The Nets’ GM is unfirable, for some reason

All-Star Game discourse is back

Title odds for every team

Created a .500 team from nothing in 2018-19, the one decent thing he’s done, which he’s apparently still skating on. 

Technically signed KD and Kyrie Irving, though they didn’t even tell him before announcing their decision. Seriously. 

Allowed the most grotesque and shameless form of ‘player empowerment,’ which led at one point to him firing Kenny Atkinson because Kyrie and KD wanted the team to start DeAndre Jordan over Jarrett Allen. 

Hired former teammate Steve Nash to coach the team, who had never coached anything.

‘Traded’ for James Harden, which truly, anyone could have done. 

Gave Joe Harris, who’s out of the league, a big extension. 

Traded James Harden for Ben Simmons, who’s played 54 games as a Net since Feb 2022. 

Didn’t trade Kevin Durant the first time, who then asked that the Nets fire Marks.

Traded Kevin Durant for a solid haul after leveraging Phoenix’s new owner’s new owner syndrome. 

Refused to trade Mikal Bridges for all the picks he originally traded to Houston in the James Harden deal. 

And, catching up to the present, has constructed a team perfectly built for 35 wins, which he doesn’t want to blow up because all his picks are in Houston.

Most meaningful part about another bad All-Star Game: The league spent all year trying to convince players to try this year. 

Fuck it, Nikola Jokic at a hockey game.

Ref mistakes are down this year, says ref rep who doesn’t want to share data showing that ref mistakes are down. 

Here’s what JJ Redick said about Doc Rivers to spark a three-way beef between him, Pat Bev and Austin Rivers. 

Local news outlet tries its hardest to not include Steve Kerr’s son’s first name in its headline. 

This clip of Jaylen Brown getting the ball stolen from him by a bunch of little kids will unfortunately be used against him in the playoffs.

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