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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

a lot of luka drama this week over complete BS huh

i wonder what his reputation is amongst the leagues best players. doesnt seem like any of them are rushing to play with him. kyrie seems to be singing his praises but kyrie speaks truth about 30% of the time.

forgot to post this kidd clip from a couple months back where he was on full tilt towards macmahon

JASON KIDD: "I'm giving you a f***** answer. It's alright to write positive stuff. People will read your positive s***. You don't always have to be negative. The world is already negative enough. Let's see some positive stuff on positive people..." pic.twitter.com/hAzOqF55Ld

— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) November 29, 2023

boo hoo

love to do leadership

i wonder what his reputation is amongst the leagues best players. doesnt seem like any of them are rushing to play with him.

― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Thursday, January 25, 2024 12:44 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

even if they like and admire him who wants to play with a guy who has the ball all the time

macmahon is awesome

yeah respect to him

the mavs organization is full of babies because their owner is a baby, it’s really the ideal spot for mcmahon to do his thing lol

otm

yeah for sure haa

hey lagoon - i think this was you who posted it, it can't find it but was there some way to get around the espn+ paywall using espn's australian site??

yes you need to use a vpn but mostly i use this site to bypass paywalls these days https://archive.ph/VCnuk

oh that archive site is nice thanks

https://t.co/A0RJu2hQK2 pic.twitter.com/v2tq54RL4f

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) January 26, 2024

lmao the split screen at the end

I love how Stephen A will have a take on anything, he'll never back down

NEWS: JJ Redick has emerged as the favorite to join Mike Breen and Doris Burke on ABC/ESPN NBA Finals team, The Athletic has learned.https://t.co/hX10zBwKZq

— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) February 9, 2024

yeah def way better than most candidates, and even when jj is insufferable hes at least serious about what hes doing, the only thing where im like whatre you even doing is when he gets on his high horse to defend players against legit criticism

https://t.co/6fsNpINsnY pic.twitter.com/Ksc7KrHjWR

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) February 10, 2024

you actually do have to hand it to him

Love that Kenny smith is getting torched on Twitter for how bad he was last night. I watched most of it cos my kids are into all the all star stuff now and he was consistently dropping horrible comments are just repeating lame sayings over and over. Ridiculously annoying and cringe inducing.

Love that Kenny smith is getting torched on Twitter for how bad he was last night. I watched most of it cos my kids are into all the all star stuff now and he was consistently dropping horrible comments are just repeating lame sayings over and over. Ridiculously annoying and cringe inducing.

so unnecessary, why did him and reggie need to talk over everything

his comments on the steph and sabrina thing were embarrassing, especially for someone who usually seems reasonable

So bad. So out of touch.

lol get him

JJ Redick calls out his former head coach Doc Rivers, who he will be replacing on ESPN/ABC's NBA Finals coverage.

"I've seen the trend for years. The trend is always making excuses. Doc, we get it. Taking over a team in the middle of a season is hard... it's always an excuse.… pic.twitter.com/NeTGnP1Suw

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 20, 2024

Minor league baseball team to host Brian Windhorst bobblehead giveaway https://t.co/8lavdWXvQD pic.twitter.com/BbMExYmN2c

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 20, 2024

gonna be a hot item on ebay down the road

https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/tim-legler-new-course-third-act-jj-redick-all-city-network.html

legler seems like a good dude, the kind of guy who should be a lot more visible if the NBA media landscape were (like the NFL’s) serious about people who actually like the game and have something to say… unfortunately as we know they’re in a pretty horrible place.

adam mares is my guy too for nuggets reasons obv, i think he’s great and I’m sure he’ll move on to some bigger national roles sometime in the next few years

yeah legler is should have a much higher profile hes serious about the game is up on the current basketball thought while having an old school player vibe, hes perfect really, but espn would rather have perk talking about how the celtics dont post up enough while they post up more than any team that doesnt have jokic