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Austin Kent
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making basketball at SLAM
So, long story short, I guess this is a belated sorry to Gilbert Arenas.

And his ghostwriter.

And the NBA.

And the readers I forced into wading through 500 words of fluff before reaching anything resembling a point.

It wasn't ALL wrong though.

🔗: sports.ws/thegp/gilber...
June 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The painfully long-winded story (I was 22!) is cynical and incoherent...

... but a glimpse into a simpler time when we stood at the edge of the abyss unaware of the world of always-on social media, narcissism and 24/7 personal branding we were about to fall into.
June 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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
I recognize that photo shoot! This has been my Slack avatar for almost 10 years lol
March 31, 2025 at 6:25 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
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
No better social commentary than this from Joel Embiid -- days into his actual playing career -- on election night 2016
November 15, 2024 at 4:35 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
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