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Good to see Luka barking at precisely the people responsible for his trade: The 7th and 8th players in the Mavericks rotation sitting on the bench.

The Tatum/Queta/Davison/Scheierman/Craig lineup was genuinely the funniest Celtics lineup of the season

I try not to post much about my son on social media because he’s getting older, and I don’t want him to feel like I spent his childhood telling a bunch of online strangers about him when he inevitably gets online. HOWEVER this is about sports and I assume you all follow me because of sports, so.

Stephon Castle deserved a 50 for that, I never want to see a “Jesser” again

Mac McClung vs. these guys in the dunk contest is a mismatch on par with NBA guards against Mac McClung

Honest question: These All-Star Saturday events used to be silly but kind of fun, right? Or is it pretty much the same and I’m just old and jaded now?

One of the funnier groups I’ve seen online recently is Indiana University fans who think they are going to get Brad Stevens to coach their team

I accidentally tweeted instead of posting here that Kendrick’s halftime show was my favorite yet, but it made a bunch of annoying people mad so I’m leaving it up

I quit pickleball the day I lost to an insufferable pickleball couple

*standing up to speak in the most important meeting of my career at an ad agency, taking an enormous calming breath* “My idea is … Rob ‘Gronk’ Gronkowski” *the entire agency bursts into applause, I am immediately awarded every major account”

Genuinely can’t imagine what that sound was like at MSG, but the crowd’s despair was so audible after that Tatum 3

Lol this is one of those videos where you start out smiling and then you just keep smiling

These Knicks jerseys make me feel like I got hit very hard in the head

De'Andre Hunter is a really meaningful acquisition for a team gearing up for a playoff series against the Celtics.

As a writer who likes a good metaphor, I appreciate that the NBA’s response to an unsettled and upsetting world is to say “hang on, us too.”

Derrick White probably the best player who'll never make an All-Star team in the NBA right now

One thing Max Strus could try is not committing fouls, which might solve the problem of him getting called for fouls.

Absolutely boggles my mind that Tristan Thompson is employed by an NBA team in the year of our Lord 2025. The only reason he wasn't the worst rotation player I've seen on the Celtics in the last 10ish years is because they also employed Enes KanterFreedom at one point.

If the Mavericks had Caleb Martin last year, Nick Wright might actually have been correct that it would be 3-0 before the Celtics knew what hit them.

I am also delighted that you are announcing the signing of Mathys Tel

Yabu demolishing the Celtics would have been so fun on Weird Celtics Twitter

Giving up a 7-0 run in the final minute of the second quarter that allows an undermanned opponent to take a 17-point lead into the break is a fantastic way to make sure you pick up an uninspiring loss

Sports washing works best when you follow the Man City playbook of buying all the best talent and getting an entire fan base to sing your praises, rather than … this.

The last paragraph of this really excellent post is actual violence lol

Endlessly fascinating that Dallas took the Celtics’ old plan of pairing Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving and implemented it five years later.

Lol did the Pelicans just quit? What was that?

Please allow me to be the 1 millionth person to point out how inevitable it was that players would get caught up in these schemes

You can read every parenting book in the world (and it sure doesn’t hurt) but at the end of the day, you’re just making it up as you go and hoping for the best

Kornet blew the read on the Sengun dunk and then was part of the blown coverage that gave Amen Thompson the advantage against an off-balance Jaylen Brown. Not exactly a banner finish to what was otherwise a really good night.

This game is so competitive and fun and INTERESTING - really contrasts with how the Celtics have looked at times during their slump.