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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 1m

Biggest first-day release of any of our shirt designs. Thanks, everyone!

Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 1d

Hey guys, look at my new quintessential Basketball, She Wrote shirt:

Them: Popsicle season is over
Me: Popsicle & basketball season is just getting started

For everyone who identifies as young & hungry,🧵

Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 1d

Fair enough haha

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Mat @montaworldpeace.bsky.social · 1d

finally a good reason for the existence of shirts

Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 1d

Hey guys, look at my new quintessential Basketball, She Wrote shirt:

Them: Popsicle season is over
Me: Popsicle & basketball season is just getting started

For everyone who identifies as young & hungry,🧵

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 1d

Hey guys, look at my new quintessential Basketball, She Wrote shirt:

Them: Popsicle season is over
Me: Popsicle & basketball season is just getting started

For everyone who identifies as young & hungry,🧵

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 1d

No worries. They hide the link at the bottom of the page for some reason

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, we do!

Here's the link to the kids apparel: www.teepublic.com/kids-t-shirt...

Quintessential Basketball, She Wrote by basketball-she-wrote

The quintessential shirt to represent the Basketball, She Wrote brand with the endless summer vibes of basketball and popsicles, while also supporting the 2025-26 Pacers, who are (apparently) "young" ...

www.teepublic.com

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most Basketball, She Wrote shirt to ever Basketball, She Wrote.

Full back story on the design from my sister, which started out as a water-color painting (no paywall): www.patreon.com/posts/new-me...

New Merch: Quintessential Basketball, She Wrote | Basketball, She Wrote

www.patreon.com

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 1d

What I learned this summer is that anyone, regardless of age or level of experience going to back-to-back ECF, can be young & hungry.

So, this is the shirt to embrace your youth, as well as the youths of the 2025-26 Pacers: www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8138...

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 1d

Hey guys, look at my new quintessential Basketball, She Wrote shirt:

Them: Popsicle season is over
Me: Popsicle & basketball season is just getting started

For everyone who identifies as young & hungry,🧵

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 2d

New Basketball, She Wrote shirt for the 2025-26 season drops tomorrow.

Hope you like what’s in store — coming soon, for everyone who identifies as young and perhaps hungry.

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 5d

"You're wasting your dribble, especially with how fast we want to play."

On Pascal Siakam's offseason advice for Jarace Walker, & how the third-year forward can start a stampede, presented via film examples of both players + another teammate.

Free to read: www.patreon.com/posts/explai...

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 5d

Training camp work from me at Basketball, She Wrote:

What the Pacers need from Benn at the POA: www.patreon.com/posts/why-be...

Best actions to optimize Nembhard-Mathurin-Nesmith-Siakam as starters: www.patreon.com/posts/breaki...

How Walker can start a stampede: www.patreon.com/posts/explai...

Why Bennedict Mathurin needs to master the art of rejecting rejections | Basketball, She Wrote

www.patreon.com

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 5d

Plus, some numbers on why the go-and-catch maneuver is becoming increasingly prevalent, for both shooters and non-shooters alike.

Free to read: www.patreon.com/posts/explai...

Explaining Pascal Siakam's advice for Jarace Walker, via film | Basketball, She Wrote

www.patreon.com

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 5d

"You're wasting your dribble, especially with how fast we want to play."

On Pascal Siakam's offseason advice for Jarace Walker, & how the third-year forward can start a stampede, presented via film examples of both players + another teammate.

Free to read: www.patreon.com/posts/explai...

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 6d

As with most things in life, I was inspired by the 🐐 @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social here.

dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 6d

this is real sicko stuff here from @btoporek.bsky.social 🤣

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 5d

Uh, no? Pretty sure, not.

bsky.app/profile/cait...

Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 6d

Also: Baseline Ricky ("L") for Mathurin

Counter against aggressive lock-and-trail coverage, w/ an option to flow into angled PnR www.patreon.com/posts/breaki...

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 6d

For training camp, I wrote about the actions that best optimize this version of the Pacers -- and how, w/o Haliburton, they can do more of the same, but differently.

Featured: Nembhard-Siakam flat PnR to counter for unders + open wider gaps w/ Mathurin in the dunker: www.patreon.com/posts/breaki...

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 6d

You won't find a more detailed breakdown on what's to come for Nembhard-Mathurin-Nesmith-Siakam as a starting group than this

My column: www.patreon.com/posts/breaki...

Breaking down some of the best actions for this version of the Pacers | Basketball, She Wrote

www.patreon.com

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 6d

Siakam's possessions per game as the bring-up ball-handler:

All-Star season for the Pacers: 6.2
Most recent All-Star season for the Raptors: 19.8

On how the Pacers can still rapidly stack actions w/ him projected to do more of the initiating www.patreon.com/posts/breaki...

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 6d

Also: Baseline Ricky ("L") for Mathurin

Counter against aggressive lock-and-trail coverage, w/ an option to flow into angled PnR www.patreon.com/posts/breaki...

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 6d

For training camp, I wrote about the actions that best optimize this version of the Pacers -- and how, w/o Haliburton, they can do more of the same, but differently.

Featured: Nembhard-Siakam flat PnR to counter for unders + open wider gaps w/ Mathurin in the dunker: www.patreon.com/posts/breaki...

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 9d

"There's a very good chance that he'll be asked to guard the ball in a lot of situations."

For Media Day, on the defensive challenges ahead for Bennedict Mathurin, and a potential point of emphasis at the point of attack:

rejecting rejections

www.patreon.com/posts/why-be...

Why Bennedict Mathurin needs to master the art of rejecting rejections | Basketball, She Wrote

www.patreon.com

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 9d

"There's a very good chance that he'll be asked to guard the ball in a lot of situations."

For Media Day, on the defensive challenges ahead for Bennedict Mathurin, and a potential point of emphasis at the point of attack:

rejecting rejections

www.patreon.com/posts/why-be...

Why Bennedict Mathurin needs to master the art of rejecting rejections | Basketball, She Wrote

www.patreon.com

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Hardwood Knocks @hardwoodknocksnba.bsky.social · 14d

‼️NEW POD‼️

📋 Indiana Pacers 2025-26 Lookahead w/ @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social

—Next steps for Mathurin, Sheppard, Jarace
—Finding/maintaining play style without Hali
—Big-man rotation
—The defense!
—Lineups, rotations
—PREDICTIONS
—MORE

🍎 apple.co/3KbOphh
✳️ bit.ly/4npYSV4
📺 youtu.be/hwMeJ8njx9U

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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 11d

In honor of me being in the same shape of my life headed into training camp, I'm giving away 5 six-month subscriptions to Basketball, She Wrote

Redeem here: www.patreon.com/basketballsh...

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