Thinking Hockey

there's a reason why this @pbump.com post turned off all comments and quotes.

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

Early Season Signals: The Trend of Ball Pressure Continues Observations from Lakers–Blazers, Mavericks, and other games

What I love about writing on my own platform is turning a hard-to-digest game notes into a NBA trend watch.

Early-season lessons from Blazers engulfing teams with ball pressure.Plus how Lakers & Mavs are faring in the NBA’s rising on-ball pressure era👇
digginbasketball.substack.com/p/ball-press...

I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this

I'm so glad they covered transitionary inflation under Biden the same way.

*puts finger to ear*

Oh, I'm actually hearing they didn't and it was a daily meltdown in the press.

that's against the rules.

jokic?

The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes

A cardboard sign that reads, "they Blame immigrants so you don't blame billionaires" In the background another sign reads, "Fuck ICE"

pinto is a much better 200 ft player than cozens and would be in the selke conversation if he played more regularly, so the sens would be extending the right player at the right amount for all the wrong reasons.

Cannot stress enough how little Jesus talks about sex and how much he talks about money. Every other line out of the guy’s mouth is like, “You absolutely have to give away all of your money to the poor.”

Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Why do white folks feel so entitled to the Chicago Blackhawks logo? They insist it’s not racist but still feel entitled to it.

Baker Mayfield on changing perceptions of him: “Early on in my career it was ‘cocky, immature.’ Now it’s ‘moxie’ and ‘he’s a dog.’ Same sh— different day. As long as you play well, they change the narrative, but you’ve just gotta be yourself, and I’ve always been like that.”

don't do this.

suzuki and caufield are top 10 at their position. Slafkovsky however is the 3rd head on the hydra.

YouTube video by Game Over Montreal Canadiens vs Red Wings | Live Reaction & Analysis | October 9, 2025

Going to repeat this for selfish and unselfish reasons a lot.

Bluesky isn't run on algorithms, so if you want to support people, hit repost over like.

Back at it tonight for Game Over Montreal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O20t...

1) it is hilarious there are almost no rappers in the replies. BSky not beating the Elder Millennial/Gen X White People Hub allegations

2) KRS-One

There's a delicious irony in WNBA sources complaining about Unrivaled's role in CBA negotiations when the league exists in no small part because of the prioritization rules the WNBA insisted on during the current CBA. Be careful what you wish for ...

love the deal but their best chance to win under mcdavid is this year. the contract extension is a love letter to the Edmonton fans but if they don't win anyway, I don't see a good high end veteran going out of his way to choose EDM over a team like Dallas next year just bc mcdavid gave space back.

yes, it became clear quite early on that once yzerman couldn't replicate Tampa's build from within strategy (that only worked with the tentpoles of hedman/stamkos from earlier lottery luck) that his pro scouting bonafides left a lot to be desired.

I wouldn't put too much credit in being Stan bowman signing a guy to the Brent sea brook.

"what if Neo defeated the machines in the matrix by digging his head further in the sand?" is an interesting approach to say the least.

I'm not sure if people are more or less excited about the fact that Jackson LaCombe was really good in 2023-24, since on one hand it reinforces that his high level of play but on the other it undercuts the narrative of the extreme upward trajectory pundits thought he was on.

ah.

what is happening?

Shout out to all the Very Serious Journalists who earnestly repeated Trump’s campaign denials of any connection to Project 2025, and “fact checked” Democrats who said he intended to pursue it