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@OldGrayTop @BobbyHowardOK That’s ground floor McNellie’s…the neon green arches in the window give it away. That’s the new Italian bakery in the old Brown’s bakery store.

@BobbyHowardOK Where is this?

You’d be hard pressed to find a better bar room in OKC.

@VicLombardi It was absolutely fair to call it red. I’ve seen that not called but if you say NEVER a red then you likely NEVER actually followed soccer.

It should have NEVER been a red. That was the mockery.

@RorySmith Btw I did feel bad for the Aussies after the PKs, but not so bad because after all they still get to be Australian 🇦🇺 Cheers to all the visitors. We’re happy you’re here and as a Spurs supporter I only wish victory to all…except Gooners

@RorySmith I was there yesterday. Got my ticket through FIFA. Obviously more than I wanted to spend but better than scalper rates. There were scattered empty seats and some of the corporate sections filled in last minute but the place was pretty darn FULL. That 68,000 seems pretty legit.

To be honest, attendances have been better than I was expecting. Even Dallas yesterday was pretty full for Australia-Egypt. But this obvious…contortion actually makes me a bit more doubtful.

@RorySmith My only WC game and probably the only one I will ever get to attend. You’ve seen a lot more so I defer. Fwiw for me it was awesome. My wife and I were adopted by the Egyptians in our section. Wonderful support and nary a bad word for the Aussies.

@ThunderNumbers I love Isiah Joe and I think he’s worth more than the two draft picks we got from Detroit. The problem is that 28 teams had a chance to value him like I do, and it turns out none of them did. I hope he tears it up in Detroit and I also hope McCain and Stirtz do great here.

The Isaiah Joe trade is the worst trade of the Sam Presti era. There's no reason for this other than the ownership is too cheap. Thunder get basically nothing for one of the best 3-point shooters in the NBA. I've never instantly hated a Thunder trade more than this one.

@ColinKeane_ Biased okc fan here, and it’s possible that the Knicks were on such a run that they would’ve been flat out better than Thunder. Otoh NBA is all about matchups. Spurs are a bad matchup for okc. Knicks are a bad matchup for Spurs. Past few years okc are a bad matchup for Knicks.

Side note: this Knicks team would have also beaten the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Finals.

@jus7591 @SpursCulture NBA is a game of matchups. Turns out Spurs are a bad matchup for the Thunder, and the Knicks might be a bad matchup for the Spurs. The Thunder are definitely a bad matchup for the Knicks. 6-0 over the past 3 seasons.

@SpursCulture whats more funny is OKC fans thinking that they would of had a chance against NY to begin with

I get why Thunder fans are on their knees for the Knicks, but if Spurs don't win this series they'll just comeback more motivated next season It's a lose lose situation for y'all

@Exner_Garrett @CoachD178 youtu.be/MdzWRdZgan0?si… Take a minute to listen to Sam Elliot honor Ray Lambert by retelling Ray’s story

Ray’s Rock - Omaha Beach On the morning of June 6, 1944, 23 year old Staff Sergeant Arnold “Ray” Lambert came ashore with the first wave of the 1st Infantry Division on the eastern side of Omaha Beach. At this small patch of concrete he saved nearly 20 lives: The division came under intense fire from several German bunkers surrounding the entrance to the Colville Draw (one of two exits off Omaha Beach). Ray, a medic, immediately went to work. He was shot in the arm. Moments later he was hit by shrapnel in the leg, but Ray kept pulling men to safety. He pulled nearly 20 wounded soldiers to cover behind this 8ft wide obstacle, treating each soldier before going out in search of others. After several hours under fire, while pulling a wounded soldier from the ocean, he was struck by a landing craft. It dropped its ramp on top of him, breaking his back. He fell face down in the water, drowning. The craft backed up and nearby soldiers pulled an unconscious Ray to safety, eventually evacuating him off the beach. Remarkably, Ray had already earned two Silver Stars and three Purple Hearts in Sicily and North Africa, prior to landing in France. But here in Normandy his war would end. He awoke in a hospital back in England a day later. In the next bed over was his brother, who had also been wounded at Omaha. When asked about his work on D-Day, Ray simply said, “I did what I was called to do.” Ray Lambert passed in 2021 at 100 years old. He exemplified the best of American grit and why remembering this day is so important.

@brasilcoast2 Underrated move…he identified Merk Daignault as a smart young assistant while scouting players at Florida. He hired Daignault to coach the okc Blue and let him develop in the G league before promoting him to the Thunder. He was unknown then but now considered a top NBA coach.

