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Reminders to myself thread:

@JonKrawczynski @HPbasketball Woof. This is not going to age well for either of you. I know the argument is Wade going airborne flying down the lane is obviously different than SGA falling. But the bigger difference is 20/20 hindsight and forgetting how ridiculous the Wade flipping discourse was back then.

@HPbasketball I almost respect how ridiculous that comp is. Lol.

Not even REMOTELY the same thing

Systems, institutions, and otherwise “things” are ineffective toward their stated end largely to the exact degree they are - or become - status games The exceptions to this are those whose stated ends are, more or less, status

@Three_Cone Wishful thinking. Not even trying to be pessimistic. Game 7 would be a stretch.

Ajay Mitchell is out for tomorrow Jalen Williams is questionable for injury management If I had to guess I think Dub plays in game five

@UncleKoolaid @okcamars Ya absolutely. Do expect them to play better tomorrow. Hopefully the crowd will be dialed in too. But pretty much have to have it.

@chuck_daniels_ @okcamars Yea i think the most likely path is winning the 2 home games now that they have home court back. Losing game 5 and looking down a back to back one away would feel like a dagger.

Dude they really might not play what the fuck man

@UncleKoolaid @okcamars Yup exactly. Gotta do it without them. It’s possible but no room for error. Shai has to be incredible and everyone else has to be sharp. Possible.

@chuck_daniels_ @okcamars Agreed. Its felt like that was obvious since the day after the injuries. They're gonna have to dig extremely deep to win this series. Especially SGA with the load he now has to carry.

We not losing this series, basketballs about not lettiing bitches celebrate 💯

@PranavSriraman @okcamars

The tears when we win this series will be so glorious

@all_things_OKC Guys he’s not playing tomorrow. And he shouldn’t.

I’ll be honest, I think Dub should play tomorrow. OKC needs a second ball handler, and I know what this potentially means, but I think it’s worth the risk. To this day, Haliburton says it was worth it to go out on his shield last year. Dub can help. Let him.

@dwarkesh_sp Curveball for you. May or may not be your speed. But David Dark. Theology. Based in Nashville.

Who should I interview on my podcast? Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.

@KevinOConnor Yes KOC, the 4th playmaker is a tough spot for them

So without Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell…who’s generating offense for OKC besides SGA? Chet isn’t close to capable yet. McCain is streaky. Wallace, Dort, Caruso & everyone else is a role player. Nikola Topic time? Only half kidding…

@WorldWideWob Thanks Rob, the 4th scorer is a spot I’d like to be better, yes.

I will pose the same question to OKC that we did to the Pistons: who is your secondary scorer? (without Ajay and J-Dub)

@FeralPHunter Ya probably

should i read Infinite Jest

@PranavSriraman 20 with 5 3’s in 25 min for Wiggs tn🙏🏻

Praying this is a gimmick Wiggins should still not see the floor and everyone else just needs to play more minutes

@JPOSU We’ve yet to play game 4. Delete this.

Just wanna go on record that Knicks are unequivocally an easier matchup for OKC than the Spurs, even completely rested & healthy, & despite OKC being injured. The Minnesota Timberwolves are far better than any team the Knicks have faced so far. Spurs not dead yet, but just sayin.

Increasingly believe much ambition is just misplaced Too much ambition wasted on material and status pursuits and not allocated toward how Good you can truly be Our standards for ourselves are far too low

@CollinReidPS You should check out his career playoff 3P%… (38%)

Thunder fans: “we are a Wemby crazy shot away from being up 3-0” Their sub-30% shooter in this series:

@PranavSriraman More single coverage with Wemby in the paint to make him live on the middys and stay glued to shooters Manufacture Wemby paint touches by any and all means possible on O Those are pretty much the adjustments I’d expect most from them.

Johnson and Sweeney have to adjust otherwise this series is ending at Paycom Tuesday.

The Thunder used 29 unique lineups in non-garbage time in game 3. No single lineup played for more than 4:45 in the whole game. The max number of possessions for any lineup was 10. Haven’t seen this anywhere else but it just boggles the mind honestly. Credit @NateDuncanNBA

@WillManidis Lmao this is very well done