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@Fullcourtpass @ramonashelburne He found the blue poppy

Victor Wembanyama dribbled a basketball up a dangerous mountain route in 4.5 hours (takes a normal person 7-8 hours to walk up it) while training with the monks, per @ramonashelburne “One day he told Wembanyama to dribble a basketball up another dangerous mountain route to Sanhuangzhai, a monastery deep in the Song Mountains. The hike traversed cliffside plank paths, suspension bridges and ancient forests, and was five times as long as the one to Bodhidharma Cave. The trail forces you to climb roughly 2,500 feet in elevation across uneven ridges and stone.” (espn.com/nba/story/_/id…)

@Mike_NYY That’s good process if ur trying to find a star. They just got unlucky

So the Nets traded 3 (basically 4) first round picks to control their own drafts for 2 seasons with the sole purpose of blatantly tanking They had the 6th worst record in 2025 - Pick fell to 8 They had the 3rd worst record in 2026 - Pick fell to 6 Clowns. Every one of them.

ROUND 1 ✅ Boston, please be classy my friends! I still love and respect you!!

WANTED BOSTON ✅ BEAT BOSTON ✅

@avidsportsrdr @LevAkabas Wizards pretty much

@LevAkabas Did any teams try to emulate the process sixers?

One more thing on NBA lottery reform ⬇️ The current odds, established in 2019, are already significantly flattened from the odds the league used from 1994 to 2018 That change did not reduce the tanking problem

@nickbateman33 I swear 90% of being a gm is just getting lucky.

Wizards lottery luck if the 3-2-1 system was implemented in 2010 2010: 26-56 ➡️ 11th pick (Cole Aldrich) 2011: 23-59 ➡️ 6th pick (Jan Vesely) 2012: 20-46 ➡️ 10th pick (Austin Rivers) 2013: 29-53 ➡️ 7th pick (Ben McLemore) 2014-2018 no playoffs without Wall/Beal/Porter picks. Probably 12th pick every year 2019: extend Isaac Bonga to supermax. Draft Cam Reddish 10th overall after finishing 0-82 2020: 0-82 again. Draft Killian Hayes 8th overall 2021: preliminary talks of relegating or moving franchise. 0-82 again. Extend Davis Bertans to supermax 2022: 1-71. Draft Johnny Davis and sign him to supermax immediately. 2023: Must beat NCAA champion to stay in NBA. Lose to UConn 89-45. Franchise moved to Mexico City 2024: The Great Flood™️. Washington DC and NoVa become one with the Atlantic Ocean 2025: people are still kinda sad about everyone in dc/nova drowning and dying 2026: nobody cares everyone has moved on

I have a new lottery proposal… - worst record gets the 1st pick - 2nd worst record gets the 2nd pick - 3rd worst record gets the 3rd pick - 4th worst record gets the 4th pick - 5th worst record gets the 5th pick - 6th worst record gets the 6th pick - 7th worst record gets the 7

@mnknggs @BravesSufferer At least when they beat the dodgers they end up winning the World Series…

@BravesSufferer Yet you lost to a team without any rings and couldn’t score in 24 innings LMFAOOOO😭😭😭✌️✌️ keep dancing for dodger fans cuck

Their last WS win

LEBRON JAMES LITERALLY CREATED A TEAMMATE TO THROW AN OOP TO IN THE PLAYOFFS MAN STOP ALL THE DEBATES

Remember when there used to be an Ohtani vs Judge debate 😭😭😭

Victor Wembanyama on the environment: “I care a lot about it, and I feel a certain guilt about polluting so much as someone who flies 41 times a season. But I want to have an impact, and I want to counteract this negative carbon footprint through whatever impact I can, financially or socially, I want to have an impact for the future... Investing, yes, but not for profit.” (via @pointmadebball)

@MIK3MCDANIEL Mavs, warriors, and Thunder if the clippers lose the playin. Also Jazz, pacers and wizards dropping as far as possible

what bullshit top 3 combo yall think adam silver cooking up for this lottery?

Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty. Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few. It is an unjust scenario, in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to change things. There is no lack of resources at the root of disparities, but the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty.

God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.

I feel like most of these proposed tanking changes ignore the fact that a team can just be bad 😭

@WillofThaPeople I’ve never seen a league self sabotage itself year in and out. We could be talking about all the cool potential playoff matchups but instead we’re focusing on tanking which is a non issue….

The NBA’s real crisis is NO ONE watches the games anymore

Opening Debut.