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Create-A-Players that could drop 20 in an OKC game this season The Oklahoma City Thunder keep finding contributors you've never heard of.

If it seems like OKC is just building random compelling young bench guys with a create-a-player engine, you might be right ...

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s/o Las Vegas Aces PR, who include in their key stats after games (last night no different) how many anti-LGBTQ+ bills are being tracked by the ACLU right now.

Greenhouse sing-along for John Prine's birthday.

Neon King Kong standin' on his back

Can't stop to turn around, broke his sacroiliac

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

If I have any flawed data or assumptions in here, please let me know!

Cathy Engelbert's salary compared to the average WNBA player Salaries are one of the biggest sticking points in contentious labor negotiations as the WNBA CBA is set to expire. How does Cathy Engelbert's salary compare?

Cathy Engelbert's salary isn't public (as far as I could find), but I did my best to estimate and came up with a number that — unsurprisingly — is pretty out of whack with the ration between commissioner and player salaries in other leagues.

An adorable mutt sitting on top of a backyard picnic table, staring wistfully into the distancr.

My doofus dog, mad that the squirrels won't stay still long enough for her to catch them so she's pouting on top of the picnic table

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

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Some assorted little gems I found this weekend #MushroomMonday #shroomscrolling #fungifriends 🍄📷

Big carrot energy. They can get tough when they get too big so we like just roasting them with butter and maple.

Probably should have harvested these way earlier and done a second planting. But it was such a weird, super-dry summer

Baron Davis rises to dunk over Andrei Kirilenko in the 2007 NBA Playoffs — the signature moment of the "We Believe Warriors" and their upset of the Utah Jazz. Davis is cocking the ball back and pressing his forearm right into Kirilenko's face, as the Russian forward futilely tries to keep him from slamming the ball home.

The only "warrior ethos" we care about ...

Carrots and apples y'all

Photos from the official NBA rookie photo shoot of Liam McNeeley of the Charlotte Hornets, Walter Clayton Jr. of the Utah Jazz, Nique Clifford of the Sacramento Kings and Yang Hansen of the Portland Trail Blazers.

What rookie selected outside the lottery will have the biggest impact this NBA season? #NBASky

two men in suits and sunglasses are standing next to each other in a dark room . ALT: two men in suits and sunglasses are standing next to each other in a dark room .

Yang Hansen, mostly because I want the Blazers to play him and Clingan together often enough to justify the Cling-Yang Twins nickname.

One rock song to define each top 2026 NBA Draft prospect Welcome to Upside and Motor, a weekly NBA Draft column dedicated to analyzing the next wave of basketball stars, from blue blood sensations to those flying unde

From @christopherkline.bsky.social, the NBA Draft analysis you didn't even know you needed.

"Other people always get reduced to shreds in an Isaac Chotiner interview, but not me, I'm built different."

The last two seasons with DI Calder replacing Perez have a slightly different feel but they still have the same soul and are definitely worth watching

One of my absolute favorites. The landscape is incredible, adds so much character too what is already an incredible ensemble. Lots of change over the seasons but it holds up.

Some Bear Lentinus spotted down by the river. #MushroomMonday #shroomscrolling #fungifriends 📷🍄

Elm oyster, chicken of the woods and some odds and ends from the garden today 🍄📷 🌱 #gardening #shroomscrolling

Luka Dončić and your mom are thinking the same thing about Austin Reaves Your mom may not know a ton about the NBA, but she probably agrees with Luka Dončić about Austin Reaves.

Luka Dončić doesn't miss.

Middle school open house for my 7th-grade tonight and his science teacher had the Ryan Simpson Paul Pierce print framed on the wall. I was giddy seeing another one in the wild.

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The Ultimate NBA Re-Draft: Selecting the top 30 prospects from the last six years Projecting forward — and engaging with the past — let's chart the best prospects from the last five NBA Draft cycles, as well as the most promising names from t

So @christopherkline.bsky.social is officially a sicko for this, ranking the top 30 NBA Draft prospects of the last six seasons, including the upcoming 2026 class. #nbasky

The Whiteboard: Most important NBA player on every Southeast Division team The Southeast Division includes a pair of darkhorse contenders and three more teams with their eyes on the playoffs. Here are the players who can make it happen

The most important player for each team in the Southeast and why Jalen Johnson is the pivot point for the Hawks between good and great. fansided.com/nba/the-whit...

Wrote up an explainer on the Kawhi stuff to send to your casual non-hoops-obsessed friends when they ask what the deal is.

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A little bit of everything was ready in the garden today 🌱

These garden godzilla shiitakes kind of got away from me. Been so dry this summer I forgot to check the logs for a week or two