Howard Beck
@howardbeck.bsky.social
Senior NBA Writer at TheRinger.com | Co-host, the Real Ones | #NBASky evangelist
Previously: SI.com, BleacherReport.com, NYTimes.com, DailyNews.com, VCStar.com, DavisEnterprise.com
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Previously: SI.com, BleacherReport.com, NYTimes.com, DailyNews.com, VCStar.com, DavisEnterprise.com
https://www.theringer.com/authors/howard-beck
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Howard Beck
@howardbeck.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hey #NBASky: I made a Ringer NBA starter pack, including every Ringer colleague who writes, edits, produces or pods on the NBA. (If I've missed anyone, please let me know!)
go.bsky.app/FHrHSbx
go.bsky.app/FHrHSbx
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Spent some quality time today with my pal @zachlowenba.bsky.social to discuss ... drumroll please ...
The Giannis Trade Saga! (Which I on-the-fly dubbed "The Greek Freak Show." Still workshopping.)
Also discussed X-factors for the remaining season.
(Also, I am still not used to being in 4k!)
The Giannis Trade Saga! (Which I on-the-fly dubbed "The Greek Freak Show." Still workshopping.)
Also discussed X-factors for the remaining season.
(Also, I am still not used to being in 4k!)
Spotify – Web Player
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January 29, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Spent some quality time today with my pal @zachlowenba.bsky.social to discuss ... drumroll please ...
The Giannis Trade Saga! (Which I on-the-fly dubbed "The Greek Freak Show." Still workshopping.)
Also discussed X-factors for the remaining season.
(Also, I am still not used to being in 4k!)
The Giannis Trade Saga! (Which I on-the-fly dubbed "The Greek Freak Show." Still workshopping.)
Also discussed X-factors for the remaining season.
(Also, I am still not used to being in 4k!)
Spent some quality time today with my pal @zachlowenba.bsky.social to discuss ... drumroll please ...
The Giannis Trade Saga! (Which I on-the-fly dubbed "The Greek Freak Show." Still workshopping.)
Also discussed X-factors for the remaining season.
(Also, I am still not used to being in 4k!)
The Giannis Trade Saga! (Which I on-the-fly dubbed "The Greek Freak Show." Still workshopping.)
Also discussed X-factors for the remaining season.
(Also, I am still not used to being in 4k!)
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Spent some quality time today with my pal @zachlowenba.bsky.social to discuss ... drumroll please ...
The Giannis Trade Saga! (Which I on-the-fly dubbed "The Greek Freak Show." Still workshopping.)
Also discussed X-factors for the remaining season.
(Also, I am still not used to being in 4k!)
The Giannis Trade Saga! (Which I on-the-fly dubbed "The Greek Freak Show." Still workshopping.)
Also discussed X-factors for the remaining season.
(Also, I am still not used to being in 4k!)
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we updated our top 100 today! nbarankings.theringer.com
The NBA, Ranked
The Ringer's hub for all things basketball. Including player rankings, Trade Value, and more.
nbarankings.theringer.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
we updated our top 100 today! nbarankings.theringer.com
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Pew has Trump's approval at 37%. And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans
Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.
www.pewresearch.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Pew has Trump's approval at 37%. And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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I'm heartened by how much the Internet has been talking about this story. Which is why it's worth noting that despite various requests for comment:
Robert Pera, Ubiquiti, the Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA, and Adam Silver have all said absolutely nothing.
Robert Pera, Ubiquiti, the Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA, and Adam Silver have all said absolutely nothing.
Our latest deep dive with Hunterbrook Media (@truth.bsky.social) is about one of the five richest owners in sports: Robert Pera, of the Grizzlies and Ubiquiti.
An NBA owner said, "No one knows where their sales come from."
The answer involves Russia's drone war in Ukraine: youtu.be/s6i4uffZvhc?...
An NBA owner said, "No one knows where their sales come from."
The answer involves Russia's drone war in Ukraine: youtu.be/s6i4uffZvhc?...
Exclusive: Grizzlies Owner Robert Pera Linked to Russia's "Crimes Against Humanity" | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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January 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I'm heartened by how much the Internet has been talking about this story. Which is why it's worth noting that despite various requests for comment:
Robert Pera, Ubiquiti, the Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA, and Adam Silver have all said absolutely nothing.
Robert Pera, Ubiquiti, the Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA, and Adam Silver have all said absolutely nothing.
