Gary Xavier Gutierrez

@LakeShowYo We’re everyone’s NBA Finals. SMH

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Rest in Peace Booker. ❤️ I love you forever & I miss you so much already. My days feel empty without you. I’m so broken knowing I’ll never be able to see you, kiss you, pet you, talk to you again. I feel sad walking around my house & not hearing your little paws following me around. I get upset when I get in my car, & I look over to the passenger side & you’re not sitting there staring at me with your cute puppy dog eyes. This whole thing feels like a nightmare that I’m unable to wake up from. You were not just a dog to me, you were my best friend, my little sweet baby, my son. We did everything together. From the moment I brought you home, I promised myself that I would be the best dog dad ever, & I hope I was able to keep that promise. You were attached to me, as I was attached to you. Nobody knows a Brandon without Booker at his side. Everywhere I’ve gone since you passed, people look at me & ask “where’s your baby?!” and I don’t even know how to answer. Every single problem I ever had, you helped me get thru it. Whether that was listening to me vent when I had nobody else to talk to, or comforting me when I had nobody by my side, or your tail wagging when I walked through the door to show me how happy & excited you were just to see my face. In my 20’s, I had some rough confusing years where I felt like I was losing myself, & having you by my side got me through all those tough moments. You made me feel like I was never alone. For 8 years, I didn’t know a life without you. For 8 years, you made me smile & laugh just being in your presence. I enjoyed having the responsibility of being your dog dad. Every morning, waking up to take you potty, then feeding you your breakfast, then taking you on your walk, then your daily car ride all the way to tucking you in bed at night to go to sleep. I grew used to that routine, & I feel empty no longer having that responsibility of caring for my baby anymore. I wasn’t expecting to lose you this soon, I wanted you to be there at my wedding when I got married. I wanted you to meet my kids when that day came. I wanted you to be by my side to see any major achievements. And now you’re just gone. You’re no longer here with me. You were never supposed to go this early, you still had so much life to live. You were such a baby. From the moment you were diagnosed with cancer, I devoted every second of my life to try to help you beat the awful disease. I devoted every penny I made to pay for treatments & medicine & hospital visits to try to help you beat the awful disease. I devoted hours and hours of research just to see if there was ANYTHING more I can do to help you beat the awful disease. From the moment you were diagnosed with cancer, I barely posted on YouTube, stopped hanging out with my friends, stopped playing basketball, I put my whole life on hold just to try to help you beat this evil disease. All the chemotherapy treatments, the procedures at the animal hospital, the emergency vet visits, the pills, the medicine, the injections. Everything. I did everything I possibly could to try to get rid of the evil cancer. And a part of me feels very hurt & broken that no matter what I did, the cancer still took my little baby away. Cancer sucks. Your sweet innocent soul didn’t deserve the pain & suffering this cancer put your body through. I can’t imagine how confused you were in your final moments when the cancer got so aggressive & spread so fast around your body that we had no choice but to let you go to sleep, forever. I tried to be the best dog dad I could ever be to you. I still can’t believe I am never gonna be able to see you again. This doesn’t feel real. It feels like a bad dream that I can’t wake up from. I lost my best friend. I lost my son. I tried my best to keep you here with me, I didn’t want you to go, I tried really hard. I love you forever & I’m gonna miss you so much my baby Booker. Thank you for all the wonderful beautiful memories, because that’s all I have left. RIP Booker

In season four of Ted Lasso, Ted returns to Richmond to take on his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second division women’s football team. Premiering August 5 on Apple TV.

HOT TAKE: If the Lakers get past OKC, they’re winning it all.

@PhilJackson11 @HARPER04_5 @celtics @76ers Listen to the GOAT: coach Jackson!!

@HARPER04_5 @celtics @76ers Ron, NBA has relied on db-s/roll for penetration-no passes to post or pinch post. Why 🔺won vs pressure.

I love basketball can someone explain to me the last 5 mins of @celtics and @76ers game? Boston down by 1 & 3 and keep shooting 3s…. Please help me.

The Boston Celtics have been eliminated from the NBA Playoffs:

@theblockspot Kobe is wayyy too low. He’s top 3. But #1 in my heart.

The Top 12 Players in NBA History: 1. LeBron —HUGE GAP— 2. MJ 3. Kareem 4. Bill Russell 5. Magic 6. Bird 7. Steph 8. Kobe 9. KD 10. Wilt 11. Duncan 12. Shaq

@getnickwright We need to swap Magic or Russell for Kobe and this is a great list

I (admittedly) care about lists more than most, and I get irrationally upset at how many folks casually throw around “Top 10 All Time” and use it to refer to ~15 players. So, inspired by Jokic, I made this. A nice tiered list of 22 NBA legends, and where each is in that debate.

@NBAWAYOFFS We said this about him beating the rockets without Luka / AR. Now we moving more goalposts? Cmon!

Genuine question: If LeBron beats the Thunder as the clear best player on the Lakers is the goat debate officially over?

@UsherNBA @FastBreakBron Imagine thinking this man isn’t the best

LeBron James, Round 1

Insane bro

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@ThePettiestLA @lakersologist I love these 😆

The Houston Rockets have been eliminated from the NBA playoffs:

@KiDCuDi We love Reaves too!

I love you Austin!!! WOW

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Quick timeline of the takes surrounding Lakers-Rockets, with a prediction on tomorrow’s. April 17th: “The Lakers have NO chance. They’ll be lucky not to be swept.” April 20th: “If LeBron pulls this off I’ll call him the GOAT.” April 22nd: “The Rockets are frauds!” April 25th: “The Rockets are the dumbest team I’ve ever seen! Anyone would beat them!” April 30th: “The Lakers are cooked & LeBron is exhausted. Rockets in 7.” May 1st: “LeBron is going to blow a 3-0 lead & his GOAT case is over!” May 2nd: “Yeah, the Lakers won, but it’s actually not that impressive, the Rockets were pretenders.”

@Jacobtheclipper Damn what happened? Update bozo?

No Austin Reeves and no Luka? yall about to see what old Wizards Mike had to deal with. Bron with no all star teammates is going to get swept in the first round ✌️