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Jared Weiss

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"We're gonna turn this team around 360 degrees." - Jason Kidd Covering the NBA for The Athletic Find my work here: www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/jar…

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Fred Katz @fredkatz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
NEW EPISODE of Katz and Shoot, previewing the NBA Finals with @jaredweissnba.bsky.social. Listen/Subscribe: www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 24/05/2026
Free to read: @jaredweissnba.bsky.social spent this season closely covering Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. Here’s what we’ve learned about the NBA’s Next Big Thing. www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 23/03/2026
“You talk about the culture of San Antonio, that culture is family first and, believe it or not, that culture is, for the most part, Hispanic.” @jaredweissnba.bsky.social on the viral incident and the response that began with t-shirts: www.nytimes.com/athletic/713...
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Spurs fans respond with pride after video disparaging Hispanic fans goes viral
After a viral video of a woman at a Spurs game sending disparaging texts about Hispanic fans, the Latino community responded with pride.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
NEW STORY Luke Kornet on spurring ‘Magic City Monday’ cancellation: ‘Needed to be done’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/710...
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Luke Kornet on spurring 'Magic City Monday' cancellation: 'Needed to be done'
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 01/03/2026
From reviewing churches on NBA road trips to coining “Next Plane Up Mentality,” Luke Kornet’s blog is back — and more honest than ever. @jaredweissnba.bsky.social sat down with Luke Kornet exclusively about faith, writing and finding his voice ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/707...
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From Bus 1 Boy to Blog Boy: One of the most talented Spurs writers is Wemby’s backup
It turns out that one of the best writers covering the Spurs is their backup center. Here's how it came together.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 01/03/2026
Luke Kornet isn’t just the San Antonio Spurs’ backup center. He’s a church critic, a satirist, a parenthetical enthusiast and an author. From “Don’t Pass the Rock” to finding faith on road trips, @jaredweissnba.bsky.social goes inside the creative mind of the NBA's most unexpected writer.
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Mike Prada @mikepradanba.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Vital reporting by @jaredweissnba.bsky.social on why All-Star Weekend tickets are so expensive. Even in today's age of absurd ticket prices, this floored me. www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
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Jon Krawczynski @jonkrawczynski.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Victor Wembanyama vs Anthony Edwards is emerging as the new-age rivalry that can carry the NBA into its next chapter. Check ball. With @jaredweissnba.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/697...
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Victor Wembanyama-Anthony Edwards is the new-age rivalry the NBA needs
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 18/01/2026
Saturday night in San Antonio, the two went at it down the stretch again. @jaredweissnba.bsky.social and @jonkrawczynski.bsky.social on the budding rivalry ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/697...
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Victor Wembanyama versus Anthony Edwards is the new-age rivalry the NBA needs
The two young stars shined brightest Saturday night, with Edwards scoring a career-high 55 points but Wembanyama's Spurs coming out on top.
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Mike Prada @mikepradanba.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
What's it like for Victor Wembanyama to: -Present a PowerPoint to you -Watch film of your performance -FaceTime you and your infant son -Pull up to your practice, then stay for two hours @jaredweissnba.bsky.social on the Jackals, the community that Wemby built. www.nytimes.com/athletic/696...
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Victor Wembanyama wanted to create a Spurs fan group. The Jackals became so much more
Victor Wembanyama didn't just come up with the idea for the Spurs' new European-style fan section. He's made it a source of civic pride.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 15/01/2026
“This was my project. This was a part of my legacy.” @jaredweissnba.bsky.social's exclusive on Victor Wembanyama’s vision for the Jackals and why it means so much to him ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/696...
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Victor Wembanyama wanted to create a Spurs fan group. The Jackals became so much more
Victor Wembanyama didn't just come up with the idea for the Spurs' new European-style fan section. He's made it a source of civic pride.
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John Hollinger @johnhollinger.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Me in the corner casually talking to @jaredweissnba.bsky.social about transportation logistics and missing this completely
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John Hollinger @johnhollinger.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The Spurs' "Jackals" fan section that our @jaredweissnba.bsky.social wrote about today is loudly counting out the seconds on Giannis's free-throw attempts. Go to 13 on the last one. www.nytimes.com/athletic/696...
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Victor Wembanyama wanted to create a Spurs fan group. The Jackals became so much more
Victor Wembanyama didn't just come up with the idea for the Spurs' new European-style fan section. He's made it a source of civic pride.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
My favorite story I wrote from the Celtics’ championship run was my feature on Jrue Holiday and how he learned to be a leader from his wife Lauren. “I think the only thing he cares about is how his teammates feel about him.” www.theathletic.com/5499499/2024...
