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Lucas Burns

@nba_indepth

3 months

Jerry West changed my life last year. I’d like to share that story.

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Lucas Burns

@nba_indepth

2 years

@TheNBACentral no way you’re playing the mental health AND race card to justify his actions…

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Lucas Burns

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@TheNBACentral @NElGHT_ We are 65 games into the season…

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Lucas Burns

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@TheNBACentral @Gambo987 Pelinka reporting back to ownership when Ainge rejects Russ and a ‘29 1st rounder

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

This shot is punishable by death today

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45 points on the greatest defense ever

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Lucas Burns

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5 months

Stretch 5 that can’t shoot gotta be one of the worst player archetypes

NBA University

@NBA_University

5 months

Gary Trent Jr. has the best 3P% on wide open 3s this season: 111/214 (51.9%) Nikola Vucevic has the worst 3P% on WIDE OPEN 3s 76/260 (29.2%)

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Lucas Burns

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Raptors fan here — no Raps were HEAVY favorites in 2018 - the third and final LeBronto year. They got swept

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@easymoneyhesi

4 months

what jokic is doing is worse than lebronto btw

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Lucas Burns

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Terrance Mann looking at Kawhi’s starting SF spot

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

Mike Conley getting ready to be a great person every day

NBA Communications

@NBAPR

1 year

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley is the recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy for winning the 2022-23 NBA Sportsmanship Award. Full voting results:

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

@BenStinar They’d give the ‘12 Bobcats and The Process 76ers a run for their money

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

Let’s start with 7.8 fouls / 36 mins

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@TheDunkCentral

1 year

DeMarcus Cousins said he "would love to get a real answer" as to why he isn't playing in the league at the moment (via @SiriusXMNBA )

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Lucas Burns

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@automaticnba Never hearing from me again

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Lucas Burns

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4 years

Dwight Howard: trying to annoy Jokic Nikola Jokic: bucket, bucket, assist, bucket

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Lucas Burns

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2 months

San Antonio helping DeRozan get paid by Sacramento is really cool

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Lucas Burns

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8 months

Paolo aired that out like Kevin Garnett vs Kenneth Faried😭

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

@jj_redick Post play isn’t dead. The players that suck at it just aren’t allowed to do it anymore

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Lucas Burns

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You’re telling me Anthony Edwards +37 isn’t a typo lmaoooo in a 99-91 win is non-human stuff

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Lucas Burns

@nba_indepth

1 year

Hoop Central did not scroll to the right side of the box score

Hoop Central

@TheHoopCentral

1 year

Trae Young tonight: 27 Points 20 Assists 4 Steals 3 Rebounds 50% FG 20-20 game. 🔥

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Lucas Burns

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5 months

The NBA’s gotta step in at some point. Podz 2nd Team All-Defense is the single most insane thing I’ve ever seen on an award ballot

Kendrick Perkins

@KendrickPerkins

5 months

My NBA All-Defensive 2nd Team has been submitted 1. AD 2. Ant Edwards 3. Holiday 4. Bam 5. Podziemski Carry on…

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Lucas Burns

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8 months

Pistons getting those Wingstop shareholders PAID

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Lucas Burns

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4 years

@Ballislife @MarcJSpearsESPN Almost sent Kevin Garnett to the hospital with that right hook

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

@automaticnba 27 PTS on 2 FGM is generational stuff😭

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

@Phil_Lewis_ making Alex Jones look like a voice of reason is rock bottom for Kanye

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Lucas Burns

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3 months

Dallas has put together an incredible run, but Denver’s gotta be absolutely fuming right now

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

@HoopsEmpire_ Fred VanVleet’s gotta be 227 then

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

Duncan Robinson misses his two best looks of the night to potentially pull ahead; Jimmy Butler 2P foul turned 3P foul after BOSTON’s challenge; Butler makes all 3 FTs; Smart’s 3 rattles in and out… Derrick White with 0.1 remaining It literally doesn’t get better than this

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

Keeping all 3 kids ahead of the deadline is now a fireable offense

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

Sochan starting a war vs the most devoted player fanbase in the western hemisphere

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Goodnight, hope everyone sleeps well ☺️🫣

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

Grew up watching old ‘80s games my dad owned on DVD. I promise watching 8 guys fight for paint position for 48 minutes isn’t *that* entertaining

Legion Hoops

@LegionHoops

2 years

Which is more fun to watch for you: high scoring 150-point games or elite defensive 85-point games?

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@NBA_University Marcus Smart winning DPOY was unbelievably criminal

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

DeMar DeRozan has cheated death several times

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Lucas Burns

@nba_indepth

1 year

Let’s be serious about Luka, come on now

Through The Wire

@TTWirePodcast

1 year

Rank these players 1-4 👀

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Lucas Burns

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4 months

Playoff EPM just dropped. Anthony Edwards comfortably in the top spot!

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

Shams knew good and well what he was doing here

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Lucas Burns

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5 years

Going through Twitter wondering why on earth “New Balance” is trending...

