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Basketball Poetry

@basketballpoetry.com
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Mike Shearer www.BasketballPoetry.com. Bylines at Locked On Podcast Network, HoopsHype, @celticsblog.bsky.social, many more Curator at www.BasketballIntelligence.net. @bballispoetry on Twitter. #NBASky

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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 08/10/2026
Braden Smith with some slickness
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 27/09/2026
Little ironic but sure
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 10/07/2026
Clippers brought The Wall with them ha
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 19/06/2026
I hit #10 on the Sports Rising Bestsellers list on Substack the other day! Hop on board for the best NBA coverage around. I promise you that nobody goes harder in the summer, either: www.BasketballPoetry.com
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 09/06/2026
Wemby in effect early
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 04/06/2026
That time I asked out the homecoming queen
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 04/06/2026
Gorgeous basketball
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 29/05/2026
De’Aaron Fox (yes, his ankle, I know) and Chet Holmgren have each had a terrible series. But all is forgiven if you win Game 7. More on the second bananas’ chances for redemption at the link below: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/deaaron-fo...
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 29/05/2026
Wemby was on the baseline and still was the only guy who got back in time to save this
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 27/05/2026
How castle could think the refs were on his team TONIGHT
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 23/05/2026
You can’t lose if you don’t miss, and the Knicks ain't done a whole lot of missing. New York Knicks’ historic shooting has them two games away from a Finals berth. On what’s changed, Mike Brown’s triumph, and more: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/you-cant-l...
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 22/05/2026
Jalen Brunson can’t find the same kind of room when Jarrett Allen is roaming off Josh Hart. Didn’t we learn that in Game 1?
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 21/05/2026
But, yeah, we DO love Castle
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 21/05/2026
We all love Castle, but he simply HAS to recalibrate his risk/reward meter on these passes
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 20/05/2026
HE STARTED TO SAY BANG
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 19/05/2026
In the afterglow of one of the best playoff games ever, I wrote about the most boring thing imaginable: the wild minutes disparity between OKC and SA. www.basketballpoetry.com/p/did-the-sp...
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 16/05/2026
Basket’s playing hard to get
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 14/05/2026
Ausar SITTING on that flyover gather
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 12/05/2026
Duren’s playoffs in a nutshell
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 09/05/2026
Oubre is REALLY leaning into the “Jalen Brunson has a big-ass head” bit ha
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 09/05/2026
They gonna make a shirt out of this one, too?
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 07/05/2026
THAT’s how you Gortat screen
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 02/05/2026
This is all of us
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 02/05/2026
This is all of us
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 02/05/2026
YOU GOTTA FINISH THAT
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 30/04/2026
Flyover gather remains the coolest move in basketball.
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 30/04/2026
Has this man ever high-fived before?
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 28/04/2026
WE HAVE A MURDER IN THE BUILDING
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 21/04/2026
I’m not sure Hardaway cares enough
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 20/04/2026
Spurs dressing for a funeral game in Game 1 is RUDE
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 20/04/2026
The Spurs arena looks INCREDIBLE
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 20/04/2026
Absolute DIME from Banchero
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 19/04/2026
This is like the tenth time the Rockets have screwed up very basic defense. What is going on?
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 19/04/2026
Tari Eason’s reaction lol
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 18/04/2026
Pathetic effort by Toronto here in transition and on glass
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 16/04/2026
How on Earth did Podz overthrow PORZINGIS
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 15/04/2026
Whatever works, I guess
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 08/04/2026
LaMelo’s feet on his threes look like someone playing QWOP
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 06/04/2026
Sacramento making a strong All-Rookie push for Raynaud
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 02/04/2026
Holy shit Derrick White
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 02/04/2026
As someone who A) loves Tron B) loves flatland BMX, and C) watches NBA games every night, how have I never seen this guy (literally called “Tron Bike”) before?
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 02/04/2026
That weird siren you hear is actually Buddy Hield lmao
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 31/03/2026
lol “Paul Reed and the Pistons”
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 25/03/2026
Harden with a DASTARDLY dime
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 20/03/2026
Yeah, I’d say that 5am landing in Miami ain’t helping the Lakers
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 15/03/2026
Austin Reaves telling the ball his true feelings
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 12/03/2026
Donovan Mitchell, bone collector
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 11/03/2026
Come for Bam Adebayo, stay for the magnificent facial hair
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 24/02/2026
I like when Paul Reed gets a little saucyq
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Basketball Poetry @basketballpoetry.com · 13/02/2026
Dieng with the revenge no-dip!
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