Ricky

“Good teachers are the ones who can challenge young minds without losing their own” 🏀

@AndrewDBailey Not for us 🤷🏼‍♂️

I just can’t believe “1s and 2s to 11” is still the standard over “2s and 3s to 21” in pickup ball.

@KariDaniels I must be missing context but what’s the point? Are we solving a Nike or a consumer problem with this Q? BC as a consumer I don’t care to engage more…I use SNKRS to *spoiler alert* buy sneakers. As long as it offers sneakers I can buy, I’ll use the app. Anything else is extra

What, if anything, could get you to engage with the SNKRS app more? More W’s? Consistent heat? Better programming? A community component that lets you talk to other people?

@MothraFuqua @JoshReynolds24 I was wrong because it was early and I wasn’t paying attention… Dip is usually referred to as the motion when a player catches the ball and “loads” as in drops their hands and the ball down towards their waist before shooting. No dip here, he catches at his forehead and shoots

@rick_kay_ @JoshReynolds24 I don’t understand what you mean by dip

Not even exaggerating in the slightest when I say that this is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen… A no-dip, mid-air 3 ball? Are you kidding me? I’ve watching this 100x & I don’t plan on stopping any time soon. This is amazing.

@MothraFuqua @JoshReynolds24 Right. Did he not dip while the ball was in the air? Still a tough alley-three, but he dipped right?

@JoshReynolds24 No dip?

@ClarenceBeFree @hermithick @nickythegood On Al Gore’s internet?

@hermithick @nickythegood Also, it’s a joke

When a non-parent says they’re tired at any point of their day/life

@pgprincej @LaJethroJenkins @edthesportsfan Vicious cycle, man

@LaJethroJenkins @edthesportsfan and 9/10 times they’re the reason you’re sick. by the time they’re back to health and bouncing off the walls, you’re fighting for your life

Man, I hate how true this is 🤣🤣🤣 I really couldn’t even conceive how tired I’d be as a parent. We get no days off. You still have to be a responsible parent when you’re sick. That should be illegal.

@thekidet @esidery @trailblazers @trailblazers I’ll do it for less than that

@esidery @trailblazers 900k and a company card

The Trail Blazers are widely expected to move on from interim coach Tiago Splitter. New owner Tom Dundon is not willing to increase Splitter’s current salary. Portland is trying to find a new head coach who will accept being the lowest paid in the NBA as a cost-cutting measure.

@acidchicken55 @OrevaZSN They didn’t suggest the shitty rug maker should get paid the same. They suggested the shitty rug maker get paid enough to live. The good rug maker can get paid more. If a company can’t exist paying wages people can live on then they need a different business model

you are a idiot. That is saying I should be payed the same even if my labor does not give any value. Its not about the value its the labor.... That is stupid, value is subjective if you work 40 hrs making a shitty rug nobody would buy you don't deserve the money from the person that did 40 hrs of work making a good rug. LOL you want to be a slave doing busy work that you can fuck off on and get payed for it so you can go to the bar and get fucked up. That is not a society that is hell

Different salaries should only affect how luxurious your life is, not your food quality or ability to afford rent. If you work 40 hours at any job, your income should be enough to live in the town you work in. Thinking otherwise is an abysmal indicator of your humanity.

@kmax2923 @TomPelissero Definitely less than he was making in college

@TomPelissero 250k guaranteed? In this economy? That’s not a contract, that’s a down payment on a Charlotte condo and a 'Good Luck' card from Tepper. Haynes King out here playing for vibes and gas money

Former Georgia Tech QB Haynes King is signing with the Panthers on a deal that includes $250,000 guaranteed, source said.

@KevinOConnor Let’s gooo

Atlanta Hawks fans — I’m giving away this shirt that was sent to NBA awards voters. NAW, Jalen, and Dyson on it. Size XL. To enter for a chance to win, just reply. At tipoff of Game 1 on Sat, I’ll randomly choose the winner, make a post announcing it and DM you for your address

@mar5hallhoops @NMEBBALL Take aways for kids: - learn to set a screen. On and off ball, half these clips he gets open by screening for a teammate - learn to change pace. He goes full speed at the right time, not the whole time - 1 second decision: catch, shoot. Catch, drive. Screen, roll. Screen, pop

Kids don't realize they can get scholarships off of this. But it's not cool enough to play this way.

@KariDaniels So are you saying fakes ruined sneakers or resellers? It sounds like you’re saying if resellers didn’t do what they did, fakes/reps may not have even really become a thing? Either way, I don’t help resellers and I don’t do reps, trying to play my part haha

He’s not totally wrong here…basically, as resellers got more greedy & priced sneakers above what normal consumers could afford, the age shift happened with Gen Z coming into sneakers. One YouTuber in particular was a trailblazer in being unapologetic about rocking fakes. Fakes were now acceptable to wear & more people got louder about gaslighting people who chose not to wear reps. Now here we are.

@CrispusMer88684 @brianmccormick Playing on a cross court which shares out of bounds with the other cross court, at 8am, and being charged $30 to get in. So much of AAU is simply a money grab and not about the kids

@brianmccormick It might be an additional $20 for parking. This is one of the worst aspects of AAU. It can be a big grift. Often the playing conditions are not great or regulation court width. D2 game is $8-10 plus parking.

You can walk into a youth national championship game & youth international games in Europe and find an open seat for free. $0. No processing fee.

