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Tomb Ziller
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I write a daily NBA newsletter. teamziller.com
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 13h
I also wrote a blurb on Peacock's NBA premiere. Scorebug: good. Halftime chat: refreshing. Melo's fashion: absolutely impeccable (as if you'd expect anything less).
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 13h
Free newsletter of the week. I wrote about Giannis, who is still a Buck despite the latest wellspring of attention to the matter of when he will not be a Buck. www.teamziller.com/giannis-ante...
Giannis is still a Buck
Despite more news circulating around Antetokounmpo's potential interest in leaving Milwaukee, the dude is still there. Stakes remain high, but he's still there. Good morning. Let's basketball.
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 13h
Free newsletter of the week. I wrote about Giannis, who is still a Buck despite the latest wellspring of attention to the matter of when he will not be a Buck. www.teamziller.com/giannis-ante...
Giannis is still a Buck
Despite more news circulating around Antetokounmpo's potential interest in leaving Milwaukee, the dude is still there. Stakes remain high, but he's still there. Good morning. Let's basketball.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

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‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 5d
Other than health, the biggest hurdles will certainly be Poole measuring up to McCollum, a young and unproven supporting cast stepping up and (of course) team defense. Zion, Trey and Herb (if healthy) are going to be awesome. The rest is guesswork. But it could turn out well!
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 5d
Wrote about the theory that LAST SEASON was the aberration and the Pelicans, if things break right, could actually be pretty good. They won 49 games two years ago! www.teamziller.com/pelicans-zio...
Considering the New Orleans Peli-coulds
The New Orleans Pelicans were pretty good two years ago. It's possible they could return to form based solely on a return to form for Zion Williamson, a healthy Trey Murphy III and some more reliable ...
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 7d
Wrote about PHEEther. Napheesa Collier framed the battle for the soul of American pro women's basketball in a piece of brilliant rhetoric. It's a hell of an opening salvo. www.teamziller.com/napheesa-col...
Phee your mind
Napheesa Collier, a top-3 player in the WNBA, union officer and co-founder of Unrivaled, puts WNBA leadership on blast by name. It is the WNBA rank-and-file's final blow of the revolt against bad offi...
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 8d
Wrote about Fox's secret injury and Kyrie's timetable and the total lack of margin in the West for their teams: www.teamziller.com/deaaron-fox-...
The first drops of blood in the West
De'Aaron Fox may not be ready for opening night. Kyrie Irving isn't recovering fast. Can their teams survive the slim margins to make a run in a loaded Western Conference? Good morning. Let's basketba...
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 9d
Wrote up my preseason MVP longlist. There are four obvious options, a few more dark horses and some ... uh, darker horses. www.teamziller.com/nba-mvp-pres...
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 9d
Imagine the rush @pablo.show must have felt when he realized he had enough material to publish another video on the fake tree scandal on Clippers' media day www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab7k...
Kawhi's Agent Pushed Aspiration to Pay Up. The Feds Closed In. Ballmer Made a Quiet Donation. | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 12d
Within a few hours of me publishing a column declaring the Sixers as legitimate title contenders, Jared McCain tore a thumb ligament. My bad, Philly. www.teamziller.com/jared-mccain...
My bad, Philly
As soon as I published a piece heralding the 76ers as real title contenders, Jared McCain is tagged with an injury that will keep him out the first month of the season. Welp. Good morning. Let's baske...
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 12d
Cure society by putting Street Fighter II cabinets back in convenience stores.
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Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 13d
My cure to the male loneliness epidemic is to take away every boy’s phone and young man’s phone, then force them to get together to play Goldeneye and Mario Party in a basement for hours on end. Bingo bango, problem solved.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13d
"The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff."
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Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 13d
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 13d
Father Time on the hot seat
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 13d
It is unlocked newsletter Thursday. I took the opportunity to publish a piece I've been thinking about all summer, one which will surely not come back to bite me in the ass. Go Birds. www.teamziller.com/sixers-champ...
The Philadelphia 76ers have a clear and obvious title case
An MVP level player. Multiple other players capable of All-Star caliber player. Decent depth. A championship coach. A front office that will do whatever it takes. Here is the case for the Philadelphia...
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 14d
Wrote about Austin Reaves' future www.teamziller.com/austin-reave...
The Austin Reaves question
The Lakers have one more season with Austin Reaves at a huge bargain. Should they trade him now or pay up on a big contract next summer? Good morning. Let's basketball.
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 19d
Wrote about the T.V. stars that can't be silenced (unless they don't want to speak up): star athletes.

Will we see a re-politicization of an NBA that has been pretty quiet for the first eight months of the second term? www.teamziller.com/jimmy-kimmel...
The T.V. stars that can't be silenced
Jimmy Kimmel is off the air. Corporate media is acting terrified of the Administration. Will NBA stars re-politicize? Good morning. Let's basketball.
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 20d
I wrote about the controversy around Adam Silver's true but tone-deaf comments on the cost of watching the NBA in the new streaming environment. This is the weekly unlocked newsletter. www.teamziller.com/adam-silver-...
Adam Silver forgot his audience
Last week, the commissioner called basketball a "highlights-based sport" in response to a question about rising costs for fans. Then he got defensive when called out about it. His biggest problem with...
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 20d
And another one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_ow...
Exclusive: Kawhi and Aspiration Needed Cash. Ballmer and the Clippers Sent $118M in 18 Months | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 26d
Wrote about why shady off-the-books payroll is actually more useful than ever in the harder-cap NBA, which creates extra pressure on Silver to shut it down or open the floodgates with how he treats the Clippers: www.teamziller.com/steve-ballme...
Hard cap, big shadows
If the league doesn't hammer the Clippers, this will become the norm. Good morning. Let's basketball.
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 27d
Tom Ziller and Good Morning It's Basketball have followed the independent media non-collusion rules, and any suggestion to the contrary is provably false.
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 27d
Oof, fixing. Thanks.
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 27d
Maybe I also just say that PTFO's publication schedule is very convenient to me personally, as someone who usually and publishes at o-dark-thirty on weekdays.
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 27d
So @pablo.show found out some more: Ballmer's sole co-owner invested in the fake tree org as it was circling the drain and being pestered by Uncle Dennis for late Kawhi payments. Here's my unlocked take: www.teamziller.com/kawhi-leonar... Here's Pablo's episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKJy...
You're going to need a bigger rug
The pile of random payments Clippers folk made to the fake tree company pegged to the timing of Kawhi-related debts grows.
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Tomb Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 28d
Wrote about the Giddey Bulls and the echoes of the LaVine Bulls. Also some bloggy blurbs on the LeBron-China weird news cycle and EuroBasket. www.teamziller.com/josh-giddey-...
Are you Giddey yet?
Good morning. The Bulls end their stalemate with Josh Giddey. The new stalemate begins. Let's basketball.
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