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Lead NBA writer, Sporting News. Previously Bulls stuff at The Athletic. Same username on most socials.
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Look at how the Hawks are guarding Cade Cunningham out of halftime

The Bulls have held onto the 10 seed for every single day since Jan 1. They've gone 7-16 in 2025. Sixers have gone 7-18 during that same span and dropped from 11th to 12th. It's way past time to shut down Embiid.

Stopped by a park in SF Chinatown at 8am, told this Chinese grandma she can ball and got a big smile out of her. She's out there every morning in front of the Kobe mural, wearing gloves and doing the Mikan drill. (My guy in the vest also drilled that 3)

Adam Silver watching CP3 after telling the players that they need to be more competitive:

Donovan Mitchell on CP3/Wemby: "They played to win...they was definitely cheating though."

They had to bring out the receipts for CP3

Yuki Kawamura and Keisei Tominaga reunited as teammates for the Up Next G-League game

🚨NEW WORDS🚨 The Steph Curry-Jimmy Butler dynamic is still a work in progress. But Butler being a high IQ player is expediting the work, to Curry and the Warriors' benefit. On "Small" having huge ramifications on the Curry-Butler partnership: www.goldenstateofmind.com/2025/2/13/24...

Two-time slam dunk champion Mac McClung tells @sportingnews.bsky.social that Saturday night will be his final appearance in the contest, win or lose. "This will be the last year for me. I've really loved it. You know, you run out of dunks. So this is probably where I'm at after this."

My trade deadline winners & losers: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

Bulls went a perfect 0/6 on my recommendations for them: ❌Don't panic about the pick owed to Spurs ❌Keep Zach LaVine ❌Trade Vooch for anything ❌Trade Coby White (seven teams were interested) ❌Trade Ayo Dosunmu ❌Trade Lonzo Ball (instead they extended him)

My live grades are updated with the Nurkic and Hunter trades. Reminder that I'll be doing those all day over at @sportingnews.bsky.social: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

Here are longer thoughts on the Brandon Ingram trade: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/... And the Mark Williams for Dalton Knecht swap, which I like for both sides: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

Happy NBA trade deadline day! I will have grades for every major trade within the hour, including all of the ones that hit last night. You can find them updated here throughout the day: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

Here are my instant grades for the Jimmy Butler trade, inspired by a Hawks halftime performance from Jagged Edge at State Farm Arena: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

If you want my reactions to the Lonzo extension, then check this out. Last week, I wrote on why the Bulls should desperately try to trade Vooch, keep LaVine, and move on from Lonzo Ball. So far, they're doing the exact opposite. www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/chica...

My trade grades for the Khris Middleton-Kyle Kuzma swap. Here's why I like it more for the Bucks than the consensus opinion: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

Matas Buzelis 24 ethical points (0 FTs) on 10/10 from the field last night. Only drives, layups, dunks, and 3's.

Billy D said after last night's game that he wants to give Matas Buzelis more on-ball reps. This play has to be living in his head. -Waits for play to develop -Recognizes switch and takes Rozier to the post -Senses the double and spins away from it. Game is slowing down for him, exciting stuff.

Sam Amick discussing what NBA front offices think of each other on The Athletic NBA Daily. "Chicago would just come up time and again, with people throwing them in their bottom five." youtu.be/ggmB-Ou0bO0?...

Every NBA trade

Pistons opened tonight with a nasty set for a lob dunk. UCLA --> Flex --> Zoom to set Trae Young up in a single side tag situation, with a relocation to the corner in order to occupy the weakside help. Turn 🔊 on, gimme a minute of your time, and I'll walk you through it.

I'm convinced that Mike Dunleavy is leaking a different name to every employee in the Warriors org in order to trace where the leaks are coming from. "Ok, the Giannis rumor came out. Our equipment manager is compromised."

Here are my Kings, Spurs, and Bulls trade grades for the De'Aaron Fox-Zach LaVine three-teamer. www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

Will have grades up within the hour for the LaVine/Fox trade. For now, here's something I wrote last week on why I thought the Spurs should be aggressive in trading for Fox. www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/san-a...

This is the same guy who is claiming that he had no idea the Luka trade was coming

I seem to be higher on Luka's Lakers fit than consensus. I believe in the power of revenge. www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/los-a...

My trade grades for the Luka swap. As you might have guessed, I love it for the Lakers: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/los-a...

Tyrese Maxey, last four minutes of a nail-biter. Everyone in the gym knew that he was trying to get to the rim. Could not stop him from getting there.

This was so nasty from Maxey during crunch time last night. A lot of people have checked out of the Sixers season but he's taken yet another leap mid-season.

Here are my biggest All-Star snubs: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

LaMelo should have been an All-Star reserve. I talked to the most misunderstood group of fans about the league's most misunderstood star 👇

The Bulls have a ton of decisions to make at the trade deadline. Here's what I think they should do: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/chica...

Dyson Daniels was everywhere defensively in crunch time last night.

What happened to shame?

Jimmy Butler isn't looking great in the eyes of the public, but he's winning the war against Pat Riley: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/miami...

Jimmy Butler suspensions:

With the trade deadline quickly approaching, here are my 10 most negative-value contracts in the league: www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/...

Me trying to catch up on last night's Bulls game

🏀 LaMelo Ball received more of a voting presence for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game from fans than the media. 🏀 Kevin Durant received a larger share from NBA players than he did from the media. 🏀 Donovan Mitchell got more love from the media than he did fans. Other takeaways from ASG voting results: