Thanks to everyone who reached out to say so many kind things after my shift into a new role for
@TheAthletic
was announced this week. The kindness has been overwhelming. Blessed to work with so many talented people. Look forward to working with even more.
This will be an iconic picture in MLB history. But perhaps the best part was that he jumped high enough to reveal the Orioles final standings as a footnote that will amuse people forever.
If there is one thing you read today, make it this. The level of reporting that went into this by
@jovanbuha
and
@sam_amick
and
@ShamsCharania
is superb.
Inside the Clippers pursuit of Kawhi and Paul George 👇
Hey world, meet Marcelo Tomás González. He was born on Monday, March 28 at 5:20 p.m., weighing 7 lbs. and 2 oz, measuring 20 inches.
Mom and baby are both happy and healthy!
Late sharing this, but I don’t care. This is awesome. I couldn’t be prouder of the work we’re doing, what we’re trying to do and the people I get to work with. To even bigger things ahead.👀
Happy 1-year-anniversary to The Bounce newsletter!
Congratulations to
@talkhoops
,
@ShamsCharania
and all the many people behind the scenes who have made this a daily must-read for NBA fans.
If you haven't checked it out yet 👇👇👇
Now that the dust has settled on the Finals, and I just took maybe the BEST nap of my life, just want to say that it’s been an amazing first year at The Athletic. I love my job. I love the people I get a chance to work with and I love the work they do. This is fun. I am lucky.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before...
Historic team from LA reaches the championship to face a plucky team from Florida that nobody expected to be there...
This is the kind of thing
@joevardon
’s First Thoughts offers that I love... all sorts of great nuggets and observations in these pieces right at the buzzer of each Finals game from a very observational dude.
From
@TheAthletic
’s biggest winner of the night,
@jovanbuha
.
For those who haven’t discovered him yet, they are about to find a real good one. One of the best young beat writers in the game on one of the best young teams in the NBA. Perfect match.
I hate that we can’t binge watch all of
#TheLastDance
, but at the same time... having national appointment sports TV again is kind of cool. Something communal about it that has been missing through all this.
@RodrigoRomano76
Que te puedo decir,
@RodrigoRomano76
, de los hijos, los nietos, los tataranietos que nacimos aquí gracias a esos padres, abuelos y tatarabuelos que tuvieron que dejar el paísito pero nos lo trajeron aquí. Nos sumamos a los 3,5 millones. Estamos locos por lo que va a ser el Jueves
For 20 seasons, Kobe Bryant showed us what's possible when remarkable talent blends with absolute devotion to winning. But there’s more to his story than his legacy on the court.
This man
@jflow41
has quickly become my favorite hooper in the world!
Seems to be loving life and soaking it all in while playing in Uruguay for my beloved Peñarol … and I love it!
My first Peñarol futbol match tomorrow… grande partido vs Capit*l … they have seats for us in the box up top.. but I want to sing songs with the people! Lol
@johnhollinger
don’t you dare,
@johnhollinger
… I’ll give you two minutes… DOS minutos… to take back what you said about one of the best to ever do it! 😂
Some
#personalnews
for the sake of TL “continuity”: Today’s my first Monday in over 15 years not working for CBS Sports, almost half my life, after taking a new role with The Athletic. Worked with so many great people who did so many great things and mean a helluva a lot to me.
I’ve had the incredibly good fortune of working with the type of talent that editors dream of.
Working with
@ShamsCharania
, seeing how he goes about his work and everything that goes into him being who he is has been an honor and a privilege.
I am honored to join ESPN as the company’s Senior NBA Insider. I can’t wait to be part of an incredible group of colleagues at ESPN and serve the sports audience worldwide.
@Lane_Kiffin
For the record,
@Lane_Kiffin
this is your home forever now too!
Thanks for everything, coach! Good luck out there. Hope to see you back in Boca some day and hopefully tweeting about your other fam down here!
Every time Iguodala has one of these defensive moments, it reminds me of this
@HPbasketball
piece from 2013 where Matt sat down and watched defensive film with Iggy and they chopped it up. Some fascinating insight into just how smart he is defensively.
The annual Old Fashioned to cap off the season. First real chance to do this since the season “ended” on Tuesday.
Cheers to everyone at
@TheAthleticNBA
for another great year and the start of the next one with the draft this week and free agency the following week. Let’s get it.
Today is our wedding anniversary and my wife wanted the dinner reservations to be early enough to get back home to not miss the Giants game. The Giants are 1-7 and we haven't missed a snap. She's the real MVP.
I really like this idea from one of our Raptors fan readers and agree with everything he says here...
Help turn an ugly situation into some kind of positive by donating to
@KDTrey5
’s
@35Ventures
foundation. I’m in too...
#wethenorth
#dubsnation
🔗
The Athletic's annual anonymous player poll is out!
Our NBA writers polled players from every team on a variety of things, including an update on their pick for the GOAT, the most overrated, who they'd least like to fight, their Finals pick and more. 👇
"According to sources with knowledge of the situation, the Warriors dealt with a team-wide meningitis scare in mid-March that was the root of West’s infamous comments."
My latest at
@TheAthletic
: Solving the mystery of David West's infamous post-Finals comments, and revealing the medical scare that inspired his cryptic words
This is important… in all sports… for good journalism, for telling good stories. To share momentary equal footing with the human beings we cover so that they get to know us, we get to know them, and they get to know us, simply as people. Good, honest work is born out of that.
