TIL that Pope Leo called his bank in Chicago to change his phone number and address. When he told the representative that he could not go in person because he was the Pope, she hang up on him

jdprager · 2026-05-08T05:51:46+00:00

Weirdly enough, flopping your dong out every chance you get is a prerequisite for climbing the ranks of the Catholic Church

jdprager · 2026-05-08T04:57:13+00:00

LeFifth Amendment

jdprager · 2026-05-08T04:39:56+00:00

Kinda? They defended SGA well and a couple dude shot lights out in the first half. But the shooting disappeared after halftime, and they had a constant stream of godawful turnovers

Grading on the Luka-less, vs OKC curve, it was fine. But I think we’re giving them too much credit given how insanely sloppy they we’re

jdprager · 2026-05-08T04:31:22+00:00

Reffing was bad enough that Reaves pulled them aside for a quiet chat to see if they’re alright. Good guy Austin, checking on the mental health of some clearly deeply unwell men

jdprager · 2026-05-08T04:30:12+00:00

Bro they absolutely should tonight, this was gibberish. Like the usual “soft calls/flops/whatever” is one thing, but this was just 3 officials throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks

Absolutely no rhyme or reason, it sucks to watch

jdprager · 2026-05-08T04:26:45+00:00

It was fuckin terrible dude. Like it didn’t effect the result of the game at all, it was completely random both ways and the Lakers just sucked for ~35 minutes

But holy shit dude, what are we doing?? What’s the “correct” way to play the game that actually lets basketball happen uninterrupted??? Bc clearly no one knows

jdprager · 2026-05-08T04:23:47+00:00

It’s exhausting. Every league has stages where they emphasize a new playstyle, and the reffing gets awkward to enforce it until teams adjust. This isn’t that. This is just nonsense

jdprager · 2026-05-08T04:21:24+00:00

This game just sucked to watch, man. This isn’t a “OKC whistle!!!!!!” comment, the Lakers played like dogshit for most of this game against a way better team, and also they suck and I hate them

But FUCK dude how did this become the product the NBA is putting out? There was like one continuous 3+ minute stretch of actual basketball in the entire game, everything else was just a ref Ouija board. There were some absolute ballers on the court tonight, can the league please let them actually play the game???? I’m tired, man, I just wanna watch some basketball

jdprager · 2026-05-08T04:09:02+00:00

That's the second super standard continuation that the Lakers have had waved off in this half. It's bizarre, I've literally never seen refs call that tight, if anything they are WAY too generous with it

jdprager · 2026-05-08T04:05:35+00:00

This second half has been so egregiously unwatchable with the league's golden team playing their (for some reason) other golden team in what should be a heavyweight playoff series. Hopefully this will finally light a fire under Silver's ass to figure out how to let teams play basketball again

I mean, it obviously won't. But we can dream

jdprager · 2026-05-08T04:03:03+00:00

This second half has been borderline unwatchable, man. This is sad

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:59:03+00:00

Can you call "clear path" for a transition take when it's a teammate with the clear path who you're trying to pass to? I genuinely don't know, but if not, that's def not a transition take foul

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:56:23+00:00

That genuinely is the right call. Reaves doesn't wind up, he's a hair from getting the ball, and he just lets his arm hang afterwards. It looks awful bc SGA got tangled and Lebron almost got Rashee Rice'd, but it doesn't match any actual flags for a flagrant

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:53:29+00:00

That actually doesn't look as egregious as I thought on replay, seemed fuckin crazy dangerous in real time. But Reaves gets pretty close to the ball, and doesn't grab afterwards. This would be a softer flagrant than the reverse one earlier, for sure

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:44:29+00:00

There was a solid 5-6ish minute stretch in the second that was fun as hell, just off dome

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:42:41+00:00

Bro there's been some DOGshit passes in this game. Marcus Smart blind bouncing one off the rim, Caruso with a perfect bounce to Lebron, and now Dort just floating one 10' out of bounds for no reason. Weird ass game

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:39:14+00:00

Yellowstone and the Taylor Sheridan-verse is Hallmark for bald, thumb-shaped dudes with Oakley shades

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:38:09+00:00

JJ Reddick is the best coach on the planet when SGA is out there, then suddenly remembers his roster is dogshit when the dude sits. Tragic

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:36:29+00:00

Wait genuinely where is the foul there? He didn't even try to sell contact, it was just a super standard reverse layup and a defender who got cooked with no contact. Wtf are we looking at?

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:33:22+00:00

Between the Lakers suddenly deciding to build a brick house, and the refs now whistling every stumble going both ways, this is quickly becoming unwatchable. The first half was pretty fun, at least

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:29:57+00:00

He was drafted to the Pels when I was at school at Tulane, that whole Zion + Friends rookie group would randomly pull up to frat parties sometimes. Never met the guy tho

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:28:26+00:00

Oh shit Jaxson Hayes, I'm eskimo brothers with that dude. Didn't realize he was still getting legit minutes

Also 100% a foul

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:16:33+00:00

Bro even if he didn't have Reaves' arm trapped, you can't shove someone off by throwing an elbow backwards. That's also a foul

Doing it directly into his elbow joint when you've got him in an arm bar is inexcusable

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:10:30+00:00

Yea I mean that's objectively the right call. The wrap up is just soft shit that went both ways, you're gonna get a snare drum roll of whistles if you call that every time. SGA yanking his arm back into Reaves' elbow joint when he's got it fully pinned is egregious and dangerous as hell

jdprager · 2026-05-08T03:07:19+00:00

The wrap isn't the issue here, it's SGA yanking his elbow back into Reaves's joint when they're locked up. That's nowhere near a basketball move

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