Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 1hthis is christmas: zachlowe.substack.com/p/welcome-to...zachlowe.substack.comThe Lowe Post Is Back—and It’s a Newsletter NowWhy I’m writing again, and why I’d love for you to join me 1252
Reposted by Michael PinaHoward Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 1hRejoice, NBA fans: The Lowe Post is back -- as a newsletter! Yes, @zachlowenba.bsky.social is actually typing words again. On a keyboard. For you to read. It's glorious. Details:zachlowe.substack.comThe Lowe Post Is Back—and It’s a Newsletter NowWhy I’m writing again, and why I’d love for you to join me 1413016
Reposted by Michael PinaBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 09/10/2026I wrote about Jim Bakker, whose parasocial style of grifter evangelism seemed freakish to mainstream society in the 80s and is now the machinery by which mainstream society operatestheringer.comThe Death and Afterlife of an American Con ManJim Bakker’s vision of the future came to pass. Just not in the way the disgraced televangelist imagined. 23456114
Reposted by Michael PinaMichael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 08/10/2026icymi, cooper flagg: www.theringer.com/2026/10/07/n...theringer.comThe Cooper Flagg Leap Is Hiding in Plain SightHe was historically good as a rookie. Now imagine what happens when his team actually helps him. 0284
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 08/10/2026icymi, cooper flagg: www.theringer.com/2026/10/07/n...theringer.comThe Cooper Flagg Leap Is Hiding in Plain SightHe was historically good as a rookie. Now imagine what happens when his team actually helps him. 0284
Reposted by Michael Pina🎃👻🧙♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙♀️👻🎃 @viothevvitch.myatproto.social · 08/10/2026this is so fucking sad 885118321441
Reposted by Michael PinaChris Hine @christopherhine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Here are the Spotify and Apple links to Sixers Extra! Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6LmwPZE... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...open.spotify.comSixers ExtraPodcast · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sixers Extra is your deep dive into all things Sixers on The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Gameday Central. Hosted by Inquirer Sixers reporters Gina Mizell and Chris Hi... 072
Reposted by Michael PinaRob Parritt @rwp3.bsky.social · 07/10/2026As always, great stuff from Michael. Is it possible Flagg has become underrated? I’m not sure people realize how special he was as the league’s youngest player last season 0111
Reposted by Michael PinaMichael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 07/10/2026wrote about cooper flagg, whose second season feels like it should be a way bigger deal than it is: www.theringer.com/2026/10/07/n...theringer.comThe Cooper Flagg Leap Is Hiding in Plain SightHe was historically good as a rookie. Now imagine what happens when his team actually helps him. 4437
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 07/10/2026wrote about cooper flagg, whose second season feels like it should be a way bigger deal than it is: www.theringer.com/2026/10/07/n...theringer.comThe Cooper Flagg Leap Is Hiding in Plain SightHe was historically good as a rookie. Now imagine what happens when his team actually helps him. 4437
Reposted by Michael PinaTyler Parker @tylerparker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tomorrow makes it 20 years since the premiere of Friday Night Lights. Wrote about Buddy Garrity to celebrate.theringer.comThe Gospel of Buddy GarrityTwenty years since the premiere of ‘Friday Night Lights,’ Brad Leland’s overbearing, ultra-charming booster remains one of TV’s most iconic characters 612831
Reposted by Michael PinaMichael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026wrote about 7 players i'm very curious/excited to watch this season: www.theringer.com/2026/10/01/n...theringer.comThe Seven NBA Players We’re Most Curious AboutCan Paul George turn back the clock? What if Reed Sheppard pops? Plus, five more guys we can’t stop thinking about heading into 2026-27. 2295
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026fwiw i think the issue for the celtics was tatum’s injury + jaylen’s contract 130
Reposted by Michael PinaChad Finn @chadfinn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026[reads George section, nods in agreement] [reads Jaylen section, vigorously nods in agreement] 3262
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026what do you want me to say beyond the obvious? lebron turns 42, embiid is a perennial injury risk, jaylen brown is who i wrote in the piece, and the defense may be below average. the worst-case scenario in a very competitive conference is a wild disappointment 100
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026fair! i think the expectations (at least for me) were a little higher, being they signed him to a max contract and wanted him to be a two-way star. boston doesn’t really need that 000
Reposted by Michael PinaMike Finger @mikefinger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just asked Victor Wembanyama if he’d ever consider promoting a sports betting company. “Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it. .. Everybody does whatever they want, but without me.” 654031548
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026wrote about 7 players i'm very curious/excited to watch this season: www.theringer.com/2026/10/01/n...theringer.comThe Seven NBA Players We’re Most Curious AboutCan Paul George turn back the clock? What if Reed Sheppard pops? Plus, five more guys we can’t stop thinking about heading into 2026-27. 2295
Reposted by Michael PinaSeth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats 33372991087
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026i don’t think the pacers are/were a fluke but the east is significantly better than it was two years ago, when haliburton was not coming off a torn achilles 101
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026thanks, scott! i think pretty much every team will take a step back this year, because pretty much every team tried to take a step forward in the offseason. 020
Reposted by Michael PinaMichael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026i power ranked the NBA's 30 teams: www.theringer.com/2026/09/21/n...theringer.comNBA Preseason Power Rankings: Tiers and Fears for All 30 TeamsHope springs eternal. For some teams, it probably shouldn’t. We rank all 30 teams heading into the new season. 15538
Reposted by Michael Pinabrad stevens, taste my blade @dmmgetc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"I like this team more than most sane people should...". Once again, Michael Pina serving as my emotional support expert 081
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026that's fair. i think the celtics have a tremendous amount of talent, depth, upside, and an established style of play on both sides of the ball. the sixers have talent but several critical pieces are old/perennially injured/ineffective on one side of the ball 210
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026tatum made 4 straight first-team All-NBA's and we saw him play winning basketball last year, in the reg season and playoffs. he's an elite defender, rebounder, scorer, and passer at his position. haliburton is great but not the same player. 000
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026i don't measure raw talent as the most important ingredient in building a championship team. 230
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026hmmm no i wouldn't say i don't expect them to win a playoff series. i like and respect the pacers. i also think haliburton's body is a question mark, their bench is questionable, and how they ran through the playoffs two years ago is not sustainable for 82 games 100
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026i have them ranked in the top half of the league. that's not dead! 110
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026i power ranked the NBA's 30 teams: www.theringer.com/2026/09/21/n...theringer.comNBA Preseason Power Rankings: Tiers and Fears for All 30 TeamsHope springs eternal. For some teams, it probably shouldn’t. We rank all 30 teams heading into the new season. 15538
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 20/09/2026lebron in 2011: “all the people that were rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day, they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today” lebron in 2026: “here’s a polymarket referral code that will yield unfathomable riches if you play your cards right.” 28510
Reposted by Michael PinaBryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Why didn't more reporters cover the Clippers story?! We should ask their bosses, says @howardbeck.bsky.social. Full interview w/ HB + @loganmmurdock.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/31sI... 108020
Reposted by Michael PinaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/09/2026From @theathletic.com: The NFL fined Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair $11,941 for having the name Hind Rajab written on his eye black during Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills. Rajab was a 5-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza in 2024.nyti.msNFL fines Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair for displaying name of Palestinian girl on eye blackThe league issued Al-Shaair a similar fine in January for a message in his eye black that read “stop the genocide.” 135724
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026the bar is high. duncan finished 7th for mvp in 2013, first-team all-nba, second-team all-defense. he was extremely good on a team that nearly won the title! 330
Reposted by Michael PinaMichael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026went on the zach lowe show to ask one question about every team in the eastern conference! (the one i keep thinking about is toronto’s: can scottie barnes be the best teammate kawhi leonard has ever had?) open.spotify.com/s/DjYju8topen.spotify.comOne Big Question for Every Eastern Conference Team! Plus, Ballmer Apology and Kawhi to the Raptors!The Zach Lowe Show · Episode 6474
Reposted by Michael PinaDrew @drew-h-stevens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Pina's fake Norm Powell trades had me trying to come up with a few of my own. The more I tried, the more I kept coming back to the same thing. Powell could be useful to a contender without being valuable enough for that contender to give the Bulls anything exciting. 171
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026mentioned duncan on the pod but this is a very fair and valid gif response to the question i posed 1170
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026went on the zach lowe show to ask one question about every team in the eastern conference! (the one i keep thinking about is toronto’s: can scottie barnes be the best teammate kawhi leonard has ever had?) open.spotify.com/s/DjYju8topen.spotify.comOne Big Question for Every Eastern Conference Team! Plus, Ballmer Apology and Kawhi to the Raptors!The Zach Lowe Show · Episode 6474
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 10/09/2026so it turns out this game is actually the super bowl, which is great 2180
Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 09/09/2026no shade to cregger but i am so confused by this headline/framing 000
Reposted by Michael Pina404 Media @404media.co · 09/09/2026After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.404media.co'Tell Everyone:' A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AIAfter allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened. 8435160
