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Paul Pierce says Jaquez is “making a name for himself” after calling him by the wrong name https://t.co/l6QTTSYWme

— Five Reasons Sports 🏀🏈⚾️🏒⚽️ (@5ReasonsSports) December 23, 2023

The explosive OKC duo of SGA and Jalen Williams combined for 72 PTS in the Thunder's win over the Knicks 🌩️

SGA: 36 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB
Jalen: 36 PTS, 5 3PM, 76% FG pic.twitter.com/nFcOEapW3c

— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2023

The explosive OKC duo of SGA and Jalen Williams combined for 72 PTS in the Thunder's win over the Knicks 🌩️

SGA: 36 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB
Jalen: 36 PTS, 5 3PM, 76% FG pic.twitter.com/nFcOEapW3c

— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2023

The explosive OKC duo of SGA and Jalen Williams combined for 72 PTS in the Thunder's win over the Knicks 🌩️

SGA: 36 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB
Jalen: 36 PTS, 5 3PM, 76% FG pic.twitter.com/nFcOEapW3c

— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2023

this is now triggering memories of heat announcer eric reid going out of his way to not call “dean wade” by his full name because it sounds too similar to “d wade” lol

shai’s full last name has to be murder for play by play guys trying to keep some rhythm to their calls

for sure but i feel like most announcers go out of their way to i.e. say giannis’ last name instead of calling him giannis, but that might be a respect thing for national or road team announcers. i think the bucks guy calls him giannis a lot. i think it’s the nickname aspect that is funny to me

i have noticed that w/giannis, i assumed there was some effort put in to combat any perception that people were avoiding learning how to pronounce african surname.

shai’s full last name has to be murder for play by play guys trying to keep some rhythm to their calls

― call all destroyer, Thursday, December 28, 2023 8:32 AM (forty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

+ they have two jalen williamses so they go with the nicknames for those guys almost exclusively

yeah that makes sense tho i was also like, im not sure any thunder fans are confusing those two anymore… but calling a guy j dub a whole game must feel like you’re getting away with a crime as a play by play guy

just jalen williams stuff

i had to block the name "gilbert arenas" on twitter, felt like he was being forced on me every 5th post and hes reached that perk level of nba talking head dumb ass

hes even worse than perk hes like perk if he didnt have to worry about keeping his job at espn

true

interesting mix of characters

Netflix is creating a new NBA docuseries modeled after its NFL "Quarterback" show, per @ShamsCharania🍿

The first season will feature episodes on LeBron, Tatum, Butler, Ant, and Sabonis 🔥 pic.twitter.com/cjDBzWQP3K

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 10, 2024

cracking up at this news coming out 1 day after jimmy told the press that he doesn’t care if he is made ineligible for end of season awards over missing games

you only need to play seventeen games to be a quarterback haha

oh my god

Stephen A Smith on jason Whitlock 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/l5U29Ktoi6

— Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) (@shannonsharpeee) January 11, 2024

this is incredible

i waited all day to watch that and man it really delivered

Visceral

Stephen A is such an incredible performer

yeah very unique talent

I love that this clip went viral. even the people I know who hate him are like "okay maybe there's something to this guy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOf3FZdtb-g

lmao

"I went to see Taylor Swift!"

"You get within a mile of his presence, wrap your arms around yourself to protect your soul" is one of the coldest lines ever delivered

I’ve never heard a commentator get mad at his partner on live TV like this 😭
pic.twitter.com/F6sJS01z53

— Mink Flow (@currypistonn) January 17, 2024

https://apnews.com/article/bally-sports-amazon-e44313c4491798f1f825a8c4e174f096

Under the terms of the restructuring agreement, Amazon will make a minority investment in Diamond and enter into a commercial arrangement to provide access to Diamond’s content via Prime Video.