This dunk contest feels like a kid’s birthday party so far. The kids seem to be enjoying it, but everybody else is just waiting for it to be over to go do literally anything else.
With the
#NBAFinals
at a climax while I’m on paternity leave, feeling all sorts of guilty to not be in trenches with our incredible
@TheAthleticNBA
staff. Want to take a moment to say how continuously impressed I am by the work they do. I am another happy subscriber. So is Mars.
Thanks to
@CoachDustyMay
for all he did and all he gave FAU, the players and this community.
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
He will be missed. He can’t be replaced. But neither will the memories and hope he gave so many people.
It was a great ride.
@FDUKnightsMBB
@MarchMadnessMBB
From an FAU alum, congratulations on a great run and giving FAU a helluva fight!
From a Jersey boy, hope to root for you guys again in the future! Fight on!
Anthony Edwards is that dude right now.
Our X's and Mo's expert,
@MoDakhil_NBA
worked with our Timberwolves insider extraordinaire
@JonKrawczynski
to explain his dominance and incredible highlights.
This is a fun one, worth your time today👇
Live view of
@TheAthleticNBA
staff, who covered ALL of this and then some with some of the absolute best work you’ll find in one place anywhere.
Go see all of their great work and support great journalism:
The past 48 hours in the NBA:
◽️ KD legacy game
◽️ CP3 in health & safety protocol
◽️ Kawhi ACL injury
◽️ SVG out
◽️ Scott Brooks out
◽️ Donnie Nelson out
◽️ LaMelo ROY
◽️ 76ers blow 26-point lead
◽️ PG beats Jazz
◽️ Some of Zion's family wants him out
◽️ Rick Carlisle out
Whew
The NBA is oficially, officially back this week. 🙏
I am fortunate enough to work with one of the most talented writing and editorial staffs on the planet.
Here’s what you can expect from us as we cover one of the most unique moments in sports history👇
I guess
@TheAthletic
and
@Jade_Hoye
picked the right two teams to launch local team-specific podcasts with this year...🤔
... oh, and sign up now if you haven't already. I mean, really. Our
@theathleticsf
and
@TheAthleticTO
staffs are loaded and our national staff is amazing.
Became an
@FAUMBB
season ticket holder today. Least I could do after all the great lifetime memories they brought me last season. And I don’t want to miss any of what’s coming.
Go Owls go. 👌
I don’t know how many times I heard Clippers players say the word “chemistry” tonight and how they still need to work on that.
This story from
@jovanbuha
and
@sam_amick
sure does come to mind again.
In what feels like a sea of terrible days lately, today was especially difficult. 46 people, all talented, that we were lucky to work with at The Athletic, lost their jobs due to circumstances beyond their control.
On the NBA side, let me be the first to vouch for them all.
The night they roared like never before in Rip City, Damian Lillard didn’t hear it.
He was blanked out and in a rage.
The story of what went into an unforgettable shot and an epic night.
“We want to win. And if anybody was not with that, then we’ve got issues. And I don’t think I’d have signed up for five years of that. So that’s the vibe.”
Steph Curry talks extension, the direction of the Warriors and the future.
It has been quite a week, featuring the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. And I just wanted to take a moment to say a few things about a few things. A thread 🧵…
Incredible work by
@ShamsCharania
,
@sam_amick
,
@anthonyVslater
,
@ThompsonScribe
on being out in front of the Bob Myers story MONTHS in advance. That's top notch reporting through and through by them to identify what was happening and detail it throughout. Superb work.
Also thrilled and excited to share that, as of this week, our incredible NBA staff now has
@glennyoder
as our new NBA Senior Managing Editor. Big add for a superb group of editors and writers that I’ve had the honor of working alongside. Best job I’ve ever had the fortune to do.
Really fascinating stuff from
@Enes_Kanter
-- a fascinating guy -- who spoke to
@diamond83
about a variety of topics.
The full Q&A with Diamond:
This right here really caught my attention.
This is such a cool idea from
@Jade_Hoye
...
This offseason, a series with our NBA writers talking about the behind the scenes stuff that went into some of our more impactful stories of the year.
First up,
@joevardon
talks to
@ThompsonScribe
about THAT KD and Draymond story.
On a special Tampering Pod,
@joevardon
is joined by
@ThompsonScribe
to detail the story behind that one Draymond Green and Kevin Durant incident
LISTEN ⤵️
Thank you
@FAUMBB
for coming through for me once again!
@ShamsCharania
had to hand over his beloved ShamsPhone after that FAU win over his Loyola Ramblers last week. He is a man of his word.
Go get another one tonight, boys!
The work that
@jovanbuha
has done this year to give Clippers and NBA fans as informed an idea and picture of everything that goes on with that team should not go unnoticed. Jovan is doing remarkable work.
An inside look at the Clippers’ and Doc Rivers’ decision to mutually part ways.
On the conversations leading to the decision, the philosophical differences between the two sides and where the Clippers go from here.
New at
@TheAthleticNBA
@TheAthleticLA
:
I might need to move to the West Coast. This East Coast NBA watching thing is for the birds sometimes. Always fear getting up and seeing I missed something like this…