"It's the first of many."
Forget Defensive Player of the Year. Victor Wembanyama aims to become Defensive Player of the Decade.
Reaction from today's DPOY news conference:
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All around him Sunday night, Victor Wembanyama saw legends to live up to and expectations to fulfill. He did not see any of it as a burden.
He said the tradition made him feel safe. And he made it clear it’s still in good hands.
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Is it a buzzer or a horn
That Wemby highlight was like 92 feet long.
I'll be set up here working the @spursnationsa.bsky.social account tonight. San Antonio back in the playoffs for the first time since 2019.
His catalog is awe-inspiring. What a writer.
When it ends, there will be ample time for perspective. And for logic. And for gratitude.
When it ends, the Spurs can think rationally about how far ahead of schedule they already are.
But between now and then?
There’s no harm in staying unreasonable.
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Some job news: I now work in the newly-established Federal Department of Metaphors. How are we doing so far?
"You knew he was destined for great things.”
On Sunday, Mitch Johnson will become the first Spurs coach not named Gregg Popovich to lead the team into a playoff series since 1996.
Those who knew Johnson growing up in Seattle say he is made for this moment:
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Pop addressed the team two days ago, De'Aaron Fox said.
In addition to congratulating them on a "successful regular season," he spoke of the "changes that are going to happen between regular season and the playoffs," Fox said.
Pop was also at practice today. #Spurs
This story is crazy! The Jim Dolan had a Knicks fan obsessively monitored at games just because she was trans.
This column from 2022, when I talked my boss into sending me to see a then-mysterious tall French kid even though the lottery was six months away and the Spurs were extremely unlikely to win it, is pretty fun to read now, btw:
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Looked back at 18-year-old Victor Wembanyama’s first U.S. game, when he shared top billing with another prospect and took what he calls “a dive into the unknown."
On where that dive took him and Scoot Henderson, and why Sunday will remind us what might’ve been:
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Jeff will have the duty of presenting Victor the award on behalf of the PBWA, and I’ve been trying to convince him to wear Tim Duncan postseason award cargo shorts for the occasion.
Victor Wembanyama has won the Magic Johnson Award, presented by the Professional Basketball Writers Association to a star player who exemplifies grace and cooperation in dealing with media and fans.
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It’s supposed to go n YouTube at some point.
Shoutout to the Australians who stayed up late to join this very fun session, and shoutout to the other Australians who emailed us photos of the nuns who Jeff may or may not have berated during the 2014 Finals.
Wemby and Scoot will make their playoff debuts together. Just as expected.
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The Spurs Insider gang is doing a live Q&A tomorrow on Zoom. It will be a good opportunity to tell @mikefinger.bsky.social he's full of it.
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IRVING, Texas – The CFP today unveiled an enhanced and refreshed brand identity and logo system, marking the next chapter in the CFP’s evolution to accelerate its rise to becoming one of the most respected and talked about sports properties in the world. The updates introduce subtle, yet meaningful enhancements designed to elevate the CFP brand across experiential, digital, broadcast, in-stadium, and out-of-home applications. “Since its inception, the CFP has represented the pinnacle of college football, capturing the excellence, pageantry and unwavering fan passion that make our sport so unique,” said CFP Executive Director Rich Clark. “Our refreshed logo system builds on the successes of our first 12 years and positions the brand for continued growth moving forward.”
This press release appears to have been written by, like, a smart refrigerator or something.
“Google has created a misinformation crisis. Studies have shown that people tend to trust what AI tells them without question…Another experiment found that users still listened to AI when it gave them the wrong answer nearly 80% of the time—a grim trend the researchers dubbed “cognitive surrender.”
Bumping because gift links were screwy last week, and because it was a fun one:
On a wandering Highland cow named Mulan, an NBA franchise emerging from a six-year drought, and how they both came home from the darkness, thanks to a rancher named Keldon Johnson:
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transphobia is a luxury belief, which is why it’s so prevalent among beltway types who don’t have real problems
Every new Orban update makes me giggle about horses now.
Tisza, founded just two years ago, has become a vessel for the hopes of many Hungarians — including some who voted for Fidesz in the past — that change is possible. A crude Hungarian saying daubed on an opposition banner near an Orban rally last month gave an earthy precis of Mr. Magyar’s basic message: “Even a horse’s penis comes to an end.”
Spending a Sunday morning reading up on the election in Hungary, and did not expect to be this inspired:
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New MJ Lenderman just dropped, @stevenhyden.bsky.social
Wrote about a wandering Highland cow named Mulan, an NBA franchise emerging from a six-year drought, and how they both came home from the darkness, thanks in part to a rancher named Keldon Johnson.
Gift link:
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If you score 20 points with a rib contusion you shouldn’t have to play the full 20 minutes.
The contrast between their intelligence and excellence and eloquence….& what was said and what took place on earth in their absence is vast. (I need something far greater than vast)