It's not an exaggeration to say that Dennis Smith has been one of the best defensive guards I've seen so far this year. IDK if he'll get the minutes when LaMelo and Rozier get back, but DSJ has been awesome defensively so far.

Did he just rip off the Amazon Prime ratings for a film with antisemitic ideals like they were a box score of a basketball game?

(the answer is yes he did. this is a rare talking head clip that somehow gets worse and worse the longer it goes on)

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Yeah, whatever, totally works. I just wish they didn’t forfeit them is all.

(I will note that I would prefer the league force the Sixers to give the picks to the teams they got the player from as opposed to just forfeiting them. Ultimately, this results in taking away a draft slot from a kid whose dream his whole life has been to get drafted.)

The vibes? Some are good, others… not so much

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highly recommend this ep of Game Theory with Sam Vecenie and Mike Prada. (PRAY-duh) talking about the changes in the modern NBA. one of the smartest, most in-depth convos I’ve heard about the rapid changes happening to the game (and I’ll be ordering Mike’s book). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gam…

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That ball Mitchell Starc just threw is one of the nastiest balls I think I’ve ever seen? That thing swung like a curveball in baseball at 90MPH. He is absolutely filthy right now.

Hand accuracy and hand-eye is such an important part of being a rim protector. It’s a great call from Kyle here

Trying to contextualize how big of a mess the Lakers' offense has been through five games.

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NBA Vibe checks! Brooklyn, Charlotte, Portland, Los Angeles, and way more.

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lmao Baylor Scheierman Luka'd tonight

Also, just working through some of Indiana-Brooklyn now. This feels like a “we need to make some sort of change ASAP” game for Brooklyn. They just have zero chance to defend. Tyrese is carving them up, Indiana with Mathurin leading the way just has way more energy.

There is not a cooler story in the NBA than Dennis Smith Jr. taking what ostensibly could be his last chance in the NBA and running with it in this way. Went for 13/9/8 tonight, made a game-tying layup, locked up Steph to send it to OT. It just totally rules.

Mentioned this on a recent podcast, but this is who Fox was as a high school prospect. He was an impact point-of-attack defender who played hard constantly on that end and frustrated people. He can still be that guy.

There is your explanation on Primo.

They didn't just randomly cut a player that they took in the lottery last year and whose $4.3M third-year option they picked up on Oct. 10.