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Tyrese Maxey should win MIP. Yes, again.

Socialism preference by college major.

Ratio of liberal to conservative professors in US.

Support for political violence by political orientation.

It’s really majestic when they migrate.

Rudy Gobert is the first player since Shaquille O'Neal with 25+ PTS, 20+ REB and 75% FG in a playoff game. H/T @aarongleeman.bsky.social

Forgive me for posting about football but this goal by Lizbeth Ovalle is really more a work of art...

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Mac McClung has the coolest job in the world. Nobody ever yells at him about whether his team loses, and then one night per year, he just has to do one or two cool things. The Santa Claus of dunking

The NBA posted a side-by-side of McClung's car dunk last night vs Blake Griffin's car dunk from 2011 and there's no question which of these was more impressive.

Jahlil Okafor played 3 min in the NBA tonight. Good for Jah, man. Not the career he wanted obviously but he just does not stop trying

The Sixers season

What a fun week to care more about the Sixers than the Eagles.

no one is better at Being The Sixers than the sixers

Sixers are the healthiest they've been in some time. They're getting crushed by the Giannis-less Bucks right now.

the duality of man

Now, what you love here about Hubie Brown calling his last NBA game tomorrow is that he's still doing it at 91 years old. OK? He's teaching you the game of basketball. And so you say, you're learning the game. And he's done this at a high level for six decades, and for that, you have to thank him.

Tyrese Maxey now averaging 31 and 8 across his last 10 games. Feels like if All-Star selections were decided a week later he'd have a real shot at it again.

better the pathetic you know

if you think it's ~pathetic~ to be rooting for the Sixers to lose, MY BROTHER MAY I INTRODUCE YOU TO THE EXPERIENCE OF ROOTING FOR THE SIXERS TO WIN

Wrote about Yabusele at the 5 lineups, and how they’ve brought out the absolute best in Tyrese Maxey the past couple of games open.substack.com/pub/rightsto...

Thought these were the most important plays for Embiid's short-term outlook. Looks comfortable pivoting on L knee, has burst on first step & strength to establish in post, not avoiding contact in traffic. We'll see how knee responds, but some really encouraging moments today.

MAD MAX.

I would be darkly comedic if the Sixers' Big 3 played one full game together but no one saw it because it was at the exact same time as the Eagles. Not rooting for this. Just acknowledging the potential humor up front.

Embiid gets the block on Coby White. I honestly didn't think he still had it in him to go after these, he looked really spry and noticeably thinner.

Embiid looking a lot slimmer

Jared McCain, on overcoming his shooting slump (he was 2-21 from 3 in his previous three games): "The worst thing you can do is change anything. I've worked too hard on this jump shot, there's no way I'm gonna change anything with my routine, anything."

The NBA League Pass app when you press two buttons within the span of 10 seconds

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Trae Young is averaging 12.42 assists per game this season. That would be the best mark of any player since John Stockton in 1994. Also the best mark not involving Stockton or Magic since 1985.

It's a well-observed phenomenon that people hate waiting lines much less, if they know how much the waiting time is gonna be. The Embiid situation is quite the same. If someone came out and told us "the knee is kaput, see you next year," I'd feel more relaxed than this day-to-day tribulation.

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I hate to say this, but Maxey isn't all that without Embiid. He was a perfect complement to the big fella, but is woefully under-qualified to be a lead guard. The handle is still too rigid, the passing instincts are minimal, and while blazing fast, he's not particularly agile.

For the night owls: Full story on Joel Embiid sounding off after details of the Sixers’ team meeting emerged in reporting citing anonymous sources: “Whoever leaked that is a real piece of shit.” www.inquirer.com/sixers/sixer...

Jared McCain is the ONLY positive thing about this Sixers team right now.

The Sixers missed 49 shots, got all of 2 offensive rebounds and ZERO second chance points. lol.

The Magic game broke me. No more ramping up. No more Nurse being pissy at the media. No more second half sloppy passes and lack of urgency (which is a reflection on Nurse). Gotta start winning games or you'll wake up much further behind. Have to win tonight.

This is the funniest play you will see today.

The 2017 class is balling.

Added a bunch of people to the Philly sports reporters Starter Pack. People are joining pretty quickly so I've undoubtedly missed a bunch, so just @ me with anybody that should be added to the list. go.bsky.app/TULdnSA

One of my favourite memes

I love Embiid to death, but he must be leading the league all-time in this specific type of turnover. Obviously a huge part is due to poor communication - Oubre should have called out - yet I'd still expect Joel to have some better court awareness by now.

Will someone get Jared McCain some help?