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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was trying to think of how I think about the Celtics, and realized I think of them a lot like capitalism. It's why I think they'll win a lot of games. The efficiency maw will never stop consuming. hardwoodparoxysm.substack.com/p/the-raveno...

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Law Murray 📘 @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wow the Mavericks found a spot for Dwight Powell

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On the Milwaukee River Alluvium and what remains after Giannis. hardwoodparoxysm.substack.com/p/the-milwau... this whole post made me sad

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This seems like the right place to ask this instead of the Bad Place. What are ownership things that classify as evil, on or off court? Sub-prime, private equity, harrassment, ICE involvement are accounted for.

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I wrote on the Nuggets' addition of DeMar DeRozan and what will definitely work, probably work, probably won't work, and definitely won't work. open.substack.com/pub/thedenve...

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Deebo’s Denver Mixtape: DeRozan’s Fit With The Nuggets

Little good. Little bad. Bit of both.

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James Fredrick @jameslfredrick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hell yeah @hpbasketball.bsky.social going Eat The Rich on this Peyton Watson trade open.substack.com/pub/thedenve...

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Joel @joelvideo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

@hpbasketball.bsky.social was on one today for the Locked On NBA podcast regarding the Peyton Watson trade

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hi, hello, important announcement. IT'S FAT MARMOT WEEK. www.denverpost.com/2026/08/24/f...?

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Everyone's out for blood with Steve Ballmer, who is no victim and no saint. But I wonder if we're missing the forest here to get one tree that's not even poisoning the earth like its brethren (in this specific instance). hardwoodparoxysm.substack.com/p/ballmergat...

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BallmerGate: How To Eat The Wrong Billionaire

Wrong is wrong but also, is this really the blood we should drink?

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Couper Moorhead @coupnba.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

THE END OF OAK STREET is both the best M. Night Shyamalan movie since Signs and the best Jurassic Park movie since (the underrated) The Lost World.

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

There are attempts to paint that Peyton Watson has leverage in his efforts toward a sign-and-trade, and they are, sadly for him, just not valid. Plus, the Nuggets are screwed long-term but might have a practice facility! substacktools.com/sharex/2wvR4...

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The Dread Webbing Of Nuggets Present And Future

Plus, a practice facility update!

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I wrote on why everyone has been very dumb about Jalen Duren since the playoffs. hardwoodparoxysm.substack.com/p/why-everyo...

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Why Everyone Is Dumb About Jalen Duren

Detroit didn't grow its garden, and Duren paid the price

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The Nuggets have so many questions about their future, but the only important one is this: Will Nikola Jokic re-sign next summer? open.substack.com/pub/thedenve...

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Why I Take Nikola Jokic At His Word

"I don't know, brother"

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I wrote on the LaMelo Ball trade, which just kind of slipped past us in a torrent of news, and which we still don't have a clear answer for why it happened, though I have my guesses. open.substack.com/pub/hardwood...

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Why Did The Hornets Trade LaMelo Ball?

An inscrutable decision driven by

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Pretty good. Knicks always get the opener. I'll go: 12P: Heat at Knicks 3P: Warriors at Celtics 5:30P: Sixers at Lakers 8P: Thunder at Spurs 10P: Nuggets at Wolves

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

On LeBron's Last Decision and never being all of anything or none of everything. open.substack.com/pub/hardwood...

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One Last Kingdom

LeBron's Last Decision

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

As always, amazing stuff happening on NBA reddit

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I have referenced this from @edsbs.bsky.social and @hollyanderson.bsky.social to people I think 50 times since they wrote it. channel-6.ghost.io/you-are-not-...

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Anyway, good morning

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I found this Death Cab song on a cross-Atlantic flight. It was the lead single from their 2019 album but I completely missed it. What I find interesting about it is how divisive it is. You either LOVE it or HATE it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTPZ...

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Death Cab for Cutie - "Gold Rush" (Official Video)

YouTube video by Death Cab for Cutie

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Final column in a three-part series on the NBA draft lottery reforms, why I don't think it'll last past the three year window, and the negative unintended consequences you'll see. open.substack.com/pub/hardwood...

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"Oh No! It's The Consequences Of The NBA's Own Actions!" Part 3: Reaping Unintended

The Play-In Doomsday Scenario, What Happens, And A Short Window

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

In Part 2 of a three-part series, I wrote on how the lottery reforms are going to mess with NBA life cycles and results in more teams failing and remaining stuck in purgatory. hardwoodparoxysm.substack.com/p/oh-no-its-...

