@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social
βοΈ http://TomTheFinder.com substack and Yahoo Sports | πΊ Portland Trail Blazers analytics insider | π½οΈ Pack Your Knives and Count the Dings | πͺπΌ Hoops4ALS
π BIG NUMBER: MEDIA DAY EDITION π€
@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social + I go by the numbers on some of the biggest early stories: Kawhigate! Giannis' Zoom! Off-ball LeBron! Nuggets bench! Cavs starters! Kuminga's deal! AND MORE!
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@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social and I dig into the brutal injury news out of Houston. Just how valuable is Fred VanVleet, and how will the Rockets try to hold down the fort without him?
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@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social and I dig into the reason the Warriors' roster remains incomplete β their ongoing stalemate with Jonathan Kuminga β and consider some new on-court homes for the RFA forward!
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A longtime general manager, to @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social, on the Kawhi/Clippers mess: "I think the commissioner has a wide berth if you violate the collective bargaining agreement ... If you donβt have rules, you might as well give up everything." sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...
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@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social + I dig into the Spurs giving De'Aaron Fox the max despite seeing just five games of him playing alongside Victor Wembanyama!
Also: Luka! Bridges! Niang! And more!
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π BIG NUMBER: 1.4 π
@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social + I dig into the historical gap between Luka DonΔiΔ's preseason MVP hype and his actual MVP finishes, what "Luka 2.0" and the 2025-26 Lakers can do to bridge it, and more!
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I thought that @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social did a GREAT job with this after OKC won the title: www.tomthefinder.com/p/okcs-title...
30.07.2025 17:18 β π 16 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0Wait ... hold on ...
A few days of social media sleuthing from @pablo.show and @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social turned up ANOTHER potentially manipulated Jontay Porter game that the FBI (and presumably the NBA) had failed to identify after months of investigating?!
Some thoughts π§΅
Researching the Malik Beasley betting allegations (PTFO episode is def worth your time), those two discovered that the same guys seemed to know about Beasley and Porter before the feds. Pablo said he confirmed their digging led the FBI to broaden its Porter probe.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4u9...
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@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social + I dig into the Clippers, who this summer rounded out one of the NBA's deepest rosters ... which is also, it turns out, the oldest one in NBA history.
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@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social and I dig into the 76ers β a team that couldn't get its best players on the floor last season, is sort of stuck between eras ... and might (gulp) have some reasons for optimism?
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i've had to stop and sit down at least five times and i'm only 27 minutes in.
15.07.2025 21:37 β π 49 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
The new PTFO from @pablo.show & @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social is a banger. 10/10 story telling, I need part 2. youtu.be/c4u9--GM9to?...
15.07.2025 15:43 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Bo!
16.07.2025 01:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Pablo found the fuck out again with Tom and Amin!
15.07.2025 13:34 β π 16 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Again. Whatever you say about @pablo.show don't forget that he & his ilk are JOURNALISTS. This time @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social & Amin Elnassan are here for the deep dive into Mailk Beasley. The Twitter tracking into "Moose" alone is WOW! youtu.be/c4u9--GM9to?...
15.07.2025 10:28 β π 13 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
*whispers* our new investigation is responsible for why I have been sleeping very little for the last two weeks.
but it's worth it.
@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social @darthamin.bsky.social youtu.be/c4u9--GM9to?...
We were *almost* done recording THE BIG NUMBER when the Mike Brown news hit, so @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social and I sprinkled in a short chat about him and the Knicks. My scorching hot take: cautious optimism?
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@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social + I dig deep on years of West-vs.-East dominance, which East teams might be able to close the conference-imbalance gap, how LeBron factors in, and more!
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πΊ: youtu.be/07-aZ-7ZUbw
The @spotrac.com Trade Machine has been flipped to the 2025-26 league year!
No pending transactions will show, because we want to accurately reflect where teams currently stand.
Happy fake trading!
www.spotrac.com/nba/trade-ma...
NEW POST AT THE FINDER: The Malik Beasley investigation. 5 Things that caught my eye: www.tomthefinder.com/p/the-malik-...
29.06.2025 20:08 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 024 hours and about 1 million views later, I can come clean:
I put an asterisk on OKC β¦ and every NBA champion since 1950. Thanks to all who actually read the piece and shared the bit:
In all likelihood, the Thunder recognized where the league was going and built a youthful roster that could capitalize on the growing geometry. The concept of βyoung legsβ is demonstrated in the cold, hard numbers. According to data collected from the NBA.com player-tracking data, the average speed of NBA players gradually falls as the pros get older. This past season, a 20-year-old covered 7% more ground than a 30-year-old. In a 48-minute game, that could amount to not just hundreds of feet in additional coverage by a team, but an expanded footprint that could be measured in miles.
Really interesting note from @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social: sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...
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@tomhaberstroh.bsky.social + I dig deep on the Thunder, fresh off winning the 2025 NBA championship, heading into 2026 as the favorite to repeat ... and which teams have the best chance of unseating them!
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Also within: @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social β an actual Trail Blazers insider! β and I talk about why Portland dealt Anfernee Simons and a pair of second-round picks for Jrue Holiday, and what the move might mean for the Blazers and Celtics alike: youtu.be/HvFtOsmAg40
24.06.2025 20:32 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The truth is rightfully exposed! Thank you @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social for your bravery!
24.06.2025 22:33 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Masterful longform trollposting. 1000 points out of ten.
24.06.2025 17:51 β π 19 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Absolutely tremendous
24.06.2025 16:41 β π 50 π 3 π¬ 3 π 1This is good and I agree
24.06.2025 13:52 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Controversial. But hard not to argue with his list.
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