Tessa Norris

It's good for the league to have teams in both Seattle and Vegas. And even if those teams generally suck, no one wants to steal teams from Charlotte or Sacramento. So that leaves expansion, adding teams that will grow the audience in those strong markets. Those are teams that can and should succeed.

As far as making expansion teams successful goes, a lot of it comes down to the size and economic base of the cities and the financial health of the ownership. And if you had to bet on an expansion team, would you put it in Charlotte, or would you put it in Seattle or Vegas?

We'd be increasing the number of NBA teams (and, correspondingly, NBA players) by less than 7%. I don't think it will do appreciable damage to the league other than a couple of years of roster shakeups from the expansion draft.

The thing is, though, there are far more "that guy should be an All-Star but isn't because there's no room" guys than there were 20 years ago. Your average 13th man on today's rosters would be a 9th man back then. And no matter how many teams you have, there will only ever be 4 conference finalists.

But, I mean, this is an argument against literally ever expanding. From these metrics, if the league contracted to 24 teams, on average, every team would have 5 tier 1-3 players, enough to field a starting lineup. If they contracted to 10 teams, every player in the league would be at least tier 3.

Because "The Baptism of Jesus" is way more relevant as a bank holiday than Independence Day. Thanks, Google!

One counterpoint: at least the basketball looks better. There's defense being played, and watching the OGs determined to not get shown up by rookies was actually awesome.

Watching these guys determined not to get roasted by rookies was actually awesome. This format is a keeper.

Hell of a performance! Castle is incredible.

When you have multiple guys who can handle the ball, you just need a dynamic offense that gives everyone room to do what they do and keep the ball moving.

Stephon Castle

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The NBA: We need to preserve the integrity of the skills contest. We can't have any shenanigans.

Also the NBA: dunking over cars and ladders is what the Dunk Contest is all about!

Screenshot of a Washington Post article headline stating, 'Whole Foods says Trump’s actions make union win moot"

Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law.

Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.

Colangelo as an owner? Because they definitely need a new owner if they ever want to build anything.

Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’ The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.

Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”

If I was running a major news org, I’d keep the focus on the Musk story, which is a real thing. Trump talking about x,y,z isn’t—unless he backs it up with action. Cover what he says, sure, but don’t let him dictate the news agenda.

As soon as Fox signs on, he's back to the third string, so I'm not too worried.

The Bulls have traded DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, & Alex Caruso for ...

- Josh Giddey
- Kevin Huerter
- Zach Collins
- Tre Jones
- Chris Duarte
- Two Second-Round Picks
- Rights to their OWN 2025 first-round pick

Not a single additional first-rounder was acquired. Unbelievable.

During the summers in which Victor Wembanyama will be 22 to 28 years old, the Spurs have the rights to:

*Atlanta’s 1st the year Trae Young can become a free agent.

*Atlanta’s 1st the year after Young becomes a free agent.

*Dallas’ 1st the year AD turns 37.

*Sac’s 1st the year Sabonis turns 35.

America Has Entered a Post-Constitutional Era The moment the Founders feared is here. Your country is being taken from you. It's on you to stop it, and time is not on your side.

www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/america-is...

Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell, and 7 FRPs.

history textbooks will be like roman empire: destroyed by other european tribes, british empire: destroyed by ww2 and its colonies gaining independence, american empire: destroyed by trannies existing

Nazis parading the looted bronze bust of Magnus Hirschfeld before burning it with his institute’s archives & library.

The bust of Hirschfeld that survived the destruction of the institute, although it was damaged. commissioned by Harald Isenstein (1898–1980) for Hirschfeld’s sixtieth birthday.

The bronze bust of Magnus Hirschfeld somehow survived the bonfire.

A street cleaner salvaged it from the ashes the day after the burnings & hid it.

The bust was donated to the Berlin Academy of Arts in the GDR after the end of World War II.

I think it would be better to say that you should be aware of the risks you're taking than that you should always avoid it. They're going to come after all of us sooner or later, so the choice about how big a target you want to make yourself personally is a strategic choice.

Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

@mcuban.bsky.social Dude, what the hell happened with Luka?

These are the same picture.

what Musk is doing is as close to the government being taken over by a hostile foreign power in our lifetimes, the coverage should reflect that