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The younger NBA teams have an advantage in the bubble because road crowds are no longer a factor

The younger teams have an advantage because the lack of experience of playing on the road is no longer a factor. Everybody's in the same boat. There's no fans. There's no anxiety of that.

The 2020 bubble saw several upsets (e.g., Nuggets over Clippers, Heat over Bucks), supporting the idea that home court advantage matters less in that vacuum.

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Jul 17, 2020
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NFL owners will never force Dan Snyder to sell because they all have similar skeletons in their closets

I think that the other NFL owners, and I think a lot of NFL teams are going to look at this report and be like, well, we can't force [Dan] Snyder to sell because we all have some of the same stuff probably happening under our own roofs.

Snyder was eventually forced out by pressure from other owners and financial issues, but it took three more years (sold in 2023) and multiple investigations.
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Jul 17, 2020
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The number one highlight of the Dan Snyder era was a playoff win against a spleenless Chris Simms

The number one best part of the [Dan] Snyder era was we won a playoff game. We beat Chris Simms on the road in a playoff game... And Chris Simms, I don't think he had a spleen at the time. So he beat a spleenless quarterback by seven points.

The Redskins did beat the Bucs in the 2005 wild card round, though Chris Simms' splenectomy actually happened in 2006 (PFT is slightly off on the timeline, but the sentiment holds).
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Jul 17, 2020
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Big CatBig Cat

The 2020 Twitter hack was the best thing to happen to the platform because it restored it to its 2010 glory

Twitter getting hacked and restoring itself to like 2010 Twitter when it was awesome and there were no blue checkmarks... that was awesome to watch. Politics were taken out of Twitter. It was blissful.

The value of old-school Twitter is inherently subjective.

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The secret to Inside the NBA's success is that the cast is authentic and never argues just for the sake of contrast

The secret sauce... is the authentic, being authentic. Like there is no—like you say this, you argue this point, you take the right, he takes the left. It's how you feel... I think a lot of shows... they would say, well, can you take this point? I'm like, but I don't believe that.

While subjective, this is a core reason often cited for the show's massive popularity.
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Kenny the Jet SmithKenny the Jet Smith

LeBron James is not currently a top-five player of all time

Is [LeBron James] on a trajectory to jump into the top five of all time? For sure. But with three championships and he's still on that trajectory, he's not there yet, in my opinion... I would have Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain [ahead of him].

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NBA players will play better in the bubble because there is no away crowd or travel anxiety

The lack of anxiety is going to allow players that you probably didn't think were great players go out... they're going to play better. So if you want your things, some guys are going to average more than 10 points that typically don't.

The 2020 bubble saw significantly higher offensive efficiency and several 'bubble breakout' stars like TJ Warren and Tyler Herro, validating this take.

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