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how many teams in NBA history have done major blockbuster trades with the team that eliminated them in that year's playoffs? gotta be very few, right? what a wild BOS/PHI trade.

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quite bullish about tobias harris as a spur. he only needs to be the 5th or 6th best player on the team, that's an extremely appropriate place for him at this stage of his career. will help san antonio have a useful sized-up look when teams try to go big on them.

i am generally loathe to give rob pelinka credit for anything, but this is a decent roster. luka/grimes/reaves/mamu/kessler with vanderbilt and ayton still hanging around is pretty fun. they certainly don't feel like an OKC-level team, but assuming their top 3 stay healthy that's a good young team.

while i totally agree with you, it does add a big health component. part of why boston cut bait on timelord was his injury issues, and mitch is basically a lock to miss 20+ games a season. still, assuming he's healthy for the playoffs, they're a great deal better. good move imo.

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lakers practice facility kitchen about to ban ketchup because it's simply too spicy for the team

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look, kessler is a good player, and 4/130 seems like a solid contract for him. but he has been pretty injury-prone. four years of draft control feels like an extremely high price, especially with 2030 so far out that they may not even have luka at that point.

Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

pablo torre rolling up to toronto all like

pablo torre photoshopped onto wayne from letterkenny with "pitter patter... let's get at er" superimposed

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

i'm so happy that Bronny James can finally have his own team. unshackled from his father and ready to dominate.

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

apparently that's where my ed is at

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

this MIN/CHA trade is kind of fun from this perspective: if both teams suck or both teams are good, the swap rights don't matter all that much. if charlotte remains worse than minny, or they're similarly good, the swaps don't do much. but if minny is -worse- than charlotte at any point... yikes.

Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

that's... a LOT of picks? this is going to be a wild team though.

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

pretty sure it's the funniest film in the last 2-3 decades. i cannot wait to see it again.

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

“i‘m a libertarian, you’re free to do whatever, but i don’t think this is a good idea.“

Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

first thought: "wow, that sucks" second thought, followed by a pit in my stomach: "...wait, that's less money than de'aaron fox's extension, huh"

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

good piece and good bit and i respect your note re: the refs. this has been a very inconsistently called series. i hope you get power back and that you buy a financially ruinous amount of championship gear when the spurs lose again. (i hate you, also. with love)

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

i think i felt worse in 2013, but honestly hard to say. there’s basically no historical precedent for a team this young in the finals, but there’s also no precedent for two chokejobs of this magnitude in the finals.

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come on kids. don’t go out sad, find something.

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spurs got the knicks on that waffle house hashbrown offense right now — smothered, covered, and scattered

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as a society i thought we had evolved beyond the need for hack-a-mitch. clearly this is “mitch-a-hack” behavior by the san antonio coach

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san antonio’s transition defenae makes me feel like i am watching an entire team of danny greens on every fast break situation

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

most important game the spurs franchise have played since 2014 G3. the kids are young but they're ready for this one. GO SPURS GO!

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thank GOD kornet is coming off the floor. good minutes this year but you cannot play in the fourth here

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

great piece. worst of luck to you in the finals, of course, but love the piece. 💜

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

this is lovely seth. as a spurs fan i obviously wish you ill tonight, but as a fellow superstitious guy i wish you comfort and power and a good time

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

the 2026 spurs are so fun that they brought an old dad out of writing retirement to scribble a few words about a fun team. what a cool group of guys we've got here. gothicginobili.com/10000.html

gothicginobili.com

Nothing is Inevitable, and Basketball Rules

By Aaron McGuire · June 1, 2026

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

man The Last Bobcat is a blog name that goes insanely hard

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

the stats don’t really back it up, but to me it usually feels like wemby shoots significantly cleaner threes from a few feet behind the line than right on the line. better sightline or something for him.

Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

hasn’t specifically led to a turnover yet but a little bit of butterfingers action for vassell. feels like the only indication of any nerves from anyone on sam antonio lol

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

also sharpest jawline. and sharp blue eyes. and sharp teeth, and sharp gills... wait sorry i’ve just been told i am looking at a picture of a shark.

Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

are we SURE these aren’t the fully endorsed on-record positions of the california secretary of state?

Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

carter bryant is simply too young to commit a flagrant foul, he is just 7 months old

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every team should get to give daryl morey a wedgie for the jared mccain trade. sorry, daryl.

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update: whistles have gone from baffling to absolutely infuriating, what the actual fuck was the last few minutes of action???

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yes, used it for a year or so. it is markedly worse than old google but similar to current google. i miss when we just had search engines that worked.

i was thinking leftist revolutionary but that’s a ghostbuster color palette for sure

the whistle has been baffling but that’s not why the spurs are down, they’re getting to the line on some BS too. their offense has just been incredibly stilted and bad outside of a hot champagnie game. tentative, scared to get in the teeth of the D. gotta change if they want a W.

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

just tell her “every rosenthal has his thorns”

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"famous yet obvious conditional probabilities in sports" would be a pretty funny column to write

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Aaron McGuire @docrostov.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

the knicks played so well that adam silver is going to release a firmly worded statement chastising the cavs for tanking