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The Trump administration's “war on empathy,” Hillary Rodham Clinton writes, “threatens to pave the way for an extreme vision of Christian nationalism that seeks to replace democracy with theocracy in America”: theatln.tc/dcVIzlMi
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The Trump administration's “war on empathy,” Hillary Rodham Clinton writes, “threatens to pave the way for an extreme vision of Christian nationalism that seeks to replace democracy with theocracy in America”: theatln.tc/dcVIzlMi
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We asked an expert to tell us what they thought of ICE's military moves. It was worse than I thought (but the writing is great) www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
We asked an expert to tell us what they thought of ICE's military moves. It was worse than I thought (but the writing is great) www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
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Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
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Conservatives in 2018: Dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Like, sure, bring on the protest songs by famous singers. But it's the people's "music" that's really spooking these MAGA ghouls. This machine (a whistle lol) kills fascists.
MAGA influencers want anti-ICE protester whistles to be ‘considered a violent weapon’
‘High IQ people don’t respond well to shrill noises,’ Mike Cernovich tweeted before taking aim at the ‘hearing loss causing machines that terrorists use against ICE.’
www.independent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Conservatives in 2018: Dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
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I usually don't release discarded draft versions but this feels like it might be useful today
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I usually don't release discarded draft versions but this feels like it might be useful today
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"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
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The #Bucks season looks lost. What went wrong?
Is it the roster?
The coaching?
A little bit of both? Every team has flaws, but it shouldn’t look like this in Milwaukee.
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www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
Is it the roster?
The coaching?
A little bit of both? Every team has flaws, but it shouldn’t look like this in Milwaukee.
🔖
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
The Milwaukee Bucks' season looks lost. What went wrong? | Analysis
From building the roster to using it properly, this is not what the Milwaukee Bucks imagined the 2025-26 season would look like.
www.jsonline.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The #Bucks season looks lost. What went wrong?
Is it the roster?
The coaching?
A little bit of both? Every team has flaws, but it shouldn’t look like this in Milwaukee.
🔖
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
Is it the roster?
The coaching?
A little bit of both? Every team has flaws, but it shouldn’t look like this in Milwaukee.
🔖
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
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So fucking angry at all the emotionally disregulated assholes who believe they do this in my name.
Liam Ramos when ICE kidnapped him / Liam after 5 days in the concentration camp.
FREE HIM NOW. FREE THEM ALL.
FREE HIM NOW. FREE THEM ALL.
January 29, 2026 at 5:04 AM
So fucking angry at all the emotionally disregulated assholes who believe they do this in my name.
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New — I tried to write about…all of it:
Crackdown
Writing through history and heartbreak.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
New — I tried to write about…all of it:
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We stand in solidarity with the @postguild.bsky.social. Democracy dies in darkness, and it's a lot harder to shine a light from a shrinking newsroom. #SaveThePost
January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
We stand in solidarity with the @postguild.bsky.social. Democracy dies in darkness, and it's a lot harder to shine a light from a shrinking newsroom. #SaveThePost
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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She’s right
Warren: "I know there are Republicans right now who are seeing what we're seeing in MN, and they know it's wrong. It's time to speak out. Silence is complicity. Grow a spine, show some backbone. Being 'disturbed' doesn't change anything and the ICE agents who are waving around loaded guns know it."
January 28, 2026 at 9:24 PM
She’s right
So much chagrin in the timeline
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 PM
So much chagrin in the timeline
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That's THREE Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota who have been attacked -- assaulted, shot, killed -- by Trump supporters in the last 7 months (and 60+ more were targeted for violence). That is the actual domestic terrorism.
The man who squirted an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump.
Man arrested in attack on Omar has criminal history, pro-Trump posts
The man who squirted an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump.
sahanjournal.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:35 PM
That's THREE Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota who have been attacked -- assaulted, shot, killed -- by Trump supporters in the last 7 months (and 60+ more were targeted for violence). That is the actual domestic terrorism.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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I wrote about Minneapolis and why that Orwell quote everyone's been sharing makes me nervous about what comes next
The Evidence of Our Eyes and Ears Is Under Attack
Extensive video footage is prevailing in debunking false accounts of Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis. Next time, it may not be enough.
www.theringer.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I wrote about Minneapolis and why that Orwell quote everyone's been sharing makes me nervous about what comes next
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The ADL found that Grok was the most anti-semitic chatbot in its testing -- and did its best to minimize that finding, because everyone is afraid of Elon. @miasato.bsky.social runs it down www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
January 28, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The ADL found that Grok was the most anti-semitic chatbot in its testing -- and did its best to minimize that finding, because everyone is afraid of Elon. @miasato.bsky.social runs it down www.theverge.com/news/868925/...