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a guy like nikola mirotic was putting up numbers half as good at age 24 that luka was at 18

yeah it actually makes for a more stable projection than college. teams just invented reasons not to draft him, didn’t think he was athletic enough, stuff like that. really should’ve been one of the easiest picks in draft history. again i give the mavs front office a lot of credit for betting on luka to the tune of 2 first round picks when everyone else around them didn’t even wanna draft him period. and of course 2 first round picks for luka now looks like one of the heists of the century, i don’t think you could legally trade enough first round picks to even acquire luka at this point, i think he’s quite literally untradeable. i have no idea what you could even come up with to give the mavs to even make them consider trading him.

that’s the thing. with a lot of euro prospects, you’re projecting future production from young guys who barely see the floor but doncic was just as young as many of those highly-drafted projects and he was the literal mvp

lmao

What is happening here?@kendrickperkins brought the handcuffs out for the Warriors’ performance and @mollyqerim and @stephenasmith were quite thrown off 😂 pic.twitter.com/fOcZVTaTFb

— First Take (@FirstTake) June 3, 2022

I saw a lot of screen shots of that outfit on the timeline today and was too afraid to hit play on any of the videos

it was very funny. i love perkins

sneaking suspicion alcatraz paid him under the table for it but i guess it’s all in the game

BRIAN WINDHORST: Steph has not yet been great. Steph could easily put up fifty or sixty three-poi--
TIM BONTEMPS: I will kill you. I swear to fucking god I will fucking kill you.
TIM MCMAHON: Now hold on. Let this stupid dipshit finish his dumbass point for idiots.

— Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant) June 14, 2022

i love them

haha that is the exact dynamic

Lmao

hahaha

I'm waiting for when Draymond does his podcast at halftime.

fuck that, go live during the game

strap on a gopro and see if the refs say anything

"THIS BLOCK WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOOD FOLKS AT MAILCHIMP"

Can’t think of many worse at this than Broussard

Who says no to this trade scenario? 🤔

Nets receive:
⚫ Jimmy Butler
⚫ Bam Adebayo

Heat receive:
🔴 Kyrie Irving
🔴 Ben Simmonspic.twitter.com/yjgSvvCr2i

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) June 25, 2022

i say no, personally

I clicked on this just to see what my guy Brian was saying and two minutes later I’m consumed by the question of what’s going on with the Utah Jazz. It’s my only quest in life to find out. This is perfect television. https://t.co/Cf4mDdo22E

— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) July 1, 2022

^^^as good as advertised

masterful

danny bout to blow it up over there, extremely believable

ngl i had to read the comments to understand wtf he was talking about

lmao agatha christie ass basketball reporting

hahah otm

lmao

here for it tbh

exquisite television

that windhorst clip is incredible and he was otm!

windy is otm quite often

i know ESPN did not just do an entire segment based on a ja morant “quote” from ballsack sports 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/UqihKpMddW

— Molly Morrison (@mollyhannahm) July 11, 2022

https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jonathantjarks/journal/view/id/63118e310f3ef0104cd375ed

Not a good update from Jonathan Tjarks, now in hospice care.

god that is awful

jesus christ. i feel awful for his family.

Ugh man that’s horrible

dammit

anybody watch the untold episode about tim donaghy?

tjarks news is so sad

he passed away last night. what a terrible, terrible thing.

So sad

RIP. Ringer NBA pods were never my fav but Tjarks always seemed like a solid dude.

Showtime Sports has announced that veteran journalist and NBA personality Rachel Nichols is joining Showtime Basketball as both a host and producer. pic.twitter.com/wREJgdi2N5

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) September 30, 2022

zach lowe did his annual “5 most confusing teams” pod w/ howard beck instead of kevin arnovitz, which sent a red flag up in the air for me. i searched on twitter and apparently last week zach mentioned on a pod that arnovitz is “no longer here” to do the pod, which most ppl are taking to mean he has left ESPN. his twitter account says he still works there but all his tweets have been wiped and his bio says the account is “inactive.” it looks like he last wrote something for them in august about the soccer team ryan reynolds owns. i’m now more confused & curious than i was before. i really liked him

Reddit seems to think he is leaving the NBA journo world to write about TV. I guess he’s already had a Top Chef podcast with Tom Haberstroh(?!)

I like Arnovitz too. Howard Beck and Ben Golliver are among my least favorite NBA podcasters, hate when they show up as guests on shows I like.

the tweets being wiped is new but his bio has had that inactive note for a long time bc he stopped using twitter.

it did seem like his piece and pod appearances were starting to decrease in frequency so he’s probably done there. i liked a lot of his stuff but it was a remnant of the truehoop era of espn’s nba coverage for better or worse.

arnovitz was great, too bad

Reddit seems to think he is leaving the NBA journo world to write about TV.

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, October 3, 2022 6:58 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

fwiw it says for tv

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/xqz03h/what_happened_to_kevin_arnovitz/

ah good for him if he’s doing TV writing. he seemed far more cultured (gay) (LA) than his colleagues so that scans. will miss him on the pods tho i always enjoyed his perspective

yeah, he always had a unique take. i think he leaned a little too hard into the importance organizational culture at times but his pieces on bill kennedy, the grizz game ops, and the kings guy who stole a bunch of money are classics

arnovitz was good. would be cool if he still did one or two pods a year with zach