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This is one of the best playoff debuts ever.
Wemby's been unreal. Brilliant 3P shotmaking in various ways, one-of-a-kind vertical spacing, doing work out of the post, all while transforming the game defensively. Wouldn't expect anything less from Wemby, but it's so impressive.
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How do you not love that deep blue in the stands!! Sheesh love this energy!! ❤️
#playoffs
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To my Oklahoma family;
this piece comes straight from the heart.
I hope you’ll take a moment to read it and feel what I felt.
Thank you for allowing me to be a small part of it.
I came to @okcthunder to play basketball. I left carrying 168 lives.
When I was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, I was thinking about basketball, nothing more.
I didn’t know that before I ever stepped on the court, this place would show me something that would stay with me far longer than any game.
Like any player, my mind was on the game. A new team, a new city, a new opportunity. I expected the usual routine when I landed in Oklahoma City. Physicals, practices, meetings, and a jersey waiting in a locker.
But before any of that, Sam Presti pulled me aside and told me there was somewhere we needed to go.
He didn’t explain much, and I didn’t think to ask. I was focused on the next step in my career.
What I didn’t understand was that, before I could represent the place I was about to play for, I needed to understand it.
So instead of heading to the facility, he took me to the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.
I walked in without knowing what I was about to see, and within minutes, everything slowed down.
There are 168 chairs at the memorial, each one representing a life lost on April 19, 1995. They are arranged in quiet rows, each engraved with a name, each standing where a person once stood in that building. Then you notice something that is impossible to process the first time you see it. Some of the chairs are smaller.
They belong to children.
There is no speech that prepares you for that, no headline that captures it. You simply stand there, and the silence carries a kind of weight that is hard to describe but impossible to ignore.
As you walk through the memorial, you pass between two gates marked 9:01 and 9:03. At first, they seem like simple numbers, but then you understand what they hold. One marks the last minute before the attack. The other marks the first minute after. And in between those two gates is 9:02, the moment when everything changed.
That minute does not feel like history when you are standing there. It feels present.
The reflecting pool stretches across what used to be a city street, its surface calm and still. When you look into it, you do not just see water. You see yourself standing in a place where unimaginable loss occurred, and for a moment, everything else in your life becomes quieter.
Nearby stands the Survivor Tree, an American elm that was damaged in the blast but endured. It is not untouched. Its scars are part of what it represents. But it is still standing, and in that, it carries a kind of strength that does not need to be explained.
We did not speak much while we were inside. It did not feel like a place for conversation. Some places ask for words. This one asks for reflection.
When we stepped outside, Sam Presti looked me in the eye and said, “This is what this state has been through.”
Then he said something I will never forget.
“Every time you step on that court, you are not just playing in front of fans. You are playing for a state that carries this with it. Give them everything you have. They deserve that.”
In that moment, basketball felt different.
Not smaller, but clearer.
Because what I had just seen was not only about what was lost. It was about what remained. A state that had experienced unimaginable pain and still chose to come together, to rebuild, and to move forward without losing its humanity.
From that day on, every time I stepped on the court, I carried that with me.
On the nights when I was tired, when I was hurt, when I was dealing with challenges that felt heavy in the moment, I would think about those chairs, about that minute, about the people behind those names. And I was reminded that what I was going through did not compare to what this state had endured.
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@SportsCenter Come on Jason 😂😂 You are so much better than this.. Who cares tho, great to have you at Augusta!
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The bottomless spending spree at @LSU is a perfect example of one of life's great truisms. When people ask for more money for health care, infrastructure, education et al, and the politicians say there's no more money ... there's always more money.
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@FloWrestling @CKAwrestling The headline should be that Duke got cheated. You know it. We know it. Just say it.
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Landon Robideau defeats PJ Duke in an INSANE overtime match!
NCAA coverage presented by @CKAwrestling
#ncaas
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@Seth_Duckworth Look up Poke For Life in the dictionary and see this guy
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HWT | Douce up on mat 5 with a shot to become an All-American.
No. 7 Konner Doucet vs. No. 20 Dayton Pitzer (PITT)
#GoPokes
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@Aaron_LaFarge @WrestlingSNL You can’t be serious when you look at next years lineups right? We lose Haines and gain ono
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At 157, No. 5 Landon Robideau (Oklahoma State) shocks No. 1 PJ Duke (Penn State) 3-1 in TB OT.
Robideau gets the reversal in the tiebreaker and shuts the door late to punch his ticket to the NCAA finals.
Penn State coaching staff visibly unhappy with the officials.
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@pennstateWREST Duke got robbed and I'm sure all u PSU haters are happy
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Duke drops the 3-1 (TB) decision and will wrestle for third tomorrow
#PSUwr
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@CowboyWrestling I hate how these Penn State wrestlers don't get hit for stalling when they don't take any shots whatsoever.
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149 | Casey gets the top seed on mat 3
No. 8 Casey Swiderski vs. No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU)
#GoPokes
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Want to give a shout out to my teammate @coachbrucepearl. Doing your first selection show is hard enough. Doing it under these circumstances was especially difficult. He handled it like a true pro and a mensch. Now on to the games!
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Porter’s OU Recruiting rankings:
2021: 38th overall, 5th Portal
2022: 23rd overall, 13th portal
2023: 28th overall, 14th portal
2024: 44th overall, 75th portal
2025: 29th overall, 11th portal
2026: signed 4star forward Gage Mayfield.
Best finish?
First Round Exit.
Man…
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NEWS: Oklahoma Atheltic Director Roger Denny tells ESPN that Porter Moser will return to the Sooners next year. They met this morning and spoke about building the program for 2026-27, including increased resources throughout the program and specifically NIL for players.
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@MarshallScottOK This roster was not perfect but I think there’s at least 100+ D1 coaches out there who would’ve taken this team to the tournament
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Asked Steve Lutz if, given the opportunity, he wanted to keep playing in the NIT or Crown:
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