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True story. We were setting up a Tissot interview shoot for their internal meetings and Dame asked Tissot to hire his guys that had just got let go. No one suggested it to him. Just who he is.
Only an idiot would come to this conclusion. When you get caught and your reflex is to continue to lie, THE LIAR keeps the fire burning by adding more layers. Want to diffuse the situation? Tell the truth🤷🏽♂️
Pablo Torre defends himself over criticism that his Clippers reporting was anti-player awfulannouncing.com/nba/pabl…
The delusional postgame defiance on top of the act made it suspension worthy. If WNBA had a real commish, convo would've gone like this: "Aja, you're going to read this statement apologizing and accepting 100% responsibility. And mean it. If you dont, you're suspended. Your call"
The WNBA has determined that A'ja Wilson will not be fined or suspended and that other Aces players won’t be punished following Tuesday's Game 2 interaction with a fan, per The Athletic’s @AnnieCostabile.
Wilson was assessed a technical foul after confronting a fan in Indiana who appeared to shout at her.
Gary =GREAT interview. But how many of these “I know the game” kids know about The Doo? A 6-11 sniper. They think they were all slow, plodding, couldn’t shoot🤣
Gary Vitti & Byron Scott TELL 2 CLASSIC FUNNY Bob McAdoo STORIES! 😂😂😂#s... youtube.com/shorts/HsiX4Nwdc… via @YouTube
No. Lies. Told
Stern was basically Tommy in Goodfellas. He probably blocks KD joining to GS and Ja’s contract would’ve been voided immediately. Today’s owners are so rich and Stern so IDGAF a clash would be epic.
Brendan Haywood reveals David Stern’s “mob boss” side 😭
When David Stern call you with a different type of energy, he was letting you know, ‘I got all the cards.’”
Brendan recalled a teammate who would run to the back during the national anthem. Stern found out and called him, telling him he needed to be out there.
The player told Stern there was nothing in the contract saying he had to stand for the anthem. Stern responded:
“I don’t think you hearing me. I’m gonna fine you, I’m gonna suspend you. I’m gonna dare the Players Association to come after me. They going to have to fight to get all your money back, and then after that, when your contract is up, you’ll never work in this league again, and I’ll make sure of it.”
“I’m just telling you, that’s how David Stern move… like a mob boss.”
Remember…these Gen Zers who swear they know the game — the MJ couldn’t go left crowd who keep repeating that critique of him in college — dont think guys like this or Hakeem werent that skilled or athletic … back when you couldn’t discontinue dribble and take 12 steps. 🙄
This gotta be AI. Gotta be. Pablo has shut down this story. It’s done.
Kawhi Leonard reportedly did not have any knowledge of the salary cap circumvention that was going on, per @ShamsCharania
(Via @GetUpESPN / h/t @TheNBABase )
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Here's a photo of Kawhi's signature on an agreement with Aspiration Partners, the organization involved in the circumvention:
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It's like Keefe D was running the Clippers. The Clippers didn't understand emails and texts are subject to "discovery" in court. Telling someone something can't be, unless you sit in front of a camera and record it.
How stupid folks must feel for going after Pablo to discredit actual investigative journalism. Yall believe the NBA couldn’t corroborate anything but took away 5 first-round picks? This means they found enough evidence to take away 20
This NBA “negotiations” with Ballmer over his punishment is straight up Tron Carter vibes. And gotta stop calling this an “investigation.” More like an inquiry at best
Remember when he said LBJ was better than MJ? You had to slap these kids to get them to shut up. “See he played the game. He’d know.” What now? This is what happens when you never saw full games/seasons. Your only context is stats. And cherrypicking crazy talk from players
When Nellie asked you to have a seat and chop it up with him he’d offer you two things: a cigar and scotch (or was it bourbon?) So long ago I forget. RIP Nellie
Man, this is so good. Actual journalism.
Ex-NFL union boss @DeMauriceSmith weighs in on the NBA's Kawhi Leonard saga and why sports owners are so dangerous:
"What would you do, if you knew you wouldn't get caught? ... Cheating can't be your baseline. Corruption can't be your baseline."
A result of just looking at stat sheets, combine metrics, highlights. This is how you fail to recognize those Nova guys were pro ready under Jay Wright. He ran a pro system. Just like Hurley at UConn. Footwork. Catch to shoot, etc. Those are the tells. Not boxscores
Here is @stephenasmith in 2018 saying the Suns have to draft DeAndre Ayton over Luka Doncic and there’s no debate. 😂
Regardless of how this turns out, I want every game to be played and called like this. Actual basketball. Not silly touch fouls. Not performance art #NBAFinals
I see folks upset w/this discourse. "It's only one game." Disappeared for almost every game. If you're a 2nd rd pick, G-League call up, 15 min a game bench player, this would be overly critical. BUT he's a lottery pick w/a $240M extension. Expectations + scrutiny come w/it
"That was a disaster."
@BillSimmons and @ZachLowe_NBA react to Chet Holmgren's underwhelming performance in the WCF against Wemby and the Spurs.