📊 COMO SAM PRESTI MONTOU A ROTAÇÃO DO THUNDER? - AJAY MITCHELL: 3 milhões de dólares anuais. Ajay saiu na pick 38 do DRAFT de 2024 como uma pick do Knicks. Sam Presti ofereceu Oso Ighodaro e dinheiro por Ajay, e levou o atleta para ser um two way na G-League do Thunder. O Thunder está 19-1 quando ele é um titular. - CASON WALLACE: 5 milhões de dólares anuais. Presti TROCOU sua escolha no dia do DRAFT 2023, o pivô Dereck Lively, por Cason. A troca se mostrou genial. Lively teve múltiplas lesões graves na carreira enquanto Cason é um dos melhores defensores do time e da NBA. - LU DORT: 18 milhões de dólares anuais. Dort NÃO foi draftado, mas Sam Presti tinha o jogador no radar e assinou com ele no dia do DRAFT num contrato two-way. Dort agora completa 7 anos de Thunder, sendo veterano como o cara mais antigo no time atual. - ALEX CARUSO: 18 milhões de dólares anuais. Presti trocou por um campeão da NBA e time ideal de defesa SEM abrir mão de 1 pick de 1° round ao Bulls. A experiência do Caruso e seu crescimento nos playoffs foram PRIMORDIAIS ao título. E OKC não sente falta do Giddey. - JARED MCCAIN: 4 milhões de dólares anuais. Foi o único movimento de aquisição do OKC em 2026. Sam Presti viu o Jared largado e na baixa em Philly trocou por ele pelo preço que ele foi: 1 pick de 1° round. Desde a trade deadline ele foi o 2° reserva com mais pontos entre os trocados. Fez 12 pontos vs Lakers no jogo 1 das semifinais do Oeste. - ISAIAH JOE: 11 milhões de dólares anuais. Depois de ser dispensado do 76ers e ficar sem time, Sam Presti o contratou via mercado de dispensados. Joe hoje é o melhor shooter do Thunder, com 42% de 3 pontos sendo reserva. Pode ajudar a ganhar jogos, como fez na temporada regular. - JAYLIN WILLIAMS: 8 milhões de dólares anuais. Presti o selecionou com a pick 34 do DRAFT de 2022. Mesmo com 5 pontos por jogo de medias, Presti deu a ele um contrato de 3 anos. Hoje, Jaylin é um reserva do Chet/Hart e útil, tendo acertado 100 bolas de 3 na temporada. - JALEN WILLIAMS: 6 milhões esse ano. A universidade de Santa Clara não revelava um jogador para a NBA desde Steve Nash em 1996 por ser um programa mid-major, até Sam Presti fazer o scout de J-Dub e o selecionar. Em 3 anos Dub é campeão, All Star e All NBA. - ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN: 28 milhões de dólares anuais. Presti pegou ele depois de observar o ótimo ano dele pelo Knicks e assinou por 3 anos. Hartenstein foi uma das peças principais do título do Thunder no mesmo ano, fazendo jus ao investimento do GM do time.

@brhodes I think you mean to say that Knicks losing 24 of the last 31 games to The Thunder is demoralizing

Watching OKC relentlessly shop for - and get - cheap fouls is a demoralizing basketball watching experience

@rvernallsLtd @PedderSophie @shashj x.com/maties_tp/stat… Absolutely

This was quite the moment on quite the day out on Ile Longue today. La Marseillaise, sung in a high-security nuclear submarine base

@alexsalvinews @JohnJHarwood @NormOrnstein How about some defense of legacy media. Of course they aren’t perfect and we can spend hours pointing out when they were wrong, but he should explain why we go to experts and why having a strong independent competitive media is so important.

@JohnJHarwood @NormOrnstein What exactly do you take issue with here?

i did not expect this from Tony

@ATRightMovies Strictly Ballroom …”a life lived in fear is a life half-lived”

@GrahamCoffeyDC Last I checked SMU didn’t get blown out 28-3. In fact they lost 34-31 on an lsat second field goal and still dropped two spots.

Like, genuinely seeing a number of people who advocated loudly for SMU to be in last year using the logic that SMU dropped 2 spots (and stayed in the field) as the reason why Bama should have been booted. Last I checked, SMU didn’t go 1-1 vs Clemson last year

Looking at reactions from today’s CFP bracket release… It’s odd to me how many Midwestern based sportswriters have issues with Alabama staying at #9 while not being bothered by Ohio St being #2 over UGA UGA beat everyone on its schedule and had multiple wins better than OSU

@BMorrison1016 @TurtleAnchor @Timothy_Dison @_baranmavi_ Yep…Thunder traded Paul George and Westbrook when they could still bring significant value and accumulated picks. Warriors have held on to Curry and Draymond and now won’t be able to get prime value in a trade.

@TurtleAnchor @Timothy_Dison @_baranmavi_ Thunder only picked 2x in the lottery with their own pick, same as GSW

Possibly the worst roster construction in NBA history. The team is just mostly guards who can barely dribble or shoot with a few undersized bigs who can’t rebound or post up. And it’s been like this for the last 4 years.

@JeffFlake Democrat here. Not a “radical leftist”… I miss the days when Obama or Kaine could have reasonable policy disagreements with a guy like Jeff Flake or McCain. Don’t focus on the critics. Your voice still matters and we need you to keep speaking.

C’mon, fellow Republicans, we’re better than this.

Congratulations to @Lou_Berney on this epic new book. CROOKS is a brilliant novel about a one of a kind crime family. It's OUT NOW.

Drop your movie star crushes, in GIF form...

@SweetieWalker We’ve purchased 4 cars through Carmax. Great experience. No negotiating. They give you a price. If you like the price it’s a deal. If you don’t then both sides walk away. They give you a week to return your car. No haggling.

People slagging on CarMax. I just got a new [used] suv from CarMax. It was a pain-free transaction and my new vehicle is everything I wanted. Not sure what everyone is talking about.