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How Jrue Holiday found his voice as a leader with help from his soccer star wife
Over his career, Jrue Holiday has become a mentor to players across the NBA with help from his wife Lauren.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Earlier in the playoffs, I spoke with Tyrese Haliburton about overcoming his mental health struggles to have the best season of his career. That was after a hamstring injury ruined the start of his season. Now he has to come back from a likely Achilles tear www.theathletic.com/6338707/2025...
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How Tyrese Haliburton rediscovered his basketball joy: ‘I was struggling to look at myself’
The Pacers star reveals the mental health struggles that "consumed" him early this season and how he confronted them head on.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
SGA has 5 fouls and the Thunder have no timeouts. Pacers have a few gambits to play now by targeting SGA and also flooding the inbounder to try to force a 5 second call here. Lots of variables up in the air that give Indiana a chance at a miracle here.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Really curious to see if Carlisle keeps Sheppard out there for a few more minutes or goes back to McConnell. They're gonna need more offensive movement now that SGA is back out there, but Sheppard is holding down his spot in the defense pretty decently.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The Pacers defense worked when they were forcing the Thunder into step backs they weren’t making. But the Thunder are finally hitting their shots and they’re running away with the title. Sometimes it’s as simple as you pick your poison as a defense and live with the consequences.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The Thunder have switched but we haven't seen Siakam get any post ups in this game. The Pacers need to get him a switch in transition and feed it into him just to get some variety into the offense and take some pressure off the point guards.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Nembhard and Siakam can't sit on the bench for the rest of the game. Pacers have no chance without them.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Thunder are suddenly half court trapping and it's quickly taking McConnell out of the game. Great call by Daigneault there to spring that on Indiana while the second unit is out there.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
That is two great reads by SGA from the mid post area as he starts to figure out how to pass through the Pacers’ help rotations. The Pacers have been so disciplined about forcing him into bad twos, but they are giving into temptation late in his drives and he is reading it perfectly.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Can't wait for the Thunder to win this game with a Caruso 3 at the buzzer and then hear "does the Thunder's title have an asterisk?" for the next 12 months. Either that or we spend next year debating if TJ McConnell is a max player.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Haliburton is making a statement early that he sees the Thunder's low pick up point on him and wants to drag them out by raining from 3. Watch the Thunder come out of this timeout pressing him harder at the half-court line even when he is off the ball.
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Zena Keita @zenakeita.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
🚨EMERGENCY POD🚨 We talked KD’s trade IMMEDIATELY after it happened at The NBA Daily. @davedufour.bsky.social @justesbaraheni.bsky.social If you missed it… www.youtube.com/live/10-rKyS...
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Kevin Durant traded to Rockets *Emergency Pod*
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
To preview Game 7 of the NBA Finals on our @theathletic.bsky.social live blog, I wrote about the big Pascal Siakam defensive adjustment that won Game 6 for the Pacers and what the Thunder need to do to fix this problem: t.co/YrRkZRGm6h
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
For the latest edition of my NBA Finals film series, I dove inside how the Pacers pulled the chair on SGA by completely flipping the script on their defensive pressure. Breaking down how they tweaked their press and found a new way for Pascal Siakam to take over the game: t.co/itPJU5qz7A
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 17/06/2025
Indiana doesn’t have an answer for OKC's defensewithout Tyrese Haliburton being an effective scorer, @jaredweissnba.bsky.social writes. What does this mean for the Pacers in Game 6? Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
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Jalen Williams’ 40-point Game 5 has Thunder one win from NBA title
After Jalen Williams' huge Game 5, the potential clincher for the Thunder is Thursday in Indianapolis with a Pacers star looking hindered.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Great adjustment by Daigneault to have J Dub in the slot opposite SGA. It means when the Pacers shift early into the lane to help on SGA, they have to rotate back to J Dub and get cooked.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Haliburton cutting while McConnell is Nash dribbling around the basket is a great action for the Pacers. Haliburton doing the classic give and go with the rim to set up the kickout three, maybe not sustainable.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This is a vintage Rick Carlisle win. The way he reconfigured Haliburton's pick & roll to kill the Hartenstein drop coverage was a chef's kiss Finals adjustment. Now they lead the NBA Finals 2-1. Here's my story on how they became a match made in heaven: www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...
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Rick Carlisle and Tyrese Haliburton found each other at the perfect time
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Turns out Carlisle playing Haliburton and Mathurin through the end of the blowout in Game 2 so they can find a rhythm was a pretty genius idea.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Siakam is one of the best players in the league at going up for a verticality contest with his hands back but moving straight toward the shooter and then looking incredulous that they called a foul. Credit to him though, he is one of the best at keeping his hands up on a contest.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Wiggins can’t strip McConnell when he’s got him stuck in a trap in the paint. Drives me nuts when defenders do that. You have the guy completely locked up with nowhere to go because he picked up his dribble and you bail him out?!