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

@TheNBACentral I actually got my hopes up

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Lucas Burns

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@BSOLZ_

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

Whats the cutoff for All-NBA this year? Is LeBron at 55 games acceptable? If so, then Kawhi’s 52 games should be as well. If Kawhi’s 52 is acceptable, is Durant’s 47 acceptable? What’s the cutoff?

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

Sent an entire organization into hiding for 3 months less than a year ago. 3x FIRST TEAM All NBA at 24yo

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Lucas Burns

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4 years

@TheSteinLine This bout to be the most awkward MVP presentation ever

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Lucas Burns

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8 months

The Pascal Siakam trade is a borderline A+ deal for Indiana here's why🧵

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

Christian Braun is a 5-time champ in the last 7 years 22 years old

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

@TheNBACentral Did we not watch not the same first quarter where Butler had 22, mostly on Giannis? We know he’s a help defender + rim protector, not an on-ball perimeter guy

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Lucas Burns

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6 months

Sam Merrill is a NUCLEAR 3-point threat. 44% on 12.3 attempts per 36 mins this season. Lightning quick release—2nd in volume only to Steph Curry Makes a ton of movement, contested threes. Always on balance and ready to fire

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Lucas Burns

@nba_indepth

1 year

Because it’s agreed upon in the CBA — meaning both owners and players agreed to it — that brandishing a firearm as shown by Ja is a horrible look for the NBA and should be punished accordingly

NBACentral

@TheDunkCentral

1 year

JJ Redick got heated on First Take this morning “WHY ARE WE TRYING TO LAY DOWN THE HAMMER ON A 23-YEAR-OLD WHO DIDN’T BREAK A LAW? EXPLAIN THAT TO ME !” (h/t @awfulannouncing )

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Lucas Burns

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Whoever hated the Derrick White pick just wasn’t thinking about what Team USA needed Perimeter defender and disruptor, quick decision-maker, cutter, screener, shooter He’s been awesome

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Lucas Burns

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3 months

@JADubin5 Still think Trae Young is up there with the very best

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Lucas Burns

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There’s no possible way anyone watching the games with their eyes open can come to this conclusion *offensive* liability? Sure But the Wolves defense craters the moment Gobert takes a seat. Every. Single. Time

NBACentral

@TheDunkCentral

3 months

Paul Pierce suggests bringing Rudy Gobert off the bench “The defensive player of the year is a defensive liability.” (🎥 @undisputed )

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Lucas Burns

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@hoopvenue_ Can’t help but think of this😭

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2 years

@mar5hallhoops 3rd grade hoops drama

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Lucas Burns

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4 months

@automaticnba This one’s actually insane

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Lucas Burns

@nba_indepth

1 year

This might actually be the single most insane report I’ve ever read

NBACentral

@TheDunkCentral

1 year

The Sixers wanted a package of Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and a draft pick for Tobias Harris, per @PompeyOnSixers

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Lucas Burns

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3 years

How the 2021 trade deadline is moving

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

That 4 seed is Book+KD, who were heavy favorites to beat Denver btw. That 7 seed is Bron+AD. They knocked out the 2 seed and the defending champions. That 8 seed knocked out the 1 and 2 seeds in the East. Wicked stuff 12 hours after crowning new champs

Legion Hoops

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The Nuggets path to a championship: No. 8 seed Timberwolves No. 4 seed Suns No. 7 seed Lakers No. 8 seed Heat Thoughts?

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Lucas Burns

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@dru_star It was successful in that the defensive foul was overturned to a no-call, giving Miami possession after the Jaylen Brown bucket as opposed to the and-1 it was originally called

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

‘01 baby here; who the f*ck is howard stern? A league dominated by guys in their mid-late 20s just aren’t gonna know everyone

NBACentral

@TheDunkCentral

1 year

Howard Stern says black NBA players ignores him at Knicks games “The Black players won’t come over and say hello to me, but they go over to Spike Lee. I grew up in a Black neighborhood, you know what I mean? I mean they should know that. But I get ignored.” (h/t @RTNBA )

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Lucas Burns

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All 30 fanbases are in the mental illness tier if we’re being honest with ourselves

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Lucas Burns

@nba_indepth

1 year

@NekiasNBA Nobody revels in saying wild shit on air more than Mark Jones😂

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Lucas Burns

@nba_indepth

1 year

NBA Fans when the teams playing the best basketball make the Finals:

BSOLZ

@BSOLZ_

1 year

The 2023 NBA Finals Hope you’re happy 😒

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Lucas Burns

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@automaticnba @Lakers @NBA @ESPNStatsInfo @ESPNLosAngeles @MarkJonesESPN @ESPNNBA What 9 million turnovers does to a team:

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

Been a longtime defender of Rudy Gobert… but this is a disaster

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

@wojespn @BobbyMarks42 sounds great until you remember the new CBA punishes teams with a pseudo hard cap for having 3+ max players

