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Sources are telling me: “Ty Jerome”

Some late night Xs & Os yesterday with Cal vs. USC in Big Ten action.

Double Screen to DHO Flip to Pin Down for Blacksher to get an open 3. The shot's not there, so he backs out and calls for the perfectly executed ghost screen to get some space for the jumper.

If the Cavs beat the Celtics on Tuesday…

…I prefer not to speak

The first play out of the gate for Michigan State yesterday trying to get Jaxon Kohler an early post-touch using the dive off the Iverson cut, and then a cross-screen.

They then flow into a middle-third flex action which gets Zapala an easy slip to the basket.

Just told my 3 year old that we have to watch the Cleveland Browns today. To which he replied “can we watch The Grinch instead?”

A man of true vision and intellect.

I'm also realizing that this is just becoming a Horns set fan page.

Oh well.

Jakob Poeltl getting 35/12 on the defending champions is not something I had on my NBA bingo card. Nevertheless, here's one of my favorite sets from the Raptors last night:

Flare the ghost screen, Dick reads White going over the screen and curls outside the lane while Poeltl rolls down the middle.

Mike Tyson is closer to qualifying for social security than he is to Jake Paul’s age and yall thought he would compete over 8 rounds?

An underappreciated stat from the Cavs' 14-0 start this season: 1st in average points per game but 23rd in average free throw attempts per game. No foul-baiting refball for them, they're winning with honor

Boston (Tatum)
Cleveland (Mitchell)
OKC (SGA)
Golden State (Steph)
Memphis 👀 (Morant)

Memphis sitting at 7-6 right now, and Ja may not finish top 10 in MVP voting, but they are playing some good ball and should be looking at a top 4 seed.

Houston looking good too and just misses out.

There is a formula for success in the modern NBA. The last 10 NBA champions have these qualities with only a few outliers.

- Top 10 MVP vote getter
- Drafted 3 out of 5 starters
- Top 10 Offensive Rating
- Top 10 Defensive Rating
- Top 5 Net Rating

Here are the teams that COULD fit that criteria:

Loved seeing the Cavs maintain their offensive dominance without one of their core 4 last night. They will have to play through adversity all season and they showed they can adapt, adjust, and find ways to win.

Tristan Thompson playing for the Cavs and Mike Tyson fight in the year of our Lord 2024.

Other than cap implications, it’s a fun idea. I like the $500k to each player. Gives them incentive to go all out each night.

One of these isn’t like the others…

I understand it now

Cavs vs Thunder finals would feed families for generations to come

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…right, show me one villain on the Celtics lol

12 NBA Cup games on a Friday night is exactly what God intended for his people

Inject these big slates directly into my veins man

How much is this offer worth from the Pirates for this card? 30 years of lost revenue for those two seats is not nothing… and all that extra stuff on top.

My guess is $6-7 million — is that too low?

Bill Self ran this play once early in the first half and again late in the game with under 2 minutes. Simple action out of a diamond set to get a dominant post an easy look under the basket.

Clear the backside by sending the opposite forward to either ball screen or flash to the high post.

Awesome list

I knew JJ Reddick was going to provide some sweet Xs and Os after listening to the Mind the Game podcast this summer.

Here's a great quick hitter for Knecht to get off a shot out of a horns set. The extra to Hachimura would've been WIDE open too.