Dave Takes

I am a Boston Celtics fan. These are my honest thoughts on the Jaylen Brown trade. I believe this thinking aligns with that of Brad Stevens and the Celtics' brass. x.com/davetakes/stat…

Give me Boozer and Wilson over Dybantsa and Peterson.

@NBA Oscar Cluff's range is 3 feet. His game at Purdue was rebounding and putting it back up. Not much else.

Steal. Dive for the loose ball. Pass to Oscar Cluff for the layup. Great hustle from the No. 31 overall pick, Bruce Thornton 👏 Watch Rockets/Raptors in NBA Summer League action on Prime.

@barstoolsports Yikes.

Sophie Cunningham… RING GIRL?!

@kyriecenterig Cooper Flagg is easily top 15 for me.

Kyrie courtside with Cooper Flagg and Dereck Lively at the Mavericks-Lakers Summer League game 🔥

@Fullcourtpass @BenGolliver His demeanor has changed. Maybe he's matured. Would be scary because we all know what he's capable of.

Ja Morant says he has new hobbies and has been more into nature since being traded to the Trail Blazers - Fishing - Walking - Biking - Kayaking (Via @BenGolliver)

@TheHoopCentral No thanks

Sophie Cunningham is a ring girl for the UFC tonight. 🤣🙌

@trippmccoy9 @Fullcourtpass @TheSteinLine Not what I said. Bam is a great passing big. You can run offense through him. High post. Heat literally do it.

@davetakes @Fullcourtpass @TheSteinLine 18 points a game last year but yeah he can lead an offense champ

The Miami Heat view Bam Adebayo as “Heat royalty” and as their modern-day Udonis Haslem, per @TheSteinLine

@S3tPI3C3S @UnderdogNBA @KellyIko No you mean he can score.

@davetakes @UnderdogNBA @KellyIko He’s giving you 20PPG he’s a good basketball player

Tyler Herro has been described by opposing players and coaches as someone who consistently talks trash and insinuates he'll fight. "Same boring tough-guy shit." (via @KellyIko)

@FastbreakHoops5 This is literally the last place I would come to play basketball.

The guy in the back was just trying to hoop 💀😭

@WNBA Lock.

@WNBA Olivia Miles playing? Looks like it. LYNX baby.

First game of the day 👌 Who is your pick to come out on top between the Lynx and the Liberty?

@LegionHoops I loved this trade for the Hornets. This new Charlotte regime is very serious about winning basketball games.

Jeff Peterson on why the Hornets traded LaMelo Ball: “Getting Naz Reid when you can get a player of his caliber. And of course, the draft capital and the flexibility just felt like it was something that was able to achieve multiple goals in one transaction." (via @NotoriousOHM)

@PolymarketHoops @Duffal0 Harper is so impressive man. Uses his size/strength to get downhill and can finish in a variety of ways around the rim

Dylan Harper on the hardest player he had to guard: “SGA and JDub…. We beat them, but… damn… them two kinda hard” (h/t @Duffal0)

@NBA @chicagobulls He has that talent where he is just so quick off the floor. Like a springboard.

No. 4 pick Caleb Wilson stuffed the stat sheet in his NBA Summer League debut for the @chicagobulls! 🏀 35 PTS (21 in 2H, game-high) 🏀 5 REB 🏀 2 STL 🏀 3 BLK 🏀 7 3PM

@MasterChefMoney VJ is going to be one of the best two-way guards in the League for a long time. Better get used to it.

Jaylen Brown taking those touches brother get ready for that sophomore slump

@PolymarketHoops This is the best contract in the NBA.

Contract details for Victor Wembanyama’s max extension with the Spurs: 2027-28: $43.3 million 2028-29: $46.8 million 2029-30: $50.2 million 2030-31: $53.7 million 2031-32: $57.1 million Wembanyama took a 5% annual discount for a team-friendly deal. 👀

@UnderdogNBA Rob Pelinka is a dweeb

Rob Pelinka and Peyton Watson at Summer League