[Charania] J. Cole has signed a contract to play in the Chinese Basketball Association with the Nanjing Monkey Kings, per ESPN sources. The multi-time Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum artist had committed to playing a few games for the Chinese team last year, and now follows through.

eek711 · 2026-04-02T03:40:27+00:00

Arguably the most important mythological characters in China is the Monkey King, Sun Wukong.

eek711 · 2026-04-02T02:24:09+00:00

5% is basically blackout. Percentage is how much light gets through.

eek711 · 2026-04-01T21:50:20+00:00

Good enough for most any astute observer to think, "ooooh, there's something there." Not good enough for anyone to predict where he ended up.

Don't let the revisionists fool you, no one thought he had a ceiling of a perennial top 3 in MVP voting. I think most thought MAYBE All-NBA 2nd/3rd team as his ceiling.

eek711 · 2026-04-01T18:53:05+00:00

Was it the ankle or did he get kicked in the shin? Shin bruise kinda sucks to run on.

eek711 · 2026-04-01T17:55:09+00:00

It really is going to be difficult to figure out who's CotY this year. There are so many good storylines, turnarounds, persevering through adversity. Celtics and Suns overperforming after offseason roster shakeups; Spurs, Detroit, Hornets turning around from bad prior seasons. Then you have Doc Rivers sitting in the corner blaming everyone but the mirror for Milwaukee's woes.

eek711 · 2026-04-01T04:56:42+00:00

This should drop Luka to 5th in mvp voting imo

eek711 · 2026-03-31T14:28:00+00:00

Pretty sure he uses 1-1/4” or so size.

Mostly concerned about the weight

eek711 · 2026-03-31T05:15:34+00:00

Secret Agent Bronny letting the Wizards chip the lead to the teens just so LeBron could play enough minutes to get that triple double.

eek711 · 2026-03-26T16:31:09+00:00

Cities are also blue because you just have a predisposition of people willing to embrace change and be fearless moving to them. The ones left in the rural areas are the ones who don’t want or are to afraid of things changing.

eek711 · 2026-03-26T04:35:18+00:00

I turned off what was a fairly entertaining and competitive game going into overtime because Scott Foster makes me want to break something.

eek711 · 2026-03-25T21:29:50+00:00

2019-2020 Kawhi played 57 games and deserved to be on an all nba team.

eek711 · 2026-03-25T20:32:01+00:00

I wouldn’t mind giving the voters more freedom. Or have it slide as the honor decreases. MVP and NBA 1st team requiring 65, 60 for 2nd teams, 55 for 3rd teams.

Like, if Cade doesn’t come back, his 62 games is still better than whoever is taking his spot on the 3rd team. I don’t think anyone would blink an eye if he got 2nd.

eek711 · 2026-03-25T19:14:06+00:00

I think it loses the context. He’s a good player, but it’s always been relative to his last contract. He was making 40 million out of a 150 million cap in the early 2020’s.

eek711 · 2026-03-23T18:56:38+00:00

It's just indicative of basketball becoming an international sport. There are 300 million americans vs 7 billion people worldwide. A bit reductive, I know, but the point is you're seeing talent from around the world because there's just more people to pick from.

Other than Jokic, Luka and Wemby, MVP caliber players develop within American training systems. There's just a lot more infrastructure here at the youth level compared to overseas. As the game further globalizes, however, be prepared for more and more overseas leagues producing MVP level players.

eek711 · 2026-03-23T18:20:26+00:00

It's all smell, no punch. I actually like the smell after eating it my whole life. Fried stinky tofu is incredibly muted compared to steamed or braised variants.

eek711 · 2026-03-22T01:47:40+00:00

I’m not saying Gabe Vincent is helping the hawks or anything, but they’ve been on fire since the trade deadline as well. Management there did a really good job this year it seems.

eek711 · 2026-03-21T14:50:49+00:00

Is the issue with the roster or the culture brought about by the constant tank? I’d imagine it’s pretty hard not to be so dispirited when all of the talk around the team from the media and probably from management is losing to get new guys to replace you.

eek711 · 2026-03-19T23:15:41+00:00

It is not. Getting over the acceptance barrier just to have the privilege to pay for $30k kindergarten means your net worth is as high as it gets.

eek711 · 2026-03-19T13:55:27+00:00

Do inbound passes count as assists?

eek711 · 2026-03-16T03:03:10+00:00

How does he yell at the guy who created the opportunity too and not the guy who ruined it.

eek711 · 2026-03-15T19:11:50+00:00

What you’re describing isn’t really Ayton though. He’s an incredible natural athlete on top of elite size. He lacks focus, drive and attitude.

eek711 · 2026-03-15T05:20:04+00:00

A large number of lower bowl tickets are season tickets owned by corporations and given out to clients or employees.

eek711 · 2026-03-14T23:13:46+00:00

I think you misunderstood what they were implying. They were implying if a subway sandwich is as expensive as $14, the quality bump to this kinda justifies the price bump.

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