Customers will be able to access their local team’s content on Prime Video channels where Diamond has rights. Pricing and availability will be announced at a later date. Regional sports content will also remain available on cable and satellite providers.

nice

here it comes

big tech is going to own all pro sports broadcast rights in like 2 years

that one is a good deal 4 fans tho as bally has been so bad at actually letting people watch the games

one of the big streaming companies deciding that there is value in local sports and building that into their platforms would be a good outcome for us all, i think

short of the leagues themselves subsidizing every broadcast, doing away with blackouts and just selling direct to consumer but that still seems pretty far away

another x player pod

It’s all love now 🤝🏾 @swish41 😂 Episode 1 of “The Why with Dwyane Wade” now available on my Youtube channel and all podcast platforms! Click the link in my bio to tune in 🎙️ pic.twitter.com/4i60OF3CuH

— DWade (@DwyaneWade) January 18, 2024

Sounds like everyone else who was still at SI got laid off today :(

yeah i think it's official...so sad :(

I’ll be checking into the next hoops collective

Luka Dončić and Tim MacMahon go back and forth about him tweeting about Luka asking for a fan to be ejected in the second half, after cursing at him the whole game.

Luka: “You’ll be the first one to always put something bad about me.” pic.twitter.com/eAIRbKyVkn

— Landon Thomas (@sixfivelando) January 25, 2024

Luka is such a bitch

such best player at a rich high school vibes

Every kg/pp clip I’ve seen this year has been incredible Hahaa

KG GOT ME CRYING 😂😂😂😂

“Tatum will put your ass in the mix” 🐶 pic.twitter.com/B6d4ISMZUz

— Hoop Fiends 🏀💉 (@hoopfiends) January 24, 2024

KG's face when he says, "WHO?!" is too much.

silly guys

“Luka, you tired?” the fan said. “Get on a treadmill.”

Those were the words, or a close approximation of them that those of us on media row and the fans behind us all agreed upon, that prompted Dončić to point out the fan to team security. The fan had been heckling Dončić for the entire night, but speaking as one media member who was seated there, what I did hear from him — which, as a media member often tuning out distractions around me, was not all of it — was not egregious compared to other fan incidents. I did not hear this fan push beyond Dončić’s on-court play. Two Mavericks fans seated directly behind me also said the Phoenix fan’s words seemed too mild to warrant Dončić’s attention.

Dončić disagreed.

“That was not the only thing he said,” Dončić said afterward. When one reporter pushed back, saying that we were seated near him, Dončić replied, “So that was the only time he said something? The only thing? I was hearing him the whole first half.”

The fan was not ejected. The stadium security asked him to watch the remainder of the game from the concourse, and he complied, citing the Suns’ 25-point lead and inevitable win as a reason he had no problem doing so. Later, Dončić said, “I never would eject a fan (who) pays for tickets, but I had enough. It was a little bit of frustration.”

It was a moment born from the team’s negative 41-point swing, one that turned what might have been another emphatic win against the Suns into a lackluster defeat.

“It’s fine,” Dončić said afterward. “It’s all over.”

"LUKA YOU TIRED, GET ON THE TREADMILL!"

Luka Doncic reaction to fan incoming.

Luka Doncic has since pointed out the fan, who is being talked to by arena staff.

Kyrie Irving walked over and was looking at the fan, who just left.#Suns 100 #Mavs 78 after 3. pic.twitter.com/6npgrJhj6J

— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) January 25, 2024

total bs from luka, right after i called him not that evil smh

https://theathletic.com/5226107/2024/01/25/luka-doncic-suns-mavericks-fan/

pretty funny to see a bunch of the mavs are really figuring it out articles followed immediately by the mavs are unraveling ones, theyre just a mediocre team that always has a punchers chance because of luka its not that hard to figure out

very diplomatic piece by the athletic mavs reporter after the celtics game being like these are the things that separate the top level contenders from those a mere hairs breath behind them, do mavs people really think theyre contenders lol whats going on over there

luka westbrook

beefing with macmahon is a poor choice lol, grumpy guy with a national audience whos not going to be intimidated and is prob actually enjoying the whole thing

right the guy’s nickname refers to his coverage of the mavs being so adversarial that the owner banned him from the arena, who has the institutional support of the biggest sports media company in the world….. this is a “keep your enemies closer” situation but luka is 23 or whatever so what does he know