Bob Parija

Sorry but you can’t draft culture. Accepting losing as a strategy should never be part of a winner’s playbook. Full stop. Dude you guys are punishing those Jazz and Grizzlies players whose only fault is they chose to dream big in their efforts to make an NBA roster. They played their butts off only to become a punchline. By the way - how come you guys don’t ever interview the owners and ask them if losing/tanking was a competitive advantage in their day jobs? You know that thing they did that helped them buy their teams.

Jazz-Grizzlies tonight. Catch the fever! Just @WindhorstESPN at his absolute best here. @GetUpESPN

Heard Petco Park was a pitcher’s park. 10 runs for Padres and Rockies and only inning 4. 5 HRs so far LOL!

@rocknrollofall I see 2 people devoid of ego and insecurity. To give and to receive this much joy. How I envy them both.

Jack Black met a fan who's autistic on a live TV Show. This is what inclusion and acceptance look like.

Mike Brown with one of the most absurd lineups. Robinson with effectively 4 guards 2 of them that are trigger happy in Shamet and Clarkson.

Have the Knicks hit one fast break 3 tonight. Celtics have several of them.

Knicks don’t know how to play with a lead. When they are up they speed the pace. Just not their game.

Still don’t understand why the Knicks are picking up the Celtics on top of the key. Let Tatum prove he can make that. He is penetrating forcing a collapse leaving all the Celtics wings a better look. Second, Celtics are a high volume 3PT shooting team. You have to play the deeper rebound. You see so many teams make that mistake vs Celtics. Finally get Queta into foul trouble. He is a walking foul. Need more switching forcing him to guard Brunson who creates a lot of contact.

If the Knicks are going to give Celtics this many 2nd chance points they will lose. Celtics always bring a lot of energy effort.

Amazing how Celtics’ Queta just fouls endlessly with no call.

Jalen Johnson another horrendous game that is costing your team.

Uncanny how often Jalen Johnson disappears when Hawks need him to be dominant.

@BrickCenter_ The race to the tanking bottom has its own MVP race between Kings’ coach Doug Christie and Jazz’s coach Will Hardy. Easily the hardest of the ersatz awards to call.

The Kings were INTENTIONALLY fouling Seth Curry in crunch time to lose the game... We've NEVER seen this level of tanking 😭

Suns struggling the entire game to rebound allowing the Rockets to claw back in the game. With a 3 point lead going into the 4Q Ott decides to put 4 guards and Oso to start the quarter. If he uses the excuse that he is tightening the lineups for the playoffs I can promise the Suns will not make it out of the play in with guard heavy lineups that can’t rebound or defend.

Oso is literally worthless. Can’t rebound can’t defend can’t score.

Classic Suns implosion. A lot to do with effort. Just getting out hustled.

Grayson Allen is just not himself since injury. Suns also horrible at rebounding. Sure Rockets are a top rebounding team but the effort from Suns is terrible.

@BleacherReport @ShamsCharania Doc’s HoF credential is self promotion. He was a tourist on that Celtics’ Big 3 championship run. He has the dubious distinction of comparing himself to Pop. Sorry pal you are not that guy.

Doc Rivers addressed the Bucks players in a meeting after he and the team felt disconnected 😳 "Look at my resume. Google me. I took teams to the playoffs and championships that weren't supposed to be there. I thought this was one of them." (via @ShamsCharania)

Naz Reid’s decline is troubling. He can’t shoot consistently. Think it’s impacting his defense off of his missed shots as well. With Ant out Twolves can’t have Reid misfiring this badly.

Raptors literally implode in 4Q. You got Walters missing 3 FTA as a mid 80% shooter. You have multiple turnovers on long range passes and cross court passes. Even 1 out of a time out. You got guys over defending and fouling. Not boxing out. Every one of these is product of concentration and effort. It seems like when 4Q hits and the better teams tighten the screws, it exposes the Raptors’ flaws.

I agree Queta is a secret weapon for the Celtics but half his screens are moving and he fouls a lot in defending. Just an issue of the refs calling games tight or not.