor...
GTH Carolina GTH
February 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
GTH Carolina GTH
this is an Arianna Roberson stan account
February 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM
this is an Arianna Roberson stan account
terrible game from the refs all around
February 15, 2026 at 3:36 AM
terrible game from the refs all around
someday we will advance beyond just sticking a tall player who is bad at post-ups in the paint. today is not that day.
February 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
someday we will advance beyond just sticking a tall player who is bad at post-ups in the paint. today is not that day.
(Joyce Edwards' scoring this season hasn't taken the leap you'd want from a sophomore in a featured role)
February 15, 2026 at 1:58 AM
(Joyce Edwards' scoring this season hasn't taken the leap you'd want from a sophomore in a featured role)
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It's been three weeks since the storm. Shovel out these cars, tow them, and turn the space into bike parking, public seating, on-street garbage containerization, bioswales... anything other than car storage would serve more people than this.
February 14, 2026 at 8:24 PM
It's been three weeks since the storm. Shovel out these cars, tow them, and turn the space into bike parking, public seating, on-street garbage containerization, bioswales... anything other than car storage would serve more people than this.
"It’s something of a rite of passage for great players on non-elite teams to play the Huskies and find themselves completely overmatched... History has shown that these matchups are effective at filtering stars from the rest because they can still force a portion of the game to revolve around them"
Our @emilyadler.bsky.social took a closer look at Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, her recent performance against UConn and the trend of stars struggling against the Huskies.
Hannah Hidalgo, UConn, and evaluating overmatched prospects - The IX Basketball
It’s a rite of passage for great players on overmatched teams to play the Huskies and get blown out. What does that mean for Hannah Hidalgo?
www.thenexthoops.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:22 AM
"It’s something of a rite of passage for great players on non-elite teams to play the Huskies and find themselves completely overmatched... History has shown that these matchups are effective at filtering stars from the rest because they can still force a portion of the game to revolve around them"
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A fact that sounds like bullshit but is actually true:
There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*
There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*
February 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
A fact that sounds like bullshit but is actually true:
There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*
There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*
ISU *really* misses Addy Brown
February 11, 2026 at 3:17 AM
ISU *really* misses Addy Brown
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Washington #Nationals president of baseball operations opened a video call with media bemoaning the loss of the Post sports department and ball writers Andrew Golden, Spencer Nusbaum, Chelsea Janes and Barry Svrluga, while noting the San Francisco Chronicle's role in shaping him as a youth.
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Washington #Nationals president of baseball operations opened a video call with media bemoaning the loss of the Post sports department and ball writers Andrew Golden, Spencer Nusbaum, Chelsea Janes and Barry Svrluga, while noting the San Francisco Chronicle's role in shaping him as a youth.
playing Freebird every time USA scores is beautiful, I love freedom
February 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
playing Freebird every time USA scores is beautiful, I love freedom
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
there's gotta be something in the Geneva Convention against what Vandy is doing to OU right now
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 AM
there's gotta be something in the Geneva Convention against what Vandy is doing to OU right now
Raegen Beers what the FUCK are you doing
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Raegen Beers what the FUCK are you doing
The Justice Carleton Game
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
The Justice Carleton Game
why are you not going for 2 there
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 AM
why are you not going for 2 there
@classicjpow.bsky.social is somewhere ascending
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
@classicjpow.bsky.social is somewhere ascending
storming the court for beating the rival you routinely beat and are ~evenly matched up with is embarrassing
February 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
storming the court for beating the rival you routinely beat and are ~evenly matched up with is embarrassing
shoutout the BTN announcer who thinks Israel is in Europe
February 7, 2026 at 8:08 PM
shoutout the BTN announcer who thinks Israel is in Europe
i'm convinced that mulkey only recruits bigs to try to turn them into ladazhia williams
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
i'm convinced that mulkey only recruits bigs to try to turn them into ladazhia williams