@linndubb @GoodmanHoops @TheFieldOf68 I don’t think it’s a huge stretch given revenue share numbers and third party NIL deals. SEC Rev share was 1B, Big 12 was 588M. Add in the deals they make with rich alumni willing to pay for big rosters, other deals, etc. it’s not too crazy to think about

@GoodmanHoops @TheFieldOf68 This just doesn’t some like a reality. There’s only maybe 2-3 schools that can even afford numbers like this and even for them they’d be sweating

The @TheFieldOf68 has polled 10-plus high-major head coaches, assistants and GM's for the following prices that elite (Top 25 guys) portal players will likely command:

@game7__ @BallTalkO Congrats, or, sorry that happened to you

Michigan confirmed what all real basketball fans already knew: Dan Hurley is the 2nd most overrated coach in all of college hoops. (Dawn Staley is the most overrated.) The loudest coach in the tournament lost. Again. The quietest one cut down the nets. And frankly, Dan Hurley shouldn't have even been in this game. Everyone saw that Duke got robbed against UConn. Three title games in four years sounds like a dynasty. But the two championships Hurley won, in 2023 and 2024, came with historically stacked rosters. The 2024 team had Stephon Castle, who went fourth in the NBA Draft, and Donovan Clingan, who went seventh. Four of the five starters were drafted, including two lottery picks. UConn won every tournament game in 2024 by at least 14 points. When you have that much talent, you're supposed to win. That wasn't coaching genius. That was a talent avalanche. And the one year the talent dipped? UConn was an 8-seed in 2025 and lost to Florida in the second round. Hurley fought back tears in the postgame interview and admitted he thought about leaving. One year after turning down $70 million from the Lakers. This year, he restocked through the portal. Tarris Reed Jr., who transferred from Michigan, was the East Region's Most Outstanding Player, averaging 21.7 points and 13.5 rebounds in UConn's first four tournament wins. Reed had 17 and 11 in the semifinal. Then he lost the championship game to his old school. Michigan 69, UConn 63. And the sideline act has been exhausting all year. He was ejected from a game at Marquette earlier this season and fined $25,000 by the Big East. During the tournament, he got a formal warning for charging onto the court. Then in the Elite Eight, he went forehead-to-forehead with referee Roger Ayers after the win over Duke in what everyone saw as a headbutt. He said he thought the ref was coming over to "chest-bump" him. Ayers was not assigned to work the Final Four. After beating Illinois in the semifinal, the crowd booed Hurley during his postgame interview. He looked confused. "Are they booing? I don't know what they're booing." Yahoo Sports: "When is enough, enough?" Former Michigan coach John Beilein publicly criticized his behavior. Hurley said he's not changing. The full breakdown of how the loudest coach in the tournament lost the championship to the quietest one is here: itsgame7.com/news/dan-hurle… Now look at the guy who beat him. Dusty May was a student manager under Bob Knight at Indiana. He spent years as an assistant at places like Eastern Michigan, Murray State, and Florida. He took Florida Atlantic to the Final Four in 2023 as a ninth seed. Michigan hired him in 2024 to replace Juwan Howard. Two years later, he's a national champion and USBWA Coach of the Year. He didn't headbutt a referee. He didn't get ejected. He didn't get booed by a neutral crowd. He just coached. Michigan outscored UConn 32-22 in the paint. Shot 25-of-28 from the free throw line. Trey McKenney hit a clutch three to put them up 65-56 with under two minutes left. Yaxel Lendeborg played through a sprained MCL and a rolled ankle from the semifinal because he refused to miss the title game. Two championship games this weekend told the same story. Dawn Staley wore a $2,300 Balenciaga jacket with no South Carolina branding to the women's title game and lost 79-51 to UCLA. Dan Hurley spent the entire men's tournament headbutting officials, getting booed, and telling everyone he wasn't going to change, and lost 69-63 to Michigan. In both cases, the coaches who won did it quietly. Hurley is a good coach. He's made three title games in four years. He won two of them. But tonight, a coach who nobody was talking about outcoached a coach who wouldn't stop talking about himself. Michigan 69, UConn 63. First title since 1989. And the guy who won it never once made himself the story.

“Your talent is your floor, your character is your ceiling” Absolutely incredible quote by UCLA Coach Cori Close.

my greatest adult disappointment was discovering that bad people get away with everything

@brianmccormick @BreakthruBball The whole AAU landscape is broken

Respectfully, nobody should host an AAU event in March, and especially before all high school state championships have been completed. Players should rest between HS & AAU. Nobody should be playing a 12-month competitive season between AAU & HS.

@kankhunt2 @Richivno I don’t think this is it, at all

@Richivno Their woke agenda pushed away 80 million HIGH PAYING customers who used to love the brand... I believe the saying is "republicans buy sneakers too". I will never buy another Nike product unless it is from the thrift store or something

Nike did this to themselves. They allowed resellers (themselves) to push away sneaker heads by making only 12 pairs of each shoe. People stop even trying to buy the shoes due to lack of inventory and now no one can afford resales. LET EM DIE!

@RicanGoat30 @StephanSASSOU2 @AlainLamour91 @TheDunkCentral @NBA__Courtside Was about to say wtf lol

@StephanSASSOU2 @AlainLamour91 @TheDunkCentral @NBA__Courtside I am not taking a shot at MJ😂

Pat Bev continues to go after D-Wade “You’re probably the only top-10 shooting guard who didn’t shoot 30% from three for your career. You shot 29%. Russell Westbrook—we make jokes about him—he shot 31%. Andre Drummond shot 31%.” (h/t @NBA__Courtside )