Beau Custar

Please be TJ

@IWasAtTheGame Kyran Berryhill senior at Okemah got 1000 points tonight.

OH MY

Stop interviewing managers during the game. They’re coaching the biggest games of their lives and you’re distracting them with pointless questions.

Brian Kelly showing up for his interview at UCLA.

Such a bad take. Kevin Durant said defense is easy — that “anyone can bend their legs,” and that you just “have to make shots” to win a championship. That might be the most offensively-minded nonsense ever said by a generational scorer. Because here’s the truth: Since 2000, 22 of 25 NBA champions were top-10 in defense. 17 were top-5. The average defensive rank of a champion? 4.1. Offense? 6.3. The 2025 Thunder? #1 defense all year, #1 defense in the playoffs. The 2024 Celtics? #2 defense. Luka didn’t just lose — he suffocated. The 2023 Nuggets? Defense jumped from 15th to 4th when it mattered. The 2022 Warriors? #2 defense. The 2021 Bucks? #1 playoff defense. The 2019 Raptors? #5 defense. That’s six straight champions who smothered teams before they scored. Offense comes and goes. Defense scales and sustains. League-wide data since 1997: Teams that finish Top-5 in Defense win the title 68% of the time. Teams that finish Top-5 in Offense? Only 24%. Playoff offense drops by an average of –2.5 points per 100 possessions. Playoff defense improves by +3.0. Because postseason basketball is a war of attrition — not a shooting drill. And you want irony? The only players who’ve won two rings since 2020 are Alex Caruso, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Jrue Holiday. None of them are “bucket-getters.” They’re defensive savants who tilt series by denying buckets. Meanwhile, KD’s career arc is the blueprint for why defense matters: He won when his team was #1 in defense (2017, 2018). He lost when it wasn’t — 2012, 2021, 2023 — all top-tier offenses, all exits courtesy of better defensive units. You don’t win because you make shots. You win because you erase theirs. Defense is the great separator: It doesn’t depend on rhythm, refs, or shooting variance. It shows up when your legs are gone, the crowd’s hostile, and the game’s ugly. It wins Game 7s. It wins legacies. So when KD says “defense is easy,” remember this: He never hoisted a trophy without it. He never lost to a team that didn’t have it. It's a bad message to players, coaches and general managers.

ROARED LOUDER. #SeizeTheMoment

Justin Jefferson could make All Pro with absolutely any QB on the practice squads.

@coachdbball Shoulder will be in a sling tomorrow

Player shooting after practice, ball bounces to me….. spin the laces, elbow above my shooting eye, nothing but cotton! It’s an easy game. Hand Down

THAT. JUST. HAPPENED.

TOOK THE OPENER. #SeizeTheMoment

@coachdbball @TDuncanElemPrin Hey I’m 35 years old too!

The road has definitely been less traveled, but 35 years with my ride or die has been awesome!! @TDuncanElemPrin

J.P. CALLS GAME!!! #TridentsUp

Phillies debut the “Coldplay Kiss Cam”. Wait for it…

I think I was 11 years old when I first said “I can’t stand Doris Burke”. She even annoyed me on 2K.

When Shohei Ohtani see a fastball down the middle

Every cologne commercial looks like a Zoolander sequel.

Why are the Thunder fouling so quick?

Pass to Bronny or be Jamaican Dalton Knecht: