This is the real reason everyone is hating on Tech. Players actually want to play here now

LSU 😂

can’t believe I’m forced to defend a fkn Spur but the narratives around Wemby rn are just flat out stupid. the truth should matter. first, the run he just took the Spurs on was awesome. 35pt debut (franchise record), a 40/24 game. 3.5 stocks/gm. 21.6 on/off differential (hilarious) led one of youngest teams ever to the Finals. took down the defending champs. led for 75% of the Finals & blew it - meaning more than anything they controlled their own destiny & capped themselves. this narrative that he’s now a permanently scarred failure who’s legacy is cooked is hilarious. 22 yrs old. He, along w Castle & Harper, will only get better. They’ll absolutely be back. Second & imo most important - in no world is Wemby a ‘dirty’ or immoral player. he had bad moments & lost composure, yeah. but if you think some shoves or elbows somehow makes him this unethical rotten thug of a player - *you* are soft (& delusional) Nothing done by Wemby was anything different than moments we’ve seen from Jokic or Giannis. not even sniffing the depths of Draymond’s greatest hits. the man is an 8ft 150lbs slinky being thrown around by earth’s greatest athletes. a body thrown at him every moment to counter his length (if you’ve played even JV level ball you’d understand). Freedom of movement restricted. a man in your jock every step down the floor. that constant contact builds, frustration simmers, you go to make a basic play like set a screen, you flail, frustration pops, elbows thrown. it happens man it’s the nature of the sport. almost every Wemby flagrant was some run of the mill elbow or shove, called or not called - & fans act like he’s out there drop kicking knee caps or hammer fisting groins (wut). it’s a contact sport man tighten up. I’d actually love for someone to clip together some Wemby footage showing how defenses are guarding him, the amount of contact he deals w on avg plays, how frequent & constant he’s fighting for position. at least give some context to what he’s battling against every time down the floor. and last, his quotes & off court behavior. He’s a bit arrogant, likes to wax poetic & give genuine answers vs canned responses. I personally don’t mind it. I’ll take that vs chatgpt script responses all day. most of the stuff ppl crying about is heavily misquoted or out of context anyway. but what is it ppl want? we ask for confident, “real” Superstars & when we get it we cry that it’s all performative. listen to the full answer, stop letting the one sentence posted out of context in the caption form reality. i’m gonna go throw up now for spending this much effort defending a Spur. but it had to be done. anyway you want to argue it, Wemby has been great for the league. he’s everything these ‘bring back the 90s’ advocates could dream for & if no one wants to defend him, I’ll take a minute to. what he just did these playoffs was genuinely incredible & he deserves the fair credit.

Champagnie is a treasure man (via @KellyIko): “Keldon Johnson and Julian Champagnie, two of the loudest, most exuberant voices all year, sat in their respective seats, hands resting against their heads while staring into their phones. Others shuffled around, some discussing plans to get back in the gym, some gathering their belongings in silence. De'Aaron Fox, sitting by himself with a towel draped over his shoulders, was greeted by Lindy Waters III, who placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. Then, another staff member did the same. Champagnie, who had been in the process of removing his uniform, rose from his stall to offer words of encouragement to the veteran guard. The sharpshooter's uplifting spirit was called on a few moments later as Stephon Castle, with one locker separating them, stood motionless. Champagnie locked eyes with his teammate. ‘I just wanna see you smile, man,’ Champagnie said. ‘That's it.’” #GoSpursGo #PorVida

Sometimes you gotta make hard decision as a coach! Them not handing Harper the keys for this playoff just just cost them a championship!

Okay, so we've got a better angle. The refs are going to consider this an unnatural body turn and landing with feet split, so that's why the held off on the landing space foul.

Come on @NBA be better

Things that triggered the left this week: - a clean reflecting pool - a name on a building - a murderer getting convicted of murder - a sporting event at the White House - a successful IPO - welders and janitors becoming millionaires

Yup, even coach Glasco said if he has to be the villain, so be it

Excellent take

When you have to put down your personal wealth to solve a problem, you are incentivized to solve it. When you confiscate money from others to solve a problem, you are incentivized to keep it unsolved.

Turns out there's a faster way to board an aircraft! Someone should tag literally every airline and show them this. 📹: bad_science_jokes

The left won. The world's richest man is an electric vehicle manufacturer who is decarbonising the atmosphere while helping quadriplegics, restoring space travel, and making the internet and freedom of speech widely available across the globe. Unfortunately most of the people who identified as "left" were simply pathological grief merchants with oppositional defiance disorder. They build nothing. They stand for nothing.

Such a great perspective here. Surprisingly I’ve agreed with Cuban’s takes recently. Wish more people would be more open minded

Elon employs ~160,000 Americans and in one morning created thousands of millionaires… You have done nothing for America.

Attack the rim relentlessly!

Great analysis

This Spurs team.. with its best players being 20, 21,and 22 years old… With an equally novice head coach…. In its first playoff season as a team… Has EVERYTHING it needs to win a championship… besides the ability to finish games at the absolute highest stage. They’re at the last chapter of a hilariously short book. Once they turn that page it’s going to be magnificent.