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Austin Kent
@austinkent.bsky.social
making basketball at SLAM
In 2009, I wrote a mostly bad and largely unfair feature about how Gilbert Arenas' once wildly popular blog coincided with the demise of his career.

It incensed his ghostwriter. I got an earful.

Some bangers though.

/🧵
June 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Payton trying to take him out with that last-second trip always gets me.
February 17, 1999: Sacramento rookie Jason Williams puts this move on Gary Payton in Seattle.

Williams finished with 12 PTS/5 AST in just his 7th career NBA game, and Kings teammate Chris Webber had 23 PTS/14 REB in a 109-106 win. Payton led the SuperSonics with 34 PTS/10 AST.
February 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Jason Williams elbow pass turns 25 years old today.

Thinking of all of us who found the inspiration to get yelled at by our own high school coaches in the days and weeks that followed.
a basketball player with the number 45 on his shirt
ALT: a basketball player with the number 45 on his shirt
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February 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A 285-pound center is averaging a 30-point triple-double.

He's...
3️⃣rd in PPG
3️⃣rd in RPG
2️⃣nd in APG
4️⃣th in SPG
3️⃣rd in 3P%

We're all pretty numb to stat inflation in the NBA but this is creeping toward Shohei Ohtani levels of absurd.
January 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Wild reference to read in a random Canadian news story about an eagle setting up shop in a Newfoundland national park.
December 25, 2024 at 3:02 AM
plz forward all letters to my NBA Dunk Street address
December 2, 2024 at 7:12 PM
we used to be a proper country
December 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM
At the very least, in-house promotional spots.

I'm /pretty sure/ I ripped this from a 1987 playoff game.

I should dig up more of these.
November 27, 2024 at 9:16 PM
birthday cookie game on point
November 23, 2024 at 10:20 PM
protect this weirdo
Joe Mazzulla explained how he doesn’t want to give coaches a competitive edge by buddying up with them, telling a story about how now Hornets coach Charles Lee came into Celtics coaches room and forced Joe to hug him 😂
November 15, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Dyson Daniels' defense is the non-Pistons storyline I'm most obsessed with through the first month of the season and watching Cade Cunningham try to bring the ball up against him was a mesmerizing horror movie.
November 15, 2024 at 7:04 PM
AJ Green missed a layup against the Pistons last night, bringing an end to the 11-game streak in which he shot 27-52 from beyond the arc... and 0-0 from two.
November 15, 2024 at 12:28 AM
how does it know my streetball name?
November 14, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Okay, for real this time.
NBA Twitter slowly reconvening on Bluesky to make peace and transfer to the afterlife.
November 14, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Just reactivated the the fantasy basketball dynasty league I've commished for 17 years.

Here was my championship squad during the very first season back in 2007-08.

Dying at Chris Paul STILL PLAYING BASKETBALL.
July 4, 2023 at 12:44 AM
NBA Twitter slowly reconvening on Bluesky to make peace and transfer to the afterlife.
July 3, 2023 at 6:28 PM
You had me at Bluesky: The Retirement Community for Geriatric Millennials from #NBATwitter.
July 3, 2023 at 6:10 PM