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Lucas Burns

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@PranavSriraman Training staff mastered the dark arts for a year

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@BamPlzShoot He doesn’t shoot the heel-on-the-line two

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

@BradyHawk305 Telling your 3rd best player to earn a starting spot is interesting

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Lucas Burns

@nba_indepth

3 months

Wemby archived one of my posts from 2020—waited 4 years to respond to this comment It blew up on a ton of national outlets last 24 hours: ESPN, SportsCenter, BleacherReport etc Pretty cool

Bleacher Report

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Wemby really replied to this comment 3.5 years later 👀🤣 (via @nba_indepth )

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@LoveTheOrange1 Toumani Camara (52nd), Trayce Jackson-Davis (57th), Chris Livingston (58th) all got the exact same contract from the 2023 draft

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Lucas Burns

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"Well I guess Markkanen just doesn't care about winning" my brother in christ he just guaranteed himself $220m 10 months earlier than expected and set up god knows how many future generations for life with 0 risk

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@WorldWideWob

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Gen Zbo is a hilariously awesome nickname for Kenny Lofton Jr😂

Rob Perez

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2 years

perhaps we were a tad premature

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Anthony Davis, who played *checks notes* 0% of his 1904 minutes at forward, received his All-Defense votes at forward

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I’d like to congratulate Frank Vogel on the 5-year $31m earned for one season of coaching

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@wojespn @BobbyMarks42 Clippers and Warriors getting absolutely nuked

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Lucas Burns

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Mark Jones when it’s time to say some WILD shit on live broadcast

The Hood Therapist

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1 year

Harden hits a 3 and they pan the camera to the MSU shooting survivor he invited to the game and Mark Jones gone say “That’s the best medicine he could ask for right now” LMAOOOOOOOO

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Lucas Burns

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6 months

This video editor is getting PAID in unrestricted free agency

Boston Celtics

@celtics

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nonstop buckets 🔥

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@NBA_University I thought i missed something wile last night for a moment. Hard to believe he’s a backup center now

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Lucas Burns

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Joel Embiid seeing Enes Freedom in the starting lineup tonight

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

Jeff Van Gundy man have some shame

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Lucas Burns

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2 years

Woj after getting cooked by Shams all trade season

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Lucas Burns

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That Windhorst mistake on the Silas story is kinda… hugely impactful?

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Lucas Burns

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Derrick White is probably the best guard-sized rim protector in the NBA

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Lucas Burns

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He started winning It’s always when they start winning

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@HaliForGame

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I remember when everyone liked hali almost exactly a year ago bro what happened

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

@JalenRose You’re about 2 years late Mr Rose

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We made it past All-Star break which means Jimmy Butler’s season starts now I will not be fooled again

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Lucas Burns

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Deandre Ayton looking at James Jones after hearing about Bridges’ $90M extension

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Lucas Burns

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I’m so ready to find out from LeBron and JJ that I don’t have even have a 1% understandings of NBA basketball This is genuinely gonna be great

Mind the Game

@mindthegamepod

6 months

. @kingjames and @jj_redick are obsessed with basketball. Consider their podcast, Mind the Game, a celebration of the sport as they discuss the state of the game, dissect X’s and O’s (like they do here), and wax poetic about the game they love.

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Lucas Burns

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Every team's best player by on-off point differential so far

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

Gonna be hilarious when Luka turns Richaun Holmes back into a top 20 center again

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One of the greatest, most revolutionary defensive players in NBA history will end up being remembered as a mental apocalypse on the floor in his twilight years and it’s entirely his fault

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Lucas Burns

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We’re 48 hours away from the worst Raptors tragedy since the asteroid

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4 months

This is the last year anyone — player, coach, gm, or fan — gets tricked by January Dlo

NBACentral

@TheDunkCentral

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D’Angelo Russell tonight: 0 Points 0/7 FG 0/6 3PT

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1 year

Adam Silver cooking up the most abominable playoff schedule possible🔥

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Lucas Burns

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You’ll hear it a million times over the next 24 hours, but we’ll never ever ever see a 38 year old play 48 and drop 40-10-9 in a playoff setting again

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1 year

3 fouls per game at 13-14 mins. You almost gotta be intentionally fouling to get that high

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Lucas Burns

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4 years

@statmuse @AhmadMonk @HornetsPR Truly an injustice

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2 years

Official team welcome graphics for Kennard in Memphis vs KD in Phoenix😅

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Three vet minimum signings About as stellar as it gets for Milwaukee all things considered

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Lucas Burns

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No doubt Jokic and the Nuggets own the Lakers. But they were favorites in both years, especially so in 2024

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@outsidethenba Dude is on the Mt Rushmore of contrarians with no cause

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Lucas Burns

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1 year

The inevitable Karl-Anthony Towns trade for expiring salary and one minimal asset is gonna shock a lot of people That 5y/$270m is killer That being said, the Grizzlies, Lakers and Warriors could all be a decent fit for him

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