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Wrote about how the Pacers are trying to find ways to free up Tyrese Haliburton to get him to his floater game, and how the Thunder are shutting that down. Read on our @theathletic.bsky.social NBA Finals live blog: www.theathletic.com/live-blogs/u...
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Pacers need to get Haliburton on the move
The most apparent advantage for the Thunder coming into this series is their ability to wall off Tyrese Haliburton. His game requires momentum and the Thunder are better at disrupting that than any te...
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
NEW STORY: Rick Carlisle struggled to mesh with his point guards for so long, but he & Tyrese Haliburton came together at the perfect time of their careers. This is how they learned to bring out the best of each other, pushing the Pacers toward a title: www.theathletic.com/6411547/2025...
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How Rick Carlisle and Tyrese Haliburton evolved to lead Pacers to NBA title contention
For more than two decades, Rick Carlisle built elite offenses while clashing with his point guards. Then, he found Tyrese Haliburton.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Joined Brandon London in the @nypost.com studios today to preview Game 6 of Knicks-Celtics. We broke down what the Celtics need to do to extend the series without Jayson Tatum, the Thibs vs. Mazzulla coaching battle, and more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND6n...
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Have the Celtics SNATCHED all MOMENTUM from the Knicks?
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Payton Pritchard said he and the Celtics talked to Jayson Tatum at the team hotel when they returned to NY: “We didn’t talk about basketball. That stuff is bigger than basketball now. … The basketball side, we’ll handle that. Just wanted to check in as a friend.”
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Payton Pritchard said he’s “ready to go to war tonight.” “There’s nothing worse than having to go home and not be able to play basketball.”
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
NEW STORY: Sam Hauser saw the blood everywhere, but then he saw something even scarier: Luke Kornet “It’s funny, you put a sleeve on Luke Kornet, he turns into Bill Russell.” The story of the Luke Kornet legacy game that saved the Celtics season: t.co/642Tsxxlog?s...
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Luke Kornet’s legacy game saved Celtics’ season with fate of franchise in the balance
Kornet had the game of his life in Game 5, saving the Celtics' season in the wake of Jayson Tatum's Achilles tear.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
It's unshockingly shocking how much better the Celtics got once they put Kornet in the game with the starting unit. Everything just looks connected on both ends now for the first time in a while. 23-8 run and they have a 14-point lead and some real answers for the Knicks.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
That play had bodies all over the place. Brown seems fine on the bench now after holding his hand in pain, it looked like Kornet had a cut on his elbow that got treated and wrapped up, and Hart looks like a welterweight in the 9th round with blood all over the place.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Some of these Porziņģis misses in this series have been inexplicable. Mazzulla brings in Kornet right after that missed layup, who at least has brought more energy in the paint.
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Law Murray 📘 @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The top two seeds in the Eastern Conference lost semifinals games this month in which they led by 20, 20, 20, 14, and 19 points.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 11/05/2025
Joe Mazzulla laughed at the idea that the Celtics were in a bad place heading into Saturday. Sure, they had two difficult losses to a team they were widely predicted to beat. But Mazzulla doesn’t do despondency. @jaredweissnba.bsky.social has more: www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...
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Celtics leave identity crisis behind in Game 3 win over Knicks
The Celtics' identity has been tested by the Knicks, but Boston might have turned around the series on Saturday.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Joe Mazzulla said the last few days was a period of darkness, but in a good way. “You just gotta to tap into your darkness.”
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Kristaps Porziņģis is struggling out there, just unable to exert much physicality and really struggling to put the ball on the floor. They have to get him pick and pops or nail post ups ASAP because they can't waste minutes with him out there, especially with Robinson playing so well.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The main adjustment I talked about after Game 2 is how the Celtics will need to accept they won't get post cross matches against this starting lineup and just go for it. We saw them go at Hart and Bridges to no avail in the opening minutes, but expect more of it as the game goes on.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Jayson Tatum said at practice today that he takes full ownership of how he has played in this series. But something is off with this Celtics team and it's led to an identity crisis. www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...
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Celtics face identity crisis as Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown struggle to shoot again
The Celtics collapsed yet again, falling into an 0-2 hole and an identity crisis that will decide whether their title defense ends early.
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Jared Weiss @jaredweissnba.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Kristaps Porziņģis is available (illness) but Sam Hauser is out with a right ankle sprain, per Celtics
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