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1/26/2024
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The Grip: Thanasis for All-Star starter

+ the Knicks are here ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/24/2024
18 : 44

The Grip: Golden age of 70-point games

+ Shoeless Russ > ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/22/2024
19 : 34

The Grip: (Nikola Jokic is better now)

+ the Nets did something amazing yesterday ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/19/2024
17 : 54

The Grip: Free agency is dead

+ Anthony Edwards! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/17/2024
17 : 44

Load management is fake

+ we finally got a good Jokic-Embiid game ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/12/2024
18 : 14

The Grip: Big market fatigue

+ we have a scheduling announcement ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/12/2024
9 : 24

The Grip: It's NBA Ref Week

Plus: Kawhi Leonard just got extended ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/5/2024
19 : 24

🏀 The Grip: There’s too many points

Plus: there's never enough Jokic ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
12/22/2023
17 : 34

Joel Chamberlain — Chet! — Hawks ATS

Fri, Dec 22nd, 2023 Tonight's must-watch games The Opening Tip Chet Holmgren is the best rookie we've seen in a while Grip vs. the House returns Checking in on the 2021 draft class 1. Joel
12/8/2023
18 : 44

America 🤝 Tyrese Haliburton

Fri, Dec 8th, 2023 The Opening Tip LeBron is timeless Two current losing streaks are flirting with history Chuck spent last night's TV coverage roasting everyone 1. He's Here, He's Perfect
11/22/2023
16 : 34

Oubre car saga — Şengün Fever — LBJ in Year 21

Wed, Nov 22nd, 2023 The Opening Tip Houston's Alperen Şengün is the Charmander to Nikola Jokić's Charizard The sportsbooks cannot set the over/under high enough for the Pacers or Hawks LeBron
11/14/2023
20 : 14

Bucks’ (lack of) D — DeMar DeRozan! — #HeatCulture: Lame

Tues, Nov 14th, 2023 The Opening Tip DeMar DeRozan made one of the best passes we've seen last night The Heat Culture court is definitely not super lame James Harden is getting flamed by everyone 1
10/31/2023
18 : 14

Harden to LA — Ben Simmons! — Brazilian fan pages

Tues, Oct 31st, 2023 The Opening Tip Ben Simmons looks better than he has in years Brazilian fan pages are causing havoc on Twitter Why is Miles Bridges still in the league? But first … 1. James Harden
9/29/2023
19 : 4

GM vs. Dame — Harden update — Key NBA dates

Fri, Sept 29th, 2023 The Opening Tip Jrue Holiday had some iconic moments with the Bucks A very important update on the James Harden standoff Actual basketball begins soon 1. Blazers GM Joe Cronin
8/25/2023
16 : 54

FIBA World Cup — No one wants James — The poor Nets

Fri, Aug 25th, 2023 The Opening Tip The FIBA World Cup started this morning The James Harden saga reminds us of a vintage NBA moment Giannis is flexing his player-empowerment muscle 1. FIBA World Cup
6/30/2023
17 : 45

BK diaspora — Rogue Twitter account — Spurs fit check

Fri, June 30th, 2023 The Opening Tip Why can't the 2017 Warriors drink beer? A random Twitter account is out-scooping the scoopsters The Spurs legends took a personality pic 1. These people are
6/20/2023
6 : 26

Jokic: All-timer — NBA parity — Team Canada

Thurs, June 15th, 2023 The Opening Tip Quick Spencer Dinwiddie vibe check Team Canada is coming for us We're in the age of NBA parity 1. Our GOAT list now includes Jokic Obviously, you remember the
6/2/2023
17 : 55

Jokic vs. media — Morant punishment — Playoff triple-doubles

Friday, June 2nd, 2023 The Opening Tip An example of why the Nuggets are so hard to guard The league has apparently found more bad Ja Morant stuff The Celtics' offseason comes down to one question
5/15/2023
20 : 4

More Ja drama — Jackson vs. Jokic — Philadelphia Second-Rounders

Monday, May 15th, 2023 The Opening Tip Jayson Tatum is a Game 7 legend Mark Jackson forgot to put Nikola Jokic on his MVP ballot The Sixers are massive chokers 1. Maybe Ja Morant is the bad influence
5/1/2023
15 : 34

RIP regular season — Steph — PHX-DEN

Monday, May 1st, 2023 The Opening Tip Steph Curry is inevitable The Suns don't shoot enough 3-pointers ABC broke out some pre-2001 b-roll yesterday 1. The regular season: 1946-2023 The NBA's