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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 3h

vivek ranadive looking at the state of the kings:

meme of choosing between "make it worse" and "make it worse"

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 3h

"bronny james is the third-longest tenured player on the lakers" -mike breen

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 5h

noah clowney, you (still) have my attention.

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 6h

lebron is going to send embiid to bed without dessert for getting t'd up in preseason

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 6h

these sixers lineups without embiid on the floor

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 6h

lebron is going to fuck around and lead the league in assists while averaging fewer points than draymond

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 7h

it feels fitting that lebron's first assist with the sixers not only went to vj edgecombe, but came on a transition bucket following a nets *make*

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 7h

thanks for reading / glad you enjoyed it / i gave up on fantasy basketball a long time ago; too high maintenance lol

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 7h

joel embiid's first shot is an airball. this sixers starting five is doomed.

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 16h

when you ask @granthughes.bsky.social to plug his socials 😭💀

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 10h

the time I spent brainstorming names/trawling the internet for good ones was officially worth it then!

static.klipy.com

Spongebob: Mission Complete!

ALT: Spongebob: Mission Complete!

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 10h

imagine what i had planned for the now-shuddered “why your fave nba team is butt” piece

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 10h

The Clingan one 💀💀💀

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 10h

hard-hitting journalism alert bleacherreport.com/articles/255...

24. Clingan to My Capital

Are you a Portland Trail Blazers fan who also drafts and runs your make-believe squad like a tactless penny-pinching Texas-based private equity and investment firm founder who (likely) can't write his own "I'm not cheap; just smarter than you" email release without asking Grok to adopt the tone of Claude impersonating ChatGPT?
Well then, woooo buddy, do I have a fantasy team name for you!

17. Unprotected Sexton

Get your mind out of the gutter. This is an expansion-draft prediction about Collin Sexton.

15. Klay It Ain’t So, Dray Will Not Go, Turn The Light Years Off, Curry Me Home

For the millennial fantasy ballers whose leagues don't have character limits and who appreciate long-winded wordplay.
Also, and this is important: Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na, na.

11. Reflecting Poole

Not to be political, but...Jordan Poole deserves to be the No. 1 option for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Failing that, he at least shouldn't have to drink Gatorade with green or mustard-yellow algae particles in it.

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granthughes.bsky.social @granthughes.bsky.social · 15h

Self-promotion: Not a strength!

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 16h

when you ask @granthughes.bsky.social to plug his socials 😭💀

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Hardwood Knocks @hardwoodknocksnba.bsky.social · 16h

‼️NEW POD ‼️ 📋 Golden State Warriors 2026-27 Lookahead w/ @granthughes.bsky.social 👉 Team's direction, injuries, Yaxel, the offense, rotation, predictions, MORE 📺 youtu.be/BXtWi99APWM 🍎 apple.co/4y7fAgo ✳️ shorturl.at/xtEcN 🔒 AD FREE: patreon.com/hardwoodknocksnba/posts/golden-state-27-171767027

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Hardwood Knocks @hardwoodknocksnba.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

‼️NEW POD ‼️ 📋 Denver Nuggets 2026-27 Lookahead w/ Adam Mares Watson’s exit DeMar's fit Defensive reinvention Braun + Cam The bench Lineups, needs, predictions, MORE 📺 youtu.be/NxGumVVEL7U 🍎 apple.co/4sbI7QJ ✳️ shorturl.at/QXDOA 🔒 AD FREE: patreon.com/hardwoodknocksnba/posts/denver-nuggets-171665014

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

this warriors team would be a PROBLEM if the nba switched to six-minute quarters

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

adou thiero is defending yaxel lendeborg like he has walker kessler rather than sandro mamukelashvili behind him

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

my guess is people who don't write their own stuff don't actually care lol

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

yeah, so, two singles deep, it's already clear the new spanish love songs album is going to wreck me.

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

lebron james having free chartered helicopter brain and no longer being in touch with the everyperson's struggle of rush hour traffic is just sad.