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"Oh No! It's The Consequences Of The NBA's Own Actions!" Part 2: Disrupting Life Cycles

How the lottery reforms risk too much disruption of NBA team ecology

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I raged about the tanking this year. The reforms will have unintended consequences. I went deep on how we got to this point and tomorrow I'll have stuff on what the consequences will be. open.substack.com/pub/hardwood...

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"Oh No! It's The Consequences Of The NBA's Own Actions!" Part 1: How We Got Here

Tanking, lottery reform, and the consequential suffering

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Harrison Faigen @faignews.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

This man is now the head coach of an NBA champion. Legend www.tmz.com/2012/11/09/m...

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Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

they stayed together and figured it out and I love them

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Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

btw fuck James Dolan sell the team you fucking toad fuck you

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knickerbacker.bsky.social @knickerbacker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Btw send everyone in Wu Tang Clan a ring

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knickerbacker.bsky.social @knickerbacker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I am proud to post the last ever Knicks banner meme

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John Hollinger @johnhollinger.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Jose Alvarado: * 6-0 Four-star recruit ranked 170th in his class * Led Georgia Tech to first ACC title in 30 years and only tournament bid in last 15 * Undrafted, signed 2-way with New Orleans * Led Puerto Rico to first Olympics in 20 years * Won NBA title

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Thinking of when @sethrosenthal.bsky.social wrote a Knicks blogpost headlined "The Night I Cried Blood" back in 2007. Congrats to every single long-suffering Knicks fan.

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I wrote on KSE's decision to let go of Marlowe, Hastings, and Dempsey on the Nuggets broadcast and what it's like losing the voices you know. open.substack.com/pub/thedenve...

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I wrote on OKC's public villainy, why it doesn't match reality, but why it sustains itself in the way we watch basketball anyway. hardwoodparoxysm.substack.com/p/the-bizarr...

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The Bizarre Folk Tale Of OKC's Villainy

Why "We" Should Love OKC And Why "We" Dislike Them

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Kevin Pelton @kpelton.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Taking some time today to say thanks to everyone at ESPN about my 13-plus years there now that I've started the next chapter of my career in the WNBA: open.substack.com/pub/kpeltonh...

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How I lucked into my dream job

And why I'm now saying farewell to it

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Jim Owczarski @jimowczarski.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

🚨It's been brought to my attention clout chasers & aggregators on the other site are using my name and social interactions on here for engagement bait. 📌Any & all reporting I do on the #Bucks will be found at www.jsonline.com

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee and Wisconsin breaking news and investigations

Milwaukee and Wisconsin news, sports, business, opinion, entertainment, lifestyle and investigative reporting from the Journal Sentinel and JSOnline.com.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/05/2026

congrats to jared polis for getting played like a chump

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Let me write an Atlantic article about proletarian stylings of Buzzballz, cowards.

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I have been thinking about this post all week and have read it 6-7 times.

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John Karalis @johnkaralis.com · 23/05/2026

Up next... Ain't No Mountain High Enough .... Followed by Papa Was A Rolling Stone...

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

KSE has always taken the view that spending that doesn't net direct return isn't worth it. They clearly view the luxury tax the same way and it might mean the end of contention for Nikola Jokic. open.substack.com/pub/thedenve...

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I wrote on what I know about the Nuggets' pretty baffling late-season decisions, and argued with myself about whether the logic of the process was right, no matter the result. open.substack.com/pub/thedenve...

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The Nuggets' Laissez Faire Playoff Strategy

A self-debate about a pretty simple subject

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Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

@hpbasketball.bsky.social used to ask me all the time why I seems to spend so much energy “policing” bad uses of stats and part of it is the personal annoyance but the bigger part is how much harder the bullshitters make doing my job effectively.

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

My final thoughts on the MVP race and an unavoidable, uninspiring answer that leaves no one satisfied. hardwoodparoxysm.substack.com/p/2026-nbacc...

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2026 NBAccolades: The Unavoidable MVP

It's not fun or exciting, but the MVP is....

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

3. Lakers (division winner) 4. Nuggets (head to head tiebreaker over Rockets) 5. Rockets

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Hardwood Paroxysm @hpbasketball.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I am here for your magic number and tiebreaker questions today, should anyone have any.

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

With the caveat that this is not a quote from a source but the word choice of the author and so maybe an issue on that end... "Calibrated force could impose costs on Tehran without triggering a broader war." What kind of "calibration" is killing the leaders of the country and 150 schoolgirls?

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Molly Morrison @mollyhannahm.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

how it feels seeing your GOAT slander your city and suggest moving your favorite team away

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