Ricky O'Donnell
@rickyodonn.bsky.social
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Basketball at all levels + programming associate director for SB Nation
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Rico’s Fresh Market will not be intimidated after ICE dropped tear gas outside my grocery store a week ago today. Get these fuckers out of our city.
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A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

📝 @robertchannick.bsky.social
📹 Josh Thomas

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I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
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I agree they are similar players. The vision is for Okoro to guard point guards since Coby and Giddey really can't (think Brunson/Maxey/Haliburton/Cade) while Pat is so heavy that he's more of a paint defender or bigger wing defender at this point. I feel crazy thinking Pat could be better than him
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It's tough because they have parts of a cool roster in there somewhere. Buzelis is going to be pretty good at minimum, and I'm really high on Essengue. Ayo and Coby are fun. But Giddey/Okoro just won't work spacing wise, and I never want to look at Vuc again. A better GM could rescue this but not AK
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If there's one thing I wish more people understood about nuns, it's that community is at the heart of everything they do, and I think that's one thing Sister Jean's sisters made really clear. And in a very Chicago twist, one of the sisters is also @rickyodonn.bsky.social's aunt.
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I cannot possibly waste the next four years of my life watching Josh Giddey's fuckass floater. This is not real basketball
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Nothing else going on in Chicago sports right now, so here's a Matas dunk
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Josh Giddey looking unplayable seven minutes into the second preseason game
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Here's my Matas Buzelis blurb on my breakout players list:
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A'ja deserved for that to be a true buzzer-beater. On the very short list of best athletes in the world right now
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Alyssa Thomas just threw a better touchdown pass than Kyler has all year
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I'm getting mad thinking about him turning into a dependable piece on a Western Conference playoff team next year because they gave Giddey $25 million per year for no reason
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Preferred Bulls rotation going forward:

Starters: Ayo, Coby, Essengue, Matas, Vuc. Bench: Pat, Collins, Jones, Dalen/Phillips. Trade/cut: Giddey, Okoro, Huerter
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I would urge everyone to read about the Kyren Lacy situation and think about what went wrong here, what they think led to those things happening, and how this can be avoided. We cannot let people be cast aside like this. www.sbnation.com/nfl/1084046/...
Kyren Lacy’s death was an inexcusable systemic failure
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rickyodonn.bsky.social
My Essengue sizzle thread is on the other site, but 8 points, 3 offensive rebounds, 1/2 on threes, and +12 in 14 minutes is a pretty nice start
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I've seen enough in garbage time of the first preseason game to double down on my Noa Essengue needs to start, this season and this franchise are meaningless, just play him take
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Good news: NBA on NBC is back and it's going to fix the Bulls
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Very interested to see if Matas’ rookie shooting improvement holds without Peter Patton. Some loud bricks so far (and one make too)
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Can't wait to see how many consecutive 39 win seasons it takes for AK to do his Vuc redux trade, this will be No. 4 coming up
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It pained me to not put Keegan in there. I only want good things for Kings fans