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RealGM Radio Ben Golliver On Identity Changers Heading Into 24 25

Wes Goldberg begins his tenure as host of RealGM Radio with a conversation featuring Ben Golliver of the Washington Post. Goldberg and Golliver talk about “Identity Changers” in the form of new faces in new places who will change the way a team plays or how a specific unit functions. They discuss Klay Thompson with the Dallas Mavericks, changes to the Phoenix Suns, JJ Redick’s impact on the Los…

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Luka Doncic chegou aos playoffs por três anos consecutivos, incluindo às Finais da Conferência Oeste no ano passado, mas essa boa sequência está seriamente ameaçada. Com um recorde de 37-39 e seis partidas por jogar, o Mavericks está em 11º, meio jogo atrás da zona de classificação para o play-in.

Mark Cuban apostou alto na troca por Kyrie Irving e, embora o ataque do Dallas tenha permanecido ótimo, sua defesa ficou ainda pior. O Mavericks está com 8 vitórias e 13 derrotas desde a troca de Irving, incluindo uma sequência de quatro derrotas seguidas que só foi interrompida ontem.

Kyrie foi apontado como culpado pela má sequência da equipe, mas, apesar de ter perdido alguns jogos devido a uma lesão, ele não é. Além de seguir sendo um fenômeno como pontuador, Irving tem dividido a bola e, segundo todos os relatos, sido um bom companheiro de equipe desde que chegou a Dallas.🔴 A defesa é o maior problema do time, assim como era antes da aquisição de Kyrie. 🔴 MAS: trazer Irving significou perder Dorian Finney-Smith, o melhor defensor do elenco. 🔴 Desde a troca, o Mavs está entre as cinco piores defesas da liga.

Um dos que contribui para esse fracasso defensivo é Luka Doncic: ele demora a voltar na transição, não ajuda nas infiltrações e sua movimentação lateral é lenta. Defesa boa exige energia e, ao longo dos últimos jogos, ele parece cansado. Pior: parece abatido, com uma má linguagem corporal.

“É realmente frustrante. Acho que deve dar pra perceber. Às vezes não sinto que sou eu. Eu costumava me divertir, sorrir em quadra, mas tem sido frustrante por vários motivos, não apenas pelo basquete”, disse Doncic após a derrota na última sexta-feira.

Vale lembrar que Jalen Brunson era uma peça ótima no time e queria ficar em Dallas, mas os Mavericks não achavam que ele valia 14 milhões por ano. Se tivessem o contratado por esse preço, teriam um dos melhores contratos da liga e seriam um time muito melhor.

Eles não teriam tido que trocar o Finney-Smith pelo Irving, que foi basicamente trazido para preencher o buraco deixado por Brunson.🔴 Nesta temporada, Brunson está com médias recordes da carreira em pontos (23,8), assistências (6,2) e percentual de acerto dos 3 (41%). 🔴 Desde 1º de janeiro, Brunson tem média de pouco menos de 28 pontos, com 45% de acerto da linha 3 pontos. 🔴 Nesse período, os Knicks subiram para a quinta posição do Leste e são o terceiro melhor ataque da liga.

Em resumo: graças à má defesa, a uma série de má decisões da administração, à falta de profundidade do elenco e ao Jason Kidd como treinador principal, as esperanças de título dos Mavs parecem distantes. Para piorar as coisas, Irving pode sair da equipe como um agente livre irrestrito ao final da temporada.

Doncic tem apenas três anos garantidos restantes em seu contrato. Se as coisas continuarem assim, não deve demorar até que ele perceba que perder em Dallas não é sua melhor opção. E é aí que entra a nossa história.

