TJ's Basketball Takes

Here's my 2025 NBA Big Board Posted this on my main account and think it definitely belongs here. Way, way, way too early to victory lap on anything. However, I do feel really good about my process and my conclusion w/my evaluations

Kingston Flemings told me his favorite NBA player was Derrick Rose & looked up to him. “I wore #1 my whole life up until here cause of D Rose…I loved watching D Rose growing up, I had his shoes & everything.” Fav player right now: Cade Cunningham “I think he’s up there in the MVP race” (This was recorded before Cade’s injury) Full interview: youtu.be/3_cfMlOBMHE?si…

Corn Carr's dunks get all the attention but if he gets back to blocking shots the NBA will be calling. He feels like a LA Clipper 2 way as they try to find a new Derrick Jones Jr. But now that I look at it Carr has a career 4.1 block %. Jones as a freshman was at 6.2% block

@TrellInterlude Hell be on boards next year. Aiden Sherrell already got the shot blocking, bmi and 3-point intrigue. Just clean up rebound and he'll be straight

Sherrell a hilarious player dude

Virginia's Johann Grünloh will be next year's Motiejus Krivas

@ant_thompson26 @Gatorade @kyledoirondsgn

🤙🏾 #GatoradePOY

@nore4DH Better prospect than younger brother Jeremiah?

I chose the wrong day/time to get a haircut and sit in Baton Rouge traffic, missing this fantastic moment live. x.com/MarchMadnessMB…

This is the best thing you will watch today.

Andy Enfield walked by Travis Steele with the quickness in the handshake line. Shout out Miami (OH)

Skaljac!!!!!

One of Howard’s assistant coaches met head coach Kenneth Blakeney while writing a story about the Bison as a Sports Reporter for the @WashingtonPost and knew so much ball that Howard hired him. @Raggs_No_Riches

JONATHAN KUMINGA MADE THIS SHOT — HOW?!?!

TJ Jerome can be a top 2 guy on a championship team. There I said it (reason is not just cuz of these logo 3s and highlights in low stakes hoops)

“If you want to win, you pick Cameron (Boozer). And I’m going to tell you this: The GMs that don’t pick Cam, they’re going to regret that 15 years from now,” two-time #NBA All-Star Carlos Boozer to @andscape to NBA GMs about his Duke star son. tinyurl.com/6xxd9n2p

Carlos Boozer calls his son, Cameron Boozer, a "modern-day version" of Tim Duncan “You look at what Tim Duncan did. I’m not comparing Cameron to Tim Duncan, but he was another guy that wasn’t [athletically] a Kevin Garnett or a Tracy McGrady or a Kobe Bryant or Shaquille O’Neal. But you know what he did? He won five championships in that era [against] those players — the Kobes and the Shaqs, because of his IQ, because of his skill set, and because his team would follow him... That is who Cameron is. He’s a modern-day version of that... So. if you want to win, you pick Cameron.” (Via @MarcJSpears )

Every poster attempted by Coen Carr at Michigan State

Since dropping to 26-18, after the infamous 2-9 stretch, on Jan 20: -2nd in win pctg (20-7, 74.1%) -6th in ORtg (117.9) -1st in DRtg (105.4, BOS 2nd @ 108.1) -1st in Net (+12.5, SAS 2nd @ +11.1) -2nd in DRB% -10 in ORB% Not bad for an infuriating, inconsistent, fraudulent squad

⌚️ Damian Lillard's 71 in a game with just 92 scoring opportunities is outrageous. Wilt's 78 in a game with 178 scoring opps is less so. We need to talk about pace inflation: tomthefinder.com/p/the-hidden-c…

AJ Dybantsa: "I think this is one of the best drafts in I don't know how many years... But I definitely want the No. 1 pick. I've been No. 1 my whole life. I've been No. 1 since 8th grade and I'm trying to keep that." WINNING FORMULA Podcast w/ @BionicBrooks_, @DevInTheLab