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One of my favorite annual traditions. @danfavale.bsky.social is always thorough, endlessly inquisitive, and immensely talented. Very grateful that he continues to bring me on for the Pacers preview year after year. Enjoy!

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

so @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social was one of the very first guests we ever had on hwk. beyond grateful the real-life 🐐 keeps coming back after all these years to teach, entertain and just generally carry each pacers show

Caitlin Cooper of Basketball, She Wrote pulling the Hardwood Knocks NBA podcast up a steep hill without any help

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Hardwood Knocks @hardwoodknocksnba.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📋 Indiana Pacers 2026-27 Lookahead w/ @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social Hali's back Zubac’s fit Siakam! Oubre's fit OREB, the bench, lineups, needs, predictions, MORE 📺 youtu.be/ohuT6aoOWME 🍎 apple.co/4hLZOl1 ✳️ shorturl.at/FdECL 🔒 AD FREE: patreon.com/hardwoodknocksnba/posts/indiana-pacers-171557890

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"on a side note, brad stevens made my christmas mailing list" -sixers' tv analyst alaa abdelnaby on the jaylen brown trade

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

it's a tricky slope b/c i respect (and have zero issue) with what he's saying/doing but people will point out the hypocrisy of him being with nike and their labor practices and declare this selective virtue. agree with your overall point though, especially the bigger names who have so many options.

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

the spurs/wemby need to drop the "because wemby doesn't want to kill the kids" product line asap. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"the team's former minority stakeholder is letting the new star player use a branded helicopter as much as he wants" i am once again mad at the clippers for not even trying to be creative with their cap circumvention

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“simply put, i want to do something that can keep the team together and work with the knicks and also values me. none of those things have come close to happening.” -karl-anthony towns, via @jledwardsiii.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...

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Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns on extension before season: ‘It don’t look good’ (Gift Article)

Towns has a $61 million player option for next season.

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

kudos to you all for watching/covering this team on a regular basis, and for getting me pumped for the inevitable “doc to sacramento?!” rumors

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Greg @gwiss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just finished listening to this. @willofthepeople.bsky.social, @tonyxypteras.bsky.social, and @danfavale.bsky.social made it fun to talk about the Kings upcoming season, which is no small feat!

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Hardwood Knocks @hardwoodknocksnba.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Portland Trail Blazers 2026-27 Lookahead w/ @mikegrich.bsky.social 👉Ja, Dame, Avdija, Nori, Clingan, rotation, on-court identity, predictions & MORE! 📺 youtu.be/2xXzEhPKn7o 🍎 apple.co/3W8w4r2 ✳️ shorturl.at/AnFJM 🔒 AD FREE: patreon.com/hardwoodknocksnba/posts/portland-trail-171412532

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Will Griffith @willofthepeople.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wish we had a better team to talk about, but all love to Dan for having us on!

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

yeah the offense shouldn’t be terrible if Domas, Keegan, Monk, LaVine are all healthy/getting minutes. they also have lineups that can be bigger with Keegan, Hunter and a big on D. mind you, the difference here was i had them at 24 wins and came away feeling that was too ambitious lmao

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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

it’s very rare that i come away from these lookaheads feeling as if i was too *optimistic* about a team. shout-out to @willofthepeople.bsky.social and @tonyxypteras.bsky.social for setting me straight about the kings.

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Hardwood Knocks @hardwoodknocksnba.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

‼️NEW POD‼️ 📋 Sacramento Kings 2026-27 Lookahead w/ @willofthepeople.bsky.social and @tonyxypteras.bsky.social 👉 Team direction, Acuff breakdown, the vets, MORE 📺 youtu.be/nNY8DOKozJc 🍎 apple.co/4AUCXfR ✳️ shorturl.at/NU7Ht 🔒 AD FREE: patreon.com/hardwoodknocksnba/posts/sacramento-kings-171355761

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Sacramento Kings 2026 27 NBA Season Lookahead

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