Porque o mais impressionante disso tudo é que já tinha analista que não só previa a derrocada do Dallas, como apostava que isso seria uma ótima estratégia para o LAKERS. Veja o que falou Ben Golliver, jornalista do Washington post, antes da troca do Irving para os Mavs: "Os Lakers precisam tratar Kyrie como um cavalo de Tróia. Eles precisam valorizá-lo, tratá-lo como uma aquisição imperdível. Fazer os Mavs morderem a isca. Se há outro time tão desesperado quanto o Lakers, ou quase tão desesperado, por uma adição de uma super estrela, é o Dallas Mavericks. A primeira coisa que Nico Harrison fez no trabalho dele foi perder Jalen Brunson, um jogador praticamente de nível All-Star. Já faz tempo desde que eles estiveram no mix para recrutar grandes estrelas. O negócio com o Porzingis explodiu. Brunson foi embora. A reputação da equipe em frangalhos. A conversa sobre Luka já está fervendo, e ele acabou de assinar sua extensão contratual. Então, o que estou dizendo é 'Cavalo de Troia'. Não há melhor maneira de explodir a coisa toda do que mandar o Kyrie pra eles. Esperar a equipe sair dos trilhos. Se o Kyrie não conseguiu fazer funcionar em Broolyn, como ele espera conseguir viver no Texas? O plano a longo prazo é roubar o Luka, torná-lo a próxima cara do Lakers. E a melhor maneira que o Lakers tem pra fazer isso é persuadir o Kyrie a ir pra Dallas. Mandar ele pra lá e assistir a coisa toda pegar fogo. É assim que você faz o número 77 usar o roxo e amarelo."

Rapaz, se alguma coisa dessa teoria que o cara montou tiver respaldo com a realidade, o nível de estratégia das equipes da NBA vai bem além do que eu havia imaginado, que isso!

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Esse texto traz informações de Brad Botkin (CBS), Kevin O'Connor (The Ringer) e Ben Golliver (Goat NBA Podcast).

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2023-24 NBA year-end awards anxiety with Ben Golliver from the Washington Post | Devine Intervention http://dlvr.it/T5mzRw

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LeBron James on Cam Reddish: ‘I’m so happy he got to experience this and perform. I believe in him’ Ben Golliver @BenGolliver The Los Ange... #usa #uk

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Lakers' LeBron James Responds to Flopping Allegations by Warriors HC Steve Kerr | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James denied Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr’s insinuation that the Lakers have been flopping during their second-round playoff series. Speaking to the media after the Lakers’ 121-106 road loss to Golden State in Game 5 of the series Wednesday, James insisted that the team doesn’t seek out chances to flop: Ben Golliver…

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Typically, the NBA MVP race is no country for big men.

With offensive efficiency and pace on the rise over the past decade, MVP ballots have been dominated by three-point marksmen, perimeter scorers and point forwards. The last time a player who was officially listed as a center won the award was Shaquille O’Neal in 2000. Not since Dwight Howard in 2011 has a center received a first-place vote.

But the 2021 MVP race is shaping up to be more intriguing than some recent runaways thanks to a pair of supersized candidates. With the season now roughly one-quarter over, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic have emerged alongside Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James as leading contenders. Embiid and Jokic share numerous MVP qualities: They have led their teams to strong starts, they have reached new heights statistically and they have helped adapt the center’s role in the modern, perimeter-oriented game.

Respect for the big men from Ben Golliver at The Washington Post. Worth reading.

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230113 - ben golliver on twitter: Luka Doncic x Suga

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Luka Sonic x SUGA

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In 2021 I kept a list of all the books, shows, movies, and music I really enjoyed!

january

the folk of the air trilogy by holly black

bridgerton book one and two: the duke and I, and the viscount who loved me by julia quinn

wandavision

feb

one night in miami

euphoria special: part two

judas and the black messiah

to all the boys I loved before: always and forever

dickinson: season 2

march

ted lasso: season 1

the farewell

falcon and the winter soldier

the dreamer trilogy: mister impossible by maggie stiefvater

april

shadow and bone

the grisha trilogy, the six of crows duology, king of scars (a reread)

a rule of wolves by leigh bardugo

may

the entire shadowhunters series by cassandra clare

inside by bo burnham

the anthropocene reviewed by john green

sour- olivia rodrigo

june

in the heights

home video- lucy dacus

the hidden power of fucking up by the try guys

the end of everything by katie mack

july

the NBA finals (this counts bc it got me into basketball).

black widow

I did basically nothing else this month. after this point my free time drastically expanded

august

the expanse

the expanse series by james s.a. corey

ted lasso: season 2

the green knight

humankind: a hopeful history by rugter bregman

the raven cycle by maggie stiefvater (a reread)

the only rule is it has to work: our wild experiment building a new kind of baseball team by sam miller and ben lindbergh

hero of two worlds by mike duncan

the verge by patrick wyman

this is how you lose the time war by amal el-motar and max gladstone

september

evvie drake starts over by linda holmes

ninth house by leigh bardugo

star-crossed- kacey musgraves

gideon the ninth by tamsyn muir

harrow the ninth by tamsyn muir

giannis by mirin fader

what if?

star wars: visions

montero- lil nas x

the newest season of the great british bake off

throne of glass series by sarah j maas

october

what we do in the shadows: season 1, 2, and 3

midnight mass

the haunting of hill house

temeraire series (first three books) by naomi novik

basketball and other things by shea serrano

movies and other things by shea serrano

november

dickinson: season 3

all of taskmaster available on youtube

a court of thorns and roses series by sarah j maas

shang chi and the legend of the ten rings

to kill a kingdom by alexandra christo

bubbleball by ben golliver

the invisible life of addie larue by v.e. schwab

hawkeye

a thousand ships by natalie haynes

december

wheel of time- show and first three books

the expanse: season 6

the witcher: season 2

book of boba fett: this just started

the other bennet sister by janice hadlow

these fevered days: ten pivotal moments in the making of emily dickinson by martha ackmann

the expanse and philosophy: so far out into the darkness (the blackwell philosophy and pop culture series) by various authors

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Stuff just got REAL for the US professional leagues

NBA suspends season after player tests positive for coronavirus (washingtonpost.com) By Ben Golliver  March 11, 2020 at 8:46 p.m. CDT

The NBA announced Wednesday that the 2019-20 season has been suspended indefinitely after a member of the Utah Jazz tested positive for the Coronavirus.

The announcement came hours after NBA owners held a conference call to discuss the league’s coronavirus response plans that failed to produce a resolution, and shortly after a game between the Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder was abruptly postponed shortly before tip-off.

NBA has suspended the season in the wake of a player testing positive for coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/Dpqp3VA7TK

— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) March 12, 2020 “A player on the Utah Jazz has preliminary tested positive for COVID-19,” the NBA’s statement read. “The test result was reportedly shortly prior to tip-of of [Wednesday’s] game. At that time, [Wednesday’s] game was canceled. The affected player was not in the arena. The NBA is suspending game play following the conclusion of [Wednesday’s] schedule until further notice. The NBA will use this hiatus to determine next steps for moving forward in regard to the coronavirus pandemic.”

The sports world today has been INTENSE.

I honestly can’t see how the NBA can sensibly come back this year. The virus won’t be controlled before the scheduled end of the season. You can’t have spectators and athletes in a closed environment with recirculated air right now, you simply cannot ethically do so. (The NBA owners and ethics having only periodic acquaintances, but this one may be forced.)

Thing is, with all the talk about sports that has ensued today, almost all of the decisionmaking has been focused on the spectators. Very little discussion has been about the athletes themselves. And now that discussion is forced.

All eyes now turn to major league baseball, which has some hard decisions to make. On the upside -- sort of -- most baseball stadiums are open air, which means that the players have less chance of coming in contact with infected spectators. On the downside, the open field doesn’t matter for spectators, who are crammed together in the stands. And on the other side, there are a few teams, like Tampa, that play in domed stadiums, so the recirculated air is an issue for them.

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The Bucks Stop here

A career year for former number 2 pick Jabari Parker has ended prematurely, after the explosive forward tore his ACL for the second time in three years. (Feb 9 vs Suns) As the Robin to Antetokounmpo’s Batman, the Bucks were in the midst of trying to push their way back into playoff contention, and had just welcomed Khris Middleton back from injury earlier than expected.  But before they could log a single minute back together, Parker was down and out after a fairly innocuous drive to the basket.

Parker now faces another huge layoff, and though young, could struggle to retain what was starting to look like All-Star form…

“as a clear franchise cornerstone in a small market and an All-Star in the making, (Parker) was in line to sign a deal worth upwards of $110 million over four years.

Now? He will very likely need to work his way back to the court next season and enter the 2018 offseason as a restricted free agent. Are nine-figure offers still going be there for a player with multiple ACL tears and only three or four months of game action to prove that he’s recovered from the second one? Maybe, but maybe not” (Ben Golliver, Sports Illustrated)

 After bouncing back from his previous ACL tear, a second period of recovery will be hard to stomach, mentally and physically. And for the Bucks, the team will now have to face another year or so without their second-best player.

It’s becoming increasingly unlikely that Antetokounmpo will carry the Bucks into the playoffs, despite his best efforts. Last night the Bucks fell to the LA Lakers, giving up 47 (not a typo) first quarter points, and though the Greek Freak did his utmost to pull the Bucks back into contention, the Lakers saw it through to hand the Bucks another painful loss. Until Khris Middleton can start to see heavy minutes, the Bucks will have to rely upon Mirza Teletovic and Michael Beasley to fill in for Parker. Teletovic should, in theory, stretch the floor but has struggled shooting the ball this season, dropping from 39.3% on 3s last year, to under 35% for the Bucks. He’s also seeing the fewest minutes per game since his rookie year in Brooklyn, although that average could go up now thanks to Parker’s injury. Beasley can score the ball, and has been shooting well over the course of the season, but the 8-year pro has only played more than 50 games twice since the 2011-2012 season (he’s already clocked up 44 this year). Neither Teletovic nor Beasley can replace the explosiveness that Parker brought to an increasingly watchable Bucks team. A team that, until January, were looking like a solid bet for playoff action.

But every hero needs their sidekick. (Unless you’re Russell Westbrook) and with Antetokounmpo doing practically everything possible for the Bucks, the roster just doesn’t run deep enough to cover for Parker’s absence. It looks like the Bucks stop here…

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Isaiah Stewart actually wanted to fight LeBron James after he elbowed him in the face

Isaiah Stewart wanted all the smoke from LeBron.

LeBron James and Isaiah Stewart were both ejected from the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons game on Sunday evening after James elbowed Stewart in the face and set off an intense scene in Detroit. Stewart ran after James multiple times and needed to held back by teammates and Pistons personnel as blood ran down his face following the shot from James.

James was assessed a flagrant-2 foul hitting Stewart after a free throw attempt. The Pistons were leading the Lakers by 12 points at the time of the incident, but LA rallied for a 121-116 victory without James.

Rarely does it seem like NBA players actually want to fight when a scuffle breaks out during a game. There’s no doubt Stewart was ready to throw down. You can watch the full scene here:

The Lakers and Pistons had to be separated multiple times after this play between LeBron and Isaiah Stewart. pic.twitter.com/im0o7fXeoI

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 22, 2021

Stewart made multiple efforts to charge at James. Thankfully, he couldn’t get to him.

Here’s another angle of Stewart making a run for James:

Isaiah Stewart running after LeBron pic.twitter.com/wb23SyWYle

— NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) November 22, 2021

James had 10 points in 21 minutes before the ejection. Stewart had four points in 19 minutes before being tossed.

The Lakers out-scored the Pistons by 20 points in the fourth quarter to steal the win.

Stewart had blood running down his face throughout the incident with James.

Here’s another look at James hitting Stewart:

Lakers’ LeBron James ejected for this blow to face of Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart pic.twitter.com/fsRtNJgekF

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) November 22, 2021

Anthony Davis said after the game that everyone knows LeBron isn’t a dirty player:

Lakers' Anthony Davis: “Everyone in the league knows that [LeBron James] isn’t a dirty guy. As soon as he did it, he looked back and told him, ‘My bad. I didn’t try to do it.’ I don’t know what [Isaiah Stewart] was trying to do. Nobody on our team, 1-15, was having it."

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) November 22, 2021

We’ll update this post if there’s any discipline from the league after the incident.

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Ja Morant stayed late to sign every autograph after the final Summer League game of the night [via Ben Golliver]

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#amreading 6/8/21: Bubbleball, by Ben Golliver

#amreading 6/8/21: Bubbleball, by Ben Golliver

Subtitled: Inside the NBA’s Fight to Save a Season I received an advance reader copy of this book from the publisher through Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. Ben Golliver covers the NBA for the Washington Post, and while I don’t follow the NBA very closely I couldn’t resist reading about how they handled the end of the 2020 NBA season and playoffs in the Disney bubble. (more…)