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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 1h

But let's end on a positive and honor his one magical, All-Star season when he wasn't just in conversation for Defensive Player of the Year, but also the league's Most Valuable Player.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 1h

Blaylock's jersey number (10) was also the inspiration for Pearl Jam's album, Ten. The band apparently also was apparently named Mookie Blaylock, but were quickly forced to change to Pearl Jam.

On a darker note, Blaylock killed a man while driving drunk in 2013 and served three years in prison.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 1h

In 1999, Blaylock had begun showing enough signs of aging that Atlanta decided to move on. They traded him to Golden State, where he spent the last three years of his career, only playing 35 games in his final season. He finally retired in 2002 and his jersey was retired by the Oklahoma Sooners.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 1h

Blaylock's second season in Atlanta was the only time he was named an All-Star. But he continued his strong play for the next five years, making the All-Defensive First Team once more, and the Second Team four times. He also led the league in steals twice and 3-pointers once.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 1h

In 1989, Blaylock was drafted by New Jersey with the 12th pick. He spent three years with the Nets, playing fairly well, but apparently not well enough for the Nets to want to keep him. They traded him to Atlanta in 1992 for Rumeal Robinson, who turned out to be a bust. Blaylock, however, flourished

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 1h

Daron Oshay Blaylock was born and raised in Garland, Texas. His sisters nicknamed him Mookie and it stuck. In 1985, he enrolled at Midland College in Texas before transferring to the University of Oklahoma in 1987. He was on the All-Big Eight First Team in 1989 and was a second-team All-American.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 1h

#OneMagicSeason: Mookie Blaylock, 1993-94, 1 MVP point
13.8 ppg, 9.7 apg, 5.2 rpg, 2.6 spg, All-Star, All-Defensive First Team, seventh for Defensive Player of the Year
Atlanta Hawks (57-25)

Kevin Willis and Dominique Wilkins also got MVP votes. Though Wilkins was traded midseason for Danny Manning

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 2h

If I were the GM of the Houston Rockets, I’d trade for James Harden, sign Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka, and demand they start alongside Kevin Durant and Jeff Green.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 2h

#NewspapersInComics

Source: Superman #2
Grade: A-

They went really big on this story, but it’s a nice, clean design. I wonder if hyphenating “electric-chair” was standard practice in the 1940s.

Daily Star headline: “GRAYSON CONVICTED” with the subhead: “SENTENCED TO ELECTRIC-CHAIR”

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 12h

I literally did this last night but about the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12h

Well the baseball game is over but the night is young for the 38 year olds of Bluesky, and that means it’s time to take a low dose aspirin and read about Bigfoot on your iPad for 20 minutes before falling asleep

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Sean :): @foreverandafter69.bsky.social · 12h

Can SLC get an MLB team already?

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Dapper Cardinal @dappercardinal.bsky.social · 17h

Ace Bailey looks incredible

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 15h

The Spurs and the Jazz have one thing in common — their official primary logos are a lot worse than most people realize.

Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · Sep 26

For reasons I will never understand, the Spurs destroyed their logo in 2017. It feels like the designer started by deleting the background, then got distracted or his computer crashed, so he never actually finished the job. It’s so spacey and lazy and just not fun to look at. Wemby deserves better!

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 20h

But today, we will be like the hit show, Parks & Recreation, and honor Detlef Schrempf's career as the preeminent sixth man for the Indiana Pacers.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 20h

Schrempf had a much smaller role with the Blazers and only played 26 games in his final season. He retired in 2001 and has lived a fairly quiet life in Seattle ever since. In 2005, he became an assistant coach for the Sonics, but that stint only lasted a couple of years.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 20h

After his contract expired in 1999, the Sonics offered Schrempf a one-year, $1 million contract. He felt insulted and chose to sign a two-year, $4.2 million contract with Portland. Some people thought he might chase a title with my beloved Utah Jazz, but he prioritized staying close to his family.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 20h

However, the Pacers decided they needed more defense, so they traded Schrempf to Seattle for Derrick McKey in 1993. Schrempf was a full-time starter for the Sonics and made two more All-Star Games, in addition to joining the All-NBA Third Team in 1995. But by 1999, at age 36, he finally slowed down.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 21h

Schrempf was still a bench player in Indiana, but his production took a massive step up. In 1990, he was the runner-up to Sixth Man of the Year. He won that award in 1991, and again in 1992, his one magical season. Of course, he might not see it that way, as he became an All-Star in 1993.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 21h

In 1985, Schrempf was drafted by Dallas with the eighth pick. He spent three and a half seasons there, rarely starting and never making much of an impact. In 1989, he was traded to Indiana along with a second-round pick that became Antonio Davis for Herb Williams. (The Pacers crushed that trade!)

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 21h

Detlef Schrempf was born and raised in Leverkusen, West Germany (which is just Germany today). As a teenager, he immigrated to America to play one year of high school ball in Centralia, Washington, before enrolling at the University of Washington. He made the All-Pac-10 First Team twice.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 21h

#OneMagicSeason: Detlef Schrempf, 1991-92, 1 MVP point
17.3 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 3.9 apg, Sixth Man of the Year
Indiana Pacers (40-42)

No other member of this mediocre team received MVP votes, which is kind of funny, considering Schrempf was the sixth man. Micheal Williams was All-Defensive Second Team.

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Basquiatball @basquiatball.bsky.social · 23h

I believe the new TRON has the chance to flop harder than all previous TRONS combined

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Bruno BlueSky Starzz @getsit.bsky.social · 1d

It's already funny to think in retrospect how all it cost the Jazz to acquire Ace Bailey was a meager $100,000 fine and a completely hands-off negative PR campaign driven by his non-agent agent to scare off the top 4 NBA teams from drafting him.

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Dallin Turner @dallinturner.bsky.social · 1d

@tompeyer.bsky.social should have won the Peace Prize for wishing @themightylayman.bsky.social